The Demon Spirit Masters had long been preparing to strike the supply forces, so they had already begun scouting. Later, however, quite a few of their teams were wiped out by those forces, finally drawing the attention of their higher-ups.
They had caused the Bright Yang Kingdom's army no trouble and instead lost quite a few of their own men. Those losses were insignificant, but the humiliation was hard to swallow. In a fit of anger, the Demon Spirit Masters' leaders dispatched more Demonfolk units. Some harassed the supply forces while investigating their strength at close range. Others were sent to infiltrate the Bright Yang Kingdom again and investigate in secret.
The results gave the Demon Spirit Masters' leaders a tremendous shock. For some unknown reason, Huo Hai, a man on their blacklist, had actually appeared among the supply forces. This sent He Ya completely mad.
Mo Wen led the Demon Spirit Masters under his command along in secret, inwardly full of contempt. Hmph, lowly mortals always love fighting among themselves. In Mo Wen's eyes, Huo Hai had been assigned this position solely because his achievements had been too great.
Once all the Demonfolk under his command had passed through the passage, Mo Wen divided his forces into several columns and led them forward in secret. Only when they approached Moonview Lake did the Demonfolk troops reunite.
Then the army moved, sending dust billowing into the sky, and Huo Hai finally noticed something was wrong. Watching the Demonfolk approach from afar, their numbers still growing, he felt a surge of frustration. If the Star Gu weren't undergoing metamorphosis, I would have spotted them long ago. These bastards had chosen their timing all too well. If they had come two days later-no, perhaps even one day later-
His Star Gu might