Elsewhere, in a hidden vantage point along the riverbanks northwest of the city, a different group of scouts was observing similar movements.
Unlike the Azure Gale Sect disciples, these scouts belonged to the Crimson Vale Sect, and their leader was none other than Zhou Rui.
He crouched beside a moss-covered rock, his eyes narrowing with seriousness as she watched a separate column of Poison Demon Cultists marching through the shallows of the river, accompanied by amphibious demonic beasts that just by sinking into the water was starting to corrode it.
"What are they trying to do?" He murmured.
The cult's forces were using multiple routes. Through the forest, the river, and likely other hidden paths, closing into the Fanling City.
It's like they had this specific purpose behind their advance.
Zhou Rui glanced behind him, ordering his junior to report what they were.
