The attack was launched with shocking suddenness. The three True Venerables who struck had kept their identities hidden, revealing nothing of their origins, and withdrew swiftly the moment they succeeded.
A returning party was plundered. Even though a True Venerable was traveling with them, he still failed to stop it.
The True Venerable returning with them had some understanding of Houde Realm's recent movements, so his vigilance had been very high.
But the attack came far too abruptly. Under a three-against-one situation, it was truly impossible to guard against.
The one saving grace was that the three True Venerables' main goal had been robbery. Though there were casualties, they were not especially severe.
The accompanying True Venerable had only suffered minor injuries. Compared with those wounds, the frustration of being unable to swallow this setback hurt him even more.
In the end, Qu Jianlei and the other two did not make it to the scene.
Among the many contingencies they had predicted, they had actually considered this possibility.
However, there were simply too many possibilities. They could not possibly make full preparations for all of them.
After they encountered divination, the first thing they had to do was divine back against their opponents, striving to obtain more intelligence at the earliest possible moment.
Although the reverse divination did not yield much information, there was no question that this already counted as an exchange from afar.
That clash ended in a draw, and the other side was unlikely to have suddenly acted for no reason. There had to be some purpose.
Qu Jianlei realized that something might have happened in the void, but while they were hurrying along, they still had to conceal their auras and strengthen their guard.
What if the other side was besieging a point to strike at