At that moment—
Not far ahead, there was an outpost.
Inside were roughly a hundred people. They wore black low-grade immortal armor and wielded sharp low-grade Immortal Spears. Every one of them was at the Earth Immortal Realm, except for their leader, who was a True Immortal.
The three Heavenly Ships made no attempt to conceal themselves, so the outpost spotted the Immortal Alliance right away.
They had assumed there must have been some misunderstanding between the two sides. Everyone knew that the Daliang Dynasty was a vassal state of the Immortal Alliance and paid tribute to it every year. Yet when they reported in, the response they received was to kill any Immortal Alliance disciples on sight.
"Kill them on sight?!"
The True Immortal leader stared at the reply, so furious he nearly cursed.
Though Long Aotian had risen to power with overwhelming force in recent years, leaving the other two major powers unable to hold their heads high, the Immortal Alliance was still a godlike presence across the Eastern Region.
Did they even have what it took to kill Immortal Alliance disciples?
"Boss!"
One of his underlings couldn't help speaking up. "According to the intelligence we've received, the other outposts have also spotted Immortal Alliance disciples. Some have even clashed with them. But according to their reports, those disciples aren't very strong. Most are at the Earth Immortal Realm, and only a handful have reached the True Immortal Realm."
"They must be outer sect disciples of the Immortal Alliance!"
The True Immortal leader didn't feel any relief. Instead, his expression turned grave. "If my guess is right, the Immortal Alliance is using our Daliang Dynasty as an examination ground to select their inner sect disciples."
"Why?!"
His underlings were completely baffled. "Hasn't our Daliang already bowed to the