Shi Xing: Act first, report later, with Brother Cheng's special permission. This is the Military Intelligence Bureau!

"This is appalling! Has he gone mad?"

Even the usually calm and even-tempered Old Emperor of Sun Moon struggled to keep his composure. As he read the list Xu Cheng had handed him, his initial smile gradually vanished. His hand clenched the armrest of his wooden chair, veins bulging on its back-a clear reflection of his state of mind...

"Wasn't this something you indulged, old man?" Xu Cheng leisurely sipped his tea. After all, they had caught the culprits red-handed, with ample evidence.

Overnight, Xu Cheng had dispatched half the Evil Lord Soul Engineer Corps and the Fire Phoenix Corps Third Battalion stationed outside Mingdu to "cash in" on every lead they had gathered. Not only had they netted several big fish, countless officials from Mingdu's Military Headquarters had fallen from power...

Dark clouds seemed to loom over Mingdu, heralding an imminent storm.

As Mingdu underwent this upheaval, soldiers from the Soul Engineer corps burst through the doors of countless once-arrogant Military Headquarters officials. Those who cooperated were cuffed and taken away; those who did not received a couple of slaps before being cuffed and taken away.

Citizens secretly peering out their windows could always hear things like, "I shed blood for the empire! Let me see His Majesty!" and "Which division are you from? Do you know who I am... Slap! How dare you... Slap, slap! ...Mmph, mmph..."

The guards remained cold-faced. Even Soul Douluo-level experts, once fitted with Restraining Soul Tools, were no exception. Some arrogant ones were dragged into prison with faces so swollen that their fellow imprisoned colleagues and subordinates almost failed to recognize them.

As for those unwilling to wear Restraining Soul Tools, the sole Soul Douluo-level senior military official who had attempted to resist had his residence flattened by hundreds of Class 7 long-range