The Black Iron Castle
Chapter 375

Tianhan City Incident

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Even by the standards and judgments of people long afterward, everything the Zhen Family of Tianhan City, Jin-Yun Kingdom, Weiyi Subcontinent, did in Tianhan City on July 7th, Black Iron Calendar 890, was regarded by many as a landmark event signaling the arrival of the Third Human Holy War.

In the first two Holy Wars, the criterion for the arrival of a Human Holy War had always been the destruction or capture of human cities by the Devil Race. Though the "Tianhan City Incident" that occurred that day involved no direct action by the Devil Race, Tianhan City still fell. Though those who acted were the Devil Race's lackeys, the remnants of the Three-Eyed Society, the "Tianhan City Incident" nevertheless sounded the trumpet for the Third Human Holy War in full.

Before the "Tianhan City Incident," public records showed that Tianhan City had a population of over 1.3 million. After the "Tianhan City Incident," despite rescue efforts from all sides, fewer than 30,000 people remained alive in Tianhan City. From then on, the entire city became a realm of ghosts.

The entire "Tianhan City Incident" was a tragedy for humanity. If one insisted on finding something positive amid this calamity, with millions dead and wounded as its backdrop, then from the perspective of that era, perhaps it had only one greatest use: it jolted awake those who had still been muddleheaded about the coming Holy War.

The Tianhan City Incident was like a thunderclap from clear skies, abruptly awakening many who had been mentally unprepared for the Third Human Holy War. It brought information previously known only to a small number of people into the open, giving most ordinary people more time to prepare for the drastic changes ahead.

It was not only ordinary people who were frightened. Even those

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