Qin Fengming could not help looking incredulous at the scene before him.
Cultivators lay everywhere across the vast square. Not one of them was standing; all lay on their backs or sprawled facedown on the stone ground.
The marks scoring the square's surface also left Qin Fengming deeply shocked.
Clearly, an extremely powerful attack had struck the entire square. Although it did not seem to have been lethal, an attack covering such an enormous area must plainly have been unleashed by a restrictive spell.
Raising his head, Qin Fengming swiftly released his divine sense and abruptly discovered that cultivators lay fallen everywhere throughout Black Pine City.
It was as though some terrifying force had swept through all of Black Pine City, knocking every cultivator unconscious.
"Ah, Fellow Daoist Qin, thank goodness you're all right!" Just as Qin Fengming stood in the square looking around, a ball of yellow light suddenly flashed at its distant edge. Two figures appeared along with its flickering glow.
The moment the two cultivators emerged, one of them immediately cried out in surprise.
"Fellow Cultivator Fang, Fellow Daoist Huang, what happened here? Did this place come under attack?" The sight of them instantly eased Qin Fengming's mind. He swept his gaze over them and calmly asked his question.
Even as he spoke, he waved a hand toward a spot in the square. A faint surge of soul energy immediately poured forth, sweeping across that area in an instant.
The two who had appeared were none other than Fang Liang and Huang Qizhi.
Clearly, Fang Liang and Huang Qizhi had hidden inside the Divine Machine Mansion earlier, thereby escaping the danger of being knocked unconscious.
It was because Qin Fengming had been concerned about Fang Liang that he had left him the Divine Machine Mansion, with He