God of Pets-Chapter 551: Open!
If Chen Guan were using his own name now, he would undoubtedly turn around and leave.
Even if the city couldn’t be breached, it would at least be an act of revenge for the civilians in Celestial Yang City, and he could try again later.
Failing to reclaim Celestial Yang City is preferable to revealing too many of his cards and drawing constant attention and trouble.
But now, he is not Chen Guan; he is Zi Donglai.
"Then I’m sorry, but whether or not I can break the city, I must give it a try." Chen Guan had made up his mind.
Regardless of the outcome, he had to try his utmost.
If successful, wouldn’t the Paperman’s level increase?
Chen Guan watched his team charge; the demon soldiers outside the gate were thinning, and the battle was nearing its end.
"Boss, should we retreat?" Fujimura Reiko quietly asked Chen Guan while the battle was still ongoing.
Breaching the city may be impossible; it would be better to withdraw earlier to prevent the demons from seizing the opportunity.
"No need to retreat; today, we will take Celestial Yang City." Chen Guan calmly said.
"How? We’re all cavalry here, incapable of breaching the city, and we’re outnumbered. We can’t break Celestial Yang City’s defense barrier in a short time, and if we take too long, Nine Demon City will send reinforcements, putting us in grave danger." Fujimura Reiko replied.
"I’ll think of a way to break the defense barrier. If it’s not feasible, we can still retreat." Chen Guan said, mounting and riding towards Mo Qianpo’s corpse.
Calling it a corpse is not completely accurate.
Mo Qianpo was like a vegetable; his body was too robust to die quickly, but his soul and consciousness were shattered, unlikely to ever awaken.
Summoning two Netherworld spirits, he had them rummage through Mo Qianpo’s possessions for anything valuable.
Mo Qianpo’s body was intact; there should surely be some treasures to find.
Secret Treasures, Secret Cores, anything will do.
The two Netherworld spirits practically stripped Mo Qianpo bare and indeed found several items.
On the city wall, Feng Buxiu and others watched, eyes blazing, and someone couldn’t help but shout, "Human, dare you desecrate our Third Lord’s remains, I will flay and rip you apart, making life worse than death!"
"Alright, open the city gate and come out to kill me then." Chen Guan’s words rendered the demon commander speechless, his face flushed red, and the veins on his temples thrrobbed.
Feng Buxiu coldly said, "Bai Xiuyan is already done for, barely able to stand, without combat capability. You only have over three hundred cavalry; once my army is ready, wiping you out will be as easy as pie. Do not defile Third Lord’s corpse; we may at least leave you a complete corpse."
Chen Guan laughed, "Then you should hurry up and wipe us out. I’m right here waiting."
"No need to rush, soon." Feng Buxiu replied calmly.
"You’d better speed up then. Your Third Lord still has life. If you don’t come out to save him soon, I might just finish him off for you." Chen Guan said indifferently.
Feng Buxiu’s face slightly changed, realizing Chen Guan was using psychological pressure.
Sure enough, Chen Guan pointed to Mo Qianpo and said, "I’ll give you a dozen seconds; if you don’t rescue him by then, off to the netherworld he goes."
With that, Chen Guan started counting down from ten.
"Strategist, we have to fight...we can’t let him kill Third Lord..." a demon commander couldn’t help but say.
Feng Buxiu gritted his teeth, "Third Lord is already dead; now he’s just an empty shell, beyond saving."
"But what if he’s not? What if Third Lord can still be saved? We have over seven thousand troops remaining in the Thousand Break Army; we can surely kill them all..." Another demon commander stood out, face twisted in rage.
"No ’what if.’ We must wait, wait until their fighting spirit wanes, wait until their momentum falters; only then can we launch an attack and annihilate them in one fell swoop." Feng Buxiu spoke harshly, "Rest assured, I will bear all responsibility for today’s events. I will explain to the Lords so that none of you are implicated. If you follow my commands, we will definitely kill these humans and avenge Third Lord."
"Strategist, as long as we can avenge Third Lord, we will follow your orders to the death," several commanders quickly said.
"What? Weren’t you so loyal and righteous just now? Now you don’t even have one person brave enough to come out and save your master. Are demons always such disloyal and unrighteous cowards?" Chen Guan finished the countdown but still didn’t see any demon coming out of Celestial Yang City. He didn’t kill Mo Qianpo but instead taunted those on the city wall.
It wasn’t that he didn’t want to eliminate the threat completely, but Mo Qianpo had the Black and White Yin Yang Unpredictable Divine Body; he feared his power might not kill the body. Just now, he only applied mental pressure as a tactic.
"Humans, your little tricks are useless to me. Your soldiers are so fervent and can exhibit such strength because you must have used some overdraft of Dharma Gate or drugs. Once the time runs out, your force and morale will plummet, and you’ll be at our mercy." Feng Buxiu confidently said, "You want to force us into a swift battle? That’s not going to happen. Victory is mine; just wait a moment, and you’ll be fish on a chopping board, to be slaughtered at will."
"Since you’re not coming out, I will go in instead." Chen Guan said indifferently.
"Stop putting on a show. The defense barrier of Celestial Yang City is so strong that even ten thousand soldiers couldn’t breach it. I can come out and kill you, but you’ll only be waiting to die, nothing else you can do." Feng Buxiu had the upper hand and seemed completely in control.
"Is that so? Then I’ll go in and show you." Chen Guan said with a half-smile, spurring his horse towards the city gate.
The Celestial Sun Cavalry, having slaughtered all demon forces outside the city, followed behind Chen Guan, heading towards the city gate.
As they were about to reach the city gate, Chen Guan showed no sign of slowing down, only shouting at the gate, "Open!".
The demons felt Chen Guan was bluffing. With the city’s defense barrier, even ten thousand troops would struggle to breach the city.
He’s no Immortal and couldn’t possibly open the gate with mere words.
Chen Guan didn’t slow down, and neither did the Celestial Sun Cavalry. They held unwavering trust in the Purple General, believing that if he said the gate could open, it would surely open.
At this time, inside the City Defense Department of Celestial Yang City, at the defense core.
A human in soldier’s uniform stood at the defense core, watching lines of demon cultivators transferring Primordial Energy into the core, but it seemed no one noticed him.
"Open!" Gao Weiqiang heard the shout from outside the city and, without hesitation, drew a weapon and struck it into the defense core’s switch, cutting it off instantly, causing sparks to fly and Primordial Energy to leak.
Observing the demons rushing towards the switch in panic, Gao Weiqiang moved like a specter in the Netherworld, unseen by any, passing among the demons, leaving thin cuts on their necks with his twin daggers.
The demons kept falling, clutching their necks, blood spurting through their fingers, unable to approach the core switch.
The City Defense Department fell into chaos; they had no idea what was killing the demons.
"Ghost...ghost..."
...
Chen Guan led the charge, racing towards the defense barrier without slowing down.
If Gao Weiqiang could do it, that would be best; if not, Chen Guan would force his way through.
As he was about to hit the defense barrier, all the demons waited to see the humans crash against it, but suddenly, like an unpowered lamp, the barrier vanished.
Without the barrier’s hindrance, the wolf-like Celestial Sun Cavalry’s mounts leaped over the city walls, some even jumping into the city itself.
The demons were filled with shock and rage, fear gripping their hearts uncontrollably.
Was the human a devil? How did he say "open," and the barrier truly opened?
It seemed like the ability to make words a reality, making this human more terrifying than a devil to them.
"Devil...he’s a devil..."
The military’s morale was utterly shattered, unable to assemble an effective defensive force. The Celestial Sun Cavalry tore into them like wolves into sheep, initiating a one-sided massacre.
