100: Bloody Battle in the Ruins

Panshi City Central Plaza.

Shi Potian was giving an impassioned speech for the "Harvest Festival," basking in the "fanatical" cheers of the populace.

Suddenly, a series of violent explosions erupted from the southeast of the city, followed by a terrifying energy fluctuation that even he found unsettling, bursting from underground, and then an earth-shattering tremor.

"What's going on?!" Shi Potian's face darkened. He could feel the city's protective formation shaking violently, even showing signs of energy interruption.

"Lord City Lord, it's bad! The abandoned refinery in the southeast corner... it exploded!" A personal guard ran up, reporting in a panic.

"Refinery? This is bad!" Shi Potian's brows furrowed, and his expression became extremely grim.

"Immediately send men to seal off the entire city! Investigate this thoroughly!" Shi Potian roared, "All legions enter Level One combat readiness!"

The "cheers" in the festival plaza ceased abruptly. The populace looked in terror at the pillar of energy smoke rising into the sky from afar and the continuous tremors. The "joy" on their faces was instantly replaced by fear.

Some people began to stir, wanting to flee.

At the same time, with the weakening of the protective formation, some long-buried, deliberately forgotten thoughts began to quietly surface in the minds of certain individuals.

"I remember... the refinery over there, it used to be a place for processing... processing some 'waste materials,'" an old man murmured, his eyes filled with confusion and fear.

"My child... my child..." A middle-aged woman suddenly burst into tears. She remembered her son who had mysteriously disappeared several years ago, supposedly sent to "further his studies at a higher academy."

Panic began to spread like a plague.

...

At the edge of the refinery ruins.

Lin Ye and several "Dawn" members stared dumbfounded at the apocalyptic scene before them.

A massive crater had replaced the original refinery, with terrifying energy erupting from it intermittently.

"Mr. Shadow One, he..." The young female member's voice choked.

Lin Ye's heart sank to the bottom.

With such a terrifying explosion, the possibility of Shadow One surviving was minuscule.

But his intuition told him that Shadow One was still alive.

"He's still alive!" Lin Ye searched the surrounding ruins. Suddenly, his eyes lit up with surprise, "Over there!"

He pointed to a relatively intact collapsed area at the edge of the crater.

"Rescue him!"

Without hesitation, the "Dawn" members rushed into the ruins, which could collapse again at any moment, disregarding the danger.

After a difficult excavation, they finally found Shadow One, covered in blood and barely breathing, beneath a pile of twisted metal and rocks.

He had multiple charred and lacerated wounds, but his chest still showed a faint rise and fall.

"Quick! Ah Yun!" Lin Ye shouted anxiously.

Ah Yun was the healer in 'Dawn'.

Ah Yun immediately stepped forward, and the light of healing spells continuously fell upon Shadow One's body.

"His injuries are too severe... and there seems to be a very strange corrosive energy within him..." Ah Yun's expression was grave.

Just then, the Panshi City Guards and Shi Potian's personal guard unit had surrounded them from all directions.

"Boss, we're surrounded!" The youth with the blood-stained cloth shouted a warning.

Lin Ye looked at the unconscious Shadow One, then at the overwhelming number of enemies around him, a look of determination flashing in his eyes: "Break through! Buy Mr. Shadow One time for treatment!"

A fierce breakout battle erupted over the ruins of the refinery.

The "Dawn" members fought fearlessly. Relying on their familiarity with the terrain and unexpected attacks, they managed to tear open a corner of the encirclement for a time.

But the enemy's numbers were too great, and there were many experts among them.

Just as the "Dawn" members were gradually faltering and about to fall into despair.

"Whoosh—!"

An arrow, imbued with the power of wind and thunder, shot like a meteor from a distance, accurately striking an officer who was about to deliver a killing blow to Lin Ye. The arrow exploded, lightning flashed, and he was directly blasted away.

"Could it be Mr. Shadow One's companion?" Lin Ye's heart skipped a beat. He followed the trajectory of the arrow and saw a nimble figure standing silently at a street corner in the distance. Even from a distance, he could feel the imposing aura emanating from him.

Behind him, shadowy figures, over a hundred white-clad warriors, silently emerged, their long swords gleaming with cold light, cutting into the battle.

Their movements were light, their sword techniques ruthless, each strike aimed at a vital point.

The Panshi City Guards were like chickens and dogs before them, their formation instantly torn apart.

"Pfft! Pfft!"

Sword light flashed, and severed limbs flew.

The Spirit Pivot Sword Envoys were like white reapers on the battlefield, efficiently harvesting lives.

"Soul Cry Slash!"

Several crescent-shaped sword qi howled out, cleanly severing the crowded enemies in front, clearing a large open space.

At the same time, hundreds of shooters quietly occupied the surrounding high ground.

They drew their bows and nocked arrows, their cold arrowheads locked onto the chaotic enemy forces below.

"Rapid Fire!"

"Cloud Piercing Arrow!"

A dense rain of arrows descended from the sky. Screams rose and fell, and the soldiers of Panshi City fell like reaped wheat.

At this moment, Zhui Yun moved like lightning, arriving before Lin Ye and the others in a few leaps. He supported the tottering Shadow One and asked in a deep voice, "What happened to him?"

"Mr. Shadow One is severely injured, and Ah Yun is doing her best to save him, but... there's a strange energy corroding him!" Lin Ye's tone was urgent, his face filled with anxiety.

Zhui Yun's gaze fell on Shadow One's ashen face, his brows tightly furrowed.

He could feel the cold and domineering power within Shadow One, which was clearly not an ordinary injury.

"Let's break out first!" Zhui Yun decided immediately. "Riftwind Archers, suppress the flanks! Spirit Pivot Sword Envoys, follow me to clear a path! Target, East City Gate!"

"Yes!"

Over a hundred Spirit Pivot Sword Envoys responded in unison, their sword points indicating an unstoppable momentum.

They formed a wedge formation, with Zhui Yun as the arrowhead, charging towards the East City Gate.

Lin Ye and the members of the "Dawn" organization followed closely, protecting the severely wounded Shadow One.

With the addition of Zhui Yun's fresh forces, the precarious situation instantly reversed.

Although the Panshi City defenders were numerous, most were ordinary soldiers. Facing these battle-hardened elites from Infinite City, they were no match at all.

"Those who block me shall die!" Zhui Yun's wind-and-thunder longbow continuously trembled in his hand. Each arrow he shot inevitably took the lives of several enemies.

His Eagle Eye Lock was already activated, specifically targeting and killing officers attempting to organize a counterattack or individuals with stronger abilities.

Zhui Yun led the charge, slaughtering his way through, leaving a trail of corpses wherever he went.

The Panshi City defenders were terrified and retreated, not daring to meet his forward.

The East City Gate was already in sight.

However, just then, a terrifying, heart-palpitating pressure suddenly emanated from beneath the refinery ruins, like a dark cloud covering the sky, instantly enveloping the entire battlefield.

"You scoundrels! How dare you destroy my heart of god and ruin my great plan for Panshi City! Prepare to die!"

An old and violent roar echoed through the sky. It was the Xuan Sacrificial Priest, who had just barely managed to suppress the heart of god's rampage.