730: The city was first breached

"Damn it, how can such a large-scale Nì Swarm attack the city? This shouldn't be happening!"

Inside the City Lord's Mansion, City Lord Baili Wei's eyes flickered with doubt and anxiety.

Such a large-scale siege was unprecedented for Baichi City.

Especially terrifying was that such a massive Nì Swarm had gathered without any prior detection of abnormality.

"Is something attracting these Nì Swarms? Or is there another reason?"

Baili Wei was extremely perplexed.

Although Nì were a unique existence, their attacks on cities usually followed a pattern.

The scale of Nì Swarms in smaller cities would usually not be too outrageous.

However, the current Nì Swarm far exceeded that, making Baili Wei suspect that something within Baichi City was attracting them.

Otherwise, it would be difficult to explain why such a massive Nì Swarm had gathered.

However, this was clearly not the time to ponder such things. After sending out a plea for help, Baili Wei immediately rushed to the nearest city wall.

As the City Lord and one of the highest cultivators in the city, he naturally had an inescapable duty to fight on the front lines.

Closely following him, the powerhouses from the three major families in the city also stepped onto the city walls, directly confronting the Nì Swarm.

The appearance of Baili Wei and the powerhouses from the three major families greatly boosted morale.

Not long after, the Nì Swarm at the very front had already approached the four city walls and launched their attack.

The cultivators within the city also counterattacked.

With the defensive advantage of the city's Formation Array, they did not suffer too much loss for a time.

However, everyone knew in their hearts that this was only temporary; once the power of the Formation Array was exhausted, it would basically be the time the city fell.

Lin Yang, sensing the dense, seemingly endless Nì Swarm outside the city, also felt his scalp tingle.

"If I had known, I should not have sold the remaining Formation Arrays. Keeping one more might have provided a greater chance of Life in this situation."

Lin Yang sighed inwardly.

Of course, he was just lamenting.

After all, no one had foresight, and no one could have known that the Nì Swarm's attack would come so suddenly.

"My current strength, combined with a Venerable-grade Dao Weapon and the World-in-a-Flower, allows me to deal with ordinary early-stage Dao Fire Realm cultivators without much pressure."

Lin Yang thought:

"If I use the power of the 'World' for further amplification, I can even fight a mid-stage Dao Fire Realm cultivator. Especially since the 'World' has a certain suppressive effect on Nì, but it's not suitable to show off too much now. I should just attack ordinary Nì like other cultivators at the Dao Above level."

He was now at the Eighth Level of Dao Above cultivation.

When fully unleashing his power, dealing with a mid-stage Dao Fire Realm Nì would definitely not be a problem. However, there were people all around, and Lin Yang did not want to stand out.

Mainly, the Nì Swarm was too large. Whether they could survive this time largely depended on whether reinforcements arrived in time.

Individual strength was very limited.

Lin Yang maintained the attack level of an Eighth Level of Dao Above cultivator, cooperating with others beside him to attack the Nì Swarm, and for a time, they were barely able to hold on.

However, the Nì outside the city seemed inexhaustible; no matter how many were killed, their numbers seemed to not decrease at all.

Furthermore, the Nì seemed to know nothing of fear or terror, only constantly bombarding them.

Fearless of death!

The power of the city's defensive Formation Array was rapidly being consumed.

After a period of time.

The power of the city's defensive Formation Array was consumed to its limit, and the protective shield began to disappear at a visible rate.

The Nì Swarm's attack became even more ferocious.

Finally, the protective shield completely disappeared.

Everyone faced the Nì Swarm directly!

"Ah... ah..."

In an instant, the cultivators at the very edge of the city wall were successively killed by the Nì Swarm.

Screams rose one after another.

Large numbers of Nì seized every opportunity to pour into the city.

Soon, most of the ordinary cultivators on the city wall were killed or wounded, and a new batch of cultivators took their place.

But in the end, some people could not control their fear and began to retreat.

When one person started to retreat, it created a domino effect, triggering fear in everyone's hearts, and they all retreated.

Seeing this, Baili Wei's voice once again resounded throughout the city.

"Retreat! Everyone retreat towards the City Lord's Mansion!"

He wanted to gather the cultivators, abandon most of the city's area, and establish a new defensive line.

There was a smaller Formation Array in the City Lord's Mansion that could be utilized.

Lin Yang followed the crowd as they retreated, feeling somewhat fatigued.

The pressure brought by the Nì Swarm was too great.

People were dying around him every moment.

Yet, the number of Nì seemed to have not decreased much.

It was hard not to feel despair.

Soon, the City Lord's Mansion was in sight.

They could also see City Lord Baili Wei and the powerhouses from the three major families slaughtering the Nì Swarm, covering everyone's retreat.

Among the Nì Swarm, there were also powerful Nì, but for some reason, those powerful Nì did not directly act. It seemed they wanted to use the ordinary Nì to first wear down Baili Wei and the others' strength.

"Nì also possess intelligence and understand human wave tactics?"

Feeling this, Lin Yang was somewhat surprised.

Before long, they retreated to the vicinity of the City Lord's Mansion without much danger.

Here, Formation Masters had already temporarily set up some Formation Arrays.

Although they could not withstand the Nì Swarm's bombardment for long, they provided everyone with some breathing room.

With a hum, the power of a Formation Array also rose from within the City Lord's Mansion, enveloping everyone.

City Lord Baili Wei manipulated the City Lord's Mansion's Formation Array, protecting as many people as possible.

It had to be said, he was a competent City Lord.

A newly established defensive line around the City Lord's Mansion area protected everyone.

But the situation remained grim.

The Nì Swarm completely disregarded their own consumption, but the people within the city, once their Dao power was exhausted, would require a long time to recover.

This was a huge disadvantage.

Finally, under the leadership of the three major families and City Lord Baili Wei, the three major families themselves, the City Lord's Mansion, and some shops all provided some pills and other items for restoring Dao power to everyone free of charge.

The situation then improved slightly.

But only slightly.

The reserves of pills simply could not keep up with the rate of consumption.

Eventually, some alchemists entered the City Lord's Mansion and began refining pills on the spot.

The materials were provided by the City Lord's Mansion.

"Are there any more high-level Formation Masters?"

The people from the City Lord's Mansion began to gather Formation Masters again.

Lin Yang thought for a moment, accepted the summons, and also entered the City Lord's Mansion to set up Formation Arrays.

Compared to his individual combat power, setting up more Formation Arrays would have a greater effect in the current situation.

Even if he was incredibly strong, he could only deal with one or two Dao Fire Realm Nì.

But a Formation Array could delay many ordinary Nì at once.

Although they couldn't kill them, for now, as long as they could hold on until rescue arrived, it would be enough.

Clearly, the City Lord and others also understood this, so they called on Formation Masters to set up more Formation Arrays.

Although it meant fewer people fighting on the front lines, the effect would be better.

Therefore, alchemists and Formation Masters received the best protection.

Lin Yang even got a private room to refine Formation Arrays.

With Life at stake, Lin Yang also began refining with all his might.

Suddenly, his communication jade slip vibrated.