Soul Town: Claiming the throne? You've asked my Tian Ce Army, haven't you?

Li Moxuan stepped forward, took the waist token from the old man, hesitated for a moment, then took out a bag of spiritual energy and was about to put it in his hand, but the old man hurriedly withdrew his hand.

"Young man, not everyone likes these things..."

Li Moxuan withdrew his spiritual light. "Then what do you want?"

"This old man is too lonely living alone in the back mountain. If it's convenient, how about I stay here for a while?"

Li Moxuan's expression was one of surprise. Had this old man not seen the tragic state of Qianji City? Was he staying in Qianji City at this critical juncture for some purpose?

"Senior, it's very dangerous here right now. You'd better leave, otherwise I can't guarantee your safety..."

At the same time, he asked Li Shimin, "Emperor Taizong, is there anything wrong with this old man?"

"He's just an ordinary person. Don't worry, he has no grudge against the Tang Clan, otherwise he wouldn't have entrusted Tang Xiaoxiao to you..."

Chapter 355: The Storm Is Coming

"boom--"

Suddenly, a cannon shot rang out. Realizing something was wrong, Shi Mo hurriedly summoned his guardian deity Cangjie, shouting, "Cangjie, stop it!"

Cangjie wrote the character "shield" in the air, and four golden shields suddenly appeared around the entire Huichun Hall, blocking the cannonballs fired from outside Qianji City.

One shell after another exploded within Thousand Machine City, blasting the surrounding collapsed buildings into rubble, and setting the entire city ablaze once more.

Li Moxuan hurriedly created a barrier to envelop Tingyuxuan, not wanting this only place still habitable to be blown up...

"How could there be artillery shells?"

Feeling the tremors from the ground, Jiang Ciyou's expression changed. She knew without guessing that the joint bounty from the four major powers had taken effect.

"Girl Jiang, times have changed..."

Shi Mo walked out of Huichun Hall and watched as shells landed on the shield. "This should be a divine energy cannon, powered by divine power. Usually, only mercenary groups would use it..."

Although they are called mercenary groups, they are actually just weak forces. Their guardians are not strong, and they are very weak in direct confrontation. They can only eliminate enemies from a distance using this method.

"Senior, please make yourself at home!"

Li Moxuan gripped the Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword and walked out of Huichun Hall. Jiang Ciyou hurriedly followed, asking, "Where are you going?"

"Go and take down the artillery positions. What will happen if they keep bombarding us like this?"

"I'll go with you!"

Li Moxuan shattered space and arrived outside the city. Jiang Ciyou followed him through the spatial passage and headed towards the direction where the cannonballs were launched.

At this moment, Tianluo Abyss was already a sea of ​​fire, the forest was ablaze, and outside Tianluo Abyss, members of the Night Cat Mercenary Group were setting up three divine energy cannons and continuously firing shells to bombard the area.

The leader of the Night Owl Mercenary Group is named Mills, whose guardian deity is Ibaraki-dōji from Japanese mythology, and whose divine realm is the initial stage of creation.

"Boss, if we keep bombarding them like this, they'll probably be reduced to ashes. How are we going to collect the bounty then?"

"What are you afraid of?"

Mills didn't care. "The last group of people who went in to scout have disappeared. They probably encountered an accident. Do you dare to go in if we don't bombard them for a while?"

"Besides, we're just the vanguard..."

As soon as he finished speaking, several sharp sword lights flashed, and the henchmen Mills brought with them froze, clutching their bleeding necks and collapsing to the ground.

"who?"

Mills' expression changed, and he hurriedly summoned his guardian spirit, "Ibaraki-doji!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Ibaraki-dōji, a burly man with long hair burning with black flames, stepped out of the darkness.

Ibaraki-dōji has a ferocious face, with a pair of huge, backward-curving demonic horns on his forehead. His severed right arm is surrounded by demonic energy, and his left hand, a demonic claw, exudes a chilling aura.

Who are you?

Li Moxuan, wearing a black mask, appeared in front of Mills. "What did you mean by the vanguard force you just mentioned?"

Mills didn't care about any of that. "Ibaraki-doji, he must be a member of the Tang Clan too. Twist his head off first!"

A red light flashed in Ibaraki-dōji's eyes, and with a roar, he limped towards Li Moxuan's head with his left claw.

Unfortunately, the difference in strength between the two sides was too great. Although Li Moxuan was only at the fourth level of the Creation Realm, he was able to kill the sixth level of the Creation Realm God of Destiny without summoning a guardian god.

He easily dodged Ibaraki-dōji's attack, then with a backhand slash, severed Ibaraki-dōji's only remaining left arm. Before Ibaraki-dōji could react, Ibaraki-dōji used the Seven Star Sword Slash to decapitate Ibaraki-dōji.

"What? You...you're an immortal monster?"

Mills was stunned. To be able to kill Ibaraki-dōji so easily without summoning a guardian deity, he must be a god-like being at the Immortal Realm!

He turned to run, but suddenly, a red light flashed, and a soft whip, entirely crimson with a faint golden glow, tightly wrapped around Mills' neck.

This is Jiang Ciyou's Hundred Herbs Whip. The whip body is intricately wrapped with patterns of various herbs, and a small jade ear pendant of five grains is inlaid at the handle.

Jiang Ciyou forcefully pulled him in front of Li Moxuan, "Answer his question, or you'll regret it!"

"I won't say anything unless you let me go..."

Mills had been through so much in the world of gods for so many years, he wasn't stupid. Wouldn't it be useless to tell him?

I'll definitely die then, so I can't say whether I die or not!

"You're not going to tell, are you?"

A smile appeared on Jiang Ciyou's face. The next second, the Hundred Herbs Whip in her hand turned black, and a black pattern spread outwards along Mills' neck.

"What...what did you do to me?"

Mills' expression changed. He felt as if countless ants were crawling inside his body, then began to tear at his internal organs, and a sharp pain surged through him instantly.

"what--"

His screams echoed around him, “Stop…stop it! I’ll talk, I’ll talk! Stop messing with me, my ancestor!”

"Wouldn't it have been better to do this earlier?"

Jiang Ciyou withdrew her hand. "Speak quickly, or it will hurt ten times more than this later!"

Mills, his clothes soaked with sweat, paused for a moment and said, "The four major powers have hired more than a dozen mercenary groups, totaling over a hundred Venerable Ones, to besiege Thousand Machine City!"

"We're just at the bottom of the pack, that's why we were sent out to scout ahead. The main force comes later. You two can just ignore me!"

Li Moxuan was silent for a moment, then asked, "How strong are these people?"

"The leaders of these mercenary groups are all around the sixth level of the Creation Realm, and their underlings are mostly between the eighth level of the Forging Realm and the fourth level of the Creation Realm..."

He paused, then continued, "However, both of them are experts at the Immortal Realm. I reckon they've bitten off more than they can chew..."

After a moment's thought, Li Moxuan turned to Jiang Ciyou beside him and said, "Let him go!"

"what?"

Jiang Ciyou hesitated for a moment, "He's an enemy!"

Mills hurriedly begged for mercy, "Grandma, I've lost my guardian spirit, please spare my life!"

As he spoke, he tried to step forward and hug Jiang Ciyou's leg to beg for mercy, but Jiang Ciyou kicked him away as soon as he got there, saying, "Get out of here!"

"Okay, okay, I'll leave! I'll leave right now!"

After Mills left, Jiang Ciyou asked Li Moxuan, puzzled, "Ling Yan, why did you let him go?"

"Slow down their offensive pace..."

Li Moxuan turned and walked towards Qianji City. "Do you think the three of us can withstand an attack by hundreds of people?"

"Since he thinks we're both immortal monsters, let him send this message back!"

"If you were the leader of one of those mercenary groups, and you knew that there were at least two immortal monsters among your opponents, would you act rashly?"

Even ordinary beings of the same realm would have to fight desperately to win a life-or-death battle, let alone these beings of the same realm whose strongest are only around the sixth level of creation.

It's true that they want to make money, but they also need to be alive to spend it!

Chapter 356: Bluffing

"But wouldn't doing this... attract some immortal monsters?"

"At least we still have time to prepare..."

Li Moxuan turned to look at Jiang Ciyou, "They shouldn't make any rash moves before they figure out the situation in Qianji City!"

"Moreover, the immortal monster's reinforcements will take time. If we want to overcome this difficulty, the only way is to create a time gap and use this opportunity to launch a 'besieging Wei to rescue Zhao' strategy..."

"To relieve the siege of Wei by attacking Zhao?"

Jiang Ciyou was stunned for a moment, "You wouldn't be thinking of..."

"That's right!"

Li Moxuan's eyes were firm. "The Tang Sect was once a fearsome assassination organization in the Great Thousand God Realm, but it also possessed the most advanced intelligence system!"

"I should be able to find the headquarters of these mercenary groups from the information collected by the Tang Sect. While they're still clueless, I'll go and raid their homes!"

"I refuse to believe that these guys would abandon their own base for the sake of Thousand Machines City..."

Jiang Ciyou felt that she had learned a lot from Li Moxuan, but could such a calm and meticulous mind really be possessed by such a young Deity?

Perhaps... that's why he was chosen by the Ziwei Emperor?

"But in Qianji City, there are only three people with any fighting ability: me, you, and Uncle Shi. We can't all go and take down the enemy's stronghold, can we?"

"I can go alone. The leaders of these mercenary groups are only around the sixth level of the Creation Realm. Even if the people who stay behind have a higher level of Divine Essence, they certainly won't reach Immortality!"

"Besides, my purpose in going there wasn't to wipe them out, but to create panic and force them to defend themselves..."

"But you're only at the fourth level of the Creation Realm!"

Jiang Ciyou was a little worried, "Why don't I go with you? At least we can look out for each other..."

As soon as he finished speaking, a water dragon roared through the sky, dark clouds filled the sky, a strong wind blew, and raindrops the size of beans followed closely behind.

"Let's go back and talk about it first!"

Li Moxuan broke through space and returned to Qianji City. As soon as he stepped out of the spatial passage, he saw the water dragon in the sky circling for a while before dissipating.

"These guys actually set fire to the forest; they have absolutely no moral compass..."

Shi Mo cursed, and Cangjie behind him slowly put away the Shi Emperor Brush. The water dragon just now was summoned by him to bring rain and extinguish the fire.