Murong Xue was the commander defending Profound Ice City.
An Immortal Sovereign Initial Stage cultivator, she had once led a local Rogue Cultivator faction in the Far North before bringing her forces into the Alliance.
She stood atop the walls, gazing south, her expression grim beyond measure.
Three cities had fallen in succession, and the enemy was coming on like a storm.
They had at least two Great Emperors and an army of fifty thousand.
Profound Ice City had only twelve thousand defenders in all, three thousand of them raw recruits.
That force could never hold them off.
Without a moment's hesitation, Murong Xue wrote an urgent dispatch and sent someone racing to Alliance Headquarters for reinforcements.
At the same time, she ordered the city locked down. Every able-bodied man was to man the walls, while civilians helped haul logs and boulders and repair the walls.
Every pill and piece of Armament was brought out and distributed to the defenders.
She knew perfectly well that if Profound Ice City fell, the entire Far North was finished.
The Alliance's northern gate would be flung wide open.
They had to hold out until reinforcements arrived.
Alliance Headquarters.
When the urgent dispatch arrived, the senior leaders were all in the Council Hall discussing border defenses.
After reading it, everyone was stunned.
"How is that possible?!"
Iron Mountain Immortal Emperor slammed the table and rose, disbelief written across his face.
"Wasn't the Abnormal Army's main force at the front? How did it suddenly get to the Far North?"
Shock showed on every face.
Their advance on three fronts had gone so smoothly that everyone thought the Abnormal Army had been beaten into hiding, too frightened to leave its strongholds.
No one had expected the enemy to strike east to draw their eyes, then attack