About six hours later, the chaos in Sunset City finally died down completely.
Spirit Plant cages woven from vines enclosed tens of thousands of Soul Slave cultivators. Qi Heng led the city guards in moving them all to the City Lord's Manor for confinement.
"The Teleportation Arrays... won't work."
In the central square of the inner city, Lin Mo looked at the fully repaired Teleportation Arrays, his expression grim.
There were five Teleportation Arrays leading to Xuanyuan City in the square. All had now been repaired, yet none could be activated.
There was only one reason.
Something had gone wrong with the Teleportation Arrays in Xuanyuan City. The spatial imprints left within the arrays could not take effect, so naturally, no spatial passage could form between the two ends!
"Something... happened in Xuanyuan City?!"
Not far away, Qi Heng stared at the unresponsive Teleportation Arrays, unable to hide his shock and doubt. "His Majesty is personally overseeing Xuanyuan City. Even if Soul Slaves are causing trouble, how big a wave could they possibly stir up?"
"Could it be... that even His Majesty can't handle the Soul Slaves there?!"
Lin Mo said nothing.
That was exactly what worried him most.
Among the Dao of Alchemy Grandmasters invited to Xuanyuan City, quite a few must have been afflicted with the Evil Soul Seal.
The alchemy cultivators Xuanyuan Hong had invited were at least at the nascent soul middle stage. Once they became Soul Slaves and their strength surged, advancing to spirit transformation would hardly be surprising.
In other words...
Of the Twelve Ancient Sects, the Human Emperor Hall was now in the greatest danger!
"If the Teleportation Arrays won't work, I'll just have to fly."
Lin Mo stopped dwelling on it and gave Qi Heng a slight cupped-hand salute. Then his figure