Early the next morning, before dawn had fully broken, Bing Yekong and Shui Bing'er left Element City.
They carried no unnecessary luggage. Each rode a swift horse along the route marked by Shui Qingrou, skirting the main garrison zones of the Spirit Hall Empire as they raced southwest.
With their current cultivation, the horses were practically just for show. Once they reached open ground, Bing Yekong spread his Icy Twin Wings and flew low over the earth. Shui Bing'er followed close behind, the wings of her Ice Phoenix carrying her over treetops and fields. The two blue-white trails they carved through the sky stretched side by side along the horizon, so fast that the farmers working below could only glimpse two afterimages when they looked up.
A little over an hour later, the border of the Star Luo Empire came into view.
After another incense stick's worth of travel, the towering outline of Star Luo City's walls emerged on the horizon.
The guards at Star Luo City's gates spotted the two streaks of light rapidly approaching from the sky from a great distance, and horns immediately sounded.
A row of neatly armored soldiers formed up on the walls in readiness, bows and crossbows drawn. Yet when Bing Yekong and Shui Bing'er circled above the gates before slowly descending onto the open ground outside, the soldiers' expressions shifted from vigilance to stunned disbelief.
The Soul Power fluctuations they failed to conceal were simply far too obvious.
Shui Bing'er's aura as a peak rank ninety-eight Super Douluo was already enough to make people struggle for breath. Bing Yekong's rank ninety-nine Limit Douluo realm was even more oppressive, making the air within several dozen yards seem to sink as though an invisible cloud hung over their heads.
The Star Luo imperial palace reacted