"Fled south." After carefully examining the compass, Wu Shanyu once again locked onto the direction Dragon Blood had fled, then said to the martial artists beside him, "Be careful. I sense the presence of other martial artists here!"
Wu Shanyu's eyes narrowed as he looked toward the area where Lin Bai had stood earlier. He caught the scent Lin Bai had left behind before departing. As a top-tier prodigy like Wu Shanyu, his observations were meticulous, making it easy for him to distinguish the various auras in this place.
The instant he arrived, he had sensed the aura of another martial artist drifting through the heavens and earth. Although it was faint, Wu Shanyu was still certain that other martial artists were present.
"Let's obtain Dragon Blood first. We put so much effort into plotting this operation. Wouldn't it be a shame if we gained nothing?" Beside Wu Shanyu stood another figure Lin Bai knew very well—none other than Su Yue of the Lian Province Alliance.
Just as Lin Bai had guessed, Su Yue had betrayed every action of the Lian Province Alliance to the Heng Province Alliance. Su Yue had long yearned for the Heng Province Alliance, and when Vice-Alliance Leader Wu had gone to find him earlier, he had sworn to devote his life to serving the Heng Province Alliance. This time, with the Eternal Trial opening, Su Yue relied on his high position within the Lian Province Alliance to obtain plenty of information about its movements, conveniently trading that information for the Heng Province Alliance's trust.
That was how the Heng Province Alliance had ambushed the Lian Province Alliance in Dragon Blood Mountain ahead of time, leading to the series of events in which the Lian Province Alliance's martial artists were slaughtered and forced into a crushing