Snatching People

When Ye Zhen returned to the Crimson Fire Branch Hall, it was still the middle of the night, nearly two shichen from dawn. Yet all the martial artists of the Crimson Fire Branch Hall were already waiting for orders.

Zuo Xiong, Yu Qianlou, and even Deputy Branch Master Hong Jiayin were anxiously pacing circles in the branch hall courtyard, occasionally tossing out one or two Talisman Signals.

Yet only a few breaths after the Talisman Signals shot into the sky, they would plunge headfirst from the heavens, crash to the ground, and shatter into pieces.

Such a situation usually meant that the martial artist had put away the talisman guide in a Storage Ring, or used a secret technique to isolate the talisman guide's aura. The Talisman Signal would then lose its target and plunge straight down from the sky.

The sight left Hong Jiayin, Zuo Xiong, and Yu Qianlou especially anxious.

"Ah, why hasn't the Branch Master returned yet? The sky is about to fall, ah..." Hong Jiayin's face was filled with anxiety.

"What do you mean, the sky is about to fall? Isn't everything fine?"

Ye Zhen's voice suddenly rang out from the sky, immediately making the gloomy-faced Hong Jiayin, Yu Qianlou, and Zuo Xiong breathe a sigh of relief.

"Branch Master, something huge has happened, something—"

"All right, we'll talk inside!"

With a flash of his figure, Ye Zhen stepped into the council hall first, with Hong Jiayin and the other two following close behind.

"Branch Master, while you were away, Chihuo Martial City has practically been turned upside down! First, the four minor factions we supported sent urgent reports one after another. The Brotherhood, Heavenly Horse Gang, and Five Immortals Hall—the three great alliances—will split into four forces and join hands to attack us tomorrow night.