A Chance Encounter with Assassins, Leaving a Mark

Outside Mingde Hall, armored soldiers raced along the streets. The military Soul Tool vehicles arriving behind them nearly blocked the entire road.

Countless troops began sealing off the streets, while military detection Soul Tools overhead focused their search on the area. Several streets around Mingde Hall were cleared, and the residents were evacuated in advance.

While they were busy surrounding the underground passage, Long Wushang had already emerged from another exit of Mingde Hall on the far side of the district.

He pressed the Soul Tool in his pocket and sent a signal to Long Xiaoyao, who was still making short work of the people inside Mingde Hall. He told him that he had escaped and urged him to break out quickly.

Long Wushang was not particularly worried about whether Long Xiaoyao could break out. Unless Kong Deming, the father of the Sun Moon Empire's Soul Engineers, intervened, no one else could pose a direct threat to his father.

After sending the message, he surveyed his surroundings. Once he had his bearings, he quickened his pace.

He had made quite a haul tonight. Not only had he looted a large warehouse inside Mingde Hall, but he had also taken the Level-Nine Soul Tool God-Sealing Platform and the Snow Empress Embryo.

He looked forward to seeing how furious Jing Hongchen would be when he returned and discovered the extent of Mingde Hall's losses. But that was no longer Long Wushang's concern.

After vaulting several high walls, he reached the vicinity of the Imperial Palace. He was about to escape the cordon when several dark figures suddenly swept across the sky ahead.

They wore black night clothes, their faces completely covered. Many were wounded. They had clearly just come through a fierce battle.

Long Wushang checked his stride and slipped into the