Chapter 2227: Chapter 2227 Storm into Regalty
At this point, Mo Xiaotian had lost interest in the fleeing traitors. Anyone who wished to leave was free to go. Given the current situation, their departure made little difference.
Ultimately, everything will be alright as long as the Forbidden Army, who have already agreed to stay, does not depart.
Those planning to flee had already taken the necessary steps before long.
Within the Regalty, Mo Xiaotian was encircled by the formidable army of Yuan Hao.
Once the defense Formation was activated, the Regalty became an isolated island.
Leading his avatar, Ye Liuyun issued an external challenge, saying, "Mo Xiaotian, care for a talk?"
"Save your jabber! We can talk once you’re able to break in!" Mo Xiaotian retorted with sound transmission, without appearing on the scene.
Ye Liuyun was counting down the seconds until Mo Xiaotian appeared so he could use his avatar to kill him with a white light beam, ending this battle for good.
He even forced out the members of the Royal Court who had been apprehended while attempting to flee, but Mo Xiaotian showed no concern.
"Do whatever you want with them. They are just a bunch of turncoats!"
Mo Xiaotian steadfastly avoided view and responded only by sound transmission.
With no other option, Ye Liuyun was forced to have Qiong Qi break the formation first.
However, after a round of analysis, Qiong Qi notified Ye Liuyun, "There is an exceptionally skilled Formation master within Regalty. My efforts in breaking the formation would be futile, as he’d simply mend it."
"What if I use the white light to destroy him while he fixes the formation?" Ye Liuyun inquired.
"That’s certainly an option! However, all eyes are on us right now, and the forces of the Alliance of Deities are everywhere. Wouldn’t it be wise to keep a trump card in reserve?"
Even Ye Liuyun paused for a moment to consider.
He was eager to put an end to the conflict so that he could turn his attention to the foreign race.
Unfortunately, he ran the risk of future problems due to this unique talent. Even among the Alliance of Goddesses, there was discord and hidden agendas.
"No matter how powerful a formation is, it has its limits. This one is no exception—it cannot withstand an assault from hundreds of thousands of troops! It’s best to break through with sheer force for a guaranteed victory!" Qiong Qi suggested.
Hence, Ye Liuyun instructed his troops to launch a coordinated assault on the Formation, with three thousand men per team successively shelling it.
Although Ye Liuyun’s army was divided into units of a hundred thousand soldiers each, coordinating an attack with such a large force was incredibly difficult. In reality, a combined assault with three thousand troops was nearly the limit of what could be effectively executed.
However, the strength of three thousand men was truly impressive, and the city-defense array of Regalty was dismantled after over ten assaults.
Afterwards, the outer city’s multi-layered defense Formation was breached and the four city gates were opened using blasts.
"Keep bombarding the palace!"
Ye Liuyun did not rush to send troops into the city. Instead, he ordered his army to relentlessly bombard the royal palace. With all four divisions attacking simultaneously, the palace’s defensive formation was gradually dismantled layer by layer.
A black-clad elder was setting up new Formation within the palace, and Ye Liuyun noticed that he was moving at a breakneck pace.
"Keep up the bombardment! That old man won’t last another day!" Noticing the elder, Qiong Qi urged Ye Liuyun to persist with the attack.
After all, they had to spend genuine energy to set up the array, so all they could do was hope the Formation master would not outstick them.
As an added bonus, Yu Xiaofeng sent out all of his battleships to bombard the Formation simultaneously.
The city was besieged as all the siege puppets charged close to the palace’s defensive Formation.
Ye Liuyun’s army had been bombarding continuously for an entire day, and the intensity of their attacks had begun to wane. Meanwhile, the soldiers’ genuine energy was nearly depleted.
Inside the royal palace, the elderly man maintaining the Formation began to slow down as well.
Finally, Qiong Qi moved, luring an attacking Formation in from a distance and pressing the assault on the palace’s defenders.
The relentless attacks from the soldiers and warships did not cease. As a result, Ye Liuyun and his forces broke through the formation at a speed that surpassed the Formation master’s ability to reinforce it.
In a weak voice, the Formation master finally told Mo Xiaotian that he was too tired to continue maintaining the formation.
"The inevitable will happen!"
Mo Xiaotian let out a deep sigh, ordering the praetorian to prepare for battle.
All of the ninth-level martial artists aligned with Ye Liuyun also assumed their positions of strength and prepared to strike.
At the moment when the final formation of the royal palace was breached, bursts of white light erupted throughout Regalty. It was evident that the Revival Dynasty had prepared these formations to counter Ye Liuyun’s soldiers. However, they were ultimately left unused, merely striking a few siege puppets.
Immediately after, the praetorian soldiers launched an attack. However, they were swiftly countered by Ye Liuyun’s martial practitioners, who formed a battle formation. Wave after wave, the praetorian soldiers were annihilated.
Qiong Qi’s attack formation, along with the soldiers’ synchronized assaults and the relentless bombardment from the warships, crashed down upon the royal palace. The praetorian soldiers were swiftly repelled once more.
The entire Royal Palace was shrouded in countless white rays of light, accompanied by continuous explosive sounds.
By the end of such bombardment, there would hardly be anything left.
In particular, the palace guards, who were hit particularly hard and were subsequently vaporized in the attack.
Only the screams of agony were drowned by the resounding explosions.
After several rounds of bombardment, the residual shockwaves and dust gradually settled. When the air finally cleared, the only sight that remained was a battlefield littered with corpses. Within the royal palace, a lone grand hall still stood, protected by the lingering defenses of the Formation.
Qiong Qi carefully inspected the perimeter of the grand hall to ensure there were no hidden Formation traps. Once confirmed, Ye Liuyun commanded Yuan Hao’s army to encircle the hall.
During the previous bombardment on the Formation, Yuan Hao’s army had engaged less frequently as instructed. As a result, they were the only unit that still retained combat strength.
Yu Xiaofeng, on the other hand, commanded the remaining ninth-level martial practitioners to encircle the grand hall. They maintained their coordinated assault formation, ready to strike again.
Besieging the Regalty once again, the army also divided into four directions.
Coming charging out of the hall, members of the Royal Court launched an assault on Yuan Hao’s formidable army.
Close quarters fighting broke out as soon as Yuan Hao’s army attacked.
"Attack!"
With a single command from Yu Xiaofeng, the ninth-level martial practitioners in the rear launched another coordinated assault against the Royal Court’s martial practitioners. Many were struck down before they could even get close.
At that moment, the elderly Formation master began drawing a Formation out of thin air, attempting to inscribe a barrier to block the attacks of the ninth-level martial practitioners.
However, Ye Liuyun had been waiting for him to appear. Ye Liuyun wasted no time shooting him with his bow the moment he emerged from hiding.
"Hey, don’t shoot!" Qiong Qi tried to stop him, but he was a step too late.
After being launched into the air by Ye Liuyun’s arrow, the old man collapsed to the ground, vomited blood, and lost consciousness in an instant.
Ye Liuyun reasoned that the old man was likely shielded from direct gunfire due to his protective gear and Formation.
"Why shouldn’t I shoot?" Ye Liuyun asked Qiong Qi in response.
"His formation skills have reached the highest level in the God Realm!" Qiong Qi conveyed to Ye Liuyun through voice transmission, explaining, "The Alliance of Goddesses has ordered me to keep him alive and hand him over to them." Yet, as he spoke, he gave Ye Liuyun a subtle wink.
Seeing this, Ye Liuyun immediately fired another arrow.
With a deafening "boom," the elder’s head was obliterated by Ye Liuyun’s arrow, blasting a massive crater into the ground behind him.
"Gosh!" Qiong Qi exclaimed, feigning regret. "I told you not to shoot! That was a grand Formation master!"
"If he cannot serve me, should I let him live just to stand against me?" Ye Liuyun remarked nonchalantly before stowing away the bow.
