Day Five —
The night grew deeper and colder.
I don’t know whether it’s because there are too many enemies outside Fanggang City, or because the atmosphere is too bloodthirsty.
From the crevices where the Demon Hunting Plains connect with the land, from one camp after another coming from all directions.
Tens of millions of people gathered outside the harbor, all of them intent on destroying this city, all of them vying for the reward.
If they kill Lu Yu, the reward they will receive will be unprecedented.
Eternal and imperishable, no longer affected by the End Times Tide—such an opportunity is one that no one would miss.
Someone attempted to step out of the Fanggang, but as soon as he crossed the barrier, he was assaulted by the killing intent of tens of millions of people.
He isn’t too strong, just a warrior with the power of ten thousand beings.
But he was wearing armor with a defense rating of a million!
Bang.
Half of the person’s body was blown open, and the body was almost completely shattered.
He struggled back to the barrier.
“Terrifying, absolutely terrifying. Warriors with the strength of ten thousand beings are completely unable to join the battle,” said the man, whose wounds were healing, yet he continued to retreat backward.
In such a battle, there’s nothing they can do.
Once so many warriors charge, they won’t even have a chance to fight back.
Lu Yu was afraid that once the battle began, they would be killed by the shock wave as soon as they encountered these enemies with overwhelming auras.
In the darkness of night, the warriors within Fanggang City began to move.
Originally, warriors from various regions were heading toward the western section of the city wall, while numerous kings led their armies either ascending the wall or waiting within the city.
People saw a phantom demon in this direction.
By sensing the aura alone, people could confirm that this was Lu Yu’s Illusion Demon.
“Indeed, a Phantom Demon with the power of slaughter was left at this position. Combined with the Radiant Moon Star Soul, it’s equivalent to the joint force of two mutated Star Souls.”
“It would be a bit tricky if we attack from this side.”
Many people outside the city were talking to themselves.
At this moment, people noticed that the Blood King Beast was slowly moving within the core area, gradually approaching the eastern and southern directions, though it had not yet left the core area. However, it was already at the edge of the core zone, drawing closer to the nearest points of the east and south.
At this moment, the army of monsters also began to move.
Millions of monsters climbed onto the city walls, while millions more roamed the buildings and streets across the eastern and southern regions.
Moreover, Feng Xiaobao adjusted the void passage where the magical beasts rested, aligning it directly toward the southeastern direction. Inside, countless magical beasts were crouching; even without moving, they exerted tremendous pressure on the enemies from that side.
What troubled them the most was the discovery that, among these armies of magical beasts, three human-like figures were enveloped in black mist.
“Damn it, how are we supposed to attack now?” Many people were greatly shocked.
This is because the three humanoid figures here emit an aura that is very similar to Lu Yu’s.
This means someone guessed correctly—
This city, excluding Lu Yu, has four heads of Illusionary Demons, each equivalent to a City Lord of Divine Spirit Star in power.
All three of these Illusionary Demons are positioned at the eastern and southern sections of the city wall. Combined with the Blood King Beast’s abilities and the army of thirty million magical beasts, these two directions are now as strong as the forces of two divine cities.
This place is even harder to take than the West. With the city defenses, it would require no less than a hundred million soldiers to breach it.
Someone frowned deeply and said, “We’d be better off going west; there are only a few million human warriors there.”
“Yeah, it’s easier to handle things over there.”
“Easy, my ass,” a dungeon master scoffed. “None of you have ever stayed in the Four Walls City. You don’t understand at all. The defense of the Radiant Moon Soul is so strong that even millions of divine servants would struggle to break through. Add to that the harbor’s defenses and another Illusion Demon, and that place isn’t much easier to breach than the eastern or southern city walls.”
As the underground city lord spoke, someone suddenly realized something and exclaimed in surprise: “That doesn’t seem right. According to this arrangement, the northern wall would be left completely unguarded. We’re defending three sides, but shouldn’t neglect the most crucial northern side.”
As soon as this person spoke, everyone immediately understood, as if suddenly realizing the truth, yet they all furrowed their brows again.
“The north faces a vast plain, which means it will likely confront the largest number of enemies head-on. Just like how people from major cities would rush to attack the northern walls first. If this area is left open, does it mean we’re not planning to defend it at all?”
No one could really figure it out.
“However, I always have a feeling that something ominous is going to happen,” someone frowned, sensing an ill omen in their heart.
After rolling around in hell for so many years, how could I have survived until now without some premonitions?
That’s a stretch of two hundred kilometers; how could it possibly be left unguarded?
The more it goes like this, the worse people’s premonitions become.
Especially in this section of the city wall, the human-like warriors surprisingly retreated slightly backward, as if sensing the impending danger.
The moonlight grew thicker, its silver glow spilling over the land, bringing with it a sense of peace and tranquility.
However, a large portion of the moonlight was blocked by a massive object in the sky, causing many people to look up.
They saw the city suspended in the sky, composed of bones, right above their heads.
“It’s actually like this, it’s actually like this!”
Someone cried out in alarm, their face paling instantly as they thought of the most terrifying cause.
“Heavens, could it be that Lu Yu is going to defend the northern city wall alone?”
Many people also thought of the reason and couldn’t help but shudder.
“This is not true?”
“Just kidding. How can one person possibly hold such a large section of the city wall by himself?”
Outside the city, countless people gazed at the sky in horror, some stunned, others refusing to believe what they saw.
It’s just too incredible; unless Lu Yu had really gone crazy, he wouldn’t have done something like this.
Therefore, no one believed that Lu Yu could defend this section of the city wall alone.
The Sky-Sundering King’s voice rumbled: “Or perhaps, Lu Yu intends to use the puppet legion!”
Xinghun Wang gritted his teeth and said, “Fortunately, the Death Puppet only replicated our abilities, rather than our puppet armies as well. Otherwise, all our efforts would have been handed over to Lu Yu for nothing.”
Boom… Boom…
As the voice of the Star Soul King faded, the blood tower in the sky stirred. The colossal city of bones moved toward Fanggang and then slowly descended.
This is a city no smaller than Fanggang; it covers a vast area, and now it is descending, even blocking the fissures in the sky that split into the Demon Hunting Plains.
The fissures did not disappear but remained, only the parts that had been covered and blocked were gone.
Meanwhile, the humanoid warriors on the ground retreated, and at the same time, the rift also began to withdraw backward.
Boom!
The Blood Tower landed.
Its edges were tightly pressed against the Fanggang, while its base was deeply embedded into the earth, as if an entire city had suddenly emerged out of nowhere atop the land.
Then, in the next moment, Lu Yu flew out from the Fang Port and arrived right above the City of Bones. Not far behind him was the barrier of the Fang Port, while towering blood-red spires rose high into the clouds directly ahead.
Boom!
The area outside the city was in an uproar, filled with noise and commotion.
When Lu Yu showed up, they were convinced that he had truly lost his mind for attempting to defend such a long stretch of the city wall all by himself. Was he actually capable of doing it?
“That’s too crazy.”
In the distance, countless kings roared in fury.
“Dares to look down on us.”
“You think you’re a god, daring to take us on alone.”
“Looking for death!”
Lu Yu stood alone facing the section of the city wall where the enemy would soon gather in the greatest numbers, an act that seemed almost as if he regarded them as unworthy of notice.
Even if Lu Yu is incredibly powerful, with so many of them joining forces, they can still take him down.
The city lord has his limits too. At most, Lu Yu is just close to being a city lord. Could he really become one?
“Lu Yu, you will be the first one to die once the war starts!”
“It’s practically asking for death!”
Innumerable people, filled with resentment, glared furiously towards the heavens, their anger directly targeting Lu Yu.
Wave after wave of terrifying killing intent pierced through the void, rushing toward Lu Yu.
Lu Yu ignored them and walked up to the Blood Tower.
There is only one door under the tower. After Lu Yu entered, no one knew what he was doing inside.
However, after just a few minutes, Lu Yu walked out.
Boom!
The only door vanished, leaving behind a bone tower without any doors or windows.
This was the fifth day, and Fang Gang had deployed heavy troops in all areas, except the north, where there was only one person.
On this day, Lei Tao brought Lei Tingting to Fanggang and left her behind in the city.
“You can stay here too,” Lu Yu said, looking at Lei Tao.
“I’m sorry, but I’m a soldier. Obedience is a soldier’s duty, and my battlefield is in the city of Sijiu,” Lei Tao said with a smile toward Lu Yu, bowing deeply. “If Fanggang can remain, I hope my sister will find happiness.”
“What about them?” asked Lu Yu.
He didn’t specify, but Lei Tao knew exactly who Lu Yu was referring to.
Lei Tao said, “That’s the capital of Huaxia. Since this is the final battle, those individuals won’t leave. Even if the city is ultimately destroyed, they will vanish along with it.”
At this moment, Lu Yu regarded those individuals with newfound respect.
Lei Tao said, “The city is in chaos now because there’s too much evil there. They don’t want to die; they only think about surviving themselves. So they’re all using their connections, hoping to gain protection. But this is only temporary. Before the final moment arrives, some of them will be eliminated—they’ve already become worthless.”
Lei Tao has left.
Soon after, representatives from the U.S., British, and other foreign militaries arrived.
They also had their own forces in Fanggang, although back then it was merely to maintain a power capable of enduring the Darkening. They never expected that these very forces would now become their enemies.
“Until we meet again, we will be enemies.”
“Please don’t be shy. Whether we survive or you survive, it is still considered a continuation of life. I wish you all the best.”
A great battle is about to begin, and everyone knows that when they meet again, they will be enemies.
This is the cruelest thing; everything is for the sake of survival.
At the end of the fifth day, the red light that had shrouded the Domain of the Sovereign vanished.
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Day Six —
“Roar!”
Within each unified demon realm, beasts surged forth like a flood breaching a dam, spilling out of the crimson light’s barrier and hurling themselves toward the nearest cities.
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The Seventh Day —
People discovered that some of the spaces they had once entered had cracked open, and various wild beasts emerged from within.
Even some people saw several giant whirlpools appearing at the original position of the Indian border, each whirlpool resembling a passage.
Behind a whirlpool, it resembled a massive stone city.
Numerous stone carvings within the Stone City came back to life. They were human figures, emerging from the city, and then stepping onto the earth through swirling whirlpools.
Upon the throne in the Stone City, a stone statue is reverting from petrification.
He looked beyond the vortex and smiled: “So soon to meet again? Lu Yu, let me see how much you’ve grown. It’s either you who will survive, or me!”
…
After another vortex, atop each mountain stood different palaces. Now, within these palaces, one after another, the auras of kings were emerging.
“That’s the breath of the Giant King. Heaven, he has returned to life.”
Amidst the vortex, a giant nearly a hundred zhang tall, clad in tattered battle armor, was stepping forth.
Then, a corpse with a vertical eye on its forehead, half-human and half-skeleton, also emerged from a palace.
“He can feel the aura of the Tianyan Clan—it’s the King of the Tianyan! My God, this is the King’s tomb, and all these Kings are awakening.”
Innumerable shadowy figures, each entwined with an aura of death, were emerging from the palace and stepping out of the vortex.
They were heading towards cities where each one was named after a deity.
The entire world, all the places people have entered, and all the spaces known or even unknown to humanity have opened up.
Powerful lives, abnormal lives have all emerged.
When people entered these spaces one by one, they had never imagined that there would be so many living beings within them.
Now all spaces have been opened, and if you were standing in the sky, you would see that on the surface of this planet, half of the land and sky have already been flooded by various living creatures.
And more living beings are emerging.
Lu Yu looked towards the eastern sky, where the horizon was beginning to glow with the rising sun.
The seventh day—has ended.
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