All the steel shells were a size smaller than the original models. They also flew at varying speeds and in different ways—some as swift as lightning, others drifting like falling leaves. Each steel shell was controlled by a cultivator using their perception[1].

Since the Shaman city was now under Qingming’s domain, these Dao Foundation stage cultivators could control the steel shells from dozens of li away, ensuring their own safety.

The sudden turn of events caught the Shamans within the city off guard, but they remained composed. They continued to cast a variety of spells, as well as more than ten long-range mystic artifacts, to intercept the attack.

However, the steel shells exploded the moment they came into contact with the attacks and scattered more than ten smaller steel shells from within. These small cylinders—only two chi long and as thick as a bowl’s rim—tumbled toward the Shaman city following erratic and unpredictable trajectories!

There were simply too many of them. Only the Great Warlock Shui Hou and a dozen or so Warlocks possessing deep cultivation were assigned to intercept them. Seeing that several hundred steel shells were falling toward the city, the Great Warlock Shui Hou had no choice but to intervene. Within the city-wide defense array, patches of milky-white light transformed into spinning blades and shot into the sky,...