Published: March 3, 2025
Immediately, the demonic race made adjustments, mobilizing their forces to primarily defend the nine key formation nodes.
As for the less important nodes, they chose to relax their defenses appropriately.
Inside the Spiritual Martial City formation, the arrangements were swiftly felt by Liu Yu, who was on the front lines attacking.
During the assault, the resistance had noticeably decreased.
Guo Poyun, Zhuo Mengzhen, and the other four teammates were able to land their attacks on the faint red light barrier more frequently.
However, due to the limitations of their attack power, the impact on the internal formation nodes remained very limited.
The attacks were blocked by the light barrier, creating only the slightest ripples, and the shockwave that penetrated had no effect even on the spiritual power nodes.
Seeing this, Liu Yu shook his head inwardly.
"Even though the Regret Talisman has weakened the 'Nine Gates Celestial Demon Array' significantly in a short time, its overall power remains at the upper tier of fourth stage lower grade."
"This is not something a golden core cultivator can easily shake."
"Even if I exerted all my strength, I could only slightly affect the operation of the 'spiritual power lines'."
"To wish to destroy the formation nodes is too naïve."
While continuously attacking, he thought to himself, remaining on the sidelines to observe the situation.
After using the fourth stage high-quality Regret Talisman, the morale of the attacking cultivators indeed surged, briefly shaking the formation as a whole.
But once the demonic race made timely adjustments, focusing on the defense of the nine critical nodes, the offensive fell into a prolonged stalemate.
"Bang, bang, bang!"
Three spiritual ships attacked nonstop from fifty miles away, suppressing the formation's own firepower, while one hundred sixty to seventy golden core cultivators were situated twenty miles away, focusing on attacking the formation nodes.
The effects could not be said to be nonexistent, but they were very limited.
Under such circumstances, even when the effect of the Regret Talisman faded, it would be difficult to breach the formation before them; at that point, there would only be a path of defeat ahead.
"Ding~"
The sharp, pale golden spear tip heavily landed on the faint red light curtain, causing ripples to form, and a force penetrated through the barrier, reaching the "spiritual power operation lines" behind it.
Immediately, the lines showed some disorder, and the transmission of spiritual power was slightly affected.
However, with the restoration of the 'Nine Gates Celestial Demon Array,' it quickly returned to normal.
The power of the Setting Sun Golden Rainbow Spear had diminished significantly after a strike, and Liu Yu could only control the spear to temporarily retreat and regain its power.
Aside from him, only Guo Poyun could cause some slight impact on the formation.
As for Zhuo Mengzhen, who was no more than a golden core mid-stage cultivator, and the other four new teammates, their attack power was still considerably lacking, all being negated by the faint red barrier.
Their strength could not even reach the inside to affect the formation nodes or the "spiritual power lines."
As for the spiritual energy nodes buried deep underground, they were similarly protected by the formation, and a vast expanse of land blocked them, making it a poor choice for attack.
...
In the blink of an eye, more than ten breaths had passed.
For the attacking cultivators, the situation had made almost no progress; they still saw no hope of breaching the city.
Gradually, some cultivators' beliefs began to waver, and the thought of a failed uprising brought beads of cold sweat to their foreheads.
This batch of rebellious cultivators threatened the very foundation of the demonic race's rule. Once the Fire Phoenix Clan and the Fire Sparrow Clan regained their senses, they would definitely not let them go and would face ruthless retribution.
A failed rebellion could cost them their lives!