Outside the city!
A dark cloud rose above the city walls, then vanished without a trace in the blink of an eye.
That dark cloud was in fact the Legitimate Son's Strong Martial Guards. They had been packed too densely atop the walls, making them look like a rising mass of black clouds.
But once they scattered and each sought out opponents below the city, they immediately dispersed in all directions.
"Everyone, fight your own battles!"
Zhu Ruoxuan fixed his eyes on the strongest man in the enemy camp, a Strong Martial warrior at roughly the Nine Heavens, and charged forward to meet him.
The North Suppressing Northern Ge flashed, and a bronze-colored current plowed through the air in a ten-meter-wide swath, startling the Nine Heavens Strong Martial warrior across from him.
"The North Suppressing Northern Ge—the rumors were true. There really is a member of Northern Profound Zhu's clan under Zhou Daqian!"
But so what?
One mere clansman did not mean the North Suppressing Northern Ge stood wholly with the Zhou Clan. At most, it represented one person.
Instead, the Nine Heavens Strong Martial Guard's competitive spirit flared. He intended to use this chance to see whether his fist arts or the North Suppressing Northern Ge's ultimate techniques stood higher.
His status at the Legitimate Son's side was far from ordinary, surpassing that of the other Strong Martial warriors by a great margin. He had already signed a contract and was being groomed for Grandmasterhood.
If he could distinguish himself on this trip, he would only need to serve another fifty years to obtain the resources needed to advance to Grandmaster.
Thus, this Nine Heavens Strong Martial warrior fought harder than anyone else.
"Good, you came at the right time! Take my Water-Splitting Eye-Piercing Stab!"
The peculiar personal divine