Mutation Domain Invades the City

"Alright, now that we have a way to contain the Mutation Domain, let me explain my plan!"

After surveying the area with his Yan Pojun continued, "My method is simple: as soon as Shi Haojun appears, we won't waste any words. We'll swallow the poison pills and then swarm him."

"All Gu King, activate your Spirit Armor at full power, withstand the Mutation Domain, and kill him as quickly as possible!"

"However!" Yan Pojun's tone suddenly changed, and he looked at the crowd sternly, "We must prepare for the worst in everything. We must consider what if we can't win!"

"Although I am confident in this battle, Blackstone City is behind us. This battle will determine the fate of everyone in Blackstone City. We simply cannot afford to gamble."

"Therefore, we must be fully prepared and take all possibilities into account; we must never be blindly confident."

"That's right!" Long Yuan chimed in, "Anything is possible, and any unexpected event can happen. We must consider the possibility of defeat. Even if we have a 99% chance of winning, we absolutely cannot gamble!"

Everyone nodded in agreement, indicating their approval of the two individuals' proposal.

"Lord, please speak your mind. As long as the method is reasonable, we people outside the city will follow it," Cai Xuan said.

Yan Pojun nodded and continued, "My method is very simple: place the battlefield on the edge of Blackstone City."

"If we really can't win, we can always run into Blackstone City's City-Protecting Formation. Even if we are defeated, most of us can escape this calamity."

"But there's one detail you absolutely must pay attention to!"

Yan Pojun looked solemnly at the Gu King and said, "Once we are defeated and return to the city, our bodies will be covered with tiny insects invisible to the naked eye. If we enter the city, we will bring the plague into it, thus bringing about the destruction of the city."

"Therefore, the moment I enter the city, I will set you all on fire, burning to death all the microorganisms on your Spirit Armor."

"For the safety of the entire city, I will set the biggest fire possible, with all my might."

"There will definitely be Gu King with insufficient defenses that I burn to death; there's nothing I can do about it."

"I need everyone here to sign a life-or-death pact: if anyone is burned to death by my fire, the forces behind them are not allowed to hold a grudge or seek revenge."

Everyone nodded. The city lord's words were reasonable and they couldn't refute them. Moreover, all the Gu King seemed to have been brainwashed by Yan Pojun, and actually believed that Shi Haojun was no match for them and that the combined forces of many Gu King could easily destroy him, with no possibility of defeat.

They believed they had no chance of being burned by the flames, so they readily agreed to the proposal.

Just as all the Gu King began signing life-or-death agreements, and the uneducated Yao Chen started cheerfully distributing poison pills, a commotion suddenly broke out at the city gate.

The Gu King were taken aback, and then all walked towards the city gate.

"A bolt from the blue! A complete shock!"

At the city gate, several aged Gu King cried out loudly, tears streaming down their faces.

"I don't know which wicked villain harbored such wolfish ambitions, but while we were away from Black Blackiron City Blackiron City, they carried out a massacre of the entire city's population of over 500,000! Not a single one survived!"

"What?!" Upon hearing this, everyone in the room was greatly shocked.

The Gu King of Blackstone City exchanged bewildered glances, their faces grim. Things had indeed unfolded as they had predicted.

The population is mobile, and the people of Blackstone City will migrate to the surrounding cities. Shi Haojun lazy to screen them and actually carries out indiscriminate massacres in the surrounding cities, preferring to kill a thousand innocent people rather than let one guilty person go free.

Yan Pojun clenched his fists, his eyes reddening, and roared furiously, "That wolf cub! How dare he!"

The cities surrounding Blackstone City are all inhabited by members of the Yan Clan. With Shi Hao's indiscriminate massacre, countless members of the Yan Clan will be implicated and killed. How could he not be furious!

"Lord, a large number of refugees have suddenly arrived from the south, numbering at least fifty thousand. They say that a plague has suddenly broken out in Black Tiger City, killing countless people in a single day, and they have come here to seek refuge."

A Gu cultivator at the Spiritual Sea Stage suddenly ran up to Yan Pojun and said respectfully.

Upon hearing this, Yan Pojun's expression changed again, and he hurriedly shouted, "Listen to my order! From this moment on, Blackstone City is officially under lockdown. People inside the city can only leave, not enter, and no one outside is allowed to enter."

"If even one person outside brings the plague in, our entire city will perish with them!"

Everyone in the room looked astonished; they knew all too well what this decision meant.

This means that the city lord must completely abandon those 50,000 people, and once they are refused entry into the city, their fate is predictable.

Immediately, a female Gu cultivator from the Alchemy Clan voiced her objection, hurriedly saying, "City Lord, please reconsider. Since Shi Haojun intends to massacre the city, he must be using the plague, which has the fastest kill rate."

"There's at least a ten-day journey between Blackstone City and Black Tiger City. They've walked for ten days without any problems, so they definitely don't carry the plague. We shouldn't just stand by and watch them die..."

"Enough!" Yan Pojun suddenly roared, "Do you want to become the next Shi Rui?"

"So what if they don't carry the plague? Don't you understand? The Black River outside the city has become a huge source of infection. To be on the safe side, no one can go to fetch water anymore. Water and food in the city are limited now. How can we let 50,000 people in to eat and drink for free?"

"And do you know how many cities and villages the lower reaches of the Black River will pass through? And how many refugees it will create?"

"These 50,000 refugees are just a small part of the beginning. We don't know how many more will arrive. Can we save them all?"

"With so many people, can you really guarantee that not a single one of them carries the plague?!"

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent. Indeed, they not only had to guard against the possibility that those people might carry the plague, but also had to consider the shortage of water and food. As such, people from outside the city could not be brought in under any circumstances.

Most people are selfish. In this situation, when there isn't enough food for themselves, who would be willing to share their food with outsiders? And who would dare to bet that everyone entering the city is free of the plague?

The girl was then gagged by her own people and dragged to the back of the crowd.

Seeing that no one objected to him anymore, Yan Pojun looked around and shouted again, "Now listen to my order: close the four city gates in the east, west, south, and north, and prohibit anyone from entering or leaving."

"At the same time, activate the City-Protecting Formation. Keep it running non-stop, 24/7. Don't try to save Spirit Stone for me; now is not the time to be Spirit Stone!"

As the city lord issued his orders, the entire city sprang into action, a solemn atmosphere pervading the city, a sense of impending storm brewing.

The four gates of Blackstone City— east, west, south, and north—suddenly closed, blocking all those who wanted to enter the city.

The people outside included not only those from the Outer City but also those from Blackstone City. They had just returned from their trip and were unaware of what had happened, yet they were being kept out of their own city gates, no matter how much they shouted.

Countless people frantically pounded on the city gate, shouting curses, pleas, and cries filling the air, but the gate remained unmoved.

Those inside the city gates watched with hearts of stone. Under the city lord's tyrannical gaze, not a single person dared to open the gates and let their people in.

At this moment, the city's City-Protecting Formation was suddenly activated, forming three barriers that firmly protected Blackstone City.

The innermost barrier covered all four city walls, preventing the Gu cultivators from climbing them.

With the appearance of this barrier, it became impossible for them to fly into the city, and despair filled the eyes of everyone outside the city.

They understood that the people in the city had completely abandoned them, and no one knew what awaited them.

As luck would have it, shortly after the city's protective barrier was activated, the sky was suddenly enveloped in a red light.

The red light quickly engulfed the entire Blackstone City.

The area enveloped in red light, and the air seemed to be in turmoil. Countless cracking sounds emanated from the barrier, as if countless things were gnawing at it, sending chills down one's spine.

However, the anomalies outside ultimately failed to penetrate the barrier. The unknown dangers were kept out by the City-Protecting Formation, and the area within the barrier remained quiet.

Meanwhile, countless people outside who had not yet entered the city were frantically pounding on the city gates and walls, letting out chilling screams.

The screaming person showed an expression of extreme pain, frantically scratching their face and skin, breaking their skin and drawing blood, as if there was something inside their skin, and they wanted to pull it out even if it meant self-harm.

The hands that were pounding on the city gate and walls were covered in blood. Soon, the city gate and walls were covered with blood-stained handprints, creating a horrific scene. The area below the city walls instantly became a living hell.

Those standing atop the city wall were all terrified, their faces turning deathly pale. They retreated frantically, their eyes filled with horror.

Everyone was shocked by this scene. The Gu King looked down at the city wall with solemn expressions. Some had heavy faces, while others showed a look of pity.

"Is this the Mutation Domain? How terrifying!" countless people murmured.

At this moment, everyone in the city felt a wave of fear. It was a close call; the barrier had only been raised for a short while before the Mutation Domain descended.

They didn't even want to imagine what would have happened if they had been just one step slower.

The city, like the area outside, would surely be transformed into a living hell in an instant. Everyone thought with lingering fear.

Long Xuan glanced at Yan Pojun standing on the city wall with lingering fear, and sighed inwardly that they still needed a ruthless person to be the city lord.

If we had listened to that saint and let those people into the city, causing the city's protective barrier to be a step too slow, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

Just moments ago, the city was on the verge of being annihilated, entirely at the city lord's discretion. If Yan Pojun hadn't decisively activated the City-Protecting Formation without regard for the cost of Spirit Stone, even if he had reacted just a step slower, Blackstone City would be finished by now.

Suddenly, a cry came from the sky, something unknown, not human, but like the shriek of a vengeful ghost, piercing and eerie.

The sound grew clearer and louder as it approached, as if some great terror was drawing near.

Everyone in the city turned pale, their eyes filled with tension.

"Is this the sound emanating from the Plague Demon Gu? Shi Haojun approaching?" someone murmured in the crowd.

On the city wall, Yan Pojun clenched his fists, watching the figure approaching from the direction of Black Moon City. His face grew increasingly grim, and he decisively shouted to the group of Gu King behind him, "Everyone, get off the city wall immediately! Don't talk to him! Don't give him any chance to overhear our thoughts!"

After saying that, he was the first to jump off the city wall, not intending to waste any Shi Haojun.

The others also realized that Shi Haojun Seven-Aperture Exquisite Heart and the ability to overhear their thoughts. Their expressions changed, and they hurriedly jumped off the city wall, not daring to waste time climbing the stairs.

By this time, there were actually very few people left on the city wall. The scene below the wall was so tragic that many people dared not look any longer and had already run down to the bottom of the wall.

At this moment, those still standing on the city wall, besides numerous Gu King, were also some Gu cultivators at the Spiritual Sea Stage.

No! There was also a daring Long Xuan, who was secretly watching from a distant city wall.

However, he was terrified and quickly jumped down from the city wall.

Shi Haojun's ability to eavesdrop on thoughts is truly terrifying; it's the ability he fears most so far, and he's long since decided to stay far away from this person.