No one suspected the Myriad Worlds Sect, because they knew the sect would never casually gamble with the lives of its Personal Disciples.
So the only possibility was that the Heaven Tribulation Alliance had a plot.
On the surface, it looked as though someone from the Myriad Worlds Sect had accidentally discovered a small outpost. In reality, it was meant to lure the sect's people in and help the alliance achieve its goals.
"None of you suspect the sect?"
"But why didn't the sect investigate thoroughly before assigning the mission?"
"Have none of you ever thought about that?" Da Huang asked in return.
Hearing Da Huang's words, the other six were stunned as well. Right, shouldn't the sect have investigated carefully before issuing the mission?
Every mission carried some degree of difficulty, but when Personal Disciples were involved—or when the mission was of an even higher level—the sect would surely be extremely cautious and do everything it could to ensure nothing went wrong.
"I believe the sect wouldn't gamble with our lives."
"They sent only our three peaks to carry out the mission. That means the three of us should be capable of completing it."
"If something really does go wrong, then this small outpost must be deliberately concealing certain people—certain experts."
"Or maybe those people have been hiding in the shadows all along, waiting for us to show up."
"The people out in the open are nothing more than bait."
The six weren't completely witless. This was the only plausible mishap or unforeseen turn of events.
"So let's prepare for the possibility that they're hiding their strength, or that someone is lurking in the shadows."
"That's why my plan is to take everyone out in the open as quickly as possible once we arrive."
"There's no need to waste