The Mechanical Octopuses Take the Stage
Although shocked by Yi Xuan's methods, Xing Qi did not forget his mission.
The moment the protective array of North Wave City dissipated, Xing Qi took the lead and rushed into the city, and the Nascent Soul Cultivator behind him naturally followed suit.
Hai Yue was still floating in mid-air above North Wave City, witnessed the whole process. At this moment, he was looking around with a gloomy expression.
He immediately met Xing Qi's gaze as he sped towards him.
Seeing Hai Yue's disgusted expression, Xing Qi felt incredibly pleased.
The experts in the city quickly recovered from the shock of the shattered formation and began to gather in the direction of the city lord's mansion.
Meanwhile, the city's garrison received orders to disperse to various strategic passes within the North Wave City to guard against enemy attacks.
However, the guards were all ordinary Sea Clan, and the highest level of cultivation among them was only at the Foundation Establishment Grain Avoidance Realm. They had no way to deal with Xing Qi and his group who were charging around, and could only watch helplessly as they headed straight for the city lord's mansion.
Just an hour ago, the two forces were still blocking Yi Xuan North Wave City.
But now, things have changed drastically, and the two sides are locked in a tense standoff, with the city lord's mansion gate as the dividing line.
Xing Qi looked up at Hai Yue, who was standing on a high building in the city lord's mansion, and said with a smile, "City Lord Hai is indeed impressive. I didn't expect you to have devised a plan that kills two birds with one stone. Not only do you want to weaken both me and your enemy, but you also want to seize my East Yan City!"
Hai Yue, perched high above, scoffed, "It's not that my methods are superior, but that you're too greedy. Did you really think that the Water Cloud Stone was so easy to obtain?"
Upon hearing Hai Yue's words, Xing Qi's expression turned extremely ugly.
It wasn't because Hai Yue's words were particularly offensive, but because what he said was true, and that's what hurt me the most.
If Xing Qi hadn't been greedy for the benefits offered, he wouldn't be in this predicament now. Ultimately, it was all because of his greed.
But now is not the time to discuss who is right and who is wrong, even if it was all Xing Qi's fault before.
But Yi Xuan had already created good enough conditions for him. As long as he captured Hai Yue and his men, he could make up for his previous mistakes and not only regain East Yan City, but even North Wave City would become his.
Thinking of this, Xing Qi struck out with his palm, but Hai Yue, who was standing on the high building, was also prepared and neutralized the attack with his own palm.
Seeing that their respective leaders had already made their moves, their subordinates also launched their own attacks.
In an instant, centered on the city lord's mansion, True Essence of various colors flew wildly, and the sounds of fighting and booming rose and fell.
However, the Sea Clan near the city lord's mansion suffered, as the area within a kilometer radius was threatened by the aftershocks of the attacks from both sides.
Many Sea Clan were sitting at home one second, and the next second they were meeting the Sea God.
Watching their respective subordinates clash, Xing Qi and Hai Yue had been keeping a close eye on each other since their initial exchange.
However, as time went on, Xing Qi's smile grew brighter, while Hai Yue's expression became increasingly gloomy. It was clear to the naked eye that the City Lord's side was at a growing disadvantage.
This situation is actually quite reasonable. In Hai Yue's original plan, after he left with his men, Yi Xuan and Xing Qi were supposed to be locked in a life-or-death struggle.
Regardless of which side wins in the end, it will be a Pyrrhic victory, and the victor will have no chance of causing them any trouble.
Therefore, after returning to North Wave City, Hai Yue sent some of his top experts to East Yan City.
After all, although they had captured East Yan City, Xing Qi had been operating East Yan City for many years, and the resistance within the city was still quite fierce. Sending more experts would not be a bad thing.
However, what he didn't expect was that Yi Xuan was not as simple as he appeared.
In the previous battles, Hai Yue had only seen the tip of the iceberg of Yi Xuan's strength.
When Yi Xuan unleashed his true power, Xing Qi and his men were subdued before they even had a chance to resist.
This resulted in Xing Qi's forces being almost completely depleted, which is why he was able to gain the upper hand in the confrontation with Hai Yue.
Seeing that his men's situation was getting worse, Hai Yue quickly sent a telepathic message to the generals of the city's garrison, ordering them to lead their respective troops to the city lord's mansion to reinforce them.
Of course, Hai Yue wasn't desperate to send these soldiers, whose highest strength was only at the Grain Avoidance Realm.
He mobilized the army not to cause any harm to Xing Qi and his men, but to buy time.
Just as Xing Qi stormed into the city, he had already sent a message to his subordinates in East Yan City. As long as he could delay for a while, his subordinates there could come to reinforce him, and then he would still be able to suppress Xing Qi's gang.
When Xing Qi attacked the city lord's mansion, he noticed that the enemy lacked high-end combat personnel. He quickly realized that Hai Yue must have sent them to East Yan City. So, when his subordinates were fighting Hai Yue's subordinates, he sent a message to inform Yi Xuan of the situation.
After hearing this, Yi Xuan told him not to worry about it. Then, a large group of mechanical sharks reappeared, with nearly a hundred mechanical sharks lingering outside North Wave City.
They will attack Sea Clan that come to reinforce East Yan City.
Upon seeing the army's movements within the city, Yi Xuan immediately piloted the Black Tortoise into the city. At the same time, the two black holes that had previously released the mechanical sharks reappeared a hundred meters above.
This time, instead of mechanical sharks, a group of mechanical octopuses appeared.
Compared to the mechanical shark, the mechanical octopus is much smaller, less than half a meter in size, but its eight menacing legs are quite creepy.
Each leg is four to five meters long, looks very agile, and the sharp blades at their tips are clearly no joke.
Although mechanical octopuses cannot compare with mechanical sharks in terms of size or combat power, their advantage lies in their numbers. In no time, mechanical octopuses filled the streets of North Wave City.
This mechanical octopus was inspired by the Matrix. Yi Xuan adopted the same design, but replaced the mechanical octopus's levitation ability in the original work with its underwater movement ability.
In this way, the mechanical octopus becomes a purely underwater weapon. Its eight bladed octopus legs normally serve as the power source for the mechanical octopus, but in battle, they transform into weapons to inflict fatal damage on enemies.
The mechanical octopus cannot be used as a high-end combat asset simply because of its cost.
Dealing with ordinary people is no problem, but against cultivators above the Foundation Establishment, they would be utterly defeated.
Of course, at present, the mechanical octopus is still more than capable of dealing with the city's garrison soldiers, since most of these Sea Clan soldiers are ordinary people or cultivators in the Qi Refining Realm.
The mechanical octopus was locked in a fierce battle with the city's garrison in North Wave City, while Yi Xuan piloted the Black Tortoise straight towards the city lord's mansion.