In just a single breath of time, Li Anting immediately deduced that they definitely wouldn’t be able to evacuate everyone in time.

It was because if they wanted to evacuate thousands of people as quickly as possible, they needed an army of at least a thousand. Moreover, it was unknown just how many transactions were currently being carried out in the market. Just telling those small traders to abandon their goods would already trigger great chaos.

They definitely wouldn’t be able to scatter the civilians in time, so they could only pay any price to stop him.

However, the moment a chill ran down his back, his mouth about to erupt with an explosive shout, whimpering noises echoed through the still frigid skies.

This was the bugle horn of the army’s scouting guards.

Li Anting’s scalp trembled, his mind also shaken. Only now did he react to what was happening. When he saw Su Zhongwen die before his very eyes, he seemed to lose his rationality, forgetting something important.

Previously, when he discovered that Master Painter and Su Zhongwen were already facing each other, when he immediately charged over, he already gave the...