Silencing the Witnesses

A large contingent of impassive Inspection Command secret agents, their bodies radiating a biting chill, raced forward along the city's main avenues. Wherever they passed, officials scattered out of the way, while commoners shut their doors and windows, terrified of inviting disaster. Since ancient times, there had been no secrets in the imperial capital. What had happened at Marquis Ning's Residence several hours ago had already spread throughout Twin Sun Red Dragon City.

Marquis Ning's Residence had colluded with clergy from the Church of a foreign continent. The evidence was conclusive. That charge alone was enough to exterminate nine generations of Marquis Ning's Residence.

More than three hundred Penitence Knights had infiltrated Twin Sun Red Dragon City. This had enraged Ying Zheng, and dozens of officials responsible for the imperial capital's defenses and security patrols had already been thrown into the Imperial Prison, where they were currently being subjected to brutal torture.

Rumor had it that Hu Xinzhu and the others had suddenly vanished within Marquis Ning's Residence. Several master-grade formation experts who controlled Twin Sun Red Dragon City's defensive formations had sensed unusual spatial fluctuations. Clearly, someone had forcibly activated a teleportation formation and moved them out of the imperial capital—this directly made Ying Zheng leap to his feet.

Twin Sun Red Dragon City was also known as the City That Never Falls. Countless defensive formations covered every corner of the city, packed so densely that they were said to prevent even gods from teleporting directly out of it. Yet from an imperial capital with such formidable defenses, someone had forcibly teleported away high-ranking court ministers. There was no doubt that something had gone wrong within the Blood Qin Empire—the airtight defensive formations had been tampered with by human hands.

The many officials responsible for repairing the city and