The moment Mo Ya sensed something flying toward him, he didn't hesitate for a second.
He directly struck out with a palm toward the mysterious incoming object. The palm formed from Dou Qi instantly blew the incoming object apart.
Boom!
However, along with the explosion of this mysterious object, a shroud of purple gas immediately enveloped Mo Ya entirely.
Seeing the color of this gas, Mo Ya's expression changed instantly. Initially, he only thought it was some poison mist thrown by the mysterious person in a sneak attack, so he didn't think much of it.
However, when he accidentally inhaled a tiny bit of this purple mist and discovered that it actually wasn't poison, his face instantly turned as black as the bottom of a pot.
To be honest, at this moment, Mo Ya would have preferred it to be poison mist. At the very least, he could then rely on his Dou Wang cultivation to forcibly expel the poison from his body. Yet, this was perversely not poison mist, but something far more troublesome.
Like Xiao Lin, as a Grand Marshal who led armies against the Chu Yun Empire year-round, how could Mo Ya not be familiar with the methods of the Chu Yun Empire's Poison Masters?
They were an exceptionally difficult group to deal with!
It wasn't that they were incredibly powerful, but rather this method of planting a mark on an enemy was simply impossible to guard against.
Although the effect of this mark would gradually disappear after a period of time. However, one couldn't ignore the oppressive feeling of being stared at by every Poison Master at all times immediately after being marked!
At this moment, after Mo Ya realized what this purple mist was, he was on one hand bewildered; he didn't know why a Poison Master from the Chu Yun Empire would plant a mark on him.
On the other hand, what he felt was a headache and a sense of a thorny situation.
"Could it be a Poison Master who doesn't know about the cooperation between me and the Chu Yun Empire? Does he want to kill me to weaken the strength of the Jia Ma Empire?"
Currently, Mo Ya could be said to be undergoing a brainstorm.
Otherwise, he truly couldn't think of any other explanation. In Mo Ya's view, this was the only reasonable explanation for now. After all, his cooperation with the Chu Yun Empire was something that could not see the light of day.
Setting aside the Jia Ma Empire, as he wouldn't let anyone else know, on the Chu Yun Empire's side, it was estimated that only the Imperial Family and a small number of high-level officials knew of this.
Other people certainly couldn't know about such a secretive cooperative relationship between the two sides. It was no wonder Mo Ya would speculate this way.
So, Mo Ya was still under the impression that some uninformed Chu Yun Poison Master wanted to lure him into the Black Rock Mountain Range to trap and kill him. Well, regarding such extreme patriots, he was also quite helpless!
Just as Mo Ya was thinking about how to explain things to this mysterious Poison Master, another sound of breaking air came from not far behind him.
"Wait, we are not enemies!"
After dodging the newcomer's attack with a flicker of his body, Mo Ya hurriedly spoke out. By now, the purple mist had already dissipated.
At the same time, the scent that could only be sensed between Poison Masters was radiating from Mo Ya's body. The one who had suddenly launched a sneak attack on Mo Ya was none other than the Chu Yun Empire commander—Gui Zhu, who had also been lured here by Xiao Lin!
Of course, Gui Zhu wasn't actually his real name.
It was a name he had given himself after joining the Chu Yun Imperial Family; as for his original name, he had long since forgotten it. The current Gui Zhu was essentially a servant of the Chu Yun Imperial Family!
On this point, compared to Mo Ya's status in the Jia Ma Empire, Gui Zhu was clearly far inferior. At the very least, Mo Ya was only serving the Jia Ma Empire and was not a servant of the Jia Ma Imperial Family!
However, because of this, Gui Zhu was naturally loyal to the Chu Yun Imperial Family.
Regarding the deal between Mo Ya and the Chu Yun Empire, he naturally knew about it. Or rather, it was only because the Grand Marshals of both sides were exchanging information that this war was fought this way!
The reason Gui Zhu attacked Mo Ya the moment he arrived on the scene was twofold.
First, to facilitate his movements and avoid exposing his identity, Mo Ya had intentionally worn black night-walking clothes, which prevented Gui Zhu from recognizing him immediately.
Second, before he had even entered the depths of the Black Rock Mountain Range, he had already caught the special scent of someone being marked by a Poison Master.
Simultaneously, because Xiao Lin had timed things very tightly, by the time Gui Zhu entered the depths and saw Mo Ya, the special purple gas had already dissipated. Combined with seeing a ground full of corpses of Chu Yun Empire people, how could he not strike out in a rage?
It could be said that after seeing his subordinates completely wiped out, how could Gui Zhu have the sanity to distinguish who the opponent was?
At this point, Xiao Lin's plan could basically be considered more than 90% successful!
The final part depended on whether the two Dou Wang powerhouses would fight because of this. Judging from the current situation, the possibility of them not fighting was almost zero!
Couldn't one see that Gui Zhu's eyes were already bloodshot? After all, ten or so Dou Ling and a hundred Da Dou Shi subordinates had fallen here!
Such a loss, even if he was a servant of the Chu Yun Imperial Family, would inevitably lead to some punishment upon his return. Without exaggeration, such a loss was already no smaller than the loss of 100,000 ordinary soldiers.
Therefore, how could Gui Zhu not be red-eyed with rage?
It wasn't until Gui Zhu heard Mo Ya's voice that he finally snapped back to his senses and realized the other party's identity.
"Mo Ya?"
Gui Zhu asked through gritted teeth, struggling to suppress the fury in his heart.
"You are... Gui Zhu?"
Similarly, Mo Ya naturally recognized Gui Zhu at this moment.
Of course, Mo Ya had not expected that the Chu Yun Poison Master appearing here would actually be Gui Zhu. However, since the one who came was Gui Zhu, why did the other party plant such a special mark on him?
Could it be that the Chu Yun Empire intended to burn the bridge after crossing it?
Not only did they want to kill the outstanding new generation of the Jia Ma Empire, but they also wanted to leave him here as well, so they could renege on the High-level Xuan Grade cultivation technique promised to him?
Don't say it; thinking carefully, there really was such a possibility!
"But, if the Chu Yun Empire wanted to do this, why would they kill their own people too?"
Looking around at the field of corpses embedded in the ground that couldn't even be pried out, Mo Ya felt something was wrong again. He felt that he had fallen into some kind of trap today. However, for a moment, he couldn't figure out where the problem lay.
One could say that Mo Ya's mind was somewhat in a mess.
However, Gui Zhu, who had been struggling to suppress the fury in his heart, could no longer care about so much. The surroundings were filled with the corpses of his subordinates, and judging by their appearance, they had clearly died not long ago.
This fit his understanding of Mo Ya's strength perfectly.
Add to that the fact that only Mo Ya was nearby, the other party was wearing black night-walking clothes, and the unique mark that only a Poison Master could plant was on his body. Wasn't this clearly telling him that Mo Ya had defected and had instead backstabbed the Chu Yun Empire?
Thinking of this, traces of blood even seeped through Gui Zhu's clenched teeth. He was furious; he hadn't expected that he and the Chu Yun Empire would be played by such a sinister and despicable person like Mo Ya!
"Mo Ya, is it? Good, very good, exceptionally good! I want you to pay with your life for these subordinates of mine. Die, you sinister and despicable villain!"
As Gui Zhu's words fell, he launched an attack against Mo Ya without any hesitation.
A great battle between Dou Wang thus broke out without any warning.