Late afternoon.
The great sun slanted westward, its radiance no longer scorching.
By now, a full year had passed since war broke out between the two sects.
Bad news came back to the Hehuan Sect from the frontline in relentless succession, stirring up one towering wave after another.
According to the latest reports, important defensive lines several hundred li from the sect had fallen one after another. The Primordial Yang Sect's army would soon bear down on them.
Once this news spread, panic gripped the Hehuan Sect from top to bottom. Its Sect-Defending Array operated at full power without a moment's pause.
Given the current situation, keeping the enemy outside their territory was no longer possible. They simply could not withstand the opposing army.
Trying would only serve up heads to the enemy and squander their own strength.
Thus, three days earlier, the Hehuan Sect had issued dozens of urgent orders in rapid succession, recalling most of its disciples stationed elsewhere.
With the Sect-Defending Array operating at full power, they concentrated their forces on defending the sect grounds.
Like the Pill Cauldron Sect, they hoped to rely on their Sect-Defending Array to repel the enemy and drag the conflict into a prolonged war.
Ultimately, they hoped to draw the Thunder Hall into intervening and resolve the immediate crisis.
Beneath the setting sun, the Hehuan Sect's Myriad-Tier Thunder Array operated at full power, unleashing bolts of azure lightning that formed several enormous thunder nets, enveloping slightly less than half the sect grounds.
Crackle!
The azure lightning contained power that made low-level cultivators tremble. A single glance was enough to set their hearts pounding.
Although inferior to the Pill Cauldron Sect's Seven-Star Divine Fire Array, the Hehuan Sect's Myriad-Tier Thunder Array possessed extraordinary power as well.
It stood on par with