Conspiracy

"Atticus!"

Atticus turned back to see Xu Hua and the others jogging towards him, their faces flushed and clothes dusted with grime.

"You guys got here pretty fast," he remarked, surprised by their swift arrival.

"Well, the apartment we rented wasn't far, and we bumped into several hunters on the way. Seems like they were already alerted about the breach," Xu Hua explained, catching her breath. Her explanation seemed to contradict their earlier exhaustion, and Chen Yi and Li Wei both looked pale, their robes clinging damply to their bodies. It must have been a frantic dash to reach him, for cultivators of their level to expend so much stamina.

"With the way the hunters arrived so coordinated, I figured they had a system in place for such emergencies," Atticus replied, wiping sweat from his brow.

"But why were there so few?" Chen Yi questioned, his eyes scanning the scene. He only saw a handful of Spirit Sovereign hunters managing the perimeter around the now-collapsed portal, keeping
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