Enemy at the Gates

Lu Zhen had only just left.

Several figures in plain white hurried into the central army tent.

They were the women of the White Lotus Sect.

"Where did General Lu go?" The senior sister in white swept her gaze around. Seeing only Feng Wuji and the other three in the tent, she frowned.

"Brother Lu went out on business."

Feng Wuji snapped his folding fan shut and said calmly, "The Saintess has come calling late at night. Is there something urgent?"

The senior sister in white spoke with a grave expression.

"Something has changed." She said in a low voice, "Over the past few days, the Mandate Army has taken city after city. The commotion was too great, and it finally alerted the Great Abyss Imperial Capital."

Feng Wuji and the others exchanged glances.

"The Imperial Capital?" Chen Fei frowned.

"Yes."

The senior sister in white took a deep breath. "The intelligence our sect's hidden agents risked their lives to send back... the Imperial Capital has dispatched a top expert to secretly reinforce Tianshui City."

"Who did they send?" Shi Yan could not help asking.

"The Grand Academician of the Martial Abyss Pavilion, who also serves as the Grand Commander of the Divine Martial Army—Wei Cangyuan!" The senior sister in white enunciated every word.

Feng Wuji and the others were completely baffled.

After all, they were outsiders from beyond the heavens. The official titles and ranks of these Ancient Star natives did not inspire much awe in them.

"Is he very strong?" Su Mei asked tentatively.

"More than strong."

A deep trace of dread flashed through the senior sister in white's eyes. "This Elder Wei once suppressed the eighteen rebel kings of the Northern Desert alone, with nothing but a single blade."

"More than one Upper Extremity Realm expert has