The stones used to build Torch City's walls were the hardest in the Spiritualized Universe. Even ordinary Half-Ancestors could hardly damage them, yet now they were collapsing.
Many people nearby were caught up in it. They emerged from their shattered homes, furious but too afraid to speak. Some had no idea what had happened.
In the distance, Yi Xia roared with rage, "Which idiot did that? Don't you know how to act in secret? Go, now!"
As Torch City's lord, Yi Xia was its ruler.
Experts came from every direction—Ancestral Realm cultivators and Half-Ancestors. In the Spiritualized Universe, Ancestral Realm cultivators were called Spirit Ancestors, while Half-Ancestors, including Star Envoys, were known as Spirit Battles. There were a great many cultivators at this level, and they made up the largest share of the teams attacking the Consciousness Universe.
Anyone below the Star Envoy level had no right to attack the Consciousness Universe, and Half-Ancestors counted as Star Envoys too.
The pressure descended again.
"Ba Liu, Yi Yao, you've gone too far." The attacker hovered in the sky and pressed down with his palm once more.
Ba Liu's expression darkened. "Who do you think you are, daring to accuse me?" As he spoke, a throwing knife appeared in his hand. He flung it.
The attacker, wary, hurriedly dodged. He avoided the knife, yet inexplicably spat blood, his face filled with shock.
Ba Liu's throwing knives never missed. If the form failed, the intent struck; if the intent failed, the form struck.
Though he was only a Spirit Battle, at the Half-Ancestor level, he could challenge opponents above his rank.
Yet the attacker was a Spirit Ancestor and still couldn't evade that knife.
A gale howled around them, changing the sky and the land. It pierced through the void, turning into a