"It looks like there must be a secret involving Evil Soul Masters in Locke City!"
Prince Xue Xing's expression shifted slightly. "Then we..."
"Our four armies will join forces. Prince Xue Xing, lead eight thousand men and wait here for now!"
"Be prepared to support us at any time. Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and I will lead the remaining troops and test our strength against these Evil Soul Masters!"
"Good! Then I'll leave the coming battle to you, Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo!"
He no longer hesitated. He quickly assembled eight thousand men and withdrew from Locke City's Core Area in an orderly fashion, deploying them at a strategic location outside the city to await Su Yu's signal.
Su Yu, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo led the troops at the front, continuing deeper into Locke City with the remaining forces.
The doors and windows of the houses on both sides of the street were tightly shut. The silence was broken only by the sound of everyone's footsteps.
A breeze occasionally swept past, sending dead leaves skittering across the ground and adding to the eerie atmosphere.
After advancing roughly three hundred meters, a familiar building appeared before them—it was Locke City's Spirit Hall Branch Hall.
The branch hall was fairly large. At this moment, its doors were tightly shut, and the square before it was completely deserted.
What was strange was that they had not seen a single trace of any Evil Soul Masters along the way. They had not even seen a single corpse belonging to Locke City's residents.
"This is strange. Even if the Evil Soul Masters really massacred the city, they couldn't possibly have disposed of so many residents' corpses in such a short time. What's more, there's barely any trace of blood."
He turned to Chrysanthemum Douluo