Death Is Lying in Wait! Rise Again, My General! Hu Yan Zhen Was Dumbfounded!

The Heavenly Dou Army fired arrows back at the city walls, suppressing the Chang'an Garrison!

A Giant Mammoth emanating an ancient, savage aura suddenly appeared!

Its body was enormous. If it stood upright, it would be taller than the city walls!

Prince Xue Xing, watching from a distant hillside, frowned.

"What's going on? It looks like the Heavenly Dou Army has been stopped?"

"Hu Yan Zhen was even forced to use his Martial Soul Avatar?"

The infantry legion led by Hu Yan Zhen should have smashed through the city gates and charged into the city without any obstruction.

Yet after fighting for quite some time, the gate entrance had long been packed so tightly that not even water could pass through, while Hu Yan Zhen was still outside the gates.

The army had not entered the city either.

Someone seemed to be holding him back!

"Could Li Xin have come here?" Xue Beng asked curiously.

"Not Li Xin. We have kept track of Li Xin's whereabouts at all times, and his soul skills specialize in slaughter. If it were really him, Hu Yan Zhen would have been struck by sword qi long ago. How could he have lasted until now?"

Prince Xue Xing's expression was grave.

If it was not Li Xin, then who was it?

"You dare stop me from taking the city? Today, I'll crush that turtle shell of yours!"

"Soul Master Legion, attack!"

Hu Yan Zhen roared!

The Giant Mammoth's massive foot stomped down toward Su Lie!

"Soul skill, War Stomp!"

At the same time, the Soul Masters within the Heavenly Dou Army activated their soul rings nearby!

In an instant, white, yellow, purple, and black soul rings flared brightly at the city gates!

All the Soul Masters attacked together, unleashing all kinds of powerful soul skills upon Su Lie like a tidal wave!

Su Lie had nowhere to dodge, but he did not dodge in the slightest.

He fiercely raised his massive pillar and knocked aside the mammoth's enormous leg with one blow, then continuously swung it to smash apart the soul skills rushing in to kill him!

"Come on, let's see who lasts longer!"

The massive pillar carried a violent gale as it smashed toward the Heavenly Dou Soul Masters!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Violent collisions and explosions erupted!

The soldiers atop the walls felt their hearts pound in terror, as though even the city walls were trembling!

Even under attacks from Heavenly Dou Soul Masters of this caliber, Su Lie, though unable to avoid being wounded, still forcibly held his ground!

Yet the Soul Masters and soldiers could not withstand his attacks!

The massive pillar weighed over ten thousand jin!

There was no technique to it—just brute force that shattered all methods!

Other than Hu Yan Zhen, who could withstand it head-on,

ordinary Soul Masters would be injured if grazed and killed if struck!

Those ordinary soldiers could not even endure the aftershocks of battle and were swept away, too frightened to approach!

"Let's see how long that turtle shell of yours can last!"

Hu Yan Zhen noticed that their attacks were working and became even more frenzied in his assault!

Under such a raging, storm-like offensive,

even Su Lie was gradually finding it difficult to endure!

His body, which had remained tall and upright, slowly began to bend. As time passed, he struggled into a half-kneeling position.

Yet he still held up the massive pillar in his hands and continued to counterattack!

"Good! Push through in one go and take him down!"

Hu Yan Zhen shouted excitedly!

All the Heavenly Dou Soul Masters attacked with even greater effort!

For a time, the city gates thundered without pause, blazing with light!

Finally, under the continued attacks of Hu Yan Zhen and the Soul Masters,

Su Lie's tall, burly body fell!

"Looks like I'm still tougher!"

Hu Yan Zhen threw back his head and laughed wildly. This battle had cost him an immense amount of time and effort!

They had suffered casualties before finally bringing down this fellow blocking their path!

The Heavenly Dou soldiers' morale soared!

Their banners fluttered as they surged toward the city gates!

Seeing Su Lie fall, while they themselves were suppressed by the rain of arrows to the point that they could not lift their heads, the Chang'an Garrison soldiers turned pale and felt chills spread through their bodies.

"General Su Lie has fallen!"

"The city is about to be breached!"

An aura of despair spread through the army.

On the distant hillside, Prince Xue Xing sighed in relief.

"After fighting for so long, the city is finally about to fall!"

"Let's go. It took longer than planned, but we won in the end."

The original plan had been to breach the city without any obstacles.

Yet now, they had been forcibly delayed for so long!

Who knew where Xue Luochuan had found such a powerful expert, capable of holding out against Hu Yan Zhen and forty thousand troops for so long!

Prince Xue Xing called to Xue Beng and prepared to head for the city that was about to be retaken.

Hu Yan Zhen was just about to step over Su Lie's corpse and break through the city gates!

Buzz—!

A powerful wave of Soul Power suddenly burst from Su Lie's fallen body!

Three strange patterned formations spread out, covering the ground around him.

Visible purple radiance swirled around Su Lie.

It formed the phantom of a Sacred Beast Xuanwu!

The restrained Wild Beast repeatedly raised its head, roaring and struggling!

The entire earth trembled incessantly beneath its pressure!

"What's going on?"

Hu Yan Zhen's heart jolted. The Giant Mammoth raised its foot and continued stomping on the fallen Su Lie.

Yet those stomps did not disperse the Sacred Beast's phantom in the slightest!

Instead, they made the Sacred Beast even more violent!

"Seventh Soul Skill, Martial Soul Avatar, Death Is Lying in Wait!"

Su Lie, who should have been dead, suddenly let out a low chant!

"Y-you came back to life after dying? You can actually revive?" Hu Yan Zhen was horrified, even beginning to stammer!

He had fought for so long and only with great difficulty managed to bring Su Lie down.

And now he could just revive?

"Damn, this guy's cheating!"

A thousand wild horses stampeded through his mind!

He did not even want to fight anymore!

After exhausting himself for half the day, the other guy simply revived!

Su Lie rose to his feet once more with the massive pillar in hand, a sharp gleam flashing in his eyes.

Not only had he revived, but his aura had become even more violent!

He had lost some of his former steadiness and gained far more killing intent!

The enormous Xuanwu let out a furious roar, rising to face the Giant Mammoth with blazing eyes!

The Heavenly Dou soldiers, whose morale had been soaring, saw Su Lie stand up again after they had finally brought him down!

Their hearts instantly sank halfway into an abyss!

"My gods! How did he revive again?"

"Again? Please, no!"

"It took so long and cost us so much to fight him once. My mentality is about to collapse!"

"That old turtle is so tough it's hopeless!"

The Heavenly Dou Soul Masters had exhausted themselves attacking Su Lie, and now they were panting heavily.

Seeing Su Lie rise again, they felt both legs trembling!

Fighting this guy was truly terrifying and exhausting!

The Chang'an Garrison stared blankly at the enormous Xuanwu before them, as though they were dreaming.

Only then did they slowly come to their senses.

"Holy shit, General Su Lie got back up?"

"So the battle isn't over yet?"

"Rise again, my general!"

Su Lie's revival let the defending soldiers see hope once more!

As long as Su Lie held on, their city would not fall!

On the distant hillside,

Prince Xue Xing, who had just risen to his feet, froze upon seeing the enormous Xuanwu that had suddenly appeared.

"What the hell is this? Where did that Xuanwu come from?"

He had thought the battle was about to end, yet the other side had gotten back up!

The Heavenly Dou Army had not won yet!

"Xue Luochuan isn't here this time, so how did he revive?"

"Could this be some kind of resurrection soul skill?"

"How does Xue Luochuan have so many powerful Soul Masters under his command?"

Utterly baffled, Prince Xue Xing sat back down.