Chapter 251: 244 Chaotic Slash to Confuse the Soul

Following a loud shout, Mai Shiyu leaped down and slashed with her sword toward a massive Fierce Beast.

Why choose this one? Because among the seven Fierce Beasts, this one had the most fragile physique. It was likely transformed from some kind of ape; it lacked a heavy body or a hard shell, possessing only relatively slender limbs, a curled tail, and a face that was similar to a human's yet exceptionally ugly. At this moment, it was even more eerie, covered in black Qi, and its movements were highly uncoordinated as it hopped and jumped.

The name of Mai Shiyu's sword strike was very resounding, but the execution was unremarkable. The blade was coated with a layer of peach-colored Sword Light, which seemed to be Qi, and the red color held a flowing sensation that deepened and faded, but there was no further momentum to speak of.

A streak of red Sword Light slashed past, and the ape Fierce Beast's tail was severed in response.

The ape species is naturally known for being agile and quick-witted, but once transformed into a Fierce Beast, it lost its brain. Without a Spirit Official to drive it, it had no judgment and could no longer be considered agile; unless it could break through on its own, it was merely irritable.

As for agility, Mai Shiyu's agility was superior to its own!

The Sword Light was incredibly swift; the ape's defense could not compare to the other Fierce Beasts, and its tail was long, thin, and fragile, so it was severed in one strike.

However, with a flash of red light, the ape's tail seemed to have been cut off, but the next moment, it immediately restored itself, as intact as before, and even continued its previous tail-curling motion.

At the same time, a flash of white light appeared nearby!

The tail of a snake-shaped Fierce Beast was suddenly severed, and a small half of its body was cut in two, immediately twitching crazily with black smoke rolling from the wound.

Chaotic Flower Slash—Damage Exchange!

The ape was clearly very surprised by the restoration of its tail and paused for a moment, wanting to use its vague, non-existent brain to think, but Mai Shiyu did not give it the chance to be stunned, slashing again to sever one of its legs.

"Thump!"

Another giant frog Fierce Beast nearby lost a leg and immediately fell, twitching in the black smoke.

Mai Shiyu struck with her sword, cutting at the giant ape beast at will. Every time the sword fell, another Fierce Beast suffered damage. A slash to the east, a slash to the west; the Fierce Beasts that took damage were completely random. Among the seven giant beasts, some had thick hides and heavy flesh, some were covered in shells, and some reacted as fast as lightning; if Mai Shiyu were to slash them directly, she likely could not cut them in one strike. But she only needed to act against the ape; the damage the ape received could be completely transferred to any of the Fierce Beasts. The degree of injury was only related to the damage the ape sustained, and neither fur nor shell could protect them.

At this moment, Mai Shiyu only needed to focus on dealing with one fierce beast, never worrying about being unable to reach a distant target or being attacked from the front and back. That ape had already been frightened silly by Mai Shiyu's sword, and by the end, it could no longer move, letting her cut, cut, and cut at it, using it to wantonly harm the other Fierce Beasts.

This was Mai Shiyu's Chaotic Flower Slash; any enemy wounded by her petals could be dragged into the range of the Chaotic Flower Slash, and her casual strikes could transfer the damage caused to any target within this range.

This technique was marvelous, but whether it was useful was another matter. It had prerequisites, a killing range, and many limitations. It was neither suitable for dealing with a single enemy nor for dealing with a vast army; one could only say that these seven or eight massive, fierce, yet ignorant Fierce Beasts were naturally suited for this Sword Art.

With the strength of one person, she was dealing with seven Heaven Demon-level Fierce Beasts in an instant, and it appeared she was headed for a complete victory.

At this moment, the shattered bones in the distance were reassembling, and individual formed skeletons were crawling up from the mud.

"Still need to awaken the Bone Servants for another charge?" The Prince stood on the chariot, watching from afar as Mai Shiyu slaughtered the group of Fierce Beasts, his heart growing increasingly terrified. However, he had just spoken some discouraging words, and the High Minister was already very impatient, so he did not dare say more, only saying, "My Lord is perhaps too exhausted."

How could the High Minister not know what he was thinking? He did not expose him, but smiled: "Do not worry, Your Highness, my Mental Power is still more than enough; I can support the recovery of ten thousand more troops. It is not that I want these bone armies to die in vain, but I feel Mai Shiyu's actions are somewhat strange."

"My Lord means..."

"Before, she stood guard over the city alone and remained motionless, which is one thing, but I just saw people on the city wall providing support, yet they have not fired a single shot until now—is that not strange? Where is that Divine Machine Bow that specifically counters Fierce Beasts?"

The Prince was startled and said: "Perhaps the Land Inspection Department is showing off and won't let ordinary people interfere with the Yin Calamity? They are accustomed to doing so..."

"That is also possible." The High Minister did not directly refute him and continued: "But I feel it is more than that. Perhaps our previous plan did not fail completely. The original city defenses were ultimately destroyed in part; although Mai Shiyu's substitution Sword Art is miraculous, I fear it is not flawless."

He leaned forward, looking past the dawn's light toward the city wall: "If there was damage, could it be that only the city-defending equipment was destroyed? Are there no flaws in the city wall itself? She just slashed at the giant beasts at will, seemingly transferring damage randomly and injuring every giant beast equally, but in fact, the giant beasts in one direction were the first to have their mobility removed, and the damage was particularly severe. She thought she was hiding it well, using other Fierce Beasts to divert attention, but I still discovered it. She is protecting a certain section of the city wall, and that might be the key to attacking the city."

The High Minister glanced at the Prince, who was hesitating to speak, and smiled: "Of course, it could also be a flaw she is feigning to lure me into a trap. Whether it is true or false, we must test it."

His eyes grew brighter and brighter; the skeletons in front had reassembled one by one and were climbing up again.

"Let these little skeletons go and test it; if there is truly a flaw, then one shot will settle it!"

Behind the two men's chariot was a cylindrical cannon, which was gleaming brightly.

When the remaining six Fierce Beasts all fell, Mai Shiyu gave the ape Fierce Beast the final blow; to thank it for being exceptionally easy to cut, Deputy Envoy Mai only sliced off its head, sparing it the suffering of being cut into pieces.

As the last Fierce Beast fell, the view on the battlefield opened up, and she saw at a glance the skeleton army that had been mostly assembled. They were as neat as a forest on the increasingly bright skyline.

She narrowed her eyes, feeling that something was wrong.

Just as the High Minister hiding behind the array sensed something strange in Mai Shiyu's actions, she also smelled something different in the opponent's repeated regrouping.

To reassemble ten thousand skeletons, how much consumption would it take? To be in such a hurry to launch a futile charge—could it be that they had sensed something?

Before she could confirm it, the army began to charge the formation again. Thousands of skeleton troops divided into six formations and charged toward the city wall separately.

If it were an ordinary army, it would be difficult to divide and dispatch troops cleanly and efficiently on the battlefield in a short time; just passing orders would take a while, let alone regrouping and boosting morale. Yet these skeletons were moved at the whim of one person, truly as flexible as one's own arm.

"Falling Red Killing Array—"

Countless petals rolled wildly away.

However, the battlefield was ultimately too wide, and the skeleton charge was too dispersed; a rain of petals could only cover less than one-third. As for the other large part of the battlefield, the skeleton army had already charged through.

The speed was no less than a charge of elite cavalry!

Those skeletons clearly could not all withstand such speed; some ran until their bones fell apart, and some even lost their heads, yet the remaining torso continued to charge bravely, clearly driven desperately by the Spirit Official behind them.

Not good!

Out of a desire to deliberately hide, Mai Shiyu's position was relatively far from that problematic section of the city wall, fearing that standing too close would arouse suspicion; at this moment, she could not return in time to reinforce it, unable to attend to everything.

As she rushed over, the vanguard of those skeletons had already reached the moat and tumbled in. Immediately after, the skeletons behind them had no intention of dodging, following them and falling into the river row by row. It was good enough that these skeletons could charge; could one really expect them to fill the river and build a pontoon bridge?

Clatter, clatter—the skeleton army advanced without a moment's pause, one going down and the next following, without turning back.

Mai Shiyu was first happy, then horrified.

The skeleton army charged down too many and too fiercely; even the water flow could not wash them away. The skeletons of the vanguard were still floating in the river water, pressed down by the skeletons behind them, instantly sinking to the bottom, just like throwing sandbags into the water. The white bones piled up layer by layer, one pressing on another, filling the moat with a dam of white bones.

With such disregard for life and death, and disregard for numbers, no matter how wide the moat was, it could not stop them.

Moreover, this was not one dam-bridge, but three; each route of the army could build a dam, and if Mai Shiyu left the current battlefield, that would be six.

Six...

Mai Shiyu suddenly realized: did that not correspond to the six Divine Machine Bows?

This attack was not just testing the city wall, but also testing the bows and cannons on the city, to see what was left of Xun City's defenses.

At this moment, the troops were at the city gates, the moat was leveled, and they were about to use Ant Attachment to attack the city—looking at their posture, while the skeletons could not climb the city wall, they could, as before, pad it layer by layer, creating a mountain of white bones, and then let the follow-up troops step up the mountain, which was more than enough.

Although other sections of the city wall could activate Rune Formulas to block the white bones from entering the city, the Rune Formulas at that weak spot had already been destroyed and would inevitably be unable to stop them, and might even be crushed by the weight of the bone mountain.

And once the protection of the city wall was lost, how long could those ordinary soldiers hold out?

At this moment, only Mai Shiyu could use her Sword Art to block them. But if she blocked them, she could only prioritize blocking the weakest part. As soon as she moved, she would inevitably have her true situation seen through, which would fall right into the opponent's trap.

If only someone on the city wall could help her intercept them.

However, the order Mai Shiyu himself gave was for everyone to just stand on the city wall and defend, and not to come down to assist in the battle. If Tang Zhao still had that bell sound from before that could shake the Bone, it might still be useful, but now he certainly did not have it.

If he still had it, he should have brought it out long ago when filling the river.

Mai Shiyu weighed the situation slightly and had already made a decision—of two evils, choose the lesser. Seeing through the truth and falsehood was a matter for later; if he did not act, the city would likely be breached in an instant!

Only by blocking this wave would there be a future; at worst, he would transplant his own Sword Image, the Peach Plum Tree, in front of the city wall, openly protect the city gate, and with the strength of one Sword Guest, it might not necessarily be inferior to that city wall!

Mai Shiyu made up his mind, turned around, and saw the white Bone army had already pushed to within a few zhang of the city wall.

Suddenly, arrows rained down from the city wall!