Within the forest at the foot of the hillside, shadowy figures silently descended one after another. Under the night sky, this place seemed even darker, like a colossal beast that had already fallen asleep.
Mu Guyue gathered with the Spirit Transformation cultivators who had remained behind. The moment they arrived, she immediately arranged for people to head to different locations.
Mu Guyue then took out the secondary treasure of "Heaven-Shattering Gang." She swiftly placed it in the designated position, after which all of them retreated to the foot of the mountain in this direction.
The pair of "Heaven-Shattering Gang" treasures that would soon be detonated had caused the Black Devil Race's grandmaster artifact refiners to rack their brains during their refinement. They had needed to account for the safety of their own side as well.
After test after test, they had finally concentrated this treasure's power at one point, as well as upon the primary treasure within the formation. This allowed the artifact's power to be brought out to the greatest extent.
At the same time, it reduced the harm inflicted upon their own cultivators. Otherwise, once such an artifact was used, the result would be mutual destruction.
Yet the power leaking out beyond the formation could still claim lives. Thus, after Mu Guyue and the others determined their attack positions, they immediately withdrew a great distance away...
Li Yan had disappeared by then. So long as Mu Guyue and the others did not encounter an enormous problem, he would not appear again.
This battle had been prepared by him for Mu Guyue. Moreover, after making so many preparations, Li Yan did not believe capturing this place would pose much of a problem.
If Li Yan had wanted to destroy these fortresses, he could have infiltrated them and simply released