CHAPTER 552: CHAPTER 536: CITY BREACH_1

Deep in the night, moonlight bathed the earth like water.

Nie Zheng utilized his movement technique to stealthily approach the exterior of the City Lord Manor. He stood atop a Spiritual Tree, Spiritual Energy circulating in his eyes, making them deep and profound, as if capable of piercing the world’s very origin.

The Heavens and Earth remained as the Heavens and Earth!

Yet, in his eyes, the world had undergone an enormous change!

The majestic City Lord Manor vanished, replaced by a Spiritual Map that radiated various colored lights, corresponding to different energy intensities.

Around the outermost part of the City Lord Manor, countless formation patterns spread out, crisscrossed like a Sky Net, absorbing energy from the starry sky. It glowed red, hinting at imminent danger. Any outsider who dared to approach would trigger the Formation, to be annihilated by the rampant power of the starry heavens, their corpses and bones nowhere to be found.

Within the expansive City Lord Manor, seven energy light clusters existed, their positions coincidentally corresponding to the Big Dipper.

These seven light clusters were the Seven Star Lords of Beidou Palace!

Nie Zheng gazed for a moment, his brows slightly furrowed. This is a bit troublesome!

He recognized a subtle, almost imperceptible connection between the seven Star Lords, as if a single thought from them could conjure the North Dipper Seven Stars Sword Array! This suggested he had only one chance.

Once he failed, facing the Star Lords who had established the North Dipper Seven Stars Sword Array, he would not even have a chance to escape; he would be instantly killed!

After a moment’s hesitation, Nie Zheng stepped lightly. The aura around him began to transform as he easily bypassed the Formation outside the City Lord Manor. If any powerful observer had been watching, they would have been astonished to discover that the moment he passed through the Formation, he transformed into a ray of light.

A ray of light from the starry sky!

After this battle, I must break through to the Ten-thousand-year Emperor Realm!

「Meanwhile, within the City Lord Manor」

Star Lord Yaoguang sat cross-legged, his gaze like stars, fixated on the candlelight. His fists were clenched, determination evident on his face. His thoughts drifted in the interstices of space-time. Scenes of countless battles echoed in his mind, every fierce engagement featuring blood-stained weapons charging at him.

Ultimately, it’s because I’m too weak! he thought. Among the seven Star Lords, my cultivation is the weakest, only at the Peak of the Thousand-year Emperor Realm, making me a vulnerability in the North Dipper Seven Stars Sword Array.

He felt deeply ashamed and pained by this.

"Dreams are beautiful, but alas, it’s too late!"

Suddenly, a cold voice reverberated in Star Lord Yaoguang’s mind. As this voice sounded, the candlelight began to flicker, its emitted light completely overshadowed by a bone-chilling sword light, losing all its luster.

White Rainbow Pierces the Sun!

Nie Zheng’s ultimate killing technique. Within the same realm, anyone locked on by this strike was certain to die.

CLANG!

The sword’s presence was as bright as day!

At this very moment, the entire Starlight City transformed into daylight.

"Is... is it daytime already?" Star Lord Yaoguang stammered, stupefied. The moment the Sword Qi appeared, it was as if he saw a sun magnifying before his eyes, bringing with it endless sharpness and killing intent, annihilating all things.

The Void began to collapse, and the entire palace shattered at this moment!

BOOM!

The Sword Qi fell.

Star Lord Yaoguang’s head flew into the air, spun a few times in the Void, and then dropped to the ground. Blood flowed from his seven orifices; his life force was completely extinguished. In his eyeballs, seared by the sword light, a trace of confusion lingered.

It had just gotten dark, how did it become bright again?

Standing beside Star Lord Yaoguang’s headless corpse, a bitter smile touched Nie Zheng’s cold face.

A success!

But also a failure!

As an assassin, he had successfully killed his target, accomplishing his monarch’s mission; this was undoubtedly a success. But after assassinating the target, he was unable to make a clean escape. From an assassin’s perspective, this was certainly an imperfect assassination. A perfect assassination should involve meticulous planning, a single fatal blow, and a successful retreat!

However, Beidou Palace was set to leave the city for a decisive battle tomorrow. The time he had was too short; there was simply no time to plan. So, he could only carry out a swift assassination, resigning himself to Tianming and striving his utmost.

Before the assassination, he already knew he was doomed! That was why he had sent that mental message to Star Lord Yaoguang.

And those words—were they not also meant for himself?

Too late!

Far too late!

The repercussions of the assassination instantly awakened the other six Star Lords. They took to the sky, the Laws of Stars erupting from their bodies, illuminating the entire Starlight City.

"An assassin!"

"Seventh Brother was murdered right under our noses!"

"Damn you, assassin! This Lord will grind your bones to dust, extract your soul, and place it beneath the Star Sword to suffer the agony of ten thousand arrows piercing your heart!"

...

The six roared in fury, their eyes blood-red, filled with boundless killing intent. Six Star Swords hovered above their heads, their terrifying Sword Intent suffusing the air. Dazzling starlight, like a river of stars falling from the Nine Heavens, rushed towards Nie Zheng.

The fall of Star Lord Yaoguang meant they could no longer deploy the North Dipper Seven Stars Sword Array! How then could they resist the Qin Army? Nie Zheng had not just killed Star Lord Yaoguang; he had effectively doomed the entire Beidou Palace!

The Sword Qi descended, its terrifying and unparalleled might making the entire city tremble. Thousands of formations rippled, cracks spreading across them one after another, as if they were unable to bear the pressure and were about to explode.

"Your Majesty, farewell!" Nie Zheng murmured, standing beneath the six world-destroying Sword Qi. His expression was calm, devoid of any fear.

To be able to leave behind such a brilliant sword strike on the Primitive Continent was enough for him!

"Seven Stars Align!"

Just then, seven fiery red arrows shot in from the shattered Formation, swift as lightning, carrying an peerless sharpness that pierced through the Void.

Outside Starlight City, Huang Zhong hovered in the air, his white hair dancing wildly, still maintaining his archery stance.

RUMBLE!

The Heavens and Earth shattered!

Sword Qi collided with the arrows!

The outrageously violent shockwave spread outwards, tearing apart the cosmos.

"White Rainbow Pierces the Sun!"

Noticing the support, a hint of a smile appeared on Nie Zheng’s indifferent face. He was no longer passively awaiting death. His eyes filled with a towering battle intent, and he abruptly thrust out the White Rainbow Sword in his hand.

BOOM!

A Sword Qi like a blazing sun split the Heavens and Earth, blanketing the azure sky.

"Not good!" Star Lord Tianshu’s expression changed drastically. "Quickly stabilize the Formation! We absolutely cannot let the Qin Army breach the city!"

He sensed four divisions of the Qin Army outside Starlight City, their presence overwhelming, their weapons bristling like a forest, their military souls condensed, powerful enough to shatter eons.

But his command now was clearly too late.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

"Fight! Fight! Fight!"

The soldiers of the Blood Fight Army, Long Plank Army, Ding Yang Army, and Fan Cage Army roared, their terrifying battle intent surging between Heaven and Earth. Wielding the power of their military souls, they launched a ferocious assault on Starlight City.

RUMBLE!

With a deafening explosion, the protective Formation outside Starlight City, like brittle paper, was instantly torn apart, disintegrating into countless specks of light.

"Kill!" Ma Chao roared, raising his Tiger-Head Gilded Spear. His fighting spirit soared to the heavens, and his eyes blazed like torches, fiercely burning, as if wanting to incinerate the city that had blocked the Qin Army for over fifty days.

"Today is the day I, this General, wash away my shame!" Guan Yu followed closely, his gaze disdainful, revealing a deep-seated hatred.

He would use Star Lord Tianshu’s head to avenge his fallen brothers. He would use the blood of thousands of Beidou Palace disciples to lessen his own guilt.

"Big Brother, what do we do now?" Kaiyang Star Lord asked frantically from within the city, watching the Qin Army swarm over the walls. His face was pale, tinged with a hint of despair.

He knew very well that if they could not deploy the North Dipper Seven Stars Sword Array, they were no match for the Qin Army!