Above the Witch Race's territory, the Calamity Qi at dusk churned like a gray water surface repeatedly stirred by the relentless assault of six Heavenly Dao Saints, surging at uneven intervals.
Purple Qi Law, Sacred Waterfall, Buddha-Light Barrier, Heavenly Dao Seal—six attack ripples of different natures converged simultaneously at the edge of the Witch Race's territory.
Like six rivers flowing from different directions meeting at the same junction, the ripples of laws they stirred spread outward from Witch City, leaving fleeting marks of interwoven colors across the void.
The instant those attack ripples touched the edge of Witch City, a dark golden halo formed from Pangu Bloodline lit up along its walls.
That light rapidly spread along the contours of the walls like an ancient strip of lamps being ignited, forming a complete line of defense across their surface, framed by the Thirty-six Heavenly Spirits and Seventy-two Earthly Fiends Array Patterns.
The figures of the Thirty-six Heavenly Spirit and Seventy-two Earthly Fiend Witch Race elders rose in unison from within the city walls. Rooted in Pangu Bloodline, their auras intertwined through the array patterns into a web of laws that covered the entire Witch City.
"The City-Protecting Grand Formation has been activated."
The voice of the chief Heavenly Spirit rang out from within the walls. It was neither loud nor soft, yet carried the calm steadiness of someone confirming that a piece of equipment was operating at its expected efficiency.
"The array patterns have been laid out according to the arrangement of the Heavenly Spirits and Earthly Fiends, deeply bound to the bloodline marks left behind by the Twelve Ancestral Witches.
"Before the Heavenly Dao Saints' attacks can penetrate the outer layer of the array patterns, they will be dispersed, weakened, and redirected layer by layer by the cyclical power