Storming the Headquarters

"Lord Di."

Gravely wounded, Hui Wenzhong dragged his weakened body over as well. "Wenzhong strayed onto the wrong path. Not only was I badly injured, I nearly implicated everyone else!

If not for Lord Di turning the tide, I truly..."

Di Renjie smiled and consoled him. "How can this be blamed on you? If you had not rescued His Majesty at Cold Light Temple, the world would likely have long since been thrown into chaos by the Serpent Spirit!"

"Yuanfang, where is this place?" Di Renjie asked the most crucial question.

"My lord, this is the headquarters' mechanism intelligence room. Unless we take this place, the army cannot enter the headquarters!" Li Yuanfang replied.

"Good! Open the headquarters' mechanisms at once and let the army enter!" Overjoyed at the news, Di Renjie immediately gave the order.

"Yes!"

Accepting the order, Li Yuanfang took the fake Lu Cheng with him to activate the mechanisms.

"Uncle!"

Having finished off a few minor enemies, Ru Yan came over at that moment and said with some regret, "What a pity. Xiao Qingfang got away again!"

Di Renjie smiled and reassured her. "Don't worry. She won't get far!"

"My lord, I'll lead men after her!" Li Xiao said at once.

Di Renjie nodded. "Good. Go with the four military commanders!"

"Understood!"

Before long, while searching the secret passage, Li Xiao, the four military commanders, and the Imperial Envoy Guard discovered the corpses of Xiao Qingfang and several men in purple robes.

Though they had long known the outcome, they still put on looks of surprise and immediately had Yang Fang and Ren Kuo report the matter to Di Renjie.

Di Renjie, who had been examining "Yuan Tiangang's" corpse, immediately led men to the scene upon hearing the news.

However, just as Di Renjie's party