Ganxue Prefecture, outskirts of a Third-Grade region.
At the ruins where a "Blood Feast" was about to be held.
For a moment, every Demonic Cultivator's mind went blank.
Like statues in the wind, they stood rooted to the spot in stunned silence for a long while.
The plan had been arranged. The Dao Court Office's lackeys had taken the bait. The ambush encirclement had closed. Everyone had sharpened their blades, their bloodlust running wild—then, without warning, a message arrived saying there was a mole and the plan had to be called off...
The densely packed Demonic Cultivators around the ruins could not help exchanging looks, then all turned toward the leading Golden Core demon heads.
At the front of the crowd, several Golden Core demon heads draped in pitch-black Demonic Path cloaks frowned as well. Demonic Qi flowed around them, their faces obscured by foul, murky vapor.
One of them asked in a hoarse voice, "What's going on?"
"Who has the nerve to 'call off the plan'?"
"Who sent this message?"
"Hurry up and investigate..."
Another Golden Core demon head said coldly, "There's no time. The Dao Court Office has already entered the trap, and the arrow is nocked. At a time like this, who has time to investigate such nonsense?"
Someone asked uncertainly, "Could it be... the one we planted in the Dao Court Office..."
Before he could finish, another demon head cursed, "Shut up!"
The Demon Sect had moles planted by the Dao Court Office.
Naturally, the Dao Court Office also had moles planted by the Demon Sect.
This was highly confidential, and the mole's identity could not be exposed. Even though these demon heads were Golden Core cultivators of no low standing, not all of them knew the identity of the mole hidden within the Dao Court