Chapter 215: Tragedy (2/2)

After flying over the dark-red wasteland for an hour, sitting on the Bone Blood Demon, Nie Tian saw a city that greatly resembled Black Cloud City.

“Northland City,” Zou Yi said, gnashing his teeth.

Nie Tian rose to his feet and looked down at the city from the shoulder of the Bone Blood Demon, his face growing increasingly grim.

What he saw was an empty city and a few low-tier outsiders roaming about inside of it. None of the human citizens or members of the Ghost Sect’s subordinate clans were anywhere to be found.

After searching for a while, he couldn’t even see one human survivor.

Apparently, this city, which was the size of Black Cloud City, had been raided by the low-tier outsiders and fallen.

Even though he was looking at Northland City, Nie Tian was actually picturing Black Cloud City in his mind.

Just like Northland City, Black Cloud City was also the residence of commoners and clans that clung to the seven sects.

In a city like this, there would usually be no more than two Greater Heaven stage cultivators and a handful of Heaven stage cultivators protect the city. When an army of low-tier outsiders came at their city gate, it would be almost impossible for them to save the city on their own.

Northland City was now in ruins. What would Black Cloud City be like?

Nie Tian couldn’t help but grow worried. He was afraid that even if Shen Xiu, Li Fan and the others had arrived at Black Cloud City, it might have already been too late.

His grandfather and aunt might have already fallen victim to those hideous low-tier outsiders.

“You’ll pay for this, outsider demons!” The lifeless Northland City had made Nie Tian realize how brutal this war between humans and outsiders was.

If the Realm of Flame Heaven was ever taken by the outsiders, perhaps some powerful experts from the seven sects might survive, but how many members of their subordinate clans and common citizens would survive?

“Let’s go. Northland City is a lost cause. I can’t sense any signs of life.” Sitting on her blood-colored lotus, Li Jing let out a soft sigh and drove her lotus forwards. “The decisive battle will be the one at the Ghost Sect. If we want to save the day, we’ll have to beat the main force of the outsider army at the Ghost Sect. Only by doing that will we be able to prevent further casualties.”

Zou Yi retracted his gaze from Northland City underneath them and began to thrum with an increasingly strong killing intent.

“Outsiders!!” Zou Yi bellowed in his heart.

With a thought, Nie Tian commanded the Bone Blood Demon to catch up to Li Jing as they flew towards the Ghost Sect.

On their way there, they saw two other cities that were similar to Northland City.

They were closer to the Ghost Sect, and they had more low-tier outsiders roaming inside of them. As they had expected, not a single survivor was seen.

The thought of the countless human lives that the outsider invaders had taken gradually numbed Nie Tian emotions.

It became clear to him that the conflict between humans and outsiders had become irreconcilable; either they would either wipe out the invading outsiders, or every human in the Realm of Flame Heaven would be annihilated.

“Mortals and cultivators with low cultivation bases can never protect themselves from a calamity like this,” Nie Tian muttered to himself. “Should we fail, they’ll inevitably fall prey to the outsiders.”

After seeing the three cities filled with countless mangled bodies of his own kind, Nie Tian had become more and more determined.

He knew that he needed to be stronger than the outsiders not only for himself and his family, but for every survivor in the Realm of Flame Heaven.

Only when he was strong enough would he become the master of his own fate and the fate of all those who counted on him.

He no longer paid any attention to the human corpses that he could see from time to time.

Instead, he calmed himself, and then began cultivating with spirit stones, hoping to improve his strength with every second he could find.

After all, he knew very well that they currently needed all the help they could get.

After an unknown period of time, Li Jing’s voice echoed out, “We’re almost there.”

Everyone on the Bone Blood Demon, including Nie Tian, immediately focused their sight on the distant horizon.

At first glance, Nie Tian’s expression flickered. In front of his eyes was an enormous cloud of demon Qi, inside of which figures of numerous outsiders constantly flashed about.