Above the Mandate of Heaven
Chapter 755

Celestial Constitution

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Luo Island now lacked everything.

With the Calamity Wind raging, the shadow of the Sea Locusts had returned. In barely a day, large swarms of Sea Locusts had already gathered in the surrounding waters, drawing even more giant beasts in their wake.

It was only a matter of time before they came back in force.

As vast swarms of Sea Locusts ravaged the area, all transportation with the outside world had been completely cut off. Every shipping route was useless, while beneath the sea surface, enormous patches of bizarre and savage shadows converged.

And the black storm clouds formed by countless disaster beasts periodically swept across the sky, scattering horrifying buzzing noises below.

They had begun probing once again.

But this time, the human island did not, like before, spit out those little metal blocks loaded with food after being violently beaten.

From time to time, a few hungry Sea Locusts swooped down from the sky, diving toward Luo Island.

Then they slammed into an invisible obstruction.

The barrier, like a glass curtain wall, flashed into existence. Violet lightning and blazing flames burst forth beneath the curtain, burning every Sea Locust that dared approach to ashes.

Such an exaggerated sight gave the residents a sense of security unlike anything they had ever felt before.

Unfortunately, those familiar with the inside situation understood that it was merely a temporary appearance—a false peace.

The seemingly stable Luo Island was already in imminent danger.

Such a wide defensive perimeter and such dazzling destruction came at the cost of enormous Spirit Essence consumption. Maintaining protection twenty-four hours a day represented an expense enough to make any city-state weep blood. And a curtain like the one from two days ago consumed enough to drive even a small city-state to the brink of bankruptcy.

But did

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