Chapter 229: Below the City

Yan Buji led his disciples onto the city wall, seeing the cultivators of the Great River Sect and Pine Lake Sect on one side also deathly pale, feeling sorrowful, his mood instantly improved considerably.

I just said, cultivators always fight one-on-one; to face such an overwhelming attack without panic, he feels inferior.

Fortunately, my people aren't the sort to rely on.

The monsters' siege was far more brutal than Yan Buji imagined; they didn't swarm up all at once but worked with clear division: flying monsters with ranged attacks occasionally unleashed javelin rain to suppress, while huge monsters and smaller ones fought together.

The huge monsters relied on their thick skin to block the cultivators' spells from the wall, then came to the base of the wall to serve as ladders for the smaller monsters.

The small monsters just charged up like that; Yan Buji's face twitched, and he shouted at the panicked disciples: "Don't sleepwalk! Everyone take your positions and attack the monsters through Yan Wall!"

Yan Buji certainly didn't want to die on the city wall; the key now is that fleeing would be unwise. Seeing the other two families begin to resist in panic, his own disciples lacking a backbone simply won't do.

"Kill!!"

The disciples also went all out, hastily casting spells to knock down the charging monsters, but the monsters surging forth were countless.

Yan Buji spat out a mouthful of spiritual fire, temporarily blocking the monsters charging from one side, but this couldn't go on.

He had already seen that even monsters whose bodies were blackened by spiritual fire would still charge onto the wall, and he thought, "Not good."

"Lin Ruoyu!"

"Daoist Yuejin, you?"

"Follow me down to take out those giant beasts!" Yan Buji's face darkened as he glanced at Lin Ruoyu.

Lin Ruoyu's face twitched, she shook her head: "Daoist Yuejin, don't act rashly; you must hold that side, otherwise...."

"Trash!"

Yan Buji jumped straight down from the wall and kicked the charging monster away with a single foot.

The swarming little monsters obviously didn't realize there was such a fierce person among the cultivators— which sect's cultivator is this?

Yan Buji took out the Flood-Suppressing Disk and channeled his magic power into it.

The Flood-Suppressing Disk suddenly transformed, the earth shook, and several huge snakes burst from the ground, temporarily blocking the little monsters' encirclement!

The yellow-brown giant snakes tore at a few little monsters, but Yan Buji knew that the few giant snakes formed by the Flood-Suppressing Disk's earth-vein killing aura could at most reach Lianqi Peak cultivation, unable to withstand this massive onslaught.

But at this moment, Yan Buji had already landed on a giant beast's back.

The giant beast sensed something wrong, writhing to throw Yan Buji off; if not for the nearby other giant beasts making the space too narrow, it would have rolled over and crushed him to death.

But who is Yan Buji?

He cultivates both martial arts and law, his self-control far surpassing other cultivators; even standing on the frenzied twisting giant beast, he walks as if on flat ground, and in the blink of an eye the golden wheel appears, flying toward the beast's neck!

Pfft!

The giant beast winced in pain, and the little monsters that had broken through the snake barrier were shocked, immediately charging up to unleash various monster arts!

Yan Buji raised his Honeycomb Shield while activating the Wind-Regulating Secret Technique and Lightning Flash Arcane Technique; his whole body was wrapped in wind-and-thunder sound, his feet sparking with electricity as he dodged most incoming attacks at high speed, and whatever he couldn't dodge was blocked by his Honeycomb Shield.

"Quick! Destroy that cultivator's golden wheel!"

"Don't let him kill the barbarian ox!"

Among the little monsters were also those who had removed the bone in their mouths to awaken spiritual wisdom and speak human words; obviously they were also the commanders of this siege force.

Yan Buji glanced over and indeed saw a tabby cat demon not far away, its aura not weak.

However, it seemed not to dare come forward to stop Yan Buji; perhaps it was also observing his strength, waiting to find a flaw before delivering a fatal blow.

"Really a hassle!"

The Magic Power Golden Wheel had been condensed for too short a time; it wasn't enough to sever the barbarian ox's head, and even cutting into its flesh was somewhat difficult.

Yan Buji flicked his sleeve, several bolts of lightning surging in his palm; this was the lightning-attracting art from the Thunderbolt Secret, though not powerful, it was enough to block the little monsters trying to swarm up.

Just then, this offensive was blocked again; Yan Buji rushed straight to the barbarian ox's head, pouring all his magic power into the golden wheel, and spat another mouthful of spiritual fire to sear the ox's neck muscles!

"Moo!!!"

The barbarian ox felt the pain, sensing impending death it went berserk, its demonic aura erupting; the wound cut by the golden wheel instantly healed, its skin turning stony, firmly trapping the Magic Power Golden Wheel.

Yan Buji took a deep breath.

This is the trouble of lacking an offensive Accumulation Device.

The Flood-Suppressing Disk at best counts as a support-type Accumulation Device, and his other Accumulation Devices lack this function.

Even if he used his Martial Dao cultivation, given the situation the barbarian ox's terrifying regenerative ability and imminent petrified skin made his attack methods utterly unable to break through!

Whoosh!

Before Yan Buji could react, a sword light suddenly fell from the sky, slicing into the edge of his Magic Power Golden Wheel, cutting skin and flesh.

Yan Buji looked up to see it was a Lianqi Peak cultivator from the Pine Lake Sect making the move.

"Daoist Yuejin, hurry!"

Yan Buji recalled the golden wheel, dispersing and re-forming his Magic Power Golden Wheel in his palm, then smashed it down along the sword light's wound!

Bang!

A cow's head several times larger than a thousand-jin boulder fell to the ground, the headless body collapsing; Yan Buji took a deep breath, seeing the nearby giant beasts affected by this beast's death, he again activated the Wind-Regulating and Lightning Flash techniques and ran up the city wall.

"Damn it! Charge up and kill that ox-nose for me!" the tabby cat demon stared wide-eyed, never expecting a Lianqi Phase cultivator could slay the barbarian ox amid the myriad troops.

The opponent's various methods were simply unimaginable—earth-vein killing aura, wind-and-thunder secret technique, and Magic Power Golden Wheel—clearly a tough adversary.

The key is that this person actually already had Lianqi Late Stage cultivation; such profound magic power combined with his various battlefield responses meant the tabby cat demon had certainly taken note of him.

"Lord Lynx, retreat— that barbarian ox, seeing its kin die, is losing control!" another little monster said.

"These filthy wretches!" the tabby cat demon's eyes flashed with resentment, but there was nothing she could do.

After fighting for a while, discovering the cultivators on the city wall were extremely tenacious, the tabby cat demon also ordered a withdrawal, preparing to seek another chance to assault the city.

Yan Buji fought alongside everyone on the city wall for a while; seeing the little monsters retreat like a tide, besides feeling relieved, he was left only with helplessness and bewilderment.

Such strict military discipline, even a human army would find it hard to match.

In this monster siege, the chance of holding out is less than one in ten.