It seemed that this night would last forever. All the martial artists within Heaven's Mandate Pass stared grimly at the densely packed black-clad martial artists beyond the city walls, their faces involuntarily revealing horror.
The sun rose in the east, and the first warm rays of sunlight shone over the earth.
Along with the first rays of sunlight came a mass of yellow smoke drifting toward Heaven's Mandate Pass...
On the city wall, Shi Zhongxian and Leng Yun stood shoulder to shoulder. Seeing the yellow smoke ahead, Shi Zhongxian immediately cried out, "They're here, they're here! The Demon Sect is here!"
"Enemy attack!"
"Enemy attack!"
"Boom, boom, boom..."
Shouts of "Enemy attack!" spread throughout Heaven's Mandate Pass. The death knell began to toll, and all the martial artists rushed onto the city wall to look ahead.
The first thing that caught their eyes was the vast yellow smoke blotting out the sky and covering the earth. As it drew closer, they could even hear the buzzing of countless wings beating high in the air.
When the yellow smoke approached Heaven's Mandate Pass, Gu Daozhi shouted in a deep voice, "Reinforce the City Protection Formation!"
"Reinforce the City Protection Formation!"
"Reinforce the City Protection Formation!"
A high, resonant voice rang out.
At that moment, layer upon layer of ice-blue light curtains came crashing down from above Heaven's Mandate Pass.
Rumble—
Lin Bai looked up. Before Heaven's Mandate Pass stood a full nine layers of ice-blue light curtains, protecting the pass within.
Standing beside Lin Bai, Lan Yuxin said in astonishment, "The Northern Courtyard's ancient family's Nine Sages Isolation Formation!"
The ancient family of the Northern Courtyard of the Eastern Continent Academy was Chen Qing's family. Their family was a formation clan, and they had been studying formations since ancient times.
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