Chapter 81: The Enemy Army Step Forward
"It's time..."
BOOM!!
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CRACK!!
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BOOM!!
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CRACK!!!!!!!
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Ultimately, after few hours, the Ancient Restriction began to disintegrate, and the last protection against that terrible army finally lose all its power.
RUMBLE!!!
BUM! BRRUM!!
BUM! BRRUM!!!!!!!
The noises from drums and horns made the ground shake once again.
CRACK!!
Long fractures extended above their heads.
The process was slow, but let the people inside the city understand that it was finally time.
CRACK!!
CRACKKKKKKK!!!
BOOOOOOMMMMM!!!!!
The barrier exploded...
And transformed in countless tiny blue particles...
GRAWL!!!!!!
GRAWL!!!!!!!!!
... and those giants began to advance...
BOOM! BOOM!
BOOM! BOOM!
BOOM! BOOM!
At each step, their feet protected by those impenetrable armatures landed into the ground simultaneously, fracturing the soft soil below...
Their spears slammed to the earth like a shower of meteors...
The green blood hidden below those thick armors began to glow, giving them an even more devilish appearance...
BOOM! BOOM!
BOOM! BOOM!
BOOM! BOOM!
Their charge proceeded without any problem since there was no response from the city...
The city walls, which were crowded with people before, were now completely empty...
Well... there was still something there... right, above the city gate, there was a weak golden flame, which was gradually growing larger and larger... but none of the enemies noticed it...
Time passed slowly...
The enemy army kept moving their heavy bodies forwards like a bunch of puppets... inside their minds, there was no doubt... no fear... but only one thing... destroy... destroy everything in front of them...
But they weren't the only problems there...
The strange tranquility coming from the city... gave to the people covered by those long dark cloaks, a strange apprehension...
"Elder Mou... what's going on? Why is the city so quiet?"
Unfortunately, none all of them thought the same way and couldn't contain their idiotic thoughts: "Hehe... maybe our little toys scared them to death..."
"Right... Right... those little animals... are surely hiding inside the city like a bunch of rats..."
As those ignorant youths kept growing bolder and bolder as if the victory was already in their hands, Elder Mou kept extending its consciousness beyond those giant walls to better understand the situation.
However, there was a strange power blocking him.
That dark foreboding in his heart began to become more and more oppressive...
He was old and knew that the Ancient Ze Family wouldn't let them conquerer the city so easily, and he was already prepared for them.
But this... this was beyond his imagination...
His eyes tried to sense every slightest change, but the barrier's fragments, that kept falling, made this much more difficult.
All he could see was just those massive walls surrounded by that intense blue light.
Even the weak golden flame, which was now larger at least two or three times than before, was perfectly hidden below.
RUMBLE!!!
BUM! BRRUM!!
BUM! BRRUM!!!!!!!
RUMBLE!!!
BUM! BRRUM!!
BUM! BRRUM!!!!!!!
Even if those youths were arrogant, none of them approached the city... maybe something inside their head was telling them to wait... or perhaps they were waiting for Elder Mou's orders.
RUMBLE!!!
BUM! BRRUM!!
BUM! BRRUM!!!!!!!
The army of giants kept moving forwards...
They were almost there...
Less than a mile was between them and their target...
But finally, something changed...
In front of them, a few dozen paces from the ground in the midst of that blue light, a green dot began to appear.
The Du family people noticed it immediately since this was the first response coming from that tranquil city.
One of the young men pointed his finger towards the green dot and shouted: "Elder Mou... there... over there..."
But Elder Mou ignored his screams and kept moving around his gaze, searching for any strange activity.
"It keeps growing larger..." Another shout.
They were so focused on that little green spot that they didn't even realize the disappearance of their precious army.
The blue mist extended so far and so fast that when the army of giants stepped forward, they disappeared from the view.
Elder Mou was the first to discover it, but all of it happened in an instant.
The obscure presentiment became even darker.
He finally understood.
The enemy had already begun his attack.
They had taken advantage of the weakness of their soldiers to prepare something.
Alarmed by the weird situation, he took out a dark green crystal and sent a message inside throughout his energy: "COME BACK!!"
But...
After minutes of silence, a thunderous cry reverberated from the city.
SCRYYYY!!!!!
A giant shadow appeared behind the green dot, which was now as tall as the entire mountain where the Profound Sapphire City was built.
Two long wings spread out of the shadows, generating strong waves of wind.
With that mighty blow, the dense layer of blue light shot out in all directions, finally revealing what was hidden below.
On the other side of the wall, a gigantic purple-feathered bird flapped its wings softly skyward.
Instead, right between them and that brutal army of armored soldiers, stood a massive wall of ice.
The youths, shaken by the rapid changes in front of them, unsheathed their weapons and looked towards Elder Mou, waiting for orders.
"Wait... I don't know what they want to do, but we can't let that bird run away... It should be impossible, but... maybe they have a way to leave this space cage. As for this ice wall... Don't worry, it won't hold our bronze golems for too long. "Elder Mou said, waving his hand.
Hearing Elder Mou's words, the young men calmed down a bit and started observing the battlefield.
The ice wall kept changing color and becoming darker and darker.
The purple bird instead, in a few breaths, was already below their army and kept moving forwards, pointing right towards their location.
"Elder Mou... That stupid bird is coming here?? Why??"
The strange energy that kept blocking his consciousness before was only around the city, so now he could easily inspect the purple bird.
"I don't know, but... there are a lot of people on top of that Thunder Luan... I can feel a strong elemental power from them... water... wood... earth... and they are all strong warriors. They should be the people from the Ze family and those fools from the Central Capital."
"Are they insane?? Our bronze golems can easily kill all those weak guards... if they leave the city... they will make our work pretty easy." One of the young men said, looking toward the sky.
"Indeed..." Elder Mou nodded but then added in a grave tone: "But... I can't contact our golems anymore..."
SWOOSH!!!SWOOSH!!!SWOOSH!!!SWOOSH!!!
BOOM!BOOM!BOOM!BOOM!BOOM!BOOM!