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Chapter 1,900: Stalemate

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These massive bricks, though not extraordinarily huge, each shone with a brilliant luster, smooth as jade. They not only instantly sealed the breach, but when a special spell technique was activated by the sky-bound cultivators, each brick flashed with light, seamlessly merging together to form a perfect, undisturbed seal—seeming as though they had always been one unified whole. Even more remarkable: as the breach in the city wall vanished, several towering buildings of hundreds of zhang height within Yiding City suddenly grew slightly hazy, their surfaces now densely adorned with numerous characters and symbols. As these symbols flowed and rotated, they instantly coalesced into intricate, varying-sized spell arrays. With a resonant roar, the buildings magically transformed into colossal earth-and-stone automata. Each automaton had a blurred face, appearing only as a single, massive eye, yet possessed full limbs. At the prominent, room-sized hollows on their exposed bellies, several human cultivators could be seen, standing with their feet planted on the seven stars, each holding peculiar devices, intently working and displaying expressions of intense urgency. These giants roared suddenly, then instantly surged upward, taking several great strides to reach the space above the city walls, and without hesitation, swiftly clenched their hands together. A fierce gust of cold wind surged up, and countless blue light points materialized out of thin air, rushing toward and gathering within their palms. In an instant, one after another, towering spears of crystalline ice, each a hundred paces long, rose like celestial pillars, and were then seized by the giant puppets' hands, launched downward with powerful force. A thunderous roar erupted! As the ice spears flashed past, they dissolved into streaks of deep blue light, vanishing from the giants' hands. Yet the next moment, as the super-beast was about to reach the towering walls of Yitian City, a violent ripple in the space surged forth—thousands of brilliant beams of blue light erupted mysteriously from the void, flashing past and piercing through the super-beast’s mountain-like body, each transforming into a hundred-foot-long ice spear that burst into fragments upon impact. The strange, piercing cold power contained within the ice spear seemed to have originated from some immense divine technique. Upon bursting, it instantly transformed into vast clusters of shimmering blue mist, each spanning several mu, enveloping the already severely wounded beasts and sealing them in place—turning them into towering, translucent, pristine blue ice mountains. Their protective luminous aura proved utterly incapable of withstanding this onslaught! These were sheets of glowing red talismans, each engraved with countless golden and silver characters, appearing profoundly mysterious. Yet, as soon as they detached from the fingers of the human cultivators, they dimmed and faded, dissipating into streams of pale mist—losing all their instantaneous power at once! At the same time, the human warriors stationed on the city walls, having exhausted the power of their weapons, began retreating swiftly toward the city's base. In their place, waves of human cultivators clad in four-colored battle robes began appearing densely on the walls, raising a variety of luminous magical artifacts that shimmered with radiant energy, unleashing cascades of five-colored light halos that surged toward the advancing ranks of lower-tier monster armies pressing close to the city's defenses. Where the light halos struck, the lower-tier monsters were instantly reduced to ash. Indeed, the power of these magical artifacts far surpassed that of the human warriors' weapons. So many cultivators launching their attacks simultaneously, though few among them were of high rank, the sheer momentum was enough to stir the heavens and earth, causing the sun and moon to tremble. The lower-tier beasts, lacking the protection of super-beasts, though numerous in number, were swiftly decimated, half of them wiped out in moments. As the super-beasts and the lower-tier armies faltered, the万象 magic riders stationed behind, urging their mounts, remained undisturbed—instead, their magic clouds surged forward with renewed speed, roaring in powerful gusts. Under the clear instructions of the leading high-rank cultivators, the human cultivators stationed on the city walls immediately redirected the power of their artifacts, shifting their focus decisively. As the myriad artifacts glowed with vibrant light, they seemed like stars in the sky, thundering toward the distant magic clouds. "Pffft!" "Pffft!" Several deep resonant sounds echoed. The magic clouds violently churned, and massive black seals surged forth, spinning in the sky before coalescing into vast, intricate arrays of black sigils. Rain-like implements struck the array, sending resonant booms across it, yet the array only trembled slightly before firmly absorbing all the impacts. At that moment, however, a mage knight within the magical cloud suddenly raised one hand. Black energy rolled down from her grasp, coalescing into long black blades several feet in length, which she then slashed violently toward the sky. Countless streaks of black blade light, each stretching ten zhang, surged upward in a powerful surge from the cloud. A tremendous explosion reverberated throughout the heavens. As soon as these countless human magical implements came into contact with the black blade streaks, they were instantly severed and shattered, cascading downward in brilliant, colorful light that illuminated the entire sky. Moreover, upon a single cry from the mage knight beneath the array, she launched her black blades directly into the vast celestial array, where they plunged into the structure, transforming into streaks of dark light. The symbols emitted a sharp, resonant hum, and as black light surged and flashed, black giant blades of dozens of zhang in length coalesced at the center, rising straight and upright. With a slight shimmer, they surged forward and severed the city walls with a sudden, powerful strike. All the human cultivators atop the city were instantly thrown into panic—some gritted their teeth and pressed on with fierce assaults against the demonic spirit array, while others hastily summoned defensive artifacts to shield themselves. At the center of the array, the massive black blade emitted a resonant hum and then vanished into scattered points of dark light. A cold, resonant cry erupted once more from a colossal demonic warship. Upon hearing this sound, the demonic knights in the cloud of mist drew sharp expressions of anger, roared loudly, and then struck their seated warhorses with force, transforming into brilliant streaks of black light that shot forth. Covering several miles, these knights crossed the distance with mere flashes of movement. The various attacks aimed at them were deflected by a shimmering layer of black light that surfaced on their armor. Only a few knights, struck simultaneously by numerous artifacts, cried out in pain and were forcibly knocked from their mounts. In a matter of moments, the hundred thousand万象 magic cavalry reached the city's defensive light shield and, with both hands, violently swung their heavy weapons, unleashing countless astonishing beams of dark light directly at the shield. The magical beasts upon which the demonic knights rode also displayed their own prowess—some spewing towering columns of fire from their mouths, others hurling massive gusts of wind blades with the mere pressure of their horns. With such overwhelming assaults, the city's defenses, once steady, began to flicker wildly and soon proved utterly unable to withstand the pressure. Yet these万象 magic cavalry, with just a single wave of attack, were determined to press straight onto the city's walls—while the lower-tier human cultivators' magical attacks seemed completely ineffective against the demonic knights. The human city's massive stone and earth automata, meanwhile, appeared to have only sustained the initial strike, then reverted back to their original towering architectural forms. But within one of the colossal towers, rising a thousand zhang high, a series of clear, resonant tones suddenly rang out. At the same time, the surrounding space rippled, and thousands of human cultivators instantly materialized in the void around the tower. Their expressions grave, their bodies momentarily unsteady, they swiftly formed a vast array centered on the tower, standing still with bowed heads and eyes lowered. With a single hand raised, they began chanting in unison. Streams of five-colored spiritual techniques, manifesting as countless luminous sparks, surged rapidly into the tower. The surface of the tower shimmered with brilliant hues of five colors, and then a deep, resonant hum began to rise. These bronze figures bore heavy armor, some wielding long gongs and lances, others carrying sturdy bows and crossbows. A few rode renowned bronze spirit beasts, while even more commanded war chariots stretching ten zhang in length, advancing with unwavering composure straight at the magical knightly forces. Upon witnessing this, the chief of the magical forces aboard the great vessel seemed momentarily stunned, but then emitted a sharp, cold exhalation and roared again. Countless magical knights immediately revealed their fierce expressions and swiftly advanced to meet the army of lifeless figures. On one side, fearless and impervious to blade strikes; on the other, formidable and powerfully equipped. Once the two armies clashed, they became entangled in a fierce, enduring struggle, weaving together into a dense, unified mass. Seizing this moment of respite, a series of brilliant, dazzling streaks of light erupted across the massive walls of Yitian City. As the radiance faded, they solidified into thousands of high-level human cultivators of varying heights and statures. With a single roar, countless treasures surged forth and joined the battle. Although the human bronze automaton army clearly could not match the Wànxiàng Magi cavalry, the arrival of these high-level cultivators immediately stabilized the situation, and with relentless support from the lower-tier cultivators stationed atop the walls, they even began to gain a subtle advantage. At that moment, the Jialun War Demons moved forward silently, covering a distance, and stared coldly at the human army.