180: The real killer move! Tianfeng

The City Lord's Mansion, meeting hall.

When the Old City Lord saw that the unrest throughout the city was quickly quelled, his hanging heart finally settled back into his chest.

"City Lord Su, this time... we truly owe it to you!"

The Old City Lord bowed deeply to Su Jin.

General Yan Lie and the other officials also looked relieved, as if they had escaped a disaster.

"No need to be polite," Su Jin replied, "Now is not the time to relax."

As he spoke, huge spatial gates unfolded in various parts of the city.

Inside the gates, the aura of green wood and thunder intertwined.

The next moment, teams of Furnace Iron Guards, clad in heavy armor and wielding massive shields, marched out in neat formation.

Behind them were organized units of Lieting Archer, Wanren Halberd Guards, and Abyssal Thunder Dragon Riders.

Infinite City's reinforcements had arrived.

Watching this well-equipped army continuously pour into Cloud City, the Old City Lord and the others finally felt completely at ease.

With such strong reinforcements, Cloud City was secure.

Only Su Jin's brow remained furrowed.

He always felt that something was amiss.

The Dark Star Empire's actions this time seemed grand and meticulously planned, but upon closer inspection, they appeared somewhat... crude.

Sacrificing so many elites, including several hero-level powerhouses, just to cause some damage within Cloud City?

Although this damage was troublesome, it was far from crippling.

Moreover, considering their stated objectives, it was illogical that no Legend-rank powerhouse was stationed there.

As Su Jin pondered, an extremely subtle fluctuation emanated from the deepest part of Cloud City's earth pulse.

Not good!

Su Jin's figure flickered and he vanished from the meeting hall.

...

Cloud City, earth pulse core.

This was the foundation of the entire floating city.

A giant crystal, the cloud heart, over a hundred meters in diameter, floated here.

It emitted a soft light, providing anti-gravity energy for the entire city.

A figure appeared beneath the cloud heart.

He held an array disk in his hand.

This array disk was completely different from the one previously used by Withering Shadows.

It was made entirely of a dark, dull metal.

Engraved on it were twisted, bizarre runes that seemed to possess life.

"What a perfect energy structure; the miracles of nature always inspire awe."

"Unfortunately, the more intricate a creation, often the more fragile it is."

The figure murmured softly, activating the array disk in his hand.

The array disk glowed with a dark red light, emitting a beam.

Then, guided by the beam, the array disk merged into the cloud heart above.

"For this moment, every gear is in place."

"Buzz—buzz—buzz—"

The giant cloud heart began to vibrate violently.

Its stable internal energy structure was being forcibly disintegrated by an external force.

Immediately after, the entire Cloud City—this miraculous city that had floated in the sky for thousands of years—let out a groan of unbearable strain and began... to fall!

Just then, Su Jin's figure appeared here.

He looked at the figure standing before the array disk, and feeling the downward pull of the entire city, he immediately understood everything.

The figure turned around.

He wore a fitted researcher's uniform, gold-rimmed glasses, and had a refined, scholarly appearance.

"The protagonist has finally arrived..."

"Pleasure to meet you, Lord of Infinite City, Esteemed Su Jin."

He smiled and pushed up his glasses.

"Allow me to introduce myself; I am Sky Peak."

"What a grand scheme," Su Jin looked at him, his voice betraying no emotion.

"To sacrifice an elite unit and the lives of several heroes just to gain an opportunity to approach the cloud heart."

"Merely a necessary sacrifice," Sky Peak spread his hands, his tone relaxed.

"Making them believe our target was merely those insignificant nodes was not difficult."

"Whether my entire plan truly succeeds depends on only one thing—whether you would appear here."

"What a clever feint," Su Jin looked at him, his power surging forward, only to be easily dissolved by the opponent.

"It is my honor to receive your praise," Sky Peak bowed slightly, like an actor about to take his final curtain call.

Then, space began to distort around his body; a dark rift silently opened behind him, like a curtain cut open by scissors.

"Then, I wish you good luck, Esteemed Su Jin."

He looked up at the crumbling cloud heart.

"I hope you can figure out a way to save this city before it crashes."

"After all, there are millions of innocent lives in this city, aren't there?"

The rift closed.

Sky Peak's aura vanished.

Su Jin did not pursue him.

In the previous probe, the opponent's spatial mastery was extremely high, and his rank was not low; if he was determined to leave, he would be difficult to stop.

He stood still.

Feeling the increasingly violent vibrations and sense of weightlessness beneath his feet, the lament of the entire city seemed to echo in his ears.

Sky Peak had left, but he had left behind an enormous mess.

Su Jin looked at the On the verge of breaking cloud heart and sighed.

"This is truly troublesome."

He rubbed his temples.

"My vacation is ruined again."

Complaints aside, the problem still needed to be solved.

Su Jin's expression became solemn, no longer holding back in the slightest.

With a subtle thought, the raging energy currents and spatial tremors around him abruptly ceased.

The dust swirling in the air and the gravel falling from the dome all froze in mid-air, like a doomsday painting paused.

At this moment, a certain will...

descended...