Chapter 451: Echoes of Tumult [V5C158 – A Distance Within Reach]

Deep that night, flames suddenly surged into the sky from the airship port, and the explosions therein awoke the garrisoned troops in the entire city. Raging flame pillars soared toward the firmament and, from a distance, looked as though blazing tongues were lapping at the low-lying Iron Curtain.

Nangong Yuanwang hadn’t yet fallen asleep. He was quietly reading a book in his study when the flames rushed up from the airship port. At this moment, the greater half of the airship port had been engulfed in flames, and the ignited airships were exploding one after another.

Nangong Yuanwang’s vision grew dark upon witnessing this scene—he realized that the airship fuel storage had been ignited. Even he could do nothing to save this kind of conflagration—the airship port was sure to be destroyed, and along with it the greater half of the Nangong family’s airship fleet.

But the fuel chamber was one of the most important and heavily-guarded areas. Moreover, there were numerous fire protection mechanisms. How could it be so easily ignited? Although the flames were raging wildly at the moment, it hadn’t been very long since their...