"Dong!"

The ancient clock in the tower of E0 district was struck.

The long night was filled with the glow of fire. The three exits in the high walls of the district were opened, and a large number of people began to rush out of the blockade. Among the crowd, a small figure squeezed forward with difficulty.

Xiaoman carried a bamboo basket on her back, looking back with every step.

She couldn't see anything.

Gu Shen had left the alley and never reappeared... But she knew that everything tonight was Gu Shen's arrangement...

Would they meet again?

Although she had spent less than half a day with Gu Shen, this guy gave her a strange sense of security.

In days of wandering.

Xiaoman experienced this feeling for the first time.

The bell rang, and she ran forward desperately, silently reciting what Gu Shen had told her... Leave E0 district and run south, keep running south...

She clutched the bamboo basket tightly, constantly looking back. The crowd in the district was initially crowded, but after pouring out, they became less dense. She ran to a thicket of bushes, looking back at the dense branches and leaves that obscured the large moon. She could vaguely see the high walls of the E0 district, which were lit by fire. The last time she had seen this wall was two years ago.

"Shu!"

A sound of air being torn apart swept across the dome. Xiaoman held her breath. She watched a huge, fiery red shadow glide across the distant sky and land on the wall of the E0 district.

The bird was nearly a hundred meters in size, almost filling half the sky—

Just one glance made her feel incredibly suppressed!

At this point, she dared not look anymore and ran desperately into the depths of the jungle.

...

...

The Vermillion Bird landed on the high wall of E0 district. From a distance, he could see the local residents "spreading their branches and leaves" on the East Grotto Earth. The moment the riot began, He Chan had already reported the abnormality to him through mental link.

He retracted his domain.

This time, he brought twenty Law Enforcers of the Tower of Origin to E0 district. The moment they landed, these twenty Law Enforcers scattered in all directions.

After these people arrived.

Most of the light and fire in E0 district instantly died out.

The ancient clock on the tower in the district no longer rang. The bell-ringer, who had desperately climbed up the tower to ring the bell, was directly killed by the Law Enforcers. The ancient clock was also smashed and broken along with him.

The marching crowds were cut off at the three exits!

The Law Enforcers set up barriers, spread their minds, and re-enveloped the entire district in a large net.

The Vermillion Bird stood on the city wall with a flick of his sleeve, and coldly said, "Du Hu, take your men out of the city. Those rebellious commoners who incited the riot, as long as they are not related to the 'Cloud Mirror Mission'... kill them all."

Du Hu accepted the order and left.

The Vermillion Bird swept towards the northern district. After arriving at the northern tower, he saw a bloody and tragic scene... Only two Law Enforcers of the Tower of Origin stationed in E0 district remained.

Moreover, among these two, one was pierced through the body by the spire of the tower. His abdomen was cut open, his whole body was burning with purple blood... The purple-silver corroded his body and was undergoing a violent reaction with his source matter.

The other was only slightly injured, but his expression was pale. He was stunned and sat down in the alley, his entire consciousness still wandering outside the real world.

"..."

The Vermillion Bird first came to the severely injured Law Enforcer.

"Envoy... save..."

"Save..."

When the Law Enforcer saw the Vermillion Bird, a glimmer of hope flashed in his painful eyes. He tried his best to squeeze out words from his throat.

"I'm sorry, I can't save you."

The Vermillion Bird knew there was no hope when he saw the injury.

He spoke in a hoarse voice.

Then he gently brushed his hand over, closing the latter's eyes.

"Rumble—"

Fire burned!

He personally ended the life of this Law Enforcer, ending his last pain.

The Vermillion Bird's cry rang out in the night sky. The Law Enforcer who was sitting on the ground in the alley trembled instinctively when he saw the fire.

The spire of the tower burned fiercely.

In the end, the corpse was burned to ashes, and nothing remained.

The Vermillion Bird gently jumped down and came to the only surviving Law Enforcer.

He did not force him with shouts, but softly said, "Think carefully, what happened..."

After saying this, the Vermillion Bird grabbed him and quickly swept towards the depths of the northern district's streets.

Dozens of seconds later.

He stopped.

The street in front of him was almost completely destroyed. Many of the buildings here were cut open by blade energy. The entire street was fragmented. It was not difficult to deduce from the traces of the battle that these were all damages caused by [Cicada's Cry].

He Chan and a certain transcendent had a "fierce battle" here.

And finally.

He Chan died...

Only a pile of ashes remained where he fell.

The Vermillion Bird took a deep breath and put down the Law Enforcer.

He took two steps forward. The Vermillion Bird Sacred Fire burned and spread in the alley... The domain instantly formed, and his mental power scanned frantically.

"..."

After a moment, the anger in the Vermillion Bird's heart was almost monstrous.

How long had it been since he arrived here?

In just over ten minutes, an eight-star envoy had died so inexplicably?

Only ashes remained!

And the person who attacked and killed him did not even leave any traces of his attack!

"Envoy... when Lord He Chan died... I saw... light..."

The only survivor curled up.

His mind was in a mess, and he said in a hoarse voice, "Too much... happened... in these few minutes..."

The Vermillion Bird let out a turbid breath.

His thoughts were also very chaotic.

After seeing the chaos in "E0 district", he suddenly realized the importance of this Cloud Mirror Mission. In his own territory, someone had already planned a riot...

The riot began as soon as the Cloud Mirror Mission appeared!

That girl must be something precious.

Worthy of the mastermind spending so much effort to snatch her from his hands!

In any case, he must complete the Cloud Mirror Mission... and it must not fall into the hands of other envoys, but now there is not enough time. Red Dragon, Cloud Tiger, and Black Tortoise are on their way.

"You don't have to say anything."

The Vermillion Bird's expression was rarely gentle. He placed one hand on the head of the third-order Law Enforcer and softly said, "I will 'see' it myself."

The latter's pupils shrank instantly.

"Boom!"

High temperature surged into his mental sea.

The Vermillion Bird used the simplest, most brutal, and fastest way to read the Law Enforcer's heart sea.

A large amount of information poured in.

He saw the "holy light" that pierced through He Chan and tore apart the sky in the night!

He also saw the mysterious black shadow under the siege of the tower.

He Chan believed that the target of the Cloud Mirror Mission was on the northern border and should be out of the city at this moment...

That black shadow successfully played a delaying role.

All these messages poured into the Vermillion Bird's mental sea.

Most importantly... the important message that He Chan sent in the mental channel.

["This guy, is from West Continent."]

That's right.

Only the Holy Arbitrators of West Continent could complete the "incitement" of the native residents of Sang Continent Cave in such a short period of time...

He also felt strange about this mission to the south.

Why did only two people come from West Continent!

Su Ye and Jia Wei... were just pawns on the bright side, fanatics from the City of Light, but they still had a hidden trump card in the shadows. These bastards were as "despicable" and "gloomy" as ever!

The rebel who appeared among the four Law Enforcers... was likely also evidence of "West Continent's mental bewitchment."

The riot in E0 district.

Was a premeditated and planned layout.

The memory reading was completed.

The Vermillion Bird released his hand.

With a "plop," the Law Enforcer whose memory had been read fell to the ground, his body stiff. He twitched all over, his eyes rolled back completely, leaving only the whites of his eyes.

Forcibly extracting a large amount of spirit would cause great damage.

The Vermillion Bird's transcendent ability belonged to the natural system. Forcibly reading memories with mental power could not achieve "complete recovery" like other mental systems... This was an act that was extremely harmful to the heart sea.

But now, he had no time to wait slowly.

"Du Hu... bring your men to the northern border of E0 district. The target is in the northern district. Clear this side first."

The Vermillion Bird said calmly, "In addition, there is an injured person here who needs mental treatment."

After issuing the order.

The Vermillion Bird narrowed his eyes. He stretched out his finger and gently twisted a piece of debris in the ashes flying in the air... His domain was called [Li Fire], which was an extremely pure domain of fire control. Here, everything related to fire could be controlled and found by him.

The Vermillion Bird Envoy raised his five fingers and looked at the collapsed street.

In this completely burned alley.

He found some "evidence".

The debris of ashes flew towards his palm as if time was flowing backward. Countless ashes and dust pieced together, and it could be vaguely distinguished that this was a fragment of a broken robe, very small, almost negligible.

He Chan tried his best and only cut off this corner of the robe.

In the end, it was burned by the fire.

But...

Under the full compression of the Vermillion Bird's [Li Fire] domain, the transcendent power contained in this corner of the robe gradually condensed, and finally a wisp of aura overflowed.

This was a wisp of extreme light.

Belonging to... the light of the City of Light!

"Humph!"

The Vermillion Bird flicked his sleeve, his expression extremely gloomy. If the previous memory could not be regarded as evidence and could only be regarded as a guess... then this corner of the robe was the most obvious evidence!

He urged [Li Fire], trying to capture the residual aura of this light.

Originally, the Vermillion Bird did not think much about it. He had arrived one step late, and he was likely unable to catch up with the person who attacked him, but he never expected that the [Li Fire] domain would actually capture a wisp of aura!

How arrogant was this?

Killing his confidant in his territory and leaving behind a residual spiritual aura!

Was this provoking him, indicating that he should chase after him?!

"Northern Border..."

The Vermillion Bird stared at the direction where the aura of light was fading away. He got up and came to the city wall. Du Hu and a group of Law Enforcers had arrived in the northern district.

"Lord, what are you holding in your hand..."

Du Hu caught a glimpse of the Vermillion Bird's palm and was shocked.

"He Chan is dead."

The Vermillion Bird said coldly, "The people from the City of Light did it... This is the evidence."

He stared at the northern border. In the distance were the rolling mountains outside the Sang Continent Cave, and the night was like a coat, covering the ridges of the mountains for thousands of miles. The aura of light lurked in the mountains, and at this moment, it was very likely watching him.

"Evidence..."

Du Hu was stunned. He never expected that the Vermillion Bird would hand this precious remnant of ashes into his hands.

"You hand this over to 'Red Dragon'. Su Ye must give an explanation for this matter."

Du Hu carefully held the corner of the remnant robe, feeling extremely heavy, "What are you doing?"

"I'm going out of the city."

The Vermillion Bird said word by word, cold to the bone, "If he really dares to wait for me, I will kill him..."

"If I don't avenge this, I will be ashamed to be an envoy!"