Records of Mysterious Things in the Southern Dynasties

Chapter 421 Just ask yourself, are you fast or not?
Inside the city gate, the Wei army had indeed filled it with huge stones, each weighing a thousand pounds, stacked one on top of the other, making it completely packed.

This was, of course, the result of using supernatural powers. Moreover, the stones were of various shapes, crisscrossed, and piled on top of each other, making them much more difficult to clean than when they were stuffed.

Fortunately, Ren Yuan was no longer the same as before. He placed his right hand on a huge rock, and a faint blue ripple appeared on his palm. The next moment, an amazing scene appeared: the huge granite rock softened and deformed rapidly, like wax meeting hot iron, and finally melted into yellow turbid water, which flowed all over the ground.

This is precisely the great supernatural power Ren Yuan gained after opening his eighth aperture—the Five Elements Transformation. It allows him to change the properties of matter at will, turning stone into gold, iron into sand, and sand into water…

Since entering the Seven Apertures Great Divine Power realm, Ren Yuan's acquired divine powers have become increasingly powerful, perfectly making up for the somewhat lackluster performance of his earlier divine powers. Who says late-game heroes aren't heroes?
Seeing A Yao's surprised look, Ren Yuan felt smug and wanted to imitate what the Fifth Dimension had done in the dream. He raised his hand and turned the entire city gate into fire and saltpeter, and also turned all the stones into water and sand in an instant.

But reality isn't a dream. Without that kind of boundless imagination, he struck several cool poses, but never managed to convert more than two pieces...

"Oh dear, this is clumsy. Luckily, there are no outsiders here." Ren Yuan smiled sheepishly. Helpless, he could only take it one step at a time and turn the large stones blocking his way into water, one by one.

"Why is it that when the fifth brother had seven orifices, he could display the demeanor of a master in every gesture, but when I reached nine orifices, I still couldn't achieve that?" He complained to A Yao while he was busy.

"Because you're not fast enough." Ayao's lips curled into a playful smile as she swiftly formed hand seals, summoning the Ziwei Sword, ready to show Ren Yuan what true mastery looked like...

In an instant, the Ziwei Sword transformed into a blinding bolt of lightning, weaving back and forth between the boulders with lightning speed, leaving onlookers breathless.

With a series of thunderous roars, the boulders turned to dust, proving to be far more efficient than Ren Yuan's method.

However, after all this, the city gate was filled with dust, so thick that you couldn't see your hand in front of your face, enough to choke an ordinary person to death.

Ren Yuan quickly cast a 'Dust-Stabilizing Talisman', and after a flash of clear water, the dust suddenly fell to the ground.

Then you can see that the girl has become a gray person, only her big, dark eyes are still clear as water.

"I'm asking you if you're fast or not?" Ayao's mouth was as hard as her bones.

"Quick!" Ren Yuan gave a thumbs up and laughed, "You almost choked me to death!"

"Pfft." The two couldn't help but laugh.

"You stay here." Ren Yuan immediately stopped smiling and said in a deep voice, "I'm going up."

After saying that, he teleported back to the city gate tower.

Ayao nodded and stood quietly in the huge city gate, her figure appearing very petite.

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"Commander!" Inside the city gate tower, the soldiers were pacing anxiously when a flash of white light appeared, and Ren Yuan materialized. The crowd was overjoyed, as if they had seen a savior.

"Let's try looking around some more," Ren Yuan said in a deep voice.

"So fast?" Everyone knew without even looking that the city gate must be filled with huge rocks. Even if Ren Yuan was incredibly powerful, it would probably take him half a day to clear them.

"Hmm..." Ren Yuan was too embarrassed to say it, because A Yao's strength could work miracles.

The soldiers were skeptical, but they worked together to turn the winch again. This time, the creaking sound was not interrupted, and the city gate was successfully raised!
"Our commander is truly amazing!" the soldiers cheered, their eyes filled with admiration as they looked at Ren Yuan.

"Don't be too happy yet. Stay with me and guard the city gate until reinforcements arrive," Ren Yuan called out.

"Yes!" The soldiers followed Ren Yuan out of the city gate tower, where they saw that a fierce battle had already begun on the city wall... The Wei soldiers knew perfectly well that if they could not recapture the city gate before the Liang army's follow-up troops arrived, Shouyang City would be completely indefensible.

On this critical moment of life and death, how could they not fight desperately? Under the officers' hoarse shouts and urging, the Wei soldiers quickly donned their armor and gripped their spears tightly. To the sound of the powerful bugle calls, they formed a tight charging formation.

"Hula!" the officer commanded in Xianbei language.

"Hurrah!" The Wei soldiers shouted in unison, as if they had been injected with boundless courage, and launched an attack from both sides simultaneously along the horse track on the city wall.

The roars of "whoosh, whoosh," the clanging of armor, and the rumble of military boots on the ground made even the sturdy city walls tremble!

At this moment, their figures finally overlapped with the once invincible Wei army.

On the other side, the Liang army soldiers had gone to great lengths to capture the gates of Shouyang, and naturally they were unwilling to relinquish this unparalleled achievement of recapturing Shouyang.

They were equally decisive, quickly forming a defensive formation, unfolding the standard arm shields of the Gouchen Division into large shields up to their waists, and then skillfully assembling them together.

In the blink of an eye, two impregnable shield walls were firmly erected before the two approaching enemies.

Behind the shield wall, the soldiers stood ready, prepared to meet the fierce attack of the Wei army.

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The archers on both sides were the first to attack. As soon as the Wei army entered their range, the archers on both sides immediately drew their bows to full strength and unleashed a deadly rain of arrows, whistling as they rained down on the enemy's ranks.

At the same time, the supernatural beings from both armies unleashed their abilities, soaring into the air. Their bodies shone with light, like dazzling stars, colliding in mid-air and unleashing a breathtaking explosion of lightning and thunder!

Shouyang, as the most important town of the Northern Wei Dynasty, was always guarded by a demigod-level expert. However, the Northern Dynasty is now suffering from a shortage of talent. Since Fu Shuyan was seriously injured and retired, no demigod-level expert has been found to replace him. Instead, people like Li Xian have been forced to fill the position.

Even so, there are still four Nine-Aperture experts in the city, each with extraordinary strength and astonishing combat power.

At this critical moment, the three guards of the Nine Apertures, besides Li Xian, actually set out at the same time.

Clearly, they wanted to take advantage of Liang Jun's unstable foothold to seize the city gate in one fell swoop and resolve the crisis.

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Among the three nine-aperture guardians, the giant with the red beard is named Tuoba Lie. When his two purple-gold hammers strike each other, they can summon heavenly lightning, and their power is astonishing.

The burly, dark-faced man was named Murong Yan. Beneath his beast-faced shoulder armor, his muscles bulged. He swung his spiked club, creating a hurricane that whipped up city bricks like a swarm of locusts, sending the Liang soldiers staggering about.

The last skinny man was named Huli Zhi. His black robe billowed like bat wings, and three thousand Yin Soul threads flew out from his sleeves, specifically targeting cultivators' Niwan Palace (a point on the back of the head).

Liang Jun's side currently only has Hu Longya, who is fighting three against one and is struggling. His Yang Shen has taken more than a dozen of Tuoba Lie's lightning strikes, and his whole body is numb.

It is paralysis in a physical sense.

In the instant his movements faltered, Huli Zhi shot out a Yin Soul Silk, which suddenly wrapped around Hu Longya's neck, drawing blood instantly.

Huli Zhi grinned menacingly and was about to use his strength to cut off his head!

(End of this chapter)