This...
The Black Crow Sect followers stood frozen in a daze.
The Guardian God, painstakingly cultivated with the strength of the entire sect and nourished on human blood, was simply gone... gone...
For a moment.
Countless gazes converged on Chen Mu. The entire scene fell silent, then the faces of the Black Crow Sect followers turned ashen in an instant.
On the other hand, City Guard's morale surged. Many people did not even care about the thousand taels of reward silver; they only wanted this battle resolved as quickly as possible. Seeing the Black Crow Sect's momentum collapse so suddenly, with their side crumbling on its own, naturally filled them with renewed vigor.
"Good job."
Xu Hongyu's expression remained cool, without a ripple in her eyes, but the soft sword in her hand suddenly grew three parts fiercer. The Sword Rain it formed completely swept the Black Crow Sect Leader within it, sealing off every route of retreat.
Originally, she had been more intent on rushing over to destroy the Blood Pool, but now her sword had changed targets.
"Damn it!"
The Black Crow Sect Leader's face turned incomparably ugly.
He had not expected one of Xu Hongyu's subordinates to be so fearless of death, charging straight through the Poisonous Water Squad—and not even Min Baoyi or the other Runner Office directors, but a Blue-Clothed Yamen Runner Captain.
With the Bloodthread Demon Rat dead, his plan had been utterly ruined. The Black Crow Sect followers were already collapsing in droves, and even escaping had become difficult. Gritting his teeth, a vicious gleam flashed through his eyes as he flipped his left hand over and produced a black sphere.
Bang!
The black sphere exploded, instantly spreading a mass of gray mist. Wherever it reached, the Vice Leader and the others from