185: Po Zhen Zi

Xu Le released all his contracted beasts and servants, even releasing the Void Creatures and ghosts from his scythe of death staff, and together they attacked the Formation.

Crack, crack, crack...

The group had only been attacking with full force for three minutes when cracks began to appear in the blood-colored barrier.

Xu Le wielded his two golden hammers, continuously attacking the barrier, with waves of blunt weapon damage surging toward the Formation Flag deep inside.

Following another strike from him, the Formation Flag snapped with a "crack," and a gap was finally blasted into the barrier.

Charge!

Just as Xu Le rushed through the city gate, he saw Huang Zhishan hanging from the Formation Flag, her face deathly pale, devoid of any color.

Her health bar was down to a sliver.

Seeing that it was an acquaintance, Xu Le cast Life Recovery, and Huang Zhishan, who had been on the verge of death, was instantly back to full health.

"Hurry, leave! Notify the Great Wall Guard Army; the God Descent Cult, in collaboration with the Shadow Pavilion, intends to sacrifice the entire city."

"Hehe, wanting to leave now? I'm afraid it's too late."

Although the elite squad of twelve was all injured, their health bars were almost full. Seeing Xu Le, they immediately assumed he had escaped from inside the city.

"Watch some livestreams in your spare time!"

Before Xu Le could move, his many contracted beasts had already pounced. Little Silly Crow, in particular, feeling forgotten by the gods lately, flew the fastest and unleashed a point-blank "Light of Punishment" at the twelve people.

The fan-shaped black light flew out, instantly killing two squishy-class individuals among the twelve, while most of the others lost half their health.

Before they could pull out items to defend themselves, Nine Phoenix's Raise Fire to Burn the Heavens arrived.

Amidst the sky-filling flames, only two tanks remained, surprisingly still having half their health left. The two reached the side of the Formation Flag and activated a water-drop item.

"Quickly stop them! That is 'Absolute Zero'; it can trigger nearly ten times the defense."

Huang Zhishan, tied to the flagpole, twisted her body anxiously.

Xu Le turned his head away, and Little Silly Crow flew to the side, using its sharp claws to cut the ropes.

Huang Zhishan landed on the ground, thanked Xu Le, and simultaneously pulled out a secret communication tool, desperately calling for the Great Wall Guard Army.

"Aunt Huang, don't waste your energy. The nationwide livestream already broadcast that the Ninth District was ambushed by the God Descent Cult and the three City Lords were assassinated."

"Ah? The information network here has been completely cut off; has the outside world already received the news? Why hasn't the Great Wall Guard Army come?"

Huang Zhishan was somewhat puzzled, but she did not doubt her savior standing before her.

"Eh? It's you; you were the one who saved me last time too."

Xu Le nodded. Upon meeting her last time, she had left a very good impression on him.

Although he couldn't do it himself, he had always held respect for people who dedicated themselves wholeheartedly to their country.

"Help me check if these people's space rings have any high-power Talismans; otherwise, if this Formation continues, who knows how many people will be killed."

"Don't worry, these are all your spoils of war. After using any high-power Talismanic Incantations, I will report and register them, and you will be compensated then."

Huang Zhishan hurriedly crouched beside the corpses to check the space rings, wanting to find usable items inside.

The two shield warriors' defense increased tenfold; this didn't just mean hitting ten more times to break the barrier, as their resistance to damage had increased by more than just a little bit.

Xu Le didn't look at those rings; the guys who were insta-killed by his contracted beasts couldn't possibly have anything too powerful, even if they had treasures.

Seeing Huang Zhishan drag the bodies away, he cast the "Blazing Blue Lotus" Skill.

A blue lotus bloomed, and along with the two shield warriors and the Formation Flag, they were burned directly into ashes.

"This..."

Huang Zhishan widened her beautiful eyes. She was not some inexperienced youngster, but she never imagined that the high school student she had met a few months ago would, in the blink of an eye, become powerful enough for her to look up to.

Unlike the previous damage, this time the Formation was completely shattered.

The leading Elder, in a frantic rush, hurried back.

Upon seeing Huang Zhishan, he was furious: "Huang Yuan, you actually betrayed the Holy Cult, biting the hand that feeds you, and ended up on the stake."

Just as Huang Zhishan was about to reply, Xu Le waved his hand, and all the contracted beasts pounced.

Facing such scum, what else was there to say?

Just kill them!

The people who rushed over were only about a dozen, and their quality was far inferior to the elites left behind. After one exchange, only that Elder remained.

Little Black Snake directly gripped his upper body, having learned from last time—if he moved at all, it would swallow him whole.

"The world is a prison, and all living beings suffer. God loves the world, and true spirits return to their homeland."

The Elder's face was full of rage; even on the verge of death, he did not forget to chant the God Descent Cult's slogan.

Looking at the tragic scene across the city, yet this old man still had the nerve to talk about loving the world. Anger surged in Xu Le's heart, and he summoned the divine statue.

"Finish him off!"

Seeing the divine statue, the old man was not afraid but delighted, thinking his sincerity had moved the Venerable God. His eyes burned with fervor, and he chanted the slogan even more enthusiastically.

The divine statue's simple mind was filled with Xu Le's anger. It raised its tail and swung it down with force; "crack," the old man's head was smashed like a watermelon.

At the moment of death, a faint smile remained on the corners of his mouth, as if he could enter the Serpent Mother's divine kingdom he believed in.

The pungent smell of blood lingered in the air. Xu Le looked at his contracted beasts and had Nine Phoenix, Little Black Snake, Little Demon Monkey, Little Silly Crow, Qin Siyuan, and Tanuki each lead a team of ghosts to be responsible for destroying the Formations at the other city gates, while he himself took the remaining contracted beasts to destroy the Formation eye of the City Lord's mansion.

If the Formation eye is not destroyed, even if all the support points are removed, the damage to the city center will still be immense.

...

"Is this the City Lord's mansion?"

This was Xu Le's second time coming here; the first time was when he was heading to the First District.

Just as he landed, he saw the nearly 3,000-square-meter City Lord's mansion enveloped by a blood color that had almost turned into a physical substance. From the outside, it looked like a blood egg.

Stepping into the City Lord's mansion, the sky-filling blood color swarmed over, as if it had a life of its own, trying to burrow into one's body.

"No wonder there was no barrier set up; anyone who comes in will die!"

Ever since he possessed divinity, Xu Le could temporarily stop breathing; he even blocked his pores.

Those blood auras clearly weren't good things; they were likely no weaker than Devilish Qi.

Da, da, da, da, da...

Uniform, synchronized footsteps approached; judging by the sound, there were at least a thousand people.

Xu Le cast Mind Link, but the other side was deathly silent.

Soon, a thousand blood corpses charged over. Leading them was the City Lord, Chen Lingxiao, except his head had already been severed. At this moment, he was holding his own head and standing at the very front.

"A level 93 big shot really did die here. Aside from the five great assassins, the rest of the Shadow Pavilion are also terrifyingly strong!"

Xu Le was secretly shocked in his heart, but without hesitation, he cast the "Blazing Blue Lotus" Skill.

A blue lotus bloomed in the midst of the blood corpses, and the blood corpses were soon coated in a layer of blue, looking breathtakingly beautiful.

Blood corpses were, after all, creatures without intelligence. Facing the terrifying lotus, their first instinct was not to disperse, but to continue pouncing toward Xu Le.

Most of the blood corpses were instantly ignited; blood and fire were a perfect match. In just three seconds, over eight hundred blood corpses were burned to ashes.

The powerful blood corpses led by Chen Lingxiao, due to the Formation, not only had their strength undiminished, but their bodies had also received a partial enhancement, allowing them to charge directly out of the Blazing Blue Lotus's damage range.

Little Dog then cast "Exhilarating Roar" and "Call Friends and Companions," and three hundred "Clones" appeared out of thin air and pounced.

Xu Le, with the main body of Little Dog, bypassed the intertwined battlefield and rushed into the City Lord's mansion's Formation eye, just in time to see a strange person with a black bedsheet over their head.