Alarms rang throughout the city. Zhou Yuan looked at the table of dishes he had just finished cooking and sighed.
But he soon changed into combat attire and headed straight for the city's defensive front without another word.
Yi Tian naturally prepared to go with him. Zhou Mo Yao activated [Azure Luan Farflight], transforming into a tiny spirit form and possessing Bai Qiu Li to follow along.
"Does the Shadow Moon Wolf Clan attack often?"
Zhou Yuan nodded. "All wolves are vicious and greedy by nature."
"The Shadow Moon Wolf Clan attacks almost every two or three days. Or raids, to be more precise. They occupy the wilderness and target the Secret Realm's extraction teams to plunder resources!"
Different races had vastly different habits.
The Dragonkin of the Yagu Dynasty, East China's enemy, rarely resorted to raids or ambushes. They mostly robbed people outright.
The Yagu Dynasty even scorned joining forces with other races to overwhelm an enemy with numbers.
That was the pride of the Dragon Race flowing through their veins.
By comparison, the Shadow Moon Wolf Clan was far more unscrupulous.
Along the way, they saw Nantang City swiftly enter a state of combat readiness. The city defense troops cleared the streets and took their positions on the walls, well practiced in responding to attacks.
Many members of the attacked extraction teams lay on stretchers, their bodies covered in gruesome bite wounds.
Yi Tian stepped into the defensive fortifications atop the wall alongside Zhou Yuan. He looked up, and his expression jolted:
An eerie, dark-red moon hung beneath the heavens, a deeply unsettling sight.
Opposite the silvery full moon, it formed a scene of two moons shining together.
Yi Tian suddenly recalled what Zhou Mo Yao had said, and his pupils contracted.
"What is that?!"
"That's the Shadow