"Don''t panic!"


    The city lord leaned over, looking down from the city wall, and said in a deep voice, "Just likest time when we were surrounded, our mission is simple: stall. Stall until reinforcements arrive."


    "ckstone City is known as a city that can never be breached. It has never been conquered throughout history. They can''t just waltz in and take it."


    "Even Shi Haojun couldn''t do anything to ckstone Cityst time, and neither can they!"


    Upon hearing these words, many people''s expressions eased slightly. His speech helped raise morale, giving the Gu cultivators within the city a newfound confidence for the uing battle.


    "But what if? What if we can''t hold out until the reinforcements arrive?" someone in the crowd asked quietly.


    Yan Pojun narrowed his eyes, revealing a crazed expression, "The Purification Gu didn''t cleanse all of the gue. I secretly kept a portion."


    "If it trulyes to that, I will release the gue on them."


    "No matter how many of them there are, they will die in droves before the gue. If I can''t have it easy, then no one will!" Yan Pojun said venomously, ring down below.As soon as he said this, everyone present couldn''t help but twitch their lips. It was truly ruthless. As expected, the city lord remained as heartless as ever. With such a ck-hearted city lord in charge, they all felt a strange sense of reassurance.


    At that moment, the army of the Great Yin Dynasty below finally made their move.


    Down below, massive cannons with thick barrels were being pushed forward by soldiers and lined up neatly, aimed directly at ckstone City.


    At a rough estimate, there were no fewer than five thousand cannons. Upon seeing this terrifying scene, everyone on the city wall turned pale.


    "This is bad! It''s the Spirit Stone Cannons! Firing just one shot consumes five hundred spirit stones. If they bombard the city’s defensive array, even if the formation isn''t destroyed, it will be severely weakened."


    Yao Chen''s face changed dramatically. Just as he finished speaking, the five thousand Spirit Stone Cannons below began to roar.


    "Boom!"


    "Boom!"


    "Boom!"


    ...


    The dense bombardmentnded on the barrier above ckstone City, producing one earth-shattering explosion after another. The explosions continued without pause.


    The people below covered their ears, their faces pale as they looked up.


    Under the relentless bombardment of the five thousand cannons, the barrier flickered violently, as if the entire ckstone City was shaking.


    Everyone gazed upward in terror, and the sound of crying babies echoed throughout the city.


    After one volley of cannon fire, the barrels smoked white, and soon, another round of cannonballs was loaded. The soldiers then covered their ears and hid behind the cannons. Another deafening explosion followed, and ckstone City''s sky once again turned into a sea of mes. ??


    The second round of bombardment was followed by a third, and the third by a fourth...


    The cannon fire continued without stopping, as if the cannonballs were endless. The countless projectiles pounded the barrier over ckstone City, causing it to tremble and seem on the verge of copse. The bombardment wouldn''t cease until the barrier waspletely destroyed.


    ...


    At the same time, the Geng Metal ore vein was also under fierce attack.


    A group of people armed with knives, spears, clubs, and various spiritual weapons, all of them muscle-bound, were trying to break through the mine’s protective formation under themand of a formation master.


    Outside the protective formation, there were densely packed crowds, numbering at least several thousand. Among them, five individuals exuded the aura of the Spiritual Sea realm.


    Long Xuan rushed out of his small cabin after hearing the sound of an enemy attack. Upon seeing the spiritual weapons in their hands, he was stunned.


    Since arriving in this world, the only spiritual weapons he had seen were swords and des. He had never seen spears, clubs, or hammers... all these different types of weapons.


    But today, he saw them all at once. This group had everything—eighteen types of weapons, not one was missing.


    His first impression was that the counters to his de Gu had arrived. These people were here to deliver experience points to it.


    At this moment, Long Gang shouted loudly, "Most of these people are body refiners! They use all kinds of unconventional weapons, and you don’t know how to handle them. So avoid closebat as much as possible."


    "We can''t let that formation master break through our defenses. Otherwise, the protective formation around the mine will eventually fall. If that happens, we will be in grave danger. Follow me out of the formation, and let''s take down that formation master!"


    Long Gang drew his sword and, with a loud roar, charged outside the formation. The other Long n Gu cultivators followed suit, releasing their Gu insects, and under Long Gang''smand, they surged out like a tidal wave.


    Do not underestimate the defense of the Geng Metal Vein. After all, all the miners here are Gu cultivators—there are at least a thousand of them.


    This force is already massive enough and has the power to face the iing enemy in battle.


    Long Xuan, caught up in the crowd, had no choice but to follow them outside. It wasn''t as if he could stay behind while everyone else charged out.


    Looking at the formation master hidden at the back of the crowd, Long Xuan understood that whether they could hold this Geng Metal Vein depended entirely on whether Long Gang could eliminate that formation master.


    If the operation failed, and the formation master had enough time to break the array, then the Geng Metal Vein would likely be lost. At that point, Long Xuan would have no choice but to escape using his Sou Gu House.


    The battle quickly erupted as thousands of Gu cultivators shed in a massive melee. The sound of fierce fighting filled the air, and casualties appeared on both sides almost instantly. Every now and then, someone would fall to the ground, letting out a scream of agony.


    Although the enemy forces outnumbered the Long n Gu cultivators several times over, Long Xuan soon noticed that thebat power of the physical cultivators was generally much weaker than that of the Gu cultivators. Often, a single powerful Gu insect was enough to bite a physical cultivator to death.


    Moreover, the Long n had the home-field advantage here. If they were ever in danger or suffered fatal wounds, they could retreat into the formation behind them to save their lives. Therefore, even with a numerical disadvantage, the Long n Gu cultivators were not at a disadvantage inbat.


    At this moment, Long Xuan released his own de Gu. Since he had refined it, it had yet to seebat. This was its first battle.


    Long Xuan was eager to see itsbat abilities. Even as its master, he wasn''t entirely sure how strong it was. Thisrge battle was the perfect opportunity to test it.


    As for his other peak-grade Gu insects, he didn''t release them. Everyone in the Long n knew he had the de Gu, but no one had ever seen his other Gu insects. He was saving them as trump cards, not to be revealed lightly.


    If he used them too frequently, others would eventually study them and discover ways to counter them. When he faced a formidable enemy again, he would be in danger.


    After Little Moon jumped out of his insect pouch and saw therge-scale battle unfolding before it, excitement shed across its face. Without hesitation, it rushed into the fray.


    Ever since it followed this master who specialized in survival, it hadn''t fought a single battle. Its body had grown rusty. This sudden war reignited its battle-hardened instincts.


    Thus, the physical cultivators, armed with various weapons, were in for a disaster. The de Gu, having mastered the Ten Absolute de Technique, could dismantle any weapon in the world.


    The Body Refiners, fighting in closebat with their weapons, were simply no match for this de Gu, their natural nemesis.


    Whether they wielded spears or staffs, the de Gu took them down one by one, as easily as chopping vegetables.


    No matter whether the Body Refiners used hammer techniques or whip techniques, even the most obscure weapon techniques, the de Gu would cut through them with a single sh, instantly killing its opponent.


    Before long, corpses littered the ground around it. The de Gu had gone on aplete killing spree.


    The appearance of this mantis, already ughtering its way through the battlefield, soon attracted the attention of the enemy. The physical cultivators, all showing signs of fear, had no choice but to send ten of their strongest fighters to hold it back.


    Thus, the ten des of the de Gu faced off against ten physical cultivators in the Marrow Cleansing stage, and the battle became a deadlock.


    Seeing this, Long Xuan couldn''t help but be stunned. "Good heavens, it''s taking on ten opponents at once?"


    Even though thebat power of Body Refiners was weaker, fighting ten of them at once was still quite an exaggeration.


    At this point, Long Xuan finally understood the truebat power of this fifty-thousand-material-grade de Gu. It had been worth every material he''d invested in it.


    The advantage of the ten-de style was now fully disyed in this battle. With so many des, it could fight multiple opponents at once without falling behind.


    The Body Refiners facing this monster with ten arms were numb with shock. They were now fully experiencing the advantage of having more hands. It was like cheating—anyone daring to fight this monster one-on-one was asking for death.


    The Ten de Style Technique gained fame in this battle. On this day, the Ten de Style became known, slowly spreading throughout the world.


    This was the breakthrough battle for the de Gu, the fight that would make its name. From this day forward, it would begin leaving its own legend in this world.


    The appearance of the Ten de Style also excited some of the skilled de masters. One man, holding a famous de, smiled as he watched the mantis practicing the Ten de Style. His expression showed deep interest, and his battle spirit grew stronger and stronger.


    "Ten de Style? Interesting! Very interesting!"


    "I, the de Tyrant, have traveled far and wide for so many years, defeating countless de masters. I''ve never seen anyone like this using a ten-de technique, and it''s already be aplete system. Truly fascinating."


    "You all back off. Let me fight this Ten de Style!"


    Hearing that someone was stepping in to deal with the troublesome opponent, the ten Body Refiners heaved a sigh of relief and backed off without hesitation.


    Fighting this monster had them feeling like they were full of ws. The mantis could easily find those ws and kill them in a single strike.


    If not for the fact that it was ten against one, and they had teammates to assist them, they wouldn''t havested this long. If the fight continued, they were sure they''d die. This was the feeling in all of their hearts.


    So when someone volunteered to take over, the ten fighters quickly retreated. As they ran far from the battlefield, they realized their backs were soaked with sweat.


    Seeing all his opponents retreat, the de Gu rushed toward the nearest man wielding a named de.


    "Haha! You''reing at me? Good!"


    The man, battle spirit soaring, charged toward it, gripping his famous de.


    "ng!"


    The sound of des shing rang out as the two passed by each other. A human head flew high into the air before crashing to the ground.


    Then, the headless body followed, copsing heavily with a dull thud.


    Despite the chaos on the battlefield, at that moment, everything seemed eerily silent.