"The Blood Shark First Chieftain has made his move..."
Everyone at the North Sea Branch Headquarters was distraught, unable to believe it.
It was not hard to guess that the Blood Shark King would continue feinting east and striking west, periodically tying down the branch's forces in different places before attacking Northsky Island.
Many had even prepared for the island to fall as it had seventy years ago, packing up all kinds of precious materials in advance, ready to flee far away the moment danger struck.
Yet none had expected the branch's experts to suffer disaster before the branch itself.
Four full-fledged Core Formation cultivators, along with dozens of Foundation Establishment cultivators, had vanished in a single stroke. It truly caught everyone off guard.
"How did the Blood Shark First Chieftain know where those experts were headed? Once they left the island, even Northsky Island could hardly keep track of their movements. He couldn't possibly have stumbled upon them by wandering around, fishing for a needle at the bottom of the sea!"
"There must be another mole, and they're hiding among the people who went out to fight!"
"But this time, the entire force was wiped out... the mole was silenced too!"
"Not necessarily. They could have faked their death and hidden away to watch how things developed. There are always ways. If there was no mole, then he used some other means, such as divination to calculate their location. In that case, any of us caught alone outside would be in danger too."
"Everyone, this isn't the time to dwell on that. Shouldn't our real concern be the Blood Shark First Chieftain's next move? His next target will surely be Northsky Island. Thankfully, Sect Master Li also killed the Blood Shark Second Chieftain. That was like cutting off one