360: Comrades, get moving!

"Hehe, having planned for so long and waited for so long, how could there not be a conspiracy!"

The Bei Mang Mountain Ghost King sneered at Yang Jian.

Yang Jian glanced back at the city, then, without a word, continued to battle the Bei Mang Mountain Ghost King.

"Oh, so that's how it is?"

Tang Ku looked back and saw that large areas of Formation diagrams had appeared where the Ten Absolute Formation had previously besieged Chang'an.

These Formation diagrams emitted a deep blue halo; although not blinding, they carried a very strange energy. This energy was like water filling a bucket, constantly overflowing from the edges, then spilling toward the city walls, spreading onto the defensive array, and simultaneously seeping underground!

"...The Ten Absolute Formation and these monsters guarding the Formation are all a smokescreen!"

Shi Jingmo and his Senior Brothers flew up and instantly saw the situation inside the city. They saw large areas of Formation diagrams appearing on the streets within the city, spreading bit by bit throughout the entire city.

Looking around, deep blue runes were everywhere, appearing very eerie and strange in the night.

Immediately afterward, large numbers of minor demons began to crawl out from those runes.

These minor demons did not seem very strong; some had not even fully transformed, appearing with mouse heads or wolf heads, while others were still in their beast forms, such as huge tigers, lions, and giant centipedes several meters long. It could be said that every bird, beast, snake, insect, rat, and ant one could imagine was among them!

"Not good, if these guys crawl out completely, the common people will suffer!"

Pigsy said in a deep voice, "We must hurry back..."

As he spoke, he began to charge toward the defensive array. There had always been people at the Si Tian Jian observing the movements outside, and they knew clearly when the defensive array needed to be opened, but after Pigsy collided with it, he was bounced back.

"Damn it, what are Yuan and the others doing? Don't they know there's a crisis inside the city?"

Old Pig said angrily.

"I'm afraid they are helpless too!"

Shi Jingmo glanced at the defensive array and said helplessly, "Our Formation has been altered by the opponent's Formation; I'm afraid Yuan and the others can't turn it off either!"

Sure enough, the defensive array's originally light blue protective shield had turned a deep, ocean-like blue, even slightly pitch-black. Various strange runes kept appearing and disappearing on it, and it seemed impossible to grasp any pattern to them.

Wu Zhen had also arrived by her Senior Brothers' side at this moment and, seeing everyone looking distressed, could not help but feel worried.

"Hahaha, hahaha... You have been lured out of the city, so there is no one left inside who can fight. As long as I keep you two strongest ones tied up here, no one else will be able to break the Formation barrier I have set!"

The Bei Mang Mountain Ghost King taunted while clashing with Yang Jian.

Yang Jian still remained silent, fighting the opponent with all his might. It had to be said that after transforming, the Bei Mang Mountain Ghost King's strength had become even greater than before; in terms of pure close-quarters combat, he was already on par with, or perhaps even superior to, him.

Although he couldn't figure out the reason, he knew that if he slacked off even a little, he might capsize in the gutter.

Tang Ku, on the side, remained calm and composed. He looked toward the city and saw Ksitigarbha floating above it, frowning as he watched everything before him. Then, Buddha Dharma appeared on his body, and a sixteen-foot Dharma body suddenly appeared behind him. Immediately following that, another burst of golden light shone, and the Ksitigarbha Dharma body began to continuously highlight the characteristics of a Vicious Beast; its broad bones, ferocious face, and sharp fangs all indicated that this Dharma body was completely different from the ones he had manifested in the past.

Unlike the benevolence of the Buddha Dharma, an extremely ferocious aura soared into the sky, and the size of this Dharma body instantly grew to over a dozen zhang. The giant golden palm, carrying infinite might, slammed down fiercely onto the defensive array!

Boom!

With a violent explosion, intense firelight erupted above the defensive array. The entire Chang'an city seemed to be constantly trembling, and those minor demons that had just appeared within the city had not yet fully crawled out of the ground when they began to shake along with the earth.

However, this attack by Ksitigarbha, which was enough to shake the heavens and shatter the earth, actually did not achieve much effect.

The modified defensive array flickered twice and actually managed to withstand this attack head-on.

However, the houses within the defensive array were not so lucky; most of the civilian buildings had more or less cracked, and even the city walls and the imperial palace had suffered some damage.

"You had better remind your friend not to attack this defensive Formation again, otherwise, your Chang'an city will be completely reduced to ruins!"

The Bei Mang Mountain Ghost King's body turned into countless afterimages, and he laughed quite smugly.

Yang Jian stopped attacking and flew to the rear, saying to Tang Ku, "Holy Monk, what should we do?"

Tang Ku frowned slightly, then couldn't help but sneer, "Keep attacking him. The old fogies at the Si Tian Jian are in charge of things inside the city; we don't need to worry about it!"

Yang Jian's eyes lit up, "Are you confident?"

Tang Ku squinted and smiled, "Don't worry, I've given them so many good things. If the old man can't even control this situation, then we might as well surrender to those Extraterrestrial Gods and Demons sooner!"

"Alright, then I don't need to hold back... Ghost King, take this!"

After speaking, Yang Jian's figure appeared beside the Ghost King as if teleporting, and the two fought together again!

The Ghost King was actually quite puzzled, because he didn't expect that at a time like this, the monk could still be so composed!

In Chang'an, within the Si Tian Jian, Yuan Tiangang told his subordinates and the Disciples, "The time has come. This is also an excellent opportunity to test our research results. Activate the second defensive plan!"

"As you command!" Xingyunzi, along with his fellow Disciples, flew out of the Si Tian Jian carrying various Magic Treasures.

Li Chunfeng also laughed and said, "I, an old man, will also go out to stretch my bones. Staying here doing research every day is quite boring!"

As he spoke, the old man also turned into a ball of black light and disappeared from the main hall.

On the North City Gate tower, following a tremor, the food on the generals' tables was almost overturned.

Cheng Yaojin stood up in dissatisfaction, "Damn it, the immortals are fighting, yet we are the ones suffering!"

Qin Shubao was just about to make a sarcastic remark when he suddenly heard footsteps on the stairs. He saw a young general wearing a golden helmet and golden armor, holding a painted halberd, appear there; it was none other than General Xue Rengui.

Seeing that all the veteran generals were there, General Xue Rengui hurriedly cupped his hands and saluted, "Generals, Teacher, the Si Tian Jian just sent a signal saying that the time has come. Demons and monsters have invaded the city, and they want us to move out, save the common people, and slay the demons!"

Qin Shubao was stunned for a moment, then said, "Nephew, we have never fought against monsters before... It's not that I'm afraid of death, I'm afraid that the soldiers will suffer heavy losses..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Jing suddenly patted his shoulder and said with a smile, "Brother, do you really think we just came to drink with you? Take a look at your side..."

Qin Shubao was startled. He turned his head to look and saw that the brick he had grabbed to steady himself when he lost his balance had already been crushed into mud by him...