Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
The raised platform where the teleportation array stood had been abandoned since the array's destruction. Now, all the Nascent Soul cultivators and several late Core Formation cultivators stood there, watching the formation's light barrier flicker incessantly over the city walls.
Starting a day earlier, level eight demon cultivators had joined the assault on the formation, leaving the defenses atop Blackstone City's walls teetering ever closer to collapse.
Although the thousands of cultivators in the city still held the walls with the formation's protection, every one of them looked exhausted, their magical power severely depleted. Despair showed on nearly every face. They only continued to hold out because the city's Nascent Soul cultivators had yet to act, leaving them a shred of hope.
Yet they had no idea that those Nascent Soul cultivators had already abandoned them, along with all of Blackstone City.
"It's nearly time. Fellow Daoists, please prepare yourselves." A trace of pity flashed through the black-robed elder's eyes, but his gaze remained resolute.
With that, he flew into the air and addressed the city's cultivators through a wide-ranging voice transmission spell. "All cultivators in the city, withdraw from the walls! Next, I will detonate the city's formation and blast open the beast tide outside. We Nascent Soul cultivators will then draw the attention of the level eight demon cultivators. Watch for your chance and break out on your own!"
Once the black-robed elder finished, the cultivators had no time to think deeply about his words. They cried out excitedly, "Senior, your righteousness is something we will remember until our dying day!"
Lin Yun watched it all indifferently, glancing at the mortals quietly peeking out from the city's stone houses. They had heard the elder's words as well, and despair