A full week had passed since that day. Eight days, yet the situation in Dragon Beast City remained unchanged.
The City Lord's residence was still sealed off, surrounded tightly by the forces of Fox Beast City. No one was allowed to enter, no one was allowed to leave, and whatever was happening inside remained a complete mystery to the outside world.
And the entire Dragon Beast City was kept in the dark. It was as if time itself had frozen, trapping the entire city in a suffocating stalemate.
Standing outside the house, Su Qinglan quietly gazed toward the distant direction of the huts. Even from afar, she could almost feel the invisible pressure lingering over that place, like a storm that had yet to break.
A deadlock.
That was the only word she could think of.
During this week, she had not simply waited.
