Atop Lone Mountain City's walls stood many figures, led by two.
One was a broad-shouldered, thick-waisted burly man, built like an iron tower. The other was a woman with picturesque brows and eyes, a seductive figure, and her hair swept up in a married woman's coiffure.
These two were precisely the two Divine Sea Realm cultivators stationed at Lone Mountain Pass: Wanzhang Gang and Tan Yaoniang.
For a single pass to be assigned two great Divine Sea Realm cultivators was standard practice for both the Vast Sky Alliance and Myriad Demon Ridge. Some more important passes might have more Divine Sea Realm cultivators, but never more than five.
There were quite a few Divine Sea Realm great cultivators in the Nine Provinces, but the two factions also had many passes to guard. Once divided among them, no single pass could naturally have too many Divine Sea Realm cultivators stationed there.
A case like Cangyan Mountain Pass, where one person guarded an entire pass, was unique throughout all history for both factions.
Nian Yuexian's immense strength was one reason. The other, and more important reason, was that she was a Ghost Cultivator—and no ordinary Ghost Cultivator at that.
She truly had neither soldiers nor generals under her command, yet for all these years, Lone Mountain Pass, which faced her, had not dared invade even an inch. Without Lone Mountain Pass's protection, there might be people in this world capable of withstanding Nian Yuexian's assassinations, but the two here certainly were not among them.
At this moment, Wanzhang Gang and Tan Yaoniang stood atop Lone Mountain City's walls, gazing into the distance. The surging river of fire that met their eyes was so vast and imposing that even they could not help but be moved.
"Pass down the order—prepare for battle!" Wanzhang