"What do you mean we lost contact with Shi Bai's group?!"
Ji Xuan slammed his fist against a nearby tree in frustration, splintering the bark and causing the poor thing to waver. Fortunately, it didn't topple over from his punch, but there was a faint groan that almost seemed to express its agony.
"Exactly what we said, sir," the ninja dude replied coolly. "They went into sector 23B thirty minutes ago, and we lost contact with them fifteen minutes later. I immediately dispatched squad Zhao Ta Men to search for them, and they…were gone. There were traces of a fight, and after a preliminary investigation of the mana signatures left behind, we are confident that they have been eliminated and kicked out of the Spiritual Road after having their blood tokens taken."