Chen Cheng's Mercy

Outside the City Lord's Mansion, once they had left its street behind, Brother Octopus, who had been lying silent on Chen Cheng's shoulder, suddenly began gulping for air.

"That wore me out! That bastard nearly noticed me."

Brother Octopus wiped away nonexistent sweat, then said to Chen Cheng:

"Kid, you owe me one for this. Don't forget it."

Chen Cheng had achieved his goal, so naturally he agreed to everything this hero of the hour said.

She Li frowned and spoke up as well:

"Ailafu is good at hiding things. Someone else was lying in wait in the shadows of that office. If we hadn't earned his trust this time, we might not have made it out of that room."

Chen Cheng might have possessed a Nascent Divine Domain, but when it came to detecting and judging enemies, She Li, who had fought his way out of the City of Sin, was the expert.

If She Li said they might not have made it out, then whoever was hiding there was very likely an Epic Rank expert.

And against an Epic Rank powerhouse on guard, even Chen Cheng and She Li together would most likely lose.

So She Li had a point.

"Fortunately, we've achieved our goal. Tomorrow we can visit the Engla garrison camp, but we'll only have this one chance. I'll need you to find a way through."

As Prince Pingbei had said, the routes to the Great Wall had long since been sealed. To get there, they would have to cross the garrison's defensive line.

In this world, a garrison's defensive line was more than soldiers and checkpoints. It also had large numbers of Magic Arrays inscribed by array masters.

These Magic Arrays served all sorts of strange purposes, but they could be roughly divided into three