A strange scene unfolded in a quiet village in the Nadella Region.
It had once been an ordinary village, but in the chaotic Nadella Region, many such villages disappeared every year, whether from famine or war.
More than twenty years ago, the village had undergone a complete change of population overnight. The original villagers had vanished, leaving only fit young and middle-aged adults, most of them men.
The truth was that every villager had been slaughtered that night without putting up any resistance.
Now, the same scene was playing out again.
What went around came around. Retribution never failed.
It was already the early hours of the morning, but at least forty guards were keeping their eyes wide open around the village.
A faint breeze seemed to sweep past. The eyes of four men hidden in the bushes suddenly bulged, and their bodies slumped to the ground without another movement.
Scenes like this kept unfolding throughout the small settlement. Within three to five minutes, every guard on watch had fallen.
There was no suspense about what came next. If even those who were awake could not evade the attacks, those asleep stood no chance.
Even the leader, who lived inside an air-raid shelter protected by an additional special-alloy door, failed to escape.
Everything fell quiet, and Lu Xian appeared out of thin air beside the leader.
A rueful voice came from beside Lu Xian. "Master Lu! Aren't you a little too impressive? You knocked out most of the people along the way. We were just picking up bodies behind you."
It was Wei Yu speaking, but he had used an Invisibility Potion, so he could not be seen.
"They're still alive," Lu Xian said flatly.
"Uh..." Wei Yu was at a loss for words.
*Picking up bodies was just a