The nine fire dragons guarding Tongyang City had already proven themselves amid the fierce assault of the moon-shooting crossbows.
But before Great Qi Empire's "Purple Zenith Conquest Dragon," they were almost like paper mache—unable to withstand a single blow!
This was plainly beyond anyone's expectations, and difficult to accept.
Upon the vast battlements of Tongyang City, Great Xia's civil and military officials erupted into chaos. Some leaped up, intending to defend the city with their very bodies; others urgently mobilized military formations, seeking to strike it with Soldier Sha.
State Chancellor Liu Xiyi had already produced the Prime Minister Seal. He stamped it into the air and shouted through gritted teeth, "Activate the Nation-Protecting Array!"
State Preceptor Xi Mengfu said nothing, but with a turn of his palm, he too pressed out the State Preceptor's Token.
Beneath the Prime Minister Seal lay ten thousand miles of rivers and mountains, splendid as brocade; beneath the State Preceptor's Token lay bustling carts and streams of people—the mortal world.
And so, the Nation-Protecting Array opened!
The entirety of Tongyang City was enveloped in an indescribable radiance.
It was a vibrant green, yet "green" alone could never describe it.
It carried a sensation of utmost purity, yet contained the greatest of powers.
Within that green radiance, all phenomena shifted through endless transformations, yet all things returned to one. One moment it was peddlers and porters, the next kings, marquises, generals, and ministers; one moment towering mountains, the next surging rivers; there was the majesty of great armies, the perilous passes of mighty cities.
Great Xia's thousand years of national momentum, its ten thousand miles of rivers and mountains, its countless millions of citizens—all were within it.
This radiance did not seem dazzling, nor did it burn fiercely.
But when it enveloped Tongyang City, seeming