Chapter 3137: Collective Chaos

The defenders' morale and elemental power were all inferior to the enemy's, and the only two reasons the city gate had not yet been breached were: first, the city walls were truly thick and sturdy, the formations and barriers were exceptionally solid, and supplies were extremely abundant—spirit crystals, ammunition, and fuel were poured in without restraint; the energy consumption of the Spirit Void city walls in half an hour could match the total of an ordinary small country for several years.

The second reason was that the heavenly demons were simply too numerous—various divine abilities rained down from the sky at all times, not necessarily killing people, but often carrying negative effects like delay, flash bursts, and slippery ground, causing great inconvenience to the allied army's offense and logistics; furthermore, not all allied nations' elemental power could withstand the heavenly demons' divine techniques—medium and small powers like Fei State, Bai You, and Longsha tribes faced immense pressure when confronting the heavenly demons directly.

Many siege engines were not protected by elemental power like soldiers; once struck accurately by heavenly demons, they would shatter into pieces.

But after receiving the news that the Spirit Void Saint Venerable would descend early, the allied nations diverted all their elemental power to the battlefield without reservation.

Originally planning to proceed slowly and steadily, now they went all-in!

The kings of all nations also realized clearly: if they couldn't get through tonight, what future was there to speak of?

There is no future!

Thus, tonight's siege was exceptionally fierce. The Earth Mother once again gathered her strength, hard-pushing the southeast gate from underground.

The entire Spirit Void city activated the Avoidance Barrier and Jin Gang Formation, making the city wall's foundation as hard as a single block of diamond.

After seven previous hard impacts caused violent shaking of the Spirit Void southeast gate, the Earth Mother's eighth effort finally took effect—the sturdy wall emitted a dull cracking sound and split open with multiple large fissures.

It was like an egg or turtle shell being cracked open.

Coincidentally, the allied army's Pugu Shangxian struck the fissure with a divine fire blast; his divine ability had the trait of "penetrating everywhere," so it immediately spread along the crack, triggering a chain explosion! The dozen or so booms were louder than thunder, knocking who knows how many defenders off the wall, and the already damaged, unrepaired city wall was blown open into a hole five zhang in diameter!

A cheer erupted instantly below the city.

Breached—finally breached. This is the greatest progress made in the siege over the past few days!

The turtle-shell defense that Spirit Void City had spent over a decade to build was truly absurdly hard, its strength even exceeding that of Panlong City.

This is what financial power can do.

Qiu Hu, in charge of frontline command, felt invigorated and let out a loud shout:

"Focus fire on the damaged wall—left vanguard, assault! Left vanguard, assault!"

Spirit Void's city walls had self-healing ability; as long as energy supply was timely, they could quickly repair damage. This divine ability had been developed over two hundred years ago, but only in the past twenty years had wealthy city-states widely adopted it.

This was also one of the main reasons the allied army had repeatedly failed to breach Spirit Void City. But even the strongest self-healing had a time limit—a five-zhang breach could fit seven or eight large wagons side by side, and repairing it would take more than a moment.

Moreover, once the wall was damaged, the allied army could inflict damage upon damage much more easily than before.

The divine descent was imminent—if they could break through Spirit Void's gate first, the allied army could seize the initiative in the subsequent war!

Pugu Shangxian even took off a copper bracelet from his wrist and flung it toward the breach: "Hold it open for me!"

The copper bracelet expanded in the wind, and by the time it flew down to below the city, it had become a giant ring five zhang in diameter, perfectly fitting into the city wall's breach!

The allied army also knew about Spirit Void's self-healing walls and had prepared in advance for after breaching. With this ring holding it open, the wall couldn't close for a while, allowing elite troops outside to seize the opportunity and charge in.

Upon Qiu Hu's command, the left vanguard attempted to charge the wall.

Of course, the charge faced the densest attacks, so the two front ranks were all Jin Jia divine generals and giant puppet soldiers, tasked with blocking heavenly demons' divine techniques and arrows from the city walls, while the allied army's main forces and demon soldiers marched behind them.

In this era of abundant spiritual energy and extreme material wealth, Jin Jia divine generals were no longer as rare as before—they were now common guests on large battlefields.

Spirit Void's elemental power had been weakened several times over; now even medium-strength states couldn't match it, and the damage to Jin Jia divine generals was minimal.

As the Jin Jia divine generals were about to charge straight through the ring zone, Pugu Shangxian, mid-air, suddenly felt an inexplicable palpitation.

This feeling was very unfamiliar—like countless years ago, when he was still a mortal gathering herbs on a mountain, he suddenly came face-to-face with a fierce tiger bursting from the grass.

That chill rose from the soles of his feet, passed through his spine, and instantly stabbed into his heart.

How many years had it been since he last felt "fear"?

This sudden dread made his hand pause mid-motion—the prepared divine ability failed to unleash. As a True Immortal, his mental defense was unshakable, yet even so, the troops below needed no further explanation.

The several Jin Jia divine generals originally charging toward the ring went from agile to stumbling, two even falling flat on their backs, directly blocking the ring.

Jin Jia divine generals themselves had no consciousness or sensation and were unaffected by bewildering divine techniques, but their controllers were living people.

Not only did the Jin Jia divine generals and giant puppets stagger like drunkards, but the allied army troops behind them, preparing to charge bravely, also stopped in their tracks, faces full of panic and helplessness.

Some dropped their weapons and clutched their arms; some dropped to their knees, curling into balls; others shouted wildly, waving weapons indiscriminately at their surroundings.

The entire vanguard force of over eight hundred, from officers to soldiers, collectively fell into disorder—no one acted normally.

Even the shield-bearers in the front line of the charge had dazed minds.

The surrounding scenery changed—he was still on the battlefield, enemies still around, blood still flying, cries of misery still continuing…… but this was no longer beneath Spirit Void City—it was the Panlong World!

He had returned to the day Liu Sacrificed himself.

The enemy ranks fell into great chaos, and the Spirit Void garrison rejoiced.

Helu Tian arrived and used his spatial ability to embed into the city wall, gradually squeezing out Pugu Shangxian's ring.

Then the defending troops frantically poured energy into the formation, and the breach in the city wall healed at a visible speed. If the allied army launched a fierce assault now, the breach could still be maintained.

Unfortunately, the area outside Spirit Void's gate had already descended into chaos—even if Qiu Hu shouted loudly, orders could not reach the front.

The allied army's offensive could go no further.

Wanqi Liang, seeing this from the side, immediately said:

"Fear God—this is the Fear God the Emperor mentioned beginning to take effect."

The power of the Fear God cannot be exempted by elemental power or other calming-heart divine techniques.

What should we do?

At this moment, the command of the Nine Abysses Great Emperor also reached Qiu Hu's ears through long-range divine technique:

"Vanguard does not retreat! Use long-range divine techniques to concentrate attack on the city wall."

The Nine Abysses Great Emperor was of course also monitoring the situation here.

Qiu Hu executed the order without hesitation.