Hearing the laid-back response, the Guard Captain—a Half-step Nascent Soul Realm Cultivator—unleashed the full extent of his aura. The concrete across the entire High Ward cracked in a spiderwebbed shape. Even the other Golden Core Realm guards experienced some discomfort.
Knox, however, just stood there, staring blankly at the furious hair-bunned man. He noticed the shining medallion hidden away in the sleeve of the captain's armor and immediately realized what was happening.
He smirked.
"I know very well that the Nascent Soul Realm guards are out capturing a notorious fiend that escaped just before I got here," Knox said. "Is that the backup you're calling for right now?"
'How did he…'
"But what I don't understand," he continued, amused, "is why you're requesting backup. At first glance, your lot both outnumbers me and is stronger than me. That is unless…"
"!!!"
