Although Gongsun Ancient Formula and the others were filled with indignation and desperately wanted to rush out on a killing spree, feeling they would have no regrets even if they died in battle, they knew Gongsun Xin was right.
After a long while, Gongsun Ancient Formula spoke again, "Then we will kill them after they break the array."
The Gongsun Family temporarily fell silent.
Time flowed on, and a day passed. Of the seven-day city siege, only the final two and a half days remained. However, the Gongsun Family’s Guardian Array remained unbroken.
"Second Brother, why isn’t it done yet?" Sun Zhenwu was getting anxious. Time was running out, and he was truly afraid of some unexpected mishap occurring.
Sun Juguang replied, "Although I asked the Elder for the method to break the array before I came, I am ultimately not proficient in it. I still need a little more time."
"Second Brother, exactly how much longer will it take?"
"Rest assured, it won’t be much longer. At most, one more day."
"Second Brother, I can wait one more day. With our current strength, coupled with the war machine, the Gongsun Family definitely won’t last a day. Please hurry up..."
"I’ll try my best."
Time flowed on, and another day passed. Only a day and a half remained of the seven-day time limit. Seeing that it was dusk again and the moon had already risen, Sun Zhenwu was so anxious he was ready to pull his hair out! Once this night passed, only the final twenty-four hours would remain.
"Patriarch Sun, can the array be broken or not? If we had known this would happen, we might as well have attacked with our full strength and broken the array from all directions together." He Kun and the others were starting to panic. If they surrounded the Gongsun Family but ultimately couldn’t break the Guardian Array, they would become a complete joke.
Sun Zhenwu was also growing anxious and was just about to ask his second brother about it.
Under the moonlight, the Gongsun Family’s Guardian Array suddenly began to flicker before vanishing completely.
"It’s broken! The array is broken!"
The people of the Sun Family roared one after another, their spirits thoroughly reinvigorated.
Sun Zhenwu roared even louder, "Wipe out the entire Gongsun Race! Kill!"
"Kill!"
Everyone immediately unleashed their Beast Souls and charged toward the main courtyard. The war machine leapt high into the air, becoming the first to land. It gripped a fifty-meter greatsword in its hands and slashed down fiercely. The speed wasn’t fast; it looked like a child swinging a toy sword. But the immense sense of oppression it brought was suffocating. Before the blade even arrived, the terrifying gale had already blown away those with weaker cultivation bases.
"All clan members, fight with me!" Gongsun Xin also let out a low roar. Now that the array was broken, they could only fight to the death. Whether the Gongsun Family would stand or fall depended entirely on this battle.
As his roar faded, Gongsun Xin’s body suddenly bulged with muscle. His original 1.8-meter frame expanded to five meters in size, and his arms transformed into Wild Beast claws. This was the Beast Soul Transformation.
After transforming, he went on a killing spree. Those with weak cultivation bases couldn’t even withstand a single strike from him. Blood bloomed across the main courtyard, belonging to both the people of the Sun Family and the Gongsun Family.
Corpses piled up higher and higher in the main courtyard. Amidst the chaos, the war machine claimed the most lives. The main courtyard was filled with members of the Gongsun Family; this machine only needed to continuously swing its blade to slaughter many Gongsun Clan Members.
"At this rate, I’m afraid they won’t be able to hold them off." In the crowd, Ye Xuan furrowed his brows. The people of the Sun Family clearly held the upper hand, especially with that war machine. The longer time dragged on, the more obvious the Gongsun Family’s disadvantage became. If he didn’t know that the Gongsun Family wasn’t destined to lose, he wouldn’t have been able to resist grabbing his mother and fleeing the estate immediately.
Time flowed on. After a night passed, the people of the Gongsun Family had retreated from the main courtyard to defend the inner courtyard. In the main courtyard, corpses were piled high, and blood flowed like a river.
"What are the casualties like?" Gongsun Xin asked softly. He was covered in blood—both his enemies’ and his own.
"Young City Lord, there are only ten thousand people still alive..."
"Ten thousand people..." Gongsun Xin’s face turned ashen. Out of one hundred and eighty thousand people, only ten thousand remained. The battle for the city was truly too cruel.
"Gongsun Xin, make a decision. There is still one day left, but I reckon we won’t be able to hold out until then," Gongsun Ancient Formula’s voice rang out. He looked as if he had aged several decades overnight.
Gongsun Xin, however, shook his head. "It’s not that we can’t hold them off."
"How could we possibly hold them off?!"
Gongsun Xin said calmly, "It’s time to notify the Supreme Elder." He took out a piece of Twin Jade and crushed it in his hand.
Meanwhile, by the lake.
"They actually can’t hold on anymore?" The Supreme Elder’s eyes were filled with immense surprise.
Shaking his head, he stood up. Beside him lay quite a few corpses. These bodies belonged to the people who had tried to target the resource vault over the past few days. The Supreme Elder stepped over the corpses and made his way to the foot of the mountain. The heavy doors opened, and he entered the resource vault. He stored the majority of the precious resources into his Storage Rings. Only after fully packing three Storage Rings did he turn and leave.
At this moment, in the main courtyard.
The people of the Sun Family had rested for two hours when Sun Zhenwu suddenly stood up. "Alright, we’ve rested enough. Let’s hurry up; there are only twenty hours left. Rest assured, everyone. As long as my Sun Family takes control of a city, I will never go back on what I promised you all!"
"Kill, kill, kill!"
The members of the Five Great Clans present added up to only five thousand people. But these five thousand people could not be underestimated. This was especially true for the few experts the Sun Family had invited. Among them were two monks whose cultivation bases were utterly unfathomable.
The battle began anew. Buddhist light bloomed from the bodies of the two monks; whenever they struck, casualties were guaranteed. Soon, Gongsun Ancient Formula was heavily injured and made to spit blood by one of the monks.
Just as this monk was about to strike Gongsun Ancient Formula dead, the air suddenly solidified. A perfectly straight fishhook abruptly appeared above the monk’s head. The fishhook, resembling a needle, pierced straight down.
It was precisely the Supreme Elder’s Void Shattering.
Void Shattering was impossible to guard against. By the time one noticed it, it would already be too late. In an instant, the fishhook pierced into the monk’s head. The monk’s movements came to an abrupt halt. The moment the fishhook entered his mind, the bursting Spiritual Qi completely shredded all the organs and nerves within his brain.
THUD.
The monk’s body collapsed to the ground.
Having killed the monk, the Supreme Elder let out a cold shout. "Five Great Clans, you are courting your own destruction! Today, all of you must die!"
The Supreme Elder’s roar echoed throughout the entire inner courtyard. His body instantly underwent partial beastification. Although his posture became somewhat hunched, the imposing aura radiating from his body shocked all the experts present. As his voice faded, his figure appeared beside Gongsun Xin.
Gongsun Xin was being suppressed by two Sun Family Elders and was already on the verge of defeat. The moment the Supreme Elder joined the fray, it only took him three moves to claim the lives of both Sun Family Elders.
"Supreme Elder." Seeing the old man, Ye Xuan’s eyes suddenly lit up.
The reason he hadn’t fled even at this point was because the Gongsun Family still had a Supreme Elder. Although the elder was assigned to guard the resource vault, if the Gongsun Family truly couldn’t hold on, he would definitely step in. Sure enough, he had come! Ye Xuan didn’t think anyone in the Sun Family was a match for the Supreme Elder.
"You’re the Supreme Elder of the Gongsun Family! How are you so strong?!" Sun Zhenwu’s astonished voice rang out.
Wasn’t Gongsun Wenjin the strongest expert in the Gongsun Family? Gongsun Wenjin was at the 4th Layer of the Earth Spirit Realm. Although the Supreme Elder wasn’t weak, he was nowhere near this powerful!