Twilight Boundary-Chapter 838 - 811: The Altar of a City

Inside, there was a pitch-black, wet Drought Bone Corpse. As this corpse emerged, it could scorch the earth for miles around. Legend says that during the ancient godly wars, the Ancient Emperor used drought ba to control the rain, which seems precisely the remedy needed now.

However, as the Drought Bone Corpse appeared, a dry wind swept through, and the surrounding rain seemed to lessen slightly, but the impact was indeed limited, as heavy rains continued to fall in various places.

"No good."

Those who released the drought ba could only grit their teeth: "This thing, over time, can make the earth scorch for miles, but we are in too much of a hurry now, and it can't stop the rain immediately."

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"They say there's an Old Flood Dragon in the city, reputed to have a millennium's worth of cultivation. I don't believe it, but its mana is indeed powerful; it isn't something an ordinary person can deal with when it comes to this rain."

Outside the city on a low hill, Hu Ma was also reaching out to catch the rain, contemplating, when he heard someone speak. Turning his head, he saw Er Guotou dressed in a green robe, slowly ascending the hill from the other side.

Both of them were concerned about the first battle of the Food Protection Army out of Mingzhou, so they were nearby.

However, the opening battle was different in positioning for both sides, so they were not together. Hu Ma focused on watching the Food Protection Army and the changes in destiny, while Er Guotou needed to measure the terrain and the position of good and evil to set up the altar at each location.

"Each sect has its own skills, but now I feel that categorizing all magic into ten gates is somewhat narrow-minded."

Seeing him arrive, Hu Ma smiled and said, "To be honest, there are no ancestors of ten gates, only ten families who were a bit quicker along the path of magic."

"This Old Flood Dragon isn't a good thing, but it is indeed an anomaly in the world. Its abilities already suggest it has formed its own school of thought, but its path is unique, fully relying on pondering, so it progresses slowly."

"..."

"You've understood too?"

Er Guotou nodded, also turning to look at the rain, and said, "The magic of this world is completely different from what we saw in our previous lives, but now I realize it isn't without traces."

"All things in the world, the realms of yin and yang, have their own logical laws, but by nature, all changes return to the workings of the heavens and earth."

"However, humans are too clever and will naturally detect the loopholes in the workings of the heavens and earth. Detecting the loopholes, they'll exploit them, find bugs, rise step by step, even attempting to seize the authority of the heavens and earth."

"Alas, it was after learning the techniques from your Age Suppressing Book that I gradually understood this principle."

"..."

Hu Ma nodded with a smile: "Still, Mr. Monkey Wine is the more formidable one."

"In the past, he always said things that were astonishing and proved correct, to my great amazement, yet I couldn't comprehend them."

"Now, I've realized, we first learned magic, then glimpsed the truths within, but he first saw through the inner logic, the essence, before delving into magic."

"Different perspectives lead to different levels, and the speed of learning these abilities varies accordingly."

"..."

Er Guotou, hearing this, looked somewhat displeased. Reincarnators instinctively held a sense of superiority over natives, but Mr. Monkey Wine consistently crushed reincarnators and natives equally.

So, in his eyes, the two were always equal.

He waved his hand and said, "Do you have a way to disperse this rain?"

"I'm Shousui!"

Hu Ma was a bit helpless, pondering as he said, "I could blow a True Yang Arrow into the sky to disperse the clouds, but it would be a real waste, and it wouldn't clear them completely, like trying to scoop water with a fist, achieving little for a lot."

"Moreover, even if I managed to disperse them, that Old Flood Dragon could easily summon the rain again. I'd spend seven parts of energy to drive the clouds away, and it would only need one part to call them back."

"..."

"Hehe, then let me handle it!"

Upon hearing this, Er Guotou laughed, waving his wide sleeves with a smile, raising an object in his hand, which was the Yin Yang Two Sceneries Plate.

Hu Ma curiously asked, "What method did you use?"

Er Guotou replied, "That Old Flood Dragon's skill lies in summoning rain, so I set up an altar directly, trapping his spell within Huzhou City. Isn't that perfect?"

Hearing this, even Hu Ma was quite surprised, "You..."

"That's right, I set up an altar and sealed the city."

Er Guotou seemed quite smug, saying, "Brother, I don't even bother setting up an altar smaller than a city these days!"

As he spoke, he held a plate in one hand, shook the large sleeve of the other, and shouted, "Rise!"

Now around Huzhou Prefecture City, and even in the areas connected with lakes and rivers behind it, unknowingly, Command Flags had been placed by him. Because Huzhou Prefecture City was so large, the flags were spaced very far apart.

As he cast his magic, these Command Flags fluttered simultaneously, and invisible ripples spread in layers. The next moment, the vast Huzhou Prefecture City seemed to tremble slightly, as if a hazy mist enveloped the city.

Just as the mist began to spread from within the city, the heavy rain in the sky suddenly intensified, then gradually became a drizzle, and finally stopped.

Not only that, but even the dark clouds scattered, revealing a bright, clear moon.

"Quick, even God is helping us, the rain has stopped, it's time to attack the city!"

In the Food Protection Army, various generals shouted, commanding their troops to quickly charge towards Huzhou Prefecture City.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

On the city walls of Huzhou Prefecture City, those defending the city saw the rain stop, and jumped in fright. They immediately, disregarding costs, ordered their men to fire arrows desperately into the night.

But now that Er Guotou had made his move, how could it be just to drive away the rain? Holding the Yin Yang Two Sceneries Plate in one hand, he merely waved the other slightly, and a fierce wind howled in the sky.

The countless arrows falling towards the Food Protection Army were met by this fierce wind, instantly scattering into disarray. Some arrows tilted slantwise, not knowing where they flew. Even those that fell were light as straw, powerless.

Meanwhile, the second wave of the Food Protection Army had reached the base of Huzhou City walls, throwing down coiled rope ladders against the walls.

Typically, a siege uses ladders that need to be raised high to lay against the walls; the first wave of the Food Protection Army did just that, but obstacles on the walls made it inconvenient.

Now, they deployed rope ladders, though even the soldiers didn't know why they were carrying them, only aware it was upon the order of the central Great General Shen Hongzhi, who claimed it would have clever use when the time came.

Once the rope ladders were down, a surprising scene unfolded. From afar, Er Guotou gently lifted his hand, and the coiled rope ladders suddenly flew upwards, as if lifted by an invisible hand, each one laying directly on the Huzhou City wall.

The soldiers of the Food Protection Army were overjoyed, scrambling up the rope ladders towards the walls.

On the low hill, having cast this spell, Er Guotou was still not satisfied, glancing around, and finally, gently clenched his fist.

Boom!

At the city gate, the Food Protection Army had been repeatedly battering it with large rams, using all their strength, yet failing to break it.

But suddenly, as if the battering ram had gained immense weight, with the final strike, it smashed the city gate into pieces, leaving a gaping hole.

"The city is breached!"

In the pitch-black night, suddenly tens of thousands of voices shouted in celebration, indescribable excitement and joy.

"The army presses on, the city falls in a day!"

Within the army's formation, the Think Tank Iron Mouth and various fierce generals heard the shouting, both surprised and happy, fiercely pounding their legs, "With this battle, how can our Food Protection Army's name not resound across the world?"

Amidst the crowd, Yang Gong also wiped the rainwater from his face, revealing a look of joy.

"Oh King of Mingzhou, prepare to meet your end!"

Meanwhile, inside the city, because the Food Protection Army attacked and breached so quickly, the ceremony by the Niang'er Sect wasn't properly prepared and couldn't even begin before most of the sacrificial offerings had fled.

In the rush, many were still killed, though far from sufficient, yet nothing could be done. They could only close their eyes and chant, whereupon a beam of blood light shot up from the blood below the platform.

In an instant, it vanished, merging into the night.