After An Yu and the others issued the order to attack, a billion soldiers and countless powerful beings surged towards Zhou Yan's territory.
Numerous powerful individuals charged towards Zhou Yan, intent on killing him.
They all produced scrolls, which, upon activation, transformed into beams of light and vanished into the heavens and earth.
These scrolls were designed to restrict Zhou Yan, to cripple the defensive towers of his territory.
With so many scrolls activated simultaneously, they were certain that Zhou Yan's territory's defensive towers would be unable to unleash even the most basic attacks.
Seeing the surrounding figures preparing to strike, Zhou Yan let out a cold laugh.
As for the scrolls in their hands, Zhou Yan scoffed. All of this had been within his plans for a long time.
Zhou Yan raised his hand, then lowered it, and with his subordinates, he flew back towards his territory.
From then on, Zhou Yan and his soldiers only needed to stand on the city walls and watch the show; there was nothing else they needed to do.
Seeing Zhou Yan remain so calm, even exuding confidence, An Yu and the others frowned.
As Zhou Yan's hand fell, they turned their gaze towards his territory, for they saw Zhou Yan and his men returning, and from within Zhou Yan's territory, streaks of terrifying energy fluctuations erupted.
Behold the colossal fire dragons, each imbued with an immensely powerful fiery aura, containing terrifying energy.
Ice phoenixes soared across the sky, forming a stark contrast with the fire dragons. Fire and ice, two distinct energies, danced in a magnificent display across the heavens and earth.
Heavenly swords appeared abruptly, exuding a sharp, menacing aura, each blade crackling with fearsome sword energy.
Some heavenly swords were tens of meters in size, while others stretched for hundreds of meters – these were swords formed entirely of energy.
A fist-sized ball of black energy, seemingly inconspicuous, revealed itself upon closer inspection to be a clump of incredibly dense dark energy.
Even a powerful demigod would feel their scalp tingle and sense the tremor of death from this dark energy.
A green light emanated, causing the very void to seem to writhe in chaos – it was the aura of potent poison. They witnessed the void itself being corroded by this venomous energy.
How terrifying! A miasma potent enough to corrode the void itself, one that dared not approach.
A cyan vortex manifested, taking on a humanoid shape, and then shot outwards. This was a storm, a terrifying tempest, that had formed into a humanoid vortex, its gaze fixed upon the approaching enemy, filled with the intent to destroy.
The enemy forces outside surged towards Zhou Yan's territory, pressing their attack. The next moment, the earth itself seemed to quake, no, it was a calamity far more terrifying than any earthquake.
The ground vanished instantly, replaced by a surge of terrifying energy that threatened to obliterate the entire land, akin to an apocalyptic disaster.
The attacking enemies were instantly engulfed. Those within a radius of several kilometers were completely consumed, vanished, and annihilated by this terrifying energy, perishing before they could even scream.
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There were too many devastating attacks to count: world-ending thunderbolts, flying figures, terrifying light akin to auroras that vaporized anyone struck.
Specifically, a section of the void suddenly collapsed, its terrifying spatial abilities tearing apart enemies within a ten-kilometer radius, leaving them no escape from this horrifying and bizarre spatial rupture.
The scope of this spatial rupture was immense, and the spatial energy was incredibly potent.
Several colossal mountains, kilometers in size, descended from the sky, crushing all enemies below to death.
The sky became overcast, filled with rolling thunder. Waves of world-ending lightning enveloped hundreds of kilometers, each bolt, as thick as an arm, descending in a spiderweb pattern.
"Aaaargh!"
"Help us!"
"Too strong!"
Countless enemies were reduced to nothingness by the lightning strikes. Others, witnessing this, screamed and desperately tried to flee the area.
"Not good, retreat quickly!"
The moment these attacks began, An Yu and the others' eyes widened in sheer terror. The attacks were simply too formidable.
They were the first to react and unleash their speed, but it was too slow. They were forced to use secret arts to boost their speed, transforming into streaks of light and escaping tens of kilometers away.
However, some were slower. As they felt the immense energy approaching, they crushed scrolls or summoned defensive magical treasures, activating them to protect themselves.
"Boom!"
"Pfft!"
Alas, they had not grasped the true nature of Zhou Yan's territory's attacks. Each strike possessed energy capable of destroying a demigod. Their scrolls were torn asunder, their magical treasures shattered in an instant, and their bodies were consumed by the overwhelming energy!
"Ah!!!"
Screams echoed, sending shivers down the spines of those nearby.
They had never imagined such an outcome.
They had never imagined their formations would be rendered useless, nor that their scrolls would have no effect whatsoever.
This energy was too powerful, too terrifying. Regardless of cultivation realm, anyone who was too slow to escape was consumed, annihilated, and destroyed by this energy, with no chance of survival.
Those who escaped quickly looked back at the place they had just been. Huge explosions were occurring, and the terrifying energy had already engulfed an area extending over ten kilometers ahead.
An Yu and the others stared blankly at the scene, disbelieving that these attacks had originated from Zhou Yan's territory.
What exactly was this?
They looked at the few hundred or so remaining powerful individuals, all stunned into silence.
They simply couldn't comprehend why everything had unfolded this way.
Despite their extensive preparations, nothing they did had any effect on Zhou Yan's territory. Instead, it had resulted in the demise of so many powerful warriors.
Even demigod-level powerhouses had not been spared.
Why were these attacks so potent?
"I clearly used the scrolls. According to logic, their territory's defensive towers should not have been able to function at all."
"What? You're saying these attacks were launched by the defensive towers?"
"How is that possible? Defensive tower attacks? Are you sure you're not mistaken?"
"Absolutely certain. I definitively saw these attacks originating from the opponent's territory's defensive towers."
"Impossible! That cannot be. I also used over a dozen top-tier scrolls to restrict their defensive towers' attacks. Their towers shouldn't be able to fire!"
"Then tell me, why can their defensive towers still launch attacks? Was everything we experienced merely an illusion?"
"Could it be that those defensive towers are unaffected by these scrolls?"
"That's the only explanation. It seems the opponent also used many scrolls, otherwise, how could their defensive towers be so terrifying?"
"Has anyone here witnessed such defensive towers before?"
"This is the first time."
"Never seen such strange and powerful defensive towers."
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