Just as Xi Ying reeled in shock, another Soul Slave rushed in from outside and cried in panic, "Lady Xi Ying, terrible news!"
"A large number of slaves are gathering toward the Quarry."
"According to the Soul Slaves who escaped, those slaves seem intent on making a fight to the death and destroying the Heavenly Nether Sacred Tower!"
"Outrageous..."
Xi Ying was so furious her eyes nearly split at the corners. Cold, savage murderous intent flashed in her beautiful eyes as she said through gritted teeth, "I warned the Saint King long ago that the safest course was to control every slave with an Evil Soul Seal."
"But he insisted on humiliating those slaves, and that brought about today's unrest."
"Mobilize the eight hundred Soul Slaves in the Divine Temple. Come with me to the Quarry at once!"
"Today, I will execute these lowly slaves with my own hands!"
Before long, Xi Ying had assembled eight hundred Soul Slaves and led them straight toward the Quarry in a furious charge.
Yet when they reached the Quarry, it too was utterly empty, without a single person in sight.
Suspicion crossed Xi Ying's face. She entered the Quarry, her gaze repeatedly probing the pitch-black night around her for traces of the slaves.
As she walked, she suddenly spotted a figure sitting on a large blue-gray boulder ahead.
It was Qin Baochuan.
"Well, Lady Xi Ying, you finally arrived."
Qin Baochuan glanced back at Xi Ying and grinned. "You took so long I was about to fall asleep."
Xi Ying's expression darkened like stormy waters. Brimming with murderous intent, she said, "Qin Baochuan, you have some nerve, inciting the slaves to revolt and even plotting to destroy the Heavenly Nether Sacred Tower."
"Today, I will subject you to death by a thousand