Chapter 24: Terror Unmatched, the Winged Serpent-Blood Fiend

As the giant serpentine creature issued a command.From two directions, hundreds of two-headed bulls charged toward the light curtain in unison.

The mysterious light emitting from the horns of these two-headed bulls suggests that this species possesses a certain special ability for breaching defenses.

Boom—

After the first wave of attack, the light curtain remained intact.

However, Yu Lian on the city noticed that some of the array’s lights seemed to dim slightly.

It was clear.

Although the impact of the bull herd had a limited effect, it still caused some degree of damage to the array.

Seeing the bull herd about to launch a second charge, the many Extraordinaries on the city wall exchanged looks and took action!

In an instant, a variety of magical artifacts appeared:

A red silk flew from the sleeve of a young woman, gently drifting down.

It swept through the beast tide with lightness and grace, instantly annihilating several exotic beasts.

An elderly woman wielded a jade bracelet, which hovered above the beast tide, continuously radiating a mesmerizing seven-colored glow.

Any beast enveloped by the light would become delirious and berserk in no time, attacking its allies in a frenzy.

A middle-aged man, with his hair dancing in the wind and an imposing presence, controlled a giant cauldron rising and falling among the beast herd.

Under the weight of the cauldron, large swathes of exotic beasts were either dead or injured.

Additionally.

Yu Lian also saw bamboo flutes, iron chains, and even a coffin, maneuvering freely across the battlefield under the control of the Extraordinaries.

But these magical artifacts had only time to take effect two or three rounds before eight leader-level beasts took action together.

A giant monster leader with a horn on its head let out a roar, grabbing the red silk with astonishing speed despite its massive size.

Then, with a heavy tug, the red silk was shredded into two pieces.

On the city wall, a mark on the young woman’s forehead shattered, and she vomited a mouthful of blood, her entire demeanor instantly wilting.

Beside the giant monster, a leader-level two-headed bull let out a low bellow.

A visible ripple spread out, slowly yet accurately encircling the jade bracelet.

The suspended jade bracelet lasted only two breaths before losing its brilliance and falling from several tens of meters in the air, shattering into pieces on the ground.

The same happened in multiple locations.

Under the actions of the eight leader-level beasts, most of the artifacts wielded by the Extraordinaries lost their effectiveness!

Seizing this opportunity, the bull herd regrouped for another charge.

Boom—

With this strike, two arrays completely went dark.

The runes on the talismans crumbled consecutively, turning into dust and dissipating into the air.

At this moment.

The three elders sitting in the center simultaneously opened their eyes as if coordinated.

With a spell cast, they instantly rose into the air with sword control!

In the battlefield, the giant serpentine creature with the largest body let out a shriek at this sight, issuing an order, causing all the beasts to suddenly quiet down.

The next instant.

Except for the excessively large horned monster.

The other seven leader-level beasts floated up simultaneously, confronting the three sword-controlling Extraordinaries a hundred meters in the air.

In this moment.

The eyes of the humans in the alien city, the fierce beasts on the ground, and the observing entities through various channels all focused on this.

The intention of the three sword-controlling elders was obvious: to use themselves as bait, drawing out the enemy’s top-tier forces from the battlefield as much as possible.

Commonly known as...

King vs. King!

This was an extremely dangerous decision, but also the only choice.

According to the information they had received earlier, the Yao Que had dispatched a total of twenty second-tier great demons, with eight attacking a large city in the south before heading west, and another nine heading east.

The last three were advancing toward Chixian City.

This was a common strategy in previous years.

After all, within a radius of a thousand miles, Chixian City was not considered a major city, and with the limited duration of the Yao Que, the beast tide generally wouldn’t focus too much on such peripheral locations.

Sending a few second-tier demon beasts to attack the city was not so much about breaking the city and eating people.

It was more about tying down the cultivators in the city, preventing them from having time to support other cities.

According to the trio’s initial plan.

With their Foundation Establishment Stage cultivation, along with the enhancement effect of the city-protecting array, keeping the city gate from breaking shouldn’t be a problem.

After all, the beast attacks weren’t just once or twice in the past years; the city-protecting array had never malfunctioned.

But who could have thought...

This time, the attacking second-tier beasts numbered not three, but a full eight?

When did these beasts that always charged head-on start using tricks?

When they received this news, the beast tide was less than a hundred miles from Chixian City — they could fly in the air, but could only sustain the flight for twenty to thirty miles.

Considering the time needed to meditate and recover, a round trip took a whole day, and messages couldn’t be relayed instantly. (Note 1)

The distance was so close, and the surrounding areas were all desolate mountains and wilderness, with the nearest city over a hundred miles away.

In such a situation, let alone escaping with the whole city, even escaping with their entire clan wasn’t possible.

The three could only arrange for their clan’s direct descendants to flee hastily, while they and most of their clansmen stayed in the city, prepared for the final desperate fight.

The three, being elders in the family, knew the city-protecting array couldn’t withstand attacks from more than four beasts.

Once the array was broken, they would have to face multiple second-tier beasts and also focus on controlling the battlefield situation.

The three of them could exert at most seventy to eighty percent of their strength, and the result was destined to be death and the city’s destruction.

So, the three exchanged thoughts telepathically.

Rather than staying in the city awaiting a slow death.

Better to leave the battlefield and fight with their backs to the wall.

If they could sacrifice one person to eliminate four of the enemy’s beasts.

Then the remaining two, even gravely injured.

Could use the ancestral backup left behind to block the remaining four beasts and hold out until the beast tide retreats.

Although the possibility was very small, there was still some hope.

At least it’s better than waiting for death.

The beast side was naturally more than happy with this.

After all, if the three elders insisted on staying in the city, even if the city was eventually breached, their losses would hardly be minimal.

Since the city dwellers couldn’t escape, it was much easier to eliminate the city’s top fighters first than to attack the city with brute force.

The highest-ranked giant snake among them was so pleased its tail almost shook into a blur—the joke was that a beast of the same rank was naturally stronger than a cultivator. Now, with seven against three, including itself, about to advance to the second-tier peak monster stage.

What could the cultivators on the opposite side use to fight?

This giant snake, although somewhat arrogant, had the capital for such arrogance—it had unexpectedly awakened a trace of some ancient dragon’s bloodline upon advancing to the second tier, gaining some of the dragon’s legacy.

As its rank increased, the giant snake recently recovered some memory fragments.

One particularly vivid memory was the shout of a dragon warrior many tens of thousands of years ago during some battle.

"We outnumber the enemy by over sixty; we need only to soar high and charge directly to gain victory!"

The domineering tone.

The majestic posture.

The fierce gaze.

Absolutely striking.

One can imagine the opponents of the dragon ancestors all ended very tragically.

Thinking this, the giant snake flicked its tongue in disappointment.

Unfortunately, too few memories were awakened, leaving it clueless about the specifics of this charge.

But it didn’t matter.

Though the technique was forgotten, the tone could be completely imitated.

So, the giant snake reproduced the fierce posture of that ancient dragon.

It pointed its snake tail at the three sword-controlling elders, with its mouth skewed and eyes rolling, venom spraying everywhere.

Considering the limited intelligence of other second-tier beasts.

The giant snake particularly used simpler beast language, commanding the other beasts:

"Today’s battle is as solid as a dragon charge! We shall win!"

As soon as the words fell, one elder suddenly unleashed a sword light.

The giant snake quickly flicked its tongue, bursting with excitement: "Everyone stay back, leave this to me!"

It rose high to meet the sword light, its momentum soaring, as if about to transform into a dragon!

And then...

The sword light sliced through its body like cutting tofu.

The giant snake’s stiff figure was split in half, and then...

Splat, splat.

Two chunks of flesh dropped to the ground.

On the ground.

The other second-tier giant monster wiped the snake blood from its face, looking at the fading snake head in front, head tilted:

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