A more brutal war erupted.
At this time, Tianli, the Sea Race, and the Rakshasa Immortal Realm seemed eager to wipe out Cangyuan completely, launching an exceptionally fierce siege.
Facing the joint assault of the three great powers, Cangyuan remained in grave danger despite relying on natural defenses and powerful barriers.
At the height of the fighting, several Core Formation Cultivators died every single day.
Even more than a dozen Nascent Soul Cultivators had fallen in the short year since, while the number of dead Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining Cultivators was impossible to count.
In that short span of time, the land stretching hundreds of miles around the two great cities had turned blackish red, with the stench of blood soaring into the heavens.
Yet the Cangyuan Cultivators, fighting with their backs to the wall, knew there was no road left for retreat. Thus, they united as one, and forces large and small cast aside their old grudges to join hands against the enemy.
Many old monsters and rogue cultivators who had hidden away for years also emerged from their places of secluded cultivation, resolutely rushing to Zhenyou City to resist the invaders.
Thus, although the enemy offensive was fierce, Cangyuan's side was fired up with morale and barely managed to hold on.
While Cangyuan's many cultivators fought with all their strength, a voice of discontent quietly began to rise—discontent aimed at Ning Fa.
Cangyuan's situation was now so perilous, yet Ning Fa, one of its foremost top combatants, had never once shown himself on the battlefield. The contrast with everyone else's desperate struggle was stark.
Although Hermit Xuyuan had publicly explained that Ning Fa was in secluded cultivation, seeking to break through his realm and thus be of greater help to Cangyuan, many people remained unconvinced.
After all,