The Setup

Just as they were about to leave, Kenny Lin suddenly stopped. "Almost forgot something."

With that, a thin streak of sword energy flicked from his fingertips, piercing straight through Darsh's skull and embedding into the wall behind him.

Lagan only heard Kenny say those words but didn't see what he had done.

Darsh died without even having the chance to scream.

Even after they left, Lagan still thought Darsh had successfully passed along the message about their arrival.

Outwardly, he remained submissive, but inwardly, he was already imagining how they would be tortured once they fell into his brother-in-law's hands—how he would make them suffer a fate worse than death.

The Underground City was like a massive subterranean metropolis, its streets sprawling in all directions.

There were no hovering vehicles or advanced transportation here—people relied on their own two feet.