Chapter 476: Game of War (1/2)
The group of people began moving through the forest after observing the army vanishing in the distance.
Their mood was suddenly light and cheerful. Their faces were full of smiles, and they began talking, but although they were merry, they never relaxed their nerves.
They were alert and observant as they knew that they were deep in enemy territory.
Their journey did not encounter any problems; they encountered a few small villages but stayed away from them.
They were entering deeper into enemy territory, and from time to time, they would encounter marks and signs of battle, but they had not experienced any skirmishes themselves yet.
The land did not resemble a battlefield. It was relaxed and calm; the atmosphere was fresh and full of excitement as the farmers began harvesting their crops. To them, the war was nothing more than a subject talked about over the dinner table.
Although some soldiers would ravage the places they fought, most people would not go against the villagers. Not only because they were cultivators and the villagers were mortals, but it was against the moral and ethical values of real experts.
There were naturally some who did not care about how a cultivator ought to behave, but even they had no interest in ordinary villagers. They had nothing that could catch their eyes, and ravaging their places, razing it to the ground would gain them nothing.
As such, the villagers were safe in their locations, but there were always exceptions, which was also why the first village acted the way they did when Xue Wei and his friends arrived.
Suddenly, as they were moving through a lush field of grass, the sound of clashing weapons could be heard in the distance, accompanied by energy fluctuations in the air. Someone was fighting.
They hurried to follow the sounds, while being highly alert, only to find that a small group of experts was fighting it out close to a river.
Three corpses lay on the ground, and seven men were fighting on the riverbank.
If not for them wearing bracelets of different colors, it would be impossible to see the difference between who worked for the Demon Phoenix Continent, and who was on the side of the Xiyang Continent.
The Demon Phoenix Continent experts were in dire straits. They had lost two men, while the opponents had merely lost one. While it was not a massive difference, it was enough to cause problems for the men of the Demon Phoenix Continent, and Xue Wei hurried over to participate in the battle.
When Xue Wei and his friends engaged in the fight, the Xiyang Continent's soldiers instantly collapsed, some tried to flee, but they were quickly disposed of.