A Feint, and You Caved?

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!!

Dozens of dark figures shot into the air from the streets ahead, swiftly surrounding Li Ran and Su Bingyao.

"You killed my men and still think you can run?" the Wood Squad captain of the City Security Bureau said furiously.

Li Ran swept his cold gaze over the enemies surrounding them, then smiled faintly at Su Bingyao. "They're the City Security Bureau's Wood Squad. Among the ten squads, their strength is considered lower-middle tier."

His voice was loud and clear, audible to everyone in this district.

Miss Shaori had extracted all of that information from the memories in the minds of the City Security Bureau's Soul Warriors.

The Wood Squad captain's eye twitched, his expression twisting with fury. Being mocked by the Artifact Soul Bureau's Wind Squad was one thing, but now even an intruder was mocking him—and in front of so many of his subordinates.

Could he tolerate that?

Of course not!

"Take down the intruders!" the Wood Squad captain roared.

The City Security Bureau's Soul Warriors charged at Li Ran and Su Bingyao.

Yet before long, the Wood Squad captain discovered that his subordinates were twisting strangely in midair before falling.

"Why can't I control my body?"

"There's an ambush in the void!"

"I can't move at all!"

It was as though countless invisible hands within this area were controlling his subordinates.

The Wood Squad captain was greatly alarmed. Then, he suddenly sensed an incomparably sinister force approaching him from the void.

His expression changed. He immediately summoned his soul blade and shouted, "Soul Release · Earth Dragon Technique!"

A dazzling, powerful green light erupted from the surface of his soul blade. The green light rapidly spread in all directions, wrapping around his subordinates.

The instant that the green light transformed into countless enormous vines