The Azure Cloud Sect's army of cultivators outside Anzhou City understood the upheaval taking place within its walls and made corresponding adjustments.
The army of tens of thousands split into four forces. Only a portion remained outside the southern gate, while several thousand cultivators were dispatched to each of the other three sides.
The north was the escape route chosen by the most cultivators within Anzhou City. It was the most dangerous direction, but would also yield the richest rewards.
Liu Changxu, Li Yungang, Qin Yulian, and the Foundation Establishment cultivators who had attended the gathering were all assigned to the army responsible for the northern side.
Since this direction faced the greatest pressure, those dispatched north of Anzhou City were the elite of the Azure Cloud Sect's army. Nearly half its Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment cultivators were among them.
When Liu Changxu and the other Foundation Establishment cultivators arrived at Anzhou City's northern gate aboard their spirit artifact flying boats, carrying groups of Qi Refinement cultivators, they saw large numbers of cultivators fleeing north from the city.
Most of these fleeing cultivators rode spirit beasts, carrying their families north with them, while the Foundation Establishment cultivators flew north aboard flying spirit artifacts or spirit beasts.
Upon seeing the Azure Cloud Sect's army arrive, the cultivators fleeing north immediately picked up speed.
The Azure Cloud Sect cultivators charged forward as though injected with chicken blood. In their eyes, these people were walking Treasuries, and every spirit treasure in their possession already belonged to them.
The Azure Cloud Sect's Foundation Establishment cultivators were even more impatient. The fleeing Foundation Establishment cultivators flew far faster than ordinary Qi Refinement cultivators; a moment's inattention would let them escape.
After hurriedly dropping off the Qi Refinement cultivators, the Azure Cloud Sect's Foundation Establishment