"It really has begun."
Zhou Changwang's expression changed slightly.
Such a huge commotion clearly meant that quite a few people had made their move.
"What's going on?"
"This is bad, is someone attacking the market?"
Just then, someone shouted loudly.
Immediately afterward, the entire outer district erupted into chaos.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Massive explosions rang out one after another.
The sounds were shockingly close.
Someone had clearly blasted through the Protective Formations of the houses in the outer district, triggering the formations' alarms and setting off these deafening warnings.
Ordinarily, whenever anyone attacked a house's Protective Formation, the surrounding cultivators would surely rise up and besiege them. But now, the sounds of Protective Formations shattering rose and fell without end.
"It's rogue cultivators! All the rogue cultivators have come out.
They're openly killing people.
Run..."
Someone cried out frantically, followed by a shrill scream. The entire outskirts of the market boiled over, becoming incomparably noisy.
Zhou Changwang's heart pounded violently, and his whole body tensed. One hand clutched a stack of talismans, while the other gripped his longsword. He also hung the Magical Flying Sword at his waist; with a single thought, he could activate it at any time.
Then he moved to the window and looked outside.
In the direction of the market in the distance, boundless light blazed, turning night almost into day. It flickered bright and dim from time to time, accompanied by muffled thunderous blasts exploding in succession.
Closer by, people were running everywhere. Some fled in blind panic, while others hunted and killed along the streets. Whenever they saw a house with its doors shut tight, they launched attack after attack, shattered its Protective Formation, then rushed inside to slaughter...
Chaos. Carnage...
Zhou Changwang had never realized that so many people lived around him.
Amid