When the energy fluctuations appeared, the people of Red Leaf Ridge were riding two warships, observing the area around the Peninsula!
Xiao Hu issued a warning immediately, but since the fluctuations were not very intense, it was only a routine alert.
Qu Jianlei did not dare underestimate this sudden development. He immediately turned the warships around and activated the Exile Grand Array in the small courtyard.
Then he arranged for everyone to board the warships and headed straight for the Restricted Area guards.
The guards' side was also in chaos. They could roughly monitor some of the situation inside the Restricted Area and knew more than Red Leaf Ridge did.
They had already confirmed that the energy fluctuations outside were a minor matter. The real problem was that chaos had erupted inside the Restricted Area, where violent energy surged! When they saw Red Leaf Ridge's warships arrive, the guards' sole Nascent Soul Realm cultivator made a request, hoping they would enter and rescue people.
Unsurprisingly, the request was rejected without hesitation.
Ridge Lord Qu said that he was willing to provide support from outside, but until they understood what had happened within, none of their people would enter the Restricted Area!
The answer seemed somewhat cold-blooded, but anyone who had been on a battlefield knew that this was the truly professional response.
Were there not already plenty of cases where people had gone in to save others, only to get trapped themselves?
Duo Gan answered even more bluntly, "If we're no longer outside to hold things in check, the situation may become even worse. Don't you understand even that?"
Instead, the people of Red Leaf Ridge demanded that the guards provide all useful information—they could refuse, and Red Leaf Ridge would not force them.
How could the guards dare refuse?