The Second Elder's expression was extremely grave. The enemy had come in force, determined to win, and surely had other schemes up their sleeves. After all, Skyward City housed many lineages with tangled connections, a jumble of fish and dragons. The Black Water Sect must have long known that spiritual energy was leaking from the city's formations and restrictions.
In fact, the Black Water Sect had probably orchestrated the whole affair, colluding with spies inside Skyward City.
Naturally, the Black Water Sect must also have known that Skyward City's stored spirit stones and reserves were insufficient.
That was why they had seized this opportunity to attack Skyward City before the supplies and spirit stones arrived.
Although the Second Elder and Skyward City's cultivator lineages had pooled together a reserve of spirit stones, the Black Water Sect had brought three flying boats at once and looked determined to win.
Even the Second Elder had no choice but to proceed cautiously.
Thus, he said in a deep voice, "Pass on my orders. Strengthen patrols within the city and stay alert. Beware of enemies lurking among us!"
"Yes!" a disciple answered immediately, hurrying off to relay the orders.
The Second Elder continued, "Have the reserves from Skyward City's lineages stand ready! Be prepared to reinforce any other direction at a moment's notice! That damned Black Water Sect might launch a surprise attack from elsewhere!"
Indeed, sect wars were brutal, and any sort of scheme could arise. Throughout the history of cultivators, even the strongest city defenses had begun to crumble from within.
Just a few months earlier, the Azure Profound Sect's Mountain Gate had nearly fallen to the Black Water Sect's coordinated attacks from inside and out...
Skyward City was an even greater jumble of fish and dragons, making vigilance all the more