The insects continued to injure people. The wounds were not fatal, but they bled without stopping.
Just as Bai Qiushi hesitated.
Suddenly.
A blaze lit up on the horizon.
Boom!
The flames then surged toward the mutated insects like a scythe cutting grass. Amid a barrage of crackling sounds, the dark cloud soon gave off the charred aroma of roasted protein.
In an instant, the sky turned black—the color of burned insect corpses.
Whoosh—
The next second, blackened insect corpses rained down from the sky, drawing screams from the ordinary people below.
"Hmm?!"
Following the flames, Bai Qiushi stared in astonishment toward the distance.
He saw only a black figure walking away, a Tang Saber hanging at his waist.
That person must have merely been passing by. He had not even looked back, utterly confident that this one strike would deal with every insect...
Who was he?
The question surfaced for only a moment before Bai Qiushi immediately had the answer.
Tang Saber.
Fire Burial.
Strength so terrifying that he did not need to look back.
Tai City Captain... Undertaker!
"Captain, it seems we don't need to call for help anymore. A burst of fire came out of nowhere just now and directly cleared the anomaly in my area."
"Same here!"
"Us too!"
Watching that figure depart, Bai Qiushi murmured in a complicated tone, "It was Undertaker Captain."
"Huh?"
"I said Undertaker Captain happened to be passing by and dealt with it for us. We don't need to consider asking for help anymore. Let's just handle the aftermath."
The earpieces fell silent for a moment, though several heavy, bull-like breaths could be heard.
Damn!
Undertaker!!
That legendary Tai City Captain!
He had merely passed by and casually solved the problem they had been preparing to request reinforcements for. This was