The Cloudpiercing Sect had few Vajra Force experts stationed at its mountain headquarters to begin with. With Lu Ding in seclusion, Cheng Heng newly advanced to the Vajra Realm, and several elders away and yet to return, scarcely any could be mobilized at once.
After weighing his options repeatedly, Shi Songquan reassigned an elder at the Early Inner Vajra Realm who had long guarded the outer mountain. Skilled at reconnaissance and breaking formations, and steady in battle, he would accompany Fang Yang.
Two Vajra Force martial artists set out together!
They were the strongest force the Cloudpiercing Sect could deploy at a moment's notice. They could crush an ordinary branch of the Mahayana Evil Cult, contend with one or two Vajra Force cultists, and firmly suppress the unrest in the county.
The arrangements were set. Nothing had been overlooked.
Fang Yang dared not delay. He returned to his courtyard at once to assemble his people, select elite inner disciples, and prepare healing pills.
In less than half an hour, the two-hundred-strong elite force was ready. Led by the two Vajra Force experts, they hurried out of the Cloudpiercing Sect's mountain headquarters and raced day and night toward Huaiyi County, a hundred li away.
The force sped north beneath its banners, dust billowing behind it. Gradually, it passed beyond the core territory the Cloudpiercing Sect could control.
In the main hall on the Main Peak, Shi Songquan watched the reinforcements disappear into the distance and breathed a little easier.
In his view, two Vajra Realm experts working together had ample strength. Even if a Vajra Force cultist was stirring up trouble in Huaiyi County, they would swiftly put it down before any greater calamity arose.
He had no idea that the seemingly urgent and genuine unrest in the county had been