Lin Heng nearly failed to hold it in.
He even pictured Hua Qi imitating someone and saying, "This humble concubine cannot do it~"
"Alright, alright. I'll explain it to you slowly once we're back."
Meanwhile, outside the Plateau Forbidden Zone.
Meng Yutong and Dugu Zixuan led more than a dozen people to intercept that Cloud Boat formation.
Before the people aboard the three Cloud Boats could even figure out what was happening, Meng Yutong sliced off the prow of the leading vessel with a single sword strike.
There was little suspense in the battle that followed.
The strongest among the enemy was only at the initial stage of Dao Integration. Facing a mighty existence on mom's level, they naturally found it impossible to withstand her.
In barely more than ten minutes, everyone aboard the three Cloud Boats had been subdued.
Dugu Zixuan rummaged through the captives' Storage Rings and tokens, and her expression changed slightly.
"As expected, they're from the Shadow Alliance."
"The Shadow Alliance?" Meng Yutong froze. "Wasn't the Shadow Alliance wiped out long ago?"
"Wiped out doesn't mean there weren't any fish that slipped through the net. Look at the back of this token—it has the words 'Medical Path' engraved on it. Heh heh... their ties really run deep!"
Dugu Zixuan flipped the token over for her to see.
Meng Yutong glanced at it. "So these people are remnants of the Shadow Alliance, and now they're acting as lackeys for the Medical Path?"
"More or less. After all, even their alliance leader was captured alive."
Dugu Zixuan walked up to a man who had been tied up like a dumpling and crouched down.
The man was stubborn as iron, refusing to utter a single word.
Dugu Zixuan did not waste any words either. She directly crushed one