Battle Lord took the scroll out of his sleeve again and unfurled it with a rustle.
On the blue-green scroll in his palm, a point of light in the far north was flickering violently, alternately bright and dim!
"This is... a Dao Lord has already been discovered?!"
Battle Lord immediately grew alert.
The point of light under attack on the scroll belonged to a low-ranking Dao Lord from the Northern Region, someone of little importance.
He was also a disposable pawn whom Battle Lord had explicitly planned to sacrifice.
But Battle Lord would never underestimate the man because of that, much less foolishly assume that he had been exposed so quickly simply because he was incompetent.
After all, every Myriad Forms Dao Lord had endured countless hardships and dangers to reach that level.
However stupid someone might be, could he really be stupid enough to seek his own death the moment he arrived?
Even Battle Lord owed his current status and cultivation not merely to his own modest talent, but also to his master's support.
Something was wrong...
Thoughts raced through Battle Lord's mind, and he quickly attributed this Dao Lord's premature exposure to the methods of those two Heavenly Mandate Emperors.
"It seems those two native emperors of the Ancient Hua Dynasty aren't just fools who sit back and enjoy the fruits of others' labor."
"Such swift, decisive searches... interesting."
Battle Lord's gaze flickered, a trace of wariness passing through his eyes.
"It looks like I'll have to pick up the pace too. I can't let them lead me around by the nose."
Just as he was about to put away the scroll and hurry onward.
Rumble-
From the horizon ahead, the thunderous sound of iron hooves suddenly tore through the air!
Battle Lord immediately looked up.
With his