As they traveled uphill, they occasionally came across several bandit corpses on the road to Submerged Creek Stronghold. Judging by the wounds, all of them had died not long ago.
"Could someone else have accepted a Soul Hunting Mission to wipe out Submerged Creek Stronghold, just like us?" Tang Yuan asked doubtfully.
Lu Feng shook his head uncertainly. Soul Hunting Missions of this type had no limit on the number of people who could accept them. Anyone could take them on; whoever wiped out Submerged Creek Stronghold first and brought back the heads of its main leaders would be considered to have completed the mission.
Soul Hunters generally adhered to professional ethics. It was not customary for someone to complete an extermination mission only to have another person steal the heads. Whoever did such a thing would surely become the common enemy of the entire Soul Hunter world.
Lu Feng examined the bandits who had died by the roadside. Most had been killed with a single slash, and few bore any unnecessary wounds.
The killer was absolutely an expert with the blade.
There was only one mountain path leading to Submerged Creek Stronghold. On the way up, Lu Feng set up several ordinary spirit arrays to obstruct pursuers during their retreat.
"All right, let's go up to the stronghold," Lu Feng said after setting up the final array.
The group of four arrived at the main entrance of Submerged Creek Stronghold. Just as they appeared before its mountain gate, two figures darted swiftly past from one side and raced down the mountain road they had come from.
The arrays Lu Feng had laid in advance along their escape route were destroyed one after another by those two figures.
The gates of Submerged Creek Stronghold were not shut, leaving an opening.