Upon entering the Fire Dragon Pass, their vigilance relaxed considerably.
The reason was simple—if a formidable pass couldn't stop them, stricter measures beyond were futile as none could exceed the pass's defense grade.
Especially since Liao Rulong's Unit and Wen Shaoyang's Division had recently made a feint attack that, instead of achieving anything notable, had resulted in dozens of casualties before they withdrew a thousand li back to Zhixiu City, causing the guards to become even more lax.
Of course, this was all relative.
In wartime, defensive measures still exceeded by several grades those taken during peacetime.
Zhao Xing, Chen Shijie, Yu Ziqi, and Long Xiao, masquerading as commanders, had safely passed through five checkpoints without incident.
Particularly since Zhao Xing used a soul-binding grass man to capture the commanders' Life Souls and read their memories of the past few days, allowing them to easily deal with any questions that arose.
