Just as the war at the Azure Cloud Sect entered a white-hot stage.
Water Cloud Province—Water Cloud Immortal Capital.
Temporarily guarding this place were the four Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivators who had luckily survived Wang Yu last time; the danger of guarding this place went without saying.
The Demonic Path had invaded along three fronts.
Of these, the force at Black Mountain Pass was the most powerful, with Nascent Soul Late Stage Great Cultivators numbering more than two hands, and no few who existed at the Great Perfection stage as well.
On top of that, there were large numbers of experts from the Heaven Refining Demon Sect. If not to atone for their crimes, they never would have volunteered to guard a place like this; they would have been better off staying in the sect.
At that time, they still did not know what had happened in the sect.
Just as the four were heaving long sighs and short groans, gathered together to kill time out of boredom, hurried footsteps suddenly rang out from the Outer Sect. A servant recruited by the newly built City Lord's Mansion staggered and rushed inside.
"My Lords, something terrible has happened, something terrible has happened!
"Demonic cultivators have killed their way outside Water Cloud Immortal Capital!!!"
The four shot to their feet.
They said, startled and uncertain, "How is that possible? Even if the Demonic Path invaded extremely fast, they still had to travel the road. Are you certain the army has arrived?"
The servant paused for an instant.
"It seems... it seems there are only a few people. In any case, the southern city wall has already been breached."
"Come on. Let's go take a look."
Hearing that the number of people was not large, their courage instantly rose again. As long