"They're back! Sect Master Tongtian and the others are back!"
"Wonderful! We're saved!"
"Prince Shi Shan, you've finally returned!"
The moment Tongtian and the others appeared, a crowd of City Lords surrounded them.
The once-pristine Commandery Princess's Manor lay in ruins, as though a great battle had swept through it. Half the compound had completely collapsed!
Tongtian's brows knitted tightly. For a moment, he could not tell what had happened.
"Calm down. What exactly happened?"
"Where are the Crown Prince and Commandery Princess Shi Xue?"
At Tongtian's questions, the City Lords gradually calmed down.
"The Crown Prince and Commandery Princess Shi Xue are both in the separate courtyard arranged by the Ziyang Commandery Princess!"
"A Heavenly Demon attacked Skyreach City! City Lord Wu Heng was gravely wounded and nearly died!"
"Yes, even the Crown Prince could do nothing. Sect Master Tongtian, please hurry over and take a look!"
Tongtian understood then.
This must have been the City Lord he had seen earlier in the images carried back by the golden light, who had escaped into Ziyang City through a Teleportation Array at the last moment!
He simply did not know how the Commandery Princess's Manor had ended up in such a ruined state.
With no time to ponder it, Tongtian and Shi Shan followed the auras they sensed from Shi Xue and the others, appearing in the separate courtyard in an instant and coming face-to-face with the gravely wounded City Lord Wu Heng!
Seeing Tongtian return, Shi Xue immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
"Tongtian, take a look. It seems demonic qi has entered his body."
"That Heavenly Demon pursued him through the Teleportation Array earlier, but turned and fled after being struck by a strand of sword qi. Cousin Shi Meng chased after him just in case, leaving me