Xuancang Continent.

Shadow sat on the chair with a furious expression. "A bunch of useless trash. You can't even keep an eye on one person, and you let a woman escape from this place. I think you don't need to live anymore."

"My lord, please calm your anger. Your subordinate is willing to accept the punishment."

Shadow slammed his hand on the table, furious, and for a moment pointed at the people on the ground, speechless.

These useless people are good at nothing but admitting their mistakes.

"How did she escape?" Shadow asked calmly, trying to calm his anger.

In his opinion, she had absolutely no ability to escape on her own; someone must have been secretly helping her.

One of the subordinates replied, "Reporting to Master, she initially used a sleeping potion, but later someone did indeed sacrifice their own life essence and blood, forcibly reducing their lifespan by ten years, to use a secret technique to allow Zi Xun to escape."

Shadow raised an eyebrow. "Is it Old Zhou?"

He was halfway there when he received their message. He thought something terrible had happened and rushed back, only to hear this infuriating news, which truly enraged him.

"I've discovered that the secret technique comes from the Sumeru Continent. Only Elder Zhou there would use such a powerful and heaven-defying technique," another subordinate knelt on the ground and answered in a low voice.

His master's mood was so low that he didn't dare to speak loudly.

If only His Highness were here, the master is just too terrifying, too terrifying.

Shadow frowned. "Why would you sacrifice ten years of your own lifespan to recall her? Have you found out?"

"Master, please calm down. We really don't know how to use that secret technique. The Xuancang Continent is quite far from the Xumi Continent, and we haven't found it yet. Please calm down, Master."

The shadow's tone was icy, "Calm down, calm down. All you do is spout useless nonsense. Get out of here. If you can't get her back, you won't be coming back alive either."

After the subordinates agreed, they scrambled away.

The shadow stood behind the mess, its expression shifting unpredictably.

He had already traveled halfway when he was suddenly summoned back by their message.

He thought something had happened to His Highness, so he rushed back.

Unexpectedly, they told him that Zi Xun had escaped, and that she had escaped with the help of a secret technique.

Why is Elder Zhou summoning Zi Xun so urgently? What exactly happened on the Sumeru Continent?

Could it be that something went wrong with that drug user?

As Shadow thought of this, his expression changed slightly. No, he had to hurry over there.

The shadow left the room and began to use its lightness skill to travel.