“Assault the City! Assault the City!!”
Han Zhen’s eyes darkened with fury.
He had just used ten years’ worth of accumulated power from the masses to bypass the army and connect with a discarded shaman spirit in the city.
As he observed, a large logistics team was frantically setting up various military supplies.
This kid is obviously just putting on a show!
And he noticed.
There was a general in the Observation Realm using a whirlwind domain to blow the smoke from the barbecue towards them.
What are they doing?
Hmm?
It was finally time to assault the city, but the army below didn’t charge out like a pack of hungry wolves as he had imagined; instead, they were running around like headless chickens.
“d*mn it, we’ve been smelling this barbecue for ages! Are we finally going to assault the city?”
“It smells too good; I’m about to get woozy from the delicious fragrance.”
“Someone’s passed out from the smell!”
“Medic! Medic! Our captain’s foaming at the mouth!1”
Han Zhen snapped back to reality from his rage. He sniffed the aroma of the barbecue and his expression suddenly changed.
At first, he found it strange how this barbecue could smell so amazing, but the attention was drawn away by that kid on the city walls and Ying Bing, so he didn’t think much of it. Now he finally realized.
This barbecue scent is toxic!
It’s Soft Muscle Powder!
This isn’t just an empty city strategy; it’s a combo move!
“This kid is playing us?!” The Hall of Beasts’ master glared at Li Mo on the city wall. He wasn’t too affected; he was a cut above the ordinary soldier.
To be honest, in the dark arts sect, he had schemed against countless people throughout his life.
Using the barbecue smoke to paralyze the enemy, then hitting with the Soft Muscle Powder… what wicked method is this…
Truly, he was seeing a whole new world.
“What a pity, even as our enemy, this kid really is extraordinary…”
“I told you, true colorless and odorless means no scent that raises suspicion; it blends right into the environment.”
On the city wall, Li Mo raised an eyebrow at Huang Donglai.
Huang Donglai fell into deep thought, feeling that Brother Li’s words made sense.
It was time to upgrade his poison theory.
All his stock, along with the dozens of boxes of Soft Muscle Powder Brother Li had bought, would be used up this time.
“Commander Qu, the hard fight is about to start.”
Li Mo turned back solemnly.
“……”
The soldiers wiped the sweat off their brows.
“Li Shaoxia has done more than enough.”
Qu Sheng gripped the handle of his blade. He wanted to take a deep breath but held back and shouted:
“Soldiers, the enemy has fallen for Li Shaoxia’s clever scheme!”
“Brothers, behind us is Qingmu City! The Wu Man are ruthless; if the city falls, they will massacre the inhabitants, leaving no one alive. Our only path is to hold until the prince arrives to support us.”
“Years ago, the prince fought alongside us so we could have today’s Qingmu City. Now, with both Li Shaoxia and the Cold Fairy here, do you have confidence?”
The soldiers inside the city immediately erupted with the roar of a tsunami in response.
And below the city.
This last moment had finally dragged on long enough because of the Soft Muscle Powder.
Woo—
A massive horn echoed through the skies.
After a bit of chaos, the rear enemy troops, not too affected, received the task of charging the city, a large number of siege vehicles and arrow towers rolling toward the city.
Boom—Boom—Boom—
Above the city wall, the thunderous drums made from Thunder Beast hides resounded, as if the heart of the massive city was pounding heavily.
The sounds of bowstrings being drawn were endless.
A wave of powerful crossbows, filled with the inner breath of elite crossbowmen, howled fiercely like a raging wind, their piercing power astonishing enough to sh**t through the enemy’s vine armor.
And the sharpshooters from the Observation Realm had divine intent manifesting behind them; even inner realm experts needed to be cautious of their cold arrows.
Below, it suddenly turned into a devastating hellscape, with many enemies falling to the ground, getting trampled into mush by their own comrades.
In just a short time, two thousand enemy troops had died under the rain of arrows.
And their screams were completely drowned out by the thunderous horns and the booming war drums from the Thunder Beast.
It was their lives, accompanied by the siege equipment imbued with heavy killing intent, and the war shaman giant, slowly approaching the city walls.
One second, they were warm and alive; the next, ground into the dirt.
This is war.
“Their role is just to d*e, sacrificing their lives to escort the siege equipment and the shaman giant closer to the city walls.”
Commander Qu, still organizing the defenses on the city wall, gazed at the enormous black shadows closing in.
But his voice was lost in the cacophony of battle.
“The flying Disaster Beasts are coming!”
Wu Lang shouted loudly.
This time, it wasn’t scouts; it was an elite squad led by high-grade Disaster Beasts.
Their bloodlines were powerful enough to scatter whole groups of soldiers.
If they made it to the city walls, they would disrupt the defenses, wreak havoc on the archers’ formations, and create an opportunity for the enemy troops and siege equipment below to attack.
The next moment, a crackling light of thunder burst forth.
“Activate the formation glyphs!”
The array stones atop the walls, after being embedded with mysterious crystals, lit up with a blinding brilliance.
Instantly, dark clouds rolled over Qingmu City’s skies, sliced apart by lightning snakes, forming an intricate network of lightning that blocked the airspace above the city.
Any flying Disaster Beasts that collided with the lightning net would be paralyzed, crashing down, and could be butchered by the soldiers below.
Lightning Resisting Array Glyph: Block the Skies!
“This glyph consumes two mysterious crystals for just a stick of incense worth of time.”
Wu Lang couldn’t help but gasp in astonishment.
He would never forget today, when Li Shaoxia pointed at over a hundred boxes of mysterious crystals and told him to use them freely; only in an absolute emergency should human lives be sacrificed in their place.
What the hell, that’s impressive.
Wu Lang felt that if he were a girl, he would want to marry Li Shaoxia without a doubt.
Some stray flying Disaster Beasts did break through the lightning net, but don’t forget, there were still high-level experts capable of flight on the Qingmu side, along with Ying Bing who could traverse the void.
Crack—
A seriously wounded sixth-grade Disaster Beast was pierced by sword energy imbued with frost.
It turned into a mass of ice, crashing to the ground and causing chaos among the attacking enemy troops.
“Cold Fairy!”
The soldiers defending Qingmu Camp were inspired, their morale soaring.
Flying Disaster Beasts had once been the nightmares of the Qingmu city soldiers, coming and going like the wind, impossible to catch, no matter how they tried.
But now, that stunning fairy image weaving through the skies alongside the inner realm experts appeared terrifying to the enemy, yet gave them unmatched confidence.
When telling war stories over drinks, they could say they fought alongside the Cold Fairy.
Li Mo’s ears were filled with prompts ringing every second.
But he didn’t have a moment to spare to check them.
A massive bronze siege vehicle was already approaching, having long been prepared for a devastating strike capable of shaking the city walls.
Earlier, the Military Machine Crossbow had already been sparked into action, currently being drawn, and the Thunder Fire Thunder Pills would blow apart the city wall along with the siege vehicle at this distance.
Woo—
A fierce wind whipped up as the massive battering ram fell, letting out a chilling roar.
“Everyone, move aside!”
Li Mo leaped out of the city walls riding the somersault cloud.
His figure contrasted dramatically with the towering bronze siege vehicle, resembling nothing different than crushed gravel under a hammer.
But in the next second, a brilliant golden light erupted from him.
Weak yet unwavering.
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Clang——
The golden light is indestructible!
A vast force accompanied his figure as he crashed into the city wall.
He plowed deep furrows into the ground.
Li Mo’s back was pressed against the city wall, and he could even feel the shuddering of the wall as he finally stopped the battering ram’s momentum.
Clang——
A deafening sound erupted.
He was swept up by the clouds, scattering a lethal aura all around that struck the mechanism’s connection point, causing the battering ram to crash to the ground, losing balance and sending the bronze siege vehicle tumbling.
“Li Shaoxia is magnificent!”
The city wall erupted with even more fervent cheers.
The morale of Qingmu City reached its peak.
“An Observation Realm warrior can withstand siege equipment with just their physical body?!”
The Hall of Beasts Master squinted; such a physique was simply the finest he had ever seen.
“That must be some kind of secret art.”
Han Zhen searched in his mind but found that none of the secret arts he knew matched up.
But what’s more important right now is—
The soldiers of Qingmu City, buoyed by the presence of Li Mo and Ying Bing, were boosted in morale, striving fearlessly.
Meanwhile, his side had already fallen into the enemy’s trick, now being further overshadowed, feeling quite dispirited.
“This kid must be eliminated first.”
Han Zhen glanced at He Lian Wu beside him.
He Lian Wu grinned, showing a row of white teeth.
“Just wanted to see how today’s top talent in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths measures up!”
He was already restless, slapping his scaled steed, charging out with his warriors.
The Disaster Beasts behind him transformed.
At that moment, each connected to the bronze giants, embedding themselves within them.
These war giants were undoubtedly powerful, and even if they cut through the battlefield, they feared no injury. Each one could unleash varying powers based on their beliefs, ranging from sixth to fifth grade capabilities.
In an instant, metallic vibrations released a war cry that cut through the noisy battlefield.
Hearing the call to arms, the soldiers’ eyes turned red, their strength amplified.
“k*ll! d*e…”
Han Zhen muttered to himself, his hands opened wide, as his mouth silently devoured the increasingly rich bloodlust.
On the city wall.
“The appetizers are finally finished.”
Qu Sheng’s expression turned increasingly serious.
The war shaman giants.
This was a once-strong tool used by Da Shang to suppress the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, capable of gathering the power from countless beings to elevate the national fortune. Just one could possess godlike might.
Now, with Da Shang’s divine fate scattered, they were still not to be underestimated.
“Rongyuan Military Machine Crossbows!”
With a shout, a formidable killing tool was pushed forward to the front line on the city wall, glinting ominously.
Boom——
The sound of the Rongyuan Military Machine Crossbows was like thunder rumbling, a decree of d*ath’s fury.
When you hear the sound of the crossbows firing, maybe you’ve already died.
The targets of the bolts were those six-grade and even five-grade Disaster Beasts.
The Thunder Fire Thunder Pills were also strapped to ordinary crossbows, shot out, rushing toward those bronze giants.
In the raging battlefield, it entered the fiercest violent phase.
After sacrificing a third of the bronze giants and a sea of Disaster Beast bodies,
“Break through the Qing Mu Pool, and we won’t have to hide in this hellish place anymore!”
“Take them down!”
Having paid a hefty price, the siege party finally achieved their tactical objective.
Both sides met in close combat.
The Disaster Beasts and Southern Border warriors surged onto the city walls using the cloud towers pushed down beneath them like a tide of hungry wolves.
The war shaman bronze giants summoned a magnificent and mysterious totem of divine power; not only did they possess overwhelming battle strength, but it seemed each soldier fighting for them was also blessed with powers akin to divine intent.
“Form the formation!”
Commander Qu entrusted the arrangement authority to the Cold Fairy, whose skills were far beyond his.
Ying Bing stood in the center of the city wall, directing the various military formations.
The Qingmu army quickly assembled, leveraging the power of the lightning resistance formation glyph on the walls, clashing continuously with the enemy.
Under this level of collision,
Even the domains of inner realm experts could hardly maintain their integrity, being shattered fiercely.
Inner realm experts had to release their domains in haste after harvesting a life, then quickly retract it back.
Or they could fight directly with their armies, engaging in brutal melee.
Qu Sheng clashed with the Hall of Beasts Master.
“Li Mo!”
He Lian Wu swooped down like a hawk, locking his gaze on the young man surrounded by the power of the military formations.
“What the hell are you looking at?”
“Looking for trouble?”
Li Mo’s eyes flashed with the light of divine destiny.
The forty in his hand let out a ringing hum as he activated the mysterious weapon to its utmost limits.
…
Evening.
The north wind howled like a kn*fe, yet it couldn’t disperse the bloody scent on the city walls.
After continuously invoking the power of the world to activate the “Seven Fixes of Heaven and Earth,” a former top talent on the Qianlong List was forever left on the battlements.
On the city wall, there were many people, yet silence reigned. The soldiers were cleaning up the remnants and bodies, all in a hushed demeanor.
Li Mo sat on the city wall.
His entire body ached, his divine eye focused on the distance. That ominous premonition he felt was not wrong.
Han Zhen didn’t care how many people had died.
He didn’t even care which side they were on.
Tomorrow’s assault from the other side would be even stronger.
“First Battalion, 201 dead, 200 severely injured.”
“Second Battalion, 180 dead, 230 severely injured.”
“Half of the Thunder Fire Thunder Pills left, seven Rongyuan Military Machine Crossbows destroyed…”
…
Behind him, his personal guard was reporting the military conditions to Qu Sheng.
Li Mo felt a heavy sensation in his heart; tomorrow’s battle would be tougher with each passing moment.
“Want to grab a bite?”
A clear yet slightly exhausted voice rang in his ears.
Ying Bing was still in her flowing immortal dress, tying her dark hair back as she approached.
“I’m not really hungry.”
As his numb nerves slowly returned, Li Mo’s stomach churned.
“Be obedient.”
Ying Bing reached out, gently tapping his forehead.
Though his consciousness was fatigued and he hadn’t conjured the Yin Moonlight, at this moment, it was as if lit by peaceful moonlight.
…….
PS: I wanted to finish the battle chapter tonight but was worried it might be too late for the audience to wait, so I combined it and published it first.
