Up in the sky, the Earthmartial and Dawn Kings took in the situation with unease. They could clearly see the cracks in the Demonward Formation; once it broke, uncontained tides of ghosts would immediately pour into the city and ravage it.

If Cloudexit fell, that would create a gaping hole in the border, allowing ghosts to penetrate straight into the heart of Cloudruin Region.

As strong as the Purpleclad, Crimsonclad, and Azureclad Dukes were, Cloudexit City was too big and the ghosts too many. They couldn’t stand guard over everything—the most they could do was ensure the integrity of certain passages into the depths of the region. No one had thought that the ghosts would break the city’s formation!

“Bastards!!” Purpleclad...