"Senior, I need you to come out personally and use your full power to guide me."
While Chu Feng was traveling, he noticed that Song Yuwei had stopped.
The uneasy feeling in his heart only grew stronger.
The Shura King had lent him his power, but Fourth Grade Half-God was his limit. If he wanted to travel at full speed, he still needed the Shura King to come out himself and employ his heaven-defying combat power — only then could he move faster.
When Chu Feng opened the Spirit World Gate, the Shura King quickly appeared and immediately unleashed his heaven-defying combat power, carrying Chu Feng forward at great speed.
However, after traveling for some time, Chu Feng discovered that Song Yuwei, who had been stationary for a while, had started moving again.
Chu Feng didn't know where Song Yuwei was heading, so he could only continue pursuing in the direction she was moving.
But after chasing for a while, Chu Feng realized that Song Yuwei's path seemed to be leading toward the ancient city where they had previously explored the ruins.
In truth, Song Yuwei was indeed heading toward that ancient city.
The reason for this was that Situ Tingye, while torturing Song Yuwei, had also begun searching the items on her person.
When he found the token that could grant access to the City Lord's Manor, he realized that Song Yuwei had a connection with that City Lord Liang, which was why they headed toward the ancient city.
However, Situ Tingye suddenly received orders to return to the Situ Spirit World Gate.
So Situ Tingye himself had already taken a portion of the forces and rushed back toward the Situ Spirit World Gate.
He did not personally escort Song Yuwei to investigate City Lord Liang.
But the army of the Situ Spirit World Gate that was now bringing Song Yuwei to the ancient city was no less formidable.
Among them were two Gray Dragon God Robes, ten White Dragon God Robes, and more than nine thousand elite members of the Situ Spirit World Gate.
Such a massive force entering the ancient city was bound to attract attention, and that was before accounting for the blood-soaked figure bound at the front of the army.
This made it clear to everyone that the Situ Spirit World Gate had not come with friendly intentions.
Faced with this situation, everyone naturally wanted to leave this troubled place as quickly as possible, but unfortunately, they no longer had any chance to escape.
Because once the Situ Spirit World Gate's forces arrived, they immediately deployed a massive barrier, sealing off the entire city.
Unless one's cultivation had reached the First Grade Half-God level, it was impossible to break through that sealing barrier.
"My Lords, this humble one did not know of your arrival and failed to welcome you properly. Please forgive me."
City Lord Liang also appeared of his own accord, and upon showing himself, immediately dropped to his knees in a grand bow, prostrating before the Situ Spirit World Gate army standing in the sky.
There was nothing else he could do — these were people from the Situ Spirit World Gate, the rulers of this star domain.
Thud—
Suddenly, a figure was thrown out by the Situ Spirit World Gate, landing right in front of City Lord Liang.
Looking at the figure collapsed before him, City Lord Liang's eyes betrayed an irrepressible anguish.
Because this person was Song Yuwei.
But the current Song Yuwei was far more than just covered in blood — her eyes had been gouged out, her features were mangled beyond recognition, and her body was reduced to nothing but broken, severed limbs. Yet even the parts that remained had white bone protruding from them.
Worse still, writhing parasitic insects squirmed inside her body — venomous bugs designed to torment their host. And yet, despite all of this, Song Yuwei did not even wail.
She no longer had the strength to wail. She could barely even breathe.
But compared to all of that, the most heartbreaking thing was that Song Yuwei's Dantian was shattered, and her cultivation was draining away.
For a martial cultivator, this was the hardest thing to bear — after all, that cultivation had been painstakingly built up over many years, bit by bit.
Actually, before coming out, City Lord Liang had already seen Song Yuwei's wretched state and had prepared himself mentally.
But seeing her up close, his heart still took a tremendous blow, and his eyes reddened involuntarily.
"Oh? You're crying?"
"City Lord Liang, it seems you recognize her."
Within the Situ Spirit World Gate ranks, a Gray Dragon God Robe elder looked down at the kneeling City Lord Liang with a condescending gaze.
His name was Situ Xiangyang, one of the presiding elders of the Situ Spirit World Gate.
"Lord Xiangyang, this humble one does not recognize her."
City Lord Liang lied. He didn't dare tell the truth. He knew why Song Yuwei had ended up like this — she must have disobeyed his instructions and gone to those ruins to seek out the Situ Spirit World Gate people.
If he now admitted to recognizing Song Yuwei, admitted that he was the one who had told her about the ruins, not only would he die, but his entire clan would be buried alongside him.
"If you don't recognize her, then why are you crying?"
An old man with a dark face beside Situ Xiangyang barked the question angrily.
His name was Situ Jianling, also a presiding elder of the Situ Spirit World Gate and another Gray Dragon God Robe.
"My Lord, this humble one truly does not know her."
"Perhaps this humble one is simply too cowardly to stomach such a scene, which is why I've been so pathetic."
"Please do not blame me, My Lord."
As City Lord Liang spoke, he wiped away his tears — the implication being that his crying was purely out of fear, and that he truly did not know this person.
"You wretched servant, how dare you play dumb?"
Situ Jianling clearly didn't believe him and was about to strike City Lord Liang as he spoke.
But just as he was about to attack, a hand stopped him — it was Situ Xiangyang.
Situ Xiangyang glanced at Situ Jianling, signaling him not to act, then turned his gaze back to City Lord Liang.
"City Lord Liang, you have done some things for our Situ Spirit World Gate in the past and can be considered a person of merit."