All alone
When the aftershocks from the initial earthquake began spreading out Jin Wang was one of the few that noticed the changes before anyone else, mainly because he was still underground at that time.
Taking it as a sign that things had taken a turn for the worse he ran back to the city just in time to see the horde of grunts retreat and disseminate back into the old forest.
The few that remained were like puppets with their strings cut off, slowly being taken care of one by one.
From atop the crown of the city Jin Wang inspected the overall damage which was far too much considering there were so many cultivators present to defend it.
'I overestimated their usefulness. Every passing generation becomes weaker than the last.'
He threw one cursory glance to the mushroom cloud in the distance and with a heavy heart turned towards the other corner of the city.