108: City of Watch

Gao Yun's figure flickered continuously in the Void Realm, the divinity fluctuations around him incredibly violent.

His body was already shattered; with his Dark Divinity burning, he was now only maintaining his form through a sliver of willpower and had to return for treatment immediately.

"Damn it... damn it!"

His consciousness was on the verge of blurring when finally, while passing through an area, he sensed the aura of his disciple, Gao Yue.

At this moment, she was hiding in a secluded small cave, clutching the Sky-Burning Sparrow's egg in her arms.

"Mas... Master?"

Gao Yue snapped her head up and saw a distorted dark shadow stumbling into the cave. If not for his aura, she would have hardly recognized this as the high-and-mighty Demigod powerhouse from moments ago.

"Go... return to Godfall City immediately!" Gao Yun's voice was hoarse. "Contact Shen Lang... tell him to send people to meet us!"

Gao Yue did not dare to hesitate and quickly took out her communicator to contact Shen Lang.

After learning that Gao Yun was not dead, Shen Lang appeared very happy and immediately notified several Law Realm Awakened Ones in Godfall City to go and meet Gao Yun.

Afterward, he contacted his father, Shen Wubing, to cancel the reinforcements.

Furthermore, Shen Wubing told him that once Gao Yun returned, he should have Gao Yun proactively contact headquarters to accept his punishment.

On the other side, Wei Guangming and Murong Fu stood side by side, both looking quite grim.

Wei Guangming in particular was trembling constantly, his surrounding divinity unstable.

He had already been heavily injured in the battle against the Sky-Burning Sparrow, and later, while restraining Gao Yun, he had even used a light source crystal. He was now in a very dangerous state where any lapse could trigger a divinity backlash.

"Cough, cough... he still managed to escape..." Wei Guangming coughed up a mouthful of blood, his body racking with burning pain everywhere.

Murong Fu said in a deep voice, "It wasn't for nothing. This time he forcibly burned his divinity to use that move; there's a high probability he'll drop back to the Law Realm.

To Cultivate back to a Demigod will take at least three to five years. We have effectively weakened an important force of the Divine Gene."

"I know him well. After that move, he can forget about recovering within five years," Wei Guangming said coldly. "Since he left Godfall City, it means there is currently no Demigod guarding it. We can spread the news to The Officials of the Xia Kingdom; I believe it will have unexpected results."

"Indeed. Unless he can find a divinity fragment of the god of darkness and risk his body exploding to devour it—and it would have to have a divinity content of over 60% to be effective.

I'll contact the Commander in a moment. With Gao Yun injured, the Divine Gene's power in the Xia Kingdom will temporarily pull back. If the Divine Gene deploys other Demigods, we will notice and respond immediately."

Murong Fu nodded and then continued.

"Let's go. The priority is to get them to the City of Vigilance as soon as possible. I also need Big Sister Shuyun to treat me so I can recover and return to Dawn City quickly to prevent any variables."

Murong Fu nodded, then supported Wei Guangming into the aircraft. Once started, it sped off toward the City of Vigilance.

As for the 'Big Sister Shuyun' Wei Guangming mentioned, she was The Watchers' only Divine-Grade Awakened One of the god of healing, and she had even reached the Middle Stage of the Demigod level.

Only her intervention could quickly heal Wei Guangming's injuries.

On the aircraft, Zhou Xing and the others were very worried as they looked at Wei Guangming's condition.

"It's fine, don't worry."

Wei Guangming forced a smile onto his pale face, then set the aircraft to its preset route and sped toward the City of Vigilance.

After nearly a day, the journey remained relatively smooth. Once the aircraft pierced through the clouds, Zhou Xing and the others were captivated by the giant city below.

Compared to Dawn City, the entire city appeared even more magnificent. The height of the city walls alone was enough to take one's breath away. According to Zhou Xing's estimation, they were at least over a thousand meters high, sufficient to block many flying Mutated Beasts.

Moreover, the walls were not vertical but rose in a spiral, looking like a giant steel Dragon coiled upon the ground.

At the very front, there was a giant turret with a diameter of over several hundred meters.

That was the God-Slaying Cannon. Before coming here, Zhou Xing had learned that it had once blasted and killed a powerful S-rank Mutated Beast King.

Outside the city walls was a 'Dead Zone' nearly fifty kilometers wide, with no signs of human activity, only countless defensive weapons standing on both sides.

Within the City of Vigilance, there was a division between the Inner City and the Outer City. Most Awakened Ones lived in the Inner City, while the Outer City was the living area for ordinary people.

The population of the entire City of Vigilance reached a staggering fifteen million.

It was also one of the three super human fortresses on Planet Blue.

The other two human fortresses were the Imperial Capital, the true core of the Xia Kingdom, and the City of Gods established by the Divine Gene, which was their true headquarters.

[Powerful divinity fluctuations detected]

[Detected 'Sword God' divinity fragment (99%)]

[Detected 'god of time' divinity fragment (96%)]

[Detected 'god of war' divinity fragment (97%)]

...[Detected 'god of thunder' divinity fragment (90%)]

The System's voice rang out at this moment, leaving Zhou Xing internally shocked.

From the gathered information, besides Wei Guangming and Murong Fu, there were actually six other Demigods currently in the City of Vigilance, some of whom were even multi-elemental Fusions.

Especially the owner of the Sword God divinity fragment with a 99% divinity content; Zhou Xing was certain that person was the Commander of The Watchers, Jiang Ming.

He was only one step away from completely condensing a Sword God divinity.

Furthermore, he was not single-elemental but compatible with two or even three elements; his true strength might be even greater than the rumors suggested.

No wonder The Watchers could stand against the Divine Gene.

The number of Demigod-level individuals was far more than the single digits rumored by the outside world.

Wei Guangming also spoke softly at this time: "The City of Vigilance was built bit by bit by The Watchers from a discovered old city ruin over more than a decade of renovation. The level of technology here far exceeds the outside world.

Moreover, ordinary people have sufficient rights here. Aside from strength, some super Geniuses among ordinary people have a status no lower than a Demigod."

The group was naturally aware of this. Although many ordinary people could not become Awakened Ones, they possessed powerful talents in fields like scientific research that surpassed many others.

No matter where they were, these people enjoyed treatment that rivaled or even exceeded that of Awakened Geniuses.

A great man of the Xia Kingdom once said that science and technology are the primary productive forces.

This applied perfectly everywhere.

The aircraft finally landed at the exclusive landing pad in the Inner City of the City of Vigilance.

The moment the hatch opened, a rich aura of life wafted toward them, making Zhou Xing and the others feel as if every pore in their bodies had opened up.