The attacking monsters were a large group of fierce-looking purple striped spiders. Each of them was the size of a millstone, and their carapaces were as hard as iron. Their strength was comparable to an early or middle stage Qi Refining cultivator. Shen Yu led a group of Qi Refining cultivators from the Shen Family to attack with all their might, but they could only barely resist.
While the two sides were in a stalemate, the ground under the seven or eight purple striped spiders in front of them suddenly split open, and water blades flew out and slashed their bodies.
With a series of "chi chi" sounds, the purple striped spiders' carapaces were shattered, and blood splattered everywhere. In the blink of an eye, they were cut into several pieces. Then, all the water blades turned around and continued to slash at the remaining purple striped spiders. In just a few breaths, all the spiders were killed.
Not far away, Shen Luo jumped down from a carriage and dispersed the spell in his hand. He was quite satisfied with the attack of the water blades.
After a period of bitter cultivation, his magic power had recovered a lot, and he had reached the late stage of Soul Condensation.
"Thank you for your help, Senior." Shen Yu and the others walked over and thanked him.
"This place is not far from Jianye City. Not only is there no one here, but there are so many monsters. It's a bit strange." Shen Luo waved his hand and looked around a few times.
On the other side of the Li Shui River, there was a large village, but the village was dead silent. There was no sign of life at all, not even a cat or a dog.
"The situation is indeed not right. I wonder if Senior has any good ideas?" Shen Huayuan asked.
"You all stay here and don't wander around. I'll go ahead and explore the situation." Shen Luo pondered for a moment and said.
"I'll go with you." Shen Yu walked over and said.
Shen Huayuan frowned slightly and hesitated.
"It's not safe here. Monsters may appear at any time. You should stay here and protect the clan." Shen Luo said and jumped into the Li Shui River.
Just as his feet were about to touch the surface of the river, a wave surged out of the river at just the right moment. It carried his feet and sped towards Jianye City with Shen Luo. Its speed was abnormally fast, and it disappeared from sight in a few breaths.
Everyone from the Shen family exclaimed in surprise when they saw this scene. Their faces were filled with envy.
Shen Yu looked in the direction Shen Luo's figure had disappeared, biting her lips lightly as her eyes flickered. No one knew what she was thinking.
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Shen Luo took a different route and used the Art of Driving Water to hasten his journey. It was much faster than running. Soon, he was more than ten miles away from Jianye City. Roars, battle cries, and rumbling sounds of collisions could be heard from the front.
"Jianye City is under attack?" Shen Luo was shocked as he stopped himself with a hand seal.
If it was really as the Bai Family members had said, with a large number of troops stationed in Jianye City and a Bai Family half-immortal patriarch leading a group of immortal cultivators, there was still a demon who dared to attack the city. This matter was definitely not simple.
The experience in Spring Splendor City was still vivid in his mind, so he didn't dare to act recklessly anymore. After a moment of silence, he used the Water Repelling Technique and dived into the Beautiful Water River, advancing underwater.
Although the speed of their advance was a little slower, it was more concealed and safe.
A quarter of an hour later, Shen Luo finally arrived at Jianye City. However, he was stunned by the scene before him.
Just as he'd guessed, at this moment, Jianye City was already surrounded by countless demons of all shapes and sizes to the point not even a drop of water could trickle through. Amongst them were jackals, wolves, tigers, leopards, and so on and so forth, and when looked at from afar, they formed a dense mass that seemed like countless ants.
In addition to these ordinary demons, there were hundreds of existences in the air that emitted powerful demonic auras. At first glance, they were at least at the Soul Condensation Stage. There were even many Out-of-Body Stage demons.
Leading them were three half-human, half-tiger demons. The demonic auras on their bodies far surpassed those of Out-of-Body Stage demons. Shen Luo couldn't see through their cultivation stage at all.
"The auras of these three demons are not below that of Qian Yan Patriarch. Could they be at the Great Ascension Stage?" Shen Luo was secretly shocked and tried his best to restrain his aura.
The densely packed monster army was launching wave after wave of ferocious attacks at Jianye City from all directions.
Jianye City had changed a lot compared to a thousand years ago. The biggest change was that the city walls were much taller and thicker. There were many trebuchets installed on the city walls. There were runes engraved on them. At this moment, they were constantly throwing huge burning stones at the demons below the city walls.
Every burning stone that fell to the ground would explode, forming a sea of fire that was several feet wide and swallowing a group of demons.
In addition to the trebuchets, there were many mechanical giant crossbows that were several feet tall on the city walls. There were huge quivers on top of them. Each of them was filled with arrows, densely packed together.
Every time the giant crossbow was pulled back, it would shoot out a black rain of arrows. The surface of the arrows was faintly fluctuating with magic power. It was obvious that they weren't ordinary arrows. After shooting into the crowd of demons, they set off waves of bloody wind.
In addition to these defensive machines, the city walls were filled with armored soldiers and cultivators. The shadows of swords and sabers flew, and the killing intent was biting cold. Together with the defensive equipment on the city walls, they resisted the attacks of the demons.
In the sky above Jianye City, hundreds of cultivators stood in the void. Their bodies emitted bright spiritual light of various colors. Most of them were at the Soul Condensation Stage, and there were as many as twenty to thirty cultivators at the Out-of-Body Stage.
They were led by two old men in purple robes with feathered crowns on their heads. They looked like they were from the government.
Their auras were strong, and they were most likely at the Great Ascension Stage.
Under the leadership of the two purple-robed old men, the cultivators were either in groups of three to five or fighting alone. They were fighting against the powerful demons that could fly.
In Shen Luo's view, the number of people on the human side was much smaller than the demons outside the city. Their strength was also much weaker. However, the reason why they were able to maintain a stalemate with the demon army was mainly because of the thousand-foot-large golden light formation floating above Jianye City.
Countless golden runes surged within the formation, and there were also golden-armored phantoms cruising within it, emitting bursts of Sanskrit chants. After smelling it, one would feel a great sense of comfort, as if one's soul was intoxicated.
The most magical thing about this formation was that as long as a cultivator entered it, it seemed that the consumed magic power, physical fatigue, and even injuries would quickly recover.
Not only that, but the light formation also constantly shot out golden light that fell on those cultivators.
A golden light shield immediately appeared around those cultivators, and their defense and attack were also increased by a considerable degree.
However, these golden light shields seemed to have a time limit. They could only last for a quarter of an hour before disappearing.
Relying on this magical golden light formation, the cultivators of Jianye City were able to fight the demons outside to a draw.
"What a mysterious light formation!" Shen Luo submerged half of his body in the Li Shui River and looked at the light formation in the air with great surprise. He couldn't help but take a closer look.
He saw a white-haired old man sitting in the center of the golden light formation. He looked very spirited. His ten fingers were constantly moving in front of him as he chanted.
Tens of thousands of golden lights were emitted from his body and continuously fused into the golden light formation to maintain its operation.
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