God of Pets-Chapter 668: Seizing the City

"Zi Donglai, we have no intention of being your enemy. The grievances between you and the Gong and Shang families, you can settle them yourselves. We absolutely will not interfere," someone from another family said from atop the city gate.

"Very well, drive out the Gong and Shang families from Taishan City, and this matter will have nothing to do with you," Chen Guan said indifferently.

"This..." The people from the other families fell silent. They couldn’t really expel the Gong and Shang families, as that would mean offending these two families.

A cold smile appeared at the corner of Chen Guan’s mouth. When someone’s silence is detrimental to you, that silence is choosing to stand on your opposing side.

So, silence never represents innocence.

Without further ado, Chen Guan directly took out the Mountain-Opening Axe and activated the power of My God, swinging it horizontally towards Taishan City with one swipe.

It was a horizontal slash, not a vertical chop, because Chen Guan intended to seize Taishan City intact, rather than destroy it.

The people inside Taishan City did not expect Chen Guan to act immediately without a word.

However, since only Chen Guan acted, they were not worried.

The city defense barrier is not something a single person can break through; usually, it requires an army using joint attack techniques for a siege.

But the Mountain-Opening Axe in Chen Guan’s hand had the indestructible mountain-opening characteristic, and with the blessing of My God, its destructive power was far beyond what a normal cultivator could compare to. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

The terrifying axe light Chen Guan wielded swept across the top of the city wall.

In just an instant, the upper part of the city defense barrier was sliced off like a head being scalped.

After the axe light broke through the city defense barrier, it slashed through the structures above the city, cutting off anything taller than the city walls, as if giving Taishan City a flat-top haircut.

The disciples of various families and the people from the City Lord’s Mansion on the city wall were all scared pale.

Fortunately, when the city defense barrier was broken, they quickly ducked, laying flat on the city wall walkway, thus avoiding being chopped in half.

Now, seeing the flat-top Taishan City, each was terrified pale.

The power of Zi Donglai’s axe was astonishing to such an extent; such power shouldn’t exist within the Grotto Heaven.

One person and one axe breaking a city, what incredible power that was.

Now they finally understood why the Gong and Shang families, despite sending so many powerhouses, were completely wiped out by Zi Donglai and his side. Such power is already invincible within Grotto Heaven.

"Since you’re not my friends, then you’re my enemies. Fight to the death," Chen Guan commanded, and Jin Taohua unleashed the Blood Spirit Army into the city.

Seeing the tide of the Blood Spirit Army rushing in, those who were already frightened by Chen Guan’s axe no longer had the heart to fight. Almost simultaneously, they led their people to flee, those who could escape ran away.

In less than an hour, Taishan City had not a living soul left and was completely occupied by the Blood Spirit Army.

However, there weren’t many casualties. Most of the people from various families fought their way out of Taishan City, fleeing to other places.

Chen Guan’s ultimate goal was to seize the city, not to annihilate everyone. Otherwise, they would not have been able to break through the encirclement of the Blood Spirit Army so easily.

Taishan City, with its geographical advantage, was originally the northern gateway for humanity.

Now that Chen Guan has taken Taishan City, as long as it is defended, it won’t be easy for the Ten Great Families to bypass Taishan City to attack other northern cities.

Chen Guan couldn’t possibly stay to guard Taishan City, so he appointed Chen Si as the City Lord of Taishan City, leading 20,000 veterans originally from Mute City to garrison inside Taishan.

With these 20,000 veterans trained in Purple Sun City guarding, as long as the city defense barrier is maintained, it won’t be easy for others to breach Taishan City.

As long as Taishan City can timely convey messages to Purple Sun City, then the role of Taishan City is fulfilled, giving Purple Sun City an extra day to prepare.

Of course, Chen Guan wouldn’t arm these soldiers with his equipment, but after capturing Taishan City, they also acquired many resources that the Ten Great Families hadn’t had time to take away.

Chen Guan left most of the resources with Chen Si and even had Meng Man stay to assist him, ensuring that Taishan City is well-defended.

Now, the entire Coastal Plain of the north has fallen under Chen Guan’s control. However, short on manpower, aside from having Chen Si guard Taishan City, another key strategic location is the original site of Mute City, which only Chen Suo could lead troops to guard.

Guarding, in fact, means rebuilding Mute City.

Thus, the southern and western gateways are guarded by Chen Guan’s men, but within this vast area, many cities are left undefended by humans, instead becoming strongholds for the remaining demons.

Chen Guan, short on manpower, isn’t hurried to defend those cities. As long as the southern and western gateways are secured, not letting humans in or demons out is sufficient.

As for the north and east, both bordered by Kunwu Sea, the coastline is so long that Chen Guan couldn’t possibly have the manpower to guard it, having to proceed step by step.

The news that Zi Donglai and Jin Taohua had taken Taishan City had spread throughout the Divine Land.

No one had ever heard of anyone daring to so antagonistically offend the Ten Great Families and the Ancestral Court.

Since the Great Demon attacked the Ancestral Court, this was an excitingly fresh news.

"Zi Donglai has offended everyone dearly. Henceforth, he and Jin Taohua can only dominate within Pengxuan Grotto Heaven. If they dare come out, the Great Cave Heaven powerhouses from the Ten Great Families will be waiting outside."

"Being able to rule within Grotto Heaven, disregarding even the Ten Great Families, how many such people exist in the world? Zi Donglai’s life is worthwhile. Even if not advancing to Great Cave Heaven, he could go down in history."

"I’ve heard the Gong Family sent many undefeatable powerhouses to kill Zi Donglai and Jin Taohua, yet were all killed themselves. The strength of those two is now unfathomable."

Chen Guan now finally understood why a single person could never dominate the world.

No matter how strong one person is, they cannot become omnipresent, cannot do all tasks.

To conquer the world, one needs people.

But Chen Guan had nowhere to find people. Despite having such vast territories, without people, it was akin to possessing a wasteland, serving no purpose.

Yet in his current situation, there was simply nowhere to recruit people.

Now that everyone knew he was the public enemy of the Ten Great Families and the Ancestral Court, who would dare come here to seek him out?

Chen Guan couldn’t solve this problem and had to proceed step by step, focusing first on improving his own level.

Without the restriction of awakening, Chen Guan used Heavenly and Earthly Treasures daily to upgrade, and his level increased quite quickly, though the higher it went, the slower it became.

When he reached level 48, his previously stored Heavenly and Earthly Treasures were nearly exhausted, and his Spiritual Power had reached 131,072 points.