"What should we do?"
Several officials of Heavenly Stone City hurriedly discussed the matter. This was a moment of life or death, and they had no choice but to panic.
At this point, there were only two paths before them. One was surrender, preserving their lives; the other was resistance, certain death. They no longer had any chance of victory.
A short official with small eyes spoke with a fearful expression, "I say we should surrender! If we keep resisting, the city will only be slaughtered. Don't think about us—think about the innocent people of Heavenly Stone City."
If Shi Jian were here, he could have maintained their Loyalty, but Shi Jian was already dead, and they had no choice but to consider themselves. Of course, no one wanted to die. Death meant losing everything, never again being able to enjoy this world.
Another burly man snorted in dissatisfaction upon hearing this. "You're the one greedy for life and afraid of death, yet you drag the people of Heavenly Stone City into it. I think we should never surrender. Kill as many as we can, and best of all, avenge the City Lord."
This man was clearly very loyal to Shi Jian, and so he chose resistance without sparing his own life.
The others had differing opinions as well, mainly dividing into a resistance faction and a surrender faction. The two sides argued fiercely, neither able to convince the other.
Zhao Fu, high in the sky, had no intention of giving them more time. He took out the Heavenly Stone City Seal, chose to withdraw the city walls, and designated every resident of Heavenly Stone City as a criminal.
An invisible force spread from the City Lord Seal. The originally incomparably sturdy walls, dozens of meters tall, began to split