Chapter 2223: Charging into the Royal City

Mo Xiaotian now doesn't bother with these defectors; whoever wants to leave can leave, it's already like this, and a few people escaping doesn't matter.

Anyway, the Imperial Guard have already signed a contract, so they can stay if they don't leave.

Soon, those who needed to escape had almost all fled.

Yuan Hao's army arrived as well, completely sealing Mo Xiaotian inside the Royal City.

The Royal City also activated a Defense Array.

Now the Royal City has become an isolated island.

Ye Liuyun, with his duplicate outside, called out: "Mo Xiaotian, come out and talk?"

"Cut the chatter! Prove you can break in first!"

Mo Xiaotian used Transmission Voice, never showing his face.

Ye Liuyun, even before Mo Xiaotian could appear, had his duplicate eliminate him with a Technique, completely ending the fight.

He then pushed out the captured royal defectors, yet Mo Xiaotian remained indifferent.

"Just some traitors, kill them as you wish!"

Mo Xiaotian only replied via Transmission Voice, firmly refusing to show himself.

Ye Liuyun had no choice but to let Qiong Qi start breaking the formation.

But after researching for a while, Qiong Qi told Ye Liuyun: "Inside the Royal City there is a highly skilled Formation Master.

If I break the formation, and he repairs it, it's of no use!"

"When he repairs the formation, can I erase him with a Technique?"

Ye Liuyun asked.

"That's possible! But everyone is watching us now, and there are many strong members of the Ten Thousand Gods Alliance nearby; don't you want to keep a Trump Card?"

Ye Liuyun thought it over, feeling a bit hesitant.

He wants to end this war quickly and then focus on dealing with the Foreign Tribe.

But his special skill could cause future trouble; even the Ten Thousand Gods Alliance isn't a solid block, and some may be tempted.

"Even the strongest formation has a certain limit of endurance.

This formation is no different; it can't block an attack from hundreds of thousands of troops! Better to break it with a massive army, steady and reliable!"

Qiong Qi suggested.

Thus, Ye Liuyun finally ordered the army to use coordinated attacks on the formation, three thousand per squad, taking turns bombarding the formation.

Although each squad of Ye Liuyun's army numbered a hundred thousand, coordinating a hundred‑thousand‑person strike is hard; a three‑thousand‑person strike is almost the limit for a massed attack.

Yet the power of three thousand was already sufficient; the Royal City's protective array, after more than ten bombardments, was destroyed.

Next, the outer city's multiple layers of Defense Array were all blasted apart, and all four gates were blown open.

"Continue bombarding the Royal Palace!"

Ye Liuyun didn't rush to send troops into the city; instead, he kept the army bombarding the Royal Palace.

Four army columns struck together, breaking the Royal Palace's Defense Array layer by layer.

Ye Liuyun saw inside the Royal Palace an elderly man in black, busily setting up new formations, his speed not slow.

"Keep bombarding; after a day, that old guy won't hold out!"

Qiong Qi also saw the old man and urged Ye Liuyun to keep bombarding.

After all, setting formations consumes True Essence; they could only hope the Formation Master would run out before them.

Yu Xiaofeng deployed all the Warships, bombarding the formation together, providing great support.

All the siege puppets were placed inside the city, charging at close range into the Royal Palace's defensive formation.

Ye Liuyun's army bombarded continuously for a day, and the force of the bombardment began to wane.

The soldiers' True Essence was also nearly exhausted.

The elderly man arranging formations inside the Royal Palace slowed down.

At this moment, Qiong Qi finally acted, drawing an attack formation in the air and striking the Royal Palace's formation.

The soldiers' and Warships' attacks didn't stop, instantly making Ye Liuyun's formation‑breaking speed surpass that of the Formation Master's setup speed.

Finally, the Formation Master, exhausted and weak, reported to Mo Xiaotian that the formation could no longer hold.

"What's destined to come will come!"

Mo Xiaotian let out a long sigh, ordering the Imperial Guard soldiers to prepare for battle.

On Ye Liuyun's side, all Ninth Realm Martial Cultivators, following the pre‑arranged formation, readied themselves to attack.

Just as the Royal Palace's final formation was breached, the entire Royal City erupted in clusters of white light; evidently, the Zhongxing Wangchao's formations intended to counter Ye Liuyun's soldiers were unused, only bombarding some siege puppets.

Then the Imperial Guard soldiers began to strike outward, but were repelled by Ye Liuyun's Ninefold Martial Cultivators, who formed a formation and counter‑struck, wiping them out piece by piece.

Qiong Qi's attack formation, the soldiers' coordinated strike, and the Warships' assault all surged toward the Royal Palace, driving the Imperial Guard back headlong.

The entire Royal Palace was shrouded in countless white beams, with constant booming.

This bombardment method will likely leave nothing behind in the end.

Especially the Imperial Guard, who were hit the worst; many were blasted to the point of no remains.

Only the cries of agony were completely drowned out by the booming.

After several rounds of bombardment, when the aftershocks and dust cleared, everyone could only see bodies strewn everywhere, and a lone Grand Hall in the Royal Palace still within the formation's defense.

Qiong Qi carefully inspected the area around the Grand Hall, confirming no formation traps, after which Ye Liuyun ordered Yuan Hao's army to encircle the Grand Hall.

Earlier, when bombarding the formation, Yuan Hao's army attacked less as instructed, and was the only team still combat‑effective.

Yu Xiaofeng commanded the remaining Ninth Realm Martial Cultivators to surround the Grand Hall, maintaining the coordinated formation, ready to strike again.

The army also split into four columns, once again sealing off the Royal City.

At this moment, from within the Grand Hall, all royal family members surged out, attacking Yuan Hao's army.

Yuan Hao's army immediately launched an attack, and both sides entered melee.

"Attack!"

At Yu Xiaofeng's command, the Ninefold Martial Cultivators in the rear again launched a combined strike on the royal Martial Cultivators, killing many before they could even approach.

At this moment, the old Formation Master, again conjuring a formation out of thin air, tried to inscribe a Formation to block the attacks of those Ninefold Martial Cultivators.

Ye Liuyun had been waiting for him to emerge; as soon as he showed his face, Ye Liuyun instantly took out the Item and shot an arrow.

"Alas! Don't shoot!"

Qiong Qi tried to intervene from the side, but was a step too late.

Boom—, the old man's arrow was blown away by Ye Liuyun; he fell, spitting blood, and instantly lost consciousness.

Ye Liuyun guessed that the old man must have been wearing plenty of protective gear and had his own inscribed Formation, which is why he wasn't killed outright by the shot.

"Why didn't you shoot?"

Ye Liuyun retorted to Qiong Qi.

"His formation skill is already the highest in the Divine Realm! The Ten Thousand Gods Alliance informed me to spare his life and hand him over to them."

Qiong Qi used Transmission Voice to explain to Ye Liuyun, then winked at him.

Seeing this, Ye Liuyun immediately fired another arrow.

Boom—, the old man's head was blown apart by his arrow, and the ground behind him erupted into a huge crater.

"Ouch!"

Qiong Qi pretended to lament, "I kept saying don't shoot! He was a Great Array Master!"

"If I can't use him, you keep him as an opponent?"

Ye Liuyun also feigned indifference with a remark, then sheathed the Item.