Bang! The captain whipped his cloak around, and it collided with my Immortal-Chasing Locks, actually diverting all of them elsewhere. But he seemed to have realized how formidable I was, and hurriedly sidestepped, drifting far away!
The other soldier drew a longsword with great decisiveness and slashed down through the air, cutting most of the Immortal-Chasing Locks in half. I frowned. Two fifth-grade Dao Bodies!
Zhu Daohe was startled as well. I immediately said, "You're no match for them. Take the Thunderbolt Chariot aside for now. I'll deal with them."
"Just you?" The remaining soldier also drew his longsword and chanted several incantations. Blue light erupted all over his body. I couldn't help growing wary at the sight. He also had a fifth-grade Dao Body. Three fifth-grade experts—Divine Court had truly spared no expense. Knowing that we were sixth-grade, they had sent Judicial Officers one level above us.
"I'm rather curious. We played our parts quite convincingly. How did Official Zhu recognize at a glance that something was wrong with us?" the Judicial Officer disguised as the captain asked with a cold laugh.
Zhu Daohe retreated while saying, "A border patrol squad from the Divine Sky Prefecture has to have at least seven members. Even if they're severely understaffed, they'd rather stay behind closed doors than break the rules. The three of you formed a group—didn't you expose yourselves?"
"Hahahaha, how interesting. It was such a simple reason. No wonder the Divine Sky Prefecture's border troops looked puzzled when they took my orders earlier." The captain laughed, then drew two longswords from his scarlet cloak. They were actually two fourth-grade Dao Artifacts.
"Official Chen, should we capture this criminal immortal first?" one of the deputies asked.
The captain nodded. "Yes. It'll probably be difficult to capture him alone. Who would