Chapter 1804: An Acquaintance Barges In (1/2)

The change of the guard had given the Vermilion Bird an opportunity to feed Elder Xun and his lackeys were eaten wholesale in less than fifteen minutes

“Not bad, not bad,” the bird remarked appreciatively

“Old brother, there will be enough to eat for the both of you on the battlefield I think you’ll have athe divine real Chen could tell that the Vermillion Bird quite liked the situation

“I think you’re right I quite like things this way” The Verot back his documents very quickly, then destroyed the rest of the dead’s effects He did so in order to prove that the four of them hadn’t made any contact with Elder Xun at all Dead men told no tales, thankfully, so their claims weren’t likely to be disputed

The neas carried back very quickly

I was one of the first to hear “What? Elder Xun and his e them out? Are they dead, too?”

“No They were the ones to notice the death of Elder Xun’sreinforceer”

The imperial prince was livid “They’ll defend it the Reinforceet the men from? If I had that many men, ould I need theh-risk zone that practically no one wanted to go to into The likelihood of dying there was too high

Since the beginning of the invasion, the mortality rate in that area had stayed at an incredible level Thus, there were never enoughto brave such a minefield

The inorant of the current state of affairs the only source of volunteers These fresh cultivators who’d just co for reinforcements now? Ie theood effort Even if they can’t kill rander battle hness”

An e Chen’s area in no time at all The emissary first applauded their bravery, then warned thereed readily, of course

This area was so far away and unwatched that the outside world knew practically nothing about it He had easily dispatched Elder Xun and the rest without drawing any attention

The emissary verbally e

Jiang Chen snickered after he did “I really does take us for fools”

“Heheh, shall I go kill hi for a fight The brink of divinity caused its fighting spirit and initiative to rise a hundredfold

“No rush The imperial prince isn’t a clever man It would be worse to have a wiser replace Chen wasn’t in a hurry to act yet He had his own ideas, but lacked sufficient control over the entire situation Plus, an assassination had to be clean and swift Any high-profile killing like this had to be decisive for a victory

Small-scale exterminations, on the other hand, could be perfor suspicion He had gotten rid of Elder Xun and his men today because they’d been easy prey

As they conversed, a neighboring area suddenly fired an eht h

“Area eighteen, yeah? The area right of us According to the rules, those in neighboring areas have a duty to help each other”

Jiang Chen began to brood This sudden development was outside of his expectation However, he quickly calmed down and decided to observe instead

If I were to blah excuse to deflect the accusations Saying that there had been sacred land operatives nearby his own area was one good reason He had stayed in order to hold the line

Though Jiang Chen stayed put, trouble charged in his direction before long

There was a uard Sacred land remnants have fled into your area Beware, beware”

It came from area seventeen Evidently, all the cultivators on this battlefield were equally sly They let a hot potato slip into Jiang Chen’s area rather than fend it off themselves

A problem that no one wanted to face was a hard one to handle Rather than get upset at the politics between areas, Jiang Chen laughed