After the battle at the Grand Drill Ground, Zhao Xingshu and the other demon leaders who had escaped knew just how powerful Bai Xiaowen's group was. They were nothing like the two groups the demons had driven off during earlier patrols—Xinpu and Longze's A-Tier teams.
They had to give chase. Otherwise, the fugitives would join forces with Yuwen Huaji and his brother.
Bai Xiaowen made only a quick sweep of the battlefield. He tossed the newly acquired Grudge Soulstones to Yang Guang, then mounted Rageclaw and followed the trail with Li Shuyi.
The rest of the White Phoenix Team summoned their Elite Direwolves and sped after them. Five people rode three wolves, with Han Xu on one by himself. It worked well enough.
Among the demon leaders they had killed, Sima Deken was, of course, one of the Ten Traitors named by Empress Xiao. The former palace secretary Yuan Min and former Eagle-Raising General Meng Jing were on the list too.
After absorbing three Grudge Soulstones, Emperor Yang Guang's True Spirit grew more solid. He now looked little different from an ordinary ghost.
But it still wasn't enough. Only five of the Ten Traitors were dead, and Yuwen Huaji—the man Yang Guang hated most—was still safely holed up in the Myriad Manifestations Hall.
The White Phoenix Team used their direwolves' superior speed to hunt down Zhao Xingshu and the Li brothers.
Compared with the exhilarating battle between armies, this pursuit was frustrating. The enemy refused to fight, doing everything they could to flee back to the Myriad Manifestations Hall in the northern center of the city.
To catch them, the team had to do more than close the distance and hold them in place. They also had to cut off the routes the fugitives were bound to take.
Fortunately, Qiao