These Shadow Puppet Manipulators came and went without a trace.
The figure that had thrown out the brief note turned into a Black Shadow and dissipated after completing its mission.
They knew the locations of every monitoring point within the city.
Most absurdly, they always managed to evade the legendary experts of the city guard sent to hunt them down.
Their knowledge of intelligence, combined with the abilities of these ancient scouts themselves, truly allowed them to move as if no one else were there.
This note was regarded as Intimidation.
Yet the situation was urgent.
The Inner City Garrison officer who received it still decided to report it upward.
By the time it finally reached Asra Bey's hands, Zong Shen's army had already completely broken in from the west of the city and entered the Outer City District.
In order to reduce civilian casualties, after ensuring Shaluoshi had been captured, his split consciousness personally ordered Gift Crab and the Wasteland King to halt their attack.
They instead protected the flanks and stabilized the advance of the main force.
Both sides' legendary experts and soldiers were engaged in street fighting.
Each side suffered casualties.
But overall, the attackers held a clear advantage.
The Dusk Sand Great City's street defense nodes simply could not withstand the army's edge.
At this rate, they would reach the outskirts of the inner city in less than an hour.
Shaluoshi, who had already been captured alive, still refused to stop struggling.
His lower body was completely bound in mud and sand, while his upper body was wrapped in high-grade Adamantine wires reinforced with Runes. He had also been inflicted with the Wasteland King's weakening curse.
During this process, his skin had turned dark blue-black.
The veins beneath his skin bulged one by one.
His body