With their business at the Cyan Dragon Sect finished, Zhao Xuanqi and Wang Hai left the Secret Land and began their journey to the Northern Territory.
Meanwhile, in response to Yuan Tianhao's call to arms as Grand Marshal of the Divine Land, experts and soldiers from various armies, along with considerable civilian forces, were converging on the Northern Territory.
Across the country, the outcry against the Neon invasion grew deafening. Student protests, donations from chambers of commerce, and all manner of anti-Neon activities were in full swing.
While the oppressive rule of the Warlords had hardly won the hearts of the people, the Warlords were, at the end of the day, their own countrymen. Theirs was an internal struggle.
But if the Neon invasion succeeded, it would mean the annihilation of their nation and their people.
