Rumble, rumble, rumble~~~
It was an enormous commotion, coming from various directions, though it mainly originated from the mushroom cloud in the distance that was still rapidly rising.
A certain resident who had just climbed up from the ground stared at the scene unfolding far away.
Although he had suffered no substantial injury due to possessing some cultivation himself,
at this moment,
he had no sense of safety whatsoever.
After all, Jianshui City's protective grand formation was visibly starting to give out...
The semi-transparent energy shield, which should have been incomparably stable, now looked like the surface of a lake battered by a raging storm, densely packed ripples spreading across it.
In short,
the protective grand formation looked as though it was about to be destroyed.
Faced with such a sight,
even ordinary people who knew nothing of the actual situation would find it extremely difficult to maintain their confidence.
Those with greater knowledge, naturally, were not as ignorant as the masses.
Because they understood what they were seeing,
they had even less confidence in the protective grand formation...
They could not even comfort themselves through self-deception.
Thus, as that man stared at the distant scene, his state of mind could only be described as utterly collapsing.
No matter how unwilling he was to admit it,
he could still clearly recognize that whether he lived or died next was truly up to fate...
Then, before he could adjust his mindset,
an exceptionally intense tremor suddenly came from afar.
Faced with that vibration originating underground,
even cultivators who had reached the Four Body Tempering Realms found it hard to stand steady.
As for ordinary people, they were in even more miserable straits.
They could only roll back and forth across the ground like bowling balls, utterly unable to stay on their