Chapter 2134: Strong Response

The Spirit Clan's flying boat deliberately showed off, moving very slowly, becoming just a moving target for them.

Dozens of crystal stone cannons fired in the first volley, with a booming roar.

The flying boat carrying the Spirit Clan people was only slightly faster and had hardly any defensive capability.

These crystal stone cannons could blast apart warships, let alone a flying boat with little defense.

Under the barrage of so many crystal stone cannons, the Spirit Clan's flying boat was instantly blown apart.

"Bold!"

Luo Yi let out a loud shout, helplessly unable to act while inside the flying boat.

Many Spirit Clan disciples didn't even have time to react before being wounded, but thanks to the flying boat blocking them, no one died on the spot.

The flying boat shattered, and the Spirit Clan people tumbled out of it in disarray.

"Damn it, you've rebelled!"

Luo Yi shouted a curse!

"Attack!"

He immediately ordered the Spirit Clan martial cultivators to attack the defenders on the city wall.

"Release!"

The City Defense Leader promptly issued the order.

On the city wall, crystal stone cannons, mechanical trigger strong bows, and archery units immediately launched their attacks, and the city wall's defense array also activated at once.

Arrows rained down like a curtain toward the Spirit Clan martial cultivators, intermingled with countless crystal stone light flames.

This spectacle made even Luo Yi feel startled.

"Quickly use the tokens for defense!"

Luo Yi immediately notified the other martial cultivators.

He himself also struck out with full-force palms, covering the retreat of the Spirit Clan martial cultivators.

The Spirit Clan's Ninth Layer Mid-Late Stage experts have no attack capability stored in their tokens.

The attacks stored in the tokens of other disciples are also input by these Ninth Layer Mid-Late Stage elders.

Therefore they do not store their own attacks in their tokens.

Thus, during battle, the Ninth Layer Mid-Late Stage elders rely entirely on their own strength.

The Spirit Clan disciples all released the attacks stored in their tokens, blocking this volley of arrows and bombardment, then retreated far away.

"Stop!"

The City Defense Leader also launched no further attacks.

"Courting death!"

Luo Yi flew into a rage, never expecting that just upon taking the field he would suffer such embarrassment; he couldn't tolerate it and immediately launched an attack at the defense array, striking out with a palm from afar.

But when he struck, the expected booming sound did not appear; the array merely rippled continuously, actually absorbing his power.

Luo Yi was also astonished, watching the changes in the defense array.

Suddenly, a point of light appeared within those ripples.

Luo Yi immediately exclaimed: "Oh no! This array has a rebound function! Everyone……"

Before Luo Yi could finish speaking, with a "whoosh," the force of his palm that had just struck the array was fully reflected back, striking toward these Spirit Clan people.

Some Spirit Clan disciples had no time to react at all.

Some injured disciples were in the process of healing and recovering.

Even those who reacted could only flee.

Even the attacks of Ninth Layer Late Stage experts are beyond what they can block.

Luo Yi, helpless, could only strike out another palm to block the rebounded attack.

This array was set up by Ye Liuyun, who had Wu Kun spare no expense to help arrange it, costing a great deal of time and materials, and its operation consumes a lot, so its power is consequently great.

Its purpose is to make the enemy dare not launch attacks casually, leaving only them to strike others.

Luo Yi now could only stare helplessly; besides cursing, he could do nothing about the array, and had to wait for the wounded martial cultivators to recover first.

Although he is not a formation master, he also knows that this kind of array cannot be breached even if he expends all his energy.

Seeing them retreat, the City Defense Leader immediately shut down the defense array.

Luo Yi still wanted to sneak attack, but each time before he could charge in, he was blocked by arrow rain and crystal stone cannons.

Whenever they approached the city wall, the defense array inside the city would activate.

After several back-and-forths, Luo Yi not only failed to injure a single city guard, but many martial cultivators, while defending, exhausted the attack power stored in their tokens.

If the fighting continued, they would likely suffer casualties.

Luo Yi could only give up, leading his people in retreat first.

At the same time, the Spirit Cloud Business Association within the Spirit Clan region suddenly shut down completely, its personnel gone and the premises empty.

The 150,000-strong army of Lin'an City also suddenly marched out to Kangning City, and with inside-outside cooperation at the Red Luan Pavilion, the army encountered no resistance and entered the city directly.

After the army entered the city, it expelled all Spirit Clan martial cultivators from the city.

The Dongyun Dynasty also took the opportunity to issue a notice across its realm, claiming that the Spirit Clan had attacked the Royal City, that the Dongyun Dynasty had already prepared for battle and might go to war at any time, urging the broad populace to stay away from war-torn areas.

He Lian Xiu also led a force of 100,000 troops to garrison Lin'an City, serving as the second echelon strength for the assault on the Spirit Clan.

Large numbers of experts from the Dragon Clan, Chaotic Beast Mountain, and Red Luan Pavilion rushed to Kangning City to garrison it.

How could they let slip the opportunity to seize Kangning City?

Now Kangning City has completely broken free from Spirit Clan control.

With experts from all major powers and Ye Liuyun's 150,000-strong army, the Spirit Clan cannot hope to take it back.

The medicinal materials base of the Spirit Clan-affiliated Shui Family, which lay within Ye Liuyun's controlled territory, was wholly taken over by him for the dynasty, and the Shui family members were driven back to the Spirit Clan.

In fact, Ye Liuyun handed everything over to Shui Bingyue to manage.

The Spirit Clan's agents in each city, based on the intelligence from Xia Tianqiong and Xia Lingshuang, were eliminated one by one.

The Spirit Clan was almost completely cut off from all external contacts and supply channels in a single night.

In the whole East, rumors claimed that the Spirit Clan was selfish, that when fighting the Foreign Tribe they suffered no losses, yet they wanted to disrupt the East's stable environment and only attacked their own people.

Moreover, Spirit Clan disciples are extremely arrogant, and their reputation among Martial Cultivators is already poor, so public opinion quickly turned against the Spirit Clan and in favor of the Dongyun Dynasty.

The Spirit Clan was bewildered by the Dongyun Dynasty's hardline response, and the Elders immediately began discussing countermeasures.

"All fronts at once! This series of moves by the Dongyun Dynasty is clearly premeditated!"

"Did our dispatch to the Dongyun Dynasty leak in advance, allowing them to prepare so thoroughly?"

"From the time we sent our agents until now has been only a little over twenty days! These matters cannot be arranged within just twenty days!"

The Spirit Clan's Elders are not foolish; after a brief analysis they realized that Ye Liuyun had been preparing for this day long ago.

"What should we do?

Fight back?"

An Elder asked.

"Fight?

How to fight?

The strong of the major powers are stationed in Kangning City, holding our exit.

Attacking now would be equivalent to declaring war on all forces in the East!"

"Indeed! Moreover, Ye Liuyun's 150,000-strong army, though individually weak, is massive; even if the Spirit Clan wins, they will suffer heavy losses!"

"But our Spirit Clan can't just be bullied by a brat, can we?

We must let him know know our strength!"

The Elders were divided; some argued for defending the Spirit Clan's status and attacking Ye Liuyun, while others argued for temporary restraint, waiting for another chance.

Finally, they decided that the Spirit Clan would not wage war as a whole, but Luo Yi would lead those Martial Cultivators to launch a surprise attack on the Dongyun Dynasty and directly capture Ye Liuyun.