Lin Bai deduced that Sun Yao and Zhou Xi were most likely in Arid Dragon City, so he immediately flew toward Arid Dragon City on his flying sword.
Under ordinary circumstances, it would take a regular martial artist two or three months to travel at full speed from Earth Dragon City to Arid Dragon City. Fortunately, Lin Bai had the Sword Control Art, allowing him to roam across heaven and earth and traverse every mountain and river within a day. With Lin Bai driving the Sword Control Art at full power, he reached Arid Dragon City in eight or nine days.
Arid Dragon City lay at the southeastern edge of the human territory in Mountain Province. It was a frontline stronghold between the human territory of Mountain Province and the territory of the Demon Race.
Arid Dragon City was a city focused on trade. It belonged to neither any lineage nor sect, and it was not under the command of Alarming Sun City or Azure Thunder Sect. Thus, when the Demon Race invaded, the three great merchant associations within Arid Dragon City immediately joined forces and summoned the experts of Mountain Province to resist the Demon Race.
Therefore, seeing that Arid Dragon City had too many experts and that the city was solid and easy to defend but hard to attack, the Demon Race abandoned the idea of breaking through Arid Dragon City and instead chose to take a detour, first breaking through other cities.
While Alarming Sun City and Azure Thunder Sect allowed the Demon Race to invade and weaken the strength of the two great powers, Arid Dragon City was the first to step forward and call upon the heroes of the world to gather and resist the Demon Race.
Moreover, the three great merchant associations within Arid