In the VIP room of another auction house, several Emperor Realm merchants sat together in discussion, but the topic gradually turned to this encirclement. "Come to think of it, why do the top forces of the Dark Mist Realm always fixate on Starfall City? Look at the other Source Realm Main Cities—there might not be a large-scale Emperor Evil invasion even once in several centuries. Yet here, something like this happens every so often."
"Who knows? Perhaps the Ancient Meteorite beneath Starfall City is something the Emperor Evils want, or perhaps there's some other reason..."
People speculated, but no one could provide a definite answer.
Though these Emperor Realm cultivators were powerful, they could not fathom the deeper schemes of the Dark Mist Realm's major forces. They only knew that Starfall City's campaigns against evil had never ceased, and that all they needed to do was remain safely on their own territory and avoid being caught up in it.
Unlike these calm Emperor Realm cultivators, the ordinary servants in the Merchant Alliance district of the Inner City, where crowds gathered, had long been terrified out of their wits.
This was the servants' residential area of the Cangnan Merchant Alliance. Several hundred servants hired from the Outer City were currently crammed beneath a defensive formation temporarily activated by the Merchant Alliance. They looked up at the constantly churning clouds of energy over the distant mountains, their faces pale.
"W-what level of battle is that? Just the aftershocks are making my legs go weak..."
A young servant spoke in a trembling voice, tightly clutching the arm of the companion beside him.
He had entered the Inner City hoping to use the cultivation boost from the Ancient Meteorite to improve his strength. He had never expected to encounter such a terrifying scene so