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Tianhan City was suddenly struck by a great upheaval. Ordinary households were so frightened that they hurriedly bolted their doors shut. Shops and all manner of establishments preparing to open for business in the morning likewise closed their doors tight. The occasional bold soul who secretly peeked outside would take one look at the massive war airship in the sky, endlessly pouring firepower down upon the ground, then suck in a cold breath and retreat inside.
At this time, the only people who still dared to roam freely through the city were Huaiyuan Hall's elites and members of Tianhan City's Zhen Clan.
Fighting raged throughout the city, but the most intense slaughter was still within Tianhan City's inner city—the Zhen Clan's lair and stronghold.
Tianhan City's inner city covered nearly a square kilometer. Built like a royal palace, it had layer upon layer of walls and restrictions, and was heavily guarded by the Zhen Clan. Apart from Bluestone Pass Fortress, most of the Zhen Clan's Black Armor Regiment forces were concentrated here.
Once the surprise assault began, Huaiyuan Hall's war airships destroyed the anti-aircraft batteries and the outermost wall of Tianhan City's inner city. Then the brutal fighting began.
Huaiyuan Hall committed four thousand troops to Tianhan City, including some elite students from Hidden Dragon Hall. These four thousand people completed their airborne landing in the shortest possible time, then swept forward like bamboo splitting under a blade, breaching two consecutive inner-city walls and rapidly closing in on the Zhen Clan's core area.
The core area of the Zhen Clan's inner city contained the Zhen family shrine, the residences of the clan's core members and direct descendants, and the power center from which the Zhen Clan ruled Tianhan City. It was a complex spanning more than two hundred