Chapter 2139: Chapter 2139 Without Returning
The elders of the Fairy Clan all thought that sending Luo Yi for a surprise attack would not loss much even if it failed. Luo Yi and his team could definitely retreat safely.
This was also a form of deterrence against Ye Liuyun, letting him know that the Fairy Clan held strong experts. Then, their demands for Ye Liuyun to withdraw troops and return various resources would be much easier to fulfill.
Upon receiving the order, Luo Yi was raring to go. He quickly urged the injured martial practitioners around him to recover as they prepared to sneak into the Regalty under cover of night, aiming directly at the royal palace.
Although Ye Liuyun was now in an alien battlefield, he was still paying close attention to the situation of the dynasty.
He was on the same page as Wu Qingcheng and the others. Seeing that the Fairy Clan did not show any significant signs of preparation for large-scale warfare, they knew they were planning a surprise attack.
“It should be soon and likely to be within these two days. Once they recover, they will probably make a move. Let Jing Yong and Zhang Heng lead some people and get ready!”
After arranging the matters of the dynasty, Ye Liuyun also tried to capture some eighth tier foreign race on the foreign race battlefield every day to store up strength to deal with the Fairy Clan disciples.
He foresaw that after another failure of the Fairy Clan, they would still target him next.
Just as more foreign races had recently joined, Ye Liuyun had plenty of chances to make his move. He was coming back and forth between the bases of Li Hongtao and Jiang Yutang.
Any foreign races who did not equip defensive divine soul attack treasure essentially became Ye Liuyun’s slave. As time went on, not even late-stage seventh-rank aliens were let go by him.
After he advcanced to the early seventh-tier, he could deal with the mid seventh-tier foreign race himself. They were used for practice and there was no need to capture them.
Ye Liuyun, Wu Qingcheng and others were right in their guess. Luo Yi, along with some members of the Fairy Clan, started to act as soon as their injuries were healed. Some of genuine energy were not even fully recovered yet.
Especially Luo Yi, with his burden of repeated attacks and defense, he could not possibly recover his late ninth-tier strength so quickly.
Receiving the news from the Fairy Clan, they knew that the Fairy Clan couldn’t endure much longer and were eager to take action against Ye Liuyun.
Luo Yi led the Fairy Clan disciples to mask their aura, approached the city wall under the cover of night, and seeing that the guards hadn’t noticed them, they suddenly accelerated into the city.
The guards were immediately alerted by their presence, emitting various warnings. However, they did not engage with the guards, heading straight for the royal palace instead.
Wu Qingcheng had been waiting with a group of maidens within the grand hall. In front of the hall stood forty-seven guards dressed uniformly in black armor. They had all hidden their realm and wore terrifying masks, standing silently.
Behind Luo Yi and the rest were just the city’s guards chasing after them. The palace’s guards merely issued warnings but made no move to stop them, enabling them to charge straight to the fore of the grand hall.
"Hmm? It’s a bit too quiet, isn’t it?"
The martial practitioners moved quickly, charging at full speed. Only when Luo Yi saw the dozens of martial practitioners in front of the grand hall, did he begin to feel a little wary.
"Buzz!"
There was an energy fluctuation within the range of the royal palace and a three layers energy shield lit up instantly.
Luo Yi and his group were blocked outside the grand hall, with another two layers of formations still in place outside.
"There are defense formations! All ninth-tier martial practitioners prepare for array breaking with me, others prepare the tokens for defense!"
Luo Yi had anticipated a formation here beforehand, so he was not too flustered. After making arrangements, he soon began to lead an assault on the grand hall’s defense formation.
The formation reacted by attacking these fairy clan disciples. They defended using the token attack, enough to hold the stalemate for a while.
Luo Yi and the other ninth-tier martial practitioners focused their powerful assault on one point. Although the formation could handle an attack from a ninth-tier martial practitioner, it could not resist the combined attacks from so many of them. A large hole was soon blasted into it.
Leading the other ninth-level martial practitioners, Luo Yi instantly stormed in. As for the remaining disciples, he planned to return and rescue them later.
"Hahaha, little brats of the Eastcloud Dynasty! What do you have to say now?" After charging in, Luo Yi felt a wave of relief washing over him.
As long as they got inside, half the mission would be considered complete.
However, as he burst into roaring laughter, there was no reaction from anyone present.
He could perceive the maidens in the hall through his divine sense. Seeing them all look at him with mocking glances, he felt as if he had been fooled!
"A bunch of clueless women! I’ll show you what fear is!"
With a cold snort, Luo Yi sent out a palm strike aimed to bring down the palace, forcing those women out. This was to ensure there were no traps inside.
Suddenly, two late-ninth-tier aura explosively erupted.
Two black-armored guards leapt into the air and attacked simultaneously. One primary attack was to block his palm strike while the other was to cover all of them.
"What? Late-stage ninth-rung powerhouses? How is this possible?" Taken aback, Luo Yi swiftly mobilized his vital energy and went into full defense mode.
"Bang" Although Luo Yi had blocked the assaults, the residual shock wave was very close to them. Two of his ninth-tier martial practitioners were affected and blown away, crashing into the rear defensive shield.
"Kill!"
At this moment, one of the just-ascended black-armored guards gave an attack command towards Luo Yi and the others.
With a "boom", all of these black-armored guards erupted with the aura of ninth-rung strongmen. Many of them were even in the mid stages of the ninth-rung, attacking together.
Moreover, they utilized a battle formation. All their power converged into a searing white energy ball, hurtling towards the Fairy Clan martial practitioners.
"Ah!"
At this point, Luo Yi and more than a dozen of his people were frozen in fear.
They had not anticipated that there would be so many ninth-tier experts in the palace.
With so many ninth tier experts launching an attack together, they were definitely unable to block them. Looking at this massive white radiance, the intense heat made their breathing difficult.
"Hold on!"
At the critical moment, Luo Yi shouted and woke up the martial practitioners who had been stunned. They also started to desperately mobilize their genuine energy for defense.
"They have two Nine-Layered Late Stage martial artists, forty to fifty Nine-Layered..."
Even in this moment, Luo Yi did not forget to report their situation to the Fairy Clan. But before he could finish his sentence, the attack had arrived.
There was a massive "boom". Not only was the palace shaking, but the entire Regalty was trembling under this powerful attack.
The city’s citizens had been paying attention to this great battle after feeling the aura of the late ninth-tier experts.
They were taken aback at the strong white radiance.
"Who unleashed this power? It’s so strong!"
The defensive formation behind Luo Yi and the others was completely destroyed by this powerful force in an instant.
Then, the seventh and eigth-tier martial practitioners from the Fairy clan were swept away by this force. Even the second layer of the formation was destroyed by this powerful shockwave, without any chance to resist.
The shockwave still continued to spread, hitting the third layer of the formation.
The third layer of formation fought valiantly, flickering on and off. In the end, the energy shield did not hold back the onslaught and completely disappeared.
Fortunately, it had absorbed all the remnants of the shockwave. When the slight remnant knocked out of the palace, the white light had already dissipated. Yet, several streets’ worth of buildings in front of the palace had been crushed.
