Seeing the Devil-Sealing Grand Formation activate and Liu Ling'er's fighting spirit rise even higher, Hong San couldn't help wondering, Can it really hold them off?
The Devil Race has invaded in force. They must have sent all their elites!
The Devil Race has not only a considerable number of God Realm experts, but also a great many Quasi-Gods!
Hong San knew, however, that even if a God Realm expert couldn't win, he could still escape.
Boom!
The Devil Race army's attack began!
The countless Devil Race troops surrounded the entire Chishui Royal City so tightly that not even water could have seeped through!
They attacked from every direction at once.
Countless beams of devil light hammered the multicolored barrier, making the entire royal city shake.
The thunderous explosions rolled like peals of thunder, striking fear into every heart!
Crack!
Lightning wreathed in divine flames shot forth in winding bolts!
Devil Race experts were struck in swathes and fell from the sky like raindrops!
The stronger ones at least left intact corpses, while the weaker ones were blasted straight to ash!
The Devil-Sealing Grand Formation's counterattack was not something ordinary cultivators could withstand!
Yet ordinary cultivators had to get close to the Devil-Sealing Grand Formation for their attacks to have any effect.
Only Martial Thearchs, Quasi-Gods, and God Realm experts could launch effective attacks on the Devil-Sealing Grand Formation from afar.
Boom! Boom! Boom...
Earth-shaking explosions rang out without end!
The energy stored in the foundations of the Devil-Sealing Grand Formation was being rapidly depleted!
Duanmu Lan, who was in charge of the grand formation, stopped it from counterattacking so that all its energy could be used for defense, allowing it to hold out longer.
The three Quasi-God experts of the Chishui Kingdom also stopped guarding the Devil-Sealing Well.
Together with the experts below the Quasi-God Realm, the three of them channeled their power into the foundations of the Devil-Sealing Grand Formation.
It was all in vain!
The Human Race's main forces were tied down by the Demon Race army in the Nanhua Kingdom, so no reinforcements would come!
Not unless they could hold out until the Human Race's main forces defeated the Demon Race army!
But could the Human Race's main forces possibly defeat the Demon Race army, which was stronger overall?
Even if they could, the battle would probably take a long time.
By then, the Chishui Royal City would have long since been razed by the Devil Race army!
It was precisely because the outcome had already been decided that Duanmu Lan had no will to fight and was ready to retreat at any moment!
At that moment, Lin Changqing stood outside the gates of the Hall of Longevity, looking at the people gathered before him.
Most of them were elites of the Chishui Royal Clan!
"Chief Steward Xi, why aren't Hong San and the little prince here?"
Lin Changqing asked in a grave voice.
"Your Majesty, this servant went to inform them, but Liu Ling'er refused to hand over the little prince, and the little prince refused to leave her!"
Xi Zhaoqu replied with a bow.
"Oh?"
Lin Changqing was greatly puzzled.
"At a time like this, she's still throwing a tantrum. She really doesn't know whether to live or die!"
Shi Feifei chimed in, "Liu Ling'er must be upset because she was stripped of her status as a secondary consort. She wants to die, so she's deliberately dragging the little prince down with her!"
"Absolutely!"
Su Ying agreed.
Frowning, Lin Changqing left and went to the Heartwarming Pavilion himself!
When he entered the Heartwarming Pavilion, he saw Liu Ling'er standing beneath the eaves, while the little prince was in Hong San's arms.
"Hong San, take the little prince to the gates of the Hall of Longevity!"
Lin Changqing had no mind to look around and didn't want to waste time. He gave the order as soon as he arrived.
"If Your Majesty won't take me, then don't even think about taking my child."
Liu Ling'er spoke in a calm tone.
"Do you know what the situation is right now?"
Lin Changqing grew anxious. "You want to die, but the child is innocent. What right do you have to drag him to his death with you?"
"Go away! I don't want to go with you!"
Lin Heng spoke up again.
"Huh? You... you can already talk?"
Lin Changqing was astonished.
"You didn't even know your own son could talk. He's better off without a father like you."
Liu Ling'er spoke disdainfully.
"That's right!"
Lin Heng wasn't afraid to pour oil on the fire. He was also very dissatisfied with Lin Changqing.
"Heng'er, you're still young. You don't understand. Only by coming with me today can you keep your little life!"
Lin Changqing said very seriously, without caring whether the baby could understand him.
"Tch!"
Lin Heng rolled his eyes. "As if I care!"
"Haha!"
Liu Ling'er was amused.
"You!"
Lin Changqing was furious. "Fine, fine, fine! You're not my only son!"
With that, he walked out of the Heartwarming Pavilion without looking back.
"Actually, for the king to come here himself at a time like this, he wasn't being too heartless."
Hong San spoke.
Liu Ling'er didn't respond to that. She looked up at the sky again.
Outside the Hall of Longevity.
Seeing the king return with anger written all over his face, Shi Feifei and Su Ying exchanged a smile.
Clearly, the king had run into a brick wall at the Heartwarming Pavilion!
The two of them had been worried that the king would compromise and bring back not only the little prince, but Liu Ling'er as well!
They had both long wished for Liu Ling'er to die!
If that little bastard of a prince could die too, so much the better!
The thunderous explosions continued to ring out without end!
Finally!
After holding out for a full four hours, the Devil-Sealing Grand Formation developed a huge hole!
It hadn't been completely broken through, but a breach had appeared!
Under normal circumstances, four hours would have been enough for God Realm experts of the Human Race from other kingdoms to reach this place!
God Realm experts traveled extremely fast!
Unfortunately, these were not normal circumstances!
A vast cloud of devil mist poured in through the huge hole, accompanied by a large number of Devil Race experts!
The Chishui Kingdom's Demon-Subduing Army began a fierce assault on the devil mist.
The radiance of True Essence and the streaks of light formed by magic treasures and talisman treasures interwove in the sky like a net, slaughtering the Devil Race experts!
Quite a few Devil Race experts died on the spot!
But the Devil Race experts had no fear of death, pouring in like floodwaters through an opened sluice gate!
Whoosh!
A black fire dragon formed from devil flames danced savagely and pounced into the ranks of the Demon-Subduing Army.
In the blink of an eye, hundreds of Demon-Subduing Army soldiers were reduced to ashes in the black devil flames!
"Kill!"
Duanmu Lan wasn't in a hurry to flee.
He couldn't bear the disgrace of fleeing without a fight. At the very least, he had to put on a show and exchange a few moves with a God Realm expert of the Devil Race!
After all, the Devil-Sealing Grand Formation was still operating and had not completely collapsed!
Duanmu Lan was bathed in cyan divine light and clad in cyan-scaled divine armor. With a casual sweep of the long whip in his hand, he scattered the black fire dragon in an instant!
The fire dragon broke into countless balls of black fire, which gathered and took shape again around a Devil Race expert in the blink of an eye.
Duanmu Lan recognized the Devil Race expert. He was the Devil God Black Dragon, a God Realm expert who had long been famous among the Devil Race!
A good opponent!
Duanmu Lan didn't fear the Devil God Black Dragon. He could fight him without any danger whatsoever!
An opponent of this caliber was perfect for putting on a show!
However!
Just as Duanmu Lan was about to charge at the Devil God Black Dragon, a blood-red devil blade came slashing down at his head!
It was the current Devil Master's God-Slaying Devil Blade!
Duanmu Lan's expression changed drastically!
The Devil God Black Dragon and he were evenly matched. If they fought, neither could possibly kill the other, or even seriously injure him.
But the Devil Master, Tuoba Kui, was different. He stood at the very peak of combat strength on the Divine Firmament Continent!
The Devil Master's God-Slaying Devil Blade in particular definitely had the power to slay gods!
Duanmu Lan dodged at high speed, but no matter what he did, he couldn't evade the pursuing God-Slaying Devil Blade!
He knew the Devil Master's divine sense had locked onto him!
With no other choice, he swung his long whip to meet the devil blade!
Clang!!
When the long whip and the devil blade met, a piercing metallic shriek rang out!
The whip gave way on contact. Its divine light dimmed in an instant, and it was nearly cut in two!
I can't beat him!
There's no way I can beat him!
Duanmu Lan descended rapidly, intending to use the power of the Devil-Sealing Grand Formation to fight the Devil Master!