Bloody battle, an elder falls
After observing carefully for a moment, he manipulated the Lamp-Holder Ghost to extend its fingertip and gently touch the outermost layer of the runic halo in the Dungeon Heart.
The moment his fingertips touched the halo, a vast amount of information rushed into the depths of his consciousness like a torrent. Lin Xu felt a buzzing and explosion in his head, and a holographic three-dimensional picture of the underground city appeared before his eyes: the direction of the mines, the defensive nodes, the layout of the barracks, the Earth Vein - countless data streams intertwined into a network.
The torrent of information came to an abrupt halt. Lin Xu shook his head, his back soaked with cold sweat.
The lord is almost omnipotent within his territory, but this is mainly due to his authority, which allows him to filter out and block most of the invalid information.
At this moment, without the aid of authority, he faced the flood of information head-on. If he hadn't instinctively activated his Thought Overclocking state in the face of danger, even his self-awareness would probably have been overwhelmed.
Of course, he was able to survive because the unfortunate Lamp-Holder was overwhelmed by a massive influx of information in a short period of time, causing his soul to dissipate on the spot.
As I gazed at the pulsating Dungeon Heart, a thought suddenly flashed through my mind: if I destroyed this Dungeon Heart, would a new one spawn?
He shook his head; he didn't dare to do it.
This heart contains terrifying energy; if it were to explode, the entire city might be destroyed, and even he wouldn't be able to escape.
"The Giant City Lord has probably already noticed something amiss. I wonder if the Abbot and the elders can stop it?" Lin Xu used the Evil Eye's vision to look at the battlefield at the entrance of the underground city.
"Kill!" At this moment, the dungeon lord had fallen into a rage and madness. The moment the Lamp-Holder Ghost touched the Dungeon Heart, it sensed the abnormality in the core.
The City Heart is directly connected to the soul of the City Lord. If the giant's body is its physical form, City Heart is its soul.
Even if the giant's body falls, as long as the City Heart remains, it can rebuild its body and be reborn in a short time.
As the core intimately connected to the soul, even the slightest external touch will immediately alarm it. When it discovered that its most important vessel for the soul had been spied upon, the giant city lord was instantly enraged.
The giant's body was surrounded by surging Dou Qi like molten lava. His muscles, which seemed to be forged from iron and stone, cracked open with crimson fissures, and blood mist gushed out. It was instantly evaporated by the surging battle Dou Qi and turned into scarlet flames that wrapped around his body.
The giant sword in his hand tore through the air, and the burst of energy, disregarding the damage to his body, instantly condensed into shockwaves several times stronger than his Dou Qi, which crashed down towards the military camp!
No longer caring about its monster subordinates in battle, its ferocious Battle Qi Slash swept across the entire battle line, tearing the fighting Daoist soldiers and dark warriors into a bloody mist, with severed limbs raining down.
This ferocious slash tore through the earth, and the cracks spread like a spider web to the core of the military camp, pointing directly at the true bodies of Daoist Xuanzhen and the other two—their souls had left their bodies Soul Leaving the Body the swords, but their bodies remained in the military camp, which at this moment became a fatal flaw!
The three flying swords sped forward like lightning, their sword beams instantly meeting the earth-shattering Battle Qi Slash it into countless specks of light in the blink of an eye.
However, without the flying sword to restrain him, the giant city lord raised his greatsword once more, carrying with it a violent fighting Dou Qi that could tear the earth apart, and slashed at the core of the military camp again.
Streaks of Battle Qi Slash, shattering the entire military camp into pieces, plunging both sides into a life-or-death crisis at the same time.
The battlefield was completely disrupted. Monsters from the dungeon and Xuanwei Monastery all died or fled indiscriminately under the attack.
However, compared to the small number of monster legions, the Xuanwei Monastery Daoist army, which had the home-field advantage and a larger number of troops, undoubtedly suffered much heavier losses.
A burst of Dou Qi descended from the sky, instantly tearing apart an inner disciple along with more than a dozen outer disciples and Dao soldiers around him. As the Battle Qi Slash cleaved the earth, limbs flew everywhere like ink.
The brutal battlefield was a sight that made Lin Xu's heart tremble. Clearly, under the Giant City Lord's frenzied outburst, the three abbots and elders were already in a life-or-death situation.
"Hiss~ So ruthless? Let's go!" Lin Xu's heart tightened, and he gritted his teeth, commanding the Tiger Sha Demon Army to assemble and rapidly advance towards the military camp and battlefield on clouds.
The giant city lord's power far exceeded his expectations. "Yes, the bloodline of this giant is probably not simple—"
The abbot and the two elders were his intended supreme elders, the best tools, so he had no choice but to save them.
Jiang Hanyan followed closely behind, her body enveloped in sword light as she soared into the sky, moving in tandem with the clouds.
To support the frontline battle, the entire Xuanwei Monastery has exhausted its reserve forces. Once this legion is destroyed, Xuanwei Monastery will fall into a long period of decline.
The battle can be lost, but the remaining Dao soldiers and cultivators must not be wiped out.
These are all my people!
On the battlefield, a Battle Qi Slash tore through the earth and hurtled toward the three of them.
The flying sword shattered the Dou Qi aura, but a residual burst of energy instantly pierced through space and struck an elder.
The purple robe with cloud patterns shimmered with spiritual light and unleashed a protective aura, but in the next instant, this aura cracked like thin ice.
The Dou Qi pierced through the elder's chest, and blood splattered all over the ground.
The elder, who was sitting cross-legged, swayed and fell to the ground.
A flying sword pierced the sky, about to shoot towards the throat of the giant city lord, but it stopped halfway, its speed suddenly decreased, and the sharp sword light dimmed like a candle in the wind.
The next moment, the powerful Dou Qi crashed into the sword, and the flying sword forged from blood-patterned steel emitted a piercing wail and shattered inch by inch!
Ah~
A faint scream escaped as a semi-transparent soul broke free from the shattered fragments of the flying sword, only to be torn to pieces by the Dou Qi.
"It's the Hall Master Chongxiao!" Lin Xu's heart skipped a beat.
Daoist Chongxiao is the master of the Demon Subduing Hall and a top expert in Xuanwei Monastery whose combat power is second only to the temple master. Yet, even his soul could not escape!
The battle continued. After losing the Hall Master Chongxiao, the two flying swords found it increasingly difficult to intercept the Dou Qi waves, their sword light flickering like a candle in the wind.
The giant city lord laughed wildly, shaking the heavens. He raised his giant sword again, and another Battle Qi Slash tore through the clouds, striking Daoist Xuanzhen directly!
"Retreat immediately!"
Once again, with great difficulty, the Battle Qi Slash was shattered. With a flash of the flying sword, Daoist Xuanzhen's soul returned to his body. His seated body trembled violently, and a cloud rose up, about to flee into the distance.
Just as Tengyun was three feet off the ground, the Giant City Lord grinned and swung his arm, his giant sword sweeping across the sky. A Dou Qi that stretched across the sky shot towards Tengyun like an angry dragon swinging its tail.
"Master, be careful!" Daoist Xuanling shouted angrily, his figure flashing as he actually blocked Tengyun's path!
In an instant, Lin Xu saw Daoist Xuanling's once youthful face suddenly turn ashen, his Daoist robe billowing and bursting.
A flying sword shot out from his dantian, its blade humming as if weeping, to meet the incoming Battle Qi Slash!
"Click~"
The sword light darted around like a dragon, instantly circling the Battle Qi Slash three times.
The originally condensed Dou Qi was shattered by the sword light, turning into scattered fragments.
However, Daoist Xuanling's figure fell slumped down like a lone crane with broken wings, his Daoist robe lifted up to reveal his withered and emaciated body.
The buzzing of the flying sword abruptly stopped, the blade shattered, and the afterglow spread like a blood mist. A remnant soul drifted out from the tip of the sword, but before it could take shape, it was dispersed by the aftershocks of the Dou Qi.
When Lin Xu led the Tiger Sha Army to the battlefield, he saw that Daoist Xuanzhen's cloud-riding had shattered, and he was kneeling on the scorched earth, his Daoist robe stained with blood.
Daoist Xuanzhen coughed up a mouthful of blood, but his gaze was as cold as a star as he locked onto the Giant City Lord.
At this moment, the giant city lord was covered in blood, and his sturdy enchanted armor had been shattered by the flying sword. He simply tore off the remaining armor, revealing his bulging, bronze-colored muscles.