The great lake into which the eastern branch of the White Wolf Mountain Range extended spanned nearly ten thousand li from end to end. As for its name, or the name of the demon city within it, Liang Zhaohuang and the others had never made a point of finding out.
This assault had gathered three Nascent Soul Late Stage True Lords: Liang Zhaohuang, Li Chun, and Mu Lianying. Leaving aside the other Nascent Soul Middle Stage and Early Stage cultivators, the three of them alone were confident they could sweep through a demon city of a single race.
Yet when the great battle truly erupted, things proved somewhat unexpected.
As a Nascent Soul Late Stage True Lord of the Sword Dao, True Lord Li Chun's offensive power was something Liang Zhaohuang had witnessed firsthand. Among all the battles Liang Zhaohuang had seen, it ranked among the very best. At least at the Nascent Soul level, few could match the sheer strength and razor-edged sharpness of his attacks.
However, when he launched the first strike, his sword light transforming into a river of stars as it crashed directly onto the Shell Demon City at the bottom of the lake, the anticipated scene of a single sword shattering the city's defensive formation and blasting apart the demon city never appeared.
Indeed, not even the city's defensive formation emerged. The sword light struck those shells, yet it failed even to shatter the shells atop the city, much less breach the city itself!
This demon city, built on the lakebed from countless shells and resembling a vast palace, was likewise roofed by innumerable shells. Those shells seemed to be the city's sturdiest defensive formation; even True Lord Li Chun's sharp Sword Dao edge had failed to break through them!
Liang Zhaohuang, Mu Lianying, and