The difficulty of passing through the fourth layer was much lower than Hank had anticipated. They did not run into any worthwhile resistance. Even Feng Bujue and Flashes of Sword did not think that it would be so successful.
The Village of Heavenly Blessing had a small population, only several hundred, and every one of them held their lives preciously. Once the alarm in the village rang, pretty much everyone went into hiding. There were just slightly over one hundred guards, and sixty percent of them was dispersed at their posts, and a small portion were still patrolling. Even though the communication between guards was not blocked, they did not have the structure and leadership needed to mount an effective resistance. There were only so many of them, and they did not have the structure of a highly-trained unit. When the enemy was Feng Bujue's group who moved fast and had a monster-like fighting ability, the little resistance that they put up was nothing.