The location of the center of the formation was also where the explosive force was strongest. The force at that location had clearly exceeded the limits that the space could withstand.
"Ah..." Only one-tenth of the survivors in the royal city remained. Of the tens of millions of minotaurs in the royal city, only a million were left, including the wounded. Countless minotaurs screamed and cried out in agony. They really couldn't understand what had happened. Just a moment ago, they all suspected that it was the end of the world.
"Father!" At this moment, Hei Fengxuan crawled out of the ruins and shouted hoarsely. The Huang Jing who rushed up and turned into ashes was his father. He had seen him turn into ashes with his own eyes.
"Father, what exactly happened? Why did this happen?" Hei San limped over hurriedly, not understanding what had happened.
"It's an Originium mine, the Originium mine exploded," Black Wind Whirl murmured.
"Originium mine?" Black Three was stunned. "How is this possible? How could an Originium mine just explode like that?"
"It's Ha Yu, it's that kid." Black Wind Whirlwind suddenly realized something, and his eyes filled with resentment. "Where's Hark? I'm going to kill him."
"Father, are you sure you're not mistaken? How could Ha Yu possibly have such strength? To detonate a source stone mine, you need to be at least at the peak of the Emperor Realm!" Hei San said in disbelief.
“Yes! He can’t do it!” Hei Fengxuan was stunned. “But who else could it be but him? Who else could it be? Everything is ruined. My Hei family is finished. The Black Bull Kingdom is finished.”
Black Wind Whirlwind plopped down on the ground, his face ashen.
At this moment, outside Tu Niu City, Man Qi, who was about to smash the Crimson Dragon with his double maces, was suddenly blasted back by a golden light. A golden energy shield protected the Crimson Dragon, and then two figures appeared beside the Crimson Dragon, a man and a woman, who were frighteningly young.
In the man's hand was a golden array plate, covered with dense patterns. The people who appeared were Gu Yu and Ri Jiu.
Before Manqi and the others could figure out what was going on, the earth suddenly trembled, and a terrifying energy emanated from thousands of miles away. The dazzling white light was clearly visible to everyone thousands of miles away.
"That seems to be in the direction of the royal city?" A minotaur king-level being looked at the white light and said.
“Yes, that seems to be the direction of the royal city,” a minotaur said.
On the human side, they did not know the exact location of the Black Bull Royal City, but they sensed that something major must have happened there.
"Teacher." Gu Yu looked at the sudden burst of white light in the distant direction, his expression somewhat sorrowful.
"Huh? Who are you?" Chi Long looked at Gu Yu, who had suddenly appeared, with some confusion. This kid's cultivation was only at the second level, yet he was able to send Man Qi flying. This was not scientific!
Wait, is this the thing? Chi Long's gaze fell on the God-Slaying Array Plate in Gu Yu's hand. At this moment, the God-Slaying Array Plate was in operation, and the golden light shield in front of him originated from the array plate.
Something capable of withstanding the Emperor Realm, a divine artifact? The array plate in Gu Yu's hand is definitely a divine artifact.
"My name is Gu Yu," Gu Yu replied upon hearing Chi Long's words.
"Gu Yu?" Chi Long frowned upon hearing the name Gu Yu. It sounded familiar, as if he had heard it a few days ago. "Are you Little Dragon?"
"Mm." Gu Yu nodded.
"I am Red Dragon, I am your older brother," Red Dragon said immediately. The next second, he put his arm around Gu Yu's shoulder. "Little Dragon, this thing of yours is pretty powerful. Can I borrow it to play with?"
The Crimson Dragon set his sights on the God-Slaying Array Plate. At this moment, his gaze towards the God-Slaying Array Plate was burning with desire, like a wild beast looking at a beautiful woman.
"No way." Gu Yu refused outright. He didn't know Chi Long. In his previous life, when Gu Yu met Long Aotian, several members of the Dragon Group had already died, including Chi Long.
"What's going on? That power looks like an Originium mine explosion." The Minotaur King Realm expert watching from afar was equally shocked.
"Black Bull Royal City, it was the Originium Mine in Black Bull Royal City that exploded." At this moment, a Royal Realm expert said, "That power was definitely..."
Among these nine Emperor Realm experts, two had very unpleasant expressions.
"Big brother, can you feel it?" one of the Emperor Realm experts asked the other.
"The second brother is dead?" another Emperor Realm expert said uncertainly.
"I also felt that my second brother's life force had disappeared."
These two are the royal realm members of the Hei family. One of them is Hei Luo, the current pillar of the Hei family, and the other is Hei Lou.
"Return to the royal city," Hei Luo hurriedly said. If it really was the source stone mine in Black Bull Royal City that exploded, then what a disaster it would be. Now, the entire Black Bull Royal City would probably cease to exist. How could the two of them not be anxious? Even their second brother, the Emperor Realm who was stationed in Black Bull Royal City, had died. They had left each other with their life auras to sense each other, so if one of them was in trouble, the other would immediately sense it.
Now that the second son's life force has disappeared, it proves that he is dead.
Gu Yu looked around at the scene before him. Utter silence reigned, with ruins everywhere, stained with blood in the fading sunlight. The air was thick with the stench of gunpowder and death, suffocating him.
Corpses lay scattered about, some unrecognizable, some retaining their gruesome expressions, some with incomplete bodies, and some with no remains at all. The stench of blood and burning flesh was nauseating. This was war; victory required the accumulation of countless corpses, and defeat was even more so.
Those who survived on the battlefield continued to fight, even though they were covered in blood, their weapons were still being brandished.
Humanity was struggling desperately. Seeing this, Gu Yu wielded the God-Slaying Array Disc in his hand, and a top-grade source stone was instantly embedded in a groove. It was the Yin-Yang Amplification Array.
It can amplify one's own strength, as well as the strength of others. However, the more people involved, the weaker the amplification effect becomes. At this moment, Gu Yu only amplified himself because the battlefield was too large, and the range of amplification would also affect the amplification effect.
By focusing solely on amplifying himself, Gu Yu's aura surged dramatically, leaping directly from the First Cone realm to the King realm.
"I have detonated the Originium mine in Black Bull Royal City. Black Bull Royal City is now destroyed. Why are you not withdrawing your troops and going back to provide support?" Gu Yu's voice resounded throughout the battlefield, drawing everyone's attention to Gu Yu, the human warrior, the Minotaur warrior.
"What did you say?" Man Qi frowned upon hearing Gu Yu's words. The commotion just now was considerable; they could see and feel it from tens of thousands of miles away, which speaks volumes. "Don't talk nonsense. Even a peak Emperor Realm expert would find it incredibly difficult to blow up a high-grade source stone mine, let alone you. Besides, with that kind of power, even a peak Emperor Realm expert wouldn't be able to escape. How did you manage to get away?"
Manqi raised his own question, which was also raised by others. Even Hei Luo and Hei Lou, who were about to leave, looked in Gu Yu's direction.
“I can’t do that myself, but I can detonate the array. The source energy there is abundant, and the array will be correspondingly stronger. I can use the explosion of the array to detonate the source stone mine,” Gu Yu said calmly. “The Black Bull Royal City is probably a complete ruin now.”
"It's you?" Before Manqi could say anything more, Hei Luo suddenly stopped hiding and flew over from a distance in an instant. A terrifying aura of royalty immediately emanated from him, and he slammed a palm towards Gu Yu.
When faced with the charging Haro, Gu Yu's expression changed instantly. This was a King Realm expert. He had originally intended to tell the Minotaur army here that he had destroyed the royal city and order them to retreat, but he never expected to attract a King Realm expert. This was truly a miscalculation.
Just as Hei Luo charged toward Gu Yu, the God-Slaying Array Disc in Gu Yu's hand suddenly spun, and golden light immediately spread out, transforming into a light shield that protected Gu Yu inside.
boom…………
Despite this, Gu Yu was still sent flying backwards, and the light shield suddenly shattered during the flight.
"I'm going to kill you." Hei Luo was insane. Black Bull Royal City was the culmination of countless generations of their Hei family's efforts, and now it had been destroyed by Gu Yu. This filled his mind with the thought of killing the culprit, and he even forgot the rule that the Emperor Realm could not intervene.
His figure flashed again, and he struck Gu Yu with another palm strike.
Gu Yu spun the God-Slaying Array Disc in his hand again, and his figure disappeared instantly, dodging Hei Luo's attack. However, Hei Luo did not give up and chased after Gu Yu again.
The battlefield fell silent. The minotaurs stopped attacking humans, their faces filled with worry and anxiety. Their families were all in the royal city! If the royal city were to fall, what would become of them? No, they had to go home.
As for the humans, since the minotaurs had stopped fighting, they all stopped fighting as well and began to meditate.
"My lord, I need to return to the royal city," said a Minotaur at the peak of the Marquis realm. His wife and children were in the royal city, and he was very anxious.
"I want to go back too!" the minotaurs shouted, and the scene immediately descended into chaos. The kings all looked grim. Not only did these people want to go back and check the situation, but they all wanted to go back and check the situation as well! But if they retreated now, how would they explain it when they returned? They would be punished by military law.
However, some minotaurs had already begun to sneak away. Even though they had seen him, they did not step forward to stop him. Instead, they turned their attention to Hei Luo, who was a royal figure in the Black Bull Royal City. His current frenzied behavior was enough to prove that Gu Yu was not lying.
At this moment, Gu Yu kept dodging. He began to regret why he had activated the Yin-Yang Amplification Array first. He should have activated an offensive array instead, which might have allowed him to clash with the Black Demon in front of him.
In just a few breaths, one of the top-grade source stones on the God-Slaying Array Plate had become extremely dim. He had been relying on the Ten Directions Shift to dodge Hei Luo's attacks.
He roughly calculated that if he moved 10,000 li at a time, it would consume half the power of a top-grade source stone. If he moved 3 to 5 li at a time, a top-grade source stone would be enough for more than ten times.
For example, he has already been moved seven times.
At this moment, Manqi showed a look of doubt. If the Emperor Realm made a move, the human True God should have also made a move, since this was a violation of the rules he set. However, the human True God has not made a move. This seems to prove something.
He thought this way, and the Minotaur Kings who had been hiding and watching from afar also thought of this.
"I never imagined that the true gods of humanity would actually be restrained. If we had known it was this simple, why did we go through all this trouble? We lost so many people for nothing," a royal-level expert suddenly said.
“Yes!” one of the Emperor Realm experts chimed in.
"So what do we do now?" At this moment, one of the Emperor Realm experts looked at the other Emperor Realm experts, a hint of killing intent flashing in his eyes. Then his gaze fell on Tu Niu City.
With the true gods of humanity restrained, they no longer need to fear the rule that those above the Emperor Realm cannot intervene, and therefore no longer need to stand by and watch.
"Big brother, I'm here to help you." Upon hearing these words, Hei Lou rushed out and instantly joined the attack on Gu Yu.
At this moment, Gu Yu couldn't help but complain. Shouldn't these guys be rushing back to the royal city to provide support? Why are they all attacking him here? Two Emperor Realm experts—even with the God-Slaying Array Plate, his chances of survival today are slim.
"Little Dragon, it's not that your big brother doesn't want to help you! Your big brother just can't beat a Royal Realm expert! Damn Long Aotian, hurry up and break through! Their Royal Realm experts are all violating the rules to participate in the battle. If it really doesn't work, I'm running away!" Red Dragon rambled on and on, he was in a complete panic. Could it be that the human True Gods really couldn't make a move? That shouldn't be the case! But why hadn't they made a move yet? What were they doing?
At this moment, Gu Yu was facing two Emperor Realm experts. He had already exhausted the two top-grade source stones on the God-Slaying Array Plate, which made him anxious. If this continued, he would be dead in less than five minutes.
Just then, a middle-aged man wearing golden source armor suddenly appeared. The armor was two meters tall, covered with golden scales, and a pair of huge golden roc wings on his back radiated a sacred glow.
His appearance immediately repelled the two Royal Realm experts, Hei Lou and Hei Luo. Looking at the Royal Realm Source Armor blocking his way, Gu Yu felt much more at ease, and his previous panic disappeared.
They had fought side by side in their past lives. He knew this person very well. Golden Source Armor, Li Shanpo. Although he was only at the peak of the King Realm, with the Golden-Winged Roc Armor, his combat power could reach the peak of the Emperor Realm. Moreover, his speed was very fast, comparable to that of a demigod.
This was his second meeting with the Golden-Winged Roc Armor in this life. He remembered that the last time was similar to this time. If it weren't for his arrival, he would probably have died at the hands of the Snow Wolf King.
“You are not allowed to make a move if you are in the Imperial Realm. You should all retreat immediately.” Li Shanpo said to the black-clad men, golden light emanating from his body and powerful energy fluctuations emanating from his wings.
His words immediately made Hei Luo feel a wave of fear. When he heard Gu Yu's words, he was so caught up in the moment that he forgot everything. Now, Li Shanpo suddenly reminded him of his mistake.
“Brother, don’t listen to his bullying. We’ve already made our move, but the True God hasn’t. This proves that Lord Manjun’s guess was right. Their True God is restrained and cannot make a move. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be him blocking us now, but the True God,” Hei Lou said.
At the same time, the seven Minotaur Emperors who had been hiding in the distance suddenly appeared.
"Hehe... Don't scare us. If your Divine Realm experts could take action, they would have killed Hei Luo the moment he made his move. Why wait until now?" a Royal Realm expert said. "It's such a waste of our efforts to test him. It's a complete waste."
"It seems you don't believe me. Then try it out." Li Shanpo's expression froze for a moment, and a powerful aura immediately spread towards the nine Minotaur Emperor Realm cultivators.
Although none of the nine Minotaur Emperor Realm cultivators were at the peak of the Emperor Realm, four of them were at the late Emperor Realm, two at the mid-Earth Emperor Realm, and three at the early Emperor Realm. The combined strength of these nine was far beyond what Li Shanpo alone could suppress.
"Let's give it a try. We're not easily intimidated," said one of the Emperor Realm experts. "The four of you go and kill that Long Aotian. That guy is too strange. If he breaks through to the Emperor Realm, he might be able to fight directly against a late-stage Emperor Realm expert."
“Okay!” The four people who were designated nodded immediately, and the next second they headed in the direction where Long Aotian was.
"All minotaur warriors, listen to my command! Attack Niuhua City with all your might! Anyone who tries to escape will suffer the same fate!" The next second, Huang Jing waved his hand, and several fleeing minotaurs were instantly imprisoned and lifted into the air. With a squeeze of his hand, the imprisoned minotaurs were instantly turned into flesh and blood, a truly gruesome sight.
Upon seeing this, the minotaurs below immediately began attacking the humans again, but because their minds were not on the humans, their fighting strength was greatly reduced.
The five Emperor Realm experts turned their gazes to Li Shanpo, and one by one they immediately drew their weapons and headed towards him.
Li Shanpo did not move when faced with the five men who attacked him, letting them come at him.
Just as the five were about to attack Li Shanpo, a terrifying pressure suddenly emanated, and a figure appeared out of thin air. He was tall and imposing, with his cloak fluttering in the wind and his face was extremely cold. He exuded an aura that could shake the heavens.
As he appeared, an energy vortex immediately spread out, enveloping everyone within a ten-mile radius.
All colors within a ten-mile radius vanished instantly, leaving only a vast expanse of white.
Those enveloped were all bound and unable to move, even the nine Emperor Realm experts could not move an inch.
"The Realm of a True God?" The expression of one of the Minotaur Emperors changed drastically. If they still couldn't guess the identity of the newcomer, then they were fools. This person was none other than the True God of China.
"I once said that those above the Emperor Realm should not make a move, yet you disregarded my words. It seems you don't take me seriously. In that case, you may all remain here!" The True God of China said coldly, clearly showing his anger. The next second, a surge of power emanated from him, and the nine Minotaur Emperor Realm cultivators instantly vanished, their lives extinguished.
"Below the true god, all are ants; within the domain, all are mayflies." At this moment, Gu Yu's understanding of this sentence became even more profound. Nine emperors, they died without even the slightest resistance.
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