Chapter 89: What Year Is It Now?
Chapter 89: What Year Is It Now?
“Screech!”
“Whoosh—Boom!”
A stone as large as a millstone, burning fiercely with flames, streaked across the starry sky shrouded by the black fog and crashed down heavily. But it was just flying over the sky of Kao Mountain Town when a yellowish barrier knocked it away.
The yellow barrier did not appear wholly all at once. Instead, it precisely intercepted the falling trajectory of the stone. It was as if dozens of shields rapidly formed a shield formation.
This scene repeated over and over in Kao Mountain Town at that moment. The offensive of the Evil God Cult was quite professional. They brought as many as twenty catapults, enhanced with various divine arts. Those became formidable siege weapons which could fire ten times per minute.
Fortunately, the deployment of the Six Harmonies Mountain Shield Formation by Xu Shen was quite effective. It could intercept ten giant stones at a time, but the consumption was also considerable.
“Buzz!”
Outside Kao Mountain Town, the Three Primal Seals Demon Formation activated automatically. Zzzzt—countless tiny sparks of lightning swept across, followed by wails and howls. Numberless shadowy figures were swept away into gray ashes before the formation.
These were the vile divine arts released by those Evil God Cultists.
“Swish!”
Four bloody rays suddenly shot over, easily piercing through the Three Primal Seals Demon Formation and the Three Talents Demon-Purging Array. That was because they were physical and immensely powerful. They were precisely those four Golden Core Realm monsters.
“Crack!”
Lightning flashed and thunder roared. Wang Wu hurriedly tried to intercept them using the Five Tribulations Thunderlight Array. However, he was ultimately not a professional. He wasted half the lightning in a futile attempt to kill all four monsters. In the end, the four monsters only received minor injuries.
If it were Ji Chang, he would either strike all at once or focus fire on a single monster. What kind of move was this?
“Boom!”
By the time Wang Wu realized his mistake, it was already too late. Those four monsters transformed into bloody lights and forcefully broke through the Five Directions Labyrinth Formation. They were about to breach the defensive line.
Li Si casually tossed over an Iron Prison Discipline from his side. Hmm, who told you to crowd so close? Didn’t you know about skirmisher formations?
Instantly, those four monsters seemed to collectively hiccup. They froze for a second beneath the city wall. Then, four bloody rays surged up, directly dismantling the Iron Prison Domain. It could only be said that at this level, both enemies and allies surely possessed some skills.
But, why did you have to cluster your formation so tightly? Li Si casually threw another Iron Prison Discipline. Uh, they simultaneously hiccupped again.
Finally, after those four Golden Core monsters had hiccupped twice, a dense, thick beam of thunderous light fell with a crash. It severely wounded one Golden Core monster with a single blow. Wang Wu finally came to his senses, but the Spirit Gathering Talismans of the Five Tribulations of Lightning Method Array were depleted and needed redeployment.
Luckily, Wang Wu did not foolishly wait around either. He immediately threw down the Array Control Disk and commanded the Temple Priest Group to fully release the Iron Prison Divine Art. Then, hundreds of already nervous ordinary people on the city wall couldn’t hold back and simultaneously unleashed the Divine Art Demon Slaying Thorn.
This was the only divine art they had.
For a moment, the east wind dropped, and flowers fell like rain. The flames brought by hundreds of Demon Slaying Thorns lit up the night sky and illuminated the faces of those four Golden Core monsters.
They, dignified Golden Core monsters, were actually gang-beaten by hundreds of mortals. The main point was, the group beating was quite painful.
Of course, mortals were weak, but the divine arts they mastered were genuine half-step divine abilities. Even if at least half of the Demon Slaying Thorns missed, the remaining half were evenly distributed—it was still tough to handle.
If they died at the hands of slaves like this, they would lose all face.
However, their worries were clearly unnecessary. How could Li Si pass up such a good opportunity to steal kills?
Gently stroking the Dusty Flying Sword, the flying sword emitted a soft hum. One couldn’t say it was eager to try, but its fighting spirit was high.
With a wave of his hand, the flying sword transformed into a faint flowing light, like a lingering melody. By the time it returned, it had already taken the head of one Golden Core monster.
Effortless.
The one under pressure was Li Si. He needed to immediately check the Dusty Flying Sword’s level of contamination.
Then he breathed a sigh of relief. This kind of Golden Core monster caused bodily aberrant corruption. The degree of pollution was a bit higher than that of a Golden Core Devil, about 80%.
It could be resolved just by relying on the Heart Cleansing Curse and the Calamity-Dispelling Curse.
Since that was the case, no more words were needed.
He reapplied the Heart-Clearing Domain and the Disaster-Averting Domain to the Dusty Flying Sword. With a wave of his hand, a flash of extraordinary color shot out—starting later but arriving first—crossing two thousand meters, and he killed those three Golden Core monsters one by one, who had finally learned skirmisher formations.
From start to finish, it was smooth and exceedingly fast. Most people didn’t even see clearly what happened before those three Golden Core monsters met their doom.
The Dusty Flying Sword returned to rest on Li Si’s knee, lazily like a cat taking a nap…
Li Si hurriedly applied status buffs to the flying sword, diligently like someone cleaning up after a pet.
But there was no other way. Because he had just learned that the aberrant corruption caused by killing four Golden Core monsters was entirely borne by this Dusty Flying Sword.
In other words, from now on, the aberrant pollution caused by killing enemies would first pass through the flying sword before it reached him.
This truly made Li Si feel anxious and distressed. Well, this was how a poor boy who had never seen the world behaved.
No wonder magic tools and treasures were so easily tainted and corroded—it was because they had such functions.
“Slain Aberrant Monsters ×4. Obtained 200 portions of White Fortune fuel. Obtained some materials.”
A line of information quietly appeared and then vanished without a sound, much like the four monster friends who had just died without even leaving their names.
My heart ached terribly!
The deaths of these four monsters changed nothing.
The main battlefield of Kao Mountain Town, with the city wall as the defense line, quickly escalated into a fierce confrontation. Nearly two thousand Evil God Cult army members desperately charged forward, while more than three thousand Mist Demons launched an attack from the east side of the town.
For some reason, the two sides actually managed to stay out of each other’s way.
Those Black-Armored Warriors and Evil God Cultists rushed up. Their first act was to destroy the foundations of the Three Talents Demon-Purging Array and the Three Primal Seals Demon Formation.
They were quite experienced.
Relying on the demon-sealing properties of their black armor and holding large shields, they completely ignored the Demon Slaying Thorns constantly released from the city wall.
This was very bad.
At the critical moment, one of the four leaders of Kao Mountain Town, Song Qiao, gritted his teeth and led the three hundred Temple Warrior Group out of the city wall. They had to stop the opposing Black-Armored Warriors from destroying the formations. Otherwise, if those three thousand-plus Mist Demons broke in, there would be no point in fighting anymore.
Li Si observed the overall situation and casually tossed out an Armsmaster Control Divine Ability, directly disarming over two hundred Black-Armored Warriors on the enemy’s front line.
That was all he could do. Because to the north of Kao Mountain Town, over a thousand Fallen Demons had already arrived. These Demon Men were tough to deal with. They could ignore all formations and just charge recklessly. Fortunately, there was a twenty-meter-high city wall here, temporarily holding them back.
But the three leading Fallen Golden Core Devils leaped up—
Swish!
Three Heart-Clearing Domains descended. The moment these three Golden Core Devils landed on the city wall, they all paused for a moment, seeming a bit confused. It didn’t matter.
Swish!
Three more Heart-Clearing Domains fell. This time, they finally regained a bit of their senses. Even though some ordinary people threw a few Demon Slaying Thorn Divine Arts at them, it didn’t provoke counterattacks. Instead, they seemed thoughtful.
“Demon Slaying Thorn? Floating Cloud Sect? Where am I? Is my grandson Xu Shen here?”
A two-headed old man Devil Man glanced around and, without another word, directly jumped off the city wall. He began smacking the Demon Men outside the town.
Smack! Smack! Smack!
Just like popping watermelons—never missing one as he passed by.
The second Devil Man’s entire head had swollen like a winter melon. He just muttered to himself.
“What year is it now?”
“What year is it now?”
No one around could answer. A man who seemed frightened out of his wits stabbed at him with a pitchfork. The winter melon-headed Devil Man looked down, his face full of pity.
The next moment, he flipped over and jumped off the city wall. While shouting “What year is it now?”, he smacked watermelons.
Smack! Smack! Smack!
The third Devil Man no longer had a head, but his belly was like a lotus jar. He only shouted one sentence the entire time.
“Is there a fellow disciple from the Celestial Mechanism Sect here? I am Murong Bai. Please send a message to my son: tell him to live well and not think about avenging me! I left him some private savings under the bed.”
Then the Devil Man rolled down the city wall. While repeating the shout, he smashed watermelons.
Smack! Smack! Smack!
Everyone was stunned by this scene. What was going on? They were even fighting among themselves—wow, that was enjoyable to watch.
By the time all these thousand-plus Demon Men were smashed into watermelons, those three Golden Core Devils didn’t stop at all. They immediately circled the city wall and headed straight west, charging into the Cult army for another round of watermelon smashing.
But this time, the effect wasn’t very good. Because those Evil God Cultists were very experienced. As soon as they saw them regain their senses, they immediately rained all sorts of foul divine arts over them. In no time, those three Devil Men lost their senses and became puppets.
“Swish!”
Three Heart-Clearing Domains fell from the sky, followed by another three, and then three more.
The situation instantly turned chaotic.
Those three Golden Core Devils were fierce too. The first old man Devil Man didn’t say a word. After regaining his senses, he directly self-destructed. The second one was turned into mincemeat by concentrated fire from those Evil God priests before he could self-destruct.
The third was the strongest, holding out until the end. Even after being smashed into a meat patty, he was still desperately shouting—
“Is there a fellow disciple from the Celestial Mechanism Sect here? I am Murong Bai. Please send a message to my son…”
“Is there a fellow disciple from the Celestial Mechanism Sect here?…”
The Three Talents Demon-Purging Array was finally broken, and then the Three Primal Seals Demon Formation fell as well. To the east of the town, thousands of Mist Demons howled and rushed forward. They were met by hundreds of Demon Slaying Thorns. Dozens of Mist Demons were blown up on the spot. They didn’t have black armor for immunity.
But they had the advantage in numbers. Before the second volley of Demon Slaying Thorns could strike, they floated lightly onto the city wall. Every single one of them went straight for a kiss.
“Mind Stabilizing Talisman! Mind Stabilizing Talisman!”
“Don’t panic! No retreating! Use the Demon Slaying Thorn Divine Art! Focus your attacks!”
Fang Cao shouted hoarsely, directing everyone to fight back. Still, it was unavoidable that many people panicked and ran back. As they ran, the Mist Demons sucked them in.
It wasn’t that they all had Mind Stabilizing Talismans on them. With one suck like that, their lifespan was gone.
“Boom!”
A golden halo suddenly exploded on the city wall. It instantly melted over a hundred Mist Demons and, at the same time, formed a golden wall that blocked more Mist Demons outside.
The one who struck was not Li Si, but Zhang San, who had just successfully broken through.