Chapter 227 Heaven and Earth_2
"Advance!"
Generals commanding the troops shouted lowly.
Soldiers lined up, each brandishing their spears and fiercely stabbing downward at the monsters that were attempting to scale the wall.
Despite many of the monsters being powerful, including Third Rank and even Fourth Rank, and the soldiers only being at the Body Refinement Realm, climbing the Yunlu Wall not only required great effort but also enduring the internal pressure from Earth's Veins. Just as they managed to leap up, they would be confronted with a spear. Even if their tough bodies could not be pierced, it was enough to make them unable to continue and fall back down.
However,
there were Fourth Rank monsters adept at climbing that managed to leap up the Yunlu Wall several times forcefully, overcoming it. With a wide-open maw, their tongues covered in backward-facing barbs swept towards the closest female disciple.
"Hmph."
The closest Steward from Spirit Profound Peak snorted coldly, his sword flashed with a sweep, severing the tongue and rescuing the female disciple. Then, with another stroke of his sword, he killed the Fourth Rank monster.
The female disciple was somewhat frightened, her chest heaving rapidly a few times. Just as she was about to thank the Steward, suddenly, a dull roar came from below the side of the Yunlu Wall, a surge of demonic power gathered, whipping up a sandstorm that shot towards her, threatening to sweep her down from above. Experience more on empire
"Be careful!"
Linghu Shang and Shen Lin, who were closest to her, spoke in unison. Swords from left and right slashed diagonally, managing to intercept the flow of sand, then they faced the climbing Fifth Rank demon lizard.
The female disciple didn't know what to do and stumbled backward two steps. Suddenly the dust and sand burst apart above her, a monster resembling a sand eagle swooped down from above. Its massive body and wings spread nearly ten feet wide, its huge talons aimed straight at her, the terrifying aura of a Fifth Rank demon bursting forth, intending to snatch her away.
After facing three successive deadly threats, Liu Ying was somewhat dazed, partly intimidated by the demonic power and partly unable to gather her thoughts. She couldn't even manage to draw her sword to defend herself, but just as the demon bird's talons were about to seize her,
Buzz!!
An invisible pressure rippled out, instantly freezing the sandstorm within a several feet radius and even the massive demon eagle in mid-air, leaving it suspended right above Liu Ying, its talons less than a foot from her.
Chen Mu appeared beside her in a step, raised his hand towards the air and casually clenched, the Strength of Qian Heaven gathered and compressed, and with a bang, he crushed the demon eagle into a ball and then casually tossed it aside.
"What's the matter with you?"
Chen Mu glanced at Liu Ying.
Was this junior sister causing trouble? All the monsters were targeting her alone.
"Chen, Brother Chen..."
Liu Ying still stood there foolishly.
Chen Mu frowned slightly, suddenly reached out, and plunged his hand into her bosom, pulling out a Jade Vase, he glanced at it and casually crushed the vase, tossing it down the Yunlu Wall.
Instantly, chaos erupted below the Yunlu Wall, echoing with the roars of monsters.
"Who told you to bring rosemary?"
Chen Mu retracted his previous thought; this junior sister wasn't causing trouble, she was just a bit foolish.
However, he had no interest in dwelling on it further. After throwing the vase, he continued along the Yunlu Wall, occasionally striking down Fourth Rank monsters or Fifth Rank Great Demons that managed to climb up.
Wherever he went, there was hardly an opponent who could match him. Under the seal of the Qian Heaven's Strength, monsters below the Fifth Rank couldn't even move when facing him, and even Fifth Rank demons struggled to resist, typically being eradicated in an instant.
Even ordinary practitioners at the Viscera Realm found it difficult to kill Fifth Rank demons as easily as he did, for many Fifth Rank demons could dodge and flee amid the chaotic sand, relying on natural elements for brief support. But in front of Chen Mu, the natural advantages these monsters relied on were utterly ineffective.
"This is the Qian Heaven Artistic Conception..."
Shen Lin looked at the path Chen Mu took, where whether Fourth Rank or Fifth Rank monsters were dismissed with a single slap, feeling waves of emotion, she was the latest to arrive as she couldn't keep up with Chen Mu. However, upon her arrival, she heard about Chen Mu mastering the Qian Heaven Artistic Conception, but it was only now, seeing it with her own eyes, that she was truly astonished.
"I wonder if Brother Chen and Brother Zhou are stronger or weaker now."
She murmured to herself.
With Chen Mu's intervention, this section of the wall was no longer in danger. In less than a quarter of an hour, only two or three big and small cats-like monsters remained in the sandstorm. Chen Mu did not attack monsters of much lower realms, specifically leaving them for the Spirit Profound Peak disciples to practice on, otherwise, the slaughter could have been faster.
About half an hour later, the sandstorm gradually subsided.
"I'll go check again, you all stay here, don't move."
Seeing the sandstorm subside, Chen Mu instructed Linghu Shang and others before stepping out and leaving the Yunlu Wall, heading into the sandstorm. The rolling sands under his feet coalesced into stepping stones which briefly supported his steps before disintegrating again, and with a few steps, he disappeared into the dust-filled sky.
The monsters could utilize the power of the dust and sand, and naturally, he could too. Without support, he couldn't soar through the sky, even if he maximized the Xun Wind Artistic Conception, but with the Qian Heaven Artistic Conception and the Gen Mountain Artistic Conception in his grasp, in the sandstorm, he could use the wind and sand to briefly stay airborne.