[Warning, warning, a malignant Devil Tide phenomenon has appeared in the current area. A malignant Devil Tide phenomenon has appeared in the current area. All cultivators who receive this notice, proceed immediately to suppress it!]
Guo Zhengyan, lord of Zao Tian City, opened his eyes from meditation in his quiet chamber. A sharp gleam flickered within them before fading after a long while.
He let out a heavy sigh. "Again..."
A Level 13 Walker possessed a lifespan far longer than that of ordinary living beings, along with far greater experience. These were things no "Knight-errant" below Level 10 could compare to.
But even Level 13 cultivators could grow weary.
Over the past three thousand years, the Devil Tide had only worsened with every passing day.
At first, people had still dared to spread their branches and leaves across the wilderness. After a Devil Tide warning was issued, pathfinders could still bring back those scattered outside in time.
But now, the Devil Tides came faster and more fiercely. Even experienced pathfinders could easily be trapped within a Devil Tide and caught by the True Devils that appeared ahead of it.
In the last three hundred years, even the pathfinders had begun to suffer from a break in succession. Newly recruited pathfinders were killed by True Devils before they could mature. Old, experienced pathfinders often had no time to pass down all their knowledge.
Now, it often became a situation where one old man led a dozen or so novices.
That only drove the casualties higher.
Yet all the strength of the true cultivators had been thrown into resisting the Devil Tide. If true cultivators were needed to take on the duties of pathfinders in the future, then the rewards would be even greater.
"The Relief God Lord is merciful..."