Chapter 74: Chapter 74: Secrets of the Profound Sapphire City
The noises created by those war horns and drums were so booming that the ground and the buildings shook whenever their sound waves impacted the Profound Sapphire City.
RUMBLE!!
RUMBLE!!
The city walls were the ones that suffered the impact more.
Most of the guards, frightened by the sudden sound attacks, fell to the ground, and their faces, which were smug and arrogant before, transformed into one of terror.
More than half of the city guards were at the Martial Emperor level, so when they witnessed that even their comrades at the Saint Lord, and even Saint King, Realm ended up in the same miserable way, it was more than expected, that their soul shivered a little.
Luckily, when the hearts of all the people were almost sinking into despair, a majestic voice resounded into everyone's ears: "Calm down... the Ancient Protection will defend us from those barbarous invaders... and we are not alone in this battle. The heroes from the Central Capital are here with us and will protect our home!!!"
That voice indeed came at the right time.
The soldiers and the citizens felt much more assured and safe after it, especially the soldiers, who were so excited that, started shouting: "YEAH!!"
No more sounds came from the other side of the city walls.
The Ancient Protection, for now, worked pretty well, but some people knew that it wouldn't last for long.
Naturally, Xifeng was one of them.
She was probably the first one who noticed that a thin layer had appeared a few breaths after the first thunderous noises.
She was a lot more experience than all the others and knew better than anyone else that the barrier could protect them only for a couple of hours.
Worried about the safety of the entire city, she turned around and spoke, in a grim tone: "We don't have much time... Let's go to the City Lord's mansion."
But instead of walking like all the others, Xifeng flew towards the estate, not even bothering the others' shocked gaze.
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Just when Xifeng's group left the city walls, to the other side of the Ancient Protection, a group of people behind those one thousand armored soldiers were discussing their next actions.
"From our last reports, this should be the Profound Sapphire City... It's one of the five most powerful towns on the West Region..." A middle-aged man dressed in magnificent plate armor explained to the ten young men in front of him.
The middle-aged man noticed that their expression was a little different from before and snorted: "You are too arrogant... our assaults were pretty easy in the last few days, but this time... it will be a little different."
They never doubted his words, so when they heard his solemn tone, their expression turned serious once again, and one of them, probably the leader of the group, even bowed and apologized for all: "Elder Mou... we are young and ignorant... forgive us..."
Elder Mou knew them well and clearly understood why they were so proud, so he didn't criticize them anymore and kept explaining: "Mmm... much better... Like I told you before... this battle will be a little different because from the pieces of information we gathered in the last week, the real overlord of this city is... the Ancient Ze Family from something called the God Realm."
The others finally understood why the imminent battle was so different.
They didn't have a high status like Elder Mou in their Ancient Clan, so the reports they could obtain were fewer than him.
But they could easily guess the difference between the cultivators from the Mortal Realm and the God Realm.
So after hearing his words, they focused even more on his next words.
"We are not sure of how many people at the God Realm stage will be there, but since this is the Mortal Realm, we are sure that there will be only a few of them."
"Luckily, they are one of those Ancient Families which also existed in our period, so we have a lot of secret information about them... Their primary Elemental power is the Water qi...���
The soldiers snickered, thinking about that inferior power, and one of them even whispered a few words: "It seems that this time we get even more trophies..."
The young man spoke in a feeble voice, but the people heard him clearly and couldn't endure their laughter anymore.
HAHAHA!!
Elder Mou, annoyed by their childish attitude, struck the young man, who spoke, with so much power that he slammed his head to the ground.
BOOM!!!
"I had warned you before... this is not a joke... I know that it's exciting for you to finally leave that damned place... but even with our superior forces, we can't yet be too much overbearing."
His actions worked even better than his words.
After they saw their companion's terrible condition, they didn't speak anymore and let the middle-aged man explain everything.
"The Profound Sapphire City is not a normal place. As you can see, their ancestors built it right on one side of that unusual mountain." Elder Mou pointed towards the mountain and continued: "The Ze clan chose this place as one of their secret training grounds because that mountain hid an astonishing secret related to the Water qi. Probably they are the only ones still alive who knew about it. Naturally, our glorious Du Family is an exception because we were actually the first ones to discover this place more than one hundred thousand years ago..."
Those young men knew pretty well the bastard, who sealed their family for all this time, and some of their past memorable achievements, but there were still many secrets highly guarded in their Clan.
So when they heard something related to those ancient times, their minds focused even more, and their desire for the imminent battle grew a lot.
Elder Mou was quite satisfied with their reactions and added: "This is not the right time and place for you to know everything about it, but there is good news for you. Since our council chose you as the vanguard... you will be rewarded widely if you manage to conquer this city and its treasures entirely."
The young warriors were already aroused before, but their blood boiled so much that their faces flushed with excitement upon hearing Elder Mou's words.
Although still scared by Elder Mou's brutal actions, one of them couldn't contain his words anymore and shouted: "Elder... What are we waiting for?? Let's do it!!"
"Calm down... let the creatures attack first the city defense..." Elder Mou pointed towards the one thousand armored soldiers and then added in a more severe tone: "... We have a more important target... we will take care of the powerhouse from the Ze Family."
"YES!!..." The young people shouted in unison.
"Good... with our Low God cultivation power, there will be no problems. But you must be careful. Even if this world lost many ancient records, we still can't let the people of this era knew about us. Kill every single rat who will try to escape or hide. As for those people with the Elementals power, capture them if you can.��
"Elder Mou... Will there be additionals rewards if we capture them alive?" One of the young men asked, with a little anticipation.
Elder Mou looked at their bright eyes and smiled: "Of course... this time, it will be even more difficult for you to capture them alive, so there will be additional rewards... You will surely like them."
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With the Ancient Protection in full function, when the people, inside the city, saw those giants, high at least ten feet and covered by that impenetrable armor, approaching the city walls, their hearts shivered once again.
Even if those poor guards knew that they were still safe behind that barrier.
The cruel and wild aura around that big army still intimidated them a lot.
Their movements were slow, but this didn't reassure those poor guards at all and instead amplified that fear, which was slowly regaining control over their hearts.
They clearly saw the perfect coordination of that army, and as soldiers, they realized that the enemy in front of them wasn't a simple thing.
Because, when those one thousand feet marched forwards, each step they took was at the same time.
Their coordination was so absurdly perfect that a strange thought appeared on the guards' minds.
Even those savage spears, which were longer than their monstrous height, hit the ground simultaneously, amplifying that thought.
But when they saw those monsters lift their spears and start their barrage against the barrier, they finally understood that their thought wasn't so absurd after all.
Those one thousand giants were really something similar to a single entity like they imagined, and their attack's speed wasn't so slow...
BOOM!!!
BOOM!!!
BOOM!!!
BOOM!!!
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When Tian Yang suffered those fatal attack, one of the brightest leaves, in the vast and dense canopy of the Giant Tree, withered away.
The Giant Tree was the first to sense the change, but he didn't disturb the little creature sitting at the foot of its majestic trunk.
Even though the little creature was still tired from the immense consumption of power, she noticed it anyway and snorted, annoyed: "Thankfully, we left some of your power inside his body... what an idiot."
"Haha..." The Giant laughed for a while and then spoke, with an odd expression: "Little girl... you sent him there... and clearly knew about the dangers... so if he is an idiot... what are you??"
"Nonsense... I'm doing this for his own good... You know who is in the wrong here..." She retorted angrily and then shouted, punching the ground with her tiny fist: "I'm going to skin that old pig alive... If he let my little toy die again..."
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