Chapter 722: The Unstoppable Torrent

He had not expected such a beast stampede to appear anywhere other than the battlefield, especially not in Lingxu City! Fortunately, although this number-one city under heaven had no city walls, there were two massive natural stone cliffs outside the Beimen. Any creature approaching the Beimen, whether merchant caravans or Thunder-Qing Beasts, had to pass through the channel between these cliffs.

This channel was eleven zhang wide and exceptionally flat, which was favorable for carriages and horses, but naturally, it could not stop a herd of Thunder-Qing Beasts.

However, the previous Mud-Marsh Art had bought Lingxu City a little time. Several Great Demons arrived and joined forces to cast spells, combining Mud-Sculpting Art, Petrification Art, and various other supernatural powers at the end of the channel, right in front of Lingxu City, to forcefully create a thick wall!

In the post-immortal era, cultivators did not possess the ability to move mountains or shift seas, but gathering to cast spells and temporarily raising the ground was within their capabilities.

The wall was eight zhang (26 meters) high, and its thickness reached a staggering five zhang (16 meters); clearly, the Great Demons had already taken the powerful impact force of the Thunder-Qing Beasts into account.

Although its surface was uneven and it had nothing to do with aesthetics, the fact that it could be built in just a quarter of an hour demonstrated the foundation of Lingxu City.

An expert knows the ropes, and He He Lingchuan also gave it a thumbs up.

The city behind was already in turmoil, yet Lingxu City was still able to dispatch these Great Demons; their response could certainly be called timely.

Furthermore, this rock wall was not just crudely piled together; it used a mixture of at least three types of soil, and several spellcasters were rapidly carving talismans onto the wall body to create additional reinforcement arrays.

Before the herd arrived, He He Lingchuan even saw a faint light rippling across the wall.

That was the radiance of Origin Power.

The Origin Power of Between Beijia had already taken effect on the rock wall.

Although it was a high wall built in a hurry, it should have no problem blocking high-cannon barrages.

Rather than a wall, it was more like a dam.

He He Lingchuan remembered the first time he entered the Panlong Ruins and saw the land bridge outside the South Gate. That, too, had been created using supernatural powers, and his thought at the time was that he hoped to witness the entire construction process with his own eyes.

Here and now, he was fortunate enough to fulfill that wish.

Inside and outside the city, on the mountains and below, all living beings held their breath, waiting to see if the efforts of the Lingxu demons could stop a herd of maddened Thunder-Qing Beasts.

The herd rushed to the front of the wall and was forced to stop.

After all, the rock wall was taller than the giant beasts leading them; they could not sprout wings and fly over it.

The giant beast also nudged the rock wall with its tattered forehead bone plate, as if testing its thickness.

The rock wall stood firm and motionless.

The herd grew restless, and several giant beasts, refusing to accept it, went up and nudged it a few times.

It was useless; they could not budge it.

Everyone watching breathed a sigh of relief, thinking the crisis was temporarily averted.

Only the leading Thunder-Qing giant beast tilted its head, sniffing the wall incessantly, its ears twitching.

He He Lingchuan was uncertain: "Is this big guy... thinking?"

It just stood in front of the land bridge, puffing air continuously.

Others did not know what it was doing, but Fan Long and the others, who were closest, saw it clearly: every time it puffed, it sprayed tiny, deep-purple crystal clusters onto the rock wall.

The rock wall summoned by supernatural powers looked solid, but in reality, it had large air bubbles and gaps inside.

It was built in a rush and could not be as meticulously crafted as something made by artisans, which would account for various mechanical structures.

These small crystal clusters entered the stone upon contact, as if they had consciousness, burrowing into the interior of the rock wall. Once they found a suitable position, they immediately settled down and expanded rapidly.

Before long, the entire surface of the rock wall turned deep purple, with crystal clusters emerging everywhere.

By He He Lingchuan's aesthetic standards, he thought the rock wall looked quite good; the crystal clusters were like amethysts and looked very valuable at a glance.

But Fan Long did not have the luxury of such interest; he kept organizing the army to shoot arrows at the Danube beast herd.

Lingxu City had a tradition of hunting Danube beasts that spanned hundreds of years; hunters had specifically developed toxins targeting them. Following them all the way and shooting them down, a hundred Danube beasts had already collapsed along the path, a scene of carnage.

However, the Thunder-Qing giant beasts had overly dense protection on their bodies, and usually, only large siege crossbows could pierce their outer armor. A few Lingxu City Great Demons had to intervene to barely break their defenses.

One yellow badger's spell was the most peculiar; it could actually swap the Thunder-Qing giant beast's hard outer armor with its relatively soft inner skin. Although it only lasted for four or five breaths, it was enough for others to fire a few more poison arrows.

He He Lingchuan stood on Xingshan, watching the battle below, and also gasped.

It was fortunate that his sneak attack on Xushan tonight was defined by speed; the battle ended before the Tiangong reinforcements could arrive. Otherwise, how much of a chance would his plan have had against these diverse and bizarre Great Demons?

The actions of the Thunder-Qing giant beast served as a rehearsal for him, letting him know how high a price would have to be paid to go head-to-head with Lingxu City. Of course, at this moment, the Thunder-Qing giant beast also lost its patience, roared a few times, suddenly ran out over a hundred zhang, turned around, and aimed its massive head armor at the rock wall...

Other Thunder-Qing Beasts gave way to it one after another.

Dong Rui watched from Xingshan without blinking: "This guy wouldn't really be that reckless, would it?"

That was a five-zhang-thick solid wall. Even the Vassal Demon King of the White Elephant Kingdom would not want to ram it with his head.

"He would." The Thunder-Qing giant beast had even dared to go head-to-head with the sandstorms of the Fojie Realm; it was stubborn as iron, so what was a wall in the human world?

Sure enough, no sooner had he spoken than the Thunder-Qing giant beast accelerated its charge and slammed into the rock wall.

A dull, thunderous boom reached all the way to Xingshan.

It was unclear what kind of power caused the vibration, but the crystal clusters inside the rock wall suddenly exploded simultaneously.

The scene was spectacular, beyond words.

Thousands of crystals splashed at once, and the army thirty zhang away was caught in the blast, with men and horses toppled over.

In an instant, the rock wall was razed to the ground, collapsing with a roar!

This was power erupting from within the rock wall; the reinforcement arrays and Origin Power had no place to be used.

He He Lingchuan really had not expected this lord-level giant beast to be so versatile; not only could it float in full armor, but it could also perform construction demolition.

The herd succeeded in breaking through once again.

In fact, during the few dozen breaths they had stopped, the demons had joined forces to kill dozens more Danube beasts. The efficiency of their spellcasting was textbook-level.

But the remaining three hundred or so giant beasts had escaped and continued to advance, following their leader.

This time, they finally charged into Lingxu City, the defenseless Lingxu City!

The army stationed behind the rock wall actually had no good way to deal with them. He He Lingchuan stood on the high ridge and witnessed the chaos caused by the herd.

The northwest corner of Lingxu City, invaded by the Danube beasts, was suddenly in an uproar.

He He Lingchuan felt as if he could hear the screams coming from there.

He also saw many buildings catching fire. Once the red-flame lightning on the Thunder-Qing giant beasts touched wood, paper, or oil, it would instantly ignite the beams.

Dong Rui pointed into the city: "Whoa, these monsters are running fast."

Wherever the fire burned, it inversely indicated where the herd had charged.

In just this short time, they had driven seven or eight miles deep, following a serpentine route with no warning whatsoever.

Wherever they passed, houses collapsed, people died, and flames soared into the sky.

The herd was like a sharp knife, stabbing directly into the soft underbelly of Lingxu City.

The six-hundred-year-old imperial capital had always been peaceful; how had the living ever seen such a battle? Many residents were so frightened they were dumbstruck, not even knowing to hide, until they were crushed into meat paste by the herd.

The destruction caused by this indiscriminate attack was the greatest. He He Lingchuan let out a cold breath: "Fang Fang Canran is truly ruthless."

As long as he could severely damage Lingxu City, Fang Fang Canran seemed not to care at all about how many casualties were caused.

Dong Rui shrugged: "Who told Lingxu City not to have city walls?"

Was that showing off too much?

Zhu Zhu Xiuer, however, sneered: "Good, excellent! It's been a long time since Lingxu City was this lively, hasn't it?"

A scene like this, with the Danube beast herd wreaking havoc in Lingxu City, was a once-in-a-century, once-in-a-lifetime sight.

She had no good impression of Between Beijia; Lingxu City had even snatched her immortal molting, shameless and skinless. As long as Lingxu City was uncomfortable, she was comfortable.

"Don't look at the Thunder-Qing giant beast as aggressive; it can only show off for a moment." He He Lingchuan was clear-headed, "Against Lingxu City, it has no chance of winning."

A monster of the Thunder-Qing giant beast's magnitude, leading hundreds of Danube beasts, could easily destroy a small city.

But this was Lingxu City.

These Danube beasts looked majestic now only because Lingxu City was caught off guard, and many elite troops and Great Demons had already rushed to Xushan.

Once Lingxu City could truly free up its hands, the fate of these Danube beasts would surely be miserable.

Of course, the three on Xingshan did not know that the operation previously directed by Fang Fang Canran was specifically aimed at the grassroots government offices, material warehouses, and the families of the big shots on the floating islands within Lingxu City. Once the chaos began, whether it was firefighting, rescue, or setting up roadblocks, the lower levels fell into a terrible situation where there was no one to organize the manpower and nowhere to transport supplies. The orders from above were issued layer by layer, but they were blocked once they reached here, with no one to execute them.

Dong Rui sighed: "If only I could get a few to do some research, that would be great."

Sure enough, he couldn't go three sentences without mentioning his trade. He He Lingchuan admired him: "They aren't demons from this realm; you can also turn them into demon puppets?"

"Try it, there's no harm in trying. Maybe I can create a new breed?" Dong Rui shrugged, "Don't the demon puppets also have the blood of the gods flowing in them?"

Speaking like that was simply blasphemy. But He He Lingchuan knew this had always been his style.

"Danube beasts cannot survive in the human world for long." The human world did not have their food.

"I'm just thinking about it." Thinking about it is allowed, right?

Just at this moment, the speed of the Thunder-Qing giant beast seemed to slow down, and it even led the herd on a detour, circling in large loops.

It seemed that several Great Demons had arrived and joined forces to cast the Shadow Barrier Art on its path.

To put it plainly, it was a ghost-hitting-the-wall.

These big guys had amazing destructive power when running, but their intelligence was low. If they could be trapped in a maze and made to spin around, the damage to Lingxu City would be greatly reduced.

Once they ran out of stamina, they would be easily wiped out.

It must be said that anyone who could think of this method in a rush was also a talent.

At this time, a cyan figure flew down from mid-air, circling while letting out a clear cry.

It was a large bird that looked like a stork and a crane, with a wingspan of at least twenty zhang (sixty-six meters), a very long tail, and a crown on its head.

Even in the dark night sky, its figure was clearly visible.

Wherever it passed, one tornado after another would whip up on the ground.

(End of chapter)