Zhenhai City!
Ten li from the City Lord's Mansion stood a secluded cluster of palaces.
A black tower rose among them. Once, this place had been so heavily guarded that neither mosquito nor fly could pass, nor even a splash of water penetrate. It was the second most important place in Zhenhai City after the City Lord's Mansion.
But today, most of the elite troops guarding it had been called away.
From time to time, streaks of Evasive Light flew over the tower toward the city gates.
One guard withdrew his gaze from overhead and sighed. "I wonder if we can stop those beasts this time."
A companion beside him snorted. "With True Person Wen and the Zhenhai Ninefold Sluice here, who would dare charge straight in?"
Even so, the nearby Golden Core Cultivators looked grim.
Clearly, the ferocity of this Sea Demon assault had far exceeded anything they had imagined.
The Heaven Origin Dao Sect had enjoyed peace for so long that it had not faced a large-scale beast attack in three thousand years. There had been the Central Province Catastrophe decades ago, but battles on that level were far beyond what these Golden Core Cultivators could face firsthand.
So when the Sea Demons brazenly attacked Zhenhai City, many lower-ranked Dao Sect cultivators were thrown into disarray.
As time passed, reports from the front set every cultivator in Zhenhai City on edge.
Flying Eagle Isle had fallen. Every cultivator there had died in battle.
The Liubo Mountain defensive line had collapsed, and great numbers of Sea Demons were surging toward the river mouth.
Even Shuo Zhou Island, where the strongest forces had been deployed, was locked in a bitter fight. Its fall was probably only a matter of time!
With each grim report, the Golden Core Cultivators guarding the