380: Doomsday Nightmare

No one knew what happened. By the time everyone saw the meteorites, it was already too late!

Over a dozen mushroom clouds suddenly appeared inside and outside Chang'an, completely destroying the entire city, leaving not even ruins behind!

This was the true apocalypse!

Faced with such a natural disaster, all life was equal, vanishing together into the flames.

Everything was gone, everything was over. The moment the meteorites fell, Li Chengqian's heart was filled with nothing but despair.

He had not yet been on the throne for a year. He had finally had the opportunity to realize his ambitions and let the people of the world live a good life, but the meteorites falling from the sky had reduced everything to ashes. All his efforts, everything he knew, had vanished into thin air, leaving no trace.

"Whoosh!"

Covered in cold sweat, Li Chengqian suddenly stood up from the ground, realizing with a start that it was merely a nightmare. He wiped the sweat from his brow and steadied himself against the city wall...

"Hmm? The city wall?"

Li Chengqian looked at the scene before him in shock. Suddenly turning his head, he saw Pigsy and the others falling from the sky once again, their eyes filled with the same shock as his.

"How could this be? Are we..."

Old Pig looked up sharply, and then another burst of fire erupted as the falling meteorites completely destroyed Chang'an once again...

"What the Hell!"

Li Chengqian wailed before being engulfed by the flames.

When he steadied himself against the city wall again, he was on the verge of tears. Looking at the battlefield before him, he couldn't help but howl: "Damn it, you don't have to play with me like this, right? Is this really happening?"

From behind him, Pigsy's voice rang out, shouting: "Your Majesty, we are trapped in some kind of death loop. The meteorites in the sky are the key to breaking..."

Boom!

Mushroom clouds rose again. Before "dying," Li Chengqian looked at the sky, speechless and choked with emotion.

"...Key to breaking what? The key to breaking the loop? Then go and break it!"

Li Chengqian wailed helplessly.

The fourth time, the fifth time...

When Li Chengqian opened his eyes again, he didn't even bother standing up, just lay there.

"This kind of repetitive destruction is truly enough to make someone break down!"

Li Chengqian smiled bitterly, feeling utterly helpless.

The moment he woke up, within the Du Xin Domain of the dream, Pigsy and the others materialized once again. This time, they acted in silent agreement, skipping the trip to the city walls. All four flew into the sky, positioning themselves to defend against the meteorites at any moment.

However, this time, the meteorites descended even faster, and their trajectory deviated by several dozen meters from the previous ones. Caught off guard, the entire city of Chang'an was once again turned into a living Hell.

"Even we cultivators are on the verge of breaking down. How must the terrified commoners and soldiers feel?"

Li Chengqian, standing on the city tower, didn't dare to think about it, because that would truly drive a person mad.

...

Chang'an reset once again. Li Chengqian looked at the sky, filled with despair, sighing incessantly in his heart: "Please, just let me wake up, or... just let me really die..."

"Uh... hmm?"

Li Chengqian's gaze suddenly fixed on the sky. He immediately noticed the dark clouds, so oppressive they seemed to weigh down on his head. An almost absurd thought appeared in his mind.

"The clouds... The meteorites aren't the key to breaking the loop; the dark clouds in the sky are... But... but I can't fly, and I don't have magic powers. To break it, I still have to rely on them..."

Boom!

Chang'an disappeared again... and then reset.

Li Chengqian leapt up and ran toward the city walls. He saw several golden figures suddenly appear above the Du Xin Domain and hurriedly began signaling to them. The people on the streets were like walking corpses; some faces were filled with despair, while others glared hatefully at the sky, as if wishing they could pierce a hole through it.

But at this moment, the Emperor of Great Tang could no longer care about such things, nor could he care about his own image. He gathered the hem of his dragon robe and sprinted with all his might, shouting as he ran: "The clouds! The clouds in the sky are the key to breaking the loop! The clouds..."

"Boom!"

"Motherf***er!"

Roaring furiously as he jumped up again, Li Chengqian did not run toward the city walls this time.

In fact, the time from the meteorites' appearance to the destruction of everything was too short; he simply didn't have time to run to the Du Xin Domain to notify the others.

"What should I do?"

Li Chengqian's mind raced. Suddenly, his eyes fell upon Qin Shubao and the others fighting below the city wall. Among them, a young general in golden armor suddenly caught his attention.

"Is that General Xue Rengui? Yes, him... But this city wall is so high, how the Hell am I supposed to get down?"

Li Chengqian suddenly had an idea. He turned and snatched a shield from a distracted soldier nearby, then curled his body and performed a Captain America-style jump off the wall.

He couldn't fly, nor did he have any other abilities, but after taking Sun Simiao's immortal prescriptions and eating Peaches of Immortality over this period, his physical fitness was absolutely top-notch. Even if there were a real Captain America, in terms of pure physical fitness and strength, he definitely wouldn't be a match for this monarch of the Great Tang.

Bang!

Li Chengqian's movements were dramatic, and the commotion was even greater. With a thud, he landed in the dust, and by some coincidence, he landed right beside General Xue Rengui.

"Your... Your Majesty?"

General Xue Rengui was stunned, then kicked a demon flying, helped Li Chengqian up, and asked, "How... how are you here?"

"No time to explain... uh... do me a favor. In a moment..."

Boom!

Chang'an was gone again. This time, upon waking up, Li Chengqian didn't hesitate at all; he grabbed the shield and jumped. General Xue Rengui actually retained his memory of what just happened. Seeing this, he hurriedly grabbed Li Chengqian and asked: "Your Majesty, what exactly are your orders?"

"Use your bow and arrow, shoot at the sky... just at that spot..."

Li Chengqian pointed urgently toward a spot beside the city tower.

"Very well..."

Although he didn't know why Li Chengqian wanted this, he naturally had to obey the Emperor's words. Without hesitation, he unslung the bow and arrow from his waist, drew the bow, and nocked an arrow...

Boom!

Li Chengqian leapt from the city tower again, thinking to himself: "Please, please, you must remember, you must remember..."

Whoosh!

It felt like a streak of black light flashed before him, flying straight toward the sky. Li Chengqian finally felt relieved.

As the Reincarnation of the White Tiger Star Lord, General Xue Rengui possessed earth-shattering martial arts skills, especially in archery and horsemanship, which were peerless. The legend of him "pacifying the Tianshan Mountains with three arrows" was no empty reputation. Especially this Divine Arm Bow, which was a masterpiece of the Si Tian Jian; its power could be imagined, almost comparable to sniper weapons of the 1950s and 60s...

Whoosh!

The black feathered arrow instantly soared into the sky, tearing through the thick clouds as if it had shot a hole in the heavens, and then...

Boom!

Chang'an was blown up again, but this time, Li Chengqian wore a relieved smile: "This time... they should be able to understand, right!"