Chapter 340: Treasure Stirs Hearts

In Demon-Suppressing City, smoke and dust billowed, everything in chaos.

Inside Demon-Suppressing City, aside from the largest and strongest city-defense grand formation being destroyed, all big and small formations inside the city were utterly shattered by Wu Tie's full-power activation of the Tower of Rebirth in a single strike.

Tens of thousands of big and small pavilions collapsed, bricks and tiles turned to dust, countless Demon-Suppressing Hall soldiers shouted as they disheveledly crawled out from the ruins, kicking up clouds of sand and dust across the sky.

Outside the city, the leaders of the major tribes, eyes bloodshot, led their elite forces in loud cries as they charged into the city.

The defensive formations of Demon-Suppressing City were all smashed to pieces, leaving only the Demon-Suppressing Hall's great army…… Such a good opportunity, not taking the chance to cut off more heads would be sheer stupidity.

The reason Demon-Suppressing City has never fallen is not because the Demon-Suppressing Hall is strong, but because the city's defensive formations are too strong.

But Wu Tie actually shattered all the formations inside the city with a single blow!

The tribal warriors that Xi Qi had used as cannon fodder and as siege tools suddenly had a flash of astonishing light in their dull eyes; they simultaneously raised their crude weapons and let out hoarse, exhausted shouts.

These city defense formations have been destroyed…… Their greatest threat has thus vanished completely!

They no longer need to fill those meat-grinder-like formation restrictions with their flesh and blood.

What they have to face is merely the Demon-Suppressing Hall soldiers who are also flesh and blood…… Even though those Demon-Suppressing Hall soldiers are far stronger than them, at least from the start of the siege, from the moment they stepped out of the teleportation formation, they have for the first time obtained a kind of 'fairness'!

The Demon-Suppressing Hall soldiers are also flesh and blood; they also bleed, they also get injured, they also die.

A vast, boundless black tide of people roared as they surged into Demon-Suppressing City; the warriors' howls were comparable to the wind and waves kicked up by a tsunami. The earth trembled; countless feet stomping on the ground made a din that caused the collapsed buildings inside the city to spew out even more smoke and dust.

Luo Lin was roaring in anger.

Mr. Mu and the five were roaring.

You Ruo and others who rushed out from the largest hall at the city's core were screaming and cursing.

'The script' was not arranged like this!

Their prior arrangement was not like this!

Demon-Suppressing City will of course fall completely this time, but this merit belongs to Luo Lin.

Under the gaze of countless people, following their prearranged 'script', it would be Luo Lin who, after fighting through thorns and bloodshed, would bring Mr. Mu and the five into the city, slay the Supreme Commander of Demon-Suppressing City, destroy the core of the city's final defensive formation, and establish an unparalleled achievement!

And Wu Tie…… he would become just a tiny, insignificant speck of color on the vast backdrop of this grand heroic legend.

If he obediently surrendered to Luo Lin, that would be fine; he would gain some merit, receive some promotions, and then become Luo Lin's lackey.

If he did not surrender to Luo Lin, he would surely die.

He would become an unnoticed part among the countless cannon fodder dead in this siege.

But…… Wu Tie actually overturned the table, completely refusing to follow their script.

The lethal power that erupted instantly from the Tower of Rebirth was terrifyingly strong; the entire Demon-Suppressing City, tens of thousands of big and small buildings, hundreds of big and small formation ambushes, were all shattered by a single strike of the Tower of Rebirth.

You Ruo, who had just taken on a new descending clone, blankly floated in midair; aside from a few Ice Spirit Divine Clan experts and a dozen Barbarian God Giants, the surroundings were filled with Demon-Suppressing Hall commanders.

Everyone looked bewildered.

This grand play obviously cannot continue.

Xi Qi's main troops had not yet entered the city, but thousands of tribes had already rushed in like feral wolves.

Facing Demon-Suppressing City's bronze walls and iron defenses, no tribal leader would be foolish enough to risk his own people's lives.

But when those bronze walls and iron defenses were torn apart……

Heh, these tribal leaders of the underworld, fierce as wolves and vicious as tigers, had the ferocity and bloodlust etched into their marrow suddenly erupt. At this moment, they were more beast than beast; their prey were the Demon-Suppressing Hall soldiers inside the city, as well as the city's vast resources.

Several hundred li from the city, Xi Qi suddenly sprang to his feet.

His eyes were blood-red, he stared fixedly at Wu Tie hovering above Demon-Suppressing City.

With both hands pressed on the huge metal desk before him, there came a dull thud; the metal-cast desk silently turned into fine powder that drifted away.

"Wu Tie! You, you, you dare ruin my plans!"

Xi Qi's eye corners twitched violently.

Capturing Demon-Suppressing City is not only to give Luo Lin a merit, letting him stand out among the younger generation of the Fuxi Divine Kingdom, but also to let Xi Qi enjoy his moment of glory…… Capturing Demon-Suppressing City, such a great achievement, is enough to add a substantial splash of color to Xi Qi's résumé.

Even Xi Qi could rely on this merit to greatly elevate his status in the Fuxi Divine Kingdom, and his power and influence could also increase significantly.

Moreover, Xi Qi had even more considerations involved.

For this operation, Xi Qi paid a huge price; otherwise, the Lord of Demon-Suppressing Hall would have had to be brain‑addled to hand over Demon-Suppressing City to Xi Qi, letting him take it so easily?

But Wu Tie destroyed everything.

This guy directly tore up the 'script'; all of Xi Qi's schemes now look like a joke.

"Wu Tie! Wu Tie!! Wu Tie!!!" Xi Qi's body swayed; he felt a surge of heat rush up his throat, and his throat kept feeling sweet.

Not far away came a loud cheer: "Hahaha, Wu Tie this little brat, awesome!"

"Kids, the formations of Demon-Suppressing City are all destroyed, only those weaklings remain…… Follow me…… charge in! Grab money, grab grain…… if there are women, take them together!" Xing Tian E's body jerked; he instantly swelled to a height of thousands of zhang, brandishing a great axe as he charged toward Demon-Suppressing City.

Previously, the Wu family's great army remained still because the various formations inside Demon-Suppressing City were too dangerous; Xing Tian E could not possibly let his own sons risk themselves.

But Wu Tie had already stripped away Demon-Suppressing City's outer layer; although the Demon-Suppressing Hall's great army inside the city was numerous, the elite of the nearby thousands of tribes had also been mobilized.

The tribal warriors capable of joining the punitive war are top‑notch elites; their individual combat strength absolutely surpasses that of the Demon-Suppressing Hall's great army by a margin.

Even if they lack numerical superiority, in overall combat power the elites of the thousands of tribes combined will absolutely not be at a disadvantage.

Since they won't be at a disadvantage, let's go fight, kill, and loot!

Demon-Suppressing City is the rear base of the Iron‑Blood 108 Cities, the headquarters of the reserve forces, the central hub for logistics supply; inside lie countless cultivation resources and countless military supplies. Just loot a warehouse and you'll strike it rich!

So, Xing Tian E was the first to charge toward Demon-Suppressing City.

The Drought Demon Altar emitted blazing firelight, terrifying qi surging outward in all directions, slowly flying toward Demon-Suppressing City.

Thirty thousand Wu family descendants howled, each activating their bloodline divine ability, turning into giants of various sizes, brandishing assorted heavy weapons as they charged out.

Wu Jin, who had been knocked unconscious by a punch from Wu Tie, woke up; with a grim face he cursed all the way, brandishing a great axe and stumbling wildly as he charged toward Demon-Suppressing City.

Wu Zhan, Wu Yin, and Wu Tong moved aside their heavy chest armor, densely firing countless thin threads of flame from their launchers, which turned into vast nets of light scattered into Demon-Suppressing City.

Wu Zhan's attack speed was the fastest; before Xing Tian E could charge into Demon-Suppressing City, he had already covered a large area of Demon-Suppressing Hall soldiers.

Thousands of Demon-Suppressing Hall soldiers were instantly sliced into fragments by the high‑temperature beams; other Demon-Suppressing Hall soldiers still dazed had not yet come to their senses, while Xing Tian E had already leapt into the city with his great axe.

The huge battle-axe whipped up a gust of wind, and Xing Tian Shan exerted all his strength to hurl it forth.

The battle-axe, thousands of zhang long, turned into a rapidly spinning ring of light that swept outward, and wherever it passed countless severed limbs and broken arms kept spurting out.

An Embryo Storage Realm commander of the Demon-Suppressing Hall roared as he charged forward, gripping his long spear with both hands and slamming it heavily into the great battle-axe. With a tremendous crash, the spear shattered inch by inch, and the Embryo Storage Realm commander was cleaved in half at the waist by the battle-axe.

The great battle-axe hurled by Xing Tian Shan flew hundreds of li away, carving out a blood-soaked alley a hundred li long and a thousand zhang wide through the dense ranks of Demon-Suppressing Hall troops before it abruptly stopped spinning, whooshing up into the air and flying back to Xing Tian Shan's hand with a gust of fierce wind.

Wu Tie raised the White Tiger Split, responding to Xing Tian Shan's roar, he laughed loudly: "Brothers, brothers of all families and clans… seize money, seize grain… hey, in this city there are no young ladies, that's awkward, hey!"

Wu Tie shot forward a streak of golden light.

Several dozen Life Pool Realm commandants of the Demon-Suppressing Hall tried to intercept Wu Tie, but Wu Tie's speed was far, far greater than theirs; although the Prohibitive Void Wheel prevented him from teleporting through space, his evasion-light speed still far surpassed theirs.

They couldn't even make out Wu Tie's figure.

Wu Tie swept past them, the White Tiger Split letting out a mighty tiger's roar as beams of white light shot out; dozens of Demon-Suppressing Hall commandants had their brows pierced through, collapsing to the ground without even a grunt.

Wu Tie arrived beside a collapsed square building, let out a loud shout, and with his left hand he grabbed the ground, directly using his divine power to heave up the earth within a radius of about a thousand zhang.

A layer of rock ten zhang thick and a thousand zhang across was flung by Wu Tie with one hand dozens of li away, slamming heavily into a dense mass of Demon-Suppressing Hall troops.

Vast rays of spiritual light and auspicious qi shot up into the sky, and beneath this square building lay a huge underground warehouse.

Piles of various elemental crystals rose like mountains; various finely forged elemental weapons, spirit weapons, and even immortal weapons were neatly stacked, with excellent armaments numbering in the millions layered upon layers. Moreover, countless elemental herbs, spirit herbs, and assorted medicinal raw materials were too many to count, while rows upon rows of jade bottles for storing finished medicinal pills were packed tightly on the shelves—at first glance there were at least tens of millions of pill bottles in this warehouse.

Just an underground warehouse!

The resources stored here amount to an astronomical figure.

The good things in the warehouse were simply too many; the auspicious light and elemental energy emanating from the various treasures inside converged together, directly forming a seven-colored rainbow that shot up dozens of li high.

"Hahaha, these treasures belong to my Wu clan!" Wu Tie roared loudly, deliberately amplifying his voice to draw the attention of several nearby great tribal chiefs.

The pupils of those several great tribal chiefs turned blood-red with a 'swish'.

As for the treasures in this underground warehouse… never mind their quality, the quantity alone is astonishing—just the armaments in this warehouse alone could equip a million-strong elite army.

Moreover, it is well known that the forging techniques and pill-refining skills of the Da Jin Divine State are far superior to those of the Fu Xi Divine State.

The Fu Xi Divine State perhaps has top-tier casting grandmasters and pill-refining grandmasters, true top-tier figures who would not readily act for these great tribes.

So even for a great tribe like the Wu clan, the equipment used by ordinary clansmen is still markedly inferior to that of the ordinary soldiers of the Fu Xi Divine State.

"Treasure!" an old man with a human body and deer form, his entire body covered in golden spots, raised his long halberd and let out a long howl to the heavens: "Children, this is a treasure bestowed by our ancestors… damn it!"

About fifty to sixty thousand young men with human upper bodies and the lower bodies of muntjac deer roared loudly, like a golden cloud charging into the Demon-Suppressing City.

Wu Tie hastily waved his hand; the Universe-in-the-sleeve divine ability in his sleeve activated, turning the mountain-like piles of supplies in the warehouse into a thick, long dragon that swiftly vanished into his sleeve.

This warehouse is enormous in area, and it has a full eighteen stories above and below. Even with Wu Tie's divine abilities, he needed a full twenty breaths to completely gather all the materials inside.

Luo Lin's shrill voice came from behind Wu Tie: "Wu Tie… you, you, you dare to steal my merit!"

Luo Lin, accompanied by Mister Mu and five others, finally recovered from the shock of Wu Tie's city‑shattering blow, and they surged forward with fierce vigor, baring teeth and claws as they closed in on Wu Tie.

Xing Tian Shan landed beside Wu Tie with a 'thud', his towering thousand‑zhang height looking down coldly on Luo Lin and his companions as he asked in a icy tone: "It was Marshal Qi's order that the brave youths of each tribe may join the assault to lessen the casualties of those poor wretches……"

"Luo Lin, do you have an objection to Marshal Qi's order?" Xing Tian Shan bellowed rudely: "Or did you see our Wu clan's little brat Wu Tie earn merit, you dog‑father‑raised mongrel, are you trying to steal the credit?"

Xing Tian Shan's roar was like thunder, its sound carrying a thousand li.

Outside the city, Xi Qi, who was mobilizing the regular troops to charge toward the Demon‑Suppressing City, stared blankly, then his complexion repeatedly turned black, blue, and purple, shifting dramatically.

Xing Tian Shan, was he cursing Xi Qi as an old dog?

"The Wu clan has not a single good thing… but enjoy yourselves for now." Xi Qi gritted his teeth, fixed a fierce stare on Wu Tie and Xing Tian Shan, then waved his military banner; on over six hundred huge flying carpets, the mighty regular troops surged toward the Demon‑Suppressing City.

Tens of thousands of elite troops from over a thousand tribes, countless cannon‑fodder soldiers, and a mighty throng surged into the Demon‑Suppressing City.

Inside the Demon‑Suppressing City, You Ruo hovered in mid‑air, gently shaking her head.

"All right, let's do it according to the Demon‑Suppressing Hall Master's plan… we've oversimplified things."

"But what treasure is that black pyramid? I think it ought to belong to me."

You Ruo's eyes burned with intensity as she stared fixedly at the Rebirth Tower hovering above Wu Tie's head: "Go, one person, help me bring that pyramid back."