"His injuries..."
Shangyuan Zi looked at Xin lying on the ground. The hole in his waist was horrifying, and the shoulder severed by the Shadow Blade was still bleeding profusely.
"An ordinary person would definitely be beyond saving, but an Ascender should survive. Especially one this powerful."
Guan Tong had deliberately avoided directly striking a vital point because he wanted to keep Xin alive for interrogation afterward.
However, judging by Xin's reaction before he was hit, he had been prepared for the combo of "Phase Shift plus close-range spatial attack."
When Ascenders fought, intelligence was crucial.
This guard had been present when Guan Tong assassinated the Divine Son. Even seeing it once would have left an impression.
That was precisely why Guan Tong had brought out the Hourglass of Time, an item whose existence had not been leaked, to assist his attack this time.
The result showed that it had been necessary.
Without that extra one-second time freeze lying in wait, this attack might really have failed.
Guan Tong took out some bandages and similar supplies from his Storage Ring, stopped Xin's bleeding, then tightly bound him with Shadow.
"Are any guards still alive?" Shangyuan Zi looked toward the stone cells.
"No. I only kept this key one alive."
"...I'll go check those cells."
Shangyuan Zi was eager to see whether one of the cells held her biological mother.
Guan Tong opened the market on his Terminal Panel and specifically searched for two types of functional items.
One was an item that interfered with teleportation.
The other was an item that interfered with Mind Power communications.
One type prevented escape, while the other prevented the use of things like a Communication Scroll, which could send distant warnings through the mind.
He spent tens of thousands of Ascension Coins to buy