As he spoke, he walked to the window and looked toward the ten treasure towers at the very front. "You must have noticed that none of the ten towers on the Golden Roll's front page have lit up with Profound Light. It is not that they failed to answer the Dao Academy's summons. As the Golden Roll's top ten, they possess the right to act first and report later. They need not accept Demon Suppression Pass's command or deployment and may enter the Demon Soil to act on their own."
"Judging by the time, I would guess that at least six of them have already entered the Vast Sea Demonic Land and begun lying in wait for those demonic cultivators."
Beyond Demon Suppression Pass lay the Vast Sea Demonic Land.
Amid an exceptionally concealed ripple of spiritual energy, more than a dozen black figures silently appeared at the bottom of a lake deep within the Demon Soil mountains.
They were the Demonic Dao cultivators Jiang Yinkong had mentioned, those who would leave the demonic cave ahead of time before the great battle began.
Each had a different task. Some were vanguards scouting the way, some were to lie in ambush and launch sneak attacks, while others were to quietly infiltrate the righteous path's territory and make long-term plans.
The demonic cultivators now appearing at the lake bottom came from the Poison Absolute Demonic Cave. They planned to set a strange poison in advance throughout the underground water system of this region.
Once the great battle began, they could lure righteous cultivators here, then use a catalyst to awaken the water poison hidden underground, severely crippling the righteous camp without lifting a finger.
These demonic cultivators possessed considerable cultivation. Even the weakest were at Late Essence Condensation, while their leader had