Chapter 260: Diversion
Li Yuanqing stood at the periphery of Sea City. Ever since they arrived, they had completely put on a defensive posture. Moreover, they shrank their line until it was at the City Lord Manor. They completely planned to defend and not leave.
Seeing that he could not break through them from the front, Li Yuanqing decided to take this time to take a look at the source.
These devils had suddenly obtained energy replenishment. It was definitely not because they had obtained devilish energy from somewhere. It must be because the source had been opened again. Otherwise, they would not be able to organize such a powerful force no matter what.
If he did not block the source again, there would probably be an endless stream of devils pouring in from behind. Moreover, they had only opened a small hole last time.
He did not know what state it was in this time. Last time, such a small hole could release such a powerful devil. Now that it was opened again, he hoped that there would not be too much of a problem.
Li Yuanqing had placed a combat array outside the City Lord Manor of Sea City to trap them. If they had the intention to come out, Li Yuanqing would be able to receive the news immediately.
Moreover, Li Yuanqing had specially transformed into a phantom of himself and left a wisp of his aura outside Sea City, pretending that he was still here to scare them.
After doing all of this, Li Yuanqing felt that there should be nothing missing. Therefore, he hid his figure and ran to the end of the river to see what was wrong.
However, before setting off, Li Yuanqing discovered something that made him feel gratified.
That was the Blood Vine that was constantly growing in the domain. The little fellow was growing better and better. Moreover, other than the slow growth in the beginning, it grew very quickly later on. In just a few days, it had already grown very thick. It climbed up a big tree at the side.
According to the current situation, it wouldn’t be long before it became very muscular. This was already the first model in front of him. He just didn’t know if it could transform into the Blood Vine from before.
Li Yuanqing took care of the Blood Vine every day. The Blood Vine that had regrown this time had a purer aura than before. In the past, the Blood Vine was filled with a thick evil aura. The evil aura was very heavy, so heavy that it was difficult to hide. And this new blood vine had a normal demonic aura on it. It was even closer to the spiritual energy in the human body. That feeling made one want to get close to it.
This should be a good sign.
Li Yuanqing comforted himself. This time, he was the only one traveling alone. It did not take long for him to reach the end of the river. After coming to this place once, he was familiar with it. It would be very easy to come again.
He went straight down to the river from the place he had marked. This time, the devilish aura in the river had become even heavier than before. Last time, it was only thirty percent, but this time, the density had reached fifty percent.
If not for Li Yuanqing’s powerful strength, he probably would not have been able to enter the water like this. Such a terrifying concentration of devilish energy would have corroded ordinary people to nothing, leaving only their bones.
He arrived at the bottom of the river and arrived in front of the familiar stone tablet.
The Heaven and Earth Stone Tablet was already half open. It was open just like that, and there was still a steady stream of devilish aura pouring out. From time to time, devils would even run out in groups.
Along the way, Li Yuanqing had killed countless devils. His hands were numb, but the devils still kept pouring out. No wonder they were so powerful and could fight so far away.
Moreover, the power they had gathered could also successfully stop Li Yuanqing outside Sea City. This was their source of power. Behind them, the power from the source kept injecting fresh devilish energy into it.
Li Yuanqing happened to arrive and two second-grade Formation Arrangement Realm devil experts rushed out. Before the two of them came out, a very sinister laugh sounded. Their laughter gathered in one place. It was like a saw that kept cutting into one’s nerves. The string of one’s nerves was almost broken.
Li Yuanqing stretched out a hand as a tiger claw. A golden hand stretched towards the Devil Realm behind the Heaven and Earth Stone Tablet. The huge hand seemed to pause for a moment inside. Then, the huge hand pulled out at a very fast speed, holding two screaming devils.
These two Formation Arrangement Realm devils were the fellows who had been laughing non-stop just now. Now, they could no longer laugh. The two of them did not expect such a powerful person to be waiting for them here.
“Kid, who are you? Let us out!”
The two of them kept screaming, but the screams were meaningless. They were spouting nonsense and vulgarities. If they think such a small trick could let Li Yuanqing let them go, they are delusional.
Li Yuanqing’s expression was cold as he glared at the two of them. There was no pity in his eyes. “Who opened this door for you?”
“You brat, what nonsense are you talking about? Why do you care who opened this door?” One of the devils immediately cursed.
However, not only was his cursing useless, but it also angered Li Yuanqing. He attacked without hesitation. With a gentle squeeze of his finger, one of the souls was destroyed, leaving behind a devil crystal that he sucked into his hand.
The other devil screamed in shock at this scene, but it was useless. He was still in Li Yuanqing’s hands and Li Yuanqing’s cold face was in front of him.
“Spare me, please!”
“Tell me, who opened your door!”
“I can’t say for sure!”
“Can’t say? Then you can die too.”
Li Yuanqing did not hesitate to suddenly clench his huge hand. The golden hand instantly joined together. Immediately after, the little person who was screaming just now disappeared.
He wanted to know who had opened this door time and time again. One had to know that no one could open this door without that token. Shouldn’t this Heaven and Earth Stone Tablet be like this? But why was there still someone who could open the Heaven and Earth Stone Tablet? Who was it?
Li Yuanqing had an answer in his heart. This might be the only answer. If it was not the Black Dragon, he could not think of anyone else. But if that was the case, what could they do if the Black Dragon opened the Heaven and Earth Stone Tablet again? There would be another calamity.
Li Yuanqing felt the aura of the devils surging out. He took out his token and closed the stone tablet again.
After the Heaven and Earth Stone Tablet closed, the concentration of devilish aura in the entire river instantly decreased.
Li Yuanqing casually set up a small array here. If there were any more movements here, he would be able to sense it in time next time.
Li Yuanqing did not feel that anything was wrong. After he closed the Heaven and Earth Stone Tablet, he felt that this matter was settled. However, what he did not know was that just as he left, an accident happened on the other side.
Rong City.
“According to the scouts, the rebels are gathering now. They seem to be planning to attack.”
Ye Qiluo looked at the sentry in front of her calmly. This was already the fourth sentry to return to report.
When the first sentry came back to report, she had already gotten all the troops ready to go. She had also sent someone to ask about Li Yuanqing. However, the news that Hall Master w.a.n.g brought back made Ye Qiluo’s expression even uglier.
Li Yuanqing, who Rong City relied on, was actually not in the city. His motive for leaving was to chase away the devils who had rushed here.
Those devils were indeed very dangerous, and Li Yuanqing had successfully chased them away. This was naturally something to be glad about. However, the problem was that after Li Yuanqing chased these guys away, he seemed to have left for a long time without any news.
At this moment, Rong City was suddenly in danger. The rebels had obtained a large number of weapons from somewhere. They gathered there and set up all their weapons, ready to launch the next round of attacks at any time.
Ye Qiluo did not know if their army could withstand it. She hoped that they could. What if they could not? They had already placed all their attention on defense and had invested a lot of resources.
If they could not even resist such a defense, then the heavens would really destroy their human race.
At the thought of this, Ye Qiluo was not confident at all.
“If only Young Master Li was here now.”
The generals were waiting for the City Lord’s order to counterattack. The last time they were ambushed by the enemy, they were caught off guard. They had already suffered a lot, but this was a good opportunity. They were now ready and waiting to attack. Everything had been done perfectly, but the City Lord was waiting for Young Master Li.
This made many generals unhappy. Originally, they were appointed to fight in wars, but now, the City Lord did not trust them at all. Instead, she was thinking about an outsider who was completely unrelated.
“City Lord, quickly give the order. Now is the best time for us to attack first. Let’s attack first before they completely gather and disrupt their formation. At that time, we won’t have to completely withstand their attacks.”
“That’s right. We have to attack them first. Otherwise, if they arrange their formation and bombard us with artillery fire like last time, even if our city wall’s defense has been forged very tough, we still can’t let them consume it so easily.”
Two generals immediately stood up and pet.i.tioned Ye Qiluo.
Ye Qiluo hesitated, not knowing if she should make a move. Perhaps it would be better to wait for Li Yuanqing to return now. Li Yuanqing definitely had his own arrangements. But Li Yuanqing had temporarily left. If they went up to fight the other party like this, they might be lured into their trap.
If more than half of their troops were lured out under such circ.u.mstances, their defense would become weak. The defense that they were proud of would probably be useless.
This put Ye Qiluo in a difficult position.
On one hand, she wondered if she should expend their strength to stop the enemy’s formation. On the other hand, she wondered if she should continue to defend here and maintain their strength. Although it was a huge test of the city’s defense, they were still prepared.
While Ye Qiluo was hesitating, the generals at the side were already very impatient. They all knew what the City Lord was thinking. Recently, the City Lord had been thinking about that young man called Li Yuanqing.
Li Yuanqing could be said to have peerless martial arts and was extremely powerful, he could even withstand such an attack and return it. He is a great expert.
However, Li Yuanqing had nothing to do with them after all. How could they hold the lives of everyone in Rong City in Li Yuanqing’s hands?
In their opinion, Li Yuanqing was not here now. It was a good time for them to contribute to Rong City. If they did not dare to make a move now, when would they? Would they wait for him to return?
Moreover, Ye Qiluo’s hesitation made everyone even more anxious. From their gazes, they could tell what the other party meant. It was obvious that most people had the same opinion. They felt that the City Lord was just a girl and was in her youth.
It was natural for sparks to fly when a young girl in her prime encountered such a talented and smart young man.
However, managing the entire human race was not as simple as romance. If she controlled the fate of the entire human race but was obsessed with romance all day long, how could she control everyone’s lives?
The Great General, who had been silent all this while, suddenly said in a low voice, “Since this is a large-scale battle with the rebels, it depends on whether we’re preparing a proper command center. Only then can we completely mobilize all our strength to fight the rebels.”
Ye Qiluo looked at the Great General in confusion, not understanding what the command center meant.
However, the others instantly understood the Great General’s intentions. They stood up and echoed.
“I think it’ll definitely work. We have such a huge city in our hands now. We can’t make small-scale decisions like before. We have to have a complete decision-making process now. Only then can we ensure that the human race in Rong City will prosper.”