"What? Commander Li Long is dead?"
"What? There's a hidden dungeon realm beneath the Chang'an Military Mansion?"
"What? The dungeon realm contained the treasures of the Dragon-Locking Bodhisattva, and they're already gone!?"
The first general to learn the news fainted on the spot. Even after everyone slapped him with all their might, they couldn't wake him. His deputy could only take over command with a mournful expression, and then the more than ten thousand soldiers of the Chang'an Military Mansion went completely berserk, setting the entire Chang'an City ablaze.
Every painter was dragged out of bed to copy the four silhouette-only wanted posters at the city gates. Every hound was roused and sent sniffing everywhere. The Anguo Temple pagoda, the last place the thieves had disappeared, was razed to the ground. Every Buddha statue was smashed, every brick was pried up, and no place capable of hiding a person was spared.
At this moment, faith and religion no longer mattered. If they didn't show their stance during this final stretch, they could wait to be burned to ash by the wrath of a Foundation Establishment True Person.
Chang'an tonight was destined to be a sleepless night.
Yet the culprits themselves felt not the slightest shame at having done something bad. Instead, they sat in their places full of anticipation, like a group of children who had finished their chores and were waiting for a reward.
"According to the rule that the greater the difficulty, the greater the reward, this reward should be really good." Shang Xin Lei was full of anticipation. "I took out nine people! Nine!"
"This time was different from the previous two. The Divine Marquis Constables also interfered, forcing us to reach the target location within ten minutes. That alone made this mission twice as difficult as