At Xue Beng's commission, Dugu Bo immediately flew toward Quan Li atop the city wall.
One green and one black beam of light collided in the sky in an instant.
Quan Li's Gauntlet covered Whale Head as he punched straight at Dugu Bo.
The instant the two powerhouses, both of whose cultivations had reached the Peerless realm, collided, they tore open a Spatial Rift in the sky.
The impact, as if the heavens had collapsed, made even the army's charge falter.
Fortunately, Dugu Bo had transformed into a Dragon-human and held Dragon Tooth, blocking Quan Li's punch.
At the same time, he was forcefully pressing Quan Li to fly toward an even higher sky.
Clearly, he was moving the battlefield to the safer heights above.
The two of them were like two lines spiraling upward, vanishing into a sky beyond sight, dyeing the heavens above in two constantly flashing colors of light.
Seeing this, Xue Beng, who felt a surge of relief, loudly steadied the army's morale.
"The enemy leader has been pinned down by Guest Elder Dugu. Take this chance—we charge."
The army continued to advance.
When the legion closed to within one kilometer of the city wall, the soldiers took the Zhuge Repeating Crossbows from their backs and immediately fired crossbow bolts into the sky.
These had a longer range than ordinary bows and arrows, with greater numbers and denser volleys.
Using the suppressive fire of the crossbow bolts, the siege troops continued forward.
Just as everyone thought this wave of arrows would completely suppress the firepower of the enemy troops atop the wall and bring tremendous convenience to the remaining forces...
An unexpected change suddenly occurred.
Bzzzt, bzzzt, bzzzt.
Around the city wall, the buzzing sound of electric current suddenly erupted.
A blue-white barrier of light instantly