In less than three hours, five hundred people emerged from the teleportation portal and flew forward.
After about fifteen minutes, a massive city appeared in their sight, similar in scale to Phoenix City.
What caught everyone’s attention was a towering stone pillar at the main gate, with a black dragon coiled around it, reaching into the clouds with a majestic presence.
“City Lord, is that Black Dragon City?” Judge asked Isabell.
“Yes!” Isabell nodded and addressed the group loudly.
“Everyone, don’t engage in hard fights later. If you can’t win, retreat. Our target is Bart Black; capturing him is enough!”
“Understood!” the group responded.
“City Lord, are we just going to charge into the city and start a battle?” Judge continued, “Won’t it affect other citizens?”
“Don’t worry, we’ve already considered this!” Roselyn responded from the side.
“What do you mean?” Judge nodded.
“Isn’t it obvious?” Night Orchid replied, “We can use a barrier!”
“Got it!” Judge finally understood.
“Let’s go!” Isabell said, leading four to five hundred people swiftly towards the City Lord’s Mansion.
Within minutes, they entered the City Lord’s Mansion area.
“Who goes there!” At the same time, hundreds of figures rose from the City Lord’s Mansion courtyard.
“Elder Finley, Elder Wyatt, please!” Isabell turned to two people behind her.
“Alright!” Finley and Wyatt nodded simultaneously.
In the next moment, their eyes sharpened, and several powerful waves of spiritual power surged out.
In no time, a massive barrier enveloped the entire City Lord’s Mansion.
With their cultivation levels, anyone below the late stage of the Breaking Emptiness Realm wouldn’t be able to break this barrier.
With this barrier, even if they turned the City Lord’s Mansion into ruins, it wouldn’t harm the outside citizens.
As the barrier formed, nearly a thousand figures rose from the City Lord’s Mansion courtyard, many with faces full of panic.
Although they didn’t know what was happening, it was clear it wasn’t a trivial matter; otherwise, they wouldn’t have sealed the City Lord’s Mansion.
Not only inside but outside as well!
Sensing the commotion, two to three thousand people from various factions allied with the City Lord’s Mansion flew towards it from Black Dragon City.
Among these people were many strong practitioners of the Breaking Emptiness Realm, though the highest cultivation was only at the sixth-rank Breaking Emptiness Realm.
“You are from Phoenix City? How is that possible?!”
Inside the barrier, an elder at half step into eighth-rank Breaking Emptiness Realm recognized Isabell.
His face was filled with shock as he spoke.
He knew that Deputy City Lord Blake Black had taken nearly a hundred people to Phoenix City a few hours ago, intending to capture it in one fell swoop.
The Bookish Beastmaster from the Beast Wranglers’ Alliance accompanied them, along with thousands of high-level flying beasts he personally tamed.
According to Black Dragon City’s estimation, such a force heading to Phoenix City wouldn’t even need to fight; Phoenix City would have to submit.
Earlier, he had thought that no news had come back because Deputy City Lord wanted to return in person to deliver good news, so he didn’t think much of it.
After all, with the force Deputy City Lord took, even two or three Phoenix Cities would be crushed without any chance of an accident.
What he didn’t know was that Blake Black and his hundred men were all killed in fear after witnessing White Feather’s displayed power, without even having time to send a message.
So, he hadn’t received any communication until now!
Seeing Phoenix City’s people here now naturally shocked him greatly.
His first thought was that Deputy City Lord and his men had failed!
But how could that be?
He couldn’t understand!
“Bring Bart Black out!” Isabell said calmly to him.
“What do you want?” The seventh-rank Breaking Emptiness Realm elder took a deep breath and asked.
“Less talk, bring Bart Black out immediately!” Finley said to him. “If we don’t see Bart Black in ten breaths’ time, you all will die!”
“Hmph! Such arrogance. Are you overestimating yourselves?” The elder responded coldly.
Although his words were tough, his eyes revealed undeniable panic.
Among Black Dragon City’s people present, he had the highest cultivation at seventh-rank Breaking Emptiness Realm late stage.
Besides him, there was only one sixth-rank Breaking Emptiness Realm and two fifth-rank Breaking Emptiness Realm practitioners, along with a few early-stage Breaking Emptiness Realm individuals.
On Phoenix City’s side, besides Finley at eighth-rank Breaking Emptiness Realm, there were two seventh-rank Breaking Emptiness Realm late stage practitioners, four sixth-rank Breaking Emptiness Realm practitioners, and four fifth-rank Breaking Emptiness Realm practitioners.
Just those ten or so people from Phoenix City were enough to crush their thousand men. If a fight broke out, Black Dragon City had no chance of winning!
“Five breaths left!” Finley spoke again.
“Phoenix City is pushing us too far. If you dare attack, I guarantee you…” The elder took a deep breath and continued shouting.
“When Blake Black led people to my Phoenix City earlier, you didn’t expect this outcome, did you?” Isabell interrupted him.
Then she raised her hand and said in a deep voice, “Attack! Anyone unwilling to cripple their own cultivation will be killed!”
With her command, four to five hundred people charged towards their opponents simultaneously.
“Fight!”
Black Dragon City’s people didn’t retreat either; they roared and met the attack head-on.
Of course, they had nowhere to retreat. The barrier had sealed all their escape routes. Unless they were willing to cripple their own cultivation, they had no choice but to fight desperately.
In the next moment, the sky above the City Lord’s Mansion was filled with fierce battles. Casey and Harleen also joined the fray.
For them, this was an excellent opportunity to practice their skills and they wouldn’t miss it.
Billy stood still in mid-air with White Feather beside him.
He didn’t make a move because he sensed a cold aura flickering in and out within the City Lord’s Mansion.
More importantly, he felt his bloodline becoming restless and uncontrollable, giving him a bad feeling.
However, that aura was intermittent and hard to fully capture.
“Mr. Billy, what’s wrong?”
After a while, Isabell came to Billy’s side and asked. She seemed to have noticed Billy’s unusual behavior.
“Did you sense a cold aura flickering inside the City Lord’s Mansion?” Billy asked her.
“A cold aura?” Isabell was stunned for a moment before shaking her head. “I didn’t sense anything!”
“Then maybe I sensed it wrong!” Billy replied.
But he knew very well that he couldn’t be wrong!
Even if his spiritual power was mistaken, his bloodline couldn’t be wrong. There was definitely something lurking inside the City Lord’s Mansion!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
At the same time, muffled sounds echoed outside the barrier. The two to three thousand people outside saw that fighting had already started inside and began attacking the barrier together.
However, with their strength, breaking through would be very difficult in a short time!
Inside the barrier, the battle quickly became one-sided.
In less than a few minutes, one-third of Black Dragon City’s people had fallen from mid-air, either dead or severely injured.
The remaining fighters grew increasingly panicked. They were completely outmatched; continuing would only lead to death!
At this moment, a thunderous explosion came from behind the City Lord’s Mansion. Hundreds of large and small rocks flew into the air with great momentum.
“Daring to act recklessly in Black Dragon City? Die!” A man’s furious roar echoed through the City Lord’s Mansion courtyard.