Empress: Your Majesty, please respect yourself, I don't want to be promoted

In the end, Lu Chen didn't clamor to leave with Gu Simiao, but stayed at the county office and stayed in the defensive circle that Gu Simiao had arranged for him.

The situation was urgent, and he could still tell the difference between the minor and the serious.

After Gu Simiao left, Lu Chen summoned the remaining government officials in the county and listened to their reports on the situation in the city while issuing orders.

As time went by, more and more officials gathered in the county government office.

As one of the few large counties, Xingping County's defense strength is still considerable. Although there are no Imperial Guards in the city, there are City Defense Department, Arch Guards, and Xuanwu Guards, and the Xuanji Guards' stronghold is also in the city.

However, except for Xuanwu Guards and Xuanji Guards, the leaders and officers of other armed forces have been assassinated, and various emergency formations have also been destroyed. It is naturally difficult for a group of soldiers to organize themselves without a leader. .

Now that Lu Chen has stepped forward, with him around, even if he is alone, all ministries and departments have quickly resumed their functions.

The half-demon in the city and the evil things that gradually emerged from the evil aura were suppressed to the point where they couldn't raise their heads due to Lu Chen's order to mobilize resources and everyone's orderly organization of confrontation.

At this rate, as long as there are no problems on Gu Simiao's side, this emergency situation will be resolved satisfactorily.

However……

Just when the Xingping County government office was completely restored to operation, Lu Chen just breathed a sigh of relief——

Boom! ! !

A loud noise suddenly came from the sky above Xingping County.

Immediately afterwards, the originally extremely solid ice suddenly cracked and spread to all sides, forming spider web-like cracks.

Countless ice shards fell from mid-air, and the moment they were about to touch the roof, they turned into blue brilliance and scattered in the air with the wind.

At the same time, the originally dazzling brilliance on the surface of the ice also dimmed a lot at this moment.

Seeing this scene, Lu Chen suddenly felt nervous.

"Lu... Lu Shangshu..."

One of the government officials had a look of horror on his face.

"That adult... can't you hold on anymore?"

Lu Chen glanced at him and shook his head.

"Don't worry, Miss Gu is a Shenwu General, the strongest person in our Great Xia Dynasty. With her here, there will never be any problems."

As the backbone of Xingping County now, he cannot be messed up no matter what.

If he messes up, the situation that just got better will fall apart in an instant.

Therefore, even if the enemy is standing in front of him with a sword at his throat, he cannot panic.

The worst case scenario is death.

Do your best to obey fate.

Just do it with a clear conscience.

Hearing what Lu Chen said, everyone around him suddenly looked calmer.

Although they didn't know whether what Lu Chen said was true, or whether the Shenwu General was as powerful as he said, but...

A powerful man like Mr. Lu is still here to live and die with them without any intention of backing down. What else do they, worthless little people like ants, have to fear?

However, reality will not change according to anyone's will.

What should happen, no one can stop it.

Bang!

The ice cracked further, and soon a huge black crack formed.

As the cracks continued to deepen, several intersecting lights and shadows gradually appeared in the sky.

Bang bang bang! !

Accompanied by a series of dull loud noises, five blue, four black, and five figures collided fiercely in the air. The violent energy continued to pour in all directions. The entire space rippled with countless ripples, and the center twisted and folded crazily.

Seeing this scene, Lu Chen quickly realized that Gu Simiao had found the enemy and was currently fighting with him.

That blue figure is probably her.

As if to confirm his guess, a moment later, thousands of ice-blue butterflies suddenly appeared out of thin air around the blue figure, and beside the four figures, four were emitting a strange red light. The soul-calling flag also began to condense into thick black mist.

boom!

The black mist and the ice butterfly collided hard, causing a shock wave that swept everything, instantly shattering the already cracking ice wall again.

"Hahaha!"

In the black mist, a burst of laughter suddenly sounded.

"I have to admit that you are indeed very strong. With your own strength, you can stop the ancient fierce formation that the four brothers and I have been preparing for a long time. Not only that, even if you support the entire city, you still have the power to suppress the Dongxu Daji like us. A perfect cultivator, but..."

At this point, he paused slightly, with a hint of pride in his tone.

"But when the manpower is limited, the four of my brothers and sisters work together. Even if we face the strong ones in the Guiyi Realm, we are still capable of fighting. No matter how powerful you are, you can't stop us even if there is a city of untouchables dragging you down. "

"After all, it's just a pointless stubborn resistance."

Another man in black robe continued: "You and I have no grudges in the past, and we have no grudges in recent times. Now we can't do anything, so why force it? You are still young, so it is better to leave quickly and keep a useful body. You may achieve immortality in the future and step into the world." Immortal Dao, why are you fighting to the death with us here?"

“It’s better to go quickly”

“It’s better to go quickly”

The demon's murmuring words resounded across the sky, with echoes coming from the special structure of the ice.

Soon, people throughout the city heard the sound of depression.

In an instant, most of the people's hearts were in their throats. Many people bravely opened their windows, raised their heads, and looked at the fierce battle in the sky that had turned into daylight.

All the government officials also became nervous again.

Only Lu Chen looked the same as before.

Gu Simiao did not speak, but held her breath and concentrated on controlling the surging spiritual veins and countless blue ice butterflies in her body.

Although she was still dressed in white and spotless at this time, there was sweat on her face, and her expression was quite solemn, obviously.

As the man in black robe said, protecting the people of the city while confronting four masters of the Dzogchen Realm was a bit too much even for her.

Not to mention anything else, just the rapid consumption of spiritual power was too much for her.

After all, the scope of the nine-fold wave is large enough to cover the entire city. If it is stacked with resources, it may not be enough to activate a heaven-level magic circle.

She also maintained the operation of the spell and forcibly cut off the connection between the ancient fierce formations while fighting fiercely.

There are only a handful of people in the world who can do this.

It is impossible for Chai Hongyu and Fu Hua, who are both Guiyi realm warriors, to do it.

But this is already her limit.

If she were rational, she should think of an escape route now and find an opportunity to leave before her spiritual power was completely exhausted.

Although it is possible to defeat the enemy, the risk is too high, at least it is a 50-50 situation, and there is no need to take risks.

As for the people in the city?

How could an extremely powerful Guiyi Realm expert be more important?

If the city is gone, it can be rebuilt. If a powerful person like Gu Simiao is gone, it will definitely be an unacceptable loss for the Great Xia Dynasty.

In this world where cultivators are paramount, the lives of ordinary people will never be as valuable as those of cultivators, not to mention that Gu Simiao has tried her best to protect herself when things cannot be done, so she has a clear conscience.

but.

At this time, even though her spiritual power has bottomed out, she still has no reservations at all, and she has not withdrawn the spiritual power that maintains the operation of the immortal arts. Instead, she continues to maintain the power of the earthly immortal to resist the erosion of the ancient evil formation.

Even in order to prevent the broken ice from falling and injuring the people below, she multitasked and used a magic method to disperse the falling broken ice while distracted.

No matter what the enemy said, she never wavered.

And the reason why she did this is obvious.

Since Lu Chen wanted to live and die with the people of Xingping County, she naturally wanted to live and die with them too.

"Without further ado!"

Gu Simiao scolded coldly, clenching the ice blade in her hand, her eyes firmly standing under the last layer of ice, not giving the enemy any opportunity to take advantage.

"As long as I am still here, you can never succeed!"

Upon hearing this sonorous and powerful response, the four men in black robes suddenly fell silent.

Although I don't understand why this young woman with such an incredible level of cultivation would risk her life and fight with them, but now is not the time to think about this.

They have invested too much in this plan and cannot give up halfway. Since the other party refuses to give in, they can only throw all the remaining resources into it and make a desperate move.

Either get rich once or start all over again.

After knowing each other's attitude, there was no nonsense between the two parties.

The next second, huge spiritual power began to roar crazily, and natural disaster-level spiritual power continued to erupt in mid-air, and then turned into countless shock waves in the violent collision, quickly sweeping away in all directions.

Behind Gu Simiao, the ice wall towering high in the sky, although already crumbling in the shock wave, did not completely shatter, allowing the evil spirit aroused in the city to merge with the black mist shrouding the outside, completely launching the ancient times. Fierce array.

Almost everyone in the city was watching the battle in the sky with great nervousness. Many people had realized that the outcome of this deadly battle was likely to be related to their own fate.

"Haaah.haaa"

After a while, Gu Simiao's face gradually showed a look of malaise, and her breathing became a little heavier.

"good chance!"

Under the great consumption of spiritual energy, she seemed to finally have revealed a flaw. Two men in black robes seized the opportunity and controlled the black mist to directly hit her on the jade back.

Bang!

With a dull loud noise, as blue ice shards flew away, Gu Simiao's delicate body fell heavily from mid-air as if being hit by a giant hammer, and finally hit the lobby of the county government office hard, and was instantly smashed out of the ground. A huge dent.

When they saw the blue light falling in the air, many people's hearts suddenly sank.

Lu Chen sighed secretly, ignoring the horrified looks on the side, silently stood up, and walked towards the lobby where rocks were flying.

However, he did not notice that in the thick dust mist, a few wisps of weak blue light suddenly rose into the sky and turned into thin lines that were difficult to detect. In the blink of an eye, they were connected to the man in black robe who had just hit her (End of Chapter) )