The nights in Sin City grew longer and longer. By the time the east glimmered with the pale white of a fish's belly, it was already close to the hour of the Snake.
In another two hours, it would be noon.
The extreme night was coming. The entire Sin City was shrouded in an atmosphere of tension. Pedestrians hurried along, all doing everything they could to stockpile the supplies needed to survive the extreme night.
Prices began to soar along with it.
The reward for night patrol had risen by another two spirit stones. With nowhere else to turn, the Night Watchmen heading into the wilderness had not decreased—instead, they had become more numerous.
Those short on supplies either robbed others or seized the last remaining time to gather whatever survival resources they could.
And a piece of news spreading madly through the city made the atmosphere even tenser, even trembling with dread.
A Thousand-Eyed Demonic Soul had infiltrated the city. A squad from the government office guarding Pass City had been wiped out, and the Thousand-Eyed Demonic Soul had yet to be found.
The Thousand-Eyed Demonic Soul fed on the souls of living beings. It came and went without a trace, possessed the body of a demonic soul, and was not bound by the great formation's gravity restrictions. It was simply Sin City's nemesis.
The farther the news spread, the more panic gripped people's hearts.
At this moment, atop Pass City, in the council hall, six people sat separately.
Within Sin City's administrative office, City Lord Hu Tiancheng was an Other Shore Realm powerhouse, his strength standing head and shoulders above the rest.
The deputy city lords, Gong Cang and Zhuang Lou, were at the great completion of the Divine Bridge Realm and oversaw Sin City's finances and administrative