"As long as you dare come, your death is certain. Once I cripple you with my poison arts, I'll make you suffer every torment to avenge the other martial artists of my Heavenly Dao Alliance."
The Heavenly Dao Alliance's forces galloped onward, dust billowing and killing intent spreading as they approached Cool Prefecture City.
Several thousand meters outside the gates of Cool Prefecture City, the official road, usually little traveled, was swallowed by a cloud of dust that day.
In an instant, that dust became a black cloud that blotted out the sky and sun.
Accompanied by countless hoofbeats like muffled thunder, it swept toward the city like a black cloud.
On the gate tower of Cool Prefecture City, a soldier on watch was the first to notice something unusual in the distance. He rubbed his eyes and looked closely, and his face instantly went deathly pale with fright.
"Something's wrong! Enemy attack! So many people!"
Before he finished speaking, the lookout beside him had already made out the banner fluttering in the wind.
The words "Heavenly Dao Alliance" were embroidered in the center of the banner.
"It's the Heavenly Dao Alliance! What are they planning with so many people? Are they trying to rise against the authorities?"
"Close the gates! Sound the alarm clappers!"
The guard captain roared the order.
The gate tower immediately descended into chaos.
The gates of Cool Prefecture City, normally kept open, creaked as dozens of soldiers pushed together, slowly beginning to close.
Two iron bars as thick as an arm dropped with a crash, securing the gates of Cool Prefecture City tightly shut.
"Dong! Dong! Dong!"
The urgent clatter of alarm clappers abruptly rang out, echoing like thunder over the gate tower and spreading throughout the entire tower of Cool Prefecture City.
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