"Baiying Base was completely destroyed?"
Seracla Combined Fleet Headquarters.
Inside the towering cannon-shaped command tower, Saff set down a document in his hand and looked up in astonishment.
Looking at the communications officer kneeling on one knee before him, he furrowed his brow.
"In all of Yuanxi, was there still a Master capable of defeating Lilan head-on while he had full-state enhancements?"
"It was said to have been a sudden attack by the Xuanmiao Sect. Commander Lilan was intercepted and killed while temporarily leaving the base, before he could receive full-state enhancements. So..." the communications officer said gravely.
"So he just died like that? Who attacked him? How many were there?" Saff sighed. This sudden development had thrown many of his arrangements into disarray.
The True Force side of Yuanxi had originally been sweeping through everything like bamboo splitting in the wind, all thanks to the results of his years of planning.
Then Yuan Du Zi had suddenly departed and vanished from the Xuanmiao Sect, held back by some scheme.
On top of that, Mo Nian had been plotted against and severely wounded.
Seizing such a fine opportunity, he had struck in one fell swoop and swiftly achieved brilliant results.
It could be said that all of Yuanxi was now as easy for him to take as reaching into a bag for something; there was nothing to fear.
The Jinlian Sect had retreated into seclusion and vanished, the Wushi Sect had fallen into ruin, half its people had surrendered, and the remaining independent Daoist Sect members had flocked under his banner for the promises he had once left behind.
He had thought he would soon unify Yuanxi, only for another Daoist Heir of the Xuanmiao Sect to suddenly emerge.
And such a formidable one at that.
"Commander, according to the