All the preparations were complete. Now they only had to wait. The atmosphere seemed to grow heavy, and these battle-hardened card adepts closed their mouths, gradually falling silent. Everyone repeatedly adjusted and checked their equipment. None of them had ever experienced a battle on this scale. Just imagining those endless ranks of card adepts was enough to make their scalps prickle.
In the sky, several black dots gradually grew larger.
It was a Hunting Squad!
This Hunting Squad of twenty card adepts roamed back and forth around Thousand Lakes City. Any card adept they spotted would be mercilessly killed! Chen Mu and his companions had already witnessed several groups trying to fly through this stretch of sky, only to be slaughtered without exception.
Chen Mu and his party carefully concealed themselves and reined in their perception. A special sleeping bag allowed them to bury their bodies easily beneath the snow. All the shuttlecraft were likewise buried beneath thick layers of snow, leaving not the slightest trace. From a distance, this snow forest looked perfectly ordinary. They had already successfully evaded several Hunting Squad patrols.
Suddenly, the Hunting Squad in the sky changed course and flew in another direction. Immediately afterward, fierce explosions rang out overhead.
The continuous explosions showed just how intense the battle was. However, the card adepts in the valley seemed to have complete confidence in these Hunting Squads. Although the fighting in the sky looked fierce, the card adepts in Snowridge Valley showed no intention of coming out to help.
The battle continued for about five or six minutes before the explosions grew much quieter. Like sharks catching the scent of blood, the Hunting Squads prowling nearby swarmed over. A large number of Hunting Squads patrolled this region, and in less than three minutes, four had arrived