great-warnovel Chapter 285 The Preacher of Heaven and Earth: Defining the Boundaries
Chapter 285 The Preacher of Heaven and Earth: Defining the Boundaries
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After the Qinling military formation sealed off the valley, headquarters originally arranged for Qin Wuyi to return to the base for recuperation.
Lu Yan revised his application.
"Give me a level 60 secret realm, with lots of monsters, complex terrain, and preferably a place to practice formations."
The duty officer pulled out three files.
"Qin Wuyi is only level 58. If she enters two levels higher, the backlash from the formation will be more severe."
"So we need to be quick."
Two hours later, the Kunpeng transport plane arrived at the entrance to the East China Sea.
The secret realm is called Broken Tide Sea City. It is recommended to enter at level 60. The highest recorded casualty rate is 37%.
Qin Wuyi sat in the cabin, a map of Haicheng spread out on her lap.
Thirty-two streets, six city towers, and a hanging palace.
Every three minutes, the gravity in the secret realm will reverse.
Those who stumbled fell into the black tide beneath the city, and the recovery team has yet to retrieve any intact equipment.
Zhao Lei peeked out and looked for a long time.
"Why is the map labeled 'ground' at both the top and bottom?"
"Because people can fall to their deaths from either side."
"Did the person who designed this place have a grudge against staircases?"
The hatch opened.
Seawater surged from outside the city gates, soaring into the sky, over the overhanging eaves, and merging into the Black Sea overhead.
The entire city hangs beneath the sea.
Stone bridges, long streets, and palaces stand interspersed and suspended, with slippery vines climbing between the broken walls.
The first squad landed at the east gate.
As their boots touched the ground, everyone's bodies simultaneously shifted half a foot to the left.
Qin Wuyi put away the map.
"Leave the first district to me."
Lu Yan looked at him.
"reason."
"I need to test the waters."
"Fifteen minutes."
Qin Wuyi picked up the three array plates and rushed across the city gate.
The first long street is twenty meters wide, with houses on both sides upside down in mid-air, their doors and windows facing Kuroshio.
The array plates fell into the well, the archway, and the stone steps respectively.
The battle line closed off along the street, dividing the entire street into three sections.
Seawater rises from the eaves.
A dozen or so tidal beasts crawled out of the water curtain, their carapaces dragging water plants, their limbs gripping the brick walls.
Qin Wuyi raised her hand and pressed down on the array plate.
"Enter the street, seal the gates."
The stone walls at both ends come together.
The horde of beasts rushed into the formation, their numbers increasing from a dozen to over a hundred.
The rooftops, drains, and doorways were all spewing monsters out.
The map record has expired.
Just as Qin Wuyi was about to change formation, the left side of the city wall collapsed first.
Zhao Leiguang charged into the block with his double shields on, bricks and stones flying over the edges of the shields.
"I'll lend you half a street."
The war trampled the road, and the front row of hordes of beasts tumbled into the base of the wall.
Wen Yue hangs on the upside-down tower spire, her boot soles gripping the stone carving, the crossbow muzzle pointing downwards.
Scattered grenades covered the roof ridge.
High-explosive arrows pierced the battle line, and flames spread along the entire long street, tearing off large sections of the armor of the Tide Beasts.
Lin Chuxue's magic array followed immediately.
The purplish-black flames seeped into the wreckage, leaving only scorch marks and broken armor on the street.
Qin Wuyi had just closed the trapping formation when more than twenty tide beasts were still standing inside.
Xiao Qianyu stepped out of the spatial beacon, and the Dragon King's Halberd slashed horizontally three times.
The cores of the Tide Beasts rolled all over the ground.
Qin Wuyi stared at the now empty formation.
"Do you guys always fight like this?"
Zhao Leiguang pulled the shield out of the wall.
"If we're slow, we'll have to pay for Wen Yue's ammunition."
Wen Yue loaded the crossbows at the top of the tower.
"It's calculated by the number of times you receive it; one payment is equivalent to half a month's salary."
"Did you hear me? Hurry up and make money."
The second wave of mythical beasts crossed the roof, numbering over three hundred.
Qin Wuyi did not withdraw his troops.
The three array plates turned simultaneously, blocking the area across two streets and extending to the western plaza.
The battle line expanded three times, and the mana consumption also increased accordingly.
"Qin Wuyi, disband the formation."
Lu Yan's command came through the channel.
"It can still be sealed off."
The dungeon timer has been reset to zero.
Gravity flips the page.
The streets became vertical walls, and houses and shattered armor fell into the sky together.
Three array plates detached from the ground, and the array lines were stretched into dozens of diagonal cables.
Qin Wuyi gripped the gap in the city wall with one hand and maintained the array seal with the other.
The seawater, rushing towards the sky, poured into the long street, breaking the two defensive positions.
The last one is also moving.
A lance protruded from the opposite city wall, its tip splitting into a lock that caught on Qin Wuyi's waist armor.
Shen Xinglin put away his gun.
Qin Wuyi was dragged more than ten meters away, her back slamming into the street surface where she had fallen again.
When he looked up, the formation had already collapsed.
Only two Tide Beasts remained in the formation, and Zhao Leiguang was using his shield to knock them into the wall one after another.
"Two were kept."
Zhao Lei raised his shield.
"Do you want it alive or cooked?"
Xiao Qianyu stepped past him from behind, her halberd piercing through two cores.
"Dead."
Su Yunqing raised the Gift of Yao Guang.
The healing beam crossed the street, and Qin Wuyi's damaged mana circuits were quickly restored.
He got up and picked up the array plate.
The team has advanced into the second district.
Qin Wuyi bypassed the main street and entered the Tide Beast's Nest first.
The entrance to the nest is hidden at the bottom of the clock tower, and the walls are crowded with blue egg sacs.
He threw out the array plate, and three layers of array walls sealed off the doorway.
Before the next step could be taken, an impact was heard from inside the clock tower.
The first layer of the array wall shattered into light fragments.
A level 62 lord crashed out of its egg sac, its six forelimbs pushed open the wall, and its core spun rapidly.
The second layer of the defensive wall only lasted for two breaths.
Qin Wuyi retreated to the edge of the city wall, with the black tide right behind her.
The third layer of the array wall was destroyed.
The lord raised its forelimbs, but its core remained still.
The Black Lotus Pure Land pressed into the nest across half a city, its black patterns locking the core gears.
Lu Yan stood on a distant rooftop, his palm falling.
The lord planted the bell tower.
Zhao Leiguang carried the corpse and dragged it to an open space.
"Wen Yue, is there enough space?"
"Two meters to the right."
Grenades have been laid beneath the remains.
Lin Chuxue raised her staff to shoo people away.
"Everyone's back, even Old Zhao's, but your shield won't be reimbursed."
Xiao Qianyu placed the beacon in the drop area, preparing to collect her equipment first.
No one was waiting for Qin Wuyi's trapped formation.
He stuffed the three array plates back into his bag and followed the team to clear the third district.
An upgrade prompt appears in the terminal.
Level 59.
Qin Wuyi closed the interface without even opening the rewards section.
The core urban area is located below the royal palace.
The Lord of the Reverse Flow City stood between four city towers, his robe made of seawater, with the mark of a level 63 lord pressing down on his head.
It raised its scepter.
The gravity of the sea city shifted eastward, causing the palace walls, the remains of the tidal beasts, and the entire waterway to swirl into a current.
Qin Wuyi was in charge of blocking the retreat route.
The first array plate was washed away by the water.
The second position was broken off by the shattered wall.
The third time the formation was formed, the city lord directly flipped the street, and the formation line detached from the ground in the opposite direction.
Qin Wuyi stood on the broken bridge, the copper coin in her hand hesitant to fall.
Gravel flew straight at me.
A purple shield gripped his body, and the rocks shattered into dust.
Lin Chuxue sat on the collapsed city wall and put the lollipop back in her mouth.
"What are you spacing out for?"
"Do you want Su Yunqing to collect your corpse?"
Qin Wuyi looked at the copper coins in her hand.
"After joining the team, I didn't accomplish anything."
"The formation cannot hold them back, nor can the roads be blocked."
"If Lu Yan can change the formation, you won't need to use control."
Lin Chuxue raised her staff and pointed it into the distance.
Zhao Leiguang is advancing against the current while facing two shields.
Wen Yue changed firing positions three times, but the grenades were still pressing down on the city lord's guards.
Shen Xinglin set up his lances along the broken bridge, creating a landing spot for Xiao Qianyu to leap across.
"Old Zhao used to only know how to take beatings."
"Wen Yue used to keep track of the ammunition she used to fire with her crossbows, and she would even keep a record of every extra shot she fired."
"When I first joined the team, I thought Lu Yan only knew how to apply buffs."
Lu Yan unleashed the Black Lotus Pure Land on another city tower, causing a corner of the city lord's shield to be missing.
Lin Chuxue tapped the wall bricks with her magic staff.
"He always has another strategy up his sleeve."
"He also pushed our strengths to places we couldn't reach before."
Qin Wuyi held the copper coin in her hand.
"How can the trapped formation be changed?"
"You're no match for him when you're trapping a monster."
Lin Chuxue looked up at the upside-down Haicheng.
"To trap the battlefield."
The Lord of the Reverse Flow City raised his scepter.
All four city towers tilted simultaneously, the core urban area detached from its foundation, and plummeted downwards into the black tide.
Qin Wuyi stood up.
The three array plates flew toward the three city towers respectively, and he pressed the fourth copper coin into the wall beneath his feet.
The front line did not pursue the city lord.
They crossed streets, palaces, and waterways, incorporating the entire city into their array.
Qin Wuyi stood in the center of the array.
"Qian represents Heaven, and Kun represents Earth."
"Up and down can be changed, but the orientation cannot be lost."
The four city towers stopped falling.
The seawater was suspended in mid-air, and the broken wall hovered above everyone's heads.
The gravity of the secret realm is fixed in the current direction.
Qin Wuyi's feet sank into the wall.
"Thirty seconds!"
Lu Yan raised his hand.
The Black Lotus Pure Land pressed into the city lord's core, causing the six layers of shields to gradually fail.
Wen Yue detonated the scattering grenades at the edge of the formation, sealing off the four waterways with a line of fire.
Lin Chuxue's magic filled the entire palace, leaving no room for even a moment.
Xiao Qianyu passed seven beacons in succession, and the Dragon King's Halberd pierced into the core crack.
Zhao Leiguang and Shen Xinglin charged from both sides.
The double shields smashed through the left-wing guards, and the lances cleaved through the last curtain of water.
The scepter of the Lord of the Reverse Flow City broke in two.
The core collapsed within the black lotus pattern, the robe lost its support, and the city was flooded with water.
Terminal prompts kept popping up.
The Lord of the Reverse Flow City has been defeated.
[Level Up: Level 60.]
[The Preacher of Heaven and Earth gains the class skill: Heaven and Earth Determination.]
Qin Wuyi loosened the copper coins.
The entire city was restored to its original position.
Zhao Leiguang poked his head out of the water, half a piece of seaweed hanging from his helmet.
Does the new technology address drainage?
Qin Wuyi wiped the water off her face.
"Manage fees."
Wen Yue put away the crossbow.
"very good."
"He's learned how to make money."