The moment Glock rushed out of the Tower of Erudition's corridor, his hand was already pressing against the Communication Crystal in his inner pocket.
Lu Yuan's voice still weighed on his mind, every word carrying a severity he had never heard from the young man before. The Tower of Erudition's Main Tower had been sealed, and everyone inside had lost consciousness.
The Communication Crystal lit up. The instant the signal connected, Glock skipped any unnecessary preamble and reported the situation.
Leike was on the other end.
Leike hung up after hearing only three sentences through the Communication Crystal.
Something huge had happened.
Klaus, The Earl, Adrian, Arthur, the Great Ascendant. Those trapped in the Tower of Erudition's Main Tower were the core of Bronze City's existing high-level combat strength.
If they were all wiped out at once, Bronze City would effectively be hollowed out on the Transcendence level. Klaus absolutely could not come to harm. He was the axis of the entire operation. If he fell, no one could take over what came next.
But there was no point in Leike rushing over himself. He was Fourth Order. Whatever could knock out every Transcendence user above Fourth Order was not something someone of his level could handle.
But there was one person.
Leike swiftly crossed the streets beneath the night sky, racing toward the Clock Tower.
But by the time he arrived, the Clock Tower's ground floor was already empty.
Traces remained on the stone bench where the Black Qi had dissipated. The shadows were a shade deeper than usual, and the floating Black Eyeballs had already left with their master.
He sensed it.
Something was stirring in the direction of the Tower of Erudition.
The underlying tone of the disturbance was unfamiliar, heavy and vast, pressing directly over the