Aftermath, Part III
They had done what they could to buy themselves more time. Hou Jingshu didn’t think she’d have more than a week or two at most to prepare the defense of Imperial Shang City and evacuated the civilians. Would that be enough? She wasn’t sure. All she could do was continue planning and preparing for the inevitable final confrontation.
The fact was they were still at a huge disadvantage. They could not defeat the Ming Province’s forces as they were right now. Even supposing they could beat the cultivators under their command, the sect masters and ancestors of the three pavilions were far beyond their ability to deal with. Only Hua Xue stood a chance against them, and she currently couldn’t bring out her full power.