"Of course. Oh, right—our mission this time is a feint. We need to delay them as long as possible. Once we spot people from the Demon Suppression Division coming over—"
The fat ghost sneered. "Once people from the Demon Suppression Division arrive, if we can't beat them, we'll wage guerrilla warfare. Run, keep them tied up. By the time they realize what's going on, Lady Enchantress may already have reached Qingshui City!"
"Keep your voice down!" a male ghost beside him said. "Don't let anyone else hear that Lady Enchantress isn't here, or our plan will be ruined!"
"This time, we're attacking from eight locations. There actually aren't that many of us. They'll realize that there are three hundred allies at our point, and roughly three hundred at each of the other seven locations—only a little over two thousand in total. But our Red Mountain Ridge headquarters has more than ten thousand!"
"It's just that we're stronger, while the others are somewhat weaker. If the Demon Suppression Division realizes our commotion is big but our numbers are small, they'll definitely know something's wrong!"
Ghostly energy swirled around the fat ghost as he laughed. "Are the Demon Suppression Division's people that strong? Lady Enchantress has grown stronger now. Even Ding Zhen might not be his match. Even if Lady Enchantress isn't here, with my eighty years of cultivation, I can still trade a few blows with them. What's there to panic about?
"Other than the chief of the Demon Suppression Division, everyone else is an ant. Kill however many come. I'm only worried that an expert stronger than the chief might come!"
"But for now, that possibility is unlikely!"
After several higher-ups discussed matters, their bodies flashed as they flew swiftly forward.
They had already entered Beihu City's old district.
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