Closer, closer, ever closer!!!
Weird Emperor Jiu Wu, who had been lying in the courtyard, instinctively rolled over and huddled in a corner. His enormous frame made the sight somewhat comical, but the blazing white light in the sky was drawing ever closer.
He could see it clearly now.
Those were streaks of white light radiating terrifying power, blue-white lightning blooming behind them like the Thunder God's wrath. Dozens of them were tearing through the night sky, hurtling into the distance.
He could sense it clearly.
Any one of those streaks would kill him if it struck him.
That power was beyond anything he could withstand.
And there were dozens of those terrifying streaks in sight. They swept swiftly overhead and vanished beyond the night sky!
They were not coming for him.
"Something's happened!"
Weird Emperor Jiu Wu sprang up in the courtyard, his face deathly pale. He knew about the mortal domain foundation. This was the very method that had wiped out the strange tide he had once sent to infiltrate the Yellow Springs Pass Defense Line.
That memory was still vivid.
And now.
The Mortal Domain had unleashed that method again, and the direction was—
The Eternal Night Western Black Tortoise Frontline One!
"Military Strategist! Military Strategist!"
He roared toward the courtyard entrance.
Soon, the somewhat aged Old Strange Entity stumbled into the courtyard with a walking stick. "My king, I'm here! I'm right here!" Before he had even steadied himself, he began rapidly analyzing the situation.
"The Eternal Night Western Black Tortoise Frontline One is a Ninth-Level Defense Line. Under normal circumstances, it wouldn't be in enough danger for the Mortal Domain to expend its foundation on support. Unless something unexpected happened—and that unexpected factor most likely dates back to last year's rainy season."
"The higher-ups ordered