The Special Investigation Unit had set up an inescapable net, but to their surprise, when the two evil cultivators drove onto the cross-river bridge, the tall, thin man suddenly leaped off and plunged into the Dajiang River, vanishing without a trace.0

They had been prepared to guard against everything. However, they could not have expected a Seed Formation Realm cultivator to hold their breath using internal qi underwater.5

Though the salvage team was still scouring the river, they still hadn't found signs of the man. It was as if he had disappeared into thin air.0

Such was the power of the Seed Formation Realm. Through the complete cycle of internal qi, cultivators could hold their breath for several hours. Considering the tall man had an ample reserve of true essence, he had likely already escaped through the river's undercurrents…0

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Municipal Bureau of Public Security's conference hall.0

As soon as the Special Investigation Unit's captain arrived, she unleashed a storm of fury at Mou Yue, Bulldozer, and a room full of young investigators.0

"You had thirty-six task forces and hundreds of armed police officers chasing them across nearly half the city, yet one of them still somehow vanished into thin air. Do you think this is a movie? We are at the heart of the Hua Republic! A stable society, a provincial capital with millions of residents!0

"Lockdown here, lockdown there! You said you had the entire academy on lockdown! Where did those two come from, then? How did...0