Night passed quietly.
When daylight returned, the Huaming District, which had become a battlefield, was already a scene of utter devastation, with blood and corpses covering the ground everywhere.
Some stretches of land had been reduced to scorched earth.
Some terrain had been drastically altered.
The buildings had become tattered and dilapidated.
One ruin followed another, bearing witness to the ferocity of the war.
The frontline closest to the entrance of the Spirit Fiend Abyss was especially intense. The battle there had been full of twists and turns, gripping the hearts of countless people.
Everyone was watching the course of the war. Even the people in the surrounding Base Cities could occasionally see related reports, making the conflict the most closely followed current event of the day.
Although Longyao City had suffered heavy casualties, with quite a few High-level Professionals even falling, at least the Phantom Demons' army had not yet broken out of the Huaming District. They remained firmly trapped there, with at most a tiny number of stragglers slipping through the net.
As for that, even if Longyao City wanted to stop them, it lacked the power to do so.
In such a huge and fierce war, some stragglers were bound to escape sooner or later.
Those could only be dealt with later.
For now, the war itself remained the top priority.
Fortunately, the sealing of the entrance to the Spirit Fiend Abyss was proceeding steadily.
According to the latest news, the seal had entered its final stage, and success would arrive before long.
Once that happened, the Phantom Demons would lose their source of reinforcements and new combatants. Surrounded by the Professionals of Longyao City, they would sooner or later be wiped out.
The higher-ups solemnly announced the news and their assessment, so that although the Professionals