Cultivating in Different Professions

Chapter 211: Chapter 145: Drawing the Bow

The sounds of battle cries and demonic roars mingled together, echoing over the whole of Wuling City.

The people of the Inner City looked up one by one toward the Outer City, their faces filled with shock and uncertainty.

Following a colossal BOOM, even the very center of the Inner City felt the earth tremble violently several times.

Then, from the direction of the Outer City, a dense barrage of crossbow arrows flew out in a great arc.

Xie Zuowen, the City Defense Army General of Wuling City who should have been overseeing the battle from the Inner City walls, was not at his post.

He had appeared in a warehouse within the Inner City, one used to store the City Defense Army’s armaments.

"Second Young Master of the Wang Family, could you perhaps explain to me what is going on here?"

Xie Zuowen’s face was grim as he spoke in a cold, hard voice.

"What do you mean, ’what’s going on’? I just came to borrow some weapons, and your men surrounded me. I’d like to ask you what’s going on!"

Wang Guan spoke with brazen self-righteousness. "And it’s not like I’m doing this for personal reasons. I came to borrow weapons to go to the Outer City and fight the Demon Tide! This is for Wuling City! What right do you have to refuse me?"

Xie Zuowen’s expression darkened. He had long heard that this prodigal son of the Wang Family was useless in both literary and martial pursuits. Had he come here just to act like a shameless rogue?

’The Second Young Master of the Wang Family... what an impressive title!’

But in front of him, Xie Zuowen, the boy was nothing more than a worthless little whelp.

"The armaments of the City Defense Army are not something you can just borrow whenever you please,"

Xie Zuowen said coldly. "This time, out of respect for your father, I will not pursue the matter. But if you dare come near this place again, you will be killed without mercy!"

His gaze swept over several of the injured City Guard Army soldiers before finally landing on Xiang Xiaoyuan, who stood behind Wang Guan.

"What are you looking at her for? This was all my idea!"

Wang Guan puffed out his chest, blocking Xie Zuowen’s line of sight.

Xie Zuowen paid Wang Guan no mind at all. "I never thought... The renowned Xiang Family of Wuling City has a Martial Dao master in its midst.

Humph, a Blood Transformation Realm Martial Artist hiding in a brothel. You must be harboring ill intentions!

Men, seize her!"

He barked the order.

"You dare!"

Wang Guan roared in fury.

Xie Zuowen snorted coldly. With a flick of his sleeve, a powerful force slammed into both Wang Guan and Xiang Xiaoyuan.

Even Xiang Xiaoyuan was knocked back several dozen feet by the blow, crashing into a brick wall. A trickle of blood appeared at the corner of her mouth.

Wang Guan, however, fainted instantly.

"You overestimate yourself!"

Xie Zuowen said coldly. "Lock them both up. After the Demon Tide is over, I will deal with them!"

With that, he hurried back toward the city wall.

He had a gut feeling that there was something wrong with Wang Guan and Xiang Xiaoyuan, but with the Demon Tide erupting, he had no time for a detailed interrogation.

’First, I’ll lock them up. It won’t be too late to deal with them slowly after the Demon Tide is over.’

...

"ROAR!"

A heaven-shaking, earth-shattering roar.

A gale-force wind spewed from a demon’s mouth, scattering the volley of crossbow arrows. By the time they fell, they had lost all their killing power, striking the demons’ bodies with pathetic weakness.

Those demons had incredibly thick hides and flesh; they were completely unharmed.

Atop the city wall, everyone’s expression changed drastically.

When the demons had first begun their assault on Wuling City, the defenders had indeed held back the first wave by relying on the Demon-Breaking Crossbows.

Countless unranked and Tier One Demons had been turned into pincushions before they even got close to the walls.

But soon, when the Tier Two Demons appeared on the battlefield, the Demon-Breaking Crossbows lost their suppressive effect.

This single roar had blown away an entire volley of crossbow arrows.

And at this moment, the three Tier Three Demons were still coiled ten li outside the city, not having made a move themselves.

THWACK!

Su Mu swung his saber, cleaving a demon that had climbed onto the wall and sending it plummeting down.

He moved like a phantom along the top of the wall, and every strike he made was guaranteed to take a demon’s life.

Zhong Guizheng, Wei Bufan, and the other Taiping Captains were also fighting desperately on the wall.

Chen Song, Zheng Wang, Zheng Tu, and the other Martial Artists from the Outer City had formed groups of three to five, doing their utmost to defend their section of the wall.

By now, the top of the wall was littered with corpses.

Some were demons, but many were human.

Having lost the suppressive fire from the Demon-Breaking Crossbows, demons had begun to reach the top of the wall, and Wuling City’s defenders quickly started suffering casualties.

Moreover, the number of casualties was increasing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

If not for Su Mu and the other Taiping Captains rushing around to put out fires, the wall would have likely been completely overrun by demons already.

Even so, this situation could not last for long.

The Martial Artists of the Outer City were still too weak.

It took several of them working together just to hold back a single Tier One Demon.

It was only because the majority of this first wave consisted of unranked demons, with few Tier One Demons and the Tier Two Demons having not yet begun to climb the walls, that they were able to hold on.

Otherwise, the defenses on the wall would have collapsed long ago.

The fact that they could still hold the line now was largely thanks to the training Su Mu had given them in the recent past.

It was only at this moment that Su Mu finally understood why Zhang Chenchen and the others were so terrified when they spoke of the Demon Tide.

Only by truly facing a Demon Tide did Su Mu realize how brutal it was. The war scenes from movies in his past life were utterly insignificant in comparison.

This was a level of cruelty Su Mu could never have imagined before.

He had to admit, he had ultimately been too naive about the terror of the Demon Tide.

He had also overestimated his own strength.

With his current power, he was fundamentally incapable of turning the tide of this battle alone.

’I originally thought only the Tier Three and Tier Two Demons would be hard to deal with. I never expected that even unranked demons could be this terrifying when their numbers reach a certain point.’

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