By now, the struggle between the righteous and demonic sides had long since grown beyond clashes on the battlefield into a confrontation on every front.
Beyond the daily fighting at the front, infiltration, assassination, counterintelligence, intelligence theft, attempts to turn the enemy, and countless similar operations took place almost every day.
The support mission Shen Yue, Baili Fusang, and the others had received this time, for instance, had been known to Bai Di two days in advance. He had informed his subordinates and ordered them to adjust their deployments at the front accordingly.
Their operation was highly classified. By all rights, the Demonic Path side should never have known about it.
Given what had happened, there was a strong chance that a traitor lurked within Demon Suppression Pass. And anyone privy to the details of this secret mission must have held considerable rank and cultivation.
Clearly, the person he had targeted by leaking the intelligence was Baili Fusang.
Though Baili Fusang was no longer among the ten names on the first page, his profound foundation in the Daoist arts still made him a formidable fighter. After several battles, the Demonic Path side had marked him as a priority target and placed him on its kill list.
Having gained access to the secret orders, this traitor to the righteous path seized the chance to pass the crucial intelligence along through a special channel.
What he did not know, however, was this:
He thought that, after lying low for so long and earning the trust of several people in charge at Demon Suppression Pass, a golden opportunity had finally come his way. In truth, it was a carefully laid trap. The righteous side was waiting to see which impatient little insect would crawl into it.
The high-ranking figures who held Demon Suppression