The upper levels of the Formless Pavilion in Seventh City.
Because of the extraterrestrial invaders, the lord of Seventh City, a top-ten powerhouse on the Formless Ranking, had answered the summons of the Heavenly Demon Assembly and departed for First City in the center to attend an important meeting convened by the Heavenly Demon.
As a result, quite a few tasks had been dumped on Jiang Zhuo and the other administrators.
"Lord Jiang, the search party sent to the Northeast Coastline reported in three hours ago, but there hasn't been any further news since. They should have returned to the city half an hour ago."
"As expected, something's wrong... The city lord is away, so we can't afford any trouble. Notify Xiang Xing, the Marquis, and the reclusive Dongguang Evil Person and Rhinusom. Tell them to assemble at the city gate."
The man was utterly shocked upon hearing this. The people mentioned above could be said to represent Seventh City's top combat strength apart from the city lord.
The reclusive Dongguang Evil Person had once been personally recruited by the Demon Lord.
Because his origin was human, he was inevitably met with disdain from some people despite being acknowledged by the Demon Lord, and he had no interest in taking office.
Instead, he had chosen to open a small wooden-furniture shop on the edge of the city and live a fulfilling life in seclusion. Whenever anyone came looking for trouble, both the trouble and the person causing it would vanish without a trace before the next day... It was rumored that his strength even surpassed Jiang Zhuo's.
"Lord Jiang, are you planning to lead the team personally?"
"We received intelligence that an alien race took advantage of the chaos to infiltrate our Mount of Demons. As a major port city,