Leaving the noble district, Xuan Hao decided to find somewhere to keep a low profile for a few hours before starting to move around the capital again.
Even if he was sure that no one had spotted him when he took action from the reaction of both the cardinal and the demonic cultivator, he could not count out the fact that the people from the large noble families who had hidden away during the fight had noticed him.
After all, even if they did not observe the outside through their divine sense during the fight, they should at the very least be aware of each other's strength to some degree and understand that it was any of them that took action to save the cardinal but someone different.
The reason they didn't come out to clarify things should be due to the simple fact that the cardinal would not die before the Soul Sacrifice Formation broke like they had originally planned. Not to mention, doing so would pretty much be the same as them admitting to working together with the demonic cultivator to kill the cardinal!
Even if they ended up helping out the demonic cultivator, there would be no way for them to kill the cardinal in time at that point in time. Not to mention the fact that there was also an unknown Soul Ascension Realm Expert hidden somewhere inside the Soul Sacrifice Formation. No matter what, the best option for these noble families at that point in time was to stay quite and not clarify that it wasn't them stopped the axe of the demonic cultivator.
All things considered, at most they would have to stay quiet inside the capital for a few hundred years and wait for the lifespan of the demonic cultivator to run out...
"But... Even if they keep a low profile and stays inside the capital city for the next few hundred years, I'm sure they will try and find out the identity of the person who ruined their plan to kill the cardinal of that fire god religion..." Muttering this to himself as he looked back towards the noble district that was surrounded by a large number of experts at the moment, Xuan Hao couldn't help feeling curious as to what had caused these large noble families to work together with a demonic cultivator and risk getting wiped out by the imperial family of the Sky Empire.
No matter what reason they had for doing this, it was certain that it should have been something incredibly precious. Maybe even to the point that it could help improve the strength of the peak experts in those noble families... But from the reaction of the demonic cultivator when I attacked, the experts from those noble families should also have reached the Soul Ascension Realm...
"Something that can help a Soul Ascension Realm Expert increase his strength..."
Shaking his head as he thought about this, Xuan Hao realized that he still knew far too little about the Soul Ascension Realm. Maybe while waiting for things to calm down, he could try and ask those people from the independent sects if they had any information about the Soul Ascension Realm.
Whoosh~!
Thinking about this, Xuan Hao began making his way back towards the small inn that he had left just a few hours earlier. Considering how much he was going to help them out during the upcoming meeting, he was certain that they would not refuse this simple request. After all, it was not like he would be asking about their sect's foundational cultivation technique or anything like that.
...
A little before the Soul Sacrifice Formation had been broken by the guardian formation of the capital city, the group of experts happily celebrating the fact that they got a powerful expert in the Late Stage of the Domain Lord Realm to help them out for the upcoming meeting all froze upon feeling the large earthquakes followed by a terrifying demonic aura enveloping the entire capital city.
"W-what in the world is happening in the capital!? Did a demonic cultivator infiltrate the capital!?
"Not only that... But from the strength of this aura, it should at the very least be a demonic cultivator in the True Demon Realm!
"True Demon Realm... Why did such a powerful demonic cultivator enter the capital city? Does he perhaps have a death wish?"
"Who knows... Looks, the guardian formation is already activating!"
WHOOOOSH-!
As the group of experts quickly used their power to sober up before discussing the origin of the terrifying demonic aura, it did not take long for them to turn their attention towards the massive formation that was activating above the capital city.
The formation that had been the main defence for the Sky Empire against any outside forces, a formation that had caused the death of multiple Soul Ascension Realm Experts back during the time when the ancestor of the Sky Empire had first established the Sky Empire!
Even if the demonic aura was terrifying, compared to the guardian formation of the capital city, it was insignificant...
"So, this is the guardian formation... To think I managed to see it in action today..."
"Indeed... Even someone in the Soul Ascension Realm would die the moment they are caught up in this formation, let alone someone at the Domain Lord Realm like us two..."
"Hah... Truly worthy of its reputation as the Sky Empire's strongest protection against outside attacks. The Ancestor's reputation as a Grandmaster Formation Master is indeed valid...
Whoosh~
As everyone in the small inn felt awed by the massive formation that drowned out the demonic aura almost instantaneously, millions of golden arrows formed in the air above the noble district that had been covered by the Soul Sacrifice Formation.
"Hm? Everyone! Looks over there! The guardian formation is attacking the source of the demonic aura!"
Even from where they were standing, one of the Domain Lords inside the small inn still managed to notice the massive cluster of golden arrows that had formed in the air above the noble district located towards the centre of the capital city-
BOOOOOOOOM-!
Before everyone present in the inn had enough time to turn around to see the arrows that the Domain Lord Expert had mentioned, the sound of countless arrows piercing through the air followed by a loud explosion echoed out across the entire capital city.
"""..."""
Feeling the power behind the explosion just now as it tried to destroy the source of the demonic aura, everyone inside the inn felt a shiver run down their spine as they looked at each other in horror.
The power behind the explosion caused by the millions of golden arrows just now was something far beyond their level of comprehension. Even the Domain Lord Realm Experts present felt insignificant in front of that power. Knowing that in front of the power just now, they would be no different from a random mortal. Having no power to even put up the slightest bit of resistance as they would only be able to wait to die.
Even when they felt the terrifying demonic aura just now, they didn't feel this sense of helplessness or despair.
"The ancestor of the imperial family... Truly worthy of his reputation..."
Among the group, the only one who barely managed to say something as the golden arrows reformed above the source of the demonic aura before launching another attack was the Sixth Stage Domain Lord that had just come outside after having felt the terrifying demonic aura and the guardian formation activating.
Compared to the rest of the people present, he had already come into contact with people in the Soul Ascension Realm before and didn't feel the same level of despair as the rest of the people present.
But... Even then, he still felt shaken to the core upon realizing just how weak he was compared to the formation that had been set up by the ancestor of the imperial family.
If the formation is already this strong, how strong is the ancestor, has he perhaps already surpassed the third tribulation... Maybe even the fourth...?
According to most rumours and information that was out there about the ancestor of the imperial family, the ancestor should be someone who had surpassed the second tribulation and reached the second minor realm of the Soul Ascension Realm... But from what he saw made him certain that the ancestor of the imperial family was not just someone who had surpassed the first two tribulations of the Soul Ascension Realm!
Thinking about this as he observed the formation continuously launching attacks that would be able to easily kill off some weaker Soul Ascension Realm Experts, the Sixth Stage Domain Lord who had just emerged from the inn could not feel a shiver run down his spine.
BOOOOOOOM-!
BOOOOOOOM-!
BOOOOOOOM-!
As the terrifying attacks continued descending towards the demonic aura that had appeared inside the capital. The entire capital grew quiet as everyone looked in the direction of the noble district filled with fear, awe, respect, terror and many other emotions.