Preparing to Intervene!
Wang Yue had just reassured Yan Yuqing when he used a single-step teleport to arrive at King Yama Hall outside the city.
A place as gloomy as King Yama Hall should, by rights, have seen few visitors. But in reality, worshippers streamed in without end, and Wang Yue had found none of them when he circled around from behind the hall.
Something seemed off. Wang Yue examined the steady stream of people and noticed that half of those paying their respects kept glancing around from time to time.
He immediately realized they were all spies. But he didn't believe the Xuanjing Division had sent so few people, so he casually took a Ghost Messenger mask and put it on. Then, with an air of mystery, he opened King Yama Hall's wish box and took out the letters inside.
After getting the letters, he deliberately slowed down and darted toward the rear courtyard. As expected, his movements drew everyone's attention. The people hidden in the crowd stopped holding back and rushed after him into the courtyard.
But they were no match for him. Once they reached the hills behind the hall, Wang Yue took them down in a few quick blows, leaving none of them alive.
Still, they had slowed him down. By the time Wang Yue reached the foot of the hill, hundreds of crossbowmen had already surrounded him.
He glanced over the crowd and saw that it included not only members of the Xuanjing Division but also men from the Patrol Camp—even constables from the Prefect of Jingzhao's office.
He showed his enemies no mercy. He didn't even care that they were near Jinling. With a single time stop, followed by his endless sword aura, he felled all several hundred men in an instant, leaving only