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Zi Liyuan's gaze swept across the twelve Lords.
These twelve, considered the most rapidly developing, strongest in combat, and with the highest potential among the Lords in the Land of the Dead.
"We follow the orders of My Lord!"
The twelve of them shouted in unison, each with a solemn expression on their faces.
In truth, they were woefully unprepared as they had only arrived on the first layer of the Sea of Realms over a month ago.
They had not expected a territory invasion war to break out so soon.
The time left for them to grow was simply too short.
Basically, the elite corps they controlled were only up to the Fourth tier, hence barely cultivated.
As for cultivating a Fifth-tier corps, that was just wishful thinking; there was no time for that.
You could say, among the twelve Lords, each had only three or four trusted aides who were Fifth-tier Epic beings, while the rest were all Fourth tier.
