Executioner?!

"Quick, quick! Extinguish all the torches!"

"Each squad, count your numbers and assemble before the Meeting Hall immediately!" Urgent calls rang out from all across Tiangang City.

At the eastern city wall, not long after the guard squad had withdrawn, a woman in white quietly appeared.

She truly resembled a long snake.

Mm. A beautiful snake.

Her tall body was extraordinarily flexible. Half flying, half crawling, she slipped through a gap between the battlements and climbed atop the city wall.

The white jade flexible sword coiled around her waist carried its owner several more meters forward. The woman rose slightly, her gaze passing over the battlements as she looked into the city.

One torch after another went out, while squad after squad hurried away.

"Oh?" The woman in white raised a brow slightly.

Not long ago, Tiangang City had still been peaceful, its torches blazing bright within and without the walls. But now, was the city ruled by Great Xia's Number One Heavenly Pride no longer guiding the lost?

Judging by the way these people were fleeing for their lives.

Could it be that Great Xia's Number One Heavenly Pride had received some signal?

Had an executioner who descended into the Mountain Realm already found him?

The woman in white's eyes shifted. If she followed the people of Tiangang City, she should be able to find that Number One Heavenly Pride—hm?

The woman suddenly lifted her eyes and looked toward the night sky due west.

At the distant horizon, a streak of purple electric light tore through the night sky, clearly heading for torch-lit Tiangang City.

Of course, even if the city inside and out were pitch-black, it would be impossible to escape the other party's eyes.

After all, a pair of purple lightning bird wings had spread from the