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 **Chapter 2740: The Ruins of Star City**

Star City, which should have been prosperous after thousands of years, weathered and full of its unique aura, was now in ruins, mostly destroyed.

There was still life in the city, with many cultivators present.

However, there were no true strong individuals left.

The strongest person Lin Moyu saw was just an ordinary first-realm Dao Sovereign.

"Is this because of the Eastern Spirit Empire?"

Lin Moyu pondered as he put away his origin shuttle and flew into the city.

At this time, all the arrays in the city had been destroyed, and any previous rules were now completely abandoned.

In the city, many injured cultivators were recuperating, meditating, and healing themselves. People were sitting everywhere, treating their injuries.

The entire city was very quiet, with people coming and going, but not much noise.

There were many people, yet it was very quiet, creating a somewhat eerie atmosphere.

In the Eastern Continent, there were many ordinary people, most of whom were brought from the Southern Continent by cultivators through the rule world.

Lin Moyu noticed that these ordinary people seemed uninjured.

Low-realm cultivators also had relatively few injuries.

On the contrary, the proportion of injured cultivators above the Heavenly Sovereign realm was very high.

Lin Moyu sighed inwardly, "If what Leiguang said is true, the Eastern Spirit Empire's actions this time targeted only cultivators above the fourth realm of Dao Sovereign."

"Then cultivators below the fourth realm of Dao Sovereign, as long as they don't court death, won't be in mortal danger."

"But what I see in Star City doesn't seem to be the case. What went wrong?"

As he walked through the ruins of the city, Lin Moyu saw a familiar emblem.

It was the emblem of the Lu Feng Merchant Guild. The building in front, now collapsed, was once the Lu Feng Merchant Guild's building. Although the building had collapsed, people could still pass through, and Lin Moyu saw people coming in and out.

Lin Moyu walked over, but was stopped at the entrance.

The person who stopped Lin Moyu was a young man with a True God realm, his aura intact, clearly uninjured. He was very polite, first saluting Lin Moyu before saying, "I'm sorry, senior. The merchant guild was damaged in the recent beast tide and is currently under repair, so transactions are temporarily suspended."

Lin Moyu took out his membership token from the Lu Feng Merchant Guild, but the guild's arrays were damaged and couldn't retrieve his information.

However, the golden membership token still indicated Lin Moyu's status as a high-level member.

The young man's attitude immediately improved, as becoming a high-level member of the guild was not something ordinary people could achieve.

Lin Moyu asked, "I wasn't in Star City before. Can you tell me what happened?"

"If you need to charge for this information, feel free to name your price."

The Lu Feng Merchant Guild could sell anything, including information.

The young man quickly shook his head, "No need, no need. This is common knowledge, and it's my honor that you ask me."

He immediately recounted what had happened in Star City.

According to him, a large number of spirit beasts had flooded in, breaking through Star City's arrays and destroying most of the city.

Fortunately, there were several powerful Dao Sovereigns in Star City who fought the spirit beasts, but the aftermath of the battle caused further damage to the city.

The current state of Star City was due to this secondary destruction.

Many people in Star City were injured because they were curious and watched the battle, getting caught in the aftermath.

Later, the human Dao Sovereigns realized they couldn't fight near the city and moved away, with the spirit beasts following them.

However, these Dao Sovereigns never returned.

The young man's realm was too low to understand many things, and his account included many of his own guesses, but it was enough for Lin Moyu.

The Eastern Spirit Empire, as Leiguang had said, did not target cultivators below the fourth realm of Dao Sovereign. The city's destruction could be understood as the Dao Sovereigns trying to defend the city, using arrays to resist the spirit beasts.

Unfortunately, the result was not good, and the arrays couldn't hold.

The arrays were connected to the city, and when they were broken, parts of Star City collapsed.

At that time, only the outer city walls collapsed, and the interior was unaffected.

The Dao Sovereigns in the city had to fight, and the aftermath of the battle caused secondary damage to Star City, leaving it in its current state.

Those cultivators who watched the battle out of curiosity paid the price.

Some died, and many were injured, leading to the current situation Lin Moyu saw.

Years of efforts by the Seven Star Holy Land were nearly destroyed.

Fortunately, the Seven Star Holy Land had a deep foundation, and Star City was just one of their many strongholds in the Eastern Continent.

Star City was one of their largest strongholds, but not the only one.

Even though it was the largest, it would only take some time to recover.

The most important thing was that the origin spirit vein beneath Star City was still intact, which was the true foundation.

The Seven Star Holy Land was vast and wealthy, and the loss of some fourth-realm Dao Sovereigns wouldn't cripple them.

Lin Moyu also learned from the young man that the Lu Feng Merchant Guild in Star City had lost contact with other guilds in different cities.

The communication arrays were damaged, and they had asked for help, but repairs would take time. No one knew how long it would take. Therefore, the young man couldn't tell Lin Moyu which major city to go to next.

After seeing the state of Star City, Lin Moyu guessed that other major cities had also been attacked by the Eastern Spirit Empire.

It seemed that any city with fourth-realm Dao Sovereigns couldn't escape the Eastern Spirit Empire's attack.

Now he could only hope that other cities' Dao Sovereigns wouldn't defend the city like in Star City, leading to complete destruction.

Leaving Star City, Lin Moyu once again boarded the origin shuttle, heading to the nearest major city.

The nearest major city to Star City was Luo City, belonging to an old six-star force from the Southern Continent, the Luo family.

The Luo family had a special status in the Southern Continent. They were within the influence of the Ancient Lotus Holy Land but were independent and not restricted by the Ancient Lotus Holy Land.

The Luo family had their own origin spirit vein, a seventh-grade vein, slightly lower than the Ancient Lotus Holy Land's eighth-grade vein.

The Luo family's history was almost as long as the Ancient Lotus Holy Land's, and they had many experts. Normally, the Ancient Lotus Holy Land wouldn't provoke them.

Some said that the Luo family was like a country within the Ancient Lotus Holy Land, capable of standing on equal footing with them.

However, the Luo family publicly declared their allegiance to the Ancient Lotus Holy Land.

Moreover, many women from the Luo family joined the Ancient Lotus Holy Land as disciples.

The relationship between the two forces was very peculiar.

Lin Moyu had bought detailed information about the Southern Continent's forces from the Lu Feng Merchant Guild and had analyzed some results.

The relationship between the Luo family and the Ancient Lotus Holy Land was very complex, not as competitive as outsiders thought, but rather a relationship of mutual interest.

If the Luo family ever grew to a seven-star force, there wouldn't be an internal war. Instead, they might unite against external forces to gain more territory.

Luo City's scale was no less than Star City's. What Star City had, Luo City would also have.