Liu Yuan held Vina and pushed Qilin Step to its limit.
After crossing the oppressive boundary of the Star Dou Great Forest, the soil beneath their feet gradually became dry, and the suffocating deathly aura in the air thinned as they moved farther away.
They had officially entered Star Luo Empire territory.
This was not Vina's first time in the Star Luo Empire. As a princess of the Heaven Dou Empire, she had previously accompanied diplomatic missions on several visits and remembered the terrain and city distribution along the border extremely well.
Nestled in Liu Yuan's arms, she quickly identified their coordinates, then pointed northwest. "Go that way. About thirty li from here is a major border city, Dingbei City of the Star Luo Empire. Its city lord has met my father several times."
Liu Yuan did not hesitate. His figure turned into a blue afterimage, and he arrived beneath Dingbei City's gates within half a quarter-hour.
When Dingbei City's lord saw the imperial token Vina presented, he was so shocked he nearly fell from his seat.
He did not dare delay in the slightest. He immediately sealed off the City Lord's Mansion and brought out a high-grade long-distance Communication Soul Tool supplied exclusively by the empire.
Through the Soul Tool's light screen, Vina quickly contacted Princess Xu Jiujiu of the Star Luo Empire, who was patrolling nearby, as well as the Heavenly Soul Emperor far away in Heavenly Soul Imperial City.
During the communication, Vina did not elaborate on how Liu Yuan had used another's blade to kill a Soul Saint. She merely concisely explained that they had been ambushed by a Title Douluo-level Evil Soul Master, that Giant Hammer Douluo was fighting desperately at the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest to buy them time, and that