The battlefield of Xiahou Yuan, Gu Lin, and Blood Butcher seemed filled with billowing gang qi and terrifying momentum.
Yet if someone of comparable strength were to watch closely from the side, they would soon be able to spot the clues.
The three of them were practically putting on an act!
Their attacks carried extreme momentum, yet lacked the corresponding destructive power.
Amid the crisscrossing gang qi, most moves were feints, and whenever real strikes landed, they were merely probing each other's depths.
The moment Xiahou Yuan stated that he was the Commander, Blood Butcher concluded that he was the masked man from that night.
It could be said that everything was orchestrated by the other party.
He spoke with righteous justification, but attacking him was merely to avoid suspicion.
Yet since the price offered by the other party was so high, what harm was there in playing along with his act?
Xiahou Yuan was indeed acting, but it was also his way of keeping Blood Butcher in check; allying with All-Beings Demon Gate was undoubtedly a hazardous gamble for him.
People of the Demonic Sect had volatile personalities and might very well embark on a killing spree.
If the gathering's elites were all slaughtered by Blood Butcher while he remained unharmed, it would inevitably arouse suspicion from the five major sects and other factions.
Conversely, if he were heavily injured, the Great Xia Guard Commander suffering severe injuries within his own prefectural office would damage the prestige of the Great Xia Guard if word got out, and as Commander, he would find it hard to shirk the blame.
He was not the only Commander across the entire Western Extremity Circuit, and there was competition among them.
His colleagues certainly wouldn't mind stepping on him.
And as for the position