Eleven-thirty PM. Chen Wei stood at the tunnel entrance with Xiao Ru, Tang Yong, and two armed guards. The opening was hidden in an abandoned warehouse three blocks from the Chen estate.
Ghost had been true to his word. The tunnel was clear. Old but maintained. Someone had been using it recently.
"Last chance to stay behind," Chen Wei told Xiao Ru.
"Stop asking."
They descended. The tunnel was narrow. Damp. Chen Wei's injuries screamed with every step. The drugs were almost gone now. Just pain and determination keeping him upright.
Behind them at the bunker, his father was preparing for the siege. Military forces were twenty minutes out. Zhou family operatives were circling. The bloodline clan had dispatched their fastest cultivators.
Chen Zhentian had maybe six hours left. Then the
