But the more Zuo Xiaoduo learned about the enemies and adversaries who occupied his thoughts, the more his heart trembled with fear.
Chapter 87: The Third Transformation
At the end of the day, Phoenix City was only a small city in a remote location.
Although everyone understood perfectly well that the Witch Alliance was their great enemy, they had absolutely no concrete, firsthand sense of the true strength of its sects... truly, none at all!
The same was true of far too many martial artists in Phoenix City, even high-ranking ones.
Remote, comfortable, and peaceful, Phoenix City was practically a paradise beyond the mortal world, apart from the threat of falling meteors.
In all honesty, had they not witnessed the prestige and privileges of martial artists, few of the people living here would necessarily have chosen to practice martial arts, even knowing that powerful enemies existed outside.
Phoenix City, Antai City, South Ji City, Yishui City, and Boyang City were all interconnected; even reckoning generously, the distance between any two cities was only eight hundred to a thousand li.
Although everything outside was wasteland left after the destruction wrought by falling meteors, the main roads remained open year-round, with guard posts stationed every thirty li; neither fierce beasts nor even star beasts dared approach.
But in terms of the conditions for human habitation, it was extremely safe!
As martial artists attending a martial arts school, Zuo Xiaoduo and the other students could be said to have theories drummed into them every day about how terrifying the Witch Alliance was, how powerful the enemy was, how much danger they were in... and so on and so forth.
But did the students actually feel much urgency in their hearts? Not necessarily. Why?
The reason was simple: the enemy was not there beside