Though his Celestial Craft Cave couldn't compare to a top sect like the Jiuyao Sect, its foundation in Celestial Craft City made it far stronger than the likes of the Cyan Simurgh Sword Sect and the Red Flood Dragon Gang.
"Elder Mo has already dispatched the Mechanical Hall's Giant Kite Team to investigate. A report should be back within a few days."
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At 3:45 AM, the chimes of the Nine Peaks Bell of the Celestial Craft Cave rang throughout the entire Celestial Craft Fortress.
When Xu Yunfan followed Zhan Yan into the Council Hall, the bronze floor tiles were already covered with bodies shrouded in white cloth.
The surviving stewards from every hall were recording names in a register, the sound of their pen tips scratching across paper exceptionally grating.
"Four hundred seventy-three dead in the Celestial Craft Department, two hundred severely wounded..."
