Science Fiction Novel

“I have already set up the formation,” Luo Feng said, looking at Palace Lord Yuanxiang. “I can make a move at any time.”

Palace Lord Yuanxiang instructed: “First, you must participate in defending the city! Like the other Elder Avatars, you need to intercept and kill the lurking entities. The fewer low-level Primal Chaos Life Forms lurking inside the city, the longer we can hold out. Second, your identity must remain a secret! When you deploy the formation, I will publicly state that I am the one doing so!”

“I understand,” Luo Feng nodded.

Once revealed, he would become a target for all.

Under the relentless siege of the Transcendent Mind-Corrupting Worm and a large group of other leader true bodies, even if Luo Feng could harness the power of Raindrop City to boost himself, he wasn’t confident he could withstand it.

“Go,” Palace Lord Yuanxiang said. “You are now the City Lord of Raindrop City. If you have any arrangements, send me a message, and I will relay the orders to all parties.”

Luo Feng nodded and then quietly left the ordinary dwelling in the outer city district.

Palace Lord Yuanxiang remained hidden there, silently observing everything.

“I have tried everything I can; now, it’s up to fate,” Palace Lord Yuanxiang muttered. Ever since a new legion of low-level Primal Chaos Life Forms joined from outside the city, Palace Lord Yuanxiang could instantly deduce that if things continued this way, Raindrop City wouldn’t even last half a day, let alone more than a day.

Regardless, he had to hold out until the very last moment.

As Luo Feng hurried towards Raindrop City’s core area, he could perfectly sense every movement within the city and pinpoint the locations of the low-level Primal Chaos Life Form lurkers, all by leveraging the refined City-Building Seal.

“My formation is significantly weaker than the Myriad Stars Formation! So, I will target only one elite lurking team!” Luo Feng thought, multitasking by manipulating the formation while traveling. A rumble echoed.

One of the elite lurking teams within Raindrop City suddenly noticed a dark-blue cloud swirling high above them. Luo Feng also mobilized Raindrop City’s vast energy reserves to empower the formation, causing its power to continuously escalate.

“Not good, this formation is gathering right above us; it’s targeting us!”

“Be careful!” Even after several attacks, this elite lurking team still consisted of seven leader-level avatars, five core member true bodies, and 39 core member avatars. They coordinated skillfully, with layers of illusory waves enveloping their surroundings, attempting to resist the formation’s assault.

A terrifying light erupted from within the cloud, instantly tearing through the sky and engulfing the team. The team was shattered in an instant!

“How is this possible?!”

“The power of this formation is even greater than the Myriad Stars Formation!”

“Raindrop City is resisting attacks from outside! How can it still deploy such a powerful formation against us?” Instantly, only three core true bodies from that team barely clung to life.

Under the relentless annihilation of the terrifying light, these three core true bodies were completely destroyed.

In just over ten breaths, an elite lurking team was completely annihilated. Previously, the Myriad Stars Formation attacked several teams simultaneously from a distance. Luo Feng’s current Life-Death Formation, however, condensed directly above a single team, targeting only that one.

This gave the lurkers the impression that this new formation was even more terrifying than the Myriad Stars Formation! “The Myriad Stars Formation has dispersed, and the Elders are fully engaged in resisting the external attacks. How can there be yet another grand formation?”

“This formation also has five to six tenths the power of the Myriad Stars Formation!”

The Elders were all surprised; they could accurately assess the formation’s power!

The Myriad Stars Formation was jointly deployed by Palace Lord Gai and 92 Elders. While Luo Feng’s accumulated power was deeper than Palace Lord Gai’s, his Life-Death Formation, even with the City Lord’s authority to boost its power, could only reach five to six tenths the strength of the Myriad Stars Formation.

“It’s me!”

Palace Lord Yuanxiang transmitted, “I have temporarily suppressed my injuries and can barely exert some strength. I will do my best to intercept those lurkers!”

“So it’s Palace Lord Yuanxiang!”
“Even with his injuries suppressed, Palace Lord Yuanxiang’s slight exertion of power clearly surpasses that of Palace Lord Weiyang and the others!”
“As expected of an Enlightened One who has mastered two and a half Primal Chaos level paths!” The Elders all felt invigorated!

The Elders considered it natural for Palace Lord Yuanxiang to display such strength. After all, before his corruption, Palace Lord Yuanxiang’s power was on a much higher level than Palace Lord Weiyang and the others. The strength he could unleash at his peak was far more terrifying than now; one of him could equal two Palace Lord Weiyangs. Of course, at his peak, Palace Lord Yuanxiang was focused on transcending his limitations and never considered spending battle merits to build a city!

“I also wish I could suppress my injuries!” Palace Lord Yuanxiang felt the Elders’ excitement but, in his heart, felt even more weary and powerless. He was keenly aware that even maintaining consciousness was now a struggle for him! Raindrop City’s core area!

Luo Feng also stood mid-air, gazing at a distant lurking team. Upon seeing Luo Feng, they immediately turned and headed in another direction, having no intention of engaging him.

“These lurkers are all mind-type low-level Primal Chaos Life Forms, and their escape speed is too fast!” Luo Feng sighed inwardly.

“Only by utilizing Raindrop City’s formations can I strike anywhere within the city and calmly eliminate these core lurkers!” Luo Feng continued to control the formation, and as the City Lord, he mobilized vast energy to enhance its power, making it strong enough to strike another elite lurking team.

Booming, terrifying light struck from afar!

“Hahaha, another one annihilated!”
“As expected of Palace Lord Yuanxiang!” The Elders within the city were greatly invigorated!

Luo Feng, guarding above Raindrop City’s core area, also saw a team of Elder-level powerhouses flying past.

“Brother Luo Feng!” The group of Elder-level powerhouses also called out.

“As expected of Brother Luo Feng, daring to hunt lurkers alone!” Luo Feng watched the team.

This team of Elder-level powerhouses had six members: three Elder Avatars and three who were not Elders. There were many in the city who weren’t Elders but possessed Elder-level strength.

Their true bodies were more actively involved in the city’s defense.

Since Luo Feng was actively intercepting lurkers, these powerhouses were naturally quite friendly.

“It’s a pity these lurkers flee too quickly!” Luo Feng said.

“We have Palace Lord Yuanxiang. His true strength is terrifying; even if he can only use a fraction of it, we believe he can lead us through this calamity!” At this moment, the Elders were greatly invigorated. Clearly, Palace Lord Yuanxiang’s ability to suppress his injuries and command a powerful formation gave everyone hope!

After exchanging a few words with Luo Feng, the team flew off to another area.

Their speed was inferior to the lurkers. These Elder teams primarily patrolled the core area to ensure its safety.

After all, many Elders lived here.

With six Elders cooperating and possessing secret treasures, they could hold their own against anything, as long as they didn’t encounter the Transcendent Mind-Corrupting Worm.

Luo Feng pondered.

The Elders always kept track of the Transcendent Mind-Corrupting Worm’s movements and tried to avoid it.

However, sometimes, when that ‘King’ moved too quickly, there was nothing they could do. “The power of the formation I control alone is still not enough!” Luo Feng frowned. The Myriad Stars Formation’s power had reached a threshold capable of destroying leader-level true bodies.

Luo Feng’s formation only had half that power. As ‘God-Emperor Perfection-level’ mind-type low-level Primal Chaos Life Forms, those leaders possessed extremely tenacious life force. They could be heavily injured but were difficult to completely annihilate.

“Your Majesty, our elite teams have suffered devastating casualties!”

“Out of our 39 elite lurking teams, 21 are gone! Eight or nine tenths of those 21 teams have died, and the very few survivors have hidden in dwellings, too afraid to come out again!”

“Now there’s a dark-blue grand formation annihilating an elite lurking team every ten or so breaths. There’s nowhere to hide!”

One by one, the leaders transmitted messages to the King, explaining that first the Myriad Stars Formation, and now Luo Feng’s Life-Death Formation, were primarily focused on annihilating the elite lurking teams!

“Outside the city, a legion led by Yuan Yan has appeared, which should increase Raindrop City’s defensive pressure! How can they still spare such a powerful formation to target us?” The King felt some confusion.

“Your Majesty, the remaining elite lurking teams are starting to panic.”

“If we don’t find a solution, our elite lurking teams might directly collapse.”

One by one, the leaders had sensed the panic and unease among their core members, realizing they were now at a breaking point, liable to collapse at any moment. The King also realized this.

Previously, the lurkers were fearless, seeing hope as the Elders gradually dwindled and the Myriad Stars Formation was forced to disperse, naturally boosting their morale. But now, with the new dark-blue grand formation appearing and intercepting them repeatedly, with no end in sight, how could these core entities not panic?

“All elite lurking teams are to disperse and hide for now!” The King could only order.

It could disregard casualties among its subordinates, but seeing them on the verge of collapse, there was no need to force the issue.

“Understood!”

Disperse and go into hiding, scatter and conceal yourselves.

Immediately, the remaining 18 elite lurking teams received the order, all breathed a sigh of relief, and began to turn their forms illusory.

They dispersed, infiltrating nearby dwellings.

With their spiritual bodies, infiltrating weaker dwellings was quite easy for them. They could quickly control a number of beings, taking over either the avatars or true bodies of cultivators.

Under the concealment of the dwellings’ formations, cultivators couldn’t pinpoint the exact hiding locations of these lurkers.

“Since they’re hiding, there’s no need to pursue them for now!” Palace Lord Yuanxiang ordered at this moment.

“We need to buy enough time; if we drag this out long enough, we will win!” The Elder teams reorganized, each team needing to be strong enough to face the Transcendent Mind-Corrupting Worm. Now that the elite core lurkers within the city had dispersed and hidden, only the King and five leader-level lurking teams remained, still attacking various locations.

“Stop them!” The Elder teams in the core area reorganized. Individuals like Luo Feng and Elder Xingyi, who acted alone, were confident in their own strength.

The largest Elder team consisted of as many as thirty-six Elder-level powerhouses who joined forces to form a grand formation.

Typically, about two Elders would team up.

“Having strength in numbers is useful!”

The King, resembling Palace Lord Weiyang, appeared. One moment it was far away, the next it had already lunged into a team of nineteen Elder-level powerhouses!

“Those with powerful avatars naturally spared no expense in acquiring life-saving items.”

In contrast, the Elders, because their avatars are expendable, rarely possessed life-saving items, or even any treasures at all.

Within one or two breaths, two Elder avatars perished!

The remaining Elder-level beings, aided by their formation, had some resistance, but the King departed instantly.

Moving with complete freedom—this was the hallmark of a Transcendent-level entity!

The King saw Luo Feng, Elder Xingyi, and others from afar, but had no intention of engaging them.

Elder Xingyi was still an Elder, at least, and the King was too lazy to act. As for Luo Feng, who wasn’t even an Elder, the King was even less willing to waste any time!

The King was unwilling to waste time on cultivators with powerful will-based secret techniques or strong soul-protection treasures!

It was willing to pay a greater price against Palace Lord Weiyang and Palace Lord Gai! But dealing with other Elders, it was naturally better to do so as quickly as possible!

It targeted Elders with ordinary will-based secret techniques and soul-protection treasures. As long as a few more fell, once the limit was reached, the city would fall.” The King already saw the dawn of victory.