The sky above the west gate of Ming Capital.
Six figures, five pairs of wings.
Tang Wulin was held in Long Zijin's arms.
Because among everyone present, he was the only one who couldn't fly. Even if he held the Dragon God Heart, without the ability to control the elements, the wind and space within the Divine Core would be useless.
Watching Little Jia Lin soaring beside him, Tang Wulin was inspired to grow wings!
Old Tang promptly reminded him, " The Two-Word Battle Armor, the Soul Saint cultivation level, and the tenth bloodline shackle—all three of these will allow you to soar through the heavens."
"You just need time to grow, so don't be impatient or aim too high."
Tang Wulin agreed, "Okay! Old Tang, I will definitely take it one step at a time."
Six people arrived at the West Gate.
The west gate tower, stained with blood and long since collapsed, was cleared away by Little Mountain's stomp, sending all the rubble flying and revealing a level ten soul guidance array.
"This is the core of a city defense formation." Yu Guanzhi flew in from inside the city.
With red and swollen eyes, he explained, " The Ming Capital capital's defenses consist of eight level-ten defensive formations, connecting the eight city walls, with the main structures located at the eight city gates."
"These eight soul-guiding formations can be linked together to form an eleventh-level Soul Tool Shield, covering the entire sky of Ming Capital and making it the most fortified city on the continent."
"But for some unknown reason, when the Evil Soul Master came to raid this morning, one-eighth of the main structure of the West Gate tower had already been destroyed, damaging the core of the formation and causing the level eleven protective shield to be missing a corner, making it impossible to activate."
"At the time, my Central Army was unaware of the situation and thought it was a temporary malfunction. Therefore, the entire army defended the West Gate to the death, waiting for the repair crew to go in and fix it. In the end, all they found was an unusable formation."
Yu Guanzhi's voice was choked with sobs; his once upright back had been crushed by the collapsing sky.
"It's not a malfunction." Long Zijin stared at the very core of the array.
That was the control center, and now there was a recessed mark that looked like both a human hand and a dragon's claw.
There were no cracks around the mark, indicating a violent impact, and no gravel remained in the deep grooves of the mark.
It was as if that unknown claw could shatter an object into primordial energy and elemental particles with a single blow, completely eliminating any possibility of subsequent repairs.
" The Power of Destruction." Long Zijin saw through it at a glance.
Besides her, the only other person in this entire plane capable of wielding Power of Destruction is the Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon Soul Master.
Long Zijin turned around and looked down. Below the city gate, there were bone fragments and bloodstains everywhere. One after another, crimson human figures blocked the west gate of the city.
There were no mountains of corpses or rivers of blood, simply because the invaders were Evil Soul Master, lacking only flesh, blood, and soul...
Yu Guanzhi sat dejectedly on the ruins, tears streaming down his face.
"Let's go, to the last gathering place of the Evil Soul Master."
Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy
Survivors crawled out from under the rubble of the collapsed building, embracing their close deceased loved ones and weeping bitterly.
Kong Yunhua wandered among the ruins, mechanically removing the bodies of his friends, colleagues, and students.
Because this was the last stop for the Holy Spirit Cult army, they retreated without properly clearing the battlefield, leaving behind a large number of student corpses.
Long Chen knelt on the ground, lost in thought, looking at his once lively and combative classmates, now piled-up corpses...
Xue Liushuang held her sisters' incomplete limbs, silently shedding tears.
Unexpectedly, after returning from the Sea God's Fate trip, only two of the Radiant Seven Stars remained, and only three survivors remained of the Royal Academy.
A vast pressure of soul energy descended, but the three of them seemed not to hear it.
Long Zijin led his team to the scene, hovering at low altitude.
Tang Wulin jumped to the ground and came to Long Chen's side, as if to say something to comfort him, but he couldn't find the words.
" Kong Yunhua," Di Guangming instructed, "Report the situation."
Kong Yunhua continued clearing the rubble until he dragged out another body, at which point he took a deep breath and said, "I don't know."
"Your Majesty, Dean Kong is overcome with grief at the sight of this place; please do not make things difficult for him," a voice came from the sky.
Gun intent and a rainbow of light descended from the sky, landing low in the air.
"Huh?" Little Jia Lin asked, "Aren't you two afraid of being ambushed and hit by a God-Slaying Cannon Shell?"
Yun Ming stood with his spear, shook his head and said, "I have already reached the False God realm. As long as I leave the Douluo Plane, I can break through to level 100 in one step. So even if I face a level 12 Soul Cannon, I can escape unscathed before it explodes."
As for her...
Yun Ming gave a bitter smile.
Leng Yaozhu seemed unwilling to put someone in a difficult position, so she quickly answered, "I came here voluntarily. After my Martial Soul Second Awakening into Seven-Colored Phoenix, I am no longer restricted by the constraints of space and time and can escape at any time. Naturally, I am not afraid of level twelve Soul Cannon."
With a flap of its Long Zijin wings, Leng Yaozhu.
"Why aren't you at home taking care of the kids? What are you doing out for a stroll?"
"How dare you say that? Little Phoenix has been calling you 'Big Mom' for so long, and you haven't even done it for a single day. How dare you criticize me?"
"I'm too busy with official duties to have time. Just getting the child born was already incredibly difficult, okay?"
"You're saying you're on official business? I bet you're out with a younger man. If it weren't for the upheaval in Ming Capital this morning, I bet you'd still be rolling around in bed right now."
"Hey? Why are you speaking such blunt truths? Watch me flatten your chest!"
"Hey? No, it's one thing for you to have big breasts, but how come they're so firm? The baby won't be able to nurse properly, you'll be so worried!"
"..."
Yun Ming took over from the depressed Kong Yunhua and summarized the intelligence. "Currently, the Imperial Palace, the Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, and the Central Legion's base have all been captured and massacred."
"Only the Ming Capital Celestial Pillar Pagoda remains intact and is currently actively involved in disaster relief efforts."
"When we teleported to the Celestial Pillar Pagoda of Ming Capital, the main force of the Holy Spirit Cult had already withdrawn, leaving only some small fry collecting corpses and vengeful spirits."
"According to the Tower Master of Ming Capital Tower, the whale-like sea monster devoured almost all the corpses. At the moment it broke through the Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, it seemed to have used too much force and suddenly turned into a woman. She collapsed on the World-Destroying Skeleton, grabbing her hair and letting out screams like a whale's roar."
"Then the Ghost Emperor seemed to take out a recording and show it to the woman before finally coaxing her to sleep."
"Afterwards, seemingly sensing the teleportation fluctuations, the high-ranking Evil Soul Master, led by the Ghost Emperor, flew away in their World-Destroying Skeleton, without having time to collect the students' corpses here."
"Now, the Holy Spirit Cult has plundered half of Ming Capital's Soul Master. Who knows what other conspiracies they're hiding?" Leng Yaozhu eyes were also filled with worry.
"I heard that the Eternal Heaven was stolen?" Yun Ming asked again.
Long Zijin nodded and said, "Yes, the Fire Host Clan witnessed it with their own eyes."
Yun Ming was silent for a moment, then said dryly, "We just went to the Federal Council headquarters. The first God-Slaying Soul Guidance Cannon Shell — the Heaven and Earth Annihilator —is gone too."
"To know so well the location of the three most advanced achievements, and to be able to coordinate from within and without, they managed to destroy the soul-guided array of Ming Capital's city defenses."
"Who exactly is that mysterious force allied with the Holy Spirit Cult?"
"Perhaps..." Long Zijin gazed towards the city center where the building had collapsed.
"Go to the palace and you'll find out."