Qi Wu watched Taotie's head rise into the night sky. The black smoke dispersed, leaving nothing behind. He withdrew his gaze and frowned.
The soul of the beast from the mountains and seas had left its body. He truly had no idea what would happen next.
On the Demons' other three fronts of attack against the Imperial Capital, the giant Demons serving as teleportation cores might also carry the remnant souls of fierce beasts such as Qiongqi, Hundun, and Taowu.
He did not know whether they would break free like Taotie, either.
There was no use dwelling on it.
There was a more urgent problem at hand!
And that was-
What about the civilians?
Qi Wu turned and looked at the gray, hazy Imperial Capital beyond the city wall.
Ravaged by war, the Imperial Capital seemed on the verge of collapse.
And more than ten million civilians still lived within that vast city.
If those beasts' remnant souls truly posed a threat...
Qi Wu had no confidence that he could protect all the civilians.
He could not protect everyone.
Taotie had escaped, and there was no telling when the other three souls might break free.
If all four came together and produced an even greater monster, who would protect the civilians while he fought it?
He had to evacuate every civilian from the Imperial Capital!
Qi Wu walked toward the Imperial Guard captain.
The captain stood beside a crenel, staring at the still-smoking crater outside the city, awestruck by Qi Wu's power.
Seeing Qi Wu approach, he hurriedly stood at attention.
"Mr. Qi Wu!"
Qi Wu wasted no words. "Gather every resident in the Imperial Capital."
The captain froze for a moment. "Gather the residents? Now?"
Qi Wu nodded. "I'm going to use the power of space law to open