Meeting

"A passing messenger?"

The saber-wielding guards exchanged looks, but none of them believed the nonsense coming from this absurdly powerful person.

These masked saber guards were no ordinary men. They were the armed imperial bodyguards of the Ursus Emperor, known as the "Emperor's Blades."

They embodied a certain will of Ursus and were the most terrifying military force on Ursus soil. Every region had frightening monster tales based on figures like them. A single one of them could wipe out several squads.

Their status was similar to Yan's Imperial Guards and Wei Yenwu's Shadow Guards.

Of course, the Shadow Guards had originally been Yan's Imperial Guards.

And yet, in a single exchange, this slender figure calling himself a messenger had severed their weapons with one strike—sabers forged with the Ursus Empire's finest techniques and materials, cut apart with effortless ease. It was simply unimaginable.

After all, they were facing Bai Ye.

"I've sealed off this place. You can't contact the outside, because... I don't want trouble."

Bai Ye had set up an isolation barrier beforehand, one capable of blocking signals. The Emperor's Blades' communication devices had become useless here.

The leading Inner Guard had been trying to contact the outside world all this time, but the connection had yet to go through.

"You—!"

"Shh—"

The Inner Guards wanted to say something more, but Bai Ye raised a finger to his lips and slowly said:

"You're very young—you're fresh blood among the Inner Guards. I don't want trouble, so let's each take a step back, all right? Calm down..."

These Inner Guards might possess strength comparable to that of their predecessors, but in certain respects, they were indeed not yet up to standard.

Compared to them, Wei Yenwu's Shadow Guards were far more seasoned.

Though unwilling, the three Inner Guards ultimately