Chapter 2077: Chapter 2077 Chaos
All the garrison and the disciples from the Northsky Sect were prepared for a bloody war.
Ye Liuyun informed Mr. Yu Jian, Liu Xing, Li Xingrou and others that the energy of the Main node was already dismantled and they could finally put their minds at ease.
Liu Xing, along with the disciples from the Formation department, began setting up defensive formations to strengthen the defence.
Ye Liuyun, on the other hand, sneaked out of the city towards the praetorian in ambush all around. Once he reached the entrance of their cave, he released poison with his clone wielding the staff.
Then, he and his clone charged into the cave. Together with the Devil Vine, they launched a Divine Soul attack on the martial practitioners who were not poisoned.
With this move, a significant amount of Divine Soul was devoured, which delighted the Book Demon.
After eliminating all the martial practitioners here, he collected the stored Alora Crystal and the Alora Crystal cannon. Then they moved their way toward the next cave.
To prevent any surviving soldier from delivering a message, he dispatched Jin Hui and Ning Fei to guard the other two entrances. If the praetorians tried to flee, they would be killed at the entrance.
When Ye Liuyun attacked the next cave, the praetorian in the other two caves received the order to retreat immediately.
However, with the narrow cave entrance, and two intermediate-level eight martial practitioners guarding it, they had no chance to escape.
After swiftly annihilating the praetorians, Ye Liuyun headed towards the other two caves one after another. Primarily utilizing poison, followed by absorption by the Devil Vine.
But no reinforcements came for the praetorians. Even among their troops, there were no intermediate-level eight martial practitioners. There were two level eight martial practitioners, but they realized that they were of no help but watch helplessly as their ambushing comrades were slaughtered.
Upon discovering their mountain ambush had been exposed, the Eastern Royal Management asked the martial practitioners stationed in the city’s Library Pavilion whether there were any problems with the Formation.
Following Ye Liuyun’s instruction, a martial practitioner replied that everything was normal.
They felt uneasy with the answer and wanted to dispatch people to investigate, but Yu Xiaofeng’s vanguard forces were already approaching the outskirts of the Hidden Mist City.
With this, the Eastern Royal Management could no longer come over for inspection.
While they were hesitating whether or not to carry out their initial plan to annihilate the Dark Legion, Xiao Yunfang and He Lianxiu suddenly appeared with their troops behind their ambush spot on both sides of Hidden Mist City.
Yu Xiaofeng’s troops sped up, splitting itself into two teams of different routes. One route headed directly for Hidden Mist City, while the other detoured to the rear of the city, surrounding the guards there.
The Eastern Royal Management was in a state of chaos. They never expected their carefully laid plan to be easily seen through by the Dark Legion.
The ambush on both sides of the city was surrounded by Xiao Yunfang and He Lianxiu, leaving them no choice but to retreat into Hidden Mist City.
Twenty thousand guards and fifty thousand armies they had stationed at the city’s rear to ambush the Dark Legion were the only troops that hadn’t been targeted by them.
They risked having no hope of escaping once Yu Xiaofeng had taken control of the city if they withdrew.
However, if the ambush team did not retreat, they might be wiped out by the Dark Legion.
"Retreat!" The Eastern Sea King reluctantly instructed for a retreat.
He knew that even if the soldiers stayed there, they were no match for the Dark Legion. Even with the advantage of the city walls, they couldn’t hold them, let alone fight in the open.
Thus, Hidden Mist City smoothly fell into the control of Yu Xiaofeng.
The 40,000 praetorians and 50,000 guards on both sides, all were being driven towards Hidden Mist City. The Dark Legion’s army in the front and on both sides of Hidden Mist City was chasing them toward the direction of the City.
The surrounded Royal Management’s army was also in chaos at this moment. Some advocated to enter the city and defend while some suggested fighting their way out from the back.
Some soldiers were looking to escape. In general, the entire army was in disarray.
The frontline teams were right in front of the Hidden Mist City. However, they dared not attack. Instead, some soldiers were heading towards both sides of the city, attempting to enter the city.
"Everyone, gather to the sides for defence!" Ye Liuyun commanded.
All the soldiers and disciples of the Northsky Sect assembled at the sides of the city wall, focusing on defending against the defeated soldiers of the Royal Management.
"We are the praetorians of the Eastern Royal Management! Open the city entrance and let us in!" the praetorian who arrived first shouted to the city’s gatekeeper.
"Fire!" The first arrow was shot at Ye Liuyun’s command, instantly killing the yelling commander.
A rain of arrows from the city wall showered onto them, killing a large number of the unprepared praetorians.
These praetorian troops were terrified into retreating, colliding with the soldiers who followed after them, creating a scene of utter chaos.
Amid the disorder, even their commander found it difficult to direct his defeated soldiers. Thus, some ran towards the gap that Yu Xiaofeng had occupied in the rear. Yu Xiaofeng did not launch an attack but left a side open for them, creating an opening for an ambush for them to charge in.
Some soldiers, on the other hand, continued trying to break into the city, commencing a siege.
Unfortunately, they were disorganised, lacked a strategy, and possessed no equipment for a siege. Instead, they charged randomly and wildly. Wave after wave of them was pelted by arrows as they were blocked by the formation laid by Ye Liuyun and his soldiers.
In the rear of these defeated soldiers, the troops of three routes of the Dark Legion’s soldiers are also marching in.
Everyone was eager to send these defeated soldiers toward Yu Xiaofeng’s direction since they knew Ye Liuyun had a small crowd inside the city and wouldn’t last for long.
There were too many defeated soldiers at the moment, and some had even begun charging onto the city wall, engaging Ye Liuyun and his men in close combat, despite their best efforts to stand firm.
Soon, the main force of the Dark Legion charging in from the front side of the Hidden Mist City arrived in time to rescue Ye Liuyun and his men. The troop drove those defeated soldiers towards Yu Xiaofeng’s side.
Soon, Xiao Yunfang and He Lianxu arrived with their team. Completely driving those defeated soldiers toward Yu Xiaofeng’s direction.
The Eastern Royal Management still fantasized that their arrangement would work, urging the martial practitioners who were in charge of guarding the Library Pavilion to ignite the formation without caring for the life and death of their soldiers.
However, Ye Liuyun ignored the military practitioner’s order and discarded the Sound Transmission Talisman.
Northsky Sect disciples and city guards, who had just been liberated from the siege, were now even more agitated than before.
They only realized how formidable the opposing army was when they saw the approaching Dark Legion.
The Dark Legion’s troops, merely standing outside the city, caused palpitations in their hearts.
Some of the city guards, overwhelmed by the condition, discarded their weapons to surrender.
At this point, a member of the Dark Legion addressed the martial practitioners within the city. "Listen, disciples of Northsky Sect, your sacred disciple, Murong Tian’s team has been annihilated by us. Murong Tian has been beheaded on the spot."
Saying so, he held up Murong Tian’s head with a long spear for everyone to see.
He continued, "We do not wish to massacre the innocent. After the battle is over, you are required to withdraw from the Hidden Mist City a thousand miles away within three days. You must return to the Northsky Sect immediately."
"We assure you that we will not attack you if you are apprehensive. Your leader can personally supervise us in our main camp."
"City guards, you too have a share of this blessing. Either withdraw with the Northsky Sect or stay and surrender!"
