At the sight, the Second Elder's expression changed. Fires suddenly breaking out at a time like this-anyone could tell what was happening...
Enemy agents inside the city must have set them, right?
The Second Elder bellowed an order, "Lineage reserve forces, put out the fires! Kill the enemies without mercy!"
At his command, Cultivators from the city's various lineages rode their flying treasures into the air, rushing toward the fires and explosions...
Inside a tower, more than twenty Cultivators had already donned black clothing and covered their faces with black cloth, across which wisps of gray runes flowed...
These were clearly treasures reinforced with spell power and formations, preventing others from recognizing their true faces...
Master Yong looked outside and said gravely, "They've already started! Let's move!"
As he spoke, he slapped his Storage Bag. An identical piece of black cloth flew out and covered his face...
Then he took the lead, riding his flying treasure out...
The others followed him into the air...
Sure enough, Skyward City was now in utter chaos.
Fires burned everywhere, and fierce battles raged...
Black and gray runes swirled around Master Yong and his companions, making them resemble wisps of smoke as they slipped out of the tower and flew silently toward the plaza of the Stump Great Hall in the center...
According to their intelligence, their target, Ye Han, was recuperating in a restriction-protected secret chamber at the center of the City Lord's Residence in the Stump Great Hall...
Although the City Lord's Residence had restrictions protecting it, they had long since bribed someone to obtain a Token granting passage through them. The city was already chaotic enough, while the Black Water Sect's attack outside kept the Second Elder and the main force of Azure Profound Sect Cultivators occupied.
So now was precisely