"What exactly does that kid mean? Is he disregarding the safety of Hangzhou's citizens just because of my misjudgment?" Zhu Meng said angrily.
"Heh, what do you mean by misjudgment? Right is right, and wrong is wrong. Zhu Meng, stop using righteousness as an excuse. What? Does Lin Chen owe you? Or does God owe you? Or does my Tang Clan owe you?" Although he knew it wasn't the time for conflict, facing Zhu Meng's shameful words, Tang Zhong couldn't help but retort.
"I…" Zhu Meng was stunned by Tang Zhong's retort. He never expected Tang Zhong to speak to him like that.
Tang Zhong, having the upper hand, snorted coldly and continued, "Does Councilman Zhu Meng still remember who said that Hangzhou would be safe and sound even without God's blessing?"
Hearing Tang Zhong's sarcastic remarks, Zhu Meng's face immediately turned ashen, a difficult expression mixed with a hint of complexity. Zhu Meng angrily wanted to retort but didn't know what to say.
Because those words had come from his own mouth, and now Tang Zhong was using his previous words to slap his face!
Zhu Meng's face was indeed hurting from Tang Zhong's slap. As a councilman, he had never experienced such humiliation.
Zhu Meng naturally knew he had made a mistake. The moment the Black Snake appeared, he knew he was wrong. After feeling the Black Snake's powerful pressure, Zhu Meng understood what Lin Chen meant: if the Black Snake truly wanted to harm humans, there was no need for insidious tricks like poisoning.
However, as a councilman, he still needed to maintain his dignity. He was secretly annoyed; even if he was truly wrong, why did Lin Chen not give him any face?
Zhu Meng also understood the meaning in Tang Zhong's words: since he made a mistake, why didn't he admit it and show some remorse?
Previously, for the sake of his dignity, he didn't want to bow to Lin Chen or the Black Snake, but now, he truly had no time, nor could he leave the battlefield. The only thing he could do now was to fight to the death.
After a moment of contemplation, Zhu Meng also came to terms with it. He scanned his colleagues around him and said, "To deal with the Silver穹主 now, we must first get rid of those ten Four-clawed Magic Eagles!"
"In that case, we probably won't have much strength left to deal with this Silver穹主. We ourselves, even combined, are only delaying the Silver穹主's advance!" a high-ranking official from the Judgment Association said.
"We can't worry about that much. Let's kill a few of them first, lest they think our territory is a place they can come and go as they please!" Zhu Meng took off his noble councilman's robe, and a fierce aura emanated from him.
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Meng had already taken the lead, flapping the fiery feathers on his back and transforming into a crimson streak of light, charging towards the ten Four-clawed Magic Eagles.
With Zhu Meng leading the charge, the other Super Mages no longer hesitated and rushed forward together. Instantly, a dazzling battle began high in the sky.
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At the same time, Lin Chen, riding the Black Snake, had already reached the city's edge. After the White Magic Eagles began their attack, they fell like dense white raindrops on the city's outskirts. They could fly, and many mages who had voluntarily joined the war were helpless against them, watching them plunder and kill within the city.
"Caw!!!!"
Upon its arrival, the Black Snake let out a huge, unusual sound.
Immediately, it opened its gaping maw and fiercely spewed green poisonous mist towards the sky-filling White Magic Eagles. The mist permeated, and anyone who inhaled it into their chest would turn into a stiff corpse within seconds.
The Black Snake's venom had an extremely strong instant-kill effect on the White Magic Eagles. These white demonic creatures fell from the sky in droves, splattering blood and gore on the streets.
The poisonous mist enveloped the sky above the city's edge, forming a toxic barrier that could cover this corner of the city, like a green Domain that delineated a territory. Any White Magic Eagle that dared to fly into the green area would instantly turn into a corpse.
Hundreds of thousands of White Magic Eagles died in the poisonous gas, and even more of the White Devil Eagle Army, thinking they could rely on their vast numbers to break through the poisonous mist barrier, also perished.
But miraculously, such terrifying poisonous gas did not fall even a speck into the human-inhabited areas!
People who had thought disaster was imminent were now incredibly shocked.
"Is it protecting us?" As a mage's voice rang out, people finally fully realized this incredible fact.
However, having just dealt with the White Magic Eagles that had intruded into Hangzhou, the Black Snake made no stop and flew directly towards the direction of Xisai.
After Lin Chen led the Black Snake to clear out the Sky Devil Eagles in Hangzhou, the moment they arrived at Xisai, the Silver穹主 high in the sky seemed to sense something. It looked down at the Black Snake charging from the ground and let out an angry cry, as if it felt a great threat, its shriek echoing sharply over the city.
At the same time, the high-ranking officials of the Judgment Association and Zhu Meng were entangled with the Commander-level Four-clawed Magic Eagles. Although several of them were Super Mages, the Silver穹主 was very cunning. It seemed very familiar with the steps of human magic. All those who fought against it were Super Mages, and the only energy that could truly penetrate its silver feathered armor was that of a Super Mage.
The Silver穹主's feathers could transform freely and even form a sharp blade Domain, serving as a perfect defense. It could manipulate them at will, flying them towards its intended targets.
The Silver穹主's tens of thousands of feathers alone posed a huge obstacle to the several Super Mages. The Silver穹主's cunning was evident here: whenever Zhu Meng and the others were about to chant a Super-Tier magic, those formidable feathers would always come one after another, giving them no chance to construct a Super-Tier Star Palace.
The Star Palace is extremely complex, requiring seven constellations to be connected together. Those who can complete the Star Palace construction in a very short time are extremely rare, and none of the people present could do it.
Although Zhu Meng and the others were powerful, able to complete High-Tier magic almost instantly, unfortunately, the power of any High-Tier magic was insufficient to break through the Silver穹主's perfect defense.
Seeing this, the people from the Judgment Association didn't know what to do. Super-Tier magic was always interrupted, and High-Tier magic couldn't cause any effective damage to the enemy.
Unable to break the enemy's defense, Zhu Meng still had the courage to burn his bridges.
Among the several Super Mages, Zhu Meng's Lightning magic was the most violent. Under the cover of the others, five purple constellations had already appeared around him.
"Hmm? The Silver穹主 is actually distracted?" Zhu Meng said, puzzled.
As the Silver穹主's cry rang out, Zhu Meng finally seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
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