Chapter 421

"Yes!" Su Yang nodded. "Most of them were spotted by the Storm Eagle while inciting followers during the day—otherwise, suppressing the riots wouldn't have gone so smoothly!"

"Your Rainbow Illusion Butterfly is incredible!" Qu Fei sincerely marveled. "Without your Rainbow Illusion Butterfly, even with our three Starlight-level Beast Masters, we'd barely manage to suppress the riots—catching members of the Shoushen Sect would've taken ages!"

"That Storm Eagle is also strong!" Hou Yongning said. "I saw it fly into the clouds and vanish—but it still managed to spot ground targets from extreme altitude. Most Beast Masters wouldn't even notice it!"

Zhou Jiayun also smiled. "With Commander Su around, the Shoushen Sect members must be suffering."

All three Starlight-level Beast Masters felt the convenience brought by Su Yang's abilities!

"It's still too early to celebrate!" Su Yang said calmly. "The Nanyucheng incident is just the beginning. We must resolve Nanyucheng quickly, then rush to other cities to root out those Shoushen Sect members—otherwise, they could launch similar riots at any moment… We'll finalize the plan tonight."

Qu Fei, Hou Yongning, and Zhou Jiayun's expressions turned serious.

Thanks to Su Yang's reminder, they knew this wasn't the time to celebrate.

"Commander Su, Zhou Jiayun and I will patrol the entire Nanyucheng!" Qu Fei said. "Old Hou stays with you—how's that?"

"Fine."

Su Yang nodded.

If Qu Fei and Hou Yongning are deployed, it adds an extra layer of security.

What if a Shoushen Sect expert arrives in Nanyucheng?

Zhong Ruili acted with extreme speed—within an hour, seventeen Shoushen Sect believers hidden within Nanyucheng's military were arrested, along with their families.

During the arrests, four resisted violently and were killed.

The Nanyucheng military suffered no casualties.

"The Beast God won't let you go!"

"Let me go, you fools!"

"…"

Su Yang looked at the Rainbow Illusion Butterfly; it flew toward the seventeen captives.

The Rainbow Illusion Butterfly extracted memories from the seventeen, acquiring another list of twenty names.

Su Yang ordered: "Continue!"

Meanwhile, a citywide investigation was launched across Nanyucheng.

City guards, reclamation troops, and members of the Fourteenth Emergency Team went door-to-door, searching for Shoushen Sect members using portraits.

In the sky, besides the Storm Eagle, two other Starlight-level Beast Masters patrolled.

The Shoushen Sect's fugitives were mostly weak—even some Bronze-level Beast Masters.

The Shoushen Sect left them in Nanyucheng to create chaos, not to fight!

At night, in Nanyucheng's filthy alleyways, Shoushen Sect member Xu Jianshu fled frantically.

Xu Jianshu hadn't wanted to go out.

During the day, he'd watched his fellow sect member snatched away by a massive black eagle descending from the sky!

If he hadn't been lucky enough to duck into a roadside shop to use the toilet, he might've been caught too.

Fearing capture, he'd taken shelter in a residence.

But just now, he'd seen the Wucheng Emergency Team leader leading the search from upstairs.

Xu Jianshu knew well—against the elite of the Southwest Military's Emergency Teams, his mental-type beast would be useless!

So he ran out again.

The night was pitch black—no light could be seen even if you held your hand before your eyes.

This darkness filled Xu Jianshu with profound relief.

"It's so dark—if I'm careful, I won't be found!" Leaning against the damp alley wall, he gazed at the starless, moonless sky and exhaled deeply. "So dark—even that black eagle won't spot me!"

The moment Xu Jianshu finished speaking, a piercing wind shrieked.

A pair of enormous claws descended from above!

He stared in terror at the black eagle—his pants grew warm.

All night, every Shoushen Sect member embedded in Nanyucheng's military was purged.

Four of the seven hidden Beast Masters in the city were captured; three remained missing.

Hearing Zhong Ruili's report, Su Yang murmured: "The remaining three are weak—just good at hiding. Keep hunting them, Nanyucheng military."

Zhong Ruili patted his chest in assurance. "Yes, Commander Su! We'll catch them, Nanyucheng will!"

Su Yang turned to Liu Mengyun. "Tell the team—we're leaving Nanyucheng tomorrow morning."

"Yes, Major!"

"What?" Zhong Ruili asked urgently. "Commander Su, why are you leaving?"

"Other mission."

"I understand."

Zhong Ruili wisely didn't press further, and went back to his duties.

Gao Yuan was dead, the outer districts of Nanyucheng were heavily damaged, civilians were dead and wounded in great numbers, many soldiers had fallen, and the hunt for fleeing Shoushen Sect members continued—Zhong Ruili was now swamped.

After Zhong Ruili left, the office held only Su Yang and the other three Starlight-level Beast Masters.

Su Yang asked: "Where to next?"

Their mission was to exterminate Shoushen Sect members—not to stabilize Nanyucheng's order.

Wasting time on three Shoushen Sect trash was pointless!

Qu Fei unfolded a southwestern military map, laid it on the table, and pointed to a red dot not far from Nanyucheng, adjacent to the Western Military Zone. "We should go to Shi Yuncheng."

"Shi Yuncheng?" Su Yang nodded. "Yes, Shi Yuncheng is important."

The southwestern region has complex terrain, with many mountains and hills.

From the west to the southwest, the only confirmed safest route so far passes through Shi Yuncheng.

Most worm subways traveling from the west to the southwest pass through Shi Yuncheng.

The Shoushen Sect has infiltrated from the west into the southwest; Shi Yuncheng is likely their first point of infiltration!

Qu Fei said: "Nanyucheng has been so deeply infiltrated, Shi Yuncheng must have no shortage of problems either!"

Su Yang asked: "How strong is Jing Liang, the mayor of Shi Yuncheng?"

Hou Yongning said: "Jing Liang used to be with our Emergency Corps' Special Operations Team, a Star Radiance-level Beast Tamer, quite formidable—otherwise the Military Department wouldn't have stationed him there!"

"Then let's go take a look!" Su Yang said with a smile. "We might even run into a big shot from the Shoushen Sect!"

Qu Fei also agreed with Su Yang's guess: "We'll probably run into one—unless it's a Sovereign-level powerhouse, we've got nothing to fear!"

After all, Shi Yuncheng is also under the control of the Southwest Military Department.

They have no reason to fear anyone on their own turf.

After a day of rest, Su Yang led his team onto the worm subway, bound for Shi Yuncheng!