NIP Chapter 332 The Last Line of Defense in the Void Battlefield
Chapter 332 The Last Line of Defense in the Void Battlefield
"you……"
Wu Tianxiong's face turned pale. He hadn't expected that the other party harbored such deep hatred.
He wanted to unleash the power of the world within him to fight back, or at least self-destruct and perish together with the enemy.
But to his horror, he discovered that the insidious power within him had spread throughout his body via the wound, and his world power was like a stagnant pool, completely unusable.
"Hehe, did you notice?"
Zhao Kuan looked at Wu Tianxiong's terrified expression and sneered.
"Don't waste your energy, this is a highly potent poison specifically designed to target eighth-level cultivators."
"Now, you can die!"
Before he could finish speaking, Zhao Kuan gave the other party no further chances.
With a flash of cold light, the long sword in his hand transformed into a streak of light, piercing directly through Wu Tianxiong's brow!
"puff!"
This sword pierced straight through Wu Tianxiong's skull.
The life force in the opponent's eyes vanished instantly, and even their soul was completely annihilated by this sword.
A city lord at the second level of the eighth rank died at the hands of his own people.
After killing Wu Tianxiong, Zhao Kuan acted with extreme speed, snatching the spatial ring off Wu Tianxiong's hand. A quick scan with his divine sense revealed a greedy, ecstatic expression on his face.
"They're all here! You old bastard, you've embezzled quite a bit over the years!"
Then, he struck out with his palm, and a burst of flames erupted from his palm, burning Wu Tianxiong's body to ashes.
Destroying the body and covering up the evidence is a hallmark of habitual offenders.
After doing all this, Zhao Kuan listened to the increasingly close roars of the demons outside, as well as the chaotic cries and screams within the city.
He had no intention of activating the grand formation, and he didn't even bother to glance at the resources in the city lord's treasury that he couldn't take with him.
"Let whoever wants to defend this dilapidated city do so!"
"I've had enough of this life!"
Zhao Kuan flashed and transformed into a streak of light, fleeing towards the south gate of the city.
……
Inside Demon Town City No. 743.
Without the city lord's supervision, the light of the city's protective array failed to illuminate for a long time.
The spiritual energy fluctuations emanating from the City Lord's Mansion, followed by a deathly silence, completely shattered the already panicked cultivators within the city.
"Where is the city lord? Why hasn't he activated the great formation yet?!"
"Something terrible has happened! I just saw the deputy city lord running south!"
"What? Even the deputy city lord has run away? Could it be that the city lord has also...?"
The feeling of despair exploded instantly.
It should be noted that the vast majority of cultivators in this city, like Zhao Kuan, were forcibly recruited by the Demon Slayer Hall from various lower realms or continents.
They felt no sense of belonging to the city, and even less loyalty to the Demon-Slaying Hall.
Normally, with high-level cultivators suppressing them, they can barely manage to fight.
Now that disaster is imminent, the commander-in-chief has disappeared, the deputy commander has fled, and facing hundreds of thousands of demons and a ninth-level demon emperor, who would stay to die?
"Run!"
"This city cannot be defended!"
"Run if you don't want to die!"
In an instant, tens of thousands of city-guarding cultivators who were supposed to stay at their posts suddenly mutinied.
They abandoned their armor and weapons, rushing to open the south gate or scaling the city walls, fleeing in all directions.
In less than a quarter of an hour, this Demon-Suppressing City, with a population of hundreds of thousands and known as an impregnable fortress, was completely turned into a dead city without even firing a single arrow!
……
All of this from afar naturally could not escape the divine sense perception of a ninth-level expert.
Lin Hanzhou hovered in the void, quietly watching the human city, observing the infighting, assassinations, and routs that were taking place within.
Watching the city's protective array go out before it was even activated, seeing the city gates wide open, and seeing the group of human cultivators fleeing like stray dogs.
"this……"
Lin Hanzhou stroked his chin, a playful smile curving his lips.
"I haven't even made a move yet."
"It's already collapsed?"
This reminded him of a saying: Fortresses are often breached from within.
It seems that the rule of the Demon-Slaying Hall has been built up over a long period of resentment and is unpopular.
Just then, two crisp and pleasant synthesized electronic voices rang out in his mind one after another.
【Ding! 】
[The death of Wu Tianxiong, the 743rd city lord of Zhenmo City, has been detected.]
[Cause of death determined: Assassination was caused by the host's subordinates betraying him due to his army's invasion of the border.]
[Judgment: The target died indirectly at the hands of the host.]
[Backstab talent triggered! Congratulations, host, you have received a small amount of cultivation feedback!]
……
【Ding! 】
[Detection indicates that Demon Suppression City No. 743 has been breached.]
[Judgment Result: The host has successfully captured the Demon Slayer Palace city, causing significant losses to the Demon Slayer Palace faction.]
[Backstab talent triggered! Congratulations, host, you have received a small amount of cultivation feedback!]
As the system notification faded, Lin Hanzhou's lips curled into a slight smile; he had already discovered the correct way to utilize his backstab talent.
"In that case, there's no need for me to slowly push along these hundreds of thousands of burdens."
Lin Hanzhou glanced at the massive, bloated, and slow-moving demon army behind him, a hint of disdain flashing in his eyes.
That's too slow. At this rate, we can only conquer two or three cities a day at most.
He wants a blitzkrieg!
"Pass on the order!"
Lin Hanzhou's voice boomed in the void.
"All demons below the eighth rank, remain here to clean up the battlefield and occupy the empty city!"
"All demon generals of the eighth rank and above, follow me!"
"Let's go... harvest!"
"roar--!"
At Lin Hanzhou's command, the hundreds of eighth-level demon generals, who had been eagerly awaiting their turn to fight, roared in unison.
The next moment, Lin Hanzhou took the lead, transforming into a purple rainbow that pierced through the heavens and earth.
Behind him, hundreds of terrifying demonic figures followed closely.
……
The day that followed.
For the human defenses in the Void Battlefield, it was a nightmarish day.
City No. 745: When the city lord saw Lin Hanzhou arrive, he was so frightened that he abandoned the city and surrendered, but Lin Hanzhou killed him with a single blow.
City No. 760: The garrison attempted to activate the great formation to resist, but Lin Hanzhou shattered the formation's core with a single punch, and hundreds of demon generals rushed into the city like wolves among sheep.
City No. 800: A mutiny broke out within the city, and the garrison, in order to save their lives, kidnapped the city lord and offered him to the Demon Emperor...
One after another.
Lin Hanzhou led this elite force like a bulldozer, advancing hundreds of millions of miles in less than a day!
Wherever they went, hundreds of human cities fell!
The system notification sounds in his mind were like a DJ set, ringing incessantly.
The accumulated cultivation of the Backstab talent has also reached a terrifying number.
Finally, after conquering over a hundred cities, Lin Hanzhou arrived in the heart of the human realm.
Before him lay no longer those scattered small towns.
Instead, it is a magnificent, undulating super fortress complex guarded by twelve colossal citadels.
There you'll find the strongest formation in the void battlefield and the most elite demon-slaying legion.
That is the central city district of the human race.
It is also the last line of defense in the entire Void Battlefield.
Once this place is breached, the entire Void Battlefield will be completely lost.