Gao Wu: A centenarian old man, many children and good fortune! Chapter 155

Xiao Yan’s voice grew increasingly impassioned, increasingly filled with fervor!

In his deep-set eyes, a palpable, bone-chilling killing intent burned fiercely!

“This journey to Xuzhou is a perilous one, a dance with death! Perhaps, many of us will forever lie entombed in that land, stained crimson with blood!”

“But!”

His voice suddenly soared, like a clap of thunder!

“Our sacrifice will not be in vain! Our blood will water the fruits of victory! Our will shall become an immortal monument!”

“We shall use the heads of our enemies to mourn the innocent souls who met a tragic end!”

“We shall proclaim humanity’s unyielding resolve with the annihilation of the Blood Ghost Cult!”

“Tell me! Are you! Afraid to die?!”

“No!!!”

Tens of thousands of warriors were completely ignited by Xiao Yan’s iron-blooded and passionate pre-battle mobilization! They raised their weapons high, unleashing deafening roars! The soaring battle intent and killing aura almost tore through the clouds in the sky!

Even the Blazing Sun War King and Zhao Meng, among others, were infected by this fervent atmosphere, their eyes gleaming with excitement!

“Good!!!”

Xiao Yan nodded in satisfaction, his Thunder Prison Blade suddenly pointing towards the southeast!

That was the direction of the Fourth New Xuzhou!

“Since you’re not afraid to die! Then… follow me!”

“Level Xuzhou! Annihilate the Blood Nest!”

“Depart!!!”

With a single command!

Like a mountain collapsing into a tsunami!

Tens of thousands of warriors, led by their respective commanders, marched with neat and determined steps, like a steel torrent, surging out of the city!

Various models of armored vehicles, hover transporters, and… special aircraft designed to carry transcendent powerhouses, were already waiting outside the city.

Xiao Yan, along with the Blazing Sun War King, Zhao Meng, and the hundreds of transcendent powerhouses, were the first to board several flagship-class assault cruisers, which were the fastest and had the strongest defenses.

Their mission was to act as the “spearhead” of this counterattack, to penetrate the heart of Xuzhou at the fastest possible speed, tearing open a fatal breach for the subsequent main force’s assault!

As the engines of the flagship-class assault cruisers roared deafeningly and slowly ascended.

An unprecedented counterattack on Xuzhou, destined to be etched in history, finally… officially began at this moment!

The fate of the Fourth New Nanjing City, and even the future of the entire Eastern Alliance defense line, would be ultimately… decided in this clash of blood and fire!

And Xiao Yan, this newly appointed, unfathomably powerful city lord, would also reveal in this battle his terrifying fangs… capable of making even gods and demons tremble!

The flagship-class assault cruiser, like a black arrow piercing through a sea of clouds, sped through the sky at an astonishing speed at an altitude of ten thousand meters. Outside the portholes, the vast land continuously receded, and… the air gradually became thinner and more oppressive.

After several hours of rapid flight, a massive city outline, shrouded in a dense blood mist, like an ancient behemoth sprawling on the ground, finally appeared at the end of everyone’s vision.

That was the once prosperous, now hellish — Fourth New Xuzhou.

Even from hundreds of kilometers away, everyone could clearly feel the nauseatingly dense scent of blood emanating from the city, and… that terrifying resentment, almost solidified, filled with malevolence and despair!

Inside the assault cruiser’s command cabin, the atmosphere was extremely heavy.

Everyone’s gaze was fixed on the main screen.

It displayed real-time images of the outskirts of the Fourth New Xuzhou, transmitted by high-altitude reconnaissance satellites and unmanned reconnaissance drones.

In the images, the once clean and wide streets were now covered with ruins and congealed bloodstains. Most of the once towering buildings had collapsed, turning into a wasteland.

On the city walls, the emblems and flags symbolizing the Alliance’s glory had long been torn and trampled, replaced by countless nauseating crimson skull flags fluttering in the wind!

Large numbers of Blood Ghost Cultists, clad in black or crimson robes, swarmed like ants, patrolling inside and outside the city walls. Their sheer numbers were enough to make one’s scalp tingle!

Occasionally, one could also see some massive, terrifyingly aura-emitting mutated beasts, chained by thick restraints by the Blood Ghost Cultists, roaming the city and emitting heart-pounding low roars.

The entire city was enveloped in a deathly, despairing crimson mist, like a… true city of death!

“Beasts! These beasts!”

Zhao Meng looked at the gruesome scene on the screen, his fists clenched, his teeth grinding, his eyes spewing out anger that almost seemed to burn!

Although he had experienced countless bloody battles and seen countless cruel scenes, this completely demonized city still filled him with unprecedented anger and… disgust!

The Blazing Sun War King’s face was also ashen, his eyes filled with sorrow and… a hint of deep self-reproach.

If… if they had discovered the anomaly in Xuzhou earlier, if the Alliance had taken action earlier… perhaps, this city would not have fallen to such a tragic state.

Xiao Yan’s face still held that calm and indifferent expression, but in his deep-set eyes, a coldness colder than ten thousand-year-old profound ice flickered.

“Lin Wei, synchronize the latest intelligence to all participating units.”

His voice was terrifyingly calm.

“Yes! City Lord!”

Lin Wei immediately responded, quickly operating the control panel in front of her.

Soon, encrypted intelligence data chains were sent through the flagship’s communication system to every assault cruiser, every armored vehicle, and even… every transcendent powerhouse’s personal terminal.

The content of the intelligence made everyone who saw it gasp!

According to the latest intelligence gathered by “Ghost Eye” and subsequent scout teams who risked their lives, the number of Blood Ghost Cultists within the Fourth New Xuzhou was at least… over three hundred thousand!

Among them, the number of “Blood Guards” who had reached the fifth-grade transcendent level exceeded five thousand!

The number of “Blood Shadow Elders” who had reached the seventh-grade War General level was at least… over fifty!

And the War King-level powerhouses stationed in the city, besides the black-robed War King previously captured by Xiao Yan in the Misty Canyon, there were at least… two more! Perhaps even more!

This did not even include the even larger number of mutated beast legions enslaved and modified by the Blood Ghost Cult!

But that wasn’t the most terrifying part!

The most terrifying part was… the altars!

Intelligence showed that within the entire Fourth New Xuzhou, the Blood Ghost Cult had built at least… twenty blood and flesh altars of varying sizes!

These altars, with the massive bone altar in the city center as their core, formed a vast and evil energy network!

They could not only continuously draw negative energy from the depths of the earth and the resentment of countless sacrificial victims, providing incredibly terrifying “blood energy amplification” to the Blood Ghost Cultists and mutated beasts within the city, greatly enhancing their strength, speed, and recovery abilities!

More importantly!

The evil energy fields emanating from these altars would also have an extremely strong “energy suppression” effect on all non-Blood Ghost Cult aligned life forms!

Under this suppression, the strength of human warriors would be weakened by at least thirty percent! Perhaps even more!

With the ebb and flow, the difficulty of conquering this demon’s den, guarded by countless altars and heavily armed forces, was simply… unimaginable!

“Twenty altars… energy amplification… energy suppression…”

Zhao Meng looked at the description in the intelligence, his brows tightly furrowed, his face becoming even more solemn.

“This battle… will be tough!”

Even the usually composed Blazing Sun War King, after seeing this detailed intelligence, couldn’t help but gasp, his eyes filled with deep worry.

He had expected the situation in Xuzhou to be very bad, but he hadn’t expected it to be… this bad!

This was simply… a meticulously laid death trap!

“City Lord…”

The Blazing Sun War King looked at Xiao Yan, hesitating to speak.

He wanted to persuade Xiao Yan, perhaps… to reconsider the battle plan? Or… to first tentatively attack the periphery and see the situation?

However, Xiao Yan seemed not to notice the worry in his eyes, only staring coldly at the twenty red dots on the sandbox, which were prominently marked as blood and flesh altars.

A moment later, he slowly spoke, his voice calm, yet carrying an undeniable resolve!

“The altars… are the key.”

“As long as these altars can be destroyed, the Blood Ghost Cult’s amplification and suppression effects will be greatly weakened.”

“At that time, they will be a group of… toothless tigers!”

He raised his head, his gaze sweeping over all the solemn-faced generals and powerhouses in the command cabin, a cold and confident arc forming at the corner of his lips!

“If that’s the case…”

“Then we will… pull out their teeth first!”

Before his words even faded!

He suddenly turned his head to look at the Blazing Sun War King beside him!

“Blazing Sun! You and I, as the spearhead! We will break through first!”

“Target—the Xuzhou outer altars!”

“Destroy them at the fastest speed! Clear the obstacles for the subsequent main force’s assault!”

What?!

Hearing Xiao Yan’s daring, almost insane decision, everyone in the command cabin, including the Blazing Sun War King, instantly widened their eyes, their faces showing incredible shock!

Two… two people?!

Just the two of them, were they going to raid a demon’s den that was heavily guarded and had at least twenty altars providing energy amplification?!

And they were going to destroy those heavily guarded altars?!

This… this was simply… suicide!!!

“City Lord! No!!”

Zhao Meng was the first to react, anxiously trying to dissuade him.

“Xuzhou City is fraught with danger! Although you and the Blazing Sun War King are powerful, two fists are no match for four hands! What if…”

“There is no ‘what if’!”

Xiao Yan directly interrupted him, his eyes sharp as knives, filled with undeniable authority!

“My decision is final!”

He looked at the Blazing Sun War King, his gaze burning.

“Blazing Sun War King, do you… dare to venture into this dragon’s den with me?!”