To defend Taizhou, the Thirteenth Guardian had fought three Faxiang masters to the death using a secret demonic art, ultimately perishing at sea without even a body left behind!
The news soon spread like wildfire through the Jianghu.
That very night.
Braving the downpour, Qi Jiguang, Yang Luoshi, and the others dispatched countless military experts skilled in swimming to scour Taizhou Bay.
The Giant Whale Gang and Susha Gang also sent three thousand members to help search, but none could find any trace of Cao Jinxing...
He had vanished inexplicably, along with those two colossal beasts...
Since they did not know the full story, and the last thing they had seen was him falling into the sea with Gyuki watching hungrily nearby, they could only prepare for the worst.
Perhaps Qin Xuanji had failed to control the beast, and Cao Jinxing had met his end in Gyuki's belly...
Grief-stricken and furious, Qi Jiguang, Yang Luoshi, Lu Yi, and the others submitted a joint memorial detailing everything that had happened that day, sending it to the Capital City by eight-hundred-li express courier!
When that joint memorial and the heads of the three Faxiang masters reached the Capital City.
Everyone learned what had happened that day...
First, the Yan Faction had leaked the imperial decree, driving the Ningbo Prefect to desperate measures. He had actually colluded with the Wokou to save himself and handed over the city, nearly subjecting Ninghai's people to slaughter. It was the Thirteenth Guardian, Cao Jinxing, who had raced five hundred li from Shaoxing, killed thousands of elite enemies, and delivered Ninghai from disaster!
Then, amid torrential rain in Taizhou, the Wokou had brought four hundred warships and thirty thousand troops, seizing the opportunity to drive colossal beasts against the city! At that moment of life and death,