45: Chapter 45: Breaking the Line

After breaking through the northern national gate of Zhimeng Divine Kingdom, Sovereign Dian Luohou led a group of Hall Masters and Temple Guards, driving straight in with an unstoppable momentum. In just a few short days, they had arrived outside Huanmeng Divine City.

At this moment, Sovereign Dian Luohou stood proudly upon the wasteland outside Huanmeng Divine City. Except for the brief shadow that crossed his heart whenever he thought of Senluo Divine Son, Dian Jiuzhi, he was always full of spirit, exuding an imposing aura.

Since ascending to the position of Sovereign, he had never set foot in Zhimeng Divine Kingdom; the last time he stepped foot here was tens of thousands of years ago.

Although the relationship between Senluo Divine Kingdom and Zhimeng Divine Kingdom was mediocre, throughout the long, leisurely tens of thousands of years, both sides had always managed to maintain a state of peace, coexisting tranquilly without any disputes.

He had never imagined that one day, he would personally lead a force to attack Zhimeng Divine Kingdom.

On the side of Zhimeng Divine Kingdom, Meng Kongchan had long since led the elders, protectors, and Temple Guards to stand atop the city gate with Sovereign Dian Luohou, gazing across the space at the people of Senluo Divine Kingdom, waiting in battle array; Divine Son Meng Jianxi and Yun Che were also among them!

By contrast, Meng Kongchan's expression appeared exceptionally grave. The disparity in strength between the two kingdoms was already significant, and the Abyssal Pact they had issued had already been explicitly rejected by Xingyue Divine Kingdom, while the attitude of Yongming Divine Kingdom remained unclear to this day, with no sign of any reinforcements.

Upon seeing Meng Kongchan, Sovereign Dian Luohou bellowed arrogantly:

"Old man Meng Kongchan, there is no need to waste words on pleasantries. Quickly hand over your rebellious son, Meng Jianyuan, obediently. Then, kowtow to admit your mistake and offer an apology. Only then can we continue to maintain a state of peaceful coexistence."

At this moment, his domineering aura leaked out, his voice sounding like the booming of a giant bell, causing the ears of everyone present to ring.

Yun Che merely looked from afar in the direction of that voice and immediately felt a wave of dizziness, as if countless layers of inescapable nets were sweeping in from all directions, wrapping tightly around him, making him nearly suffocate.

Some Temple Guards with shallower cultivation also felt the world spinning, almost unable to hold on.

Seeing this, Chief Elder Meng Nanxian quickly waved his hand, and a strand of profound energy brushed past like a gentle breeze and fine rain, allowing everyone to recover their senses.

Meng Kongchan was the lord of a kingdom; how could he endure being berated like this? He replied solemnly:

"Sovereign Dian Luohou, it has been so many years, yet I did not expect you to have become this shameless and devoid of integrity. The competition between the young ones was long ago clearly established as a personal dispute, with life and death left to fate. Since Senluo Divine Son, Dian Jiuzhi, was inferior in skill and suffered injury and humiliation, that is a normal occurrence. What reason do you have to mobilize such forces and come to demand accountability?"

Although his voice was not as loud as Sovereign Dian Luohou's, every word was a gem, every sentence was reasonable, and it clearly reached the ears of everyone present.

Sovereign Dian Luohou glared with wide eyes and shouted sternly:

"What utter nonsense! The betrothal between my son, Senluo Divine Son, Dian Jiuzhi, and Zhetian Goddess Hua Caili was personally bestowed by Emperor Yuan. Your arrogant brat, Meng Jianyuan, did not know what was good for him and actually disrupted it; his crime is punishable by death. Do you expect me to just let him continue to remain at large and act recklessly?"

Meng Kongchan knew that today's battle was unavoidable, and could not help but say sternly:

"It seems that you, Sovereign Dian Luohou, are determined to be unreasonable? At the Pure Land Assembly ten thousand years ago, I did not have the slightest fear of you, and today, I will not have the slightest retreat either!"

Sovereign Dian Luohou looked full of arrogance and said:

"Old man Meng Kongchan, since you are so stubborn and unyielding, then there is no need for wasted words. Let us start the war directly!"

Meng Kongchan, with a serious face, did not reply. On one hand, he signaled everyone to prepare for war, and on the other, he waved to Chief Elder Meng Nanxian and Second Elder Meng Kaiquan, ordering the activation of the city-protecting arrays.

Huanmeng Divine City was equipped with a total of seven layers of impregnable city-protecting arrays. These seven layers of city-protecting arrays had, in the past millions of years, helped Zhimeng Divine Kingdom resist invading enemies many times, turning the tide in times of crisis.

The core of each layer of this array was located at a key position within the city, and each location was heavily guarded by troops; it was a reliance that Meng Kongchan valued highly.

However, when Meng Kongchan looked over, he did not see the city-protecting arrays activating. Instead, he saw seven huge balls of fire rising from the flat ground, like brilliant fireworks, emitting a dazzling light!

Seven loud bangs reached his ears in succession!

"Bang—bang—bang—bang—bang—bang—bang—!"

In just a single breath, the seven array hubs in the city!

All vanished into smoke amidst violent explosions!

Shock—!

Anger—!

Meng Kongchan's expression changed drastically!

These seven locations were so critical, and each was guarded by Temple Guards at the Divine Extreme Realm or above; how could they suddenly explode?

In his previous understanding, Sovereign Dian Luohou had always been known for his bravery, but lacked strategy.

He had never expected that Sovereign Dian Luohou would be so far-sighted, having already laid an ambush within the city, destroying the seven great city-protecting arrays he had placed such high hopes on in one fell swoop, catching him completely off guard!

At this moment, Sovereign Dian Luohou could not hide the smugness in his heart and laughed wildly:

"Meng Kongchan! You didn't expect this, did you! You thought that possessing seven layers of city-protecting arrays meant you could look down on me, thinking you could use them to contend with me!"

"It is truly ridiculous and lamentable. In the end, it has greatly disappointed you... Oh... no... it has filled you with despair... Hahaha... Hahaha..."

On the side of Zhimeng Divine Kingdom, Chief Elder Meng Nanxian and Divine Son Meng Jianxi exchanged a glance, and a strange emotion simultaneously welled up in their hearts.

At this moment, Meng Kongchan's mood fell into an abyss, and an unprecedented sense of frustration and dejection washed over him. He understood that today's situation was already extremely unfavorable and fraught with danger.

Even so, he still tried his best to remain calm and sighed:

"When elephants wrestle, they should not disturb the ants! Sovereign Dian Luohou, why don't we go out of the city to fight? After all, there are still hundreds of millions of living beings within the city?"

At this time, since the city-protecting arrays had already lost their defensive function, the only thing he could do was likely just this: try his best to draw the flames of war away and not harm the hundreds of millions of living beings in the city!

At the level of a True God, the destructive power contained in a single wave of a hand or a single lift of a foot is simply beyond imagination. Destroying the heavens and extinguishing the earth, shattering stars—these are by no means empty words.

For powerful existences like Sovereign Dian Luohou and Meng Kongchan, if they went to the God Realm, they would even have to be careful when breathing; otherwise, a single exhale could destroy a small or medium-sized planet.

Although they were in the special environment of the Abyss, where the laws of heaven and earth and order were different, Huanmeng Divine City still appeared extremely fragile in the face of such power. Even an unintentional energy fluctuation would be enough to turn large swaths of buildings into ruins and plunge countless lives into desperate straits.

Sovereign Dian Luohou was a sovereign of a kingdom and not one to kill the innocent indiscriminately; naturally, he would not refuse this proposal from Meng Kongchan.

Thus, a strange spectacle occurred: the people of Senluo Divine Kingdom all retreated together, while the people of Zhimeng Divine Kingdom followed closely behind, leaving Huanmeng Divine City one after the other and heading into the distance.

[Some readers are asking, so I will add one sentence: If the city-protecting arrays were still there, Meng Kongchan would have held his ground within the city; now that the arrays are gone, staying in the city has no meaning. Neither side wants to harm the hundreds of millions of living beings in the city, so they agreed to fight outside the city. Don't forget, there is still Emperor Yuan in the Abyss; neither Meng Kongchan nor Sovereign Dian Luohou wants to harm the hundreds of millions of living beings and anger that "embodiment of justice," Emperor Yuan.]