Crack...
Crack...
Streaks of purple lightning churned across the sky above Bloodmang Ancient Land.
Thick blood clouds shrouded the sky above Bloodmang Ancient Land, yet beneath the power of the purple lightning, they actually broke down into dense streams of worldly primordial energy, dispersing throughout the land with the ceaselessly falling rain.
Not all the Grand Academicians had entered the Dragon City Ruins.
At the City Lord Residence in Pear Mountain City, the elderly Grand Academician Feng Cheng held his Official Seal and surveyed the entire city.
A quarter of an hour earlier, the water in the city had already reached knee height and was rising rapidly, leaving Feng Cheng no choice but to mobilize the power of the Temple of Sages.
At this moment, a translucent barrier covered the sky above Pear Mountain City, deflecting the waterfall-like rain, draining the accumulated water outside, and preventing the water beyond the city from flowing in.
Many people stood atop the city walls and gazed outward. Outside the walls, the water was already waist-deep!
Beyond the city lay a vast ocean.
When the downpour began, many scholars had been delighted, but as the water rose and disrupted the residents' lives, many people panicked. Apart from the scholars, most believed this was a terrible disaster.
The people lamented, many wailing to heaven and beating the earth in grief. Still more came in groups to the Temple of Sages, kneeling and offering incense as they prayed for Sage Kong to stop the flood.
No matter how the scholars tried to persuade them, most refused to believe them.
Feng Cheng sighed softly, turned his gaze from the city toward the doorway, and pondered.
*Earlier, the rain poured down like welcome spring showers, resembling the legendary ascension of an ancient land-a joyous event. But just now,