"How did Guangyun end up like this? Were we too late?"
Inside Golden Light City, He Changnian and the other two Garrison Elders stared down at the land through a screen of light like a curtain of water, their expressions grave.
Behind them stood the city's many Grand Artisans and Master Artisans.
What lay before their eyes was a devastated wasteland, like ruins left by a meteor shower. Traces of Blazing Sun Divine Thunder explosions covered the ground, leaving it riddled with craters.
In Guangyun City, building after building had collapsed. Windblown sand swirled among the broken walls, telling a tale of indescribable desolation.
It did not look as though any trace of life remained.
"Hard to say. When we received Grand Artisan Li's plea for reinforcements, the situation was already desperately urgent, but damage to the city's propulsion delayed our arrival until now."
"As far as I know, Guangyun City has an extensive Underground Base, sheltered beneath mountains and waterways, with exceptionally thick defenses. If they took refuge there from the outset, they might have preserved some of their fighting strength!"
"But the Outer Dao forces are neither deaf nor blind. They would certainly have tried to search for them."
"Whatever the case, send a message here first and let him know we've arrived!"
He Changnian nodded and told the others, "Then do that."
With things having come to this, he was just as helpless as anyone else.
"Elder He, the Outer Dao Grand Confucian Fang Yuan is here!"
Just then, someone reported the news anxiously.
"He's here..."
He Changnian sighed softly. "Prepare for battle!"
"Golden Light City and Fang Yuan have started fighting!"
Hidden inside the Azure Billow Immortal Abode, Li Chen soon received a signal from Guangyun.
But he did not rush to respond. Instead, he