Chapter 332: Go big now, or I can’t hold on
Puff puff puff.
Countless sharp arrows shot into the bodies of the flying demons.
Some smaller demons were shot into hedgehogs in mid-air and fell down wailing.
But most of them were just rolled over by the arrows and then continued to dive down.
Their body structure is strange, and ordinary arrows cannot cause fatal damage to them.
The first wave of arrows had little effect.
"Second round, start." General Wang De's eyes were red.
Another rain of arrows rose into the sky.
However, facing the endless tide of demons, this counterattack seemed like a drop in the bucket.
"General, we can't do this anymore," a captain came running over, covered in blood. "There's no way we can kill all these devils. We brothers can't hold on any longer."
"You have to hold on even if you can't," Wang De kicked him back, "Where are the treasures of the Shenji Pavilion? Show them to me."
Behind the city wall, hundreds of huge metal structures were pushed up. They were war machines, the "Dragon Cannons," which were hastily produced overnight by the Shenji Pavilion.
"Load and ignite."
The soldiers deftly stuffed the iron balls engraved with runes into the barrels.
Following the gunner's command, hundreds of dragon cannons spewed out orange-red flames at the same time.
Those iron balls drew parabolas in the air and then slammed heavily into the densest demonic tide.
Boom.
A deafening explosion sounded.
The iron ball exploded with a loud bang, and countless burning iron pieces mixed with the power of runes flew everywhere, clearing a large area of the sky in an instant.
"Good." The soldiers on the city wall gave a thunderous cheer.
But their cheers were soon drowned out by even more terrifying demonic sounds.
The gap in the sky was almost instantly filled by the evil demons rushing in from behind.
Wang De watched this scene with a chill in his heart. "Your Majesty, there are too many of them. We can't stop them at all. In half an incense stick of time at most, their main force will cross the Demon Suppression Pass and rush inland."
Xiao Yu looked up at the black wave in the sky that was getting closer and closer.
He is waiting.
Wait for a signal.
…
At the same time, in the capital, in the underground Shenji City.
Chu Xuanyi stood at the highest point of the core hub, with a glowing energy circuit under his feet.
In front of him was a huge light curtain formed by the mysterious light technique.
The light screen clearly showed the extremely tragic battle situation at the Demon-Suppressing Pass in the North.
A Xuanmen elder ran over, sweating profusely. "Oh no, Master Imperial Master! The northern border defenses are about to be breached. If we don't deploy the formation now, it will be too late."
"Why are you rushing us?" Chu Xuanyi stared at the light screen, shouting without turning his head. "The energy of the 'Zhennan Tower' at the southwestern border hasn't fully synchronized yet at the last node. Forcing the formation now will have flaws, and they'll find loopholes."
"But……"
"No buts." Chu Xuanyi's voice was as hoarse as a broken gong.
He had hardly slept in the past two months. He had lost a lot of weight and his original charm was gone. All that was left was a pair of bloodshot, mad-like eyes.
"Gongshu Ming," he shouted down, "how are you doing over there?"
"Sir, the energy core's output has reached its limit." Gongshu Ming and his tribesmen were busy working in front of a huge mechanical compass. "If we go any faster, the main hub will be overloaded."
"I don't care what method you use, just give me another 10% increase." Chu Xuanyi roared, "The last 10%. I need this last 10% of energy to forcibly activate the Zhennan Tower."
"This... this is a gamble with our lives," Gongshu Ming said anxiously, sweating profusely. "If the core explodes, all of us will be finished."
"If you don't gamble, it's over now." Chu Xuanyi pointed at the demonic tide on the light screen that was about to overwhelm the Demon Suppression Pass. "Look carefully, do we have any other choice?"
Gongshu Ming glanced at the light screen, gritted his teeth, and turned to his people, roaring, "Did you hear me? Connect the backup energy to me. Even if we have to tear down this Shenji City today, we have to provide the energy for you, sir."
"Yes." The craftsmen of Shenji Pavilion responded in unison.
"Ajiu." Chu Xuanyi called again.
Jiu, who had been sitting quietly next to the core hub, stood up immediately.
"grown ups."
"Are you ready?" Chu Xuanyi's tone slowed down a bit, which was rare. "I will guide the final torrent of energy from the formation through you. It will be very uncomfortable, but you must hold on. You are the final 'key' to the entire formation. Only your power can perfectly fuse the energy of all nodes together."
Ajiu looked at his haggard face and nodded heavily.
"I'm not afraid." She said seriously, "Brother Xiongxiong is still waiting for us. We agreed on that."
Chu Xuanyi looked at her clear eyes and felt warm in his heart.
He took a deep breath, walked back to the console, and placed his hands on a crystal ball covered with runes.
"Reporting the synchronization rate of the South Tower."
"Ninety-seven percent..."
"Ninety-eight percent..."
"Reporting that the energy core output has reached critical value."
"Reporting on the battle situation in the north, the vanguard of the demon tide has come into contact with the defenders of the Demon Suppression Pass."
Bad news came one after another.
Chu Xuanyi closed his eyes, unable to wait any longer.
"Set up the formation."
He roared at the top of his lungs, pouring all the spiritual power in his body into the core hub under his feet without reservation.
Buzz.
At this moment, across the vast land of the Great Zhou Dynasty, from the shores of the East China Sea to the snow-capped mountains of the Western Regions, from the dense forests of the southern border to the ice fields of the northern border, nine hundred and ninety-nine formation nodes that had been arranged long ago simultaneously lit up with golden light.
Pillars of light shot up into the sky, and all of them converged and intertwined above the sky, quickly expanding into a golden light curtain that spanned the sky and the earth, quickly turning the entire territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty upside down.
The world-protecting formation was successfully activated at the last moment.
At the moment when the formation was formed, the main force of the evil demons in the sky finally broke through the obstruction of the Demon-Suppressing Pass and slammed into the golden light curtain.
Boom.
A loud bang resounded throughout the world.
The golden light curtain shook violently, spreading out circles of energy ripples visible to the naked eye.
Inside the underground Shenji City, Chu Xuanyi suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, his body shaking.
"Hold on, hold on for me." He pressed the crystal ball tightly, his eyes red.
The light curtain finally held up.
Although it shook violently, it did not break.
It is like an insurmountable natural barrier, blocking the terrifying demonic tide outside the country.
At the Demon-Suppressing Pass, the soldiers who had managed to survive the first wave of attacks stared in amazement at the golden sky above their heads and the countless evil demons outside the sky that were madly crashing into them but unable to advance an inch.
After a brief silence.
"We... blocked it." A soldier muttered to himself.
"We blocked it. We blocked it."
"Long live, long live."
The ecstasy of surviving the disaster turned into an earth-shaking roar.
"What are you still standing there for?" General Wang De's voice rang out again. "Although the main force of the evil demons has been blocked, the debris around the rift is still pouring out. Beat them back."
Ten thousand arrows were fired again, and round after round of arrow rain covered the evil demons on the ground that tried to infiltrate from the periphery of the rift.
The city wall of Demon-Suppressing Pass has become a meat grinder.
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