When Fang Qianyuan heard the news, his first reaction was to think he had misheard.
After all, Eastwind Island was a transit city in the heart of the Eastern Sea, a renowned treasure land of the aristocratic clans.
No fewer than sixteen aristocratic clans guarded this place. The larger clans had three to five Earth Rank Spirit Tamers each, while even the smaller ones had one or two, bringing their combined number to around fifty.
Counting their various Earth Rank Spirit Creatures, Guest Elders, Attendants, relatives by marriage, and allies, their strength far surpassed that of any first-class city on the mainland.
Yet the attackers who had come this time were a band of rogue cultivators who had sprung from who knew where. Only their leader was an Earth Rank Spirit Tamer, who had stumbled upon a fortuitous opportunity, recruited followers, and assembled a force.
It was like a band of ordinary mountain bandits suddenly losing their minds and attacking county towns and fortresses guarded by hundreds or thousands of government troops.
"I'd heard long ago that banditry was rife in the Eastern Sea and rogue cultivators of the Unorthodox Path ran rampant. I never expected to encounter an attack on a city as soon as we arrived. Come on, let's go watch the excitement."
Although it had nothing to do with him, Fang Qianyuan's interest was piqued, and he flew outside with Fang Lian, Wang Ran, and the others.
To avoid trouble, they all rode the Azure Bird Fang Lian had summoned, posing as ordinary travelers as they flew toward the harbor.
By then, smoke was already rising from the harbor. Some shops near the shore had been struck by fireballs falling from the sky and were beginning to burn.
As Fang Qianyuan and the others flew over, they