"By the way, the arrangements have been completely finalized, right?"
Ju Zi nodded slightly. "Yes, Your Highness. Heavy forces have been deployed in the east, south, and north. Rank Nine Soul Engineers and more than five Fixed Soul Cannon Shells are stationed there, and the news has already been spread."
"What about the west? Has the west been arranged as well?" Xu Tianran asked.
"The west is ready too. The people who left first are all there, but their numbers are somewhat lower than estimated."
"Hmm? Fewer?" Xu Tianran frowned, then shook his head. "Forget it. Perhaps they were drawn in by the tournament and are still watching. In any case, the Holy Spirit Cult is there. Let them deal with the headache."
"Yes." Ju Zi lowered her head, the corners of her lips curling faintly where Xu Tianran could not see.
Why were there fewer people? Naturally, because someone had acted before Xu Tianran from the very beginning.
Of course, good words could not persuade those bent on dying. There was a reason there were merely fewer people rather than no one taking the bait.
Xu Tianran's grand dream would soon come to an end as well.
Amid the undercurrents, another tournament in Mingdu entered its final act.
The final round of the Mingdu Soul Engineer Elite Tournament, hosted by Mingdu's three major underground factions, was about to begin.
The three Soul Engineers selected by each of the three underground factions from their respective qualifiers would gather that evening.
The prizes for the final round had also been announced. First was a Rank Nine Soul Tool as the champion's prize. In addition to the Rank Nine Soul Tool, there was also the right to choose forty-nine kinds of rare metals, something immensely important to Soul Engineers.
Second and third