Sword River City.
This was a safe zone built by Jihuang Sword Palace, only ten thousand li from Star Sea City.
Previously, because of Star River City's existence, Sword River City had not seen much development, since its teleportation array had not been connected to Tianli Sect's other cities.
The flow of people was small as well; even Jihuang Sword Palace's martial artists were unwilling to come.
But all that had begun to change over the past two days. Large numbers of martial artists flooded into Sword River City. In just one day, the traffic had doubled, and many merchants had come as well.
Sikong Dao stood in the skies above Sword River City, looking down at the bustling city with a satisfied smile on his face.
"Tianli Sect has gone mad. Over nothing more than a dispute of pride, they actually withdrew all those safe cities of theirs—and they're even retreating to that godforsaken Red Rock Continent!"
Sikong Dao laughed. He had not felt this exhilarated in a long time.
Before this, he had founded Black Stone City, but the moment it was completed, Taichu Peak immediately rebuilt a city beside it, crushing Black Stone City in every respect. He had no choice but to abandon Black Stone City. Knowing it could not be done, continuing to build would only have been asking for humiliation.
The second time, he had set his sights on Star Sea City and built Sword River City ten thousand li away from it.
Yet from the day the city was completed, his suffering had begun.
The enormous daily operating costs—for personnel, defense, and the Great Array—consumed a sea of resources every day it was activated. Yet the flow of people never rose, while they also had to face wave after wave of beast tides.