"Bastards!" Elder Wuming roared, his eyes blazing as though their corners would split.
Immediately afterward, Shen Luo saw densely packed figures appear atop the city walls. They leaped up one after another and descended into Heavenly Mechanism City.
Shen Luo focused his gaze and saw that more than half of these figures were Puppet Armor constructs. They varied in size, but all gave off powerful fluctuations, at least at the Great Vehicle Stage.
The rest were all clad in black robes, and every one of them was a cultivator at the Great Vehicle Stage or above.
Seeing this, Elder Wuming swept his hand upward. A streak of crimson light shot from his sleeve into the night sky and burst against the darkness.
Scarlet light scattered, revealing the character for "crisis" at its center.
This was the first time in centuries that Heavenly Mechanism City had issued a Crisis Decree. It signaled that the city faced an unprecedented crisis, and everyone within it was to mobilize immediately to defend it.
Several beams of light instantly shot into the sky from within Heavenly Mechanism City. Yan Patterns lit up across the walls, and a vast golden barrier rose first, enveloping the entire city.
Then battle cries erupted throughout the city. Puppet Armor constructs deployed one after another, already outnumbering those that had flown from Mechanism City several times over. Like a dense swarm of bees, they surged toward Mechanism City.
"Since you dared break into our city, we'll shut the gates and beat the dogs today! Not one of you will escape!" Elder Wuming looked up at Che Qingtian atop Mechanism City's wall and shouted.
Watching this spectacular scene, Shen Luo was deeply shaken.
Elder Wuming ordered his people to guard Elder Man Bo, then said to Shen Luo, "Fellow Daoist Shen,