The guards harbored no suspicion. After a brief salute, they quickly withdrew, fanning out to continue patrolling the surrounding area.
Once everyone had left, Zhang Tao let out a small breath. He turned to face the empty space behind him and bowed respectfully. "Zhang Tao greets you, Master!"
"Zhang Tao?"
Gu Zheng, still concealed in his Invisibility Cloak, did not reveal his form. He used Divine Strange Sound Transmission to speak to Zhang Tao. "You're not from the Fu Family?"
The Nether Heart Slave Seal!
The moment Zhang Tao turned back, Gu Zheng had hit him with the Slave Seal at point-blank range.
Zhang Tao, a Half-King, didn't even have time to roar in defiance before he was suppressed. He resisted with all his being for a moment, but in the end, he could not escape his fate.
Of course, his submission was a foregone conclusion. The crucial part was that the process of implanting the Slave Seal hadn't caused any major disturbance.
