Liu Changning’s figure paused slightly, and the sound of the stone bell’s warning came from all directions.

Looking up, she saw cultivators on the street with solemn expressions. As the bell sound fell, they successively summoned their magical artifacts and flew towards the city gate.

The sudden bell sound was like a pot of boiling water, splashing onto the hearts of everyone in the city the moment it rang. Fear was visible on the faces of the city’s inhabitants.

Someone cried out in terror: “Demons! It’s the demons!”

On the main street, such terrified cries rose one after another.

Chen Suxin stood in mid-air over North Border City, using a sound amplification talisman. Her voice was steady and powerful:

“Everyone listen to my command, all cultivators go to the city gate to await orders, and jointly resist the demon invasion. Ordinary civilians, put down your goods and stay indoors.”

Liu Changning glanced at the young female cultivator in yellow robes in the sky, then turned and followed the crowd of cultivators towards the city gate.

She didn’t summon any magical artifacts, and had completely concealed her imposing aura. If not for her otherworldly appearance, she would have been as ordinary and unremarkable as anyone else.

As she walked, her speed was surprisingly fast. If not for the fact that everyone in the city was panicking and rushing to hide indoors at this moment,

And cultivators were flying on their magical artifacts, this anomaly would have surely attracted attention.

The righteous alliance clearly had their own set of methods to deal with demon invasions. When the stone bell rang for the first time, the communication talismans in the teleportation array were quickly sent out.

By the time Liu Changning rushed to the city gate, the elders and elite disciples of the major sects had all gathered there. She carefully searched among this group of people but didn’t find anyone from the Secluded Immortal Palace, let alone that phoenix.

Liu Changning’s almond eyes narrowed slightly, her face showing a strange expression.

Her divine sense completely enveloped the entire North Border City.

The more she probed, the deeper her eyes became.

At the east, south, west, and north gates of North Border City, all the gathered demons totaled just over twenty thousand. It seemed like a great show of force.

Probing their cultivation levels with her divine sense, these demons, except for a handful at the Demon Infant stage, were all low-level demons, all at the Foundation Building stage of demon cultivation.

The righteous cultivators who had hurriedly gathered at the city gate were now unaware, busy deploying and allocating manpower.

Their expressions were solemn, and they were trembling with fear.

Because of the devastating defeat three months ago, no one dared to be careless about this sudden attack.

Suddenly, a thunderous “boom” came from the distant harbor.

Then thick smoke rolled in the sky. As the smoke appeared, the low-level demons gathered at the city gate didn’t linger, retreating in an orderly manner.

It was only now that everyone realized something was amiss. They weren’t attacking the city!

“Not good, the Black Sand Two Monsters self-destructed. They’ve destroyed the teleportation array at the southwest harbor!”

Just now, everyone had been focused on checking the situation at the city gate. When the explosion sounded, Liu Changning immediately guessed the situation was not good.

The demon race suddenly attacked, but most were low-level demon cultivators. They didn’t break into the city, just waited for the harbor teleportation array to be destroyed, then all retreated.

Obviously, they had another purpose. Based on her understanding of Jing Huan, he never did anything without careful planning.

This move today must have another purpose.

Her heart had already vaguely guessed, Liu Changning frowned, no longer hiding her cultivation level. She summoned the Cangming Immortal Sword and quickly soared into the sky.

Three breaths later, she arrived at the harbor.

The teleportation array was now completely destroyed. Liu Changning stepped forward to investigate. Her divine sense carefully searched through the ruins.

Soon she discovered the clue. The remnants of two Demon Infant stage self-destructions were clearly visible among the debris.

Jing Huan was willing to sacrifice two Demon Infant stage demons to destroy the teleportation array, but for what purpose?

A diversionary tactic, to make the cultivators guarding this place send out communication talismans, warning of the crisis.

Because of the devastating battle three months ago, the major sects would surely send their elite disciples this time.

After the righteous cultivators gathered here, they unexpectedly destroyed the teleportation array.

Liu Changning’s expression wasn’t good as she connected the causes and effects.

This was a plot to lure the tiger away from the mountain. Jing Huan temporarily trapped the elite righteous cultivators in North Border City, while he himself most likely led the demon race to infiltrate the Eastern Continent.

The one he wanted to deal with was…

Liu Changning dangerously narrowed her eyes. She wasn’t stupid. If she couldn’t deduce this, she would have wasted all those years of dealing with the Emotion Demon. The Ten Great Sects were of one mind. After receiving the communication talisman, the Secluded Immortal Palace couldn’t possibly not send disciples to North Border City.

Unless…

They were too preoccupied to care for themselves.

Liu Changning broke off a withered tree branch in her hand, glanced at the teleportation array that had become ruins, and suddenly her thin lips curled up, revealing a chilling smile.

The righteous cultivators in the city had also noticed something was wrong by now. The Perfected Immortal stage elders from the major sects flew towards the harbor.

At the site of the destroyed teleportation array, there was only one white-robed woman, which was highly suspicious.

Several people exchanged glances and surrounded her.

Liu Changning frowned, having no time to explain to these old Taoists. She swept her gaze over the crowd and saw a familiar face. It was the old fox Tianjing Taoist from the Extremely Supreme Sect, who was present at the disciple recruitment in Wuya City years ago.

As Liu Changning raised her head, Tianjing clearly recognized her too.

Years ago, in the sky above the trial grounds, this woman had destroyed the Seven Ghosts Soul-Devouring Banner with her Golden Core stage cultivation. Everything she did then was still vivid in his mind, impossible to forget. Even though she had accidentally entered the Time Secret Realm a year ago, where there was no time flow, and she had gained great benefits, cultivating to the Perfected Immortal stage in the secret realm, her cultivation was now vastly different from before.

The memory from back then was too shocking, and Tianjing didn’t dare to act arrogantly in front of this woman.