On the wall separating the Inner City from the Outer City of the Iron-Cast Palace stood more than a dozen new M1-type 240-millimeter howitzers, intended specifically for repelling foreign enemies.
One of them had now turned to aim into the city, its barrel still steaming.
Several Ghost Clan soldiers behind it were skillfully loading another shell.
It was this very gun that had reduced Fang Cheng's home to rubble.
Tsui Tanlang had obtained a little ash left behind after the Six-Tailed Demon Fox burned. He spent three days using sorcery to painstakingly trace the clues, finally locating the fox's hiding place in the sprawling Inner City.
He hadn't expected her to be hiding in the home of the monster who had made the Ghost Samurai lose face.
This discovery had delighted Oni Rakshasa.
If they caught them red-handed, they could pin the charge of sheltering an assassin on the Ghost Princess's faction—and even accuse them of ordering the assassin to make an attempt on the Ghost Lord's life.
To ensure Fang Cheng and the Demon Fox were captured, they had not only sent one of their generals, Tsui Tanlang, in person, but also brought in thousands of soldiers from the military camp outside the city. They had even deployed the cannons used to defend the city.
Firing a cannon inside the city was a grave taboo. The slightest misstep could be treated as a rebellion.
Oni Rakshasa had dared to make this decision to end the matter once and for all. Even if they only got the bodies, they absolutely could not let the assassin escape again.
The spacious house had become rubble under the cannon fire. The blast had nearly shaken the entire city.
But Oni Rakshasa had already gone to the palace to explain himself to the Council