304: Chapter 301: If you don’t come out, I will massacre the city!

The area around them was sealed off; even though the energy light pillars between the cages were far apart, they still couldn't escape.

Above the Dao Platform, Long Tai raised his hand, and the energy cage slowly rose, coming to rest on the Dao Platform with a crash.

Pei Yuhan and Jin Xi fell to the ground, staggering and unable to stand, looking somewhat dishevelled.

Jin Xi angrily spoke, "Long Tai, how dare you treat us like this! Are you not afraid that when Gu Shengsong arrives, he will cut you down?"

Long Tai stood on the high platform, facing Jin Xi directly, and sneered, "Hehe, Gu Shengsong... If he truly cares about you, then it's good, you'll become my hostages!"

Jin Xi wanted to say more, but Pei Yuhan stopped her. From the current situation, they couldn't escape. The more they spoke, the more mistakes they would make, and they would likely expose more weaknesses. It was better to remain silent.

Jin Xi also realized this, glared fiercely at Long Tai, then gave up and sat down cross-legged to the side.

A sinister light flickered in Long Tai's eyes. Jin Xi and Pei Yuhan were no longer paying attention to him.

He seemed to have a new question, asking in confusion, "Why did my Clone collapse so quickly? Did Gu Shengsong use some despicable method? And where is the System? Although that was just my Clone, it's impossible for it to be defeated so easily!"

Jin Xi and Pei Yuhan were also very confused. After all, Gu Shengsong's target had always been the System, but there was no trace of the System on that massive Clone!

Long Tai saw the confused expressions on their faces and couldn't help but frown, feeling even stranger.

"You haven't seen the System?" Long Tai asked.

When he was undergoing the Fusion of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth on the Dao Platform, he occasionally sensed the battle between his Clone and Gu Shengsong, and indeed, he hadn't sensed the System exerting its power.

The key was that the System had rarely responded to him recently. This was a big problem!

"System, System, why have you been silent for so long?"

He had already learned some information from Jin Xi and Pei Yuhan: he had sent two-thirds of the System's power to assist his Clone, but the System never appeared. This was an extremely serious problem.

The System's voice finally sounded after a long time: "Host, the opponent's strength is extremely powerful. If you wish to defeat him, you must use the Power Of Faith you have collected. Since you did not personally grant permission, the Power Of Faith could not be used, which is why there was no opportunity to act."

Long Tai frowned upon hearing this. Was it truly so? He felt very strange, but he had no reason to doubt the System's words.

After a long while, he finally asked, "Then why didn't you respond for so long?"

"When the Clone shattered, a part of my power was also shattered. I was injured and spent most of my time in slumber. Host, you should quickly complete the Fusion of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth! Once your Cultivation Realm increases, you won't need to fear anyone!"

Long Tai sat cross-legged on the Dao Platform, the energy around him constantly converging. As his eyes flickered, the power of the Great Dao from above the sky once again descended upon him, fusing with his body.

After Gu Shengsong finished the Fusion of the internal Dao energy, he continued to refine the Dao energy of this world. He had already refined nearly ninety percent, with the last ten percent being particularly difficult.

However, once he refined the last ten percent, his Cultivation would definitely be able to reach the Mahayana Realm! At that time, it would be the best opportunity for him to deal with Gu Shengsong!

Thinking this, he began to refine frantically. On the Dao Platform, the Great Dao roared, and the scene was terrifying.

In the human world below the Nine Heavens, within the largest city, Hongtian Capital, officials and common people were rapidly building statues of Long Tai.

They knew that their emperor seemed to need to rely on statues to increase his strength. Throughout years of conquest, they had personally witnessed Long Tai's Cultivation improve step by step.

Gu Shengsong, riding the clouds and mist, swiftly enveloped the entire Hongtian Capital. The shadows below quickly spread, covering the entire city in a short while.

The officials and common people below were full of astonishment, having already sensed something, and looked up at the sky.

Gu Shengsong also revealed his figure at the opportune moment, standing above the clouds. Although the light in his double pupils was somewhat restrained, it was still bright, gleaming with divine light.

"Rumble..."

Suddenly, lightning flashed around Gu Shengsong. The lightning, like a spiderweb, rapidly spread outwards, covering more than half of the sky.

Amidst increasingly loud roars, streaks of lightning struck down from the sky, shattering all the massive stone statues below.

All the newly constructed statues were precisely destroyed.

The common people and officials below cried out in distress. In their eyes, those statues were their lifeblood, the officials' achievements, and the common people's guarantee for favorable weather!

Some common people and officials even wanted to rebuild them, wanting to clear the ruins. However, as soon as they rushed forward, the lightning in the sky descended without hesitation, directly killing all the Cultivators who approached, turning them to ashes.

Because of this, those restless common people and officials who wanted to go up fell silent. The figure in the sky was too ruthless, seemingly determined not to let them get close.

Gu Shengsong indeed thought so: whoever got close would be killed, and whoever dared to rebuild would face the consequence of being turned to ashes! He didn't believe that fellow could still endure this!

Unexpectedly, he maintained this for three days, killing anyone he saw, yet there were still common people and officials below who bravely rushed forward, fearless of death. Although they didn't succeed in rebuilding, it still made Gu Shengsong very angry.

The key was that the fellow didn't know where to hide, showing no signs of coming out.

His patience had run out. Above the sky, the lightning turned blood-red, containing endless killing intent.

In the city below, once someone tried to approach the statue ruins in the central area, the lightning from above the sky would directly descend from the central area, rapidly spreading outwards, directly killing all the Cultivators in the entire city.

Many Cultivators watched this scene from afar, their faces filled with terror. The other party seemed to not regard the common people as human beings at all!

His actions, killing whoever he wanted, were chilling!

Above the sky, Gu Shengsong remained indifferent. The common people of Northern Xia were not his common people, and he was not a Saint. Besides, these fellows insisted on being loyal to their Northern Xia Emperor. By fulfilling their integrity, they should even thank him!

He continued to patrol, the lightning illuminating the world, becoming even more dazzling, but the other party still didn't appear.

However, the officials of Hongtian Capital were the first to be unable to bear it. These officials of Hongtian Capital needed to maintain the operation of the entire Empire. For several days, they tried to contact the emperor but found they couldn't reach him at all.

Thus, they could only first negotiate terms with this enemy, hoping to reach some kind of agreement, at least to make him stop slaughtering the people of Northern Xia like this.

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