Cultivation: When you take things to the extreme-Chapter 1020 - 621 Skyfall
Chapter 1020: Chapter 621: Skyfall
Chapter 1020: Chapter 621: Skyfall
Heaven-Connecting Academy, arrived as scheduled.
Xu Yang wasn’t surprised by this, since it was the result he had guided with his own hands.
Heaven-Connecting Academy was one of the great forces within the Sky-reaching Tower, founded by a Ninth-Order Immortal God Lord of the Zhou Family, and his family thus became the core controller of the academy.
Around the core that was the Zhou Family, Heaven-Connecting Academy continuously grew and expanded, gradually becoming a terrifying behemoth. Apart from the Zhou Family Ancestor, there were nine other Immortal God Lords who joined, ranking among the top even within Ninth Order forces.
Such a behemoth shouldn’t be overly concerned with a Late Bloomer like him, who was only at the First or Second Order, but unfortunately, his actions were consistently a thorn in the side of Heaven-Connecting Academy.
Due to the high-intensity war between the Sky-reaching Tower and the Ten Thousand Demon Abyss, every year it resulted in the deaths of a large number of Lords and the birth of many orphans. Such forces as Heaven-Connecting Academy would adopt these orphans as new recruits.
Over time, these orphaned Lords became a cornerstone of Heaven-Connecting Academy, taking up a significant proportion within its system.
Although Heaven-Connecting Academy had the grace of raising these orphaned Lords, there were some things that, as the saying goes, “only he who drinks the water knows whether it is cold or warm.”
Legacy families at the core of such forces inevitably had some dirty common ailments, and grievances accumulated over time, repressed only because they dared not speak out due to the system and hierarchy.
But now, Xu Yang had stepped forward, becoming a role model for those “who dare to be angry, speak out, and take action.” If they could not suppress him, Heaven-Connecting Academy would surely lose face. Those orphaned Lords who shared his plight would not rise in rebellion at the moment but could harbor other intentions.
Such a shake to the foundation of the academy could not be allowed by Heaven-Connecting Academy, and even less so by the Zhou Family.
Therefore…
Xu Yang climbed atop the city wall and looked out to see splendorous light shining brightly, boundless and endless.
Amidst the dazzling radiance, military formations sharply emerged, divided in all directions, numbering not less than a million warriors.
With ten Lords and a million-strong army, the majority belonged to the Zhou Family, while the rest were powerful reinforcements they had hired at great cost to make no mistakes; each one’s name was well-known, with two of them ranking within the top hundred on the Reputation List.
In such a manner, and in just a short time, the transportation was complete. Yellow Sky City was besieged on all four sides, with a million soldiers casting their menacing glances.
Although Xu Yang also had a million-strong army, which was numerically on par with the opposition, it was only in number.
The bulk of his million soldiers consisted of First-Order troops, with less than half being Second-Order troops.
His opponents were different, bringing with them all Second-Order troops, along with various Personal Guards and Special Troops, far surpassing his in quality.
Though he had something to rely on and was not afraid of the approaching enemy’s sharpness, he had still not rashly left the city to meet the battle, preparing instead to defend from the city first, to see what tactics the opposition had before countering accordingly.
Before his advancement, he had captured a large number of territories, obtaining a vast number of world fragments to significantly expand his Territory World. Yellow Sky City’s scale had thus risen with the tide, and it had been expanded into a genuinely huge city.
The city walls on all sides were both wide and high, reaching a hundred zhang, and spanning ten thousand meters, with five gates along one wall, indicating the colossal size of the city – the fruit of laborious construction by Gongshu Ling and the ten thousand Gongshu Disciples.
Atop the city walls were numerous Yellow Heaven Thunder Towers, Yellow Heaven Fire Towers, Gongshu Mechanism Towers, and various siege machinery arrayed as if a steel beast, fully armed to the teeth, lay in wait for its blood meal to approach.
With such a strong fortress, how could they not defend?
On the other hand…
“A beauty as you are, why turn to banditry?”
Outside of Yellow Sky City, within the ranks of the Alliance Army, Zhou Tianqi’s gaze swept across the iron-walled fortress and the expanse of the world around them, and he couldn’t help but lament.
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Several Zhou Lords seeing this also spoke up in agreement.
“The academy has already given him a chance!”
“It’s his stubbornness; he insists on resisting to the bitter end!”
“There is a way to seek death; it’s only right for it to end like this for him.”
“Brother is kind and values talent, we understand, but this vile creature must be eliminated!”
With such remarks, Zhou Tianqi frowned slightly but did not say much else. Instead, his gaze turned to two individuals on his right: “What do you two think?”
The two, one male and one female, the man in a Taoist robe with a serene and transcendent demeanor, although his face looked pale and slightly weak; the woman was dressed lavishly, blooming like a peony, her beauty beyond compare.
The man’s gaze shifted, scanning the surroundings before looking ahead: “The Territory World is so vast, and such a strong fortress is built, it seems that rumors are true. This person, before advancing, expanded his territory forcefully, seizing a large amount of land and resources, accumulating a profound foundation, not to be underestimated.”
Listening to this, the woman also spoke up: “This person has built up a thin edge with a thick pile. It’s been only a year since his advancement, and yet he’s reached the fiftieth position on the Reputation List, even ranking above Ning Brother and myself, extraordinary indeed. He must have something to rely on; a strong attack would be unwise and costly.”
Zhou Tianqi’s expression was unchanged, with a faint smile he spoke: “If it were not so, why would Tianqi dare to trouble the two of you with such great effort?”
“Brother Zhou jests,” the two exchanged a glance and then spoke solemnly, setting the tone: “Then we shall proceed as planned, and with our joint efforts, we must assist Brother Zhou to eliminate this scourge!”
Zhou Tianqi replied with a soft laugh: “Then I will fully rely on all of you!”
…
The Alliance Army took formation, and in just a short time, camps were established, stretching across a thousand miles.
As inside and outside the camps Great Xing constructions progressed, numerous Engineering Heroes with their Engineering Troops started to build Cloud Ladders, battering rams, catapults, and other Siege Machinery.
After all, against an iron-walled fortress, a brute force attack was unwise; only with the bombardment of machinery to break the barriers could they march forward with ease.
That was the supreme art of war!
Inside Yellow Sky City, seeing the other side start to build siege machinery, Li Cunxiao was the first to stand up: “My Lord, shall we lead an army out to harass them?”
