A sudden upheaval struck Tianhan City. Ordinary households were so frightened that they hurriedly shut their doors tight. Shops and all kinds of establishments preparing to open for business in the morning likewise closed their doors one after another. The occasional bold soul who secretly peered outside would take one look at the enormous war airship in the sky, endlessly pouring firepower down upon the ground, gasp in cold breath, and shrink back inside.
At such a time, the only ones who still dared to walk about the city at will were Huaiyuan Hall's elites and members of Tianhan City's Zhen family.
Fighting had broken out throughout the city, but the fiercest slaughter was in Tianhan City's inner city—the Zhen family's lair and stronghold.
Tianhan City's inner city covered nearly one square kilometer. Built like a royal palace, it had layer upon layer of courtyard walls and restrictions, and was heavily guarded by the Zhen family. Aside from Bluestone Pass Fortress, most of the Zhen family's Black Armor Regiment forces were concentrated here.
The moment the surprise attack began, Huaiyuan Hall's war airships destroyed the anti-aircraft gun emplacements and the outermost wall of Tianhan City's inner city, and a brutal fight began.
Huaiyuan Hall had deployed four thousand troops to Tianhan City, including some elite students from Hidden Dragon Hall. These four thousand completed their airborne landing in the shortest possible time, then smashed through two consecutive walls within the Zhen family's inner city like bamboo splitting before the wind, swiftly closing in on its core area.
The core area of the Zhen family's inner city contained the Zhen family ancestral hall, the residences of its core and direct-line members, and the center of power from which the Zhen family ruled Tianhan City. It was a complex covering over two