Siege

"Clang, clang, clang."

The roar of the close-in weapon system ceased, so the sound of the flying sword fragments falling to the ground was so clear.

Even though that shrill scream seemed to echo endlessly in the air, mournful and incessant.

"Sizzle sizzle sizzle".

The barrel spun for a moment due to inertia and then stopped.

Nearby, metal shell casings were already scattered all over the ground.

They were densely packed together, numbering no less than a thousand.

But...

Compared to this glorious record, the thousands of bullets consumed were entirely worthwhile.

"We stopped them! We... we stopped them?"

"Ancestor... intercepted the flying sword that caused the Thousand Mountains Bird to vanish and the Stone to sink!?"

"Amazing... absolutely amazing..."

Gu Chifeng, Gu Luochen, Gu Qingmei, and the others looked at the burly figure standing in front of the close-in weapon system. At this moment, he seemed so tall and imposing.

Like a majestic sacred mountain, it is strong enough to withstand all dangers in the world.

It cannot be damaged by wind and rain.

We must not make the mistake of a blizzard.

Thunder cannot be swift.

The raging flames dared not devour it.

At this moment, he had already dominated the battle; he had become a god!

"Call!"

Gu Jinlai, people have exhaled a breath.

He withdrew his hand from the close-in weapon system.

His solemn expression gradually turned cold, and his eyes became incredibly sharp.

"I intercepted his flying sword."

Gu Jinlai at those broken fragments.

The Spirit Transformation cultivator cultivated Yin Spirit, which he used to control his Yin Spirit, flying freely and beheading enemies ten miles away.

However, when the flying sword is shattered, the Yin Spirit attached to it will also be defeated and severely injured.

For a Spirit Transformation cultivator, such trauma is tantamount to a Celestial Master exhausting their True Spirit.

Therefore...

"Then, it's my turn to fight back."

Gu Jinlai hoisted the close-in weapon system onto his shoulder and shouted, "At your command!"

Gu Chifeng, Gu Luochen, Gu Qingmei, and the others were all invigorated, their eyes fixed on their ancestor with fervor.

"Charge with me! Attack Yuanhua City! Leave no one alive who resists!"

At his command, his body swelled up dramatically.

Facing the sunlight, he manifested his true form as the Great Sun Demon, carrying a close-in weapon system, and strode towards Yuanhua City, which was only three miles away, in the golden afterglow.

Seeing Gu Jinlai leading the charge, Gu Chifeng, Gu Luochen, Gu Qingmei, and the others felt their blood boil and their bodies seemed to be filled with boundless power.

Morale reached its peak at this moment.

The will to fight surged and burned fiercely within him.

"Kill!"

"Follow the Ancestor! Break through the formation and seize the city!"

"From this day forward, the flame of our Gu Clan will surely shine brightly across the land of Star Province, until it reaches its full glory!"

The group shouted.

Ten warriors clad in modified black steel armor charged forward, carrying Thunder machine guns.

Behind them followed twenty Demonic Beasts warriors and hundreds of elite soldiers.

One hundred and thirty-two men charged to capture the city!

Or should we seize a city with at least seven or eight thousand people guarding it?

It sounds like a complete fantasy.

At this moment, none of the more than 130 people in the room hesitated for a moment.

Instead, they held an unwavering belief in victory.

Seem...

As long as their ancestor is around, nothing in this world can stop their progress.

In Yuanhua City.

Not long ago, Shi Chen, a Purgatory Sect Spirit Transformation Realm, was sitting in the courtyard, sipping tea with a calm and collected demeanor.

Outside the city...

With the Yin Spirit wielding the sword, it seems that it could easily recreate the glorious scene of the capture of Yuanhua City, where the Supreme Elder of the Heavenly Gang Sect was beheaded with a single sword.

But the next second, his expression changed.

His expression was one of shock, as if he had witnessed something incredible.

"Master?"

Noticing that her master was acting strangely, Fang Ling, who was waiting outside with an expression of admiration, asked with concern and confusion.

Immediately afterwards...

"Awoo!"

A piercing, painful wail came from the mouth of this elder of the Purgatory Sect.

He swayed, then suddenly covered his head with his right hand and braced himself on the ground with his left, his face turning deathly pale.

Within seconds, a fine layer of cold sweat had already appeared on his forehead.

"My sword... my sword..."

Shi Chen trembled, his lips shaking as he opened and closed his mouth.

His eyes were filled with disbelief and horror.

"Master, what's wrong?"

Fang Ling couldn't help but ask again.

But Shi Chen completely ignored her.

He opened his eyes wide, as if trying to see something clearly.

Yin Spirit is actually an extension of the divine sense of Spirit Transformation cultivator, therefore...

Although he was in Yuanhua City, he had actually been on the battlefield and had engaged in direct combat with close-in weapon systems.

Result...

It goes without saying.

"What is that?! What on earth is that?! A fire-breathing demon?!"

Shi Chen cried out in shock.

Even Fang Ling could clearly see the horror and fear in his eyes.

Now, she didn't even need to ask anymore; a thought she had never considered before had already surfaced in her mind.

Could it be...?

Master's Cold Feather Sword was blocked?

Wrong!

If it were just a matter of blocking, the flying sword could simply be retrieved and the opportunity to shoot again could be seized. With the advantage of long reach, Spirit Transformation cultivator can advance or retreat at will, and is naturally in a position of absolute suppression against a True Person Spirit Refining cultivator. Master would not lose his composure like this.

Recalling his master's panicked and even fearful expression when he exclaimed "My sword!", could it be...?

The Cold Feather Sword has been shattered!?

At this moment, Shi Chen seemed to sense something again, and his expression suddenly changed drastically.

"Walk!"

Without hesitation, he got up and rushed out of the courtyard at top speed, heading towards the other city gate.

"Master!"

Fang Ling exclaimed in surprise and quickly followed.

As soon as they stepped out of the courtyard, they ran into Lin Xiao, who was waiting outside to inquire about the situation.

Upon seeing Elder Shi Chen appear, Lin Xiao greeted him with a broad smile and cupped his hands in a salute, "Congratulations, Elder, for securing victory with a single sword strike, slaying the traitor Gu Jinlai outside Yuanhua City..."

But Shi Chen only glanced at him, said nothing, and sped toward the city gate.

That appearance...

It gave off a sense of fleeing in disarray.

"Elders?"

Lin Xiao was taken aback.

Then he realized something.

The fluctuations of divine sense emanating from Elder Shi Chen were abnormal.

That kind of weakness and fluctuation...

Why does it look like the Yin Spirit has been defeated?

Etc!

Just now, Elder Shi Chen used his Yin Spirit to control his sword, flying out of the city to shoot down Gu Jinlai, but the next second he ended up in this predicament...

Could it be that...?

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

Lin Xiao couldn't help but let out a low growl.

Suddenly, a loud shout came from the distant city wall.

Immediately afterwards, a series of rapid "rat-a-tat-tat" sounds rang out, accompanied by shrill screams.

Lin Xiao's expression changed. He exerted force with his feet and leaped up, using the walls and beams as leverage, and quickly jumped to the roof of a four-story building.

As he looked towards the city wall...

Light!

He could clearly see streaks of sparks shooting out from below the city wall.

That light...

It looks a bit like the fireworks and firecrackers people set off during the Chinese New Year.

However, compared to the dazzling spectacle of fireworks, the streaks of light shooting down from below the city wall possessed devastating power, blasting apart the soldiers guarding the city wall.

Anyone struck by those flames would burst into a cloud of blood mist, their flesh and blood even shattering from their wounds and splattering in all directions.

Even the iron armor worn by those elite soldiers was utterly useless against the streaks of fire; it was as fragile as paper, torn apart and pierced by the streaks of fire.

The interplay of shimmering metal and splattering blood creates a chilling yet stunningly beautiful sense of carnage.

Lin Xiao was watching intently...

It was terrifying.

How many is it?!

He just glanced at it...

In just a second or two, how many of the Lin family's elite guards who were defending the city died?!

Sixty? Eighty? Or one hundred?

The terrifying speed of loss and the horrifying efficiency of the killing sent chills down Lin Xiao's spine, the vice sect master of the Purgatory Sect and a peak-level True Person of the Spirit Refining.

"What's going on? What's going on? What happened?!"

Lin Xiao was trembling all over.

The next moment, a towering figure suddenly leaped up the city wall, casting a shadow.

A massive three-meter-tall body, metallic armor, and a chilling metal machine slung over its shoulder...

This made him resemble a mechanical two-headed Vajra, exuding a suffocating sense of oppression.

"That is..."

Lin Xiao suddenly opened his eyes wide.

He recognized the figure that resembled a mechanical, two-headed Vajra.

Gu Jinlai!

Throughout Gu Jinlai!

Gu Jinlai, Demonic Beasts have revealed their true forms!

He...

It really blocked Elder Shi Chen's flying sword attack!?

And they still have the resources to attack Yuanhua City!?

"How could this be..."

Gu Jinlai, who flew over and leaped onto the city wall, did not see Lin Xiao's disbelief.

No!

He didn't leap onto the city wall; he jumped eight or nine meters higher than the city wall!

Then, taking advantage of the eight or nine-meter height, from above, they looked down at the mechanical metal that resembled another head—the close-in weapon system...

Fire!

"Sizzle!"

Flames burst forth.

The close-in weapon system, reminiscent of a mechanical twin-headed giant robot, spewed flames carrying a dense storm of metal, ploughing directly over the city walls.

There were originally forty or fifty elite members of the Lin family in that area of the city wall.

But as this torrent of metal swept through, everyone...

Whether they were elite Body Tempering warriors, Organ Refining warriors, or even the hundred-man Blood Changing generals clad in steel armor, they were all no different.

Like harvesting wheat, entire fields were smashed to pieces.

They really crushed them!

Even though those elite soldiers were clad in iron armor, they were still torn apart and exploded into blood mist by the torrent of metal shooting out from the flames.

Numerous bullets missed their mark and struck the wall, their terrifying penetrating force shattering the foot-thick bluestone and scattering a large amount of stone dust.

"Bang!"

After clearing a section of the city wall, figures from Gu Jinlai fell heavily onto the wall, with stone chips flying everywhere.

Then...

The ground is cracked.

As he leaped again, his massive body stirred up a wave of air, and he jumped directly onto the city gate tower.

"Monster! Die!"

Nearby, a group of Lin family experts roared and charged toward Gu Jinlai on the city gate tower.

The close-in weapon system has a much larger caliber than the Gatling gun.

Even a Gatling gun can shoot down Core Forming, let alone a close-in weapon system.

With a slight shift in the angle of the anti-tank Gu Jinlai, even without activating the aiming system, the nearby Core Forming and Gang Condensing, who had used their Movement Method to leap forward, were all blown up.

The person was in the void, and had already been blown into a bloody mist.

After shooting down a dozen or so nearby Core Forming and Gang Condensing, the rapidly spinning gun barrel, spewing flames, turned towards the city wall.

"Sizzle!"

Countless spent shell casings poured down from one side of the close-in weapon system, landing on the top of the city gate tower, then sliding down the tiles and falling downwards, forming a dazzling metallic waterfall under the sunlight.

The city wall being targeted by close-in weapon systems...

Blood, screams, stone chips, wails, dust, and flames intertwined, creating a cruel and desolate symphony of death.

This suffocating scene made Lin Xiao feel as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

It's over.

The Lin family's elite...

It's all over.