The imperial hospital came into view. Zu An hadn’t expected himself to be back so soon.

As he entered, he subconsciously looked into the room where Shi Kun had been, and saw that it was empty. His remains had probably been returned to the Shi clan.

I wonder if they managed to piece his junk back together after it exploded. If not, he won’t be able to be buried whole. Zu An’s thoughts were without malice.

From time to time, the sounds of groaning reached his ears, coming from soldiers who were covered in blood. Hospital staff were busy applying medicine and bandaging their injuries.

Zu An sighed. Both the Devil Sect and imperial palace had suffered severe casualties in this recent attack.

Of course, there was a right time to show sympathy. If the people he cared about really were in danger, he would never show mercy.

Suddenly, he heard a bunch of voices. A group of people were surrounding a single individual. “When the assassins charged into the Eastern Palace, they killed anyone in sight! Those fellas were all powerful experts, so the Eastern Palace lost half their number almost instantly.

“We withdrew into the palace, thinking to borrow the Eastern Palace’s defense formation to hold them off, but the enemy...