The entire operation did not even alert the main force.
Behind Brijie stood two retainers clad in inconspicuous gray cloaks.
One of them merely waved a hand.
A surging shockwave crushed the guards who tried to charge with raised swords, armor and all, into scrap metal and indistinct flesh.
The guards' bodies turned to pulp and splattered across the exquisite marble reliefs.
Another estate owner attempted to flee to the Outer City District through a hidden tunnel.
But at the exit, he was seized directly by a giant hand of earth.
The Earth Element caster squad had already taken over the monitoring of the earth veins.
The estate owner immediately began to wail.
"I'm willing to offer all my money to my lord!"
Before he could finish, however, his mouth was sealed with mud.
He was shoved into an iron-barred prison cart on the spot.
"Idiot. Kill you, and that money will still belong to my lord!"
The outline of Dusk Sand Great City remained immense.
At this moment, the Outer City District had become the greatest hidden danger.
It could not rely on high walls to fend off external enemies and could only use its complex clusters of buildings to establish defenses for street fighting.
Zong Shen's avatar was in City Hall.
Before it floated countless tiny points and lines of light representing defensive nodes and the deployment of existing troops.
"Use the existing warehouse districts, sturdy buildings, and original sentry posts to construct three layers of ring-shaped defensive depth."
Its orders went directly to the engineer units at the front.
All damaged buildings above three stories were to be abandoned rather than repaired.
Usable building materials were to be prioritized for reinforcing node fortresses and breaches in the towers.
All remaining energy from the magic towers was to