On the fifth day after Long Yu's group arrived, something finally happened.
Just last night, a group of Evil Soul Masters attacked a village under Fengyun Town's jurisdiction. Not a single chicken or dog was left alive. Of the roughly four hundred civilians, not one survivor remained. Corpses littered the village streets.
For a time, all the villages near Fengyun Town abandoned their homes and headed for Fengyun Town to seek Spirit Hall's protection. They had already been terrified by the previous deaths, yet now that Spirit Hall had sent people over, the Evil Soul Masters were still being so brazen.
Others simply fled their homes, only to be attacked by Evil Soul Masters on the road, leaving another field of corpses behind.
In the end, with no other choice, the civilians could only flee into Fengyun Town.
Although a great many people had arrived, quite a few residents of Fengyun Town—especially the wealthy and mercenary groups—had already left earlier, leaving behind a large number of vacant houses.
With the cooperation of Spirit Hall and the local officials, the situation was barely stabilized. However, the entire town remained gripped by panic. They feared that Spirit Hall would be unable to protect them.
Letters were continuously sent to Falan Province, requesting greater support from the kingdom in the form of powerful Soul Masters and troops, but every request vanished without a trace. No useful news came back.
They kept deflecting the issue, merely saying that with Spirit Hall present, there was no need to worry too much. Yet the Heaven Dou Empire would not allow Spirit Hall to send additional manpower.
Even if all those tens of thousands of people died, they could not allow Spirit Hall to "take advantage of the situation" and control a kingdom.
The Heaven Dou Empire