"What was there to fear? As long as we were cautious enough and pushed this treasure's advantages to the limit, no one would notice us."
"But this magic treasure is incomplete. Every use requires it to accumulate power for a long time, which wastes too much time."
"Hmph! Whose fault was that? You failed to get your hands on the treasures of the Moon Gate and Jiyun City, only to make wedding clothes for someone else. Even now, you still haven't figured out whose hands those two gates fell into!"
A hoarse voice spoke, revealing the reason for their difficult situation. The black-robed cultivators around them all fell silent.
At that moment, an equally hoarse female voice said faintly:
"Enough, stop arguing. This is not the time for internal strife. Since we have already alerted the Great Powers of the Ghost Domain, we must act even more carefully.
"That old fox Ming You is being extremely cautious this time. He actually cast aside his pride and sought aid from the other Four Regions. Cultivators from those regions are all on their way to the Ghost Domain. The timing and location of our next move will be crucial.
"Before, we only wanted to use the 'gate' to capture more high-level ghost cultivators and send them to nourish the Evil God's divine soul, so we always targeted places close to the Inner Ring of the Ghost Domain.
"Now, we must change our strategy and choose cities in the Mid-ring and Outer Ring. If we cannot capture high-level ghost cultivators, then we will capture more low-level ones. Once the numbers are high enough, we can still achieve our goal.
"Yesterday's operation went very smoothly. We caught Wunian City completely off guard. While the 'gate' is accumulating power, let us carefully select our next