The Lord of Void and Real
Chapter 1528

Chapter 1528: Chapter 1524: Qingqiu Reappears Chapter 1528: Chapter 1524: Qingqiu Reappears “Damn it!” The Nameless Elder's eyes were about to split open, and he bellowed in rage.

Then Shen Luo saw densely packed figures emerging on the City Wall, all of them leaping into the air and descending toward Tianji City.

Shen Luo's gaze tightened as he saw that over half of these figures were Puppet Armors of varying sizes, all radiating strong fluctuations, at least at the Great Mahayana Stage.

The remaining figures were all clad in black robes, evidently monks beyond the Great Mahayana Stage.

Seeing this, the Nameless Elder raised his hand and shot a crimson light from his sleeve into the pitch-black night sky where it burst forth.

Scattered crimson light revealed the character “Danger.”

For the first time in hundreds of years, Tianji City had issued an order for crisis, signaling an unprecedented emergency. All people in the city were mobilized immediately to defend the walls.

Instantly, numerous beams of light soared into the sky within Tianji City, Yan Patterns ignited at various points on the City Walls, and a giant golden light curtain rose first, enveloping the entire Tianji City within it.

Following that, cries of battle erupted from various locations within the city, countless Puppet Armors were dispatched, their numbers far exceeding those flying out from the Mechanism City, swarming like a dense cloud towards the Mechanism City.

“Since you dare to storm the city, today you'll be trapped like a rat in a hole; none of you shall escape,” the Nameless Elder looked up towards Che Qingtian on the Mechanism City Wall and shouted.

Shen Luo watched this spectacular scene, utterly shocked in his heart.

The Nameless Elder ordered people to protect Elder Manbo and then said to Shen Luo, “Friend Shen, the situation today is urgent, I'm afraid we'll need your full effort.”

“Just give the order, Elder,” Shen Luo replied with a salute.

“Elder Fu Hai, Elder Yu Ji, you two join forces to activate 'Annihilation,' spare no expense to destroy that Mechanism City, and don't let any of the controlling monks escape. Eliminate them all,” the Nameless Elder looked at two Elders behind him and ordered.

“At your command.”

The two did not hesitate long before taking a golden token from the Nameless Elder and departed.

“Friend Shen, let's go too,” the Nameless Elder said.

“Go? What about Che Qingtian?” Shen Luo asked, somewhat surprised.

“Take a closer look, that 'Che Qingtian' is merely a Puppet Armor, the real body is elsewhere,” the Nameless Elder shook his head and stated.

Shen Luo concentrated and activated his Spirit Eye Divine Ability to look, and indeed, it was not a real person.

“No wonder it is only him standing alone, without any sight of the people from Hou Shan. So, they are launching such a fierce attack as a diversion, to cover their true motives,” Shen Luo suddenly realized.

“Exactly, they have been scheming to get the Elder's Token of Tianji City, the real motive lies there.”

Shen Luo followed the direction the Nameless Elder was pointing, and saw a massive shadow in the fiery night.

“Qingtian Mechanism,” Shen Luo frowned and said.

“Let's walk and talk. They must have already started breaking the prohibitions of the Qingtian Mechanism,” the Nameless Elder said.

With that, he turned and rushed towards that direction.

Shen Luo and Nie Caizhu hurriedly followed.

“Isn't the Qingtian Mechanism a key force guarding Tianji City, and only the City Lord can drive it?” On the way, Shen Luo asked, somewhat puzzled.

“Usually, that's the case. However, in emergency situations, even without the City Lord, the Qingtian Mechanism can be controlled with the tokens of the five Great Elders,” the Nameless Elder explained.

“Even so, they only have two tokens in their hands, they shouldn't be able to control it, right?” Nie Caizhu said.

“It is said so, but don't forget, Che Qingtian is a descendant of Che Yuan, the first-generation City Lord, and this Qingtian Mechanism was refined by the first-generation City Lord himself. Whether there are any secret mechanisms known only to his descendants, perhaps only he knows,” the Nameless Elder said solemnly.

Just as he finished speaking, battles erupted all over Tianji City, with lightning and fire flickering everywhere, and roars resounding through the night sky.

Shen Luo heard a rumbling from behind and immediately turned around to look, only to see a crimson armored puppet, nearly thirty feet tall, rising from behind.

On its neck, there were two heads side by side, one facing forward and the other backward, and on its waist were four arms, each holding a saber, a sword, an axe, and a fork, its body emitting a dense murderous aura as if it were a living being.

Shen Luo knew that this was the “Annihilation” puppet armor the Nameless Elder had mentioned, and he couldn't help but admire its combat strength, which probably wasn't inferior to ordinary Taiyi Cultivators; otherwise, it wouldn't merit the simultaneous control of two Elders.

The giant puppet armor then crouched down, and in a sudden leap, it soared a hundred feet into the air and heavily stomped down towards the floating Mechanism City.

“Boom!”

A thunderous roar sounded, and the entire Mechanism City heavily dropped, though it did not immediately fall, it nevertheless sank slightly.

Following that, shouts of killing erupted from the Mechanism City, and several figures lit up with Escape Light, floating in the air, attacking the “Annihilation” puppet armor.

At this moment, Shen Luo suddenly sensed a very familiar aura and immediately looked carefully in that direction.

Among those controlling Magical Treasures in mid-air attacking the Annihilation puppet armor, he recognized a familiar figure; it was unexpectedly Elder You Li of the Qingqiu Fox Clan.

Shen Luo's movement hesitated, and he stopped.

He looked around carefully and was surprised to find that among the black-robed figures around, quite a few revealed characteristics of the Fox Clan during the battle, obviously also from the Qingqiu Fox Clan.

“Friend Shen, what's wrong?” the Nameless Elder asked, frowning upon seeing this.

“The ones invading Tianji City seem to be people from the Qingqiu Fox Clan…” Shen Luo voiced his conjecture.

“What? The Qingqiu Fox Clan? Are they seeking death? They just caused a big disturbance in Chang'an City, and now they dare to cause trouble in Tianji City?” the Nameless Elder suddenly said in anger.

“It seems the matter has become even more complicated,” Shen Luo muttered thoughtfully.

“Let's not worry about this side, let the other Elders handle it, and we'll head to the Qingtian Mechanism. If it also falls into the hands of the enemy and gets controlled, then Tianji City will be in great turmoil,” the Nameless Elder said worriedly.

“What about Junior Master…” Shen Luo hesitated.

“I've already consulted the City Lord on the way here; he's currently in seclusion at a critical moment, and probably can't leave to deal with this situation. Otherwise, the things he's refining might fail. Right now, we can only handle it ourselves first,” said the Nameless Elder, with a deep frown.

Even he was unclear about the purpose of this seclusion of the City Lord, only vaguely knowing it had a great connection with Shen Luo.

Hearing this, Shen Luo's expression slightly changed, showing additional concern.

“Don't worry too much, as long as we handle the situation outside well and eliminate all these invaders, we won't need to disturb the City Lord,” the Nameless Elder said.

“Okay,” Shen Luo responded, nodding.