The upper echelons of the Phoenix Four Clans had adopted this method because it was the best they could do under the circumstances. The Nine-Headed Green Phoenix Clan had set the time for the great battle far too urgently.
After an emergency discussion, they had hastily improvised their response. In the end, they could only deal with the known traitors within their clans first.
As for the hidden traitors, they likewise chose to ignore them for the moment. First, with the overall tide already set, once the entire army defected before the eyes of the Nine-Headed Green Phoenix Clan, it would be nearly impossible for the few who wanted to turn back.
Second, even if such people remained hidden in the army and struck from the shadows, their impact amid an army of thousands upon thousands would be limited.
Once the four clans defected as entire clans, these people would never again receive the Nine-Headed Green Phoenix Clan's favor. Most likely, they would be used by the other side to sacrifice to the banner.
As for the traitors transferred back to their clans, along with the traitors already known within the clans, the four clans would kill them all before departing.
Those suspected of having connections to them would also be sealed and taken away first. Once they escaped safely and settled down, the four clans would inevitably undergo a bloody purge.
At the instant they crossed paths with the Black Devil Race army, some cultivators who favored the Nine-Headed Green Phoenix Clan discovered that the charging army ahead had unexpectedly not attacked. Startled, they shouted sharply.
Yet the moment their shouts left their mouths, the cultivators around them suddenly attacked in unison, targeting precisely those shouting cultivators.
Those who attacked had long since divided their tasks. Those responsible for