These demonic cultivators who had crossed the border never dreamed that the righteous cultivators within the Azure Waves Northwest would react with such astonishing speed.
Their surprise attack had barely begun for two short days, yet outside the spatial folding channel's transport drop point, twenty Core Formation Realm righteous cultivators were already lying in wait.
Down in the forest below, over a hundred righteous Qi Gathering Cultivators had also gathered, all fully prepared to meet the enemy.
Although they were somewhat weaker than the descending Demonic Dao cultivators in terms of overall cultivation realm, they had the advantage of a pre-arranged ambush and thorough preparations.
Without the slightest defense, this batch of transmitted Demonic Dao vanguard cultivators, apart from a few exceptionally strong martial experts among them, were battered to death under the collective onslaught of the Northwest Demon Extermination Squad cultivators.
"How could this be? Could the intelligence have been leaked?"
"Impossible, even those of us carrying out this operation only found out about it a day ago, and the routes returning from the war zone to the righteous territory have all been sealed. Even if there truly were a traitor in our midst, it would be impossible to get the news back."
"Then how do you explain the situation of these people right before our eyes? Could it be that this Northwest land truly possesses immortals who can foretell the future?"
"Stop talking nonsense. Things have reached this point, so we'll just take things as they come and slaughter the people in front of us first!"
Among these four demonic cultivators who had relied on their raw strength to survive the first round of the extermination squad's onslaught, three were at the Late Essence Condensation stage, while the last one who spoke was even stronger, with a cultivation