# Chapter 856: The City-Protecting Great Array
"What method!?"
Yun Qinghong looked into the distance, his expression heavy with deep helplessness: "Do you all still remember the thing that the Fourth Generation Former Demon Emperor left for the Demon Emperor City with half a lifetime of effort?"
"Clan Head, do you mean... the City-Protecting Great Array?" Grand Elder Yun Wotian spoke immediately.
Beneath the Demon Emperor City lay a City-Protecting Great Array. This matter was now almost unknown to anyone; it wasn't a secret that couldn't be known to outsiders, but rather it had been gradually forgotten by history.
However, among the Twelve Guardian Clans, quite a few people knew of its existence.
"According to the chronicles of our Illusion Demon Realm, it is indeed recorded that the Fourth Generation Former Demon Emperor, fearing that catastrophe would one day descend, spent several hundred years of time and effort constructing a massive protective profound formation beneath the Demon Emperor City. Only..." Mu Feiyan shook his head: "This City-Protecting Great Array has been completely dormant since the Fifth Generation Demon Emperor, and has never been used in the several thousand years since. The power within the array must have long since dispersed, and it is now a completely dead formation... Qinghong, you should understand this point."
"Correct, the City-Protecting Great Array is indeed already a dead formation." Yun Qinghong said solemnly: "But although the formation is dead, the formation foundations still exist, and they are completely intact. I confirmed this with Xiao Yaohou six months ago... At the time, it was merely an assignment I went to carry out, never expecting that we would suddenly be forced to this point."
"Clan Head Yun, do you mean to say... forcefully awaken the City-Protecting Great Array to resist Xuanyuan Wentian?" a Commandery Prince opened his mouth wide, finding it hard to believe. The others were also dumbfounded... If Yun Qinghong nodded at this moment, they would surely think he had gone mad.
"Exactly that!" Yun Qinghong did not hesitate in the slightest, his voice suddenly growing heavier, and his gaze becoming exceptionally sharp: "Everyone, how much power is needed to awaken this City-Protecting Great Array, I'm sure you all have a rough idea. And our time is less than half an hour! Within this half-hour, we must mobilize all available power... all of it! Including all disciples, and all profound crystal resources! Do not hold back even a little!"
The words "all of it" were incredibly heavy.
Everyone stared at Yun Qinghong in shock, and the Yun Clan disciples below were also in a daze... They simply couldn't believe their ears.
"Clan Head Yun, mobilize all power... all our accumulated resources to forcefully awaken the City-Protecting Great Array... this, this, this..." a Commandery Prince shook his head, completely unable to comprehend. This was not just an exaggeration, it was utterly preposterous.
If these words hadn't come from Yun Qinghong's mouth, they would have dismissed them as the most absurd joke they had ever heard in their lives.
"I am not joking." Yun Qinghong exhaled heavily, his gaze fixed steadily on everyone: "Xuanyuan Wentian is worth doing this for... and we have no choice but to do it! Think carefully about how powerful Xiao Yaohou's profound strength is. And Xuanyuan Wentian is the one who could defeat Xiao Yaohou!"
"The enemy, although only a single person, brings what can be said to be the greatest calamity in the history of the Demon Emperor City! If the Huai Wang Rebellion had succeeded, it would have merely been a change of royal power. But if Xuanyuan Wentian breaks into the city, the consequence will be the entire city bathed in blood! Perhaps by this time tomorrow, the Demon Emperor City will have already been reduced to ruins, ceasing to exist!"
"Do you wish to be slaughtered, or will you choose to exhaust everything for this only possible chance to buy a brief respite?"
Yun Qinghong's words were like the morning drum and evening bell, causing their expressions to change sharply... Perhaps only at this moment did they truly realize how terrifying this calamity actually was.
Although it was only one person... it was power surpassing Xiao Yaohou!!
It was power fully capable of annihilating the entire Demon Emperor City!!
"Brother Yun, I understand." Su Xiangnan nodded heavily: "If I remember correctly, this City-Protecting Great Array has a total of eight formation domains, each with six formation eyes. Please give the orders on how to proceed!"
"Exactly, with Xiao Yaohou still unheard from, Clan Head Yun is most suitable to take command of the overall situation. Please rest assured, Clan Head Yun. This matter concerns the life and death of the Demon Emperor City. All forces under my Zheng Wang Manor will mobilize without a single one missing, and all accumulated profound crystals will be brought out without a single piece held back!"
"Clan Head Yun, please give the orders!!"
None of the Guardian Clan Heads, elders, or Commandery Princes present showed any further hesitation; some were even trembling with nervousness.
"If Xuanyuan Wentian cannot break through at one position, he will surely change his position. Therefore, all eight formation domains must be defended! And it is best to distribute power evenly, leaving no weak point. Otherwise, once a breach is opened, it will be the destruction of the Demon Emperor City... Xuanyuan Wentian's extremely strange black profound force?"
Even someone as strong as Yun Qinghong felt an extremely uncomfortable sensation spreading through his body under the aura of this dark force that had not yet even approached.
The dark aura approaching was far more terrifying than anticipated. Tianxia Xiongtu, standing at the very front, looked at the sky darkening to the north, his expression growing heavier and heavier. At this moment, he felt with absolute clarity that not a single word Yun Qinghong had spoken was an alarmist exaggeration.
Because this was a pressure even heavier and more terrifying than Xiao Yaohou's!!
"All Tianxia disciples, hear my command... prepare for battle! If you don't want to die, use all your strength!!" Tianxia Xiongtu bellowed.
"The City-Protecting Great Array allows exit but not entry. Remember not to mistakenly step outside the array." Yun Qinghong said in a deep voice. His hands rose, with purple thunder exploding in his palms, and dozens of thunder spirits had already begun circling around his body.
"Unexpectedly, Xuanyuan Wentian's strength has actually reached such a level, nearly twice as powerful as Xiao Yaohou!" The terrifying aura from the north made Yun Qinghong's chest feel as if it would burst, his expression growing ever heavier.
"Ah? No... it's not like that." Xiao Yun's profound energy surged all over his body, trembling with nervousness: "Although Xuanyuan Wentian defeated Xiao Yaohou back then, he himself was also very battered, and had been wounded terribly, barely able to stand. Even if he surpassed Xiao Yaohou, it shouldn't have been by that much."
Yun Qinghong: "..."
"No," Tianxia Diyi shook his head: "Xuanyuan Wentian's aura has changed. He is much, much stronger than three months ago in the Tian Xuan Continent. Just this momentum alone surpassing Xiao Yaohou by nearly double is by no means an exaggeration."
"What?! How... how can this be..." Xiao Yun's expression turned pale, cold sweat pouring down his forehead as he tried to sense the aura from the north.