The Ice Fire Saint Turtle's defenses, under an extremely sharp attack, seemed to have no power to resist at all. A gap was drilled straight through them, and that opened a breach in Lingdou City's defenses.
Twenty Ninth-Tier Fixed Soul Cannon Shells fell and exploded almost at the same time. The power of the blasts could not be completely blocked outside.
Lingdou City seemed to have been struck by an earthquake. Large areas caved in, countless buildings collapsed, and in an instant, innumerable cries and screams rang out from within the city.
The once-prosperous city now looked like ruins.
Fortunately, this was the capital of the Dou Ling Empire, after all. The proportion of soul masters in the city was higher, and many commoners had awakened martial souls as well. So although many buildings in the city collapsed, the number of dead and wounded was not actually that great.
However, this wave of bombardment directly shattered most of the commoners' will to resist. The people who had originally shared a bitter hatred toward the enemies invading their homeland—some of them now only wanted to flee, to get far away from the war.
Even many members of sects and clans were the same.
Inside the imperial palace, the Douling Emperor almost fell from his throne. Shocked, he sprang to his feet, his expression tense as he looked toward the direction outside the city, crying out, "What happened? Send someone to investigate, quickly!"
The defensive Soul Guidance Barrier on the city wall, having endured too much damage, was scrapped on the spot.
Most of the Titled Douluo who had joined forces to cast the defense also retreated again and again. Some even had blood spilling from the corners of their mouths; one look was enough to tell that they had suffered internal