svetikya Chapter 1875 - 1868: Honey, Come Watch the Fireworks
Chapter 1875 - 1868: Honey, Come Watch the Fireworks
"Clan Leader, they are here!"
Sure enough, it wasn’t long before waves of powerful auras appeared around Xuanyun City, and the entire city was enveloped in immense pressure. Every ordinary person in the city felt the overwhelming sensation as if the sky was about to collapse.
"They’ve come really quickly, haven’t they?" Zhang Menglong took off his sunglasses, took a bite of the fruit beside him, and squintingly looked at the distant sky. Eighty thousand figures hovered densely in the air, each being a Dao Realm powerhouse capable of easily destroying an empire in the secular world.
Leading the eighty thousand elders was Elder Xi. Among these elders, he wasn’t the strongest, but he had the most interactions with Zhang Menglong and understood him the best. Today, he was here with the intention to kill.
When the elders gathered, he repeatedly urged, fearing Zhang Menglong’s woman had already left Xuanyun City, leaving them empty-handed.
However, to their surprise, they hadn’t fled, and the scene before them made them hesitate to act rashly.
Originally, the city walls were equipped with formidable technological weapons meant to defend against attacks on Xuanyun City.
These weapons had immense power, combining formations and technology, capable of seriously injuring a Divine Cultivation Realm expert. If fully activated and aimed at a single point, even an ordinary Dao Realm expert might not withstand it.
Yet, these technological weapons had practically never been activated, as no one dared to forcibly attack Xuanyun City. Even warcraft attacks were exceedingly rare, making them almost ornamental.
But now, these weapons had been entirely removed and replaced with sun loungers!
Each sun lounger had a sun umbrella, and there the people from Sunset Sect reclined, some munching on snacks and fruits, others watching videos and listening to music, and even some enjoying massages in Xuanyun City.
Overall, they were engaged in various activities, with no one paying attention to this group of elders, as if the elders from the Divine Profound Hall posed no threat.
"Elder Xi, what’s going on here?" asked one of the elders beside him. "Do they not know we are coming?"
"Don’t be fooled by their façade!" Elder Xi had interacted with Zhang Menglong several times and had a deep understanding of his abilities. "Although this kid is only a First-grade Divine Cultivator now, he has many tricks. Even Elder Mo fell victim to him. I believe he absolutely has a way to seriously harm or even kill some of us!"
"Such a person not being under our Divine Profound Hall’s control is incredibly dangerous!" The elder gasped, amazed at the idea of a First-grade Divine Cultivator seriously harming or killing a Dao Realm expert. Such things were almost unheard of in history.
"They are putting on this act to provoke us into attacking impulsively. If we don’t think rationally, we might fall into his trap!"
"Elder Xi makes sense; there might be a trap waiting for us!"
"Let’s observe first!"
Eighty thousand Dao Realm experts faced off against eight thousand Divine Cultivation Realm martial artists, yet they only dared to observe from afar, hesitant to advance. The scene was indeed absurd.
"Welcome, esteemed elders," Zhang Menglong’s voice echoed from afar. "The Divine Profound Hall seems to take us seriously, sending eighty thousand elders here. So, have you brought the person I want?"
"Gu Xiao, do you really think our Divine Profound Hall would yield under your tyranny? Your actions are your own doing. Forcing us to hand over someone is nothing short of daydreaming!"
"Ah!" Zhang Menglong sighed. "Indeed, I’m daydreaming. What’s there to communicate between humans and beasts? Since you’re not here to hand someone over, hurry up and leave. When the person I called arrives, you won’t even have time to flee!"
"Someone you called?" Elder Xi laughed. "Gu Xiao, even now, you’re still pretending? I know you have money and can even hire Venerable Realm experts, but I believe none of them would dare cause trouble for our Divine Profound Hall!"
Zhang Menglong smiled slightly without saying a word.
"I advise you not to play tricks and go with us obediently!"
"If you want to capture us, come for us then!" Zhang Menglong taunted with a beckoning gesture. "You said you wanted to kill us, but you’re still eight hundred miles away. How scared must you be?"
"I want to see if you truly have the skills to match your arrogant claims!"
Elder Xi raised his hand and punched towards Zhang Menglong, holding back significantly as this move was merely a test to see why Zhang Menglong felt confident to provoke him here.
A shadowy punch rushed towards Zhang Menglong’s direction, its violent energy tracing a clear red trajectory in the air.
Yet, a hundred meters away from the city wall, an invisible barrier emerged in front. In mid-air, a massive translucent scale appeared, taking the blow completely.
"This kid managed to set up a formation in such a short time?" Elder Xi was aware of Zhang Menglong’s Array Master identity, but from the time they appeared in Xuanyun City until now, there wasn’t much time.
Setting up a formation encompassing an entire city would take several months to create even an ordinary one.
Although he held back, that move would have easily killed a martial artist at the Divine Cultivation Realm peak!
"Did you not eat? Use more strength!" Zhang Menglong shouted loudly. "With that little power, you think you can break my formation? Are you underestimating me, Gu Xiao?"
"Don’t be so arrogant. Just a test," Elder Xi’s rage ignited, and in that moment, his strength multiplied by tens of times. For this attack, he used eighty to ninety percent of his power!
"Buzz!"
The translucent scale reappeared, once again fully blocking the attack.
However, this time, the formation wasn’t finished. From the ground shot up a giant earth-yellow dragon soaring into the sky, several kilometers long, its body semi-transparent and exuding an air of majesty.
The energy composing the dragon even resembled that released by a Divine Crystal!
"Earth veins! The dragon is formed from earth vein energy!" an elder exclaimed, "His formation can draw on the earth veins of this entire region, a lost art!"
Elder Xi’s face turned ashen. In ancient books, he had seen descriptions of similar formations.
Earth veins are intangible, elusive energy, akin to mysterious floating fortune. Regions with earth veins are bound to produce treasures, life flourishes, and many individuals with extraordinary gifts are born.
Earth veins appear in various forms, from light gaseous mists to powerful forms like living creatures, and this dragon vein represents the most substantial energy among them!
"This can’t be destroyed by one or two of us," Elder Xi quickly judged. "Everyone, attack together to break his formation!"
At his command, countless energies crackled against the formation’s barrier.
Zhang Menglong took out a communicator, connecting across the world to Lu Yiyao’s communicator.
"Honey, come watch the fireworks, the free kind!"