123: Chapter 122 City Destruction Crisis

Chapter 122: City-Destruction Crisis (Seeking subscriptions and monthly votes)

The elderly man known as Grandmaster Wen said, "Lord, according to this old man's Heavenly Eye, the [Tigers] in Gaoping City have already spread across the entire city, and I am afraid it is beyond salvation."

The elderly man in the golden cloak and uniform asked, "I never expected that even after traveling day and night to rush back, it would still be too late.

For such an insignificant monster to leak out from the secret realm is a catastrophic disaster for the fragile citizens.

At this rate, no number of ace Card Makers would ever be enough. Grandmaster Wen, is there still any saving grace?"

Grandmaster Wen asked, "Lord, once spectral entities like [Huchang] are transformed, only deities specializing in underworld duties can exterminate them without harming the ordinary people. This old man only excels in slaughter; I am afraid I can only use divine thunder to annihilate them—" At this moment, a joyful shout suddenly came from the clouds, "Old Chief! Did the higher-ups send you over? Gaoping City is saved!!"

The elderly man in the golden cloak and uniform watched a head pop out from the clouds below—it was none other than President Chen Wang of the Gaoping City Card Association.

At this moment, President Chen Wang's face was plastered with a smile, retaining none of the imposing aura of a regional bigwig. He awkwardly crawled out from the clouds and said,

"Old Chief Yin, you must be laughing at me. I haven't used the art of cloud-riding in a long time, so I'm a bit rusty."

The elderly man surnamed Yin, wearing a golden cloak and uniform, showed no expression on his face:

"Whose soldier are you again? Come closer and let me take a look～"

President Chen Wang trotted forward and said, "I am Chen Wang—" Before he could finish his words, the elder surnamed Yin had already kicked out.

President Chen Wang was kicked so hard he tumbled into the clouds. He climbed up looking disheveled and asked, "Old Chief Yin, what are you doing? I almost got kicked down by you."

Old Chief Yin said indifferently,

"I told you to fight the outer realms and you couldn't do it. I told you to guard Gaoping City, which doesn't even have many powerful aristocratic clans, yet it's either [Deep Ones] or [Huchang]. You've completely embarrassed me, Yin Tianzheng. You might as well just fall down and let [Wen Zhong] strike you to death with a bolt of thunder."

President Chen Wang was scolded until his face turned completely red, but he did not dare to refute at all. The Yin Tianzheng before him was truly a bigwig.

Back before he retired, this person commanded all the [Heavenly Soldiers] and [Heavenly Generals] who awakened true names related to the Thunder Department. Even though his divine position was impaired, just relying on the Heavenly Eye on the forehead and the golden whip in the hand of the [Wen Zhong] behind him was enough to summon thunder and subjugate outer-realm demons. Moreover, the elder's own combat power was also extraordinary, having practiced his Eagle Claw Technique to the realm of perfection.

In his hands, he also held four true name cards: [Deng Zhong], [Xin Huan], [Zhang Jie], and [Tao Rong]. His overall combat power could be called terrifying.

However, although the elder looked strict, he had always been protective of his subordinates. Given the scale of Gaoping City, President Chen Wang had never expected the higher-ups to send such a powerful deity over. Although President Chen Wang's buttocks were aching, he was blooming with joy inside:

"With a combat power like Old Chief Yin's as a guarantee, the disaster of the [Huchang] in Gaoping City can surely be resolved."

But immediately after, Yin Tianzheng's next words made his heart sink to the bottom of the valley:

"[Wen Zhong] just used the Heavenly Eye on his forehead to look. Gaoping City is already a mortal ghostly domain, and five to six out of ten ordinary citizens have already been transformed into [Huchang]. Large-scale time-reversal techniques cannot be used again in the short term, so I'm afraid we'll have to purge Gaoping City—"

President Chen Wang swallowed his saliva, cold sweat pouring from his forehead as he asked, "But if we do that, Gaoping City will be gone!! Is there really no other way?

I beg Old Chief Yin to save Gaoping!!"

Yin Tianzheng sighed and said, "Facing such a large-scale incident, nothing short of divine power can handle it. As you know, the military mostly consists of the Six Ministries and Heavenly Star divine positions. President Meng in our military does hold the underworld deity position of [Meng Po], but she is not skilled in exorcising evil spirits and subduing ghosts, and she is far away in the northern battle zone, unable to return."

[Wen Zhong] on the side spoke at this moment:

"I have already made the marks, and the thunder punishment can fall at any time, but the number of [Huchang] is still continuously increasing. Make a decision soon."

President Chen Wang felt a bitter ache in his heart. With this single bolt of thunder, hundreds of thousands of living beings in the entire Gaoping City would instantly turn to ashes.

By then, even if Meng Po's Soup could be retrieved to make the city's citizens forget these events, the losses would be so massive that Gaoping City would practically be ruined, and the remaining people would ultimately only be merged into other cities.

He was also born in Gaoping City, and after retiring from the military, he returned to his hometown to take office. He was extremely unwilling to see his own hometown meet such an end.

But if he did not resort to this thunderous measure, Gaoping City would still fail to escape the fate of turning into a mortal ghostly realm. At this moment, President Chen Wang's heart was filled with both despair and anger.

These outer-realm creatures were truly devastating to ordinary humans. Even a [Dark Tiger] of unremarkable strength could cause such massive damage to Gaoping City with hundreds of thousands of people.

Could it be that the only path left was really to slaughter all these transformed citizens?

Meanwhile, Sun Po and a dazed Yang Xinyue were standing on the street in front of the Jiaqing Residential Area. Behind them were Yang Wulang and a group of members from the combat squad. Everyone looked at the street, which looked completely normal in front of them, bustling with crowds.

Xiaoya from the combat squad stepped forward and asked, "Team Leader? What should we do now? If it is truly as Master Wulang said, wouldn't this entire street already be full of [Huchang]?"

Yang Xinyue beside him had despair leaking through her gaze. Faced with such a number of [Tigers], did they really have to exterminate them all?

Moreover, with so many here, what about other places? Is this city still salvageable?

Sun Po saw that Yang Xinyue was on the verge of a breakdown, so he held her hand and said, "Sister Xinyue, leave it to me."

Yang Xinyue raised her head, her tender and charming eyes filled with despair: "The transformation of the [Huchang] is irreversible. This city is already ruined."

But Sun Po said, "Indeed it's irreversible, but what if we just drag them out and eat them?"

Yang Xinyue looked at Sun Po in confusion, only to see him softly chanting: "[Huang Chao - Underworld Deity Form]!! Appear!!"

"Aowl—"

Golden light flickered, and accompanied by a tiger's roar, an invisible sound wave spread outward.

An ugly fellow over ten meters tall, wearing golden armor and a red robe while riding a giant tiger, holding a long sword in his right hand and a folding fan in his left, appeared on the street.

Immediately, everyone on the entire street except Sun Po and the others transformed into two-meter-tall monsters with tiger heads and human bodies. At this moment, high above Gaoping City, President Chen Wang spat out a sentence with difficulty: "Please, Grandmaster Wen, let the thunder punishment fall."

[Wen Zhong] nodded, and a golden whip appeared out of thin air in his hand. He merely waved the golden whip gently, and the clouds turned from white to black. Thunder was faintly flashing within the clouds, and a destructive aura began to gather.

Suddenly, an unfamiliar aura entered the perception of the three people.

This aura was extremely yang and rigid, and at the same time mixed with a majestic and mighty murderous intent.

In Gaoping City, which was filled with ghostly aura at this moment, it was as glaring as an incandescent light bulb in the dark.

Yin Tianzheng on the side quickly waved his hand to stop [Wen Zhong], staring intently below the clouds as he said:

"Wait! This aura!! When did an Underworld Deity appear here?!

No, this aura, an Underworld Deity? A Heavenly Star? Why is there also the aura of a Lord of the Mountain?

Quick! Go down and take a look to see which family's powerhouse has come to reinforce us."