Prologue

After confirming that the gang members had completely lost the ability to resist, Jing Hang and the others went to untie the hostages.

After making sure that none of the children had suffered any fatal injuries, Jing Hang finally withdrew the lightning energy around him and approached Hei Xu with a terrifying aura.

Hei Xu had already been beaten into submission. He could not muster even a shred of strength to resist and could only watch as a tall figure walked up to him. The terrifying aura emanating from Jing Hang filled him with fear. Only when eight Soul Rings of different colors appeared before him did he finally fall completely silent.

"Tell me. Who sent you?"

Holding his Service Pistol, Jing Hang slowly crouched down. The dark muzzle was loosely aimed at Hei Xu, who lay on the ground, and he was prepared to execute this highly dangerous gang leader on the spot at any moment.

Hei Xu's voice trembled. Before he could make a sound, two streams of crimson bloody tears ran from the corners of his eyes. The black robe he wore suddenly burst apart, revealing five red feathers embedded in his back.

Before he could reveal a single useful piece of information, his entire body turned into a pool of foul-smelling blood in an instant. The bloody tears that had flowed from his eyes transformed into a cloud of black mist and vanished into the air.

Jing Hang's expression immediately turned grave. He was very familiar with that cloud of black mist, as well as the five red feathers embedded in the gang leader's back.

It seemed this operation had been jointly arranged by Puppet Second Elder and Fifth Elder Xue Yuan. They must have dispatched this gang while the main combat forces of their two