Chapter 415

"They chose Nanyucheng as their target and assassinated Gao Yuan—likely to avenge the recent death of Shoushen Sect Sect's chief priest Xun Tu in Nanyucheng!" Qu Fei looked at Su Yang. "Come to think of it, Xun Tu was killed by Captain Su."

"Mm!" Su Yang nodded. "During my last mission, when we raided the Black Feather Organization's underground lab in Anlong City, I encountered a Platinum-tier master of the Shoushen Sect. He even put a bounty on my head."

Hou Yongning said: "These cultists are all petty."

Su Yang asked Qu Fei: "My Storm Eagle told me the outer city of Nanyucheng is in chaos, but the middle and inner districts, along with the military, still maintain order. Have the Shoushen Sect members left?"

"It's unrealistic for one or two Platinum-tier beastmasters to crush Nanyucheng entirely—the Shoushen Sect members know this too!" Qu Fei analyzed. "Their main force probably left after creating chaos, leaving behind only a few scattered individuals to continue stirring up trouble among the crowds."

Su Yang asked: "How should we handle those people?"

This was his first time facing such fanatical Shoushen Sect believers.

He had no prior experience dealing with similar cases.

"First issue a warning. If they ignore it, use force to suppress them—anyone caught inciting riots, looting, killing, or arson—execute them on the spot!" Qu Fei said simply. "The riots in Nanyucheng may have been initiated by Shoushen Sect followers, who secretly fanned the flames. Residents from the safety zones outside the city and the slum dwellers might also be rioting out of long-standing grievances… The Nanyucheng City Guard may not have suffered heavy losses, but with Gao Yuan dead, they don't know the Shoushen Sect's movements and dare not launch a crackdown—they're still watching."

"Qu Fei, notify Nanyucheng to deploy the City Guard to assist us in suppressing the rebellion!"

"Liu Mengyun, lead the Fourteenth Emergency Team to coordinate with the City Guard!"

"Wang Hong, lead the Worm Train personnel to protect our logistical supplies!"

"Hou Yongning, Zhou Jiayun, come with me—we'll search Nanyucheng for Shoushen Sect cultists!"

Su Yang issued a string of orders, then turned to the three Starlight-tier experts: "Is that acceptable?"

Qu Fei nodded with a smile: "Perfect. Let's do it."

Hou Yongning and Zhou Jiayun nodded in agreement.

Su Yang exhaled in relief.

He'd been slightly worried—this was his first time commanding three Starlight-tier beastmasters.

Fortunately, he'd shown a few tricks on the way and earned their recognition.

Qu Fei summoned his beast and flew straight toward Nanyucheng's inner city.

Under the guidance of a Nanyucheng City Guard lieutenant, Liu Mengyun led her team toward the district.

The streets near the Worm Train station had once been bustling, but now lay scattered with corpses.

Shop doors were either smashed open and ransacked, or left in utter disarray.

Some shops had been set on fire, flames spreading.

Others had windows and doors tightly shut, pairs of wary eyes peering through cracks, watching the outside.

Many eyes lit up when they saw the Emergency Corps.

Liu Mengyun turned a corner and saw seven or eight men armed, standing before the shattered entrance of a looted shop.

Two fresh male corpses lay outside the shop entrance.

They were crawling through the broken doorway, while screams from inside the shop pierced the air.

"Deal with them!"

Liu Mengyun told Chen Li beside her.

"Yes!"

Chen Li was someone Su Yang had instructed them to pay attention to.

That's why Liu Mengyun liked keeping her close.

To the Emergency Team members, this meant Liu Mengyun valued Chen Li.

Chen Li believed it too!

Because she was a spy, Chen Li served Liu Mengyun with utmost dedication.

She never cut corners.

These rioters had no chance against the Fourteenth Emergency Team.

The Emergency Team members showed no mercy.

Every rioter they killed had been caught in the act.

Su Yang, Hou Yongning, and Zhou Jiayun rushed straight to the vicinity of Nanyucheng's square.

The square was packed with nearly ten thousand Shoushen Sect believers.

They knelt devoutly on the ground, murmuring prayers.

In the center of the square stood a statue over a man's height.

The statue was a grotesque amalgamation of creatures.

A tiger's head, a bear's body, goat's hooves, eight spider-like pincers, vines coiled around its waist, and a pair of massive bird wings sprouting from its back.

Still, Su Yang admired the sculptor—such an ugly monster had been carved with a touch of beauty.

That statue's form was the Shoushen Sect's Beast God.

The statue was no ordinary carving—it constantly emitted a faint spiritual energy fluctuation.

Prolonged exposure within its influence would gradually hypnotize ordinary people.

Among the nearly ten thousand believers, most were civilians, mixed with a few low-level beastmasters.

Not all who prayed were true believers.

Su Yang noticed at least a few imposters blending in.

But that was just petty trickery—mingling with these Shoushen Sect followers would eventually lead to total assimilation.

Not long after, Su Yang noticed seven beastmasters hidden among the tens of thousands of believers.

They too emitted spiritual fluctuations.

"Hou Yongning, stun the civilians first!"

Once action began, these ordinary believers would easily be caught in the crossfire.

If we don't control them, they might turn on us.

It is not Su Yang's womanly mercy, but because these believers are mostly truly innocent.

They can still be saved!

"Yes!"

Hou Yongning strode toward the square.

His eyes turned silver-white, and his spiritual energy erupted, spreading like ripples.

Tens of thousands of civilians prostrated in prayer on the square fell down in concentric circles.

The square, which had just been deafening with noise, instantly fell into deathly silence.

The seven Beast Tamer candidates targeted by Su Yang, under the control of the Seven-Colored Illusory Butterfly, walked to Su Yang's side.