Chapter 493: Falling Sakura Like Blood (13)

Chong Wenguma's brow furrowed even deeper.

"Who?"

"Is it someone from the Omiya Family?"

Sato Kenji wiped the sweat from his forehead, his voice dropping even lower.

"Currently… it is not clear."

"However, the opponent's strength is immense. The City Guard of the West City simply couldn't withstand it and were… almost instantly annihilated."

Hearing the word "annihilated", Chong Wenguma's face showed not a single ripple of emotion.

He only turned his head back coldly, casting his gaze once more toward the heart slowly materializing above the city center.

"Then send more people over."

His voice carried no emotion whatsoever, as if those who died were not his subordinates, but a group of insignificant ants.

"No matter who the opponent is, I will not allow anyone to disrupt Lord Yingzheng's resurrection ritual."

"Understood?"

That invisible pressure instantly drenched Sato Kenji's back in cold sweat.

Daring not to hesitate even slightly, he hurriedly bowed and scraped.

"Yes! Yes! I understand!"

"I will go mobilize all the City Guard right now and stop the intruders outside the inner city at all costs!"

Finishing his words, he scrambled away on all fours, as if staying even one more second would result in him being executed on the spot by this moody lord.

On the other side.

As the defense line of the West City Wall was completely torn apart, more and more of the City Guard surged in from all directions.

They tightly surrounded Insect Emperor Caesar and the other two, anger and murderous intent flashing in their eyes.

"It is them!"

"Kill them! Avenge our fallen brothers!"

A newly arrived City Guard commander drew his Katana, pointing it from afar at the three people in midair, roaring at the top of his lungs.

Thousands of the City Guard raised the weapons in their hands simultaneously.

The next second.

Countless skill lights lit up once again, intertwining into an even denser web of firepower that shrouded toward the three of them.

Facing this saturation attack sufficient to raze a small hill to the ground.

Kalen instinctively wanted to charge up again and take it head-on with his body.

However, Insect Emperor Caesar, who had been sitting quietly atop the black throne, couldn't even be bothered to glance at the attack below.

He merely raised his hand and tapped gently against the throne beneath him.

"Hum—"

The black throne instantly erupted with a piercing roar.

The next second, supporting Insect Emperor Caesar's body, it transformed into a pitch-black lightning bolt, instantly shooting upward at a terrifying speed far exceeding several times before.

Those dense skill attacks all fell into empty air, failing to touch even the hem of Insect Emperor Caesar's clothing.

"What?!"

"Such fast speed!"

The City Guard below let out a chorus of exclamations.

The commander's expression changed drastically; watching helplessly as that streak of black light soared over their heads and flew straight toward the huge Pendulum of Life high above the city center, terror gripped his heart.

"Stop him!"

"Quick! Quickly stop him!"

"You absolutely cannot let him approach the Pendulum of Life! Do not let him fly into the inner city!"

He roared frantically, commanding his subordinate ranged Professionals to shift their attack direction.

However, Insect Emperor Caesar's speed was simply too fast.

By the time they reacted, that streak of black light had long vanished outside their attack range, leaving only a shrinking black dot in the night sky.

Just as everyone's attention was drawn by Insect Emperor Caesar.

A charming and lazy voice drifted out faintly from behind them.

"Everyone, your opponent is not him, oh."

The City Guard commander was startled and abruptly turned around.

He saw that unawares, the stunningly beautiful woman dressed in a long black dress with dual wings on her back had silently landed amidst the formation behind them.

She stood there quietly, a bewitching smile hanging on her face, her pair of purple eyes shimmering as if they could hook away everyone's soul.

"It's the intruder from earlier!"

"When did she sneak around behind us?!"

"Kill her!"

The surrounding City Guard reacted, immediately raising their weapons, changing direction, and aiming at Polina.

However, Polina acted as if she didn't see the blades aimed at her.

She merely raised her slender hand, gently covering her red lips as she let out an elegant yawn.

"What a group of rude men."

She lowered her hand, her purple eyes narrowing slightly as she swept across everyone's faces present.

"Since that's the case, then all of you… quiet down a bit."

The moment her voice fell.

An invisible energy fluctuation centered around her silently spread outwards like ripples.

That mist carried a strange, sweet fragrance, resembling some sort of fatal temptation.

The City Guard who inhaled the mist trembled violently.

The angry and vigilant expressions on their faces instantly froze, and the weapons in their hands dropped accordingly.

Following that, their gazes began to blur and scatter, ultimately replaced by a fanatical, infatuated adoration.

After being dazed for a moment, those City Guard actually turned around slowly.

Using that fanatical and infatuated gaze, they looked at their former comrades not far away who hadn't been affected.

Then, they raised the butcher knives in their hands.

"Stab!"

One City Guard unhesitatingly shoved the long saber in his hand into the chest of the companion beside him.

Fresh blood gushed out.

The ambushed soldier lowered his head in disbelief, looking at the blade piercing his chest, then looked back up at that familiar yet unfamiliar face, his eyes filled with bewilderment and incomprehension.

This was merely just the beginning.

"Stab! Stab! Stab!"

The continuous sounds of blades entering flesh sounded exceptionally harsh in the silent night.

A sudden, unprovoked massacre among themselves erupted explosively within the ranks of the City Guard.

"What are you all doing?!"

Watching this bloody and absurd scene before his eyes, the City Guard commander split his eyes in rage, letting out a hysterical roar.

"All of you, stop!"

"Are you all crazy?! Why are you attacking your own comrades!"

"Wake up! Wake up already!"

However, his angry roar failed to stop this chaos.

Those soldiers whose minds had been bewitched seemed utterly unable to hear his voice.

An infatuated smile hung on their faces, like the most devout believers, frantically slaughtering every "conscious" companion around them.

Screams and wails shook the heavens.

In barely a minute, the entire camp of the City Guard thoroughly plunged into bloody chaos.

Just at this moment.

A gentle voice, seemingly imbued with magic, rang directly beside the commander's ear.

"Now, it's your turn, oh."

The commander's body trembled violently, subconsciously looking over in the direction of the voice.

Meeting Polina's charming eyes directly.

"Boom!"

He only felt as if something had exploded inside his head.

The mental defense shield on his body shattered instantly under the gaze of those eyes, like something made of paper.

The world before his eyes began to distort and spin.

Polina's stunningly beautiful face continuously magnified in his field of vision, ultimately occupying his entire mind and soul.

The anger and horror on his face rapidly receded.

Replaced by an even more fanatical infatuation.

Polina smiled with satisfaction.

She extended her finger, gently hooking up the commander's chin, as if admiring a beloved toy.

"Good."

"Now, listen to my command."

Her voice was gentle, yet carried unquestionable majesty.

"Take your people and slaughter your way into the city."

"Kill everyone who blocks your path completely."

In the commander's eyes, a bloodthirsty light flickered.

He abruptly stood up, drew the Katana at his waist, raised it high, and let out a heaven-shaking roar toward his subordinates who were still engaged in melee combat.

"All forces, heed my command!"

"Follow me… and slaughter your way into the city!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

Under this command of his, the originally chaotic battlefield miraculously restored order.

The next second.

Thousands of the City Guard launched a frantic charge toward the direction of the inner city like a breached flood.

The scene grew increasingly chaotic.