NOVPUBMaster Jin had never been so polite and flattering, but now, his lips were nearly worn out.
Defeating a Golden Core Master was easy, but to kill a Golden Core Expert en masse was a different story. If the opponent was ready for a roaming battle, without the assistance of three or five people, don’t even think about it.
Now, thirty-two Golden Cores had revealed their identities, so even with the City-Protecting Great Array and a numerical advantage in Sleepless City... there were even more terrifying matters.
If he had thirty-two Golden Cores, would he really display them so openly and engage in an honest battle? Even if he were as foolish as a pig, he would have led them to annihilate the Golden Cores of Sleepless City in waves, opting for surprise attacks instead!
He quickly issued an alarm, warning everyone in the city to be vigilant. He rapidly contacted the Nascent Soul Masters outside the city, informing the ancestors that the situation had changed!
It was then that he saw the cave mansion behind Meng Yu open again, with one Golden Core Master after another pouring out.
And more, and more, and more?
Ten, a hundred, two hundred… A full two hundred Golden Core Masters flew into the air, positioning themselves behind Meng Yu.
At that moment, Master Jin reminded himself that everything was an illusion, everything was fake, he had inexplicably fallen for some trick, and what he saw was all false.
It was then that suddenly, through the Communication Spirit Tool, various calls came through.
"There are enemies attacking, more than twenty Golden Cores!"
"Help, help!"
"There are too many enemies, we can’t hold them!"
The cries occurred almost simultaneously, and at that point, Master Jin even saw several Golden Core Masters falling in battle, their Spiritual Energy returning to the heavens!
The enemy had begun to attack; in the brief moment, it was confirmed that there were at least three hundred Golden Cores (misreported, underreported, even overreported), perhaps even four to five hundred!
How could it be, how could it be?
He wanted to say more but saw Cao Defang wave his hand, and the Golden Cores behind him quickly formed arrays. Groups of several charged towards various parts of Sleepless City!
Even two groups provocatively passed by his side, their Divine Sense fluctuating, ready to strike at any moment, but ultimately, they spared him and charged further away!
"How could it be, how could it be?"
Master Jin’s palms tightly gripped his sword, but he had already lost the courage to fight.
It was not an illusion, not a strange phenomenon, but the genuine scene of at least seven to eight hundred Golden Cores mobilizing!
In the distance, the City-Protecting Great Array briefly stopped operating, only to be activated again. This time, however, it enveloped the entire city in a lockdown, sealing all paths of entry and exit completely!
They wanted to catch the enemy in a pot!
Throughout the city, Golden Core Masters flew about, groups of three or five suppressing any dissent.
This was not a scoop of cold water thrown into a hot oil pan, causing instant boiling, but rather a surge of seawater drowning everything.
In the city, major and minor forces, initially in disarray, soon became eerily calm, as the enemy’s Golden Cores shouted from above, "Resistance leads to death without mercy, looting amid chaos leads to death without mercy, disobedience leads to death without mercy!"
Each district was allocated several Golden Core Masters; every key area had Golden Core Masters guarding it. Enemy shadows were everywhere, any power capable of resisting either immediately retreated or prostrated in surrender, or they took the initiative to contact the enemy, declaring themselves good citizens, willing to repent!
For any who dared resist met the relentless iron fists of the Golden Cores!
At the same time, fifty more Golden Cores appeared beside Meng Yu... When had Golden Cores started appearing like cabbages, even counted by tens and hundreds?
Around Meng Yu’s cave mansion, there had initially been six Golden Cores and another seven hidden. But the several nearby had already been wiped out by the charging Golden Core squad, leaving Master Jin standing alone, only a few Foundation Establishment practitioners trembling by his side.
Master Jin looked not far away at an excited Zi Yu, at the pale faces of his companions. Escape was impossible; the City-Protecting Great Array had been seized by the enemy, and Golden Cores were everywhere along the way.
Obviously, he could now choose to kill Zi Yu and then fight desperately… to die swiftly, perhaps?
He suddenly remembered the story of the Sky-splitting Sword Sect from years ago; over fifty Golden Cores had charged into the enemy’s Great Formation, thinking it would be an overwhelming victory, only to see a massive formation of the enemy’s Golden Cores, and their morale collapsed instantly. He had mocked them at the time, thinking there was still a chance by fighting desperately, but now, faced with this situation, he hesitated.
He had spent three hundred years in bitter cultivation, not for this moment of despair in battle.
"Mr. Cao, I surrender..."
He released the treasure sword, saying with a bitter smile.
Begging Cao Defang to spare his life, he had heard that Meng Yu was merciful and soft-hearted, hoping that Cao Defang was indeed Meng Yu.
...
In the Ascension List.
The plot was too contrived, the imagery too fantastical, the scenes utterly explosive, capturing everyone’s attention.
Meng Yu’s cave mansion, like deploying dolls, pile after pile of Golden Cores surged out from the mansion, beginning to suppress the entire Sleepless City!
"How could this be?"
Someone murmured in disbelief, could this be a deception?
Are the people of Sleepless City fools? So many Golden Cores came without any whisper of it?
Were the eyes of the Nascent Souls in the Eternal Night Palace blind?
Countless people, with disbelieving gazes, stared at Meng Yu, and at that moment, an anomaly occurred instantaneously. A Golden Core beside Emperor Ye suddenly lunged toward Meng Yu without any warning, without uttering a word to his companions, and even without consulting the Nascent Soul, but with a reckless momentum as if resigning to fate.
Black Sword Qi filled the sky, the charging Golden Core unstoppable, but Meng Yu simply stood there quietly, without even drawing his sword.
Like a phantom, the charging Golden Core collapsed in midair, disintegrated, and then vanished, like a soap bubble under the sun that bursts and leaves nothing behind.
He didn’t even leave a body behind; all traces of him had vanished.
Clearly, everyone knew, his physical body had died offline.
Everyone was unsure what had happened, yet they could see on the Cloud Map, the Golden Cores aligned with Meng Yu mercilessly slaughtering any who dared resist!
"Mr. Cao, spare my life!"
Suddenly, another individual beside Emperor Ye shouted loudly at Meng Yu and then charged toward him.
"Ah?"
Meng Yu didn’t hesitate but looked at the person somewhat helplessly, "What’s your name, what are you planning to do, and also, where are you?"
The people around suddenly understood why he spoke like that; he was in Sleepless City, he was being attacked or perhaps captured by Cao Defang’s men, hence he was pleading for mercy.
"My name is Xie Mingxian, I’m in the northern part of the city, I’m willing to surrender, please don’t kill me!"
He shouted loudly, his situation extremely perilous, surrounded by five or six Golden Cores, loudly declaring his willingness to surrender if only they could promise not to kill him and so on!
The other side gave him a promise, but he knew well that many who surrendered were killed. Now, you’d better connect with the direct superior personally to ensure you didn’t mysteriously disappear!
Or perhaps, among so many captured people, it was best to register your name in front of the boss first—better than anything!
"Fine, surrender quickly in real life, I’ll remind those on the other side that Xie Mingxian has surrendered, don’t mess up, cooperate well. I’m not one to kill indiscriminately, nor are the others here. We just want to help calm the city down."
Meng Yu settled Xie Mingxian’s panic and then looked at Emperor Ye, whose eyes blazed with fury.
The three Nascent Souls of Eternal Night Palace, Emperor Ye, Lady Meng, and the Honored Twilighter, now facing Meng Yu was Emperor Ye, notorious for his strict control but now, one of his disciples had betrayed him without any hesitation!
"Mr. Cao, what exactly do you want to do?"
Nascent Soul Emperor Ye, enraged, spoke viciously.
"Of course I want to kill your entire family."
Meng Yu spread his hands helplessly, "Buddy, you’ve driven us to our doorstep time and again with threats and temptations, never giving us a way out—am I supposed to just bite my tongue and bear it? I’ve already said it, we’re not the Blood Demon Sect, we’re the Blood God Sect. But either way, shouldn’t I repay tooth for tooth, blood for blood?"
