So Busy

In Black Cloud City.

After being busy for a quarter of an hour, Master Wang had finally finished repairing the damaged city-protecting array, even making it a bit more powerful than before.

“Now, even if a great perfection Nascent Soul Realm Earth Demon comes, they won't be able to break through this array anytime soon.”

“Man, I'm exhausted.”

Wang Xuanyi wiped the nonexistent sweat from his forehead. He took out the Green Bamboo Wine stored in a gourd from his storage ring, planning to celebrate, but then he heard the sound of weeping from outside.

“Elder, please come back!”

“Elder, come back! We don't need to train anymore. Let's go home, let's go back to the sect!”

“Elder!”

Though the noise outside was chaotic, Wang Xuanyi still managed to catch a few useful bits of information.

“Looks like that Yuhui Immortal Sect elder is about to kick the bucket.”

With that, Wang Xuanyi took a large swig of the fine wine.

Even without looking, he could roughly guess how the battle was going.

The Yuhui Immortal Sect elder's strength was only at the fourth layer of the Golden Core Realm, having just stepped into the mid stage. There was no way he could be a match for that group of Shapeshifted Grand Demons.

City Lord Jin Sha was somewhat stronger, at the eighth layer of the Golden Core Realm, which was close to great perfection. In a one-on-one fight, he definitely wouldn't lose to any of the grand demons.

But of course, the enemy had no reason to fight him one-on-one when ganging up on him was so much more effective.

“Belch~”

Wang Xuanyi let out a satisfied belch, wiped the wine from the corner of his mouth, and muttered to himself, “Well, who told me to be such a good person?”

As his voice faded, Wang Xuanyi vanished on the spot. He disappeared into thin air without leaving a single trace of his aura behind, leaving only a tiny crimson petal to slowly drift down and burn away.

On the city wall, the disciples of the Yuhui Immortal Sect had tears in their eyes, their voices nearly hoarse from shouting, yet they were powerless to change any of this.

The soldiers guarding the city felt the same way.

Their strength was meager. Every time a beast tide struck, it was always the successive city lords who went out to face the enemy, while they could only watch the demon beasts devour everything, unable to do anything to help.

Now, an elderly stranger, fighting for the safety of this city and its tens of thousands of citizens, was surrounded and besieged by demon beasts, his life drawing to a close.

How could they not wail? How could they not grieve?

“Look! Did someone just save the elder?!”

At that moment, someone cried out, instantly causing everyone to wipe away their tears as their gazes converged on the battlefield.

Everyone looked up in astonishment, only to see a brilliant, rainbow-like light tear through the sky like lightning, crossing the horizon at an incredible speed.

In the blink of an eye, this rainbow light pierced right through the smoke-filled, battle-torn field where battle cries shook the heavens.

In an instant, the rainbow light arrived beside the elder at a mind-boggling speed. Right then, a figure flashed out from the light and threw a ferocious punch, carrying a powerful momentum that felt like a mountain collapsing or an ocean overflowing!

With just a single punch, all the lesser demons surrounding the elder were completely obliterated!

“You are... a disciple of the Heavenly Martial Immortal Sect!”

City Lord Jin Sha stared at Wang Xuanyi in shock, astounded by his swift and decisive methods. With just a casual strike, he had blown away hundreds of lesser demons, completely clearing the area.

“City Lord, I have fully repaired Black Cloud City's array. It's more than enough to withstand this beast tide. Head back quickly to recover your strength, and wait for reinforcements to arrive before you continue fighting,” Wang Xuanyi said as he held the elder, a bizarre and eerie crimson light swirling around his body.

“Alright.”

City Lord Jin Sha didn't have the luxury to hesitate. The prolonged battle had left him utterly exhausted; if this continued, he probably wouldn't even last another burning of an incense stick.

Instead of wasting his energy here, it was better to head back, rest for a moment, and then fight again.

“You want to leave? Dream on!”

The tiger demon roared, lunging toward City Lord Jin Sha. Seeing that their prey was trying to escape, the other four demons immediately revealed their true forms and charged forward alongside the tiger demon.

“A bunch of skewers can't wait to be grilled, huh?”

Wang Xuanyi sneered. As he blinked, countless runes surged from his eyes. Pairs of bizarre, phantom eyes instantly locked down the surrounding space, forcing the five demons to a sudden halt.

The silent and sinister space suppressed them. Their beastly instincts screamed at them that this person was extremely dangerous, and that they would die if they took another step forward!

City Lord Jin Sha froze. Looking at the warped, compressed, and heavily suppressed space around him, a chill rushed from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.

“What are you dazing off for? Hurry up and run!”

“Oh, right!”

Wang Xuanyi's urging made City Lord Jin Sha feel as if he were facing his own master, leaving him slightly dazed.

The five demons could only watch helplessly as the trio left their encirclement and headed straight back to Black Cloud City. It was only after Wang Xuanyi departed that the eerie, locked space finally dissolved.

Within the thunderclouds, the purple eyes opened and commanded, “Attack the city!”

“Yes, sir!”

The five demons replied respectfully and led their army forward.

Clearly, that person had seen through the disguise. Not only were the five demons affected, but even he, an Earth Demon, had been suppressed for a brief moment.

But it didn't matter. They were merely putting up a desperate, final struggle.

Under the previous impacts, Black Cloud City's city-protecting array was already overwhelmed. This time, they would definitely take the city and launch their invasion into human territory.

On the city wall, everyone craned their necks, watching the returning rainbow light with bated breath. It was only when the light landed right before them that they finally let out a sigh of relief.

“Senior Brother Zhu—”

“Save the thanks for later. Make some space.”

Everyone quickly retreated to both sides, leaving a large open space.

Wang Xuanyi didn't hesitate either. He took out a Primordial Qi Pill and a Vitality Pill from his storage ring, tossing one to City Lord Jin Sha as he said, “This will help you recover from your injuries.”

“Thank you.”

Catching the pill, City Lord Jin Sha swallowed it without delay. The pill fully exerted its medicinal effects, and the wounds on his body began to heal.

Having no time to marvel at the miraculous pill, City Lord Jin Sha immediately sat cross-legged to recover his strength. Having even a fraction more power meant a fraction more safety.

Wang Xuanyi's side, on the other hand, was rather violent. He crushed the pill, turning it into a pool of golden liquid, and poured it directly down the elder's throat.

The majestic force of vitality instantly began to repair the old man's injuries and damaged meridians. Wang Xuanyi placed both hands on the elder's back, guiding the spiritual energy to gather within his body.

Next, he took out a jar of Green Bamboo Wine from his storage ring and poured it forcefully into the old man's mouth.

“...”

Crushing pills, forcing down wine... such a crude and violent method of treatment was completely unheard of to everyone present.

But none of them dared to question him.

After all, it was Wang Xuanyi who had saved the two of them.

“Oh no! The beast tide is almost at the boundary!”

Having just relaxed slightly, everyone's hearts immediately leaped into their throats. If even two Golden Core Realm cultivators couldn't fully stop the beast tide, what hope did they have of holding it back?

“Tsk, what are you panicking for? They won't be able to break the city-protecting array,” Wang Xuanyi said impatiently. He then produced a piece of jade engraved with strange, ancient runes and crushed it instantly. As if receiving a command, the previously damaged array began to rumble loudly.

Golden array patterns spread out, covering and enveloping the entirety of Black Cloud City. A barrier far sturdier than before materialized at the boundary, blocking the advance of the tens of thousands of demon beasts.

“This is...”

Not only were the soldiers and the Yuhui Immortal Sect disciples stunned, but even City Lord Jin Sha was completely dumbfounded.

Although Wang Xuanyi had mentioned earlier that the city-protecting array was fixed, Jin Sha had never expected it to be this strong, to the point of being able to withstand the onslaught of five Shapeshifted Grand Demons.

Seeing this, Yu Linglong's heart was filled with a mix of complex emotions.

Not only had Wang Xuanyi not blamed them for their initial rudeness, but he had also saved everyone's lives. She had no idea how she could ever repay such a profound debt of gratitude.

“Once this is over, I must thank him properly,” Yu Linglong thought to herself.