【Before He Xiangdong and the others could even leave the Machine Valley area, the enemy spotted them.】
【The one who arrived was Immortal Lord Jin Hai, deputy director of the Peace Bureau.】
【A golden avenue unfurled beneath him. A four-wheeled golden war chariot, pulled by eight winged unicorns, rolled down along it.】
【Dressed in moon-white robes, Jin Hai sat atop the chariot, looking smug.】
【Thousands of elite Peace Force soldiers lined either side of the avenue. They stood on flying magical artifacts, controlling divine marks with both hands.】
【Jin Hai toyed with several interpersonal threads in his hand. They were gradually taking shape, appearing on one of the Torch Society members beside He Xiangdong.】
【“He Xiangdong, if I can’t find you, surely I can find the people around you, can’t I?”】
【The Torch Society member who had been tracked down was named Luo Kai. He looked utterly confused.】
【“Strategist He, I...”】
【“No need to explain. This isn’t your fault. Your identity was probably exposed long ago, but the Holy Dragon Society didn’t alert you.”】
【When they escaped from the base, King Zhou had placed laws on He Xiangdong, Ah Dou, and the other key figures, making them immune to tracking methods, including Jin Hai’s Interpersonal Indexing Law.】
【However, King Zhou couldn’t empower every member of the Torch Society.】
【Some people’s identities had been exposed long ago. But their status within the society was low, so the Holy Dragon Society had never acted against them. Instead, it kept them under surveillance. The Holy Dragon Society called these people “bait.”】
【Jin Hai could investigate the social connections of this bait. Even if the bait disappeared, he could locate them by using Interpersonal Indexing on the people around them.】
【Jin Hai had already tracked down several pieces of “bait.” At last, he had found one who was with a Child of Destiny.】
【Luo Kai stood in front of everyone, sword in hand.】
【“Brothers! I’m the one who brought this down on you. Go! I’ll hold them off!”】
【At those words, the veins on Ah Dou’s forehead bulged with fury.】
【“No! I won’t let anyone else die for me! If we leave, we leave together!”】
【Without another word, Luo Kai swung the back of his blade at Ah Dou, sending astral energy surging into the sky.】
【The strike sent Ah Dou flying.】
【“Strategist! Take him and go!”】
【He Xiangdong didn’t hesitate. He grabbed Ah Dou by the shoulder and used a Divine Art to flee into the distance.】
【Luo Kai wasn’t the only one left behind. Only three people went with He Xiangdong. The remaining dozens all stayed.】
【Sitting atop his golden war chariot, Jin Hai looked down at Luo Kai and the others with contempt.】
【“You ants, know your place! If I weren’t trying to lure out the big fish, you’d have been boiled into a pot of mush and fed to the pigs long ago!”】
【The scenery before Ah Dou’s eyes kept shifting. He Xiangdong had him in tow as he ran, and Ah Dou couldn’t fight back at all.】
【He saw Luo Kai and the others fight desperately against the enemy, only to be swallowed up by the Peace Force and fall into pools of blood.】
【Ah Dou wanted to roar, but his extreme fury and grief choked him so completely that not a sound came out.】
【The sacrifice of Luo Kai and the others had not secured Ah Dou’s safety.】
【Jin Hai’s unicorn-drawn chariot soon caught up, following the golden avenue.】
【Unhurriedly, he used the threads of Interpersonal Indexing to unravel the laws King Zhou had placed on He Xiangdong and Ah Dou.】
【“The three Immortal Kings who came along to capture the rebels this time are immensely powerful. They could tear Vermilion Violet Star to pieces if they wanted. But when it comes to finding people, I, Jin Hai, still have the edge.”】
【Jin Hai laughed smugly.】
【“This credit belongs to me, Jin Hai!”】
【Jin Hai pursued them relentlessly, without breaking a sweat.】
【He Xiangdong fled with Ah Dou, accompanied by three Transcendent Realm guards.】
【The three kept attacking Jin Hai in an attempt to interrupt his tracking, but to little effect.】
【The Holy Dragon Society had sent three Immortal Kings this time. It was an extravagantly powerful lineup.】
【If the three Immortal Kings got serious, they could indeed destroy Vermilion Violet Star, just as Jin Hai had said.】
【Naturally, they couldn’t do that.】
【First-tier Stars weren’t cabbages growing by the roadside. There weren’t many of them. If one were truly destroyed, the Immortal Emperors of the Holy Dragon Society would hold them accountable.】
【The Torch Society had only one Immortal King stationed permanently on Vermilion Violet Star: King Zhou.】
【Though King Zhou was peerlessly strong, far more powerful than ordinary Alien Race Immortal Kings,】
【he had to protect everyone as they retreated while also holding off three Immortal Kings. That made the task much harder.】
【Fortunately, an unidentified Human Race Immortal King had intervened during their retreat.】
【Now, five Immortal Kings were battling in space, and the outcome was unclear.】
【It was an unspoken understanding between the two sides. One feared damaging the planet so badly that the Immortal Emperors would hold them accountable; the other feared harming the Human Race and the Child of Destiny. So they had simply taken the fight into space.】
【The three Immortal Kings of the Holy Dragon Society might not have been any worse than Jin Hai at finding people. They just couldn’t spare a hand.】
【Jin Hai had basically stumbled into this credit.】
【“This won’t work. We can’t get away like this!”】
【He Xiangdong stopped and spoke to the three Transcendent Realm cultivators still beside him.】
【“Brother Lin, take Zhong Yanqing and go. Brother Yang, Brother Liu, and I will hold Jin Hai off!”】
【The burly man called Brother Lin didn’t hesitate. He grabbed Ah Dou and left without wasting a moment.】
【Ah Dou’s eyes had gone numb.】
【He no longer shouted or screamed. He knew that no matter what he said, He Xiangdong and the others would give their lives for him without hesitation.】
【Ah Dou murmured blankly.】
【“Do I deserve this?”】
【He Xiangdong and the two others stayed behind to cover their retreat. The three of them cut their palms with their weapons and let the blood flow. Their eyes instantly turned bloodshot, and black lines appeared on their faces. It seemed they were using some kind of extreme, unorthodox art.】
【Jin Hai mocked them.】
【“Torch Society, Torch Society. You’re the ones with the most crooked tricks. What was it, Yuan Core Detonation? Earthbound Ghost Chains? And this one, what was it called again? Oh, the Blood Tide Divine Art!
Tsk, tsk, tsk. You’re always claiming to be a great organization that saves the Human Race. To me, you’re just a bunch of Evil Demons practicing crooked arts!
We, the Peace Bureau and the Holy Dragon Society, are the great organizations that carry out justice on behalf of heaven!”】
【After bleeding themselves, the cultivation auras of He Xiangdong and the other two surged. But judging by the bloodthirsty expressions on their faces, the side effects of this move were terrible.】
【Just as the two sides were about to clash, a pillar of fire descended from the sky!】
【The pillar of fire shot straight toward Jin Hai.】
【Jin Hai reacted quickly. He abandoned his chariot and leaped into the air, flashing away.】
【“Rumble!!!”】
【The terrifying pillar of fire, its light illuminating half the sky, slammed into Jin Hai’s four-wheeled chariot.】
【The chariot’s throne and the eight unicorns pulling it didn’t last even a single breath before exploding with a thunderous boom, becoming blazing fireballs that crashed down.】
【Jin Hai flew into a towering rage on the spot.】
【“Ah! My Amajin! Who did this?!”】
【“I’m your dad!! Damn it!!!”】
【A furious roar rang out from the sky.】
【Jin Hai looked up and saw someone from his own race.】
【But the bizarre thing was that a long-haired Human Race woman stood atop the fire dragon’s head. How could my Holy Dragon Clan possibly let a human stand on our heads?】
【When Ah Dou heard that voice, he frantically slapped the burly man named Lin who was carrying him at a run.】
【“Uncle Lin! Stop! Stop! Uncle Chen is here! Uncle Chen is here!”】

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