Power of the City’s Barrier
What will you do, He Jinglong? If not even you want to resist, I’ll just watch. There aren’t many elemental demons that are stronger than Primordial Infant Realm cultivators. There are over 1600 Primordial Infant Realm and Body Severing Realm cultivators, over 200 Spirit Severing Realm cultivators and 32 Body Synthesis Realm cultivators present in total. Mankind’s odds of winning are quite high even if the elemental demons get through provided they have the will to fight, and the leader isn’t dead in the head, yet all I hear is a desire to flee. I’m only getting Xuan Clan out of this mess if all of you tuck tail, decided Mu Yu.
Despite the pressure of having so many eyes on him and many cultivators demanding the emergency exit’s location, He Jinglong held it together, snapping, “Why are we talking about fleeing when it’s our duty to fend off elemental demon invasions? There are no teleportation formations to escape or alternative exists. The doors are shut, and the elemental demons are the door to the sky route. If you want to leave, I shall undo the seal on the city door for you in a moment. As for whether or not the elemental demons will let you go, you’ll have to count on your fortune. If you think you can convince them to spare you, be my guest. If you stay here, your identity won’t save your life or grant you special privileges!”
Mu Yu nodded in approval.
Once the three elders who were first to chicken out lowered their heads, He Jinglong fixed his eyes on the three elders and continued, “Any other questions? If not, prepare yourselves to carry out my directives. The city’s barrier is enough to stop those elemental demons, but it requires spiritual energy as fuel. As such, you must work with me to sustain it. If anyone makes an error and costs the citizens’ lives, I’ll execute you regardless of who you are!”
“We are at your command!” responded the cultivators.
Since nobody opposed He Jinglong, it was fair to assume that he was the strongest. In saying that, they might not have wanted to. After all, who was to say there were only three cowards?
He Jinglong informed, “The more united we are, the stronger we are. If you want to keep them from invading the city, then heed my commands. Now, Body Synthesis Realm cultivators, please come to me. Spirit Severing Realm cultivators, please position yourselves on the city hall. Body Severing Realm and Nascent Soul Realm cultivators, please take up positions on the city walls. Time is of the essence!”
I hope he knows what he’s doing, inwardly prayed a cultivator, heading off to his assigned post.
“You two must be careful,” stressed Xuan Zhengtang.
“I will, Father.”
Xuan Chisan stole a gander Mu Yu’s way, then took hold of Xuan Sitong’s hand. “I will protect Senior Sister, Shifu.”
Xuan Sitong opened her mouth, but nothing came out; neither did she pull her hand out.
“Do you intend to join them, Master Yu?”
“You go on ahead. Take care,” answered Mu Yu, deciding to stay in place.
“Take care, Master Yu,” expressed Xuan Zhengtang, joining the others at the city door.
Mu Yu decided to suppress his cultivation to Spirit Severing Realm and joined the Spirit Severing Realm cultivators.
“Why aren’t we helping the Body Synthesis Realm cultivators?” Xiaoshuai inquired.
“I need to see if the city’s barrier can withstand the elemental demons’ onslaught first. If it calls for it, I can still make it in time to repair it.”
Xiaoshuai pointed to the statue sitting above the city wall. “Hey, look, it’s Old White Beard’s statue.”
“We need to get closer to it.”
After witnessing the terror unleashed on Mist City after Sword Shadow Dust Gale’s statue was destroyed, Mu Yu learnt that protecting it was crucial to protecting the city.
“What is a kid doing here?” griped a Spirit Severing Realm cultivator.
“He’s my younger brother, and mind your own business.” Mu Yu tapped the cultivator on the shoulder to send the cultivator elsewhere via Divine Soul Formation. The other cultivators who saw Mu Yu did not give any second thought to it for there was more pertinent issues.
Xiaoshuai gave the statue a touch. “Mu Yu, you notice something special about this statue?”
“It’s natural energy. Shifu’s statue is the barrier’s formation foundation and a formation core.”
“The formation lines… This is Old White Beard’s qi,” exclaimed Xiaoshuai.
Mu Yu cast aside useless thoughts for the moment and poked the statue. He sent a faint formation line into the statue to draw up its architecture in his own mind for analysis. He learnt that everything used in the city’s construction was a formation foundation.
“Everyone, imbue the walls with your spiritual energy now!” yelled He Jinglong.
The Body Synthesis Realm cultivators summoned golden spiritual energy to their hand, sending Sword Shadow Dust Gale’s statue into the ether, where the group stood around. As a result, they also became formation foundations.
“Barrier summon!” belted He Jinglong, executing hand seals and installing a formation into Sword Shadow Dust Gale’s statue.
As the statue glowed green, formations emanated from the statue, connecting the thirty-two Body Synthesis Realm cultivators to the statue. The golden formation emanating from the Body Synthesis Realm cultivators then elongated, linking up to the Spirit Severing Realm cultivators. Subsequently, the spiritual energy from the linked cultivators poured into the city wall.
“Incredible…”
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