"What? The Seventh Guard's main force is actually counterattacking us? Since when did that trash Huang Tianhuo become so bold?" In the frigid midnight wind, Fifth Guard acting commander Chen Denglong's face turned exceptionally ugly and startled upon receiving the report.
In his eyes, his past achievements were themselves a form of deterrence.
Yet Chen Denglong's anger was not because of that.
He understood that Huang Tianhuo had dared to lead his main force in a counterattack not because he dared disregard the deterrence of a war god of his generation, but because he had obtained precise information about their troop deployment.
Huang Tianhuo had certainly learned that he had split his forces and knew his side was weakly manned. That was why he had dared to lead his troops in a counterattack.
That was what truly enraged Chen Denglong.
It meant the Seventh Guard's scouts possessed exceptionally strong infiltration capabilities—or that the Fifth Guard likewise had Seventh Guard spies planted within it.
Chen Denglong angrily looked back at the three thousand men behind him. Even as a war god of the Phoenix Spirit Realm, he could not tell at a glance who the traitor was!
"North. We're heading north! Now it's our turn to lead them in circles!" Chen Denglong immediately gave the order.
"Also, pass word to every unit: anyone displaying suspicious movements or contacting the outside may be executed on the spot." Chen Denglong issued an order that made everyone shudder.
Execution on the spot here did not mean withdrawing from the Military Exercise battlefield after a defeat. It meant military law—an actual execution in battle.
Everyone realized that there might be a traitor within their ranks.
Thus, this three-thousand-man force of the Fifth Guard, led by acting commander Chen Denglong, resolutely turned around amid an atmosphere