Staying Alive Cautiously in the Celestial Realm and Becoming the Strongest

Chapter 716: Chapter 716: Battle of Immortal City (Part 2)

Eight massive roots of the Fusang Wood swept through the outskirts of Yongle Immortal City with an overwhelming force.

They completely encircled the Dragon Turtle that supported the city.

By this time, the fully awakened Dragon Turtle Bi Xi was clearly fearful. It slowly propped up its hefty body with its four incredibly thick legs, attempting to leave the land where it had lain dormant for hundreds of years.

Wood overcomes earth, and the Fusang Wood was indeed the Dragon Turtle’s bane!

As one of the descendants of ancient divine dragons, the Dragon Turtle Bi Xi had extremely strong defenses, and also possessed magical abilities such as Evil-Repelling, demon suppression, impact dispersal, and wealth attraction.

However, its combat abilities were exceedingly weak. Faced with enemies, it would either pull itself into its shell or turn tail and run.

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And it was very slow.

Nevertheless, how could the Nascent Souls presiding over the Immortal City allow the Dragon Turtle to do as it pleased?

Spiritual Light burst forth from within the city, the color of the protective barrier constantly changing. An immense, invisible force surged back and forth, firmly suppressing the Dragon Turtle’s instincts.

It could not even take a single step!

As a result, eight roots almost simultaneously shot out, tightly coiling around its limbs.

Two roots gripped each leg!

A high-level confrontation thus began.

The Fusang Wood roots entwining the Dragon Turtle’s limbs sprouted countless tiny tendrils, trying to penetrate the latter’s extremely tough skin to suck away its life force.

Once successful, breaking through the Defensive Array would be simple.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The God-Slaying Cannons deployed on the city walls opened fire.

The God-Slaying Cannon emitted beams of Light of Destruction that hit targets several dozen miles away—the Flying Warships.

With an overwhelming number of Flying Warships sent by the Mount-Shifting Sect blocking out the sky, the Battle Cultivators operating the God-Slaying Cannons hardly aimed, resulting in most of their first shots hitting their marks!

Whiz! Whiz! Whiz!

Immediately following that, an even greater number of Immortal-Slaying Crossbows began to spit out deadly bolts.

But the Mount-Shifting Sect was prepared.

The Mount-Shifting Fleet maintained a clever distance from Yongle Immortal City, close enough yet safely beyond reach.

As a result, Yongle Immortal City’s God-Slaying Cannons had a nine out of ten hit rate, but not a single shot could penetrate the protection of the Flying Warships.

The great distance significantly reduced the power of the God-Slaying Cannons.

Moreover, the Flying Warships were agile; upon finding themselves targeted, they immediately took evasive action instead of passively absorbing the barrage.

As for the more numerous Immortal-Slaying Crossbows, they had become a complete joke.

Because the power of the Immortal-Slaying Crossbows was much weaker than that of the God-Slaying Cannons, the bolts they fired fell short of their target and dropped from the sky.

And the Mount-Shifting Fleet did not come here to be sitting ducks.

The counterattack unfolded in an instant.

Hundreds of Third Order Flying Warships directed towards Yongle Immortal City simultaneously emitted beams of light containing destructive power from their bows.

Once, twice, thrice…

The protective barrier of Yongle Immortal City suddenly bore an incredibly heavy pressure, its surface violently fluctuating, the light gradually dimming.

Such a direct and fierce duel lasted for almost the time it took an incense stick to burn.

Wang Chen, who had been crouching inside a Second Order assault Flying Warship, heard a stern voice, “Prepare to charge!”

As the voice dropped, the assault Flying Warships, just like the one Wang Chen was aboard, crazily rushed toward the embattled Yongle Immortal City as if they were berserk.

In their hundreds and thousands!

This was the most commonly used ant-attachment tactic in attacking Immortal Cities, which essentially involved using expendable Flying Warships and expendable Cultivators to assault the target’s Magical Shield to find any defensive weaknesses.

And to deplete the target’s strength.

Of course, the Mount-Shifting Sect wouldn’t fill its assault Flying Warships with its own talented disciples; thus, they ferociously captured Cultivators to carry out this deadly task while blockading the surrounding areas of Yongle Immortal City.

Yongle Immortal City was not to be trifled with. Seeing a large number of charging Flying Warships coming at them, they immediately adjusted the positions of their cannons and opened fire on these fearless cannon fodder.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

A charging Flying Warship took two direct hits, causing its protective barrier to shatter first, and then a big hole was blasted through its hull.

Inside the warship, a violent explosion occurred, and soon, it broke in two and fell from the sky, crashing to the ground.

The same scene was unfolding in different areas at the same time!

The Flying Warship that Wang Chen was on was quite lucky, making it through the danger zone and arriving in front of the defense barrier.

“Get out!”

Accompanied by a gruff shout, the hatch of the Flying Warship opened, and the cultivators streamed out one after another.

There was no escaping, for once you become a deserter, the consequences are extremely dire!

Thus, many were charging into the fray with the idea of certain death.

Wang Chen was among them this time.

As soon as he emerged from the hatch, a fierce gust of wind sped past him from the front at a record-breaking speed.

Wang Chen reacted very quickly, immediately performing a maneuver in mid-air to dodge.

But taking hits passively was never Wang Chen’s combat philosophy. Once he got used to the rhythm and intensity of the battle outside, he immediately charged out to start “demolishing.”

Lifting the Dragon Abyss Sword he tightly grasped in his hand, Wang Chen struck mightily at the defense barrier in front of him.

The defense of the Immortal City was holistic; the attacks it sustained were evenly distributed to each area, and with the Arrays’ high tier, it could resist the siege of eight third-order Flying Warships using the power of the Earth Veins.

Cannon fodder like Wang Chen might seem weak, but in reality, as long as they attacked at close range, they could pull away a bit of the Defensive Array’s power.

A bit could become ten bits, a hundred bits, a thousand bits…

A change in quantity can lead to a change in quality!

Wang Chen quickly scanned his surroundings, everywhere he looked there were cultivators just like him.

Naturally, Yongle Immortal City wouldn’t just watch as these cannon fodder caused trouble. They immediately dispatched Immortal-Slaying Crossbows to deal with them and also sent in their own Battle Cultivators.

“Ah!”

A shrill scream suddenly erupted; a Purple Mansion cultivator had been pierced through by a crossbow arrow, and his whole body involuntarily plummeted toward the ground.

Immortal-Slaying Crossbows used against Flying Warships, even second-order ones, had little lethality.

But when the target is changed to cultivators, the situation is entirely different.

“Die!”

At that moment, Wang Chen suddenly heard a voice clenched with rage in his ear.

A crossbow arrow, shining with silver-white light, shot towards him like lightning.

The arrowhead was aimed straight at Wang Chen’s chest!

Because the crossbow arrow came so suddenly and so quickly, by the time Wang Chen noticed it, it was too late to dodge.

At this critical juncture, Wang Chen raised his right palm to summon Mana and conjured a Magical Shield for himself.

Thud!

The Immortal-Slaying Crossbow Bolt mercilessly pierced through the Magical Shield, then grazed the edge of Wang Chen’s right palm, striking his right chest.

Bright red blood immediately spurted out.

Wang Chen looked down, staring in disbelief at the large arrow embedded in his chest.

Right then, he lost his balance, like a kite with its string cut, falling uncontrollably towards the ground.

Nobody cared about whether he lived or died, and there was nobody to rescue him, letting him slam directly into the ground.

Thump!

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The second update is here.