Starting as a prodigy wanting milk? A world-destroying deception in the opposite direction.

Han Zhong immediately understood:

"Does Envoy Shen mean... they might target the Prefect's Office?"

"It might not be a real attack, but creating enough chaos to attract everyone's attention is highly possible," Shen Zhen analyzed.

"At that time, the prison will appear empty, but that will be their real target."

Let's devise a plan within a plan, keeping the main force hidden in the prison.

On the prefect's side, you need to personally arrange a capable force to put on a show and cooperate in the charade, making sure to keep up with the enemy's feigned attack.

But there's no need to fight to the death; just create the illusion that you're being held back.

Han Zhong agreed wholeheartedly and had already secretly mobilized his most elite troops, led by his trusted generals, to set up a formation at the prefect's residence.

At this moment, the "fierce battle" in the direction of the prefect's mansion is at least 70% staged for the lurking heretics.

really.

Before long, several dark figures, like ghosts, took advantage of the chaos in the direction of the prefect's mansion and silently slipped in through a "gap" on the outer perimeter of the prison.

The leader, with his aura concealed, clearly possessed the cultivation of a second-tier Divine Master!

Following behind were more than ten people, all of whom were first-level experts.

Upon entering the prison compound, these people did not rush to the cell where Agutto was imprisoned. Instead, they quickly dispersed, took up advantageous positions, and cautiously observed their surroundings.

"Action! Quick and decisive!" The second-tier heretic leader gestured, his voice hoarse and deep.

The two first-order heretics immediately rushed toward the cell door.

However, the moment they touched the lock—

"Buzz!"

A blazing beam of light suddenly shot out, instantly transforming into a cage radiating intense heat, enveloping the two heretics along with the cell door.

It was the Blazing Sun Cage taught by Shen Zhenglan.

"We've been waiting for you for a long time."

Shen Zhen's figure flashed out from the shadows, the counting ruler in his hand gleaming white.

He had already set a trap here!

"There's an ambush!" One of the trapped heretics was shocked and furious. He attacked the cage wall with all his might, but only caused ripples. The scorching heat rebounded and made him groan in pain.

The second-tier leader's pupils contracted, his reaction was extremely fast.

Almost at the same time as Shen Zhen appeared, he retreated rapidly, simultaneously throwing out several hidden weapons at Shen Zhen's upper, middle, and lower body with astonishing speed!

"Watch out!" Su Mingyuan's warning came from not far away.

But Shen Zhen seemed to have anticipated this. Facing the angry attack from the second-tier expert, he advanced instead of retreating, his figure splitting in two like a ghost.

Two afterimages passed each other, narrowly avoiding the hidden weapon.

The force of the hidden weapon made Shen Zhen's cheek sting, but his eyes remained as calm as ice.

He knew that he had no chance of winning in a direct confrontation with a second-tier opponent, and he had to rely on tactics and the environment.

"Make your move!" Feng Yu's cold voice echoed within the prison.

In an instant, the temple's elite troops and the royal guards of Fengyu, who were lying in ambush in various places, made their move at the same time.

"kill!"

Li Qingyan let out a low shout, and his sword flashed as it slashed at a first-order heretic who was attempting to ambush Shen Zhen.

Zhao Huaijin, who had long been unable to restrain himself, snorted coldly and directly approached another expert in the opposing group whose aura was second only to the leader:

"Your opponent is me!"

Chen Xi, Qi Xuejian, Zhou Shi, Wu Xian, and other members of the Jingxie Division worked together seamlessly to attack the remaining scattered heretics.

Gu Chengye, Qiu Zhengnan, and Ye Zhiqi also demonstrated impressive abilities.

Ye Zhi Qiu, in particular, left a deep impression on everyone with his move "Gentle Breeze Brushing Willow" during the battle of the abandoned Tu City.

The entire prison compound instantly descended into chaos.

However, everyone's peripheral vision was more or less focused on the core and most dangerous part of the battle.

The duel between Shen Zhen and the second-tier heretic leader.

The second-tier leader saw his side instantly surrounded and a hint of shock and anger flashed in his eyes, but more than that, he was filled with killing intent towards Shen Zhen, a first-tier late-stage peak Divine Master.

If this person can be captured or killed, the situation may be reversed.

"You little brat, you're courting death!" He unleashed his full power, his figure swaying like a ghost, leaving behind afterimages.

Its speed, strength, and telekinesis all far surpass the first level.

Several afterimages simultaneously raised their hands, blocking all of Shen Zhen's escape routes!

Faced with this deadly attack, he felt an overwhelming pressure.

This is the absolute difference in their levels of understanding.

Everyone's hearts tightened. Li Qingyan wanted to break away to help, but was held back by his opponent. Zhao Huaijin roared and tried to rush over, but was forced back by his formidable opponent's desperate fighting style of trading blows for injuries.

"Captain Shen!" Chen Xi exclaimed.

Just when everyone thought Shen Zhen was going to either tough it out or make a hasty retreat.

Shen Zhen moved.

With a slight shift in his footing and a half-inch to the side, he simultaneously raised his right hand, holding a ruler, at an odd angle.

"laugh!"

A blur of light struck his shoulder, sending a spray of blood into the air.

He dodged one of the attacks from the other two afterimages, and blocked and deflected the other attack with his Mind Ruler.

"How is this possible?" The second-tier leader's pupils shrank suddenly.

His speed and the angles he used were so sharp that even experts of the same level wouldn't dare to be so arrogant.

This kid, at the peak of the late stage of Tier 1, has an unbelievable grasp of timing, body control, and prediction of the opponent's attack trajectory.

"You're very fast," Shen Zhen steadied himself, his clothes soaked with blood from his shoulder, but his face remained extremely calm, showing no sign of pain.

"But that's not enough."

Before he could finish speaking, Shen Zhen's figure suddenly blurred!

Shadow Strike!

However, it is not the Shadow Strike that everyone is familiar with, which pursues the ultimate speed and burst.

Shen Zhen's figure split into three, no, four!

Four figures appeared almost simultaneously in four directions around the second-tier leader: in front, to the left, to the right, and behind.

Each figure was as solid as a real person, and their auras were exactly the same.

"What?!" The second-tier leader was shocked.

He had seen Shadow Strike before; it was the basic attack spell of the Temple of Mind, which aimed to create afterimages to confuse the opponent in a very short time before unleashing a thunderous strike with the real body.

There are usually only two or at most three afterimages, and they last for a very short time, with slight differences in their aura.

But these four figures before me...

Each one carried a real killing intent!

Every single one of them made him feel threatened!

This is impossible!

In a flash, the second-tier leader instinctively chose the safest course of action. Its protective mental energy erupted, transforming into a ring of dark aura that shielded its entire body, while it retreated rapidly.

Unable to determine which one is real, he defends against all of them and tries to create distance.

however.

The four figures moved simultaneously.

The figure in front of him punched him in the face, the figure on his left slashed at his ribs with a ruler, the figure on his right kicked him in the knee, and the figure behind him struck at the back of his neck with a palm.

"Bluster!" the second-tier leader roared, striking out with both palms at the figures in front and to the left, while simultaneously using his protective qi to withstand the other two attacks.

"boom!"

"boom!"

The figures on the front and left were captured, but vanished like bubbles.

is fake!

The kick from the right side struck his protective aura with a muffled thud, the force of which caused him to momentarily falter.

In that brief moment of hesitation...

The hand of the figure behind them slashed down!