“What the hell are they trying to do by not attacking?” Emperor Hong Wu frowned. For some reason, a bad premonition arose in his heart.

Over the next few days, the Myriad Devil Sect did not make any movements. Instead, they stayed far away. On the contrary, more and more war fortresses were built, overlapping in layers, covering the entire 300-mile radius of Tian Yuan City.

“Big deal is bad, big deal is bad!” Someone hurriedly rushed in from outside.

“What happened?” Emperor Hong Wu shouted.

“There’s news from outside. The Myriad Devil Sect has split up into five divisions, attacking the five regions of the Central Region at the same time, wanting to take over the rest of Great Zhou’s territory!” The man panted.

“What? Instead of attacking Tian Yuan City, they are going to attack the other five provinces?” Emperor Hong Wu was instantly shocked.

“What do they want to do?” Elder Sword asked doubtfully.

Emperor Hongwu’s expression was extremely ugly as he said, “You are not the rulers of the dynasty, so you do not know the way. If Great Zhou has taken all of our Diabolism territory, and there is only one Tian Yuan City left, then the fate of the country will fall to a low ebb!”

“What? Something like this will happen again? Why didn’t we think of this level?” Everyone was shocked.

“Emperor Hong Wu, your confidence in Tian Yuan City is the fate of your country. It can increase your strength and kill Li Qing in one go! If your fate falls, doesn’t that mean that this method will be completely ineffective?”

Emperor Hongwu nodded his head, “That’s pretty much what I meant. Li Qing obviously also wanted to worry about this situation. He actually didn’t take the initiative to attack Tian Yuan City, but instead weakened my Great Zhou’s luck first!”

“How dare you! The Myriad Devil Sect is too sinister! Then what should we do next? Could it be that we can’t do anything while we watch them attack the city?”

“In the current situation, we are in a dilemma. We are trapped in Tian Yuan City and unable to appear. Even if we have the Gates of Profundity, Li Qing must be controlling the Ascension Heavenly Palace to monitor us from above the Nine Heavens. He is ready to intercept us at any time to prevent us from sending people out to rescue us.”

“Most of the power of the Great Zhou Dynasty is gathered in Tian Yuan City. There is little resistance outside. It is only a matter of time before Diabolism invades and occupies it.”

“Even if we send someone out, it will only be a sheep entering a tiger’s mouth and will be killed by Li Qing! Unless Emperor Hong Wu personally goes out!”

“But if Emperor Hong Wu goes out, then Tian Yuan City will be unguarded. Li Qing will attack Tian Yuan City with all his might. Once Tian Yuan City loses, our situation will be even worse!”

Everyone was discussing, but they were all stumped by this situation.

In the end, it was still a matter of strength. Diabolism’s strength crushed the Great Zhou Dynasty. No matter how they fought, they could do whatever they wished. On the other hand, Great Zhou could only struggle to deal with it.

“It’s a pity that Li Qing didn’t fall for it. He refused to personally attack Tian Yuan City, making it impossible for me to use my strength!” Emperor Hong Wu sighed.

“Then aren’t we really hopeless?”

“There’s nothing I can do. I can only continue to defend Tian Yuan City. Even without the fate of the country, it won’t be easy to break through.” Emperor Hong Wu shook his head helplessly.

“Could it be that you’re just watching Diabolism invade Great Zhou’s territory? At least send this person out to give it a try.”

“That’s just a waste of effort. Why don’t you save it and protect Tian Yuan City with all your might?”

After some discussion, they could only helplessly admit that in this situation, there was no other way than to defend Tian Yuan City.

Of course, they did not let the Myriad Devil Sect feel better. Although it was impossible for them to send people to rescue the distant places, the nearby war fortresses could still be destroyed by any means.

Even Emperor Hongwu would often personally take action to fight against the Myriad Devil Sect, causing the heavens and earth to turn upside down, consuming their life force.

Since the Myriad Devil Sect had sent people to attack the five continents, that meant that the troops staying near Tian Yuan City would be greatly weakened. This way, they would have a chance to create a wave of attacks, causing quite a bit of damage to Diabolism.

However, the Myriad Devil Sect quickly adjusted and fought against the defenders in Tian Yuan City. They found many opportunities to fight back, causing heavy damage to the Great Zhou Dynasty.

After all, the Great Zhou Dynasty took the initiative to leave the city. Without the strong defense of Tian Yuan City, it would be equivalent to losing its greatest advantage. The two sides were fighting outside on pure strength.

Just like that, after fighting for half a year, the army of the Myriad Devil Sect finally attacked all the territories of the Great Zhou Dynasty, leaving only Tian Yuan City.

After finishing his territory, he spent some time stabilizing the rear, arranging for order, and so on. Finally, he redeployed most of his strength back to the vicinity of Tian Yuan City, causing Diabolism’s army to expand explosively, gathering millions of martial artists to begin the final battle.

Seeing that most of Diabolism’s strength had been retracted, Tian Yuan City stopped sneak attacking and obediently guarded Tian Yuan City to defend against the enemy’s attacks.

After losing all his territory, Emperor Hong Wu felt that the fate of the Great Zhou Dynasty had fallen to the bottom. It was already very difficult for him to increase his strength by relying on the power of the fate of the country.

“I’ve finally come to this point! Sigh, we can only look at Tian Yuan City now. I hope that this strong city can defend against Diabolism’s attack.” Emperor Hong Wu sighed.

Everyone in the Myriad Devil Sect was overjoyed. As long as they attacked Tian Yuan City, they would be closer and closer to ruling the five regions of the world.

It could be said that this was almost the final test. After defeating the Great Zhou Dynasty, the remaining forces were no longer worried.

“It’s been a hundred thousand years. I’ve never felt so close to my final goal!” Devil Saint You Luo sighed.

“For the past 100,000 years, Diabolism has been oppressed by Righteous path. We can only survive and hide in a dark corner. Today is a lucky day. The heavens sent a peerless figure like the Demon Lord, and finally we, Diabolism, have a day to turn over!”

“Back then, Emperor Hong Wu ambushed our former Demon Lord, Yin Tianhong, causing the last battle between the Righteous Demons to fail. However, now, this move of his will be useless because our Demon Lord is invincible now. If he doesn’t die, it will be difficult for him to be killed!”

“Unless the old Sword God runs out, he will be able to kill Devil Master Lord!”

“Do you think that at the last moment, the Sword God will suddenly come out and ruin our good fortune?” Someone said.

“Bah, you crow mouth, don’t say such bad words! The Sword God is still in the Void Sword Realm competing against the Heavenly Devil Ape. How can he have the time to come out and deal with us? When he comes out, we will have already ruled the world. When that time comes, the day lily will be cold.”

“Moreover, the Sword God’s lifespan isn’t much left, right? He should be about to undergo the tenth level of heavenly tribulation. I’m afraid that he will be taken away by the heavenly tribulation at that time. There’s no need for us to make a move.” Everyone laughed heartily.

“Basically, we can confirm that the Great Zhou Dynasty is hopeless this time. They can no longer turn the tables like they did last time. Even if they can hire some helpers, they won’t be of much use. It’s very difficult for them to defeat us!”

“Unknowingly, our strength has actually reached this level! We can actually crush the Righteous path! It’s time to start the final battle!”

Li Qing looked around and saw the intense expressions on everyone’s faces and the warm atmosphere. He knew that it was about time. He said, “It’s rare for everyone to be in such high spirits, so it’s as you wish. Now, let’s launch a general attack and try to capture Tian Yuan City as soon as possible!”

…

A month later.

At the gates of Tian Yuan City, there were corpses piled up, and no one came out to clean them up. Fresh blood stained the earth red, smoke filled the air, and piles of flames silently burned in the surroundings.

Ever since Diabolism launched the general offensive, it had been an entire month without stopping. Both sides suffered heavy losses and their spirits were extremely exhausted.

“Tian Yuan City is indeed the most powerful city in history. It is not something that the Sacred City and the Heavenly Stronghold can compare to!” The Nether Devil Sovereign said.

“We have invested all of our strength in this battle. We haven’t been able to make any substantial progress after fighting for so long!”

“Even if Emperor Hong Wu loses the power of national destiny, his strength is still incomparably tyrannical. If he stubbornly defends, it will be very difficult to break through their defenses!”

In the past, when Emperor Hong Wu and Li Qing fought one-on-one in the Heavenly Crossing Stronghold, both sides could be considered to have exchanged for each other, and they were evenly matched.

However, he felt painful afterwards and felt that fighting Li Qing alone was meaningless. Therefore, he ignored Li Qing’s challenge and defended the city with all his might. He actually achieved remarkable results, causing the Diabolism forces to be helpless against Tian Yuan City.

Even though Diabolism’s power was twice that of the Tian Yuan City’s defenders, and many of the old divine dragons, Nether Demon Sovereigns, and other top experts had joined forces to help, they still failed in front of Tian Yuan City.

Of course, Tian Yuan City was also feeling uncomfortable. After such a long period of continuous consumption, everyone was exhausted and their defenses were inevitably weakened.

“No wonder the Great Zhou Dynasty was powerless to attack Tian Yuan City for more than a hundred years. Now that we have personally tried it, we know how powerful the defense of this city is. Even the Holy City of the Eastern Region is far inferior to it.”

“Dao Sovereign Zhulong has the most say, right? Back then, when you were here for a hundred years, you should know some of the weaknesses of Tian Yuan City, right?”

Dao Sovereign Zhulong shook his head. “No, Tian Yuan City has practically no weaknesses. We can only rely on our hard power to attack. Furthermore, after the Great Zhou Dynasty takes over, we will definitely do everything we can to find out and fill in the gaps. It will be more perfect than when I was in charge.”

“Then let’s continue to forcefully attack. Facing this city, I don’t have a good way.” Li Qing said.

Back then, he had used his own strength to break through the defense of the Holy City. But now, before Tian Yuan City, this move would not work.

Forget about having a strong defense, Emperor Hong Wu was still guarding the place. This was the pillar of Great Zhou’s Heaven Bearing Realm. If Li Qing attacked with Zhenshan River, Emperor Hongwu would use the Emperor’s Extreme Fist to fight against Li Qing in the city.

If Emperor Hong Wu could not be defeated, this Heaven Bearing Pillar would not be able to break through Tian Yuan City in a short period of time.

Just like when Doasim Lord Zhulong was in charge of the city and Emperor Hong Wu hadn’t broken through to the Seven Tribulations, he couldn’t do anything to Daqian Dynasty.

For the sake of today’s plan, we can only rely on numbers to build up a pile. Perhaps it will gradually develop into a long-term siege war, just like the situation in the Great Circle that trapped Da Qian for a hundred years back then.

“I hope that old fellow Sword God doesn’t come out so quickly.” Li Qing thought to himself.

Time passed in a hurry, five years later.

During this period of time, the Myriad Demon Sect’s strength had improved again. On the one hand, the Devil Dao occupied the entire Eastern Region and the Central Region. Its power had expanded to an unbelievable extent. It had plundered a large amount of resources and nurtured its own body. As a result, it had become even more powerful, and the number of troops invested in the war in Tian Yuan City had also increased.

On the other hand, with Li Qing’s full support, the Myriad Demon Sect added a few more Dao Realm experts, such as … Liu Ke’er and Yin Qian Yu!

Many of his disciples, Lin Tianhao, Seven Night Demon Monarch, Moon Worshipping Sectlord, Liu Tianyuan, and the others also broke through to the Dao Realm.

Of course, it must have used some special methods, such as the Longevity Immortal Pill, to allow so many people to break through at the same time and increase the power of the Myriad Demon Sect.

As a result, Li Qing only had three Longevity Immortal Pills left in his hands, and he was almost out of them.

This was one of Li Qing’s trump cards. However, now that he was running out of trump cards, he couldn’t help but feel some pain in his heart.

Apart from these newly advanced Dao Realm experts, there were also a few other people whose strength had also increased tremendously. Then the Nether Demon Sovereign, the Ancient Desolate Emperor, and the Yin Yang Demon Emperor!

The Nether Demon Sovereign hadn’t recovered to his peak state, and the Ancient Desolate Emperor and the Yin Yang Demon Emperor hadn’t been reborn for long.

But now, in order to increase his strength and break through Tian Yuan City, Li Qing did everything he could to help them recover their strength. Not long ago, he had finally allowed these three famous elites to reappear in the mortal world.

Netherworld Devil Sovereign and Ancient Desolate Lord were both experts of the Eight Tribulations of the Dao Realm. The Yin Yang Devil Emperor was also one of the Seven Tribulations of the Dao Realm. With the addition of this combat strength, Diabolism’s strength instantly increased to an unbelievable level. He was already able to crush the Great Zhou Dynasty.

This time, even with Emperor Hong Wu here, he felt that he couldn’t hold on! After all, there were four Eight Tribulations of the Dao Realm, Li Qing, Devil Sovereign Nether, Ancient Desolate Lord, and the old divine dragon!

“I can’t hold on any longer!” Emperor Hong Wu’s expression was solemn. “Where did such powerful figures come from in Diabolism? I’ve never seen them before. How did they do it?”

“If Tian Yuan City is destroyed, it can almost foretell that our Righteous path will lose its last hope. Diabolism will rule the world completely and change the pattern of the past 100,000 years!”

“Therefore, Tian Yuan City absolutely cannot be broken! If it is broken, there is no way to save it!”

“But right now, there are several Dao Realm Eight Tribulations major powers outside. What are we going to use to defend against them?” Everyone was discussing with anxious expressions.

The Sword Old Man sighed, “Now it seems that there is only one last method.”

Everyone looked at Old Man Jian one after another. Basically, they could guess what method Old Man Jian was talking about. Apart from the Sword God, there was probably no one else in the world who could turn the tide, right?