A Single Strike Breaches the City (Part 1)

The farmer sent as a messenger was burned into a charred corpse by a fireball, and the cheers of countless soldiers echoed from the walls of Fanlu'er City.

Within the Yin Clan's positions, a crow with blood-red eyes took to the sky. It shot straight up for a thousand meters, circling slowly above Fanlu'er City. Inside the magic chariot where Yin Xuege was located, a Yin Clan sorcerer held a crystal ball the size of a human head, chanting incantations in a low voice.

The crystal ball gradually emitted a faint glow, then floated up lightly. A halo several meters in diameter spread from the crystal ball, projecting everything the crow's eyes could see. As the sorcerer performed his ritual, Yin Xuege and the others could even see every eyebrow hair on the soldiers on the city walls.

Then, a figure very familiar to Yin Xuege made him jump up abruptly!

"Damn it, why is this woman here?" Yin Xuege gripped the hilt of the Blood Spirit Sword. The Blood Spirit Sword, which he had already refined and subdued, felt Yin Xuege's rage and killing intent, and immediately let out a crisp sword cry. Waves of dense, bloody killing intent spread from the Blood Spirit Sword, forcing the many Yin Clan Experts in the magic chariot to bow their heads in reverence.

The Blood Spirit Sword had accompanied Yin Tianjue for a full three hundred years, having slain countless beings. After Yin Tianjue established the Yin Clan's vast foundation, he placed this malevolent weapon in the Blood Transformation Pool to nurture it. For hundreds of years, it had undoubtedly absorbed countless essences of blood and fierce souls. This Blood Spirit Sword originated from the Eastern Cultivation World before the Era of Dharma Decline, and was inherently a divine weapon that had developed sentience. Now, it was incomparably malevolent.

Even with several Yin Clan Marquis-level powerhouses present in the magic chariot, they were still trembling under the Blood Spirit Sword's killing intent, not even daring to look up at Yin Xuege.

"Fennice!" Gripping the Blood Spirit Sword tightly, Yin Xuege spoke her name word by word: "She actually killed our messenger? Was that farmer not human? Why would they kill humans so casually?"

Standing beside Yin Xuege, Yin Wufeng, the Grand Arbiter of the Internal Affairs Hall sent to assist him, chuckled softly.

"Young Master Xuege, perhaps those lessons taught in the Children's Hall do not cover this kind of knowledge."

"To be precise, within the Human Alliance, these individuals who wield various natural elemental powers do not consider themselves human! They claim to be descendants of Deities, and they are immensely proud of their bloodlines. Therefore, they actually view humans as servants!"

Snorting dismissively, Yin Wufeng laughed mockingly. "We of the Yin Clan, and other Blood Demon nobles, abduct these humans to serve as Blood Servants and Blood Slaves. We do this openly! We don't fear others knowing! But these people who claim to be descendants of Deities, they, they claim to be part of humanity, but in reality, they never treat humans as people!"

"So that's how it is!" Yin Xuege looked at Fennice standing on the city wall. The countless schemes and stratagems taught in the Children's Hall surged into his mind. But soon, Yin Xuege cast these schemes and stratagems aside.

If it was about playing schemes, what difference would there be between him and Yin Xuejiao, Yin Jiwu, and his son? A mere Fanlu'er City could be conquered directly by force; he didn't need to resort to any underhanded tactics!

"That woman is called Fennice! The white-clothed man beside her is Bright, and the blonde man in golden robes is Sander! Bright wields the power of light, and he is the greatest threat to our people. As for Sander, he wields the power of lightning; just be careful not to get struck by him!"

With a 'crack', Wumu bit the bone of the beast leg in his hand into two pieces, extracted the bloody marrow, and ate it. He slowly put on his heavy, sealed helmet, then picked up the Two-handed Horse-slaying Sword specially forged for him by the Yin Clan.

"Let me go and take care of these little brats!" Wumu roared in a muffled voice. "That woman, she once set fire to my beautiful fur in the Blood Prison; that Bright, he tortured me countless times; that Sander, well, being struck by lightning doesn't feel good!"

"Let me lead the troops to attack the city. I want to eat the hearts of those two pretty boys, and that red-haired girl, heh, I want her to bear me a wolf cub!" Wumu chuckled sinisterly. "I am the great Silver Wolf Commander Wumu, and my people also call me 'Lustful Wolf' Wumu! Heh, this girl named Fennice, she's quite good-looking, isn't she?"

Glancing sideways at Wumu, Yin Xuege nodded. "Blast open their city walls, and then Wumu will lead the troops in! Be careful not to injure too many humans; for our Yin Clan, they are all precious resources!"

Wumu let out a sinister cackle and eagerly rushed out of the carriage, carrying the giant sword that was at least two meters long.

The blood-red-eyed crow continued to circle in the sky, and everything within Fanlu'er City was under Yin Xuege's control.

On the walls of Fanlu'er City, Fennice disdainfully shook her delicate hands, which still had wisps of heat rising from them. Glancing at the scorched corpse on the ground outside the city, Fennice smiled coldly. "These foolish guys, they actually act as messengers for Blood Demons, so they all deserve to die! Boss, and Sander, how long do you think it will take us to defeat this Blood Demon hunting party?"

Sander remained silent, his expression serious as he looked at the Yin Clan army arrayed outside the city.

Bright tightly clutched his cross, pressing the silver cross firmly against his heart. Hearing Fennice's question, Bright gently shook his head. "Not defeat, but annihilation. We must kill them all. I won't let a single one of them escape! These damned Blood Demons, these fallen humans, they all deserve to die!"

After a few cold laughs, Bright said sinisterly, "The Grand Arbiters and those from the East are busy preparing for very important matters. We are the only ones who can deal with these Blood Demons!"

Sander suddenly spoke, "But Boss, don't you think? The actions of these Blood Demons this time are too strange? They are making sure we know of their movements, deliberately making a grand display as they rush to Fanlu'er City, and they've even given us enough time to send reinforcements! What exactly do they want to do?"

Bright glanced at Sander with dissatisfaction, his tone becoming exceptionally stern. "Don't think about these useless things, Sander. You just think too much! Our mission is only to defend Fanlu'er. As for anything else, we don't need to ponder it."

On the main streets within Fanlu'er City, countless soldiers of the Great Berlin City-State's security forces, dressed in sealed combat suits, and a large number of Hunters in black trench coats, wielding long sabers and spears, were neatly arrayed. Looking down from high above, there were at least fifty thousand soldiers from the Great Berlin City-State's security forces, and over ten thousand Hunters.

Interspersed among these soldiers and Hunters were large numbers of young men and women dressed in robes of various colors. They were lazily distributed around, with bursts of natural energy like flames or frost occasionally erupting from them.

All of this was observed by Yin Xuege and the others. Bright and the others seemed to have no intention of hiding their strength. With reinforcements from the Great Berlin City-State, plus Fanlu'er's own force of over a hundred thousand soldiers and militiamen, this was an extremely powerful armed force, one capable of confronting the Yin Clan army outside the city.

"Begin the attack. Since it's Operation 'Startled Insects', it should make some noise!" Yin Xuege issued the order for a full-scale assault.

Dozens of heavy mortar cannons had been set up. These mortar cannons were specially designed by the Yin Clan after they had abducted countless human designers and workers, and were heavy weapons used to breach human fortifications. The muzzles of these mortar cannons were about a meter in diameter, and each shot could launch bombs weighing several tons over dozens of miles.

The self-weight of these mortar cannons was astonishing, but the Yin Clan's Formation Masters had inscribed them with the Levitation Formation unique to Flying Magic Chariots, making their transport and installation exceptionally convenient. Dozens of ordinary Blood Servant soldiers could easily operate these massive devices.

With a low grinding sound, dozens of bombs, also suspended half a foot off the ground, were laboriously dragged by the Blood Servant soldiers and slowly brought near the mortar cannons. They lowered the barrels, inserted these huge bombs into the cannons, and then slowly raised the barrels.

The crow circling in the high sky let out a low cry. It had already determined the wind speed and direction at high altitude and transmitted this data through a soul connection to the Yin Clan sorcerer beside Yin Xuege.

This data was quickly relayed to the Blood Servant soldiers operating the mortar cannons. These soldiers quickly adjusted the angle of the barrels, locking onto the walls of Fanlu'er City, ten miles away. The atmosphere on the plain suddenly became tense. Both the Yin Clan soldiers and the humans on the walls of Fanlu'er City held their breath, looking at these massive mortar cannons.

A violent roar suddenly erupted. The huge bodies of these mortar cannons suddenly shook, and the ground within a radius of several hundred meters faintly trembled, a ring of air waves whistling outwards. Dozens of massive bombs shot into the sky with the roar of a hurricane, forming a ferocious arc, and plunged towards the walls of Fanlu'er City.

From such a height, once bombs weighing several tons fell, they could sink tens of meters into the ground. The power of their explosion could turn everything within a radius of several hundred meters into ashes. These were powerful war machines manufactured by humans, yet used by the Yin Clan against metal walls also manufactured by humans.

Bright on the city wall let out a sharp shout. Several high towers within Fanlu'er City suddenly flashed with dazzling light, and a layer of flowing, brilliant barrier firmly enveloped the city walls facing Yin Xuege and his forces.

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