Annihilate in one fell swoop
"Boom boom boom—" A violent explosion suddenly resounded through the sky, and the originally dark night became as bright as day under the reflection of the purplish-red flames.
Tens of thousands of magical beasts surged forward, only to be continuously destroyed by the explosions of flames and lightning.
The high-level magical beasts that had regained their senses were completely different from their other kin. They repeatedly avoided the lightning and fire, and even pushed aside other fleeing magical beasts to block the lightning and fire, but still lost dozens of them.
Half an hour later, the thunder and fire were still burning. Ruan Qingyu, feeling somewhat exhausted, took a half step back. Yun Yin grabbed her waist and led her into the city gate.
The weapon-refining elder stared in astonishment at the ten jade boxes that Wutong had handed over. He had seen many highly skilled cultivators, but this was the first time he had encountered one this powerful.
Although Ruan Qingyu's face was pale and her lips were bloodless, her eyes shone with an astonishing brightness. Her soft breathing gradually disappeared as the pills and the spiritual energy flowing from the person behind her were absorbed.
"Yunyin, I'm fine." Ruan Qingyu smiled, but her voice trembled slightly. She turned her head to look at Yunyin, but the other person pressed her head down.
His hot breath gently caressed the back of Ruan Qingyu's neck, and a deep voice sounded in her ear: "Don't overwork yourself like this again in the future."
Ruan Qingyu's breathing immediately became heavy, and she didn't know how to speak. The next moment, she felt a tightness on her wrist, and the familiar touch made her involuntarily lower her head.
The sleek, shiny tail was tugging at her wrist, pulling and releasing. Blinking, Ruan Qingyu pleaded softly, "Okay."
Even though she had already given in, the person behind her still wouldn't let go. Her breath caught in her throat, and after a moment she felt a warmth behind her ear, a slight heat and moisture.
Instantly, Ruan Qingyu's lips pressed into a straight line. Her cheeks seemed to be flushed with a rosy glow, gradually spreading into a rosy hue.
Suddenly, several screams came from outside the city gate.
Suddenly, Ruan Qingyu stood up abruptly. As she looked up, the shadow of a certain magical beast had already taken over her head. A high-level magical beast and two super high-level magical beasts had broken in!
The sounds of collapsing city walls and shattering formations filled the air, while the faint tremors of demonic beasts trampling the ground echoed in the background.
At this moment, all the sounds faded away, and Ruan Qingyu could only hear Yun Yin's urging voice behind her ear. However, the two of them seemed to be locked onto by those five ultra-high-level magical beasts.
Within the contractual consciousness, Yun Yin spoke rapidly: "Qing Yu, you go first!"
Ruan Qingyu ignored him, and three talismans quietly appeared at her fingertips. She hadn't used these in the most critical moments before, but now she was using them.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh—" With a startling sound, three sword energies flew out from the activated talisman.
The demonic beasts were almost upon them, but in an instant, they were all stopped by the sword energy etched into the talisman. Ruan Qingyu's eyes widened; the air was filled with blood foam.
The lingering stench of blood slightly awakened her consciousness, and countless spirit stones turned to dust in her palm. The Wutong Qin responded, its powerful sound pouring out, heading first towards the cultivator being chased by the demonic beast.
Now that the Holy City's formation has been broken and damaged, the only option left is to fight to the death.
"Yunyin, go and take care of the weapon-refining elders!" Ruan Qingyu's mind tightened as she thought of the elders in charge of refining magical artifacts, who were located in the center of Holy City.
But right now, Master is still guarding the main battlefield on the city wall, and the other two Dao Lords are fighting in the demon beast passage. The other cultivators are probably too busy to help themselves, and if the forging of magical artifacts is interrupted, the endless stream of demon beasts will only wear everyone down.
Many cultivators were already exhausted, and were slammed to the ground by the claws of the surging demonic beasts. Behind Ruan Qingyu, the flame-shaped phoenix was poised to pounce, its high-pitched cry resounding through the sky.
In the shadows, Ruan Qingyu alone held off thousands of demonic beasts at the North Gate.
She tilted her head slightly: "Hurry up and go!" Behind her, Yun Yin's aura remained neither too close nor too far, and she knew that he was worried about her.
"Go quickly!" Ruan Qingyu's patience ran out, and she made the request for the third time. A moment later, Yun Yin gritted his teeth and left, rushing towards the aura of the weapon-refining elder.
Lin Yu and Zhao Zhao fought and retreated, escorting a group of cultivators who were no longer able to fight back to the city. The city's protective formation was broken, but there were still defensive formations inside the city, so it was good to send them there to hide for the time being.
Each time the two swung their longswords, a magical beast fell. However, there were now too many magical beasts, and they were gradually getting closer and closer to the group.
Suddenly, a strange aura of fire spread through the air, and Lin Yu felt her vision go black. She finally fainted from exhaustion.
The next moment, Zhao Zhao turned around and helped her up.
"Senior Sister!" Zhao Zhao exclaimed in surprise. She hadn't seen Ruan Qingyu when the formation broke, and thought that the other party had been injured by that strange red demonic beast.
Seeing Ruan Qingyu repel dozens of demonic beasts with a single palm strike, Zhao Zhao's eyes welled up with tears, just like the day they first met. She had also been saved by Ruan Qingyu in the same way. Taking a deep breath, Zhao Zhao, under Ruan Qingyu's reassuring gaze, pulled the remaining cultivators back into the city.
As the other half of the city gate collapsed in an instant, Ruan Qingyu's eyes emitted a faint red light.
"Fire Phoenix Rises Through the Heavens!" A gigantic phoenix flew out from behind her, rushing towards the North Gate. Divine fire spread wherever it went, engulfing all the demonic beasts.
Upon sensing the phoenix's aura, all the super-powerful magical beasts that had not yet entered stopped moving, but only for a moment, before they all fled outwards in unison.
However, Ruan Qingyu did not give these magical beasts a chance, and treated them all equally, turning them all into ashes under the spray of divine fire.
Wutong's somewhat weak voice rang out: "Miss Ruan, I'm afraid I can no longer protect you for the time being." As soon as she finished speaking, a beam of green light withdrew from Ruan Qingyu's body and shrank back into the small wooden puppet at her waist.
Ruan Qingyu remained unmoved, continuing to channel spiritual energy into the phoenix in the sky. Even the wall of fire blocking the north gate showed no sign of retreating, while the spirit stones within her storage bracelet stood in stark contrast.
The spiritual energy was disappearing in units of thousands. In order to quickly replenish the spiritual energy that had disappeared from her dantian, Ruan Qingyu would crush the spirit stones and then directly absorb the dissipated spiritual energy.
When the array repairmen arrived to fix the North Gate array, they saw a woman dressed in red and white robes single-handedly blocking the invasion of thousands of demonic beasts with an invincible presence.
The spiritual energy emanating from the flames ruffled the ends of her hair, revealing faint flashes of red light at the tips. A sea of fire surrounded her, and the phoenixes soaring and attacking in the sky obeyed her commands.
The three array cultivators swallowed hard and quickly headed towards her location.
"Senior! Could you escort us to the city gate? Once the formation is repaired, the double formation can be activated, giving everyone a place to catch their breath."
The defensive formations within the city are now filled with heavily injured cultivators, while those with minor injuries can only continue to defend against the invading demonic beasts within the city.
They had only managed to repair the other three city gates with the help of several elders. The north gate was the furthest from them, so they arrived last.
On the way here, there were several elders. When they were almost there, those elders told the three of them to go first to cover them from two super high-level magical beasts. Now they can only hope that those elders can hold out until the Dao Lord returns to help.
Upon hearing the sound, Ruan Qingyu nodded slightly. Her eyes flashed red, and a moment later, a huge fire lotus appeared above her head, crashing down towards the horde of demonic beasts at the North Gate.
Accompanied by a violent explosion, Ruan Qingyu arrived at the North Gate with three array cultivators.
"You can just focus on repairing it here; don't worry about anything else."
As she spoke, Ruan Qingyu clasped her hands together, and a huge circle of fire appeared around her, completely surrounding the four of them.
In this critical moment, the three of them didn't say much. They took their magical artifacts and began to communicate with the broken formation, striving to perfect it as quickly as possible.
Seemingly sensing Ruan Qingyu's fiery aura, a high-level magical beast suddenly jumped down and circled around the fire circle.
The next moment, the monster slammed down with its enormous claw.
Ruan Qingyu's eyes turned cold, and she struck upwards with her palm. With a loud bang, the demonic beast was thrown to the ground.
His gaze swept over the three people who were focused on repairing the formation, and seeing that they were still concentrating on it, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Two hours passed, and the sky was beginning to lighten; they had been fighting all night.
As a series of crisp 'click-clack' sounds rang out, Ruan Qingyu breathed a sigh of relief.
"The formation is complete!" A cultivator raised his sweat-covered face, overjoyed, finally having lived up to expectations.
Nodding, Ruan Qingyu once again swept away most of the demonic beasts that were still gathering at the North Gate before leading the three of them back into the city.
The three thanked her repeatedly, while Ruan Qingyu nodded absentmindedly. Her gaze, however, was fixed on the southwest direction, where a familiar aura emanated.
The next moment, Yun Yin's figure flew over like lightning. In the blink of an eye, he was already in front of Ruan Qingyu.
"Qingyu!" Yunyin immediately reached out and hugged Ruan Qingyu tightly.
Feeling the aura of Yunyin filling her breath, Ruan Qingyu took a deep breath and even slowly closed her eyes amidst the surrounding beasts.
After a moment, Ruan Qingyu felt her tense nerves relax, but she still kept her arms around him and asked in a muffled voice, "Are you all better now?"
Yun Yin's deep voice sounded above her head: "Alright, but Dao Jun asked me to bring the magic weapon with me to deliver it."
Upon hearing this, Ruan Qingyu straightened up and released Yun Yin. She looked towards the city wall with some surprise, where the majestic sword cultivator's image still stood atop the wall.
Let her and Yunyin escort them? The furrowed brows immediately relaxed. It seemed that the city couldn't do without their master, and there were no other Dao Lords around.
"I believe in Master, and I believe in you too." Ruan Qingyu's lips curled up, and her gaze towards Yun Yin was full of determination.
Seeing this, Yunyin lowered his head slightly and placed a gentle kiss on the corner of her eye.
"Um."
Hearing Yunyin's response, the smile on her lips widened.
Ruan Qingyu looked at the other cultivators emerging from the city, and upon seeing Lin Yu and the others, she simply left the phoenix still circling in the sky behind. After continuous battles, she had become familiar with this all-out attack method.
Leaving a phoenix behind to protect the Holy City would give her some peace of mind.
The next moment, Yun Yin suddenly transformed into a thunder leopard, and Ruan Qingyu leaped onto his back. In an instant, the man and the leopard vanished from the spot.
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