That night.
As night fell and the crowds in Longyao City gradually thinned, Su Ming emerged from the Demon Hunter Academy.
He stood on the road, looking at the deserted surroundings, and couldn't help sighing.
"Nights have become even more unpopular now."
Because of Phantom Demons' craving for blood food, they were drawn to places with larger crowds. As a result, nighttime had already become an area most humans were unwilling to set foot in.
After the Huaming Campaign, the situation had only grown worse.
"After all, it's not as though there weren't any stragglers that broke through the defensive lines during the Huaming Campaign."
Su Ming muttered under his breath.
Although most of the Phantom Demons had been eliminated during the Huaming Campaign, a tiny number had still passed through layer upon layer of defensive lines, becoming stragglers that escaped into the areas outside Huaming District and entered Longyao City proper.
That was unavoidable.
Once the entrance to the Spirit Fiend Abyss opened, there were countless Phantom Demons in the present world.
Even though Longyao City had done its best to keep all the Phantom Demons confined to Huaming District, it still couldn't prevent some stragglers from slipping through.
Because of this, Longyao City had become considerably more dangerous recently. Signs of Phantom Demon activity were far more common than before the war, and victims appeared every day, leaving people in some areas terrified.
Therefore, nighttime in Longyao City had practically become a forbidden zone with no one around. Aside from highly skilled Professionals and certain special groups, no one was willing to leave home and come out onto the streets.
"Still, Longyao City should be taking action soon, right?"
That was what Su Ming thought.
The war was over, and work on all fronts was nearing completion. Next,