The monster gecko lay motionless beside the camp, its skin blending into its surroundings. No one noticed it.
At the third quarter of the Ox Hour, the sentries changed shifts as instructed.
For an instant, a gap opened in the Changshan Army camp's defenses.
The gecko seemed to scent an opportunity in the workings of karma. Driven by Thought Power, it swiftly burrowed through the earth and into the Changshan Military Camp from below.
No one noticed the gecko move.
It was the first monster insect in days to cross the defensive line and enter the Changshan Military Camp.
Once inside, it paused. A venomous glint flashed in its eyes.
Its uncanny eyes flickered in the darkness as it looked around, then slowly crawled in one direction...
Toward the Master's tent.
Under cover of night, the gecko crawled to the tent and touched the Array Technique. Its body suddenly dissolved into a pool of blood that seeped into the soil and flowed underground.
This seemed to be the monster gecko's innate gift.
Before long, it had seeped into the tent as blood.
The densely packed Array Techniques inside seemed dormant. Not one activated.
Inside the tent, the monster gecko reformed its body and crouched in a dark corner, looking up.
A candle flame glimmered in its uncanny eyes.
In the candlelight, a black-clad figure sat at the center of the tent. He was thin and seemed frail, yet carried an indescribable air of both righteousness and wickedness.
This was clearly the Master of the Changshan Army.
He was the army's unseen leader, the hidden hand behind it all.
And he was the greatest obstacle to the million-strong Azure-Faced Host uniting the Azure Fields State Boundary.
Now he sat unguarded in his tent, eyes closed in cultivation.
A sharp gleam flashed