“Opal, Amber, Casey, let’s go first!” Billy continued, “Azure Dragon, you follow behind!”
“Alright!” Everyone responded simultaneously.
“The rest of you stay in the Crimson Flame Empire and gather information!” Billy instructed the three shadow members again.
“Yes, sir!” The three bowed simultaneously.
Immediately after, Billy’s figure flashed like a phantom into the air, with Opal, Amber, and Casey following closely behind. Azure Dragon and the others quickly tidied up and followed suit in the air. Meanwhile, in Skydragon City, eight thousand Skydragon Dark Guards and ninety thousand guards gathered in the central square, all looking serious.
In the past few days, Billy had reported everything happening in the Crimson Flame Empire through shadow transmissions to Aunt Edie. So, the attack by the Blood and Devil Sects on the Saint Cloud Pavilion was reported back to Skydragon City that same night.
Moreover, Edie Fennimore had already received shadow transmissions from the three imperial shadows about the previous attacks by the Blood and Devil Sects on those three sects. Upon receiving the news, Stephanie Stuart and Edie Fennimore immediately had a premonition that the Blood and Devil Sects might target Skydragon City.
Therefore, Stephanie Stuart promptly ordered Edie Fennimore to send out a thousand Dark Guards to lurk within a thousand miles of Skydragon City. If anything suspicious was found, it was to be reported immediately.
As expected, half an hour ago, the Dark Guards reported finding many suspicious individuals approaching Skydragon City. Consequently, she immediately ordered Edie Fennimore to activate the sound transmission talisman. Though it couldn’t transmit letters like a messenger bird, its advantage was speed-it could deliver messages in real-time.
“Edie, have you found out the details? How many people are there in total? And how long until they arrive?” Stephanie Stuart asked Edie Fennimore.
“There are probably around two hundred people in total, and they’ll reach the west gate in about twenty minutes,” Edie Fennimore responded.
“What about their strength?” Stephanie Stuart continued.
“The lowest cultivation is late Divine Realm, and the strongest one couldn’t be detected, but it’s definitely late Sacred Realm,” Edie Fennimore replied.
“Alright!” Stephanie Stuart took a deep breath and shouted, “Skydragon Dark Guards, listen up!”
“Yes, madam!” The eight thousand Dark Guards responded in unison.
“The sixth, seventh, and eighth teams will guard the east, south, and north gates respectively! Other team members will immediately head to the west gate, swear to defend all four gates, and prevent them from entering the city!”
“Yes, madam!” After the eight thousand people responded in unison, they quickly rushed towards the four gates.
“All guards, listen up!” Stephanie Stuart then looked at the ninety thousand guards and said loudly, “Everyone, immediately go up the city walls, encircle the city, and don’t let the people of the Blood and Devil Sects cross the wall into the city!”
Following her arrangements, she naturally didn’t want the guards to make fearless sacrifices. Despite their rapid improvement in strength recently, they were still too weak compared to Sacred Realm experts. Directly engaging them at the west gate would be like hitting a stone with an egg, completely ineffective.
“Yes, madam!” The ninety thousand guards responded in unison before quickly dispersing.
Then, Stephanie Stuart, Edie Fennimore, Sol Stuart, Marquise Thompson, Isaac Herring, Zak Callahan, and others headed towards the west gate in the air. Everyone’s mood was heavy. Just a few months ago, the scene of the Rainbow Moon Empire attacking Skydragon City was still vivid. In that battle, two to three hundred brothers of Skydragon City died!
They hadn’t expected to face another life and death battle so soon!
Ten minutes later, the group landed on an empty space a few kilometers outside the west gate. Five thousand Dark Guards followed closely behind them, their eyes determined and solemn, ready for battle.
A few minutes later, a terrifying pressure swept over, shrouding the entire area. Many Dark Guards showed a trace of solemnity on their faces; they couldn’t contend with just this pressure alone.
Soon, the figures of a group of people appeared in the distance, about a kilometer away. There were two hundred people in total, split into two camps, each with a hundred people.
The left camp faintly emanated a bloody smell, while the right camp exuded a hellish cold aura. Obviously, they were from the Blood Sect and Devil Sect.
Watching these people, Stephanie Stuart’s heart skipped a beat once again. She couldn’t even detect the cultivation of the middle-aged man leading the two camps.
During this period, with the help of the Gathering Spirit Array, both she and Edie Fennimore had broken through a level. She was now at the sixth-rank Sacred Realm, and the cultivation of the man she couldn’t detect was at least ninth-rank Sacred Realm or higher.
In addition to the two leaders, the few people following behind them were all at the mid-stage of the Sacred Realm, with the strongest among them being at the seventh-rank.
Just these people alone were enough to crush them, not to mention the others behind them, each of whom was equally formidable.
“Hehe…” Two hundred people arrived about two to three hundred meters away and let out a sinister laugh.
“I’ve heard that the strength of Skydragon City is no less than that of the four imperial families. Today, seeing it for myself, it’s indeed true!” The man leading the Devil Sect spoke with a sinister tone after scanning Stephanie Stuart and her group.
“We’re lucky today. If we absorb the essence of these people, our cultivation will greatly improve!” The man leading the Blood Sect licked his lips.
“Weston Delaney, we agreed to split evenly between us. Devil Sect, you better leave some for us!” The man from the Blood Sect said.
“Hehe… Antonio Fuller, rest assured, since we’ve already agreed, we won’t monopolize it!” Weston Delaney glanced at Stephanie Stuart and Edie Fennimore.
“Ladies, because you’re both so beautiful, I’ll give you two a chance to choose!” he continued. “If you agree to be my women, you can avoid death. What do you say?”
“Insolent! How dare you disrespect the city lord!” A Dark Guard angrily spoke up.
“Mind your own business!” Weston Delaney’s eyes narrowed slightly.
Then, a meteor hammer made of spiritual power materialized and quickly smashed towards the Dark Guard.
“Be careful!” Edie Fennimore exclaimed.
At the same time, she swept out a palm wind to counter the attack.
With a muffled sound, the two attacks exploded simultaneously, sending Edie Fennimore flying back ten or so steps from the shockwave.
“Hehe… the beauty’s cultivation is not bad!” Weston Delaney glanced at Edie Fennimore. “You, a beauty like you, I really don’t want to hurt you!”
“Let me advise you, it’s better for you to agree to me. I will definitely treat you well!”
“You’d better pray you don’t fall into my hands later!” Edie Fennimore’s eyes were cold as she glanced at him.