Cultivating Through The Game-Chapter 463 - 278: Black Clouds Overwhelm the City - The City on the Verge of Collapse_3
Lu Yu didn't even look at him; only those who had experienced Soul Power could understand that Luo Sha hadn't been as relaxed as he appeared, at least not as relaxed as seen by others.
Compared to the Ancient Fire Spirit God, Lu Yu was more concerned about another direction, where the rolling black cloud had already pressed down to the ground, and a mysterious fog shrouded the city wall with almost zero visibility.
So far, there had been no attacks, which made the fierce battles on the other side seem even more bizarre in contrast.
This, instead, caused more worry and anxiety.
"It's here." Ling Yuyan stared at the black fog and spoke to those around.
From the fog emerged a group of villagers with mechanical movements like puppets; they walked to the foot of the city wall, stood beneath it, and clawed at the wall with their hands, trying to climb up the steep wall.
"What are those things?" A guard poked his head out to look at the crowded villagers below and questioned.
"Are they alive?" he shouted down to them.
No one responded to his shouts, and their palms scraped bloody marks on the rough city wall, their skin already abraded.
The newcomers climbed onto the shoulders of those in front, scraping their way up the wall; more and more people stacked on top of each other, with those at the top getting closer to the top of the wall.
Suddenly, there came a crashing sound from below, the human stack collapsed, and those at the bottom were crushed to flesh, leaving limbs scattered everywhere.
The guard watching this felt a chill run down his spine, calmingly perplexed by this horror.
"Get out of the way!" someone shouted.
The guard turned his head towards the one who shouted, only to see a headless corpse slumped over the wall.
A pitch-black claw reached out, grabbing the guard's head and retracting it into the black fog, its lowest part was a dagger-like hooked pinky, thin and sharp, slicing through the guard's neck.
Whoosh ~ Bang ~ Bang ~
Black claws reached out from the fog, grabbing at guards on the wall; some were caught off guard and had their necks sliced, dragged into the fog, while others reacted promptly, retreating into the city defense array where the eerie claws were blocked.
Seeing a claw reaching towards Ling family disciples, Ling Yuyan shouted lightly, unleashing a solid Sword Qi like a moonbeam descending, piercing the fog and striking the eerie claw.
Shhh~ The moonbeam Sword Qi sliced through the claw, a deflating sound emerged from the fog, and a dense black mist sprayed from the claw's severed end.
Sizzle~ The edge of the array flickered rapidly after being sprayed by the black fog, under attack.
Ling Yuyan's face changed, hastily shouting, "These black fogs can corrode the city defense array."
If not for the thicker black fog causing a more violent reaction in the city defense array, no one would have realized that the seemingly harmless fog could silently corrode the array.
Hearing Ling Yuyan's shout, Lu Jingfeng's expression changed, quickly forming seals to intervene in the control of the city defense array, discovering the energy pool was depleting at an astonishing rate.
If the corrosion from the black fog continued, Beifeng City's energy pool could be exhausted within half a day, and the array would collapse on its own.
Compared to the Ancient Fire Spirit God's colossal strike against the array, the fog's silent corrosion consumed far more energy.
Since the fog did not directly attack the array, it indirectly increased the array's energy consumption, spreading the depletion to every corner without triggering an alert.
The city defense array covered a vast area, and even a 1% increase in consumption resulted in considerable energy loss.
Furthermore, the fog's energy consumption was well beyond just 1%.
"What should we do?" Asked the headmaster of Beifeng Academy.
Lu Jingfeng's eyes narrowed, resolutely deciding, "I'll lead a group outside to tackle the source of the fog; we can't let it continue corroding the array, or it won't hold for long."
