Chapter 296: Blood (5)
When the Five Venoms Sect took the Blood Cult under its control, it didn’t seize all of its Central Plains branches in one fell swoop.
The main headquarters of the Blood Cult might have been another matter, but the branches scattered across the Central Plains could not be captured all at once.
They had been established in secret to avoid the eyes of the martial world, and the information about their existence was known only to the upper leadership of the Cult—so the Five Venoms Sect couldn’t identify them quickly.
Moreover, the Martial Alliance's vigilant watch made it difficult to move troops into the Central Plains.
Still, by feeding the higher-ups of the Blood Cult with parasites and interrogating them, the Five Venoms Sect was eventually able to uncover the locations of many branches and secretly dispatch forces to take over the larger ones.
However, some members of the Blood Cult slipped through the Five Venoms Sect’s grasp.
These were the branches that had gone into hiding after realizing other branches were under attack.
And then there were the spies who had been secretly collecting information in the Central Plains and only communicated with a select few of the main headquarters' high command—they were lucky enough to escape the Five Venoms Sect’s clutches.
A few months ago, a Blood Cult member who had infiltrated the Martial Alliance was exposed, resulting in the annihilation of the Wuhuan branch. With their foundation for advancing into the Central Plains completely destroyed, many Blood Cult members lost their lives. But ironically, that incident became a blessing in disguise.
When a branch near Wuhuan was exposed and the Martial Alliance began to crack down on Blood Cult operatives, most of the spies severed contact with the main headquarters and went into hiding, allowing a good number of them to avoid falling into the Five Venoms ~Nоvеl𝕚ght~ Sect’s hands.
One of those who went into hiding was Nan-hwa, Vice Commander of the Blood Cult’s Blood Shade Unit.
Her role had been to gather intelligence along with a dozen subordinates throughout Hebei and Shandong—regions where factions like the Taesan Sect, the Hwangbo Clan, the Shandong Ak Clan, the Jinju Eon Clan, and the Peng Clan were located—and report back to the main headquarters.