Guo Ran and the others charged toward Qingyu City. The beasts that had been frantically besieging Qingyu City suddenly retreated, abandoning the city that was about to fall.
Guo Ran and the others barely used any effort to rush into Qingyu City.
"There have been traitors in Qingyu City, and it was their distress signal that could no longer be saved, and now they're dragging you down as well... I ... I ... "Lord of Qingyu City, I am deeply ashamed."
"Senior, don't blame yourself. Even our Tianlong Divine Armor Academy has hundreds of traitors—this is nothing to be ashamed of.
Besides, no matter what predicament you fall into, asking for help is the right choice. We are all human. If you don't ask for help, then who else can you turn to?
Don't talk about dragging us down or not—even if there's only a sliver of hope, we'll fight to the death—not for anything else, but because human blood flows in our veins. Long Chen comforted her.
Although he had only met the old city lord once, Long Chen could tell that he was a diligent and responsible elder.
He had discovered that the enemy had set up a trap and was preparing to launch a full-scale assault using Qingyu City. Any reinforcements could be suicide.
The distress signal sent earlier was made by traitors inside the city. By the time the old city lord realized it, it was already too late. He wanted to warn everyone not to fall for it, but the communication array had been destroyed by those traitors, making it impossible to send the message out.
Most hatably, these traitors also destroyed other formations within the city. Although they were ultimately killed, they dealt a fatal blow to the city.
The city's strong warriors fought desperately, and in the time it takes to burn an incense stick, they consumed half a year's worth of supplies. Knowing they were doomed, they could only fight desperately, hoping to kill more enemies before dying.
In their despair, the flying boat of the Tianlong Divine Armor Academy descended from the sky, leaving the old city lord both relieved and sad.
"City Lord, please rest for a while. The warriors of Qingyu City, the first half has already ended.
The second half will be our Tianlong Divine Armor Academy. You can watch peacefully as we avenge the fallen warriors. After Guo Ran finished speaking, he shouted loudly:
"Protective warship, listen up! Form ranks!"
"Buzz"—
out of the three hundred warships, one hundred separated from the fleet. Runes lit up on the ships, connecting to form a massive defensive array that enveloped the entire Qingyu City.
Xie Liuer, Leng Hui, and the others were shocked. They had originally thought all three hundred warships were offensive, but unexpectedly, one hundred were defensive warships.
A protective warship is a mobile defensive fortress with strong defensive capabilities, usually used to rescue and cover other warships during battle.
A hundred defensive warships supported the fortifications, dozens of times stronger than the city's grand formation. The shaky Qingyu City instantly became impregnable.
"Director Guo Ran is truly impressive. He's farsighted and has resolved all worries at once. Now we can go all out." Xie Liuer couldn't help but sigh sincerely.
"You're all grown up, can you even talk? If this keeps up, I'll get anxious!" Guo Ran glared at Xie Liuer with a grim expression.
After being glared at by Guo Ran, Xie Liuer finally realized she had said the wrong thing again. Everything was under Long Chen's control. When he praised Guo Ran, Guo Ran took it as her mocking him.
"Rumble rumble...
At that moment, from countless spatial gates, the magical beast army poured out like a tide. The world lost its original color, and the beast army pressed down, blotting out the sky.
"Stop talking about useless stuff, ignore these magical beasts, find the stealth warships first." Long Chen shouted at Guo Ran.
Guo Ran had already held the compass in his hand, with a golden pointer on it that kept vibrating. Soon, he pointed in one direction and stopped moving.
"Found it! Everyone, follow me!"
A look of wild joy appeared on Guo Ran's face as he put away the compass, led from the front, and shot off like a black meteor.
As soon as Guo Ran moved, Xie Liuer, Leng Hui, Xie Qianqian, Tu Hu, and the others immediately followed, followed by three hundred Star River warriors, followed by two hundred warships, all charging toward a high mountain.
"First Form of Heaven Opening."
Guo Ran roared angrily, his armor gleaming, and tens of thousands of miles of blade shadows shot up into the sky. With one slash, the black blade shadow struck the mountain.
"Boom!"
The towering mountain was shattered by Guo Ran's single slash. The immense force made the entire world tremble. The spatial gate in the sky shook continuously, and this strike was powerful enough to shatter the heavens.
As mountains crumbled and dust flew, black warships rolled out from the earth, sand and stones flying in all directions.
Guo Ran's strike shook the heavens. The strong warriors of Qingyu City watched with excitement. This strike was not only a display of absolute power but also an outlet of their inner anger.
With this strike, Guo Ran forced all the warships hidden underground to emerge. The reason they were able to find these warships was entirely thanks to the visiting compass that Dean Xue Yifan had given him. Just as Long Chen said, the old dean had already paved the way for Guo Ran.
These warships, hidden underground and blessed by the Hidden Breath Array, never expected anyone to find their location. The runes on the warships hadn't even been activated before they were blasted away.
"Kill ..."
Xie Liuer, Leng Hui, Xie Qianqian, Tu Hu, and others all sprang into action. Already poised to strike, they all attacked the warships.
"Boom boom boom...
Wave after wave of attacks slashed fiercely at the warships. Amid the roaring explosions, countless cracks and dents appeared on each warship, emitting earth-shattering explosions.
The warships' defenses were astonishing. Normally, it would be difficult to break them by individual strength, but these warships weren't in combat mode, and the runes hadn't been activated. As a result, under everyone's assault, they immediately suffered damage.
Xie Qianqian and the others were experts, specializing in attacking the most vulnerable and important points of the warship. If any runes were destroyed there, the warship's strength would be greatly diminished.
There were more than four hundred warships hidden in the mountains, but before they could even activate their defenses, they were already covered in wounds. Some warships had their runes so badly damaged that they could no longer activate their defenses.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, a loud explosion rang out as a warship was pierced through a large hole, from which a black figure darted out.
That was Guo Ran. Relying on the sharpness of the Demon Dragon Battle Armor, he spotted the warship's weakness and pierced it with a single blow. Once the warship was pierced, the warship was completely destroyed. Guo Ran single-handedly crippled a high-level warship. The experts of the Tianlong Divine Armor Academy and Qingyu City erupted in cheers, everyone's blood boiling and morale soaring like never before.
"Boom!"
Guo Ran suddenly raised his long blade. The warship pierced behind him exploded with a thunderous explosion. Amid endless flames, Guo Ran's voice soared into the blue clouds:
"Attack ship, listen up! Destroy all enemy ships for me."
With Guo Ran's command, the warship of the Tianlong Divine Armor Academy entered firing range, and beams of divine light poured down, a terrifying brilliance engulfing the world.