Chapter 1520 - 1079: Each Has Their Own Specialization

Chapter 1520: Chapter 1079: Each Has Their Own Specialization

Outside, in the endless darkness that seemed able to swallow even light itself, a bone-piercing cold wind poured in. The newcomer reached back to close the door, shutting out that chill.

"Lord City Lord has returned." The old man looked up at her, asking with hope, "How went the repairs?"

Yan Zheng’s face was haggard. Meeting his longing gaze, she let out a soft sigh. "I’m very sorry. We did our best. But the breach keeps growing and truly can’t be mended. Right now we can only imprison the beasts that squeeze in at a certain place. As for how long we can hold them there, I have no confidence.

However, as long as we sacrifice one person tonight, we can safely make it through. I just don’t know which one of you it will be."

She had rushed back in such haste, yet could only send the chosen one off on their final road. Even as City Lord, her strength was limited; she could do no more for them.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

Just as her words fell, a heavy knocking came from outside the door, and a hoarse voice called, "Qin Suyang, time to go."

"Lord City Lord, save me!" The young man being named turned deathly pale and dropped to his knees with a thud, sobbing, "I don’t want to go. If I go I’ll die! I beg you, Lord City Lord, you took us in, helped us fulfill all our wishes, please save me!"

Three people, one to be chosen—his luck was truly atrocious.

He was shaking all over in terror, crying miserably.

The woman traveling with him couldn’t bear to watch. "Thanks to Lord City Lord’s blessing, my wish is basically fulfilled. If possible, let me go in his stead."

"Thank you, Sister Juan, thank you!" Qin Suyang shuffled forward on his knees and kowtowed fiercely to the young woman.

Clearly, that pitch-black behemoth outside was the matter of greatest urgency. After City Lord Yan Zheng entered, her attention stayed fixed on the three residents, directly ignoring Jiang Yuan and the other two.

The young woman rose, but was stopped by the City Lord. Yan Zheng shook her head. "Since his name was called, it means you’re ranked after Qin Suyang. Even if you go out of your own will, it would just be throwing away a life for nothing."

With a single sentence, his death had been pronounced. Qin Suyang’s whole body nearly collapsed onto the floor.

The knocking at the window outside pressed on, urging for his life, making the heart race with panic.

Yun Shu and Yun Ying were completely confused, finding it all deeply eerie. They were just about to stand and go investigate when Jiang Yuan reached out to stop them.

"I’ll go in his place." Jiang Yuan stood up, but his gaze locked onto the City Lord in the purple Magical Robe, a woman past fifty. He asked, "If I drive that thing outside away for you, and patch up the breach, can we make a deal?"

Hearing that there might still be a sliver of hope, the young man shuffled forward again on his knees and bowed to him, pleading, "Thank you, Daoist Xie! Your great kindness Qin Suyang will never forget for the rest of his life!"

"Bang, bang, bang!"

The heavy knocking sounded again, the hoarse voice pressing, "Qin Suyang, time to go."

"You’re the outsiders who arrived today?" City Lord Yan Zheng’s brows knit slightly as she countered, "Do you know what that thing outside is?"

Jiang Yuan nodded. "It’s Demonic Energy invading, beautified by you through some method. From what I just heard, you’ve already found a way to bind it so it doesn’t spread too easily—that makes it much easier to deal with.

The Array around the perimeter is too crude. Even if City Lord has exhausted every effort to gather materials, you still can’t fully repair it, and the Demonic Energy pouring in is hard to resist. You must sacrifice a person, or rather a Puppet Body, let it be wrapped and corroded by the Demonic Energy, to temporarily hold it off and slow the Demonic Energy’s erosion Speed.

And this so-called city of yours doesn’t actually exist.

Nor can it be called an Illusion Realm. I think City Lord used some power of her own as a framework, together with all the souls of abandoned Puppets, to jointly construct a false city like a Dream City.

Here, you enjoy green mountains and clear waters, tranquil and peaceful pastoral lives. Each person has their own unique house to live in and can do what they love.

City Lord used this method to bind all the souls together, so they could endure the endless long years.

But Demonic Energy invaded, continuously corroding the Puppet Bodies in the Secret Realm. Puppets at the outer layer are eroded and sacrificed layer by layer, and the souls within them naturally must be utterly annihilated as well.

It’s like a dream of collective performance by everyone. As the Puppet Bodies are stripped away layer by layer, this city will ultimately head toward destruction."

The knocking and urging grew ever more intense.

"City Lord uses this relatively poetic, romantic way to let the souls of the outer Puppets, whose wishes are fulfilled, die—that’s your kindness." He shifted his gaze to the young man who was still kowtowing, sighing. "But they’ve lived in the dream too long and no longer wish to wake up. I have a once-and-for-all solution. Why not discuss a trade?"

The knocking was now unnaturally rapid, making the entire main hall tremble slightly.

Clearly, the bound Demonic Energy, lacking a target, had started to resist. Once it broke free and spread again, it would seep everywhere, even drilling inward to corrode and taint the Puppets in the lower layers, causing far greater casualties.

This was one of the reasons the City Lord had to personally be present whenever a sacrifice was made—she had to ensure that the one marked to die stepped through this door when the Demonic Energy struck. No matter how unwilling they were, for the sake of more souls surviving and the Dream City continuing to exist, they had to be thrown out if necessary!

City Lord Yan Zheng pondered for two seconds, then retreated two steps. "It’s not that I distrust you, Daoist Xie, but others have arrived here before as well, seeking rare treasures.

Yet every last one was all talk and couldn’t solve our problem at its root. If you truly can drive it back, we can sit down and discuss in detail."

Yun Shu and Yun Ying were left stunned, one blow after another.