"Clip-clop—"
The carriages moved slowly along the main road.
The journey had been peaceful so far, and after ten days, they had already covered half the distance.
With five hundred Imperial Knights guarding them, every city they passed received their convoy with the utmost courtesy, and they had encountered no trouble on the road.
Today was the eleventh day of travel.
Although they had mostly traveled along official roads, they chose a suitable secluded path in order to save time with a shortcut.
At present, their convoy was passing through a perilous gorge. It was somewhat narrow, but still flat enough for the carriages to pass through without issue.
Little did they know that "without issue" had only applied three hours ago. Three hours later—
"Buzz, buzz, buzz—"
Black mist suddenly blanketed the sky above the gorge.
The next moment, Demon Arrays appeared one after another above the gorge, teleporting a group of people into the area.
All of them wore pitch-black night gear and masks that left only their eyes exposed. Aside from the thick stench of blood and killing intent radiating from them, the strangest thing was that black pentagrams glimmered within every one of their eye sockets.
At that moment, the three Fallen Ones at the front shouted, "Conceal your auras. Don't expose yourselves!"
"Yes, my lords!" ×N
"This road is seriously dangerous."
Yu Feng lifted the carriage curtain and looked around.
Seeing the steep cliffs on either side towering into the clouds, he could not help complaining, "Why did we have to take this road? If a rock falls from up there, it could block the whole path."
"Birdman, don't tempt fate."
Ma Hongjun rolled his eyes.
"How could rocks fall so easily? Besides, even if they did, they wouldn't hurt you."
Yu Feng refused to