In the past, something like this would have been impossible. The two camps stood opposed, each bearing a deep blood feud against the other. The worse off the enemy was, the happier one's own side would be. Yet times had changed, and now there came a day when they had to worry about the enemy's situation as well. The ways of the world were truly unpredictable.
The two passes stood a thousand li apart, like two bright lamps upon this stretch of wilderness. The Insect Race was drawn to them like moths to a flame. If one lamp went out, the pressure on the other would become immense. To say their relationship was one of lips and teeth, where the loss of one brought cold to the other, would not be an exaggeration.
What worried Lu Ye was also weighing on Lin Yue's mind. She did not know whether Startled Waves Lake Pass had discovered Liu Yuemei's death, nor did she know whether they had sent word upward to request reinforcements.
A pass with a Divine Sea Realm cultivator holding the fort was completely different from one without a Divine Sea Realm cultivator.
Lu Ye was currently disguised as Li Taibai, a Myriad Demon Ridge Cultivator, so naturally he could not lean the wrong way. He said, "Every man sweeps the snow from his own doorstep. Senior Sister need not worry too much. Vast Sky Alliance cultivators aren't children. If things turn bad, they'll naturally ask for aid."
"Let us hope so." Lin Yue gave a slight nod.
While Dark Moon Forest Pass was being assailed by a massive number of Insect Race creatures, Startled Waves Lake Pass was suffering the same fate. The Earth Rift lay in the central region, slightly to the right of the two passes. When