The four talismans streaked like four bolts of black lightning, impossibly nimble, as though alive-they skirted the vortices of turbulent energy, dodged the lingering shock waves of spells and magic treasures above the battlements, and struck the city-protecting barrier above the gate with unerring precision!
That section of the barrier had just endured repeated full-force bombardments from two True Lords, and its spiritual light was already dim!
"Riiip! Riiip! Riiip!"
The three Geng Metal Armor-Piercing Talismans detonated first. Their golden light instantly turned into densely packed blades, like countless little swords, frantically slicing and tearing at the formation's defenses!
The runes on the barrier's surface were forcibly shredded, and its defenses twisted out of shape! Then-
"BOOOOOM!!!!!!"
The Third-Tier Supreme-Grade Yin Baleful Thunder Jue Talisman exploded!
A dark purple ball of lightning abruptly swelled to dozens of zhang across. Like a meteor filled with power of the utmost yin and balefulness, arcs crackling wildly over its surface, it bit savagely into the distorted section of the barrier!
"Crack... crack-crack... BANG!!!" A succession of shattering sounds exploded, enough to split hearts and courage alike!
Before tens of thousands of utterly horrified eyes, the city-protecting barrier above Blackstone City's gate burst like glass struck by a boulder, blasting open an enormous hole more than fifty zhang in diameter!
Spiritual light flickered frantically along the hole's edges, trying to seal the breach, but the yin-baleful thunder clung to the damaged area like a festering sore attached to the bone, sizzling as it corroded the formation's source.
Beyond the hole, the Southern Yue army massed in a black swarm, as dense and all-encompassing as bloodthirsty locusts. True Lord Wuhun's savage face was filled with wild delight:
"Hahahahaha! Heaven helps me! Lads, the breach is open! Slaughter every Jin dog! Burn, kill, and plunder as