Chapter 4479: Careless Sha Mushi

During this time, Xiao Fan and Sha Mushi were both very happy, drinking to their hearts' content…

Not only was Sha Mushi there, but several of her subordinates were as well. They were all very enthusiastic, constantly toasting Xiao Fan.

It was clear from this that things were truly peaceful on Sha Mushi's side.

Otherwise, given the situation at Dong Chengji's place, how could there be time to sit and drink?!

However, it was good for Sha Mushi this way; at least it was safer.

But Xiao Fan always felt something was off, sensing that the Heavenly Court wouldn't be so kind…

The next day.

Xiao Fan left Sha Mushi's territory. However, barely half a day later, he received news that the people from the Heavenly Court were frantically attacking her territory and that Sha Mushi was seriously injured.

Upon hearing the news, Xiao Fan was shocked. As expected, the people from the Heavenly Court wouldn't let any place off.

Without a word, Xiao Fan returned to the Western Battlefield and saw the battle-scarred Sha Mushi.

"Are you okay?!" Xiao Fan asked with a worried expression.

"Cough… I'm fine." Sha Mushi shook her head, her face pale, clearly having suffered significant injuries.

"What happened? What occurred after I left?!" Xiao Fan asked in a low voice.

"Not long after you left, a group from the Heavenly Court came to attack. We thought the enemies were weak, so we didn't pay much attention… But once they got close, we realized we'd been tricked. They were actually all experts in the Emperor Lord Realm, over twenty of them. They had hidden their presence using a Formation, which was why we were caught off guard. The Heavenly Court's assault didn't stop there; more experts followed to cover the rear, so…" Sha Mushi's face was pale as she briefly explained what had happened.

Recently, Sha Mushi had been lulled into a false sense of security by the Heavenly Court, believing they wouldn't focus their efforts on her area.

Coupled with the recent string of victories, Sha Mushi had let her guard down. Not only her, but the other experts on the Western Battlefield had also grown complacent. Even the higher-ups of the Ghost Mansion here were the same, all thinking the Heavenly Court was nothing special, only to suffer a great loss as a result.

"This…"

"Don't worry, I'm fine." Sha Mushi shook her head. "You should go back; you have other things to do."

"But you…" Xiao Fan was worried about her.

Sha Mushi forced a smile, telling Xiao Fan she was fine and not to worry.

Sha Mushi felt a warmth in her heart at Xiao Fan's concern for her.

However, at that moment, Xiao Fan's ghost wood envoy token stirred. Evil Qi slowly emerged from it, condensing into the figure of the Ghost Lord.

Seeing this, both Xiao Fan and Sha Mushi were startled.

"Greetings, Lord Ghost Lord!"

"Greetings, Lord Ghost Lord!"

"…"

"Hehehe… Wei Zhongshan, Mushi is injured. Stay at the Western Battlefield for now to help her. Do you hear me?" the Ghost Lord said with a faint smile.

"This… Yes." Xiao Fan nodded heavily.

"Very good." The Ghost Lord's phantom nodded and looked at Sha Mushi. "Mushi, you must cooperate well with Wei Zhongshan from now on, understood?"

"Understood!" Sha Mushi nodded firmly.

After saying that, the Ghost Lord's figure vanished.

From Sha Mushi's reaction, Xiao Fan could tell that she clearly didn't know the Ghost Lord could communicate this way.

"The Ghost Lord's methods are truly extraordinary…" Xiao Fan marveled.

"Indeed." Sha Mushi nodded repeatedly, her eyes filled with admiration.

Xiao Fan and Sha Mushi chatted briefly, giving Xiao Fan a general understanding of the current situation.

Now, the enemies from the Heavenly Court were eyeing them like tigers… ready to attack at any moment.

Sha Mushi was injured, and so were the experts under her command; almost all of them had injuries of varying severity.

In truth, if Sha Mushi hadn't been careless and had activated the Formation in advance—rather than waiting until the enemy was right in front of them to notice—they wouldn't have been in trouble at all…

The root cause of everything was Sha Mushi's negligence.

After a short talk, Xiao Fan began to reorganize the deployment. After this setback, the morale of the people on the Western Battlefield had been dampened…

Morale is a very important thing; once it's gone, there's no point in fighting further.