Records of Mysterious Things in the Southern Dynasties

Chapter 560 Siege
"But even if we devoured them, we'd still be missing a portion of the same ancient divine fire, which is why we haven't yet engaged in a life-or-death struggle." Wu Yang paused, then sneered.
"Now you know why He helped, right? Because the last bit of divine fire appeared!"

"..." This was the first time Ren Yuan had witnessed Wu Yang's verbal skills. He had thought that gods were sparing with their words, but it turned out they hadn't been pushed to the limit.

"Really?" He looked at Wu Xian.

It has to be admitted that Wu Yang, that old woman, is not only sharp-tongued, but also has a sharp eye.

These words finally cleared up Ren Yuan's doubts... He had no relation to Wu Xian, so why did the other party help him so much?
He even began to wonder if he was the Ghost King's illegitimate son.

So that's why they fattened up the pigs for the New Year!
"..." Wu Xian was also decisive. Seeing that he could not argue, he did not want to argue, so he said indifferently, "That's right. I have been searching for a third ancient divine fire but have not been able to find one, so I have decided to cultivate one myself."

"Did you hear that, you silly boy?" Wu Yang said smugly, "If you team up with him to deal with me, regardless of who wins or loses, you'll be the one who dies in the end."

"If I team up with you, won't the result be the same?" Ren Yuan rolled his eyes.

“Since you don’t want to join forces with me…” Wu Yang then turned to Wu Xian and said, “Why don’t we join forces, brother? Let’s kill this kid first.”

“No.” Wu Xian was not fooled and resolutely refused, “This is your divine realm. Without my help, I will surely be killed by you. I am unwilling to do something that benefits someone else for nothing a second time.”

“That makes sense.” Ren Yuan nodded, agreeing with Wu Xian: “As long as someone joins forces with Him, Wu Yang will be the one who laughs last.”

"So what?" Wu Xian looked at Ren Yuan.

“So the best solution is for us to join forces to take him down first, and then each of us to rely on our own abilities. That way, at least we all still have a chance of winning,” Ren Yuan said.

“That’s right,” Wu Xian nodded. “You’re very clear-headed.”

"Then it's settled!" Ren Yuan said in a deep voice.

"It's settled then!" Wu Xian nodded.

"You two idiots, do you think you can defeat me by joining forces? Wrong! I am invincible in my divine realm!" Seeing that he could not divide them, Wu Yang completely tore off his disguise.

"Then why are you talking so much nonsense?" Ren Yuan's words left Wu Yang speechless.

"Enough talk, bring it on!" Wu Yang finally recovered after a while, then roared, "This day next year will be your death day!"

"Fire!" Ren Yuan shouted.

Xiao Heizi immediately pulled the breechblock, and the 'Taixu Annihilation Cannon' shot out a thick purplish-black beam of light. The terrifying energy tore through the sky and slammed into the Huaxu City Wall on the floating island.

The deafening roar caused the city walls, which were imbued with divine power, to tremble violently, sending bricks and stones flying everywhere!
As the city walls crumbled, countless nightmares surged forth from the breaches like a tidal wave. They took on various forms, some with grotesque faces, others fleeting and ethereal, forming a dark, overwhelming mass that blotted out the sky, emitting chilling shrieks as they hurtled towards the Chinese spacecraft!

On the Chinese spacecraft, Zu'an led the gunners drawn from the White Robe Army, all turning the twelve secondary cannons in unison. No aiming was needed; as far as the eye could see, there was only a vast, swarming nightmare… "Fire!" With Zu'an's command, the twelve secondary cannons roared, twelve dazzling beams of light piercing the night sky, pouring down like a meteor shower!

Nightmares swept by the beam of light were vaporized before they could even scream.

A single salvo from the Chinese Shenzhou spacecraft blasted tens of thousands of Nightmares to smithereens! But in the blink of an eye, the places where the dead Nightmares had fallen were filled by even more. The Nightmare army continued its mad charge, showing no signs of diminishing…

"Attack!" Wu Xian stood on the cloud, his wide sleeves fluttering as ten thousand elite ghost king soldiers rode on surging black clouds, like a black torrent, and fiercely met the nightmare army.

These elite ghost soldiers were all clad in azure-gloomy armor, wielding sinister, chilling blades, their green eyes glowing a bloodthirsty red. Wherever they went, gusts of cold wind swept through, and ghostly wails echoed, as they engaged in fierce combat with the equally wailing Nightmare army. The clash of swords and the flashing of blades filled the air, ghostly energy soared to the heavens, and the battle cries shook the very earth!
At this moment, Chen Qingzhi also shouted the order: "White-robed Army, attack!"

Three thousand white-robed, black-armored warriors of destruction unfurled their wings of light, transforming into streaks of light as they launched a fierce charge against the Nightmare army!

With each flap of its wings, dazzling light burst forth! Wherever the army passed, nightmares were annihilated, carving out a vast blank space on the battlefield.

But the Nightmare Army was endless, and in the blink of an eye, it filled the empty space, surrounded the Allied Forces, and launched a frenzied attack!
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Under the siege of the Nightmare army, the Chinese Shenzhou spacecraft was like a giant ship tossed about in a raging storm, its thirteen main and secondary cannons continuously spewing out destructive light. Each salvo blast reduced swathes of Nightmares to scattered phosphorescent fire.

Wherever the Ghost King's army and the White Robe Army went, slime splattered, bone wings crumbled, and nightmares fell like raindrops. However, the dense horde of nightmares surged forward like a tide, and even though tens of thousands were blasted to pieces, they surged out of Huaxu City like waves in the blink of an eye, showing no signs of decreasing but rather increasing.

Under the relentless onslaught, the allied forces inevitably suffered casualties. Several elite Ghost King soldiers on the outermost perimeter were tightly entangled by hundreds of Nightmares. Their azure armor sizzled in the corrosive slime, and before their ghostly blades could even be swung, they were devoured along with their arms by the Nightmares…

Several ghost king soldiers let out unwilling roars, and the phosphorescent flames around their bodies suddenly surged, turning into a sky full of blood mist along with the nightmare...

Suddenly, a blinding blue light burst forth from the top of Huaxu City. Thousands of enormous, mountain-like Boqi stood in neat rows on the wide city wall.

They blow huge, shimmering bubbles from their mouths, which look fantastic, but each one carries the power to distort space.

The moment the bubble landed, the dilapidated walls of Huaxu City were enveloped in a semi-transparent barrier. The iridescent light flowing across the barrier's surface moved like a living thing, absorbing all the attacks.

Even the allied forces that tried to get close were sucked into the bubbles and became Burch's snacks.

"We can't afford to waste any more time! We can't outlast Wu Yang!" Seeing this, Chen Qingzhi revealed his white-robed, silver-haired form, brandishing a silver spear, and said, "Follow me!"

With that, he leaped off the Chinese Divine Ship, broke through the overwhelming Nightmare Army, and rushed towards the top of Huaxu City!
"Here they come!" Zu Chongzhi held a compass in one hand and a square in the other, stepping on an ancient bronze abacus as he followed closely behind.

Ayao stood on a flying sword, her whole body surrounded by flames, transforming into a blazing comet!

Wu Gu and Wu Xie formed a Yin-Yang magic array, with black mist and white light intertwining, and flew into the enemy formation while stepping on the Yin-Yang fish.

The Fifth Dimension, filled with rage, launched his attack. With a flick of his wrists, he transformed swathes of nightmares into bombs. Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Large open spaces were blasted open around him.

(End of this chapter)