The armory in the north of the city.
To be more precise, the armory was located in the northwest corner of Maplewood City.
Large amounts of military equipment were sealed here, waiting to be used when the army was mobilized.
This place was heavily guarded. No matter the time, there would always be a hundred-man squad stationed here. This hundred-man squad would be divided into ten small squads, each led by a cultivator.
Of course, this didn't mean that there were so many cultivators in Maplewood City's city guard. It was because the armory was so important that the general in charge of the defense had especially increased the number of elites.
In comparison, the City Lord Manor itself didn't have many cultivators guarding it. This was because City Lord Wei Quji himself was the most intimidating force in Maplewood City.
At the same time, rotating the armory was one of the daily tasks of the Dao Academy disciples. There were two Dao Academy disciples guarding here every day. Although there weren't many Dao Merits, it was stable. Moreover, there was basically nothing to do, so it didn't affect meditation and cultivation. This task was actually fought over by many people. It could be said that those who were quick would get it, while those who were slow would get nothing.
The armory was divided into an inner and outer area. Such a high level of defense naturally wasn't just to protect the piles of commonly seen armor in the outer area.
In terms of space, the inner area was extremely small. It only took up a small room in the middle of the entire armory.
However, from the walls to the roof and even the floor, there were formations carved into it to prevent people from violently breaking in. If there was an attack that these formations couldn't defend against, the self-destructing formations in the inner area would activate.
There were various restrictions. Anyone could only use a special token to enter the inner area from the main entrance.
The two Dao Academy disciples and the strongest ten-man squad of the hundred-man squad were stationed in front of the inner area. They wouldn't move a single step aside from rotating.
This kind of defense was almost foolproof. Especially since today was the important day of the Three Cities Dao Debate. A large number of city guards were stationed in the city, so there wouldn't be anyone foolish enough to court death.
Therefore, when two people wearing city guard uniforms walked over and their tokens were verified, the squad leader on duty didn't think too much. He formed a seal and opened the door to the inner area.
"Wait," the Dao Academy disciple sitting cross-legged on a prayer mat to the right of the door suddenly said.
His original intention wasn't to suspect these two people. He just felt that he also needed to take a look at the token. Only then could he be considered to be on duty.
However, the two people who had already stepped into the inner area suddenly turned around.
One's long hair, like sharp black needles shooting through the air. One of them opened its bloody mouth and spat out a bloody snake!
The disciple from the Cheng Dao Academy who shouted for them to stop had his face pierced by the black hair and fell to the ground, dead. As for the City Guard Squad Leader cultivator, he was swept away by the blood, and in an instant, he was reduced to a pile of bones!
In just one round, there was only one cultivator left outside the inner storehouse. Although the other nine city guards were elites, they only had the strength of mortals.
"I just want to slack off …" The remaining disciple of the Chengdao Academy rubbed his forehead. In the next moment, he leaped up and pointed his finger. A golden arrow of light pierced through the air and shot towards the enemy.
This was the high-grade D dao technique, Golden Light Arrow.
Since it was instantaneous, it meant that this person had at least completed a minor cycle and his cultivation was above the eighth rank.
As he attacked, he commanded, "Spread out and report. I'll hold them back here!"
Admittedly, he didn't have the confidence to defeat these two fellows who dared to attack Maplewood City's armory, but at this moment, Maplewood City's official forces undoubtedly held the absolute advantage. As long as the news spread, no matter how many enemies came, they would only end up being killed.
It was a habit of soldiers to obey orders. Of course, they wouldn't delay. The nine soldiers immediately scattered and fled.
At this moment, the entire Maplewood City, except for the training grounds and other places where powerhouses gathered, was in chaos.
Some set fires, some violently killed people. For a moment, there was a commotion.
In the armory, the two attackers didn't hesitate. The attacker who used black hair as a weapon stayed to fight, while the attacker who spat out blood rushed straight into the inner storehouse.
They had a very clear goal! This thought flashed through the minds of the remaining Chengdao Academy disciples. With a flick of his finger, he pointed again and again. The Golden Light Arrow was used by him to display the effect of arrow rain across the sky!
The Golden Light Arrow and the black-haired arrow clashed. One was sharp, the other was treacherous.
As they were locked in a stalemate, a long saber suddenly slashed past. The black-haired attacker fell to the ground with a loud bang, his head separated from his body.
Wei Yan held the long saber and turned into the inner storehouse.
A blood snake pounced at him. He didn't dodge or evade. His long saber slashed vertically, splitting the blood snake into two halves. He charged forward between the two halves of the blood snake. Almost face-to-face with the attacker who spat out blood, he stabbed his saber into the man's heart!
However, the attacker laughed strangely. With a hoarse voice, he used the last of his strength to joyfully say, "I've already sent the Dark Candle away!"
Behind Wei Yan, the two halves of the Filthy Blood Snake suddenly twisted. One half of it pounced at the Dao Academy disciple who instantly shot the Golden Light Arrow, blocking his movements. The other half was like a real snake, twisting and slithering away!
Without a doubt, the treasure called the Dark Candle was in this half of the blood snake.
"I can give you the Dark Candle." Wei Yan pulled the long saber out of the man's heart. His voice was as cold as frost. "But I will kill all of you who came today!"
At the same time, experts who had been lying in ambush for a long time appeared all over Maplewood City.
An attacker who had just started a fire was shot into a hedgehog in the next moment. The flames were also instantly extinguished.
On the other side, bloody Daoist techniques had just pounced on passersby when they saw waves rolling, rolling logs rumbling … A series of Daoist techniques blasted the attacker into smithereens.
Maplewood City had been prepared. Almost all the experts had been mobilized. The disaster was immediately suppressed.
…
"What's going on?" Hearing a few miserable cries from afar, Jiang Wang immediately picked up Jiang Anan.
The hunchbacked old man surnamed Gui also instantly grabbed Qingzhi's hand.
"Don't panic." On the spectator stand, Wei Quji gestured with his hand. "Continue the competition!"
Outside the martial arts arena, apart from the soldiers maintaining order, squads of city guards scattered in all directions.
The commoners watching the competition were not afraid. If something happened to Wei Quji and Dong A when they were present, then it was not safe to stay anywhere.
Moreover, these city guards were obviously carrying out military duties. They did not dare to leave and disturb them.
…
Inside the armory, Wei Yan strode out and almost roared, "Shen Nanqi, why didn't you stop that blood snake just now? Don't tell me you couldn't do it! "
The blood snake fled with the Nether Candle. It would only take a few passes for such an exquisite little item to disappear without a trace.
This also meant that the 'bait' Wei Quji had put out had been eaten. They had to kill all the 'fish'.
The Dao Academy disciple named Shen Nanqi roared back in an equally loud voice, "I know what the Dark Candle is! Who told me? Since you already had a plan and made preparations, why didn't you tell us? My junior brother from the same sect died in front of me! "
His hand glowed faintly with golden light. If it weren't for this moment, he almost couldn't resist throwing the golden arrow at Wei Yan's face.
"More of our brothers in the city guard died." Wei Yan's expression was dark.
Perhaps he didn't want to explain, but before he turned and left, he added, "We don't know the situation of those people hiding. If it wasn't kept a secret, they wouldn't have appeared."
Which people? Shen Nanqi still wanted to ask, but he didn't. He knew he wouldn't get an answer.
At this moment, he even understood that it might be Wei Yan's arrangement that he was able to laze around here today. Among the Dao Academy disciples who didn't participate in the competition and happened to be 'free', there was no one more suitable than Shen Nanqi.
Fifth on Maplewood City's Dao Merit Ranking, Shen Nanqi.
He didn't have a favorite person, but the person he hated the most was Wei Yan.
Unfortunately, he was also skilled in metal element Dao techniques, but he was no match for Wei Yan.
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