Could it be the Devil Sect? Zu An wondered if even Yun Jianyue had arrived. In order to be a sentry in this kind of place, cultivation was actually secondary, but one’s senses had to be top-notch. Just how powerful would someone have to be to be able to take out all the sentries without even giving them any chance to react?

However, he immediately rejected that idea because Yun Jianyue had no reason to make such a bloody scene. If she had really done it herself, she would have made sure to do it elegantly.

Zu An stealthily left the entrance and headed farther inside. As expected, the sentries in the valley had all been dealt with, and there were no figures in sight on the watchtowers above. The sentries there had probably experienced similar fates.

He was about to go back and investigate what was going on by the entrance when his ears twitched a bit. He heard several footsteps approaching from a distance. He quickly leapt onto a tree, borrowing the cover of the leaves to hide his body.

Soon afterward, a group of black-clad individuals ran over....