Qing Chen raised his left hand beneath the worried, frightened, expectant, and apprehensive gazes of the cultivators throughout the city. His five fingers swiftly closed around the Northwestern Circuit-Surveying Seal, which had hovered there for so long.
"As I said before, the Northwestern Circuit belongs to the Great Jin Immortal Dynasty."
His voice was unhurried, yet borne upon the Military Force of a million Dao Soldiers, it spread throughout the mighty pass.
"I have one more thing to say."
He lifted his eyes, blood-black demonic light mingling within them before his gaze settled entirely on Dugu Yifang.
"Even against a Spirit Transformation Venerable, I would dare to fight."
"Let alone you, Dugu Yifang!"
That final declaration rolled like heavenly thunder, shaking the hearts and minds of countless cultivators atop the walls.
Dugu Yifang's expression abruptly darkened. Before he could speak, Qing Chen had already clenched his fingers, and the Northwestern Circuit-Surveying Seal erupted with azure-black fortune stretching thousands of zhang.
"Armies of the northwest-form up!"
Rumble!
With his right hand, Qing Chen unleashed the Lawless Blood Seal and the mighty Primordial Magnetism Annihilation Divine Thunder in succession, blocking Dugu Yifang's offensive.
Seizing that interval, his military order traveled along the fortune connections between the Sky-Patrolling Dao Seal and the seventy-two main Formation Towers, instantly reaching every corner inside and outside Yanmen Pass.
In the northern city, five hundred thousand soldiers of the Bloodedge Army had long since donned their armor and formed ranks, pouring their sky-piercing blood baleful intent and formation will into the Northwestern Circuit-Surveying Seal. The three hundred thousand soldiers of the Yueshan Army in the western city, and the three hundred thousand of the Thundering Army and three hundred thousand of the Jingyan Army in the eastern city followed closely behind. Countless Formation Flags unfurled in the