Imminent Turbulence
“What’s this noise all about?” inquired Mu Yu.
Xuan Chisan summarised, “It is the alarm for us to prepare for battle as an elemental demon invasion is starting.”
“How do you know that?”
“Because this is the alarm that went off when the previous attack occurred!” Xuan Sitong filled in, bursting out of her mother’s room.
“Senior Sister, Master Yu, we need to lend them a hand.”
“We also have to help?” asked Xiaoshuai.
“Yes, all Primordial Infant Realm and above cultivators must equip themselves, and then follow the commands of either the city’s lord or the eight great sects to fight off the invaders,” answered Xuan Sitong.
“Let’s go see,” Mu Yu replied, sortieing with Xiaoshuai. “Sitong, Chisan, be careful.”
Mu Yu brought Xuan Sitong and Xuan Chisan along for a ride, weaving through the crowd of cultivators, to the city doors.
“Primordial Infant Realm and above cultivators, assemble at the east doors and prepare for battle!” somebody commanded, voice emanating from the sky.
Mu Yu was curious to find out how humans fought off an invasion if the city barrier was still intact.
Rumble! Following the rumbling, a titanic fire ball blasted the city, setting fire to the barrier. Though the barrier prevented any fireballs getting through and stunted the impact, the flames gradually wilting down the formation.
The cultivators took a calming breath, preparing themselves to seize glory. Before they could breathe out, the fire demons were heard whistling through the air, parking just outside the barrier. Going by numbers in descending order were red fire demons, golden fire demons, blue fire demons and green fire demons. Whether it was due to their sheer numbers of power, the cultivators’ skin turned clammy.
“Why are they attacking us out of the blue? They used to surface at the outskirts of the city, so why are they trying to invade this time?” uttered Xuan Chisan.
“Whatever the reason, they can’t be forgiven!” thundered Xuan Sitong.
“Where’s Shifu? Where’s Shifu?” asked Xuan Chisan, frantically surveying the surroundings.
“He went to Hundred Herbs Hall, but he should’ve made it here already. Have some faith in him,” Mu Yu voiced in a low voice, wondering to himself, Tree Elder mentioned that elemental demons wouldn’t attack humans unless their spirit lord gives the command. Wait, given how many fire demons are gathered here, does that m-
Xiaoshuai tugged Mu Yu’s hand and, in a soft voice, questioned, “You reckon it’s Lie Shang?”
“We’ll watch and find out.”
Moments later, yellow and grey silhouettes closed in on the barrier at sky level.
“There are earth demons, too, now!”
“There are even metal demons!”
“Have they besieged the city?”
The oversized earth demons outsized humans in every facet to the point that one’s confidence would wane in their presence. The ripples generated on the barrier whenever they hammered it felt as though they were only an inch away from one’s face.
The silver and golden metal demons’ appearances resembled the metal in the cultivation world – mercury – while their thin physiques triggered associations with sharp blades. Nonetheless, the force they could produce had cultivators quaking in their boots.
“Are water and wood demons going to also attack us now?!” exclaimed a cultivator.
Mu Yu deliberated, Do these new forms and colours that I don’t recognise mean that the elemental demons have recovered their full power?
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