Whoosh...
Lin Bai raced toward the Imperial Capital at full speed. His flying sword streaked across the sky like a meteor, especially eye-catching in the hour before dawn.
The Imperial Capital's walls were already packed with martial artists, all gazing toward the mountains and forests in the eastern suburbs.
In truth, many major families and great sects in the Imperial Capital had dispatched experts to the eastern suburbs to gather intelligence.
The intelligence they brought back could be described in only two words... a bloodbath.
The entire eastern-suburb mountain range had become a battlefield for martial artists in the Great Purity Dao Fruit and Grand Luo Dao Fruit realms.
The mountains that had once towered majestically had now been reduced to ruins.
The lush, emerald forests had likewise collapsed into dust.
Just as the outline of the Imperial Capital reappeared in Lin Bai's vision, he suddenly felt his heart clench. A chill shot up his spine and rushed straight to his forehead.
"Not good!" Lin Bai cried out inwardly. Instinctively, he controlled his Sword Control Art and shifted sideways.
"Wolf Marquis has been knocked down!"
A tremendous force slammed into Lin Bai's back, knocking him from midair and sending him crashing heavily to the ground.
Just as the White-Robed Man reached out to seize Xia Jingzhi, a crimson sword light flashed past. Its fierce edge frightened the White-Robed Man into hurriedly withdrawing his hand.
"It's Wolf Marquis!"
"I can't believe he actually fought his way out of the eastern-suburb mountains?"
"As long as I enter the Imperial Capital, he won't be able to do anything to me."
The White-Robed Man narrowed his eyes and shook his head, unable to bear looking at him. "Wolf Marquis, why bother? You're no match for me. No matter how you resist, Xia Jingzhi will