Brainwashing
Now that the encirclement was growing smaller even after they'd broken out, the group of them split into twos, with the only group of three being Alec, Qingxuan and Le Xuan.
They were technically a group of four since they had Klyse with them.
The three of them made their way to what Qingxuan spotted as the person giving the orders.
This entire time, Klyse kept silent as he took in the changes that his disciple had gone through, assessing him on his growth.
The leader was dressed like the rest of the death soldiers, and the only difference was that their expression wasn't as dead as the real soldiers' eyes. But his acting was on point, and he obviously had a lot of experience acting like the rest of the group.
However, Qingxuan picked him out without a problem.