Cultivation: When you take things to the extreme

Chapter 1079: Chapter 655: Offense and Defense

Swords drawn, crossbows tensioned, ready to unleash their power!

Facing the encirclement from all sides, Xu Yang did not say much, returning to the Palace of Ten Thousand Dao to once again activate the Admiring Eye of Heaven.

This time, the enemy had gone all out, investing a massive amount of war resources and various rare treasures, combined with the Lords and Heroes’ Special Skills, to form a siege pattern around him, enveloping his Territory World at the center,

significantly increasing the pressure on his defense.

Over the years, having developed and plundered so many fragments into himself, his Territory World had become a true small world, no longer the isolated and unsupported island it originally was.

Apart from the initial Yellow Sky City, he had built many towns, villages under the towns’ influence, strongholds, fortresses, and clusters of economic and military structures. The entire territory’s scale had surpassed that of a nation, reaching the level of planets, entire worlds, with a population nearing a hundred billion.

For such a vast Territory World to still be besieged on all sides showed just how much strength the Demon Abyss had mobilized.

Although after so many years of development, his own power had also grown explosively, recruiting tens of thousands of Heroes, as well as hundreds of billions of War Soldiers and auxiliary soldiers, it was still unrealistic to think about defending the vast border of the entire territory.

Such a strategy would place too much pressure, spread his own forces too thin, and give the opponent chances to break through one by one. The only viable defense was to hold the cities and withstand the attacks from all directions.

Xu Yang had already prepared for this, having dispatched his Heroes to the “Four Symbols City” constructed by the Heavenly Craftsmanship Institute at great expense.

The Four Symbols refer to the four mythic creatures, upon which the Four Symbols Great Array was placed; the four main cities being the Azure Dragon in the east, the White Tiger in the west, the Vermilion Bird in the south, and the Black Tortoise in the north.

Beneath the Four Symbols Main Cities were seven subsidiary cities, forming the Four Symbols and Twenty-Eight Constellations. Below the constellations were countless strongholds, serving as the foundation for the array, creating a tightly-knit war system.

Now, Xu Yang’s main force Heroes were stationed in these Four Symbols Main Cities and Twenty-Eight Constellation-sub-cities, supporting each other to form a Four Symbols True Spirit Formation, resembling the Cycle of Heaven Constellation Map, to face the assaults from all sides.

The Azure Dragon City in the east, held by Gongshu Ling and the Heavenly Craftsmanship Institute, had, in addition to the Four Symbols True Spirit Formation and the Cycle of Heaven Constellation Map, constructed a multitude of defensive buildings, and all sorts of Formation mechanisms were prepared to their fullest, along with numerous Heavenly Craftsmen and a large number of Engineering Heroes, Engineering Troops.

With such forces stationed there, this eastern Azure Dragon City and its seven sub-cities could be seen as an impenetrable barrier; the Heavenly Craftsmanship Institute, along with a host of Engineering Heroes and various Engineering Troops, manipulating Formations and mechanisms, combined with the enhancements and repairs from the Azure Dragon Formation to other defense structures…

Even if the Demon Abyss focused its main offensive in the east, trying to take down the Azure Dragon Main City and its sub-cities would be an extremely difficult task.

The east was so formidable, and the west was not to be underestimated either, with Ksitigarbha’s Nether Palace as the main force. Apart from Ksitigarbha, the peerless Immortal Spirit Hero, there were also the converted Shi Pi and Jiu Panpo, as well as Diting, Golden Robed Child, the Ten Yama Kings, and other followers.

So many Immortal Spirit and Mythical Heroes, plus the Disciples and Demon Army converted by him over the years, meant that the military strength of the western White Tiger City even surpassed that of the Azure Dragon City guarded by Gongshu Ling.

Although the west corresponds to metal and the White Tiger specializes in slaughter, the effects of the White Tiger Formation were not quite compatible with Ksitigarbha’s Cultivation Method, but Buddhism had humble Bodhisattvas as well as wrathful Vajra, and while not Ksitigarbha’s primary practice, its application in combat was not far off, making the White Tiger City another exceedingly difficult fortress for the Demon Abyss to conquer.

The remaining southern Vermilion Bird City and the northern Black Tortoise City were guarded by Hua Mulan and Ao Chi, respectively.

Because both of them had not yet advanced to Immortal Spirits, their power fell short compared to the eastern and western cities. To compensate, Xu Yang allocated all the powerful Heroes under his command to Hua Mulan, and even had the Mythical Lv Qiling act as her deputy. Ao Chi, on the other hand, received assistance from the Mingxiao Taoists and a group of Magic Heroes.

Thusly, the Four Symbols and Seven Stars were all ready to defend, leaving only the central area vacant. Excluding Xu Yang himself, the newly established Ten Thousand Dao Heavenly Palace, and the supporting Five Palace Disciples and Twelve Tower People, nothing else remained, not a single Hero left behind.

But this was enough. And now, it was time to see what the enemy could do.

Xu Yang returned to the palace and activated the Admiring Eye of Heaven to survey all phenomena.

Suddenly…

“Boom!!!”

The Admiring Eye of Heaven cast its gaze, first towards the eastern boundary, where a scarlet expanse was seen, filled with blood and filth.

Since it was a “battle to the death,” both territories were connected, so home field advantages were not as distinct. Or rather, within one’s own territory, there were respective home field advantages.

As Xu Yang used the Admiring Eye of Heaven to observe the enemy, extending beyond the scope of his own Territory World, it was naturally resisted by the enemy territory, and not clearly visible, because the “Heavenly Dao” force of one’s own territory could not overpower the “Heavenly Dao” force of the opposing territory.

However, it didn’t matter. When destiny falls short, Divine Power compensates; when Divine Power falls short, intrinsic Skill Characteristics come into play!

Xu Yang exerted his Mana, combined with the imposing stance of the Heavenly Palace and the power of Taoist Soldiers.

Just like this, he stood opposite the enemy, a match of even odds.

But as Spells were activated and Skill Characteristics compounded…

“Boom!!!”

With the opening of the Admiring Eye of Heaven, Divine Light shattered illusions, piercing directly through the dense blood-fouled boundary, revealing a clear scene before his eyes.

In the eastern boundary, opposite the Azure Dragon City of the Four Symbols, a Blood Sea tumultuously surged across tens of thousands of miles. Within the Blood Sea, countless buildings and billions of Demon Soldiers, males with hideous forms and females with proper beauty, were none other than the Blood Sea Asura!

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