Soft, earthy yellow light slowly rose from different positions around Huai Mountain City.
A huge magical dome covered the entire county city; the defensive drums arranged on the Drum Tower automatically sounded, their echoes reaching a hundred miles around.
Suddenly, plumes of black smoke shot up from several houses within the city, then dissipated without trace.
These were the Evil Wraiths lurking in the city, directly vanishing into nothing under the dual suppression of the City-Protecting Staves and the defensive drums.
At the same time, a streak of light shot towards the northwest!
The Battle Cultivators guarding the city walls could not help but reveal looks of concern as they watched this light recede into the distance.
Zhao Hongyi had left.
As the Guarding Envoy of Huai Mountain City and the only Purple Mansion Cultivator within the city walls, his presence was like a sea-calming needle, deterring Evil Wraiths and the unruly.
