The golden web of light formed by the City-Covering Great Array hung above Sin City like a rune-inscribed barrier suspended upside down from the heavens.
Countless runes flickered and flowed, radiating a resplendent holy might that made hearts tremble.
The foul demonic flames spewed by the evil beasts struck the web of light, raising only ripples of pale gold before screeching into wisps of black smoke.
The scarlet gaze of the Thousand-Eyed Demonic Soul shot forward, yet not only did it fail to corrode the light web in the slightest, it was instead sent flying back by that vast holy power.
Even the occasional bizarre soul-light that luckily pierced the edges melted like ice and snow the instant it touched the web, burned into nothingness.
This impassable chasm personally laid down by the Divine Envoy was far more unbreakable than anyone had imagined.
Yet the raging tide of evil beasts did not retreat because of this.
Like surging black waters, they charged at the radiant barrier one after another. Claws tore, skulls rammed, and even when their fangs and claws shattered and their bones broke and tendons snapped, they continued launching wave after wave of frenzied attacks.
Madness burned in those countless scarlet eyes, as though they intended to wear away the array's spiritual radiance through an endless mountain of corpses and sea of blood.
"Crossbow formation—rise!"
The Fu Family commander's booming order rang out from the city walls.
Several hundred Gilded Armored Warriors moved at the command, forming three lines of steel defense in an instant.
The mechanisms of their heavy crossbows clanged, while the bolts in their arrow grooves, refined with Demon-Breaking Runes, glimmered with an icy cold light.
The armored warriors in the front row dropped to one knee with a crash, raising their crossbows level and