Outside the Golden Light City, it had been surrounded by dense evil ghosts and oddly-shaped Sound Beasts, so that not even a drop of water could pass through.
All the ghost soldiers and Lunar Beasts let out deafening roars and charged at the Golden Light Defense Formation outside the city in waves.
Because Jin Guangjun had abandoned many of the outer fortresses, a large number of disciples who were stationed there had withdrawn back to the city. At this moment, Golden Light City had gathered a large number of powerful soldiers.
On the outer city wall, under the command of the leaders of the garrison, teams of nervous-looking disciples had already formed a solid defense formation, ready to fight.
Then, the leader gave the order!
The sky was filled with crossbow bolts, red balls, and light beams of various colors. They flew out from the city wall, drawing arcs in the air, and smashed into the surrounding ghost soldiers, creating huge balls of light and astral winds!
For a time, the sound of roars and screams rang out!
Although the evil ghost army was still attacking fiercely at all costs, Golden Light City, which was well-prepared, was as steady as a rock. On the contrary, more and more corpses of evil ghosts and Lunar Beasts were piled up under the city wall.
Outside the city, it was noisy, but in a closed room in the main tower of the city, it was silent.
The old man surnamed Yao and the grey-haired middle-aged man stood side by side in a corner of the magic formation with solemn expressions.
In the void opposite them, three misty green light walls stood in great numbers. The Celestial Phenomenon experts of the other three armies had all gathered here, but for a time, no one spoke.
After a while, the old man surnamed Yao coughed softly and took the lead to speak.
"Everyone, you must have received the battle report from Fort Peaceful. The evil ghost army forced us to withdraw our defense line, and then took the opportunity to attack Fort Peaceful. The situation is very bad. Once Fort Peaceful falls, I'm afraid the four cities will be completely isolated. "
Hearing this, the people present looked a little embarrassed.
When the evil ghost army attacked the outer fortresses of the four cities, most of them advocated to withdraw their defense line, which led to the current passive situation.
"It's useless to talk about this now. The four cities we're in are currently being besieged by a large number of ghost soldiers. I'm afraid we won't be able to help Fort Taitian," the middle-aged beauty of the Demon Mystic Sect said in a deep voice.
"From what I can see, most of the ghouls besieging our cities are low-level evil ghosts and nether beasts. It seems that the main force of the evil ghost army is concentrated in Fort Peaceful Heavens. Should we consider sending some of our elite disciples to reinforce Fort Peaceful Heavens?" The person who spoke was the handsome man from Haoran Academy. At this moment, there was a person in a white robe beside him. Her appearance couldn't be seen clearly, but even through the robe, one could clearly see her curvaceous and graceful figure. She should be a female cultivator.
"This is a little risky. Although there are only a few low-grade ghosts surrounding our city, there are too many of them, and their strength cannot be underestimated. Furthermore, the Malevolent Ghost Legion has come prepared this time. It is very likely that they have high-grade ghost cultivators lying in ambush on the outskirts. If we are not careful, we may fall into their trap and lose our men for nothing. "The white-haired middle-aged man from the Celestial Work Sect shook his head.
The handsome man from Haoran Academy's expression changed upon hearing this, but he didn't say anything further.
The beautiful middle-aged woman from the Devilish Profound Sect saw that the atmosphere was a little tense and consoled, "Although the situation is disadvantageous to us, there is no need to be overly concerned. There are four Celestial Phenomenon Stage cultivators guarding Fort Peaceful Heavens. We have already dispatched a few of our elite disciples to assist the garrison. In a short period of time, the Malevolent Ghost Legion shouldn't be able to take down Fort Peaceful Heavens."
"In my opinion, the Malevolent Ghost Legion has besieged our four cities and Fort Peaceful Heavens at the same time. Their forces must be depleted and they won't be able to hold out for long. We should try to organize a counterattack and sweep away the ghost army that is besieging our cities as quickly as possible. Everyone, this may be an excellent opportunity for us to take advantage of the opportunity to wipe out the main force of the Malevolent Ghost Legion at Fort Peaceful Heavens. "The white-haired man from the Celestial Work Sect suggested.
The white-haired man from the Celestial Work Sect nodded and said, "Brother Yao is right. Let's do that for now. There are no better options."
Most of the others also nodded in agreement. At that moment, the middle-aged woman from the Devilish Profound Sect suddenly said,
"I've heard that Fellow Daoist Yao has dispatched your army's formation master, Martial Nephew Cao, to Fort Peaceful Heavens to oversee the Golden Light Formation. Could it be that Brother Yao has already predicted this situation?"
"I don't have the ability to foresee things with such accuracy. I only dispatched Cao Zhanghe as a precaution. I didn't expect him to be so useful," the old man replied indifferently.
"Hehe, Fellow Daoist is far more far-sighted than we are." The middle-aged woman chuckled at Yao Tianfu.
Everyone else looked at the old man surnamed Yao with different expressions.
After discussing the current situation for a while longer, they cut off communication and split up.
After the old man and the grey-haired middle-aged man left the secret chamber, they appeared in the circular corridor of the tall tower. From here, they could clearly see the dense mass of ghost soldiers on all sides of Golden Light City.
The old man looked around with a pensive look in his eyes.
"Brother Yao, what's wrong?" The grey-haired middle-aged man asked when he noticed the change in the old man's expression.
"It's nothing. I just find it a little strange that the Evil Ghost Legion was able to split up into five groups and surround our four cities and the Stronghold of Titan Sky at the same time. This level of strength is far beyond what we had anticipated," the old man with the Yao surname said.
"Now is not the time to think about this. Our top priority is to think of a way to deal with the ghost army outside the city. If necessary, we will have to take action," the grey-haired middle-aged man said indifferently as he looked outside the city.
"That's true." The old man nodded.
"Under the current circumstances, should we inform Martial Uncle Huo Ye of the situation here?" The grey-haired middle-aged man's eyes flashed as if he had thought of something.
"Let's wait for a while. Although the situation is dire, there is no need for Martial Uncle Huo Ye to take action …" The old man said after thinking for a while.
The grey-haired middle-aged man was silent for a while before he nodded.
After that, the two didn't say anything else and quickly left.
… …
In the sky above Fort Peaceful Heavens, there was less than a third of the massive mountain that blotted out the sun. However, its aura was still as majestic as ever, and the ghost soldiers could only watch from afar, not daring to take another step forward.
Mountains of ghost corpses littered the walls of the fort, and grey ghost mist lingered in the air, causing the entire Fort Peaceful Heavens to flicker in and out of existence.
After another half a day, the gigantic mountain shadow that shrouded the top of the fortress finally began to blur and gradually dissipate.
The disciples of the four legions who were stationed on the city walls felt their hearts leap into their throats. His heart leaped to his throat.
In the instant that the massive mountain projection disappeared, battle cries rang out from within the roiling ghost mist in all directions!
In the same instant that the massive mountain projection disappeared, battle cries rang out from within the roiling ghost mist in all directions!
A fierce battle had erupted once again. Countless ghost soldiers swarmed from all directions, charging toward Fort Peaceful Heavens like a tidal wave. Ghostly howls rang out one after another, and the onslaught was even more ferocious than before.
Fortunately, after a brief period of repair, the silver light barrier that protected the entire fort had become much more solid, giving the disciples a bit more confidence.
In the central plaza of the fort, countless golden pillars of light shot out from the alms bowl on top of the tall tower at the center of the fort. They were refracted by the six surrounding towers before sweeping out of the city, incinerating countless ghosts wherever the pillars of light touched.
However, the ones sitting on the platform weren't Liu Ming and the other Jin Dan and False Core Stage cultivators. Instead, they were the thirty-six ordinary Crystal Level disciples that Cao Zhanghe had recruited from Jin Guangjun and the Noble Spirit Army.
Although the power of the golden light formation wasn't as great as before, under Cao Zhanghe's control, it was still able to display half of its power.
After all, they had just experienced a great battle and lost many puppets and disciples. At this moment, the city was lacking in combat strength. Liu Ming and the other powerful people had already been spread out on the four walls to defend against the ghost attacks with the other disciples.
Liu Ming, Xiaowu, and a few others were still responsible for the northern region.
He stood on the city wall and swept his gaze over the seven or eight wolf-shaped ghost beasts that were charging toward him. With a wave of his hand, the Bitter Wheel Sword appeared, surrounded by purple lightning. With a flash of sword light, countless purple threads shot downward like a giant net.
The sound of something tearing through the air could be heard!
The heads of the seven or eight wolf-shaped ghost beasts were cut off by the purple sword threads and instantly shot into the sky. Black smoke billowed out as their enormous bodies fell directly below the city wall.
Liu Ming controlled the Bitter Wheel Sword to change direction and flew toward the ghost soldier formation on the other side. After looking around, his eyebrows furrowed slightly.
From the beginning of the battle, he had already discovered that there were many kinds of ghost beasts in the Evil Ghost Legion.
Moreover, although there were many ghosts attacking the city this time, there were very few high-grade ones. There were almost no Jin Dan Realm evil ghost commanders.
Four figures could be seen standing atop one of the towers near the northern walls of the Battlesky Stronghold. They were none other than the four Celestial Phenomenon cultivators who were responsible for overseeing the stronghold.
"The situation doesn't seem right. There are many ghosts attacking this time, but there are very few high-grade ghosts," Elder Fang of the Celestial Work Sect said.
"What is the Evil Ghost Legion trying to do? It doesn't matter how many low-grade ghosts there are, they won't be able to take down this fort, "the dark-skinned man of the Demon Mystic Sect said slowly. He carried a huge rock on his back.
"Could it be … that they're plotting something again?" The red-nosed old man of the Taiqing Gate said with a frown.
Hearing this, the other people's expressions changed.
From the beginning of this battle that only happened once in a hundred years, the Evil Ghost Legion had been uncharacteristically using all kinds of tricks and conspiracies. The siege this time was obviously not as simple as it seemed.
"No matter what, before the other reinforcements arrive, we should guard this city first. It won't be wrong." The burly man of Demon Mystic Sect said noncommittally.
The other three nodded in agreement.
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