The glow of the Teleportation Array had yet to fade completely when two searing figures flashed into Qin He's path.
They were guards clad in crimson battle armor, concentrated flame patterns flowing across its surface. A faint Saint Tier pressure wreathed them, a few degrees stronger than even Li Wuming of the Realm Patrol Bureau.
They did not spare Qin He so much as an extra glance. Their brows knotted together, and contempt all but spilled from their voices. "Your token and documents. Hand them over."
Their voices were not particularly loud, but they carried the explosive force of fire laws, making the tips of Qin He's ears tingle. This was no deliberate attempt to pressure him. Even a casual remark carried the intimidating might of the laws of heaven and earth. Such was the confidence of the guards left to watch over the Fire God Hall.
Qin He suppressed the turmoil in his heart. Imitating Liu Chengye's cautious manner, not daring to act presumptuously in the Fire God Hall, he hurriedly took out his teleportation token and official documents and handed them over.
The guard on the left accepted them. Flame patterns flashed across his fingertips, and the Li Fire Talisman markings on the token instantly lit up, resonating with the patterns on his armor.
He glanced at the official documents, then casually opened the investigation dossier. His gaze swept rapidly over it, his expression growing uglier by the moment.
"Those rice buckets at the Realm Patrol Bureau just get more useless with every passing day."
He hurled the dossier down in front of Qin He, scattering papers across the ground. Fire-aspected Origin Power surged with his anger, nearly setting the dossier alight. "A simple Strange Flame investigation, and after all that time, all you found was 'whereabouts unknown'?