Weifa City was shrouded in a layer of five-colored radiance.
This was the sign that the City Protection Array had been activated at full power, indicating that West Sea Sect's most important stronghold in the Yinming Realm had encountered grave danger and had no choice but to raise its defenses.
Above the city walls, heavy crossbows were pushed between the battlements, their cold-glinting metal bolts aimed beyond the city.
On the taller Imperial Towers behind the walls, God Slaying Cannons pointed straight at the Sky Dome.
Fully armed Dao soldiers, Battle Cultivators with solemn expressions—the drawn-bow tension in the air was suffocating!
Outside the city, a large number of cultivators had already gathered.
Like Wang Chen, they were all sect disciples reclaiming the frontier outside, who had risked their lives to flee to Weifa City for refuge.
Yet they had been shut out!
After disembarking from the Flying Ship, Wang Chen and the three women, including Li Mengyan, arrived before the city gate.
"Open the gates!"
"Let us in already!"
"Fellow sect disciples should watch over and aid one another. Leaving us to die is against sect rules!"
"Let me in! I'm Elder Zhang Delong's nephew!"
"What are you trying to do?"
There were four or five hundred cultivators blocked outside the gate. The crowd was in an uproar—some cursed loudly, some pleaded bitterly, and some shouted threats.
But the Battle Cultivators guarding the city gate remained unmoved, sweeping their icy gazes across the crowd.
There was not the slightest trace of pity in their eyes.
Some cultivators became enraged, their blood boiling as they leaped into the air, attempting to force their way onto the walls.
They crashed headfirst into the Mana barrier of the City Protection Array and were immediately hurled back to the ground, landing so hard