Bizarre: Forced into an arranged marriage, his wife turns out to be a demon emperor?

Chapter 42 I'll defend this line of defense.

The west gate is in sight.

It was a magnificent building built on the ruins of an old city wall, standing a hundred meters tall. Now, it has been reinforced by countless modern technologies and transformed into a steel fortress.

The golden light barrier above the city walls appears exceptionally thin here.

The enormous claw mark clung to the light barrier like a maggot, constantly seeping in with wisps of black energy, only to be worn away by the golden runes.

The two sides are engaged in a silent tug-of-war.

On the city wall, shadowy figures could be seen.

Rows of menacing "rune cannons" have been deployed, their muzzles gleaming with dangerous energy.

Fully armed members of the Dragon Sparrow team were nervously checking their weapons on their respective positions.

Most of them were civilian ghost tamers who had been temporarily recruited. They were in groups of three or five, with complex expressions on their faces, whether they were nervous, fearful, or excited.

Lin Che and Su Hongyi silently landed on the city wall from a shadowy spot.

Their appearance immediately attracted the attention of everyone nearby.

A young man who looks like a student.

A woman in red, so beautiful she seemed unreal.

This combination seems out of place in the current somber atmosphere.

"Halt! Which department are you from?"

One of the Dragon Sparrow members immediately stepped forward, raised his gun, and demanded an explanation.

Lin Che ignored him, his gaze sweeping across the crowd before locking onto the figure standing in front of the command platform.

Li Zhen.

Li Zhen also noticed him, his expression changed, and he quickly walked over.

"Bring him over here!" he ordered his men.

The team member hesitated for a moment, then put his gun away.

Li Zhen walked up to Lin Che, his expression incredibly complex.

There was apprehension, scrutiny, and a hint of expectation that even he himself didn't realize.

"You've come." His voice was a little hoarse.

"You asked me to come," Lin Che replied matter-of-factly.

Li Zhen remained silent for a moment, then turned to the side and pointed to the outside of the light barrier.

There, an endless expanse of blood-red fog rolled and churned, like a boiling sea of ​​blood, obscuring everything.

But the oppressive feeling, which was almost tangible, made it difficult for everyone on the city wall to breathe.

"The West Gate is the anticipated point of impact for the ghost tide codenamed 'Patrol.'"

Li Zhen's tone was devoid of any emotion.

"The claw mark on the light barrier was left by one of their scouts. Based on energy analysis, that scout's level was at least—a Ghost King."

Ghost King!

The ghost tamers around who heard this were in an uproar, and many of them turned pale.

A scout is a Ghost King? How terrifying must the main body of the Ghost Tide be?

"The expert team assessed that there is a greater than 90% chance that Ximen's defenses will be breached."

Li Zhen stared intently into Lin Che's eyes, trying to see even the slightest hint of wavering on his face.

"Staying here means almost certain death."

Lin Che looked in the direction he pointed and gazed at the blood mist.

He could feel Su Hongyi tightening her grip on his hand.

It's not fear.

It's excitement.

It's the kind of irrepressible excitement diners feel when they see the Manchu Han Imperial Feast being served.

Lin Che withdrew his gaze and looked at Li Zhen.

He suddenly laughed.

"Nine out of ten chances of survival?"

He shook his head, his tone carrying a hint of nonchalant arrogance.

"That's for you."

"To me, this is not a battlefield."

"It's my home turf."

The voice just fell.

"Whoa!!!"

A horn-like sound, seemingly emanating from the depths of hell, drifted from the end of the blood mist.

That voice carried endless resentment and hunger.

Followed by.

The earth began to tremble rhythmically.

thump.

thump.

thump.

It was as if a giant, ten thousand feet tall, was walking towards them step by step.

Blood mist surged violently.

A pair.

Ten pairs.

Hundreds of pairs, thousands of pairs, tens of thousands of pairs —

Countless scarlet eyes suddenly lit up in the blood mist!

It was like a desolate sea of ​​stars.

"They're here!"

Li Zhen's pupils contracted, and he let out a roar.

"All personnel on alert! Open fire!!!"

On the city wall, everyone's heart was in their throat.

Only Su Hongyi gently rested her head on Lin Che's shoulder and murmured a satisfied word in a voice that only the two of them could hear.

"Husband, dinner is ready."

The moment the bugle sounded, it wasn't an impact, but a kind of compression.

The entire blood-red fog, like a sponge that had come to life and weighed billions of tons, suddenly pressed forward!

"Thump—!!!"

A dull thud that made your heart stop.

It wasn't the sound of an impact; it was the mournful cry of space itself being compressed to its limit.

The section of the city wall at the West Gate, which is over 100 meters high, shook violently, and countless cracks appeared on the surface of the wall.

Everyone on the city wall was thrown to the ground by this force.

Countless people bled from all seven orifices and fainted on the spot.

Li Zhen clung tightly to the railing of the command platform to avoid being thrown off. His mouth was full of the taste of blood as he looked up at the light barrier.

The golden light barrier flickered wildly, its light flashing unpredictably.

The worst situation was at the spot with the huge claw mark.

"Click—click—"

The faint sound of glass shattering, though distinct, reached everyone's ears clearly amidst the deafening roar.

Cracks, centered on the claw marks, spread rapidly like a spider web.

"We can't hold on!" a Dragon Sparrow team member shouted in despair.

Li Zhen's eyes were bloodshot as he roared into the communicator, "All rune-equipped heavy artillery, aim at the breach, and unleash indiscriminate fire! Now!"

However, the order came too late.

"Boom—!"

With a loud bang, the golden light barrier at the claw mark shattered completely.

A huge gap, more than fifty meters in diameter, appeared on the defensive line.

Boundless black yin energy, like a flood bursting its banks, mixed with resentful power capable of corroding flesh and blood, surged wildly in through the breach.

The dozens of ghost riders and soldiers standing near the gap didn't even have time to scream before they turned into puddles of pus emitting black smoke the moment they came into contact with the black mist.

The defenses have been breached.

Despair, like a plague, spread across the city walls.

Everyone thought that an endless horde of ghosts would be pouring in next.

but no.

At the gap where black energy surged, there was utter silence.

Only one heavy footstep, like a giant hammer pounding the earth, came slowly and steadily.

thump.

thump.

A colossal figure, over three meters tall, emerged step by step from the black mist.

Its entire body was covered with a layer of black keratin, as if cast from pig iron, and its muscles were bulging, exuding an explosive sense of power.

It has no facial features, only two empty eye sockets, inside which burn two eerie green soul flames.

Black Iron Corpse King.

A-rank Ghost General.

Its appearance caused the surrounding air to become viscous due to its solidified, oppressive force.

"Fire!!" Li Zhen roared as he gave the order.

On the city wall, all the rune-infused heavy cannons that were still operational simultaneously turned their muzzles, aiming at the black god of death.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"