At the speed Sun Buxiao and his two companions traveled, reaching Tianya City, thousands of miles from the Black-Corner Region, took less than a week.
"So Dou Zong really do become a dime a dozen the closer you get to the Central Plains?"
Flying high in the sky, Sun Buxiao looked down at the enormous city below, which stretched beyond the horizon, and curled his lip.
Tianya City was an independent city-state, belonging to no country. Several families had built it together, and the Luo Family, which had constructed its space wormhole, held the reins.
Wasn't Tianya City far more impressive than those imperial capitals?
Sometimes, Sun Dog simply couldn't understand where those damned imperial families found the confidence to slap the word "empire" onto their territories.
Most of the Central Plains consisted of independent city-states as well. Countries were rare, practically nonexistent. The various major forces essentially served as imperial families, with cities and settlements spreading outward around powerful experts and influential factions.
Tianya City followed precisely that model.
"There's only one Dou Zong's aura in this city, somewhere around five stars. Not particularly strong."
After carefully sensing the auras below with her soul, Xiao Yi Xian looked quite relaxed.
A mere Five-Star Dou Zong. Sun Buxiao wouldn't even need to lift a finger. One slap each from her and Zi Yan would leave the fellow wishing he were dead.
"Let's head down first."
Sun Buxiao shook his enormous wings and began descending, making no effort whatsoever to rein in his aura.
Few people flew within Tianya City, even though there were quite a few Dou Wang and Dou Emperor auras here. The city apparently had rules governing such things-but Dou Zong experts themselves stood above those rules, especially in a backwater like the Northwest.
At the Luo Family's