The moment the words left her lips, the air seemed to freeze.
Rong Ye didn't answer. Hu Yan stayed silent, and Han Jue said nothing either. But the way they looked at her was enough to make her heart tighten. There was pity in their eyes, and something else. It was helplessness. Then, slowly, all three of them nodded.
Su Qinglan's pupils shrank.
"They were caught," Hu Yan said quietly.
"And now," Han Jue added, his expression dark, "the entire situation has turned chaotic."
Her heart sank at once. "What do you mean?"
Hu Yan glanced into the distance, his jaw tightening as if he was holding back something heavy. "The Fox Beast City has surrounded Dragon Beast City," he said slowly.
For a moment, everything went silent.
Then Su Qinglan's voice rose in shock. "What?! Surrounded?"
Her thoughts stumbled over themselves. How many people had he brought to make something like this possible?
