Having the genes of a demon king, I never intended to be a kept man.

Amidst horrifying screams, Mr. Luwen's body, like a rapidly melting crimson candle, spilled onto the ground within seconds, turning into a pool of molten blood...

Bai Jian and Captain Ma stared wide-eyed at the scene in astonishment.

The gray smoke had already vanished into thin air, disappearing into the shadows as the blinding red light burst forth.

Duke Wang En looked down at Luwen, who had turned into a bloody mess, and even he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

That attack was from a red-quality magic weapon. If that corpse spirit had been hit by it, even if it couldn't kill him, a Heavenly Enlightenment Realm expert, it would have been enough to seriously injure him!

Captain Ma stammered, "What...what just happened?"

"Assassins have infiltrated the city," Duke Wang En said gravely. "It's a red-quality magic weapon... This is definitely not something an ordinary person can possess. It must be that Night Owl's doing! Heh... Using a red-quality magic weapon to assassinate me, that Night Owl really went all out!"

Red-quality treasures are extremely rare resources among humans; even royalty only possesses a few.

The fact that those two top-grade Spirit Gathering Pills sold for 2 billion on the online auction house shows how valuable they are!

Duke Wang En trembled slightly with rage, coldly ordering, "Captain Ma, immediately conduct a thorough search of the entire city! Arrest all suspicious individuals; better to arrest the innocent than let the guilty go free!"

"Yes...yes..." Captain Ma hurriedly ran out.

The other innocent servant was so frightened that his legs went weak, and he collapsed to the ground, trembling and even urinating.

Bai Jian looked at the furious Wang En, then at Mr. Lu Wen, who had turned into a pool of blood and mud on the ground, and felt a strange mix of emotions.

So, for the rest of the day...

Baicheng is cracking down on assassins who have infiltrated the city from within.

In the end, they actually caught quite a few.

As one of the four great dukes, Wang En naturally had his own trained intelligence agents, who were also adept at catching traitors.

Bai Jian had already left the ward. As he watched the Ye family spies being captured one by one in the city, he kept recalling the scene in the ward.

Mr. Luwen is also a superhuman who has followed the Duke for a very long time, serving Duke Wang En for over two hundred years with unwavering loyalty...

Although, in that situation, Bai Jian believed that if he had had time, he would have stepped in front of Duke Wang En to shield him from that attack.

However, actively blocking and being passively grabbed are completely different concepts.

'If I had been the closest person to the Duke at that time, would he have used me as a shield without hesitation?'

Bai Jian thought to himself.

He shook his head vigorously, his thoughts becoming increasingly chaotic.

Ye Ge said he would only have twelve hours to consider it.

Ten hours have passed now...

Duke Wang En looked extremely grim all day, which was understandable; anyone who had suffered such an assassination attempt would be in a bad mood.

Even more seriously, the Ye family has already infiltrated their White City. Although they have captured quite a few, it is still unclear whether there are any remaining accomplices.

A dozen or so captured infiltrators were brought before Wang En.

Duke Wang En approached one of the infiltrators and coldly asked, "Do you have any other accomplices in the city?"

The infiltrator knelt on the ground, raised his head, and grinned contemptuously: "Heh heh, of course there are, and lots and lots of them."

Wang En narrowed his eyes: "Who are they?"

The infiltrator gestured with his chin towards Bai Jian behind Wang En: "Look, it's him."

Then he pointed to Captain Ma next to him: "Him."

"And him, him, him, him..."

The infiltrator pointed at each of Wang En's soldiers one by one, almost all of them, and then said with a grin, "They are all from the Ye family. You don't have any of your own people around you anymore, you idiot!"

Wang En's eyes flashed with a cold light: "You're asking for death!"

boom!

Almost no one saw how Wang En made his move; the intruder was killed instantly, collapsing into a pool of blood with a thud.

Even in death, a contemptuous smile remained on his lips, as if mocking his foolishness.

Wang En's chest heaved with anger. He turned his head and said coldly, "Bai Jian."

Bai Jian seemed not to hear at first, still looking preoccupied with his head down.

Wang En frowned: "Bai Jian!"

Bai Jian finally came to his senses: "My lord."

"what's on your mind?!"

Bai Jian's lips moved slightly, and he honestly said, "That young master of the Ye family gave me twelve hours to consider, or he would kill my sister. More than ten hours have passed now..."

Wang En was already incredibly frustrated, and hearing this only fueled his anger. He retorted furiously, "She was destined to die the moment she was captured! What's the point of thinking about this now?! Haven't I already told you?!"

"..." Bai Jian clenched his fist and trembled, but he didn't say anything.

After Wang En finished shouting, he fell silent and tried to control his emotions: "Now is a critical moment for Baicheng. As the first general of Baicheng, if you are still troubled by such emotional entanglements, the entire city will die because of you."

Bai Jian: "...Your Excellency is right."

Wang En waved his hand and said coldly, "Lock up all these infiltrators and interrogate them severely. We must find out the information of the remaining infiltrators and bring them all out as soon as possible."

Captain Ma nodded, and then ordered his men to take all the infiltrators away.

Duke Wang En turned and gave Bai Jian a cold look: "Go back and reflect on your actions."

Bai Jian nodded and bowed slightly before silently retreating.

Hiding in the shadows, Song Jie secretly watched this scene, touched his lips and smiled, "Hehe, it seems that Bai Jian's mentality should be changing soon. The boss's scheme is really useful. These guys are just like the boss's puppets. Even their mentality changes are completely according to the script given by the boss."

"Hmm." Gray Smoke watched Bai Jian's departing figure and said calmly, "Now that the first step has been successful, it's about time to bring about the second change in his mindset."