Boom!!
The rebel hideout in the Martial Forge was smashed apart.
Yet, the Underworld people still came up empty-handed.
Like a cunning rabbit with multiple dens, the rebel hideouts are countless. Even tracing the marks of the carriage all the way here, finding the rebel hideout, they still couldnât catch anyone.
After all, by the time they received the tip-off, Fang Yu and the others had already left for the Forest Snake Gang a good one or two hours ago.
If they had stayed at this hideout, they might have been tracked down.
The rebels were able to escape the Underworldâs repeated pursuits by having hideouts in Thunder City that were numerous, dense, and extremely concealed.
This time, it was no different.
Though they crushed this rebel hideout in the Martial Forge, the people they were looking for were not inside, it was even an empty hideout!
"Played for a fool."
Zang Sanqian said with a grim expression.
"They anticipated us tracing down here, transferred everything before we arrived, maybe even abandoned it before we went to the Forest Snake Gang to investigate. After all, the carriage is rather conspicuous on the road." Jinfang Zai said in a deep voice.
While the two Hall Masters were chatting, Song Zhenrong didnât have the right to interrupt, and waited silently on the side.
But in his heart, he was far from calm.
Because his sisterâs illness, other than Divine Doctor Ding, he could hardly find anyone else who could heal her.
And now that Divine Doctor Ding was marked as a traitorous rebel, the best scenario he could hope for was Divine Doctor Ding being captured, and him pleading with the Hall Master to help his sister before Doctor Ding was executed. But this operation was almost hopeless... and his sisterâs condition couldnât wait for that length of time.
Anxiety, agony, distress... all kinds of emotions surfaced in his heart, twisting Song Zhenrongâs face to a degree.
"Song Zhenrong."
Suddenly, a voice called out, startling Song Zhenrong into coming back to his senses.
"Lord Jin, any instructions?"
"Leave some people here for guard duties, search thoroughly once more to see if thereâs anything overlooked, then send people to patrol the surrounding areas. Zang Sanqian and I need to clear out the other rebel hideouts. Those guys might be hiding in nearby hideouts, temporarily, you are in charge here."
"Yes!"
Song Zhenrong accepted the task, watching the two Hall Masters depart.
Song Zhenrong began instructing his men, even personally leading patrols and raids.
But internally, he both wanted to capture Fang Yu and others, and not encounter them.
To be honest, before meeting Divine Doctor Ding, he himself wasnât sure what he would do. Whether to arrest or release.
...
Tonight, many didnât sleep well because the Underworld made too much of a commotion, one wave after another, flames shot up to the sky, almost covering the entire Thunder City.
Most workshops were affected.
The Underworldâs thunderous turmoil was witnessed by all, and that long-lost feeling of terror surged in hearts, making everyone uneasy.
The Underworld hadnât stormed so fiercely for a long time, causing such a huge commotion.
Thunder City was stable, so was its power structure; those eager to stir trouble had to weigh their abilities first. If they could get past the Underworld, they still had to consider the deterrence of the Ten Major Families. If not, theyâd better keep their heads down.
In recent years, apart from the rebel army causing the Underworld havoc, it seemed there hadnât been a presence capable of forcing the Underworld into grand actions.
And this night, the Underworldâs sudden eruption fully displayed its iron fist.
Not only did it deter the rebel army but also all other forces in Thunder City.
After this mad and noisy night passed, a special message inevitably spread, like a plague, unstoppable!
That being... the death of the Hall Master of Underworld Hundred Flowers Hall!
"What?! The Hall Master of Underworld Hundred Flowers Hall is dead? Killed by the rebels?"
"Of course! What do you think, the Underworld suddenly started a nighttime raid, flipping Thunder City upside down?"
"Not only that, I heard yesterdayâs buzzed-about Demon Slayer Hero is actually one of the rebels! Someone saw Underworld Hundred Flowers Hallâs Hall Master chasing the Demon Slayer Hero out. Now that the Hall Master is dead, it must have been killed by the Demon Slayer Hero!"
"Tsk tsk tsk, what a dramatic show! The Underworld was already chasing rebels citywide, now theyâve lost a Hall Master, itâs a wonder theyâre not going mad!"
"Itâs just that the Ten Major Families didnât want to meddle below. Otherwise, any support from the Ten Major Families for the Underworld, the rebels wouldnât stand a chance."
"I canât agree on that, when the rebels rose initially, they faced citywide pursuits, but they just hid well, making you unable to find them. Even if the Ten Major Familiesâ people came, theyâd just be staring blankly. Thatâs why they left the task to the Underworld, first find the rebels, then they could ask for the Ten Major Familiesâ masters to step in."
"Donât discuss it further, such clashes of great forces arenât for small people like us to talk about. We better live our own lives well."
Though said so, in reality, such private discussions, various rumors about the Underworld, the battle between the Demon Slayer Hero and the Underworld Hundred Flowers Hallâs Hall Master, all kinds of rumors, details, even to the absurd extent where the Hall Master of Hundred Flowers Hall being an undercover rebel, faked death to escape, and Demon Slayer Hero and the Hall Master of Hundred Flowers Hall falling in love at first sight, eloping out of town, etc., frequently emerged.