Although the defence shield could help block external attacks, it had its weak points. When it breaks, it would reverse the attack on the people on the inside.

This attack was a small issue to Martial Artists, but to the common folk who did not have Spiritual Roots, it could be life-threatening.

The proportion of Martial Artists to common folk was sixty to forty percent. Although the common folk was in the minority, an entire city of common folk could not be overlooked. This was also the reason why Lan Yanqing made the decision to open the city gates and did not activate the shield to fight it out with Rong Yuan. He could not bear to see the people he had been trying to protect get hurt. But now, Ding Wei was attacking the shield in order to gain back control of Shixi County.

A portion of it was due to his anger at having the city snatched away from him. However, this also represented Ding Wei’s position – he did not think of the safety of the citizens in Shixi County as his responsibility!

Upon realizing this point, quite a few people within...

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