Chapter 2068 - 2069: The City Falls

At this moment, a voice suddenly came from afar: "South Gate City has fallen, South Gate City has fallen!"

No one knew whose mouth uttered this sound, but all the cultivators who heard it felt shocked, and then elated.

The Northern Spiritual Energy in their hands began to strengthen upon hearing this voice.

On the contrary, the cultivators of the foreign races, who were already downcast, became chaotic upon hearing that South Gate City had fallen.

In this chaos, Ling Zhenfei's foreign races immediately began to retreat. Ling Zhenfei was also shaken upon hearing this news, wondering if he still had a chance to survive.

A few black-clad men evidently realized this situation as well, accelerating their attack, intent on killing Ling Zhenfei before retreating.

Ling Zhenfei knew he couldn't win, relying solely on himself was definitely impossible to resist.

Thinking of this, Ling Zhenfei recalled the Storm Mixed Yuan Pearl that he hadn't used in a long time.

Although with his increased strength he hadn't used it for a while and it might not pose a real threat to several people, intimidating the enemy to save his life was still possible.

With this thought, Ling Zhenfei took out the Storm Mixed Yuan Pearl from his Heaven-Dropping Essence Marrow. These black-clad men were very close to him, and Ling Zhenfei almost didn't hesitate to start his attack.

Perhaps because it hadn't been used for a long time, the needles condensed on the Storm Mixed Yuan Pearl were brimming with Northern Spiritual Energy, which exploded towards those black-clad men.

Each needle on the Storm Mixed Yuan Pearl was as fine as cow hair. Although the pearl was not large, the fine needles covering it were indeed terrifying.

As soon as the pearl appeared, it attracted the attention of the black-clad men, and the cow hair fine needles on the pearl were extraordinary, prompting them to dodge.

But the appearance of the Storm Mixed Yuan Pearl was too sudden, making dodging nearly impossible, with many opting to use their Northern Spiritual Energy to shield themselves, some using their blades to block.

However, the Storm Mixed Yuan Pearl was a flawless weapon, capable of slipping through any crack, and those not fully protected would be struck.

Two young men failed to block it, and the pearl's needles instantly pierced their bodies.

One young man had a needle enter his arm, immediately feeling the fine cow-hair-like needle infiltrating his body, traveling through his bloodstream.

This black-clad man resolutely chopped off his arm to preserve his life, despite losing the limb.

But the remaining man wasn't so lucky. Struck in the chest, the fine cow-hair needle penetrated his body, reached his heart, and killed him instantly.

Actually, Ling Zhenfei hadn't anticipated the Storm Mixed Yuan Pearl could kill a Realm cultivator.

At this time, a sudden voice came from the sky: "Useless indeed."

As it turned out, it was Tian Ming speaking, who had also planned to retreat.

Tian Ming then released a burst of Northern Spiritual Energy towards Ling Zhenfei before retreating far away, followed by the black-clad men.

But that burst of Northern Spiritual Energy flew towards Ling Zhenfei.

Ling Zhenfei saw that this burst of Northern Spiritual Energy was the same as the one that killed Zhang Zhenlin.

Tian Ming assumed Ling Zhenfei couldn't evade it, believing he would die just like Zhang Zhenlin.

But how could Ling Zhenfei simply wait for death? Though heavily injured now, further injury could be fatal.

Ling Zhenfei pondered ways to protect himself, unable to summon Northern Spiritual Energy to counter the oncoming attack.

Thus, he called forth his Phoenix Elixir Furnace to shield himself.

Boom!

The attack from Tian Ming hit the Phoenix Elixir Furnace, producing a humming sound, but nothing else happened.

The Phoenix within the furnace seemed to sense something, suddenly releasing a fire from within.

Despite the foreign races' retreat, the humans began tidying up the aftermath, though whether the South Gate had truly been breached was unknown to Ling Zhenfei, given humans' penchant for textual games.

Ling Zhenfei put away the Phoenix Elixir Furnace, then collapsed to the ground.

Ling Zhenfei's body was covered in wounds, both internal and external, all threateningly fatal.

Already having consumed a resurrection pill, Ling Zhenfei knew he wouldn't die, but with such injuries, he worried about what might happen next.

Should another attacker appear now, he truly wouldn't stand a chance.

After taking the resurrection pill, Ling Zhenfei's wounds would greatly improve, though complete recovery was unlikely, his body would slowly heal incrementally.

Sitting for a while on the ground, Ling Zhenfei reluctantly stood up, seeing the entrance of the canyon covered with corpses, both foreign and human races numerous.

Originally considering a few words of sentiment, Ling Zhenfei reconsidered his situation, giving a cold smile as he nearly became one of those corpses, pondering why he should pity the others.

Currently, Ling Zhenfei should find a place to cultivate, necessary to restore his health.

But he had a very urgent matter, to find Sun Wei and Lan Yan.

Zhang Zhenlin was dead, but Ling Zhenfei couldn't let anything happen to Sun Wei, determined to return him to Xianling Mountain safely.

Observing the altar, there were some cultivators preparing to return, but mostly those already injured.

Many loose cultivators and minor sect cultivators originally intended to retreat after advancing but now victorious, with the South Gate breached too.

Since all three gates led to the canyon, with the East Gate breached, humans could now use the canyon's paths to support the other two gates.

With humans pinching them from both sides, capturing the city was a straightforward task.

Seeing most folks fleeing in one direction, toward the canyon's entrance, to South and East Gate directions.

The canyon had entrances in its southeast and west, but none at its back, fleeing there was certain death, despite the Star Lord's Heavenly God Sword most likely in the north.

Therefore, many cultivators didn't retreat, seeking the opportunity to acquire the Heavenly God Sword.

All those who originally aspired to ascend quickly resolved to venture towards the canyon's north.

Yet, Ling Zhenfei headed outside the canyon, for he noticed Lan Yan guiding Sun Wei outwards earlier.

Outside the canyon escaped many foreign races, Ling Zhenfei worried that Sun Wei and Lan Yan might be captured by them.

Ling Zhenfei, deeply worried, staggered out of the canyon himself, discovering outside, aside from numerous corpses, there was nothing else.