The Situation

Earl Luoshen looked as though he wanted to speak, then stopped himself.

But Shen Qian's expression remained calm instead. "It's fine. Please speak frankly, Earl Luoshen."

After hesitating, Earl Luoshen nodded and sat down beside Shen Qian. With a wave of his slender hand, an illusory screen appeared in midair.

Within the screen was a scene sharply divided between light and darkness. A distorted cocoon of light tightly bound a patch of darkness. The light cocoon was oval as a whole, while rumbling sounds occasionally came from within the darkness. Each time they sounded, the light screen shook, sometimes slightly and sometimes violently.

"This is... the Dragon-Trapping Formation in Earth's Core City?"

Shen Qian quickly recognized it.

"Correct." Earl Luoshen explained, "At the very last moment, although the Witch Emperor unleashed a powerful strike, the Dragon-Trapping Formation still closed by the narrowest of margins."

"The several thousand Witch Clan powerhouses who entered Earth's Core City have all been trapped inside."

"But as you can see, they have not given up. They are still attacking the formation without pause. The Dragon-Trapping Formation was left behind by the Nine Kings. Even if figures at the level of Martial Kings were trapped inside, escape should have been exceedingly difficult... but the Witch Emperor's final blow caused extremely severe damage to the formation. Under the continued attacks of several Martial Kings, the Dragon-Trapping Formation may eventually shatter."

Earl Luoshen voiced his concern. "That is also our unanimous assessment."

The "we" Earl Luoshen referred to should have meant the other Wang Hous.

Shen Qian was not particularly surprised by this outcome.

Expecting a formation left behind hundreds of years ago to trap all the Witch Clan's peak powerhouses had been unrealistic from the start.

If the person controlling the formation were still alive, there might