Soon, Xu Yi, mixed in with the crowd, inched forward with the flow. The search proceeded quickly and precisely, and his heart sank lower and lower.
Though hidden beneath his heavy cloak, Xu Yi could still clearly sense what was happening outside.
Of the several dozen people taking part in the encirclement, three wore python robes, purple crowns, and Soaring Cloud Shoes. They were unmistakably dressed in the Imperial Guard's distinctive uniform.
All three had taken on human appearances, but the faint demonic aura around them could not escape Xu Yi's notice.
Demons who could transform into such flawless human forms had to be Great Masters in the middle or late stages of shapeshifting.
Though the Ancestral Court was a world ruled by the Demon Race, Xu Yi had seen remarkably few demons since entering Jizhou Territory.
The arrival of these three high-ranking Imperial Guard officials not only proved that the Ancestral Court had taken the wanted order very seriously; it also showed that the Ancestral Court's core institutions remained in the Demon Race's hands.
Besides the three Great Demons, Xu Yi also recognized the guards under their command. They were none other than the Imperial Guard's notorious Corpse Refining Guard.
The so-called Corpse Refining Guard was made up of high-ranking human cultivators refined into fearsome corpses. Of course, according to the Ancestral Court's official explanation, they were criminals.
To qualify for the Corpse Refining Guard, one had to be at least a Bronze Corpse.
Bronze Corpses refined from high-ranking cultivators were basically immune to magic. Physical attacks had little effect on them, either. They moved with the speed and flickering unpredictability of lightning. Countless prisoners deemed guilty by the Ancestral Court had fallen to the Corpse Refining Guard.
They were surrounded on all sides, the area was sealed off,