The white clouds stretched vast and hazy, while the earth spread endlessly below.
One flying ship after another sailed across the sky, leaving long, thin white trails in its wake.
This was the territory between two great nations, but it was not uninhabited.
Various neutral forces, large and small, lived here. From time to time, one could even glimpse towering cities in the distance.
Yet one could also see small towns and cities reduced to broken walls and ruins, completely overrun by waves of monsters. Such tragic scenes were far from rare. Along the way, the experts aboard the flying ships had seen them several times at the very least. And this was despite the neutral territories being more vast and sparsely populated.
"Calamity... What a calamity."
A burly general, dressed in armor marked with numerous scars from blades and swords, sighed helplessly.
He was War Armor General, a trusted subordinate of the Tai Xuan Peak Lord, Nanshan Lord. He was currently representing Nanshan Territory on a trip to the Divine Glory Empire.
Compared to back when they had been in the Ten Directions Island Domain, War Armor had already become a Divine Soul Realm expert. He had even escaped alive from a World-Class monster, so he was by no means weak among Divine Soul Realm experts.
"We can't concern ourselves with so much. Protecting Tai Xuan is enough."
Another expert spoke.
He was a powerful subordinate of Liu Shi Sword Master, and he possessed a fearsome reputation of his own. Known as Blood Weeping Sword Shi Yue, he was the great general under the sword master with the greatest chance of breaking through to the Law Realm.
"Blood Weeping Sword is right. Still, I didn't expect the sword master to send you personally."
"The sword master is rather curious