Chapter 419: I Alone Am a City

Chapter 419: Chapter 419: I Alone Am a City

"Ji Chen?"

As soon as these words came out, all the Cultivators of the Yu Realm present couldn’t help being startled, their gazes converging on Ji Chen in unison.

Obviously, this name was already thunder in their ears.

After all, not long ago, this very person had broken into the depths of the Yu Realm alone, smashing city after city, and in Donglin City had defeated Sword Saint Ye Loukai and slain the Yu Realm’s number one prodigy, Murong Lingyun.

Even the Purple Emperor had been alarmed, descending upon Donglin City, yet in the end still failed to keep Ji Chen, allowing him to retreat completely unscathed.

A figure like this — in today’s Yu Realm, there was simply no one who didn’t know of him.

Some people even now, upon hearing the name Hundred Victories Marquis Ji Chen, couldn’t help but feel a chill and terror just from the rumor.

"So you are Hundred Victories Marquis Ji Chen?"

At the front of the formation, an old man gave a cold snort, his gaze pressing over. "They say you are peerlessly Wushuang, that one man can block a thousand troops. Now the garrison within Longnan City has completely withdrawn, yet you still dare to remain here alone. Isn’t that a bit too arrogant?"

Ji Chen had defeated Ye Loukai, beheaded Murong Lingyun, and even managed to slip away safely right under the Purple Emperor’s eyes. His strength truly could not be underestimated.

But to think he could rely on that alone to guard Longnan City single-handedly — in everyone’s eyes, that was nothing but a joke.

No matter how strong one man was, it was impossible to rely on a single person’s power to withstand such a vast army, unless he was a powerhouse in the Emperor Realm.

"Noisy."

Yet in the face of the old man’s words, Ji Chen did not bother to respond. After a cold snort, he brought two fingers together and, without the slightest hesitation, pointed out with a swing.

The Great Dao Sword Intent was stirred, and a streak of world-shocking Thunderfire Sword Aura condensed into being, carrying an unrivaled, terrifying aura as it cleaved straight toward the old man.

"Junior, don’t be so arrogant. Do you really think you can sweep aside a thousand armies?"

The old man coldly snorted. This time, the Yu Realm had rallied its forces and launched a second great offensive, vowing to smash the cities of the Desolate Realm and encircle Divine River. A unit like theirs naturally carried quite a few powerful Magical Treasures.

Now, confronted with Ji Chen’s sweeping sword strike, the old man immediately took out a disc and pressed it down out of thin air.

"Buzz!"

Light surged forth, and a vast momentum boiled instantly. This disc was no Mortal Weapon but an Emperor’s Artifact, effortlessly erasing Ji Chen’s attack.

"Ji Chen, if you know what’s good for you, surrender and leave the city at once. We might yet spare your life."

Within the ranks, more than a dozen people stepped forward one after another, their Cultivation all at Great Saint Realm and above.

Without exception, in each of these people’s hands was an Emperor’s Weapon.

"Even Ye Loukai and Murong Lingyun didn’t dare speak to me like that. And you lot think you can?" Ji Chen sneered, his gaze sweeping over them with open disdain.

"In terms of individual ability, you are indeed very strong. But how can you possibly withstand the endless assaults of my Yu Realm’s armies? If you don’t surrender now, then once the city falls, you’ll surely die without a burial place!"

"Is that so?"

Ji Chen stood tall with his head raised and spoke coldly, "If you have the ability, then go ahead and break through Longnan City and let me see."

"Arrogant!"

Almost the instant his voice fell, the dozen or so Great Saints wielding Emperor’s Weapons pressed forward.

At the same time, behind them, fifty thousand Cultivators also moved, unleashing their auras to the absolute peak. Like a swarm of locusts, they surged toward Longnan City at speed.

"Boom!"

In just a split second, all kinds of terrifying energies erupted one after another, deafening blasts shaking heaven and earth.

Fifty thousand people struck in unison, employing every method to bombard Longnan City’s Grand Array.

Even the most powerful City Defense Array, under such a ferocious assault, simply could not possibly hold out for long.

Under normal circumstances, the city’s garrison would need to sortie to meet the enemy, relieving the defensive pressure on the Grand Array; otherwise, the fall of the city was only a matter of time.

"Roar!"

Suddenly, waves of furious roars rang out.

Then, from within Longnan City, a dense mass of black shadows swept out, startling all the Yu Realm Cultivators, who thought that hidden Desolate Realm Cultivators who had not withdrawn were now revealing themselves.

But when their gazes focused carefully, they realized those shadows were not Cultivators at all, but one giant Demon Beast after another — over ten thousand in number — blotting out the sky as they poured toward them in an endless tide.

"Meet the enemy!"

Someone shouted in alarm on the spot, not daring to underestimate them. They could clearly sense how horrifying these Demon Beasts were — each one actually possessed Cultivation at Quasi-Saint and above.

And not long ago, when Ji Chen battled Murong Lingyun in Donglin City, he had already displayed this very method.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

The great battle erupted in an instant. Faced with this sky-filling horde of Demon Beasts, the Yu Realm Cultivators dared not be careless in the slightest, abandoning their attack on the City Defense Array and plunging into tangled combat with the packs of Demon Beasts.

The battlefield immediately became incomparably chaotic, and the ferocity of the fighting was in no way inferior to any previous war in scale.

In the brutal clashes, swaths of Demon Beasts fell, large numbers of Yu Realm Cultivators died miserably; both sides fought with bloodshot eyes, and the scene was extremely cruel.

"Now do you understand?"

Ji Chen’s indifferent voice sounded. His body slowly rose from the city wall, his gaze sweeping across those dozen Yu Realm Great Saints wielding Emperor’s Weapons as he continued, "I alone... am a city."

"Kill him!"

The faces of the dozen Great Saints all sank. Someone barked a cold order, and they immediately brandished their Emperor’s Weapons and charged to slay Ji Chen.

"Buzz!"

Space shuddered once more. Ji Chen stood with his hands clasped behind his back in midair. Faced with these dozen approaching enemies, he did not move at all, merely standing silently where he was, his gaze cold as it swept over them.

And behind him, after space violently quivered for a moment, nine figures slowly emerged.

These nine were precisely the nine Peak Great Saints he had summoned from the Spirit Emperor Tower during his battle with Murong Lingyun!

"Kill!"

At Ji Chen’s single command, the nine moved as one, pressing forward.

The nine of them had no independent consciousness, like mere puppets. All were clad in black robes, their faces covered with black cloth, features unseen, eyes hollow. Only Ji Chen could command them.

"Boom!"

The fierce battle exploded, shaking heaven and earth.

Faced with the oncoming slaughter of nine Peak Great Saints, those dozen Yu Realm experts wielding Emperor’s Weapons instantly fell into a bitter struggle.

Fortunately, they had the advantage in numbers and, by relying on the Emperor’s Weapons in their hands, joining forces with several people at a time, they broke the enemy one by one and cut down three in succession.

However, before they could even be happy about it, three more figures stepped out of the void behind Ji Chen, each with Cultivation at the Peak Great Saint Realm, directly plunging into the fray.

"He can actually keep summoning experts of this Level?"

This scene at once made the dozen Yu Realm experts all knit their brows tightly.