The City Defense Array

Xu Yuan was telling the truth.

If his deductions were correct, the sect's scheme in the Western Desert had gathered six Saints this time.

Ancient Abyss White Emperor, the Heavenly Oversight Pavilion Master, the Qin Family Saint, and the three deranged members of Mu Xingyi's family.

The first three should rank among the absolute pinnacles of the world, especially the White Emperor and the Heavenly Oversight Pavilion Master. The latter three were likely not even as strong as the Barbarian King, who had only just become a Saint.

As one of Great Yan's most important border strongholds, Western Pacification Prefecture City possessed formations on almost the same scale as Beifeng City's. If they could also have the army formation formed by the twenty thousand Western Pacification Army soldiers within the city supporting them, the situation would never have become so passive.

With Western Pacification Prefecture City's original defensive forces, along with the Prime Minister's Mansion Saint and the Kirin Wolf he had called over, their fighting strength was still unequal, but they at least had the capital to fight.

After all, those six Saints on the other side were unlikely to fight to the death without retreating.

Once they saw things going south, they would most likely turn tail and run.

They were no ordinary soldiers; there was no supervising unit behind them daring to force them to risk their lives.

Therefore, the first step to ruining the sect's scheme was to seize control of Western Pacification Prefecture City's formations.

To ensure that, Xu Yuan had considered many possible variables.

For instance, using the concealment effect of the Soul-Warding Robe, he had warned the traitor Mu Qing that during these troubled times, he might be lurking in the shadows watching him at any moment, leaving him afraid to make any