From the clouds above, Jiang City was now entirely enclosed by a ring of grayish-yellow light descending from the sky, like a gigantic iron barrel placed over the city.
This was the activated state of the city-protecting grand formation—no passage allowed!
Even the sunlight had to pass through a layer of attenuation, leaving the entire city shrouded in a gloomy gray hue. Although the Supervision Bureau had announced through various channels that the city was merely being sealed for three days to capture members of the Demon Race, and there was no need to panic.
The streets were still filled with unease.
In the era after the spiritual energy catastrophe, the world had been divided into clusters of cities and satellite cities, separated by vast Wasteland Zones. Travel between major cities carried varying degrees of danger, so people rarely needed to leave their cities. Some people would never visit another city in their entire lives.
A three-day city lockdown to capture evil entities like this would not have much impact on the lives of ordinary local residents.
What ordinary people feared more was the possibility of ensuing battles and chaos. When powerful cultivators clashed with evil entities, every gesture and movement could possess the might to destroy a city.
Even if it did not get that serious, a stray thread of sword qi might blow up your newly bought car; someone passing by might punch holes through the east and west walls of your north-facing, south-facing two-bedroom apartment; flames unleashed into the sky might melt the inflatable doll hanging outside your door...
If it was an investigator from the Supervision Bureau or a cultivator from a reputable orthodox sect, they might compensate you for the losses afterward. But if you ran into an evil entity or some cultivator without a