"Your Majesty, we've lost contact with all the personnel who went to investigate the Eastern Mountains!"
"Their soul lanterns... have all been extinguished!"
At first, Li Changsheng had regarded it as a trivial matter, but upon receiving this news, he grasped the gravity of the situation. His brows furrowed in thought.
The personnel from the Great Desolate Kingdom sent to investigate were seasoned practitioners, all at least at the Venerable Realm. While their strength might not have been invincible in the Eastern Desolate, it was more than sufficient for self-preservation in the Eastern Mountains. Unless they provoked the formidable beasts deep within the mountains, they should have been safe. Yet, all of them had perished!
In the audience room, an eerie silence hung heavy. The ministers dared not even breathe audibly, intensifying the already strained atmosphere.
