Zhou You watched the scene before him, his heart rising into his throat.
If the prefectural city collapsed, its residents would surely not be spared. His family, and the families of the martial academy disciples, would all suffer disaster as fish caught in the wake, becoming among the dead souls beneath Natural Disasters and Man-made Calamities.
At that moment, he truly felt the helplessness of a lone individual beneath the surging tide of the greater world.
The natural force capable of overturning heaven and earth surpassed a hundred, a thousand Strong Martial cultivators joining forces. It was an utterly unsolvable situation.
He glanced toward Bai Zhang Ku Qiao. This disciple of the Prefect Lord seemed somewhat flustered, yet not surprised.
He had nearly forgotten. The Prefect Lord's residence stood in the heart of the prefectural city precisely because he valued this city built by the Heaven Sect.
The surrounding thunderous rumbles never ceased, and a thought suddenly sprang into Zhou You's mind.
"The Earth Sect built cities to trace the paths once taken by the Nine Cauldrons. The distribution of cities across the six Northern Xuan Prefectures is precisely the traces left by one of the Nine Cauldrons appearing between heaven and earth."
"The Fuji Dao Master's aim is to summon the projection of one of the Nine Cauldrons. That explains why he chose to strike at the major cities."
Northern Xuan Prefecture stood first among the six northern prefectures.
The greatest lineage in the northern lands, Northern Profound Zhu, took Northern Xuan Prefecture as both its ancestral origin and base. That alone showed how important this place was.
The Fuji Organization had only attacked Northern Xuan Prefecture last. They must have prepared and planned for it long in advance. Since that was the case...
With Bai Zhang Ku Qiao