Chapter 160: Guess What the Swallow Said?

A slender, graceful silhouette quickly climbed onto the city wall, her beautiful face filled with anger and hatred. She was panting, and strands of hair were stuck to her sweat-drenched, fair forehead; it was clear she had sprinted all the way here.

"Zhuge Ni?!"

Ye Lin was somewhat shocked. Why did this woman not follow the main force and escape via the teleportation array, but instead run here?

But soon, Zhuge Ni gave Ye Lin the answer.

Zhuge Ni took an ancient, simple compass from her waist. On that compass, stars flickered as if the entire galaxy had been contained within it.

She bit her red lips tightly, a flash of determination in her eyes, and held the compass high above her head.

"Fulfilling my father's dying wish, Zhuge Ni shall live and die with Qingcheng today!"

As soon as the words fell, the stars on the ancient compass began to rotate rapidly, emitting a profound starlight that was dazzling even in the middle of the day!

"Power of the Heavenly Stars, heed my command!"

Zhuge Ni let out a sharp cry, and the starlight within the compass condensed into a thin, long pillar of light that shot straight into the clouds!

Several buildings within Qingcheng collapsed with a roar at this moment, forming a mysterious star array. The entire city of Qingcheng seemed to come alive at this instant!

Above the sky, star after star seemed to respond to some mysterious summons, blooming with visible light even in the daytime. Beams of brilliant light descended, and Qingcheng seemed to turn into a massive energy vortex, greedily absorbing the power of the stars from the nine heavens!

"Heavenly Stars, Eternal Suppression!"

Zhuge Ni cried out, and the star array, centered on Qingcheng, expanded instantly!

At this moment, it was as if a god had pressed the pause button; everything was suppressed. Whether it was the swarming mass of monsters or the twelve immensely powerful masked individuals, all turned into statues at this moment!

"Damn it, I can't move at all!" one of the masked individuals cursed angrily.

"No wonder when that Zhuge Qianxing was around, no one dared to cause trouble in Qingcheng! How is this guy still so terrifying even after death?"

"How did such a terrifying guy even die? If I hadn't seen his corpse with my own eyes, I would have suspected he faked his death!"

"Stop talking so much, that Guo Qin is about to disappear!"

The twelve masked individuals were shocked and furious. They could only watch helplessly as Guo Qin ran further and further away. The star power Zhuge Ni unleashed using that ancient compass targeted only them and the monsters, not anyone else, so Guo Qin was completely unaffected.

"Now is the time, kill with me!"

Hu Weng roared and charged directly toward the immobilized mass of monsters. As the City Lord of Qingcheng, even though he was covered in blood from battle, Hu Weng remained calm and did not let this once-in-a-thousand-years opportunity slip by.

Under his lead, the others soon reacted and charged toward the immobilized monsters.

"Puff!"

On the city wall, Zhuge Ni spat out a mouthful of blood, staining the ancient compass red.

Clearly, unleashing power of this magnitude was an extremely terrifying drain on her.

But Zhuge Ni gritted her teeth, showing no intention of backing down. She raised her hand again and tapped the ancient compass.

In an instant, countless bloodstains appeared on Zhuge Ni's fair skin; she looked like a piece of porcelain about to shatter. It was clear that the next strike would be released at the cost of Zhuge Ni's life force!

"Don't, girl!"

"You are Mr. Zhuge's only daughter!"

"Why? Why do good people not live long lives!"

Everyone in Qingcheng was furious, but their anger could not change anything.

Brilliant starlight lit up bit by bit over Qingcheng, converging into a terrifying torrent of stars.

For a moment, in front of Qingcheng, terror appeared in the eyes of all the monsters, and even the faces beneath the masks of the twelve mysterious individuals were completely twisted.

From the beautiful starlight, they felt a rich aura of death. If this strike landed, the twelve of them would definitely be wiped out, leaving no bones behind!

"Help me break free from the suppression, otherwise, we will all die!" the rat-masked individual roared.

The other eleven did not hesitate, risking injury to forcibly suppress the star power within their bodies for the rat-masked individual, buying him a chance to strike!

The relieved rat-masked individual turned and locked onto Zhuge Ni on the city wall.

"Go to hell, you bitch!"

Terrifying energy converged into a fiery red spear, tearing through the sky and thrusting violently toward Zhuge Ni. If Zhuge Ni insisted on unleashing her next move, this spear would inevitably pierce her body.

Yet Zhuge Ni had no intention of dodging, continuing to condense the star power. The ancient compass shone brightly, constantly absorbing her life force.

"Dad, Ni Ni is coming to see you."

Zhuge Ni revealed a smile of relief.

"Starlight Extin..."

Before the word "extinguish" could leave her lips, Zhuge Ni felt a heavy blow to her neck, and then she felt herself falling into a warm embrace.

Before her consciousness faded, Zhuge Ni smelled a very familiar scent.

"Dad... have you come to pick me up..."

Watching Zhuge Ni, who had completely passed out, Ye Lin couldn't help but sigh. Even if he didn't like Zhuge Ni, he couldn't just watch her go to her death.

After all, she was Zhuge Qianxing's only concern in this world. If Zhuge Qianxing saw Zhuge Ni in the underworld, he would probably crawl out of his grave just to slap himself twice.

After placing Zhuge Ni aside, Ye Lin drew the Eight Desolations Sacred Silver Bow and directly activated the forbidden spell Burning Reincarnation to double his power.

"Damage-Boosting Arrow!"

【Professional talent Ultimate Sublimation activated; Damage-Boosting Arrow has been upgraded to Heavenly Punishment God-Slaying Arrow.】

【Forbidden Spell - Heavenly Punishment God-Slaying Arrow: The Forbidden Spell Master will have no descendants and lose the ability to reproduce; it represents the Great Dao descending to deliver heavenly punishment, firing an arrow that stacks ten times the user's own power. Under this arrow, gods are slain and immortals are destroyed.】

"Whoosh!"

Ye Lin did not hesitate, drawing the bow like a full moon, and fired the Heavenly Punishment God-Slaying Arrow.

A dazzling arrow tore through the sky. Wherever the fletching passed, the space rippled in layers, as if it would be torn apart at any moment.

However, after this arrow collided with the fiery red spear, it only dimmed the spear's luster slightly, failing to destroy it.

But Ye Lin had anticipated this; after all, the gap in strength was there. He did not hesitate at all, raising his hand to fire four more Heavenly Punishment God-Slaying Arrows—the main strategy was simply that he had plenty of arrows to spare.

The rat-masked individual was attacking from a distance, and under the bombardment of five consecutive Heavenly Punishment God-Slaying Arrows, the fiery red spear he had condensed was shot until it dissipated.

With Zhuge Ni's fainting, the torrent of stars gathered above Qingcheng began to gradually dissipate, and the twelve masked individuals regained their mobility at this moment.

"There's another expert?" X12

"To actually be able to block my enraged strike, this person might also have a connection to Zhuge Qianxing. You go chase that Guo Qin, I'm going to kill that guy!" the rat-masked individual snorted coldly, his eyes full of murderous intent.

"Let me go!"

But someone else was faster than him. Chen Long rushed out instantly, accompanied by the sound of a dragon's roar, killing all the monsters along his path.

"Chen Long! Are you here to kill people or to kill monsters?" the rat-masked individual snorted in dissatisfaction.

"Let me tell you a joke. Little swallow, wearing a floral coat, comes here every spring. I asked the swallow why it came, guess what the swallow said?" Chen Long asked.

"What did the swallow say?" the rat-masked individual frowned.

"The swallow said, 'None of your business! Mind your own damn self!'"