The Shamans were retreating, but Wei Yuan did not pursue them. He merely ordered a detachment to follow slowly behind them and keep watch. Then, he instructed everyone still capable of movement to begin excavating Xuanwei Six.

Body after body was carried out. There were both humans and Shamans, though the latter outnumbered the former.

After an unknown amount of time, someone came to report that the lowest level had been fully excavated. Wei Yuan snapped out of his daze and went to inspect the scene.

The lowest level had been fully dug up. There were several hundred human corpses here. It was evident that half of them had suffered severe injuries and died in the small hall just before the escape passage. The rest were scattered throughout the level, surrounded by Shaman corpses.

A Mastercraft Hall disciple, who was in charge of directing the excavation, spoke with a heavy heart, “They planted gunpowder at the pillars on every level. After the detonation, it destroyed all the support structures, causing the collapse. Even before that, the escape passage had already been blown up.

Wei Yuan listened, his gaze fixed on two corpses stacked on top of each other. The one below was Yun Feifei, the one above was a young master from one of the noble families....