At dawn, the sun rose in the east like an old man in his twilight years, casting a hazy glow that struggled to pierce the thick fog shrouding Verdant City.
The fog around Verdant City gradually dispersed. It seemed that the exotic beast in the Primal Chaos Dao Fruit Realm had already left—or had already been dealt with by the imperial family.
A breach had been smashed into the eastern wall of Verdant City. Shattered stones laced with the power of formations crashed into the city, destroying several streets.
The armies of the Chu Kingdom and the legions of the Zhao Xing Office entered Verdant City. The martial artists inside the city were driven from their homes and gathered in four enormous squares in the southeast, southwest, northeast, and northwest. The armies kept them under tight guard.
Of course, a small number of martial artists had taken advantage of the chaos to escape. At that moment, they were running about in panic and hiding miserably within this Inner Earth World.
The Formation Daoists from the Chu Kingdom's Celestial Mystery Pavilion had also arrived with the Zhao Xing Office and the Chu Kingdom's armies. Having received Zhu Mo's orders, they had already begun arranging barrier formations to seal off this world.
Lin Bai and Tuo Baxin emerged from the Underground Palace. Led by martial artists from the Zhao Xing Office, they slowly left the city, while his gaze took in all of Verdant City.
"The imperial family's methods are truly astonishing." Tuo Baxin sighed. "From the moment the battle began until it ended, not even a full night had passed, yet they had already brought Verdant City under control."
"They had seized firm control of such a vast world."
In a single night, the Chu Kingdom's imperial family and the Zhao