Chapter 378: Mount Hua Sect VS Siren City – Round 2 (1/2)
By 5 AM, Ma Moxi and the assassin squad returned home unharmed. They reported their deeds to Lu Fengxian, who had been waiting for them at Ma Clan's residence.
Ma Moxi crossed his arms behind his back, standing attention as if he was a modern marine, ”731 kills, 731 corpses are in my spatial rings.”
Ku'er also mimicked her husband's demeanor, ”640 kills. We forgot to loot the corpses and their spatial rings, though.”
Chang'e and the mermaids had a dark expression as they glanced at the fox girl. They thought that Ku'er had messed up, and all of them might be punished for it.
However, Lu Fengxian didn't care about the loot. He was concerned about another issue.
”Did they see your face before you killed them?”
”No.”
Ma Moxi and Ku'er answered at the same time.
As Ma Moxi had taught Ku'er and the mermaid squad, none of them appeared in front of their victims before they killed the person. Otherwise, the life brands of those dead cultivators would have given their identities away.
Still, Yuan Shaoqing Army should have figured out by now that they were raided last night.
Lu Fengxian nodded at Ma Moxi and Ku'er, ”Good job. Get some rest. If possible, get a few hours of sleep and wake up by noon. We might be besieged early in the morning. Don't bother waking up and help us. I can take it from here.”
”Understood.”
Ma Moxi and Ku'er returned to their love nest. As for the mermaids, they excused themselves and gathered at the west gate, where Ju Shoufen and Jia Wenhe had made a special mansion for them.
…
After the task force went back to rest, Lu Fengxian took several deep breaths and gazed toward the east, where the armies of Yuan Shaoqing were located.
'Confirmed. Yuan Shaoqing's forces are just a bunch of ragtag retards.'
Lu Fengxian heaved a sigh of relief and joy as he had verified the military capability of the invading forces.
First, the combined forces lacked a sense of unity and responsibility. Had they been organized as a disciplined army, many 7th-stage cultivators would have been dispatched to chase Ma Moxi and Ku'er team during their raid.
Secondly, from Ma Moxi's testimony, they didn't even organize or allocate their troops. Currently, they were no different than bandit mobs. The proof of this intel was their erratic placements of the volunteer camp, where there was no clear indication of divisions and clear hierarchy among the soldiers.
And thirdly, Yuan Shaoqing was an incompetent lord who couldn't utilize their men to the fullest. Despite having so many strong cultivators by his side, he hadn't dispatched their top experts to destroy Siren City yet, which proved his inept mind and insight.
'As long as those 8th-stage and 9th-stage guys don't move, we can win this.'
…
At 8 AM in the morning, 10,000 cultivators from the east flew to the sky, following Ling Cao, Ling Tianlong, and many 7th-stage cultivators.
All 7th-stage cultivators were from Mount Hua Sect, who had been upgraded with the help of Ling Tianlong. Now, they puffed their chests with pride, being confident in their new power.
The volunteer army finally mobilized its men to launch their first assault. However, they still hid behind Ling Cao, waiting for the Mount Hua Sect to do their things first.
They were opportunists. They believed that they could be the first group to plunder the city as soon as Siren City fell.
The elders of Mount Hua Sect form a single line formation in mid-air, throwing a thousand yellow talismans to the sky.
The yellow papers ejected glowing Chinese characters. Several words gathered and multiplied, forming a massive wall array in front of Mount Hua's elders and the troops with the word energy.
Not only the wall of words became their defensive barrier, but they also created countless plum flower petals. Within ten seconds, billions of pink leaves and petals merged and transformed into a million flying swords in front of the wall array.
Then, they were launched toward the barrier dome of Siren City!
CLANK
CLANK
CLANK
The barrier array of Siren City deflected and destroyed the petal swords upon contact.
However, the swords reformed in an instant and continued to hack and slash at the city's barrier array.
CLANK
The reformed swords were broken again. Yet, they repaired themselves and continued damaging the city's dark barrier dome.
The elders of Mount Hua Sect grinned as they continued to transfer their yang essence to fuel the killing array.
The troops behind them cheered and admired the power of their top orthodox sect.
”That must be the Murderous Flower Sword Array! It keeps generating flower petals and swords to attack anyone those elders aim!”
”Murderous Flower Swords… that's the right name for the sword cult like Mount Hua Sect. I'm glad that they're on our side.”
”It's a matter of time before the city's defense is down. I haven't heard of any sect or city that can withstand Mount Hua Sect's all-out attacks!”
None of the bystanders had even learned about Mount Hua Sect's failure last month. They still thought that Ling Cao and his sword sect could easily bully the new city lord and the troops within the city.
While everyone had been laughing, a tall orc in a monk robe flew out of the defense barrier with a black weapon. He pointed the muzzle at one of the elders.
A thunderous sound echoed.
BANG
BOOM
An incendiary shell punctured through the killing array and hit one of the talismans, igniting it on fire.
The elders glanced at the orc and sneered.
”Naïve! Half of the talismans are dummies! Even if you destroy the real one, the dummies will replace them and we can replenish the lost talismans! Our array is invincible!”
The orc in a monk robe tilted his head as he reloaded the next shot. At the same time, a dozen more orcs flew out of the concealment array, hovering over the city with the same rifles.
Ling Cao widened his eyes as he recognized the weapons.
”DODGE!! DON'T LET THEM HIT YOU!!”
The elders looked at Ling Cao with a deep frown as they didn't believe that anyone could harm them.
They were a kilometer away from the orcs! Even if the previous projectile weapon seemed intimidating, it was too weak to damage their reinforced physique and their domain power.
Meanwhile, the orcs aimed at the elders behind the talismans.
BANG BANG BANG BANG
As soon as the gunshot sound reached their ears, all elders but Ling Cao had a large hole in their chests. Behind them, several flying cultivators got hit by stray bullets and screamed in pain.
The dead elder's bodies slowly shrank and transformed into paper dolls, the substitute dummy bodies.
As usual, the elders came here with their decoy physique. Their real bodies were half a kilometer away, piloting the double-bodies from there.
Although the orcs failed to kill the elders of Mount Hua Sect, the sword array now lost the batteries and the energy supply. They instantly dissolved and the flower swords fell to the ground.
Ling Cao glared at the orcs with the anti-material rifles. He wanted to rush them immediately, but he was cautious of Zhao Bao, who hadn't shown up yet.
While Ling Cao hesitated, one of the orcs reloaded a DU armor-piercing round and pointed the muzzle in his direction.
”SHIT!!”
Ling Cao moved away from the bullet trajectory.
BANG
As Ling Cao had predicted, the shell flew past him. Hadn't he dodged, the bullet might have hit his face, and his brain might have been destroyed.