Patriarch Xin observed the corpses, then shifted his gaze to the devil troops in the distance. This would be the first time his troops faced a necromancer, and it seemed to be a powerful one. He had already noticed something was wrong with the recon team for several reasons.
The most obvious was their attire. The recon team wore robes that covered their entire bodies, something they had never done since the war began. While some might argue the change in clothing was a decision made by the recon group themselves, Patriarch Xin saw it as a red flag that immediately raised his suspicion.
The second reason, one that could also be detected by other emperor-stage cultivators with keen senses was the strange aura emanating from the bodies of the undead. The undead naturally exude a kind of aura that feels cold to the living, though the intensity of it depends on the condition of the undead themselves.
