Super God Grandmaster
Chapter 389 - 389 376 Immortal City Turns into a Sea of Fire

Chapter 389: Chapter 376: Immortal City Turns into a Sea of Fire Chapter 389: Chapter 376: Immortal City Turns into a Sea of Fire Atop the city’s walls, the crowd loomed over like a dark cloud about to press down.

“I think we have to leave, dying here is not worth it. We have to preserve our strength, isn’t there a saying, ‘Even if we lose it, as long as the hills remain, we will never run out of wood for cooking.’ If there are no people left, what’s the point of having Heavenly City?” continued Xiong Shuobo. “We won’t be able to hold them off, we really won’t. We shouldn’t all die here. It’s not worth it. It would be better to save our people for a combined attack with the Immortal and Demon Domains against them.”

“Are we going to give up Heavenly City just like that?” Gu Xueyun was still a bit unwilling.

“Even if you don’t give up, you won’t be able to defend it. Do you think we can hold on for two days? That’s impossible. The Army of Death is right behind us! And what’s worse, the demonic and evil worlds are aiding them. We just can’t withstand that. Even the people of the Immortal and Demon Domains won’t get here in time,” Xiong Shuobo explained.

At this point, a disciple also chimed in: “Yes indeed, if we can’t defend it, why should we die defending it? This isn’t a time to prove anything by making a sacrifice. We ought to preserve our people.

Then, team up with those in the Immortal and Demon Domains, and make a strategic move against the Dragon Slaying Clan again. What is the use of dying here for nothing? It would be better to save our people and assist those in the Immortal and Demon Domains.”

Xiong Shuobo added, “That’s right, we still have many innocent elderly and frail people. If they stay here, they would all die, just like in Wasteland City, which was entirely razed to the ground. Truly not worth it. Preserving our people is the best option.”

Fang Ziren looked at Gu Xueyun and asked, “Junior Brother Gu, what are your thoughts?.”

“What Brother Xiong said makes sense. However, giving up our Heavenly City just like that is such a pity.”

“There’s no point to having a city if there are no people left. The city only has meaning if we are alive.”

Boom, boom, several fireballs flew over, capitalizing on the thick mist. The sun hadn’t risen yet, shattering the peaceful mountain silence.

“They won’t get here from the Immortal and Demon Domains in time. We shouldn’t let our people die for this city. We should save people, defeat the Dragon Slaying Clan and the demonic and evil worlds. It can be rebuilt. Stop hesitating,” Xiong Shuobo proposed.

Panic began to surge among his underlings.

Gu Xueyun walked over and quietly said to Fang Ziren, “These people don’t have any confidence, plus they lack experience. Even Immortal City would have a hard time defending against this, let alone us. People are too anxious right now to hold on. There’s no guarantee that we can wait for Qiao Fanfeng and the others to arrive.”

After a glance, Fang Ziren finally said, “Alright, let’s prepare to escape through the secret tunnel. But someone must stay behind to cover for us, otherwise, they will enter the city quickly and none of us will be able to get away.”

Hearing this, Xiong Shuobo nodded continuously and everyone soon came to a consensus.

All they could do was to hold out as long as possible with the aid of numerous Winged Dragons, thereby buying time for those in the process of escaping and arranging for them to retreat in staggered groups.

Mutant Winged Dragon and his men, along with the disasters from the demonic and evil worlds lunged at them, leaving a batch of people behind and not bringing all their forces to bear at once.

Fang Ziren commented, “Why didn’t they bring all their forces to bear at once?”

“Perhaps they were unable to deploy their forces in an organized manner, so they decided to send a group first,” speculated Gu Xueyun.

Fang Ziren nodded, assigning Xiong Shuobo to coordinate their operations. Their plan was to evacuate through the secret tunnel in approximately four hours.

After a round of fighting, six hours later, the people of the Heavenly City Sect truly did escape through the secret tunnel, directly abandoning Heavenly City.

The forces of the demonic and evil worlds and the Dragon Slaying Clan swiftly invaded the city.

Xishan Gui was somewhat stunned. Even after fighting for three days, they hadn’t broken into the city. Yet, when they teamed up with the Dragon Slaying Clan, they surprisingly broke into Heavenly City within three hours, making it hard for him to believe.

Gao Ba glanced at the Mutant Winged Dragon, who remarked, “Look, I told you they wouldn’t be able to hold on very long.”

Fang Ziren and the others took the secret tunnel and quickly fled to the foot of the mountain.

…

Ye Chen and his group found Jiang Ouyang. As predicted, under the cover of darkness, Jiang Ouyang’s group had made their escape.

Only then did Jiang Ouyang find out that Immortal City had been taken.

At this point, the Zen Master and his troop had already descended from the mountains.

Ren Xiongbei also rushed back to the Immortal City.

What was once the coveted Immortal City was already reduced to rubble, reeking of corpses. The black smoke, as if it would never disperse, lingered on. Not a single building in Immortal City was left intact.

Among the stacks of corpses, Su Zhanze found his father’s body which had already been dead for two days.

Staring at Ye Chen, Su Zhanze accused, “Couldn’t you all have come sooner? If you had arrived earlier, my father wouldn’t have had to die.”

Upon hearing this, Li Mo gave a cold laugh. He particularly disliked people who liked to shirk responsibility onto others, and retorted, “Do you all blame us? Do you know that we later encountered the Zen Master and his troupe? I think you all asked for this, you didn’t heed our advice and retreat. You mistook our warning for bossing around. This is the price you have to pay for it.”

Struggling to stand up, Zhan Ze retaliated, “What did you say? We asked for it, did we?”

Li Mo sneered, “Didn’t we ask you to return? Didn’t you promise to? Why aren’t you back now? Afraid we’ll snatch your credit? You’ve brought this upon yourselves.”

“You’re mocking us,” Ren Haotian also stood up.

“How dare I mock you? We’re simply neurotics who make decisions based on our sixth sense.”

Ye Chen stepped forward, waving his hand at Li Mo to stop, and he did.

The disciples of the Immortal City Sect have long collapsed into tears.

Ren Xiongbei was plunged into self-blame, regretting not rushing back. But everything happened too fast. Immortal City had been breached. Aside from the Hell Tower, the entire place had turned into ruins, filled with decaying bodies—it was now a dead city.

There was no need to defend it any longer.

Jiang Ouyang met with Ye Chen. Ye Chen said, “It seems you have to take your people to Demon Palace City.”

Jiang Ouyang looked over, and at this moment, everyone was in panic.

Ye Chen added, “You need to find a refuge—there’s clearly no point in staying in Immortal City any longer. You, with your elderly and weak, might be better off in Demon Palace City. If not, you should at least find somewhere safer to hide.”

Ren Xiongbei felt a pang of heartache, as he presented the price of his mistake.

Someone worriedly commented, “The Dragon Clan has truly joined forces with the demon realms.”

Ye Chen then said, “I don’t know when this will all end, but you should hurry and take the people of Immortal City to hide in Demon Palace.”

Jiang Ouyang said, “Ye Chen, I have a few words for you.” He led Ye Chen to a secluded corner of the city.

Jiang Ouyang said, “Before his death, the Sect Leader wanted you to take his place, and become the Alliance Leader.”

“What…you’re joking, right?” Ye Chen had trouble believing this.

“No, it’s not a joke. The Sect Leader has already sent his will to Qiao Fanfeng. I trust he will know what to do when he receives it,” Jiang Ouyang said. “The Mutant Winged Dragon is cunning. He believes that Brother Qiao may not be able to contend with him and hopes that you can lead us instead.”

“There’s really no need for this. Even if I’m not from Immortal city, not a disciple of the Immortal and Demon Domain, I’ll still commit myself fully to help the Immortal and Demon Domain fight against the Dragon Clan.”

“No, if you’re not the Alliance Leader, many people won’t listen to you. Take this time for instance, Brother Ren didn’t heed your advice. Had he done so, had he rushed back on time, Immortal City wouldn’t be broken and none of this would have happened.”

“Let’s talk about this later, I won’t accept this.” He knew there were more important things to be done.

“The sect leader has already passed his will to Brother Qiao, and I believe he will understand the meaning behind it. Now, in the Immortal and Demon Domain, it’s clear we’re at our most dangerous. What’s more, the Dragon Clan has fully aligned themselves with the demon realms, cutting off any escape routes for us. They will surely join forces to attack us in the Immortal and Demon Domain, we have nowhere to run.”

“Let’s settle these people first.”

“Let’s do as you say, we will go to the Demon Palace. But please promise me, promise our deceased sect leader. He saw clearly that the Mutant Winged Dragon is cunning. Our original plan was to have you become the Alliance Leader, but we fell into their trap and the situation fell into their hands. The more he fears you becoming the Alliance Leader, the more it proves that our discussion was correct. We’ve come to understand that no one in the Immortal and Demon Domain can match the Mutant Winged Dragon, except you.”

“I’m not as good as Sect Leader Su makes me out to be.”

“Our belief in the Sect Leader’s judgment remains unwavering; please agree to the request of a dying man.”

“Eat something. Rest assured, whether I become the Alliance Leader or not, I’ll do my best.” Ye Chen said.

Ye Chen walked over to Li Mo, who was still unhappy and rumbling about the earlier decision. “These people from Immortal City Sect… reacting this way after something happens, not realizing their mistakes and blaming us instead. We asked them to come back, they called us neurotic, and now they’re blaming us for not coming to save Immortal City quickly enough.”

“Enough, they just lost people, of course, they’re upset. You should understand,” Ye Chen responded as he walked over.

Li Mo finally stopped talking.

“They’re rattling on so much for someone so distressed. When they’re upset and complaining, just pretend you didn’t hear it.”

Li Mo said, “I mean, how could they be like this? When something goes wrong, they don’t look for their own faults but shift the blame onto others.”

“You’re no different,” Ye Chen said. “After all, with so many dead, who could accept this? Immortal City is in ruins now, just forgive them.”

Only then did Li Mo stop talking.

Jiang Zhuge asked curiously, “Ye Chen, what did Jiang Ouyang tell you?”

“He told me that before his death, Sect Leader Su wanted me to become the acting Sect Leader of Immortal City and also the Alliance Leader of the Immortal and Demon Domain. Moreover, he said that he would convince Qiao Fanfeng.” Ye Chen replied.

“I think we’re better off not getting involved in their messy affairs; if something goes wrong, they’ll certainly blame us,” Li Mo advised.