"Bastards, damn bastards! They took the divine stone! They might be working with the people up above!" Yu Shun stared fiercely at the three black-robed figures who had burrowed underground, so furious that he swept a palm across the subterranean chamber.
Jian Yuan's aura churned with fury as well. Those three had actually entered this underground chamber without touching the restrictions, and their earth-burrowing escape had been so quiet that they had barely leaked any trace of their auras.
"I'll chase them! They're using talismans, so they can't move fast underground. We can't let them steal the divine stone just like that. We have to stay right on their tails.
"Send word to Qu Liang and the others, too. Tell them to return immediately and intercept those three black-robed thieves. Notify the cities farther along the Supreme Road while you're at it, and have them join in!"
"Hehe, I never thought we'd get it out so easily. There aren't even any pursuers."
Lin Jing, Yun Mo, and Wen Qingxuan did not linger in the Second City for long. They changed out of their black robes and immediately set off for the next city on the Supreme Road.
This was something they had agreed on beforehand. After all, this city was where the incident had occurred. The natives would surely go mad with rage and search for them at any cost.
Heading straight for the Third City would make it easier to shake those people off. Compared with a single city, the next several cities would offer far more space and far more people to disappear among.
So even if those people guessed that they had gone to the Third City, it would not pose much of a problem.
Besides, although the natives of the Supreme Road stood united, news