Chapter 370: Chapter 273: Slaughter in the City!_2
So, when the Spectral Dragon army charged toward the city's defense force, Lao Xu wanted to immediately locate the fulcrum of the protective barrier and destroy it first. Otherwise, if something went wrong, they wouldn't even be able to escape.
"This is easy, master, hold tight."
Dailisi gently fluttered her wings, flying close to the ground directly through the city, swiftly weaving between the high-rise buildings.
Seated atop the Black Dragon's head, Lord Zi's Spirit spread out, continuously acquiring detailed terrain maps and marking various resource spots, preparing to extract them one by one after conquering the city.
As they flew over half the city district, they finally saw a three-story building hidden underground.
This hidden underground building was rather normal for the first two floors, but the third floor delved a hundred meters into the ground, leading to a vast underground space.
And the "Death's Eye" detected ten enormous life essences clustered together in the middle of the vast underground space.
"Good grief, more than three thousand people are hiding in this underground structure, and there are Fourth Order Peak powerhouses among them."
This was a force even mightier than the city's garrison, a Wokou team hidden underground with no intention of emerging.
Choosing to hide rather than joining the battle perplexed Lord Zi; he couldn't understand what these Wokou were thinking.
"Master, they have used some sort of artifact to shield their presence; I can't sense any signs of life underground here."
Dailisi's Spirit communicated telepathically, directly informing Lord Zi of the Wokou's intent.
"They know the city can't withstand the siege of the Spectral Dragon Lord Boss and out of fear of death, they want to preserve their strength by hiding. It seems the people below are the great families of Gypsum Country."
With ten Fourth Order Peak powerhouses, a third of over three thousand individuals held Third Order strength or higher; this was not a minor force.Nôv(el)B\\jnn
Add to that the Wokou's penchant for rearing Shikigami, if a direct battle ensued, they could easily deploy an irregular army of ten thousand Shikigami.
"Unexpectedly, the Elemental Map paired with Death's Eye is even more powerful than the Epic Boss's sensory detection."
Previously, within the Necro Realm, especially after entering the heart of the Castle of the Undead, Lord Zi's Spirit was suppressed, rendering both detection abilities completely useless.
Zi Liyuan thought that these two detection skills couldn't perceive specially shielded effects.
Unexpectedly, he managed to use these two abilities to detect cloaking that even Epic Bosses couldn't see through.
"Dailisi, keep flying forward, let's not alarm the Wokou hiding below. Once the city's defensive system and resistance forces are destroyed, we'll deal with these lurking rats."
Nodding slightly, the Black Dragon Sister didn't pause for a second, flying past as if utterly unaware of whatever was below.
After crossing just one street, Zi Liyuan's Spirit sensed a large convergence of life essences, coupled with a massive energy core.
"Found it, Dailisi, fly thirty degrees to the right!"
"Understood."
As they drew nearer, a steel structure rose into view.
It was a three-story building made entirely of steel, seamless as if cast in a single pour.
Engraved on the steel exterior were intricate Demonic Runes, forming a formation through which streams of Magic Power continuously flowed along the rune pathways.
The closer they got to the pure steel building, the more they felt waves of spectral yin qi gathering, with temperatures sharply dropping all around.
"Is this the Yin Formation in a Yin Yang Formation? Fuck, they're breeding ghost creatures right in the city center. Don't these Wokou fear turning it into a parade of spectres and catastrophically harming the civilians?"
Zi Liyuan, who had extensively researched the Onmyoji of the little devils and had seen numerous records about the Sanctum of Yin and Yang in the Dragon Academy's library, was astonished.
Among the most detailed records were those about the Yin Yang Formation.
This contraption complements yin and yang: the Yang Formation gathers various positive energies to establish a protective barrier, while the Yin Formation gathers various negative energies to create an attack stance.
The Onmyoji of Gypsum Country preferred using the Yin Formation, gathering ghostly qi, death qi, evil qi, and Evil Qi to nurture fierce spectres!
Zi Liyuan had never imagined that the politicians and military of Gypsum Country would so brazenly replace the city's defense system with a Yin Yang Formation.
"Dragon Academy's records state that once the Yin Yang Formation loses its balance, it will trigger elemental chaos at both extremes. A Yang extreme chaos typically results in various elemental explosions, while a Yin extreme chaos is characterized by an invasion of negative energy."
Lord Zi stroked his chin and immediately had an idea.
"The entire Castle of the Undead was condensed into death crystals by the undead mage Andrew. These are crystals filled with immense death energy, just perfect for reinforcing the extreme Yin energy."
Within Lord Zi's spiritual perception, the pure steel building without any doors housed tens of thousands of fierce spectres.
And now, because of the Spectral Dragon's siege, the energy barrier that concentrated extreme Yang energy was patched up repeatedly, depleting who knows how much energy.
The balance of the two polar energies of the Yin Yang Formation had long been disrupted. If he continued to charge the Yin Formation...
The increase and decrease might soon break the balance between the two poles.
When that happens, the extreme Yin energy surpassing the extreme Yang energy and the collapse of the Yin Yang balance would immediately cause a Yin extreme chaos. The collected negative energy would surge, and the fierce spectres sealed in the pure steel structure would inevitably be fully resurrected.
Tens of thousands of ghosts breaking free, all of which are at least Third Order fierce spectres, influenced by negative energy, becoming irrational – isn't that precisely the scene of ghosts rampaging and chaos in the human world?
Why do I find the thought of this somewhat exciting?
Lord Zi touched his chin again and, without a word, pulled out his magic wand, summoning Copperbeard·Skeleton Number One.
"Copperbeard, give me the death crystals you took from the undead warehouse."
Upon lifting the Castle of the Undead's restrictions on the Undead Dwarfs, these creatures, probably due to a long lack of supplies, swarmed into the warehouses of the Castle of the Undead and began looting.
The place where the death crystals were stored became the first key place visited by this group of Undead Dwarfs.
Thinking of the moment when this bunch of Undead Dwarfs looked desperately hungry, Lord Zi couldn't help but shiver.
"Alright, Master."
Copperbeard·Skeleton Number One's tone indicated reluctance, but he dared not disobey Lord Zi's command, and so he promptly spilled out a large pile of death crystals!
"Damn, why did you hoard so many death crystals?"
Looking at the messily piled up death crystals that formed a small mountain, Lord Zi was at a loss for words.
"We eat them, of course. We're undead now, and this stuff is a rare supplement for any undead creature."
Copperbeard·Skeleton Number One answered defiantly, his voice filled with a hint of resentment.
For a normal undead creature to evolve from an ordinary template to a boss template, it requires the accumulation of massive death energy.
These death crystals produced by the Castle of the Undead contain huge amounts of pure death energy that can be directly devoured and absorbed, turning into one's own foundational accumulation!
"Fine, give these to me for now, I'll compensate you later."
After dissipating Copperbeard·Skeleton Number One back into the Necro Realm, Lord Zi resumed summoning.
This time, he summoned the old turtle and a three-headed Hydra Monster.
"Hydra Monster, crush these death crystals with the power of darkness, and release the death energy within," Lord Zi instructed, pointing at several thousand death crystals on the ground. He then dismounted from Dailisi, hopping onto the old turtle's back.
On one side, Zi Liyuan was replenishing the Yin Formation with energy, while on the other side a frenzy of slaughter began.
After the Wokou Army, disregarding civilian casualties, had launched a major assault killing over eight hundred Spectral Dragon Replicas, the entire Spectral Dragon army, under Kulong's command, turned on the city walls and converged Wokou Army.
Without the protection of the energy barrier, these second and third-order little guys were instantly slaughtered by the army of Spectral Dragons.
The entire formation was torn to shreds, and the troops that could have cast spells together broke apart instantly under the ferocious assault of the Spectral Dragons.
The Wokou garrison on the whole city wall was butchered, leaving a river of blood.
PS: Something came up at home, so I only got back around 11 pm and have been writing until now to finish this chapter. Lao Xu apologizes first. To Lao Tie who sees this chapter, please refresh the page, and I'm sorry for the trouble – I kneel before you~!