Wu Pingjing was severely injured. If it weren't for Councilman Zhu Meng dragging him away from the endless silver rays, he would be a deformed corpse by now.
Tang Zhong quickly came over and escorted them away. The holes on Wu Pingjing's pale body meant he was losing blood at a crazy rate. He glanced at Councilman Zhu Meng with a feeble look and said, "Councilman, I'm afraid we are no match for the demon beast. I've lost the ability to fight, and you're injured too. We should retreat to the city's defensive barrier."
"Nonsense! If we retreat now, who's going to stop this monster! Do you have any idea how destructive any of its attacks are to the city? If the destructive force lands on any hospital or school, thousands of people will die!" declared Councilman Zhu Meng furiously.
Councilman Zhu Meng stared at the Silver Skyruler coldly. He couldn't have cared less about the bleeding wound on his shoulder.
He was not a cold-blooded authority figure like the Silver Skyruler, who was willing to send thousands of its people to die in vain.
Humans were different because they were sentimental and had feelings. Every life had its own meaning.
As a Councilman, if he did not care about the millions of lives in the city and ran away just to save himself, how different was he than the demon beasts?
So what if he were injured; as long as he stopped the cruel demon beasts from invading the city, as long as he could prevent a huge number of lives from diminishing, even death would be worth it!
"These goddamned demon beasts, I'll let you know that invading human territory is the stupidest idea you had in your whole life!" Councilman Zhu Meng clenched his teeth and activated the equipment that he had not used before.
Skythunder Royal Armor!
The battle had lasted throughout the night. The sky had slightly lit up in the east.
A bolt of lightning struck down from the sky all of a sudden, lightning up the entire city. It felt like a bolt of punishment sent by God...
The astonishing lightning landed on Councilman Zhu Meng's body. Plate armor covered with lightning arcs draped over his body, equipping itself from his head to his ankles!
It was a magnificent lightning armor set, like a gift from Heaven. A pair of fiery wings appeared on Councilman Zhu Meng's back... He had suddenly turned into a fully-equipped knight, with control over the strongest Lightning and Fire Elements!
The Lightning and Fire Elements were the most destructive among all Elements. Councilman Zhu Meng flapped the fiery wings and charged at the Silver Skyruler. He activated another piece of equipment along the flight!
Raging flames burned on his palm. It spread wildly into his surroundings, and transformed into a red pike!
As soon as the pike appeared, a red sun rose between the mountains. Councilman Zhu Meng grabbed the pike and dashed across the sun. The pike burned fiercer as if it had been strengthened by the sunlight. The sky was dyed blazing red.
Councilman Zhu Meng was extremely tiny compared to the Silver Skyruler, but the power he held in his hand was overwhelming. The zone of feathers revolving around his figure quickly burned to ashes after reaching the flames from the pike.
Councilman Zhu Meng dashed into the Silver Skyruler's domain. The sharp feathered blades tried to avoid contact with the flames to get closer to Councilman Zhu Meng, but they were stopped by the lightning armor.
The fiery figure dashed forward, leaving a burning trail behind. The silver defense was torn apart, as the wildfire burned half of the silver domain. Its outstanding power left Tang Zhong, Li Tian, and Yun Feng with blank faces.
The silver domain was finally broken apart. Councilman Zhu Meng had managed to break through it with the Lightning Royal Armor and the Rising Sun Pike. It was the only progress that had made since the start of the battle.
However, that alone was not enough to take the Silver Skyruler's life.
The Silver Skyruler stared at Councilman Zhu Meng coldly, its eyes flickering with disdain. It flung its giant wings at him as he was approaching it!
Although Councilman Zhu Meng had broken into the Silver Skyruler's domain, and even though he was using the fire and lightning on the Silver Skyruler, his power was nowhere enough to penetrate the Silver Skyruler's defense. As the demon beast's wing struck him, he immediately turned into a meteor with a mix of purple and red, falling rapidly from the sky!
Councilman Zhu Meng crashed at the edge of the city. The entire street was destroyed from the impact!
Luckily, the place was long evacuated. Otherwise, many innocent lives would have been lost.
Among the debris, the magic pike was now a slowly extinguishing flame. The armor had managed to save his life, but it was shattered into pieces, too.
Councilman Zhu Meng spat out mouthfuls of blood. He struggled to his feet and glared at the Silver Skyruler in the sky...
The dominator of West Ridge was far stronger than he had imagined!
Councilman Zhu Meng cast a helpless glance at the city behind him. He could imagine that the city was going to be reduced to ruins in the near future, the number of lives that would be lost...
And everything had happened because of his inability!
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Only Commander Yun Feng, Elder Li Tian, and Tang Zhong remained in the sky. Among them, only Yun Feng's strength was slightly stronger than Councilman Zhu Meng. The rest were still not adept when it came to using Super Magic.
While they were clueless of what to do, a deafening roar was heard from the direction of the city. A black mist rose into the air, carrying a gigantic snake the size of a skyscraper.
The snake broke through the army of White Magic Falcons. None of them dared to get close to him due to the poisonous mist around him. He was flying rapidly to where the Silver Skyruler was.
The Silver Skyruler had placed its attention at the ground throughout the battle. The Black Totem Snake was exactly what it was worried about.
When the Black Totem Snake reached the same height as the Silver Skyruler, it immediately cried out, as if it were scared of the Black Totem Snake getting close to it.
It continuously summoned its white army nearby, which again flew at the Black Totem Snake like moths flying into a flame. They all slammed into the poisonous mist.
The Silver Skyruler had its domain of sharp feathers, which left the Super Magicians totally helpless. Similarly, the Black Totem Snake also had an incomparable domain, the barrier of poisonous gas!
No matter how hard the white army was charging toward the mist, no matter big the army was and how high their morale was, they all ended up as corpses falling to the ground!
The Black Totem Snake rode the mist and stared at the Silver Skyruler proudly. He did not even bother looking at the army of White Magic Falcons that was charging at him. Thousands of White Magic Falcons had not inflicted any damage to his domain. He reached out his tongue and hissed at the Silver Skyruler, as if he were mocking its idiotic decision of sending its people to death.
The Silver Skyruler realized that its people were dying for no reason. It quickly ordered the White Magic Falcons to back off before firing its sharp feathers at the Black Totem Snake.
Half of the feathers had been burned into ashes by Councilman Zhu Meng's fiery pike, thus the attack was not as powerful as before. The Black Totem Snake stood above the mist. The sharp feathers only left some markings on his scales. The Black Totem Snake simply stood there and stared at the Silver Skyruler, as if he were waiting for his opponent to attack with all it had.
Suddenly, the Black Totem Snake lunged forward like ray of purple-black lightning. The dense domain of feathers failed to stop him as he struck the Silver Silver Skyruler, bit its wing, and hurled it down to the ground.
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Many civilians at the edge of the city were fleeing into the city in panic. Every city had a protective formation that would activate when being invaded by demon beasts. It was the refuge center for humans when their settlements were struck by calamity.
The protective formation could only cover a limited space. Usually, a city would only have one. Therefore, escaping to safety when a calamity took place was a challenging task, too.
The streets looked like tiny grids from the sky. The buildings and cars were incredibly tiny, let alone humans.
The people were like tiny black dots from afar. They were only visible when a crowd gathered together. The black dots were too slow compared to the speed of the army of White Magic Falcons. If it weren't for the barrier of poisonous mist at the edge of the city, they would have become prey for the White Magic Falcons.
"My God, what on Earth is that?" A few students in the midst of the crowd being evacuated saw a silver creature falling from the sky.
The silver creature was covered in feathers. As the sharp feathers reflected the light of the rising sun, it looked like it was wearing armor. Its feathers were the first to land on the ground. A huge area of the low-rises were crushed into pieces. The dust from the impact billowed through the air several streets away!
The city's west did not have many people left. After the Silver Skyruler slammed onto the ground, it rose to its feet furiously and patted the dust and debris from its body. It seemed to value its cleanliness.
It slowly gathered itself. Its massive size resembled the typical gigantic monsters in movies. The buildings, streets, gardens, hospitals, schools and bridges in the area were like toy models to the demon bird.
The humans had withdrawn far from the area, but when they turned around, they could still see the giant demon bird extending its wings, despite being half a city away. It was a devastating visual impact to the crowd, bringing terror into their hearts!
Inside a school, a female teacher who was helping the students with the evacuation screamed and pointed at the sky. "Something else is falling down!"
The people could easily tell it was a black snake while it was still falling from the sky. As it descended rapidly, they realized that its size was even bigger than it seemed!
The Silver Skyruler was already a gigantic monster, and yet the snake was double its size!
The streets of the city were instantly destroyed by the impact as the snake landed on the ground. The dust swept up high. The people could not believe their eyes!
Humans considered Magic a power that surpassed everything, yet the two gigantic beasts were on a completely different level!
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Still on top of the Black Totem Snake, Mo Fan and Lingling faces were extremely pale, and they were utterly terrified!
The big guy did not even remind them before he started fighting the Silver Skyruler. He should at least have put them down somewhere. Did he really need to be so violent?
The Black Totem Snake was indeed hot-tempered. He was fully focused on the battle with the cold-blooded Silver Skyruler. Luckily, he still had some conscience, wrapping Mo Fan and Lingling in a few layers of scales to protect them. Otherwise, the collision between the two Ruler-level creatures alone was enough to break them into pieces!
The Black Totem Snake did not give the Silver Skyruler any chance to catch its breath. He swung his tail as the Silver Skyruler was trying to fly into the sky...
The snake tail whipped at the Silver Skyruler as soon as it left the ground, right in its face.
The Silver Skyruler was struck down once again. It let out a furious shriek. A terrifying, destructive sonic wave was unleashed!
The sonic wave traveled toward the Black Totem Snake. Everything nearby was shattered into pieces. Even the snakes sturdy scales began to crack slightly under the destructive force.
The Black Totem Snake was not bothered by it. He lunged forward and flung his tail at the Silver Skyruler once again.
The tail swept past the sonic wave and landed on the Silver Skyruler's opened beak.
The Silver Skyruler was like a singer being slapped in the face because its voice was too terrible. The sonic wave came to a stop as the demon beast staggered a few steps backward, crushing a toll station under its talons.
"The big guy is so ruthless!" Lingling exclaimed with glistening eyes from their hiding place inside the Black Totem Snake's scales.
Mo Fan nodded beside her.
When they first rose into the sky, Mo Fan had witnessed how the Silver Skyruler had beaten the crap out of the five Super Magicians.
However, when the Black Totem Snake joined the battle, he first gave the Silver Skyruler a chance to attack with its domain. He then bit its wing and flung the demon beast to the ground, before giving it two great slaps to the face with his tail. The previously disdainful Silver Skyruler could not do anything apart from crying out angrily!
"So many people are watching!" Lingling turned around and saw countless people watching the battle from the center of the city. They had gathered at places and on top of buildings which provided them a better view.
Both the Silver Skyruler and the Black Totem Snake were too enormous. Even from half a city away, they could clearly see the battle between the two creatures!
The Silver Sky Ruler was like a terrible singer who had suddenly been slapped with a fatal blow, its sound power abruptly ceased, and its body plummeted directly to the ground. The Black Snake relentlessly pursued it, continuing to slap its face repeatedly.
Mo Fan quietly watched the scene unfolding before him. The Totem Black Snake couldn't be said to completely suppress the Silver Sky Ruler, as the Silver Sky Ruler could also cause it some damage.
It was clear that in monarch-level battles, there was no such thing as an absolute crushing victory; it was simply a matter of who was more resilient. However, in terms of exchanging blows, the Silver Sky Ruler was clearly on the defensive.
Its hide was ultimately not as thick as the Black Snake's. It was the most primitive, simplest form of combat, but each attack was like overturning mountains and seas!
Many cracks appeared on the Totem Black Snake's scales, but its body was not injured. In contrast, the Silver Sky Ruler was quite miserable, already bleeding all over, and was now beaten into a pile of ruins.
However, being able to withstand so many massive slaps from the Black Snake also proved the terrifying vitality of monarch-level creatures.
After the Totem Black Snake delivered one heavy blow after another to the Silver Sky Ruler, the Silver Sky Ruler finally seized an opportunity to ascend into the sky. The Totem Black Snake did not pursue, but instead began to gather ancient totem power. This kind of power could only be mastered by such ancient totem creatures.
As Mo Fan felt the fluctuations of this ancient magical power, he was secretly shocked. totem creatures were indeed extraordinary; this ancient secret technique alone was a complete innate advantage!
And almost instantly, the Black Snake vanished without a trace. The Silver Sky Ruler kept an eye on the Totem Black Snake's movements during its ascent, as it greatly feared this large snake. However, the Totem Black Snake's disappearance did not make it feel any sense of relief.
Suddenly, a mass of dark green mist had, at some unknown point, enveloped the area above its head. The Totem Black Snake had also appeared in the mist at some unknown time, as if it were in an ocean, able to swim freely wherever there was mist!
It circled a central point, drawing a huge ring, leaving a connected dark green outline in its wake.
The encompassed area was large enough to cover a one-kilometer radius around the Silver Sky Ruler. Within the outline, the marks, patterns, and ancient symbols on the Totem Black Snake's scales were densely distributed across the entire ring-shaped surface. From a distance, it looked like a heaven-covering Eight Trigrams pattern filled with countless Monument (stone tablet curses), enveloping the Silver Sky Ruler from above.
This ethereal power gradually solidified, astonishingly transforming into ancient stone tablets!
Each stone tablet exceeded ten meters in height. They were formed from the previous marks, patterns, and symbols. Thus, what was originally just a totem pattern glowing with a dark green light instantly transformed into a sky-covering stone tablet seal composed of countless ancient boulders!
"Screech!"
The Silver Sky Ruler felt this terrifying power and tried to summon its subordinates to resist it.
Unfortunately, its subordinates had no time to gather before the stone tablets crashed down. The Silver Sky Ruler was instantly struck by a stone tablet, which carried its massive body plummeting rapidly. This speed was many times faster than its ascent.
Because of the immense speed, as it fell, even the Silver Sky Ruler's perfect feathers seemed to turn red!!
"Boom!!!"
The ancient tablet smashed deep into the ground!
A massive crater appeared in the ground.
"Pfft!!"
And after the Silver Sky Ruler was pinned down, this abyss was located between two parallel highways, and the roads were splattered with the Silver Sky Ruler's blood.
The Totem Black Snake did not allow the Silver Sky Ruler to fly into the sky at all; it directly suppressed it beneath the surface, utterly tyrannical!
The release of the ancient totem power dealt a heavy blow to the Silver Sky Ruler with almost a single strike.
This was different from the previous attacks; this time, it was like a direct explosion of gore!
Upon witnessing this scene, Zhu Meng felt a slight despair in his heart!
No matter how powerful humans were, compared to creatures like the Totem Black Snake, there seemed to be an insurmountable gap. The power of this single strike was indescribably immense.
Because both behemoths were incredibly large, many people at the far end of the city could see the Silver Sky Ruler's bloody appearance.
People were astonished for a very long time and seemed to have been shrouded in fear of the White Demon Eagle legion for a very long time. When they saw their ruler, the Silver Sky Ruler, so severely wounded by the Totem Black Snake, they couldn't help but cheer.
At this moment, they completely believed that the Totem Black Snake was truly protecting them!
The Silver Sky Ruler crawled up again, but it had lost its former regal dignity. Instead, after a mournful cry, it ascended into the sky and fled.
It chose to escape, knowing that if it stayed here, it would certainly be in great danger, as it was no match for the Totem Black Snake.
"Caw!!!!"
Looking at the fleeing Silver Sky Ruler, the victorious Totem Black Snake did not pursue it, because the Black Snake knew very well that the Silver Sky Ruler had too many life-saving abilities, and pursuing it would be meaningless.
After all, no monarch-level creature dies that easily. Moreover, although the Silver Sky Ruler was no match for the Black Snake, the opponent was still a Grand Lord. Most importantly, the countless White Demon Eagles would undoubtedly cause immense damage if they fought to the death.
"Caw!!!"
Although it did not pursue, the Black Snake raised its proud snake Monarch head and let out a series of roars that echoed across the sky and land!
Its voice traveled very far, not only to the west but also to the great forests, vast plains, and large river regions in other directions, all echoing with the Totem Black Snake's roar.
It was as if it was proclaiming, on one hand, that the ruler of West Ridge, the Silver Sky Ruler, had been defeated by it, and on the other hand, it was announcing to the demons in all directions that it, the Totem Black Snake, was in this city, and anyone daring to cross the line by half a step would surely be massacred!
And this domineering roar was enough to spread throughout all directions of Hangzhou!!
Hangzhou had been in a state of peace for many years. Perhaps others had always thought that the nearby demons had no great designs on this place. Unfortunately, they could not understand that it was not that these demons had no ideas, but simply because the Totem Black Snake existed here.
This place was simply not somewhere they dared to encroach upon. The numerous demon tribes naturally did not dare to easily invade. Now that the immense White Demon Eagle tribe had been repelled, the nearby demon tribes dared even less to approach here.
Somewhere among the debris, Councilman Zhu Meng stared at the Black Totem Snake in disbelief. For many years, he had been trying to eliminate this 'threat' from Hangzhou, yet to his surprise, the Black Totem Snake was the one protecting the city in a pinch.
He finally understood why the Totem Tribe had worshiped him like a god. The astonishing strength he had displayed was indeed like a guardian of the city. It was totally unbelievable!
The White Magic Falcons were unable to break through the poisonous barrier, and the Silver Skyruler was so beaten up that it remained outside of the city, not daring to trespass any further. Despite both being Ruler-level, the Black Totem Snake was clearly stronger than the Silver Skyruler.