Chapter 163: The array is broken, despair descends

Inside the City Lord Mansion!

The atmosphere was heavy.

In yesterday's battle, after the City Lord Shi Xiaoyuan suffered heavy injuries, the human army collapsed rapidly. Now in Dui Cheng, except for those who stayed behind, as well as the human experts who luckily retreated back to Dui Cheng.

Everyone else died under the claws and teeth of the fierce beasts.

Those who could retreat back to the City Lord Mansion.

Were even fewer!

Except for the heavily injured Shi Xiaoyuan and a few guards, there were only those experts from the Sheng Cheng.

Dui Cheng's martial arts were not flourishing!

In the entire city, there was only Shi Xiaoyuan and another king from a martial arts family!

For this reason, as early as when the Mo Jiao Sheng was born and the fierce beast war began, the Sheng Cheng had dispatched two king-realm experts and ten thousand experts above the Grandmaster realm to provide support.

But unfortunately!

The army was defeated like a mountain collapsing!

In order to save Shi Xiaoyuan's life and protect the human army's retreat, those two kings fought with all their might against the five beast kings; one of them died miserably on the spot, and the other also suffered heavy injuries.

Those ten thousand experts above the Grandmaster realm also had less than half remaining.

As for the power of the City Lord Mansion itself!

In the previous collapse, it was almost completely lost!

Now facing the siege of the Hong She Wang, besides relying on the protective array to defend, they simply had no room to resist.

Once the array was broken!

The entire City Lord Mansion would be destroyed in one fell swoop!

"Now, we can only pray for reinforcements to arrive."

In the City Lord Mansion main hall.

An old man with a worried face sighed softly.

The old man's name was Li Haosheng, the Deputy City Lord of Dui Cheng. The City Lord Shi Xiaoyuan was heavily injured and unconscious, and the Martial Kings who came to support from the Sheng Cheng were one dead and one injured. The work of presiding over the City Lord Mansion naturally fell on him.

"You only sent the news out in the name of the City Lord Mansion yesterday, how could reinforcements from anywhere arrive so quickly?"

Not far away.

An old man with a white beard said indifferently.

He was one of the two Martial Kings from the Sheng Cheng, named Cui Hongyuan!

In order to block the fierce beast army!

His companion died in battle, and he himself was also heavily injured, but fortunately his injuries were not as serious as the City Lord Shi Xiaoyuan's. After taking the spirit medicine from the City Lord Mansion's treasury, he had already suppressed them.

"That's right!"

Li Haosheng sighed lightly.

"Now all eight cities are in a great battle, and the Sheng Cheng, except for the defense left behind, has sent out all other experts. Even if they receive the news, I fear they will be unable to come and provide support."

"Better to rely on oneself than others. The method to block the Hong She Wang can be found within Dui Cheng." Cui Hongyuan said in a deep voice.

"Are you talking about that ancestor of the Zhao family?"

Li Haosheng gave a bitter smile.

In the previous battle, the moment the City Lord Shi Xiaoyuan was defeated, that only remaining king of Dui Cheng turned and fled. He protected the Zhao family relatives and retreated back to the city, and until now they were completely unharmed.

If he were willing to come and provide support, it would indeed allow the City Lord Mansion to hold on for a period of time.

But such an expert!

Except for the City Lord, simply no one could command him!

"Hmph, that Shi Xiaoyuan also doesn't know how he became City Lord, actually allowing a powerful force that does not listen to the City Lord Mansion's orders to exist in the city, it is simply nonsense!"

Cui Hongyuan could not bear it any longer!

The people supporting from the Sheng Cheng, because they did not know the actual situation of each city, were all like Zhou Hang, only listening to the City Lord Mansion's orders to fight, and ignoring all affairs of each city.

But now that things had come to this, he could no longer bear it!

If that Zhao family ancestor had not fled first, he only needed to hold on for a period of time, and the other king who came with him would not have died miserably under the beast king.

Even if he saw the situation was not right and wanted to preserve his strength, fleeing first, as long as he retreated to Dui Cheng and assisted the City Lord Mansion in defense, this Dui Cheng might not have been breached so quickly.

Now he even refused to listen to the City Lord Mansion's orders, hiding and not coming out, letting the fierce beasts rampage in Dui Cheng!

What is the use of keeping such a person?

"This..."

The bitter smile on Li Haosheng's face became even more intense.

In the past!

In order to tie the Zhao family ancestor to the City Lord Mansion's war chariot, Shi Xiaoyuan did indeed have the suspicion of indulgence.

Cui Hongyuan came from the Sheng Cheng, his status was transcendent, and his cultivation was comparable to the City Lord, so naturally he could say these things, but as a person of Dui Cheng, and also the Deputy City Lord of Dui Cheng, how could he criticize the City Lord?

"Forget it, no matter how incompetent that Shi Xiaoyuan is, he is still the City Lord of Dui Cheng. That Zhao family ancestor cannot be counted on, let's think about how to wake him up? Now only if he wakes up can he control the overall situation!" Cui Hongyuan said coldly.

"Sigh!"

Li Haosheng sighed upon hearing this.

"The City Lord was besieged by fierce beasts and almost damaged his martial arts foundation. I fear he will not be able to wake up in the short term."

"This won't work, that won't work, are we just waiting to die?"

Cui Hongyuan shouted angrily.

And just at this time, outside the City Lord Mansion, a heaven-shaking and earth-shattering sound arose.

"Boom!"

The sky collapsed and the earth cracked.

The entire City Lord Mansion fell into a violent tremor.

Li Haosheng sensed this situation, and his face instantly turned pale.

"The protective array, it's broken!"

Outside the City Lord Mansion!

Lu Li could see that with the fall of the Hong She Wang's strike, the City Lord Mansion's protective array shattered with a bang. In an instant, the fierce beasts that had been waiting outside the array for a long time all rushed into the City Lord Mansion.

"You, are you still not going to make a move?" Beside him, the woman said hurriedly.

"Just a Hong She Wang, wait a little longer!"

The corner of Lu Li's mouth raised slightly.

According to the news that came out!

There were two kings trapped in that City Lord Mansion. Not to mention the heavily injured Shi Xiaoyuan, even if there was only that king-realm expert who came to support from the Sheng Cheng, the Hong She Wang would not be able to take down the City Lord Mansion for a while.

Once he made a move!

It would be with the momentum of thunder!

He could not just do it for a mere Hong She Wang!

Sure enough!

Just as those fierce beasts rushed into the City Lord Mansion, a monstrous power surged out, the heaven and earth churned, a giant palm condensed with a bang, like the hand of the heavens, carrying peerless power, falling abruptly among the fierce beasts.

"Roar!"

The fierce beasts that could come here all had cultivation above the Martial Spirit realm!

But facing that terrifying palm, they had no power to resist, and could only let that powerful force fall upon them, dying in screams.

The fierce beasts were greatly shocked!

They all retreated continuously.

And just at this time, a cold snort came from among the fierce beasts.

"Hmph!"

The sound was like thunder!

Resounding among the fierce beasts, making them stop retreating instantly.

"Cui Hongyuan, you are a Martial King, yet you hide behind and launch a sneak attack on weak fierce beasts, do you really have no dignity as an expert?" The Hong She Wang soared into the air, looking into the City Lord Mansion with a gloomy gaze.

"Haha, my dignity as an expert only exists among the human race. You, Hong She Wang, want me to talk? You are not worthy!"

Above the void.

A spiritual light flashed.

Cui Hongyuan's figure materialized.

However, at this moment, his face was pale, obviously his injuries were far from recovered.

"Hong She Wang, you feigned heavy injuries, designing to lure Shi Xiaoyuan to make a move. Even if Dui Cheng is defeated in this battle, I will drag you down to be buried with me!"

"Drag me down to be buried with you?"

The Hong She Wang sneered.

"Can you do it?"

The voice fell.

In the distant sky, another vast fierce aura came rapidly. That fierce aura covered the sky and the earth, from far to near, almost instantly sweeping across the entire void.

The City Lord Mansion was also completely shrouded within it!

Everyone's heart shook, and their faces instantly turned as pale as paper!

The second beast king!

Had descended!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 164 =====