Roughly three months earlier.
The force Wang Yu was in, which had been sent to reinforce Black Mountain Pass, changed direction midway. According to Nether Demon Savage Lord, it was an order issued by Evil Soul Old Ancestor.
They were to intercept and kill the reinforcement force dispatched by Sky Sword Sect.
He did not know the specifics very clearly.
He only knew that on Black Mountain Pass's side, after years of grinding attrition, the middle- and lower-level forces on both sides had suffered severe casualties, especially the Tai Lake cultivators stationed at Black Mountain Pass.
Most of them had been worn to death by magic treasures like Soul Banners.
Cutting off this reinforcement force would greatly bring forward the time when Black Mountain Pass would be breached. As those carrying out the order, they did not need an especially precise understanding of the overall situation.
They only needed to fulfill the duty of being a sharp knife.
After hurrying north for half a day, Wang Yu and the others naturally entered Withered Leaf Swamp north of Black Mountain Pass. Back when he had just established his foundation, he had once traversed this place alone.
At that time, the Righteous-Demonic War had not yet begun. According to the records in the classics, there were still several safe routes through Withered Leaf Swamp. But now that the war had reignited...
After so many years of confrontation and slaughter, more formations, restrictions, and traps must have been laid down. Complete preparations had been made, and neither side could update their maps in real time.
For Core Formation Cultivators, this was also a dangerous place.
But to Nascent Souls, it was hardly worth mentioning.
"Leave it to me."
Their team had few people and high cultivation, making it easy to command and also