I don’t know whether it was due to lack of preparation or the strength of the incoming sea monster far exceeded Qingzhou’s estimation.
The fourth-level low-grade Qingzhou City defense formation cost tens of millions of spiritual stones and various materials. It only lasted three days and three nights before it could no longer hold on.
Under the dark clouds, the strong wind swept the rain like countless whips, hitting the fragile egg-shell formation. Thousands of cracks burst out in an instant, and then it shattered with a "bang".
"Let's go!"
At the east wall of the city, which was also the focus of the Kraken's attack, an old man with snow-white hair waved his magic sword, covering hundreds of monks who were fighting and walking as they retreated towards the Prefecture Palace in the north of the city.
Thousands of grotesque ocean monsters, like raging waves, were chasing after them.
As the formation broke up, dozens of sea monsters suspended in mid-air appeared in the west, south and north directions, cheering and rushing into the city.
Then they gathered into tributaries and rushed towards the palace in the north.
Zhao Xi's judgment was correct. The Siren's primary target was the State Palace.
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"Turn the horse's head around and go to the teleportation array in the northwest!"
"Go, go, go!"
In the deep alley, two foundation-building monks each jumped on a carriage and kept urging. The Kraken has entered the city. If they were still flying in the sky, they would be easily noticed by the other party.
The Qingyun Palace, which has lost the cover of the city protection formation, looks like a beautiful woman taking off her thick cotton-padded jacket in winter, revealing her enchanting and graceful figure, attracting countless butterflies to swarm in and surround her.
It also blocked their way.
The best strategy at this time is to pass through the teleportation array in Zhoucheng and leave.
Zhao Xi's expression changed slightly and he remained silent, as if he had not heard the shouts from outside. As the shepherd of a state, he had the responsibility to defend his territory. The original plan should have been to evacuate to the state palace instead of abandoning the land and fleeing.
The teleportation array was about three or four miles away from them, and at the speed of a carriage equivalent to a first-order monster beast, it only took a few dozen breaths.
However, these are also a few dozen fatal breaths. No one can predict what will happen during this period, and whether those sea monsters will pay attention to this.
And how long can the teleportation array last?
The sky became darker and the rain poured down. The rain kept hitting the roofs on both sides, making crisp knocking sounds.
The residents of Qingzhou City have been warned a long time ago and are now hiding in their homes to pray for God's protection. The entire streets and alleys are deserted.
Only the horses' hooves trampled on the bluestone, and the sound of "tap, tap, tap" was endless.
After galloping for more than a mile, the Dou family monk on the first carriage suddenly pulled the reins. Half of the horse's body suddenly lifted up, but a long hissing sound stuck in his throat and did not come out.
The Dou family monk stared blankly ahead, his expression heavy.
The roar of spells could be heard faintly in the distance, as well as the figures of several monsters in the air. The location below was the state city teleportation array.
"Turn around and go back to the Mufu!" He made a decisive decision.
But it was a little late. The movement here had already attracted the attention of the sea monster.
A black shadow rushed towards this side, and a few breaths blocked the retreat.
Under the flickering electric light, a monster with a fish head and human body appeared, with its bloody mouth open, and its face was ugly and terrifying.
Dou and Zhao were shocked. Monsters can only transform into human form at the fourth level, but the sea monster is often blocked at this level because it is far away from the mainland and lacks the transformation elixir. With a fish head and human body, he is a sea monster that has not completely transformed.
Therefore, although this monster is not yet at the level of the Demon King, it is still as different as the half-step golden elixir of a human monk.
This is a powerful enemy that they cannot defeat.
The fish demon's protruding eyes glanced around, and his big fish-scaled hands suddenly grasped forward. The carriage closest to him suddenly rose from the ground, then fell heavily, and four or five officials dressed in different colors rolled out of it.
Then he raised his hand and grabbed a green-robed official. Under the horrified eyes of everyone, he put it to his mouth, raised his neck and swallowed it in one gulp.
The unlucky guy didn't know whether he was petrified or controlled by it. There was no struggle or whine in the whole process.
This scene frightened the others.
The fish demon smacked his lips with unfinished meaning, twirling his thin tongue around his lips, then turned his eyes to the two monks, and his eyes lit up.
The taste of monks is much more delicious than that of mortals, and it can also improve their cultivation.
Then he recognized the words on the overturned lantern: "Qing...zhou, Zhoumu?"
"Who are you?" it said in a vicious voice, its voice like broken glass.
No one said anything.
"Huh?" The fish demon's face showed an angry look, and its manic pressure pressed on everyone like a wave of waves.
"I am the shepherd of Qingzhou, and I have been ordered by the Holy One to govern Qingzhou." Everyone was panicking, but Zhao Xiqiang calmed down and criticized: "You are a man of enlightenment, why did you violate the agreement in the world of immortality and hurt someone?" Civilian lives?”
"The agreement in the world of cultivating immortals?" The fish demon laughed disdainfully: "Fuck your mother's agreement! I am a great sea tribe, not like your human tribe who are hypocritical. I just eat you, so what can I do? Haha!"
After saying that, he opened his mouth and spat out, and the turbid waves that were more than ten feet high rolled towards the remaining two carriages like a mountain.
A green wooden wall blocked the front.
It was the Dou family monk who rushed to the carriage where Zhao Xi was sitting, and at the same time activated a third-level magic weapon in his hand to resist with all his strength.
The turbid waves were split into two parts by the wooden wall, and the rushing water tore the last defenseless carriage into pieces.
Several shrill screams came from the water, and a large amount of red liquid emerged for a while, gurgling, and the smell of blood was strong and pungent.
The twelve elders of the Zhao family were sweating like rain. He just came from Chuyang yesterday. He had never encountered such a strong enemy in his hometown, and it was the first time in his life that he had experienced such a dangerous situation.
After a while, he took out a talisman from his storage bag and set it on fire with a shudder.
The golden light emitted instantly, and a sword beam suddenly shot out, stabbing the fish demon like lightning.
The fish demon was startled and hurriedly avoided it. The sword light whizzed past him and landed on a tall building a hundred feet away, making a loud noise. The tall building collapsed, and several faint screams could be heard.
"What a pity." The Dou family monk shook his head secretly.
The grade of this talisman is at least the third level, and it is also an extremely lethal sword talisman. If you seize the opportunity, you may not be able to severely damage the monster in front of you.
It's a pity that it was wasted by the Zhao family who had no combat experience.
What's worse is that the third-level high-grade talisman will almost consume all the mana of a late-stage foundation-building monk. Is it possible that I will be responsible for the rest of the battle alone?
What a fucking pig teammate.
Just as he was cursing, he saw the elder of the Zhao family take out a pill from his arms and swallow it. Soon his face, which was as pale as paper, had some color, and his body's breath had recovered to 70% to 80%.
Then the man took out another talisman from the storage bag, but this time he had experience and held it in his hand without releasing it.
"Damn, this Zhao family is so rich, even an elder can have so many good things." The Dou family monk's eyes were filled with heat.
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The fish demon did not expect that these two human monks, whose strength was no more than the demon general level, not only blocked its attack, but also counterattacked quite threateningly. For a moment, he was a little more cautious, and he fished out a five-foot-long fish bone from behind with his backhand. It was covered with sparkling silver and covered with countless sharp barbs.
It roared loudly, but did not dare to get too close. It slashed at the wooden wall with its fishbone from a distance of dozens of feet. Every blow would send out a large amount of sawdust flying around. Monk Dou's face became paler and whiter, and his body couldn't help but tremble.
It wasn't until I swallowed a pill sent by my companion that I felt a little relieved.
Relying on the endless talisman pills produced by the Zhao family monks, they barely managed to draw a tie with the half-step demon king.
However, both of them knew in their hearts that this state could not last long. As the battle progresses, the effect of the elixir will only become worse and worse. Sooner or later, the movement here will attract the attention of more sea monsters.
Moreover, they were isolated and helpless. They were surrounded by the state palace and it was impossible to send help.
This is almost a fatal situation.
In the carriage, Zhao Xi closed his eyes slightly and held a jade jue tightly in his hand. It was a protective treasure given to him by his daughter. It could withstand attacks from third-level monks for a quarter of an hour at a critical moment.
It's just that in such a dark and stormy night, in such an isolated city where sea monsters are raging, if a quarter of an hour more or a quarter less is lost, sooner or later you will still be dead, so what's the use?
Zhao Xi's heart sank to the bottom.
What allowed him to persevere, apart from the calm attitude he had developed over many years of officialdom, was the little faith left to him by his father.
Don't give up until the last moment.
In comparison, Zhao Dan's performance next to him was much worse. His whole body shrank into a ball, his teeth chattered, and he shivered.
I don't know how long it took, but two screams came from outside, and a broken gong's voice laughed and said: "Wuzhi, whoever sees it has a share! Let's each share one of these two human monks. No one can take advantage of the other." Cheap, isn’t it, haha!”
"Heili, you're fucking taking advantage of the situation. I beg you to take action? Get out!" Another voice with broken glass cursed.
Siren comes to help?
Zhao Xi's heart trembled and he crushed the jade in his hand without hesitation.
A transparent mask enveloped him and Zhao Dan.
"Hey, are there any monks here?" The man named Hei Li asked in surprise. Immediately, a violent wave swept through the broken carriage carriage, allowing Zhao Xi to see the scene outside.
Two fish monsters, one black and one white, look like fierce gods.
In addition, other colleagues in the Mufu, as well as the two escorting monks, have disappeared.
There were tattered clothes and red blood flowing all over the floor.
Zhao Xi and his son turned pale.
"Qiang!" A gear-shaped weapon hit the shield, causing ripples.
"Damn, it's a bit tricky," Hei Li cursed, "Wuzhi, I'll leave these two mortals to you, I'll go somewhere else."
After that, he walked away.
Wuqi sneered and glanced inside the shield, then turned and left.
There are mortals everywhere in this city, and they have a gluttonous feast to eat, so why bother chewing this hard nut?
In an instant, the two ferocious fish demons walked away cleanly. Zhao Xi couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief and collapsed on the ground. Only then did he realize that his whole body was soaked with sweat.
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Qingzhou City tonight is already a purgatory on earth.
More and more sea monsters swarmed in, demolishing houses and courtyards. Using their keen sense of smell, they found the hiding mortals one after another, and either killed them on the spot or imprisoned them directly.
Floods, fires, explosions, collapses...
Cry, beg, cry, scream...
The whole city seemed to wake up from a nightmare, trembling and whining in uneasiness.
The noise is everywhere and endless.
Zhao Xi's eyes were dull and he looked at everything blankly.
This is the place where he has lived for more than thirty years, and where he has devoted most of his life.
"ah--"
I was in great mourning, and suddenly a mouthful of blood spurted out:
"Why, why is this!"
"Sir, why did you abandon them?"
"Father -" Zhao Dan quickly supported him, but he couldn't help crying: "Father, what should we do when this protective shield expires?"
"What else can we do? It's just a death." Zhao Xi laughed miserably:
"Dan'er, do you blame your father?"
After three days and three nights of siege, everyone in the city who had some ability had already left through the teleportation array. As the shepherd of a state, Zhao Xi insisted on staying behind, but he did not expect that the city would be destroyed so suddenly.
As a result, their father and son were trapped here, barely surviving.
"Father, I, I..." Zhao Dan hesitated, not knowing how to answer.
Of course he had complaints in his heart, but he was too hesitant to speak out under his father's majesty.
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The killing continues.
The light of the shield gradually dimmed.
Just when the father and son were heartbroken and waiting for death to come, two flashes of red suddenly appeared in the distant horizon.
It seemed like two red clouds floating under the dark sky, which looked a bit strange.
The red cloud was extremely fast, and within a few breaths it had reached the sky above Qingzhou City, circling left and right.
These are two large birds with a wingspan of more than twenty feet and flaming red feathers.
Many of the sea monsters that were wreaking havoc stopped and looked up at the sky in confusion.
Most of them are second-level monsters with undeveloped intelligence. Although they cannot speak, they intuitively feel the powerful pressure from Hongyun.
Demon king level pressure.
At this moment, one of the big birds found its target, raised its head, let out a long roar, and rushed down towards where Zhao Xi was.
In the alley, Zhao Xi stood up abruptly, with a look of surprise and joy on his face.
He had already seen a young girl sitting on the red bird in front of him.
That's his daughter -
Jin Dan Zhenren, Zhao Yue'er.
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Zhao Xi was saved.
With the help of the cover of smoke, Zhao Yueer brought the father and son directly into the bluestone space.
Then, with a stone in her heart, the girl looked around, raised the Van Blue Sword in her hand, and rushed towards the sea monsters scattered in the city like chopping melons and vegetables.
These second- and third-level sea monsters were killed until they cried for their fathers and mothers and ran away with their heads in their hands.
Most of them became dead souls under Fan Lan's sword, including the ferocious and cruel Wuqi, while a few took advantage of the chaos and escaped from the city.
At the same time, Dandan and Zhu Zhu turned into human forms and rushed toward the direction of Qingyun Palace like two streams of light.
Before everyone could react, the stream of light passed through a demon king from left to right, blood flashed, and a huge head was lifted up.
Instant kill!
"Form up! They are too fast!" Exclaims came from the besieging sea monsters.
The six-headed demon king immediately flew out and formed a six-bead formation, stopping the two of them.
If this formation strikes the head, the tail will come, if it strikes the tail, the head will come, and if it strikes the waist, both the head and the tail will come. It twists and spins like a long snake. Once entangled, it is difficult to get rid of.
The two sides were in a stalemate.
Over there, Zhao Yue'er had already expelled most of the sea monsters from the city. He swung his long sword and was about to fly towards Qingyun Palace.
Suddenly, her delicate body paused and stopped in place as if frozen.
An old man stood in front of him.
The great lord of Sangzhou, the True Lord of Yuanying, Sang Hongtu.
