Chapter 342 | Sequence: Sacrifice

"Meow!"

Canned Food sprinted through the alleyways, its fur standing completely on end.

Its perception of danger was extremely sharp. It had been sleeping soundly in its nest when an explosion changed everything.

Its minions were dead, the humans were dead, and the scent of blood was everywhere. Waves of divinity surged through the air like the tide, one after another.

All of this stimulated Canned Food's nerves, making it want nothing more than to find the lantern-carrying ghost and hide inside the book box.

"Hm? It's still alive under the influence of the sealed object? There must be something extraordinary about this cat. Catch it!"

Two transcendents spotted Canned Food and began to corner it.

Canned Food let out a sharp meow and dashed toward a corner.

"Hehehe, little kitty, you can't run. Come here, let me—"

The man was fast, closing the distance to less than a meter in an instant.

But at the very moment he reached out to grab it, the black cat vanished.

It disappeared without a single sign, as if it had never existed at all.

He froze for a split second, his scalp suddenly tingling with dread as his partner shouted in panic.

"Behind you!"

The man tried to dodge, but it was already too late.

Cat claws, bolstered by spirituality, sliced through his spine with ease.

Pfft!

Blood sprayed everywhere. The man completely lost control of his body and slammed hard into the ground.

"Old Lu!"

His companion cried out in shock, only to see the tabby cat vanish once again.

The companion was terrified, but it was clearly too late to flee.

He felt a cold sensation at his neck as his spine was similarly severed, leaving him to collapse powerlessly to the ground.

Canned Food flicked its tail, spared them a single glance, and then vanished into the darkness.

Before long, both men bled out and died. Canned Food shook its body, a powerful premonition rising within it.

If it could just consume a promotion potion, it could break through to Sequence 7 of the Killer pathway—the Shadow rank—and gain the life-saving ability to merge with the darkness!

...

In the Mirror World.

Mr. Qian held a sealed object, briefly suppressing the Giant Spirit God.

The battle between the two was wide and destructive, the aftershocks tearing the mirror city into a mangled mess.

Some Great Qi soldiers and opportunistic transcendents who had been sucked inside were pulverized by the shockwaves before they could even realize what was happening.

Both sides were desperate to kill their opponent as quickly as possible!

The man in gold-rimmed glasses was pale as a sheet, his divinity and spirituality severely depleted.

Judging by the current situation, he could only hold out for another twenty minutes at most!

And that was only because he had a good relationship with the stone mirror; otherwise, five minutes would have been his limit!

The Giant Spirit God, now less than two meters tall, spoke after blocking one of Mr. Qian's strikes.

"You must know in your heart that Wangnian City can no longer be held. Why continue this futile resistance?"

Mr. Qian swung his blade again, his voice cold and harsh.

"Can't be held? You say it can't be held, so it can't?"

"Instead of worrying about us, why don't you ask yourself why this major frontline city only has us here? Why hasn't the Great Wei army arrived yet?"

The Giant Spirit God was completely unfazed, offering a carefree smile instead.

"That is for our general to worry about."

The fighting grew fiercer, the aftershocks of their battle echoing through the surroundings.

The nearby Demigods did their best to evade the fallout while simultaneously pondering how to escape this world within the sealed object.

Even as Demigods, a sealed object was still dangerous to them.

In fact, the minimum requirement to even use a sealed object was to be at the Demigod rank!

After trying numerous methods to no avail, they all turned their gazes toward the man in gold-rimmed glasses.

When you cannot solve the problem, solving the person who created the problem is also a viable strategy.

...

"There's someone on the roof!"

"Don't look up! If we see the mirror, we'll be sucked in too! Who's up there?"

"It's that masked man wanted by the Security Bureau."

"Hmph! In times of chaos, all sorts of monsters and demons crawl out of the woodwork!"

Inside the Command Center, the City Lord of Wangnian City stood before the monitors, his voice calm.

"Is Zhao Qi still alive?"

"We can't contact him."

"Then assume he's dead. Have someone we can reach take a team to support the city wall. No matter what, hold them for twenty minutes!"

"Yes, sir!"

"What about the Security Bureau?"

"Bureau Chief Ye hasn't contacted us."

"No contact means everything is fine. The Hidden Vault is right beneath the Security Bureau, and Uncle Guo is there. Nothing will go wrong."

"Those Great Qi bastards want to tear a hole through our Wangnian City. We'll show them that we would rather be shattered jade than intact pottery!"

"Yes, sir!"

The subordinates acknowledged the order and began to act according to the plan.

There were two unwritten rules in Great Wei.

During peacetime, the highest command authority belonged to the Command Center!

During wartime, the highest command authority defaulted to the highest-ranking local military officer!

As for the Security Bureau, they followed the Command Center in peace and the military in war.

But he was different, because he was not just the City Lord of Wangnian City; he was also the highest-ranking local military commander!

In all of Wangnian City, his word was law!

From top to bottom, no one would ever question his decisions!

"The message has been reported up, hasn't it?"

"It has. The higher-ups are sending high-Sequence experts."

The subordinate looked hesitant as he spoke. Seeing this, the City Lord frowned.

"If you have something to say, spit it out! Look at the time—stop acting so secretive."

"Sir, if I were the one leading the Great Qi siege, I would have cut off all nearby signals during the attack to prevent reinforcements from being called."

"If even I can think of that, Great Qi surely has as well."

"Could this be a trap? Are we being used as bait to lure in the main army?"

The City Lord waved him off.

"That isn't for us to worry about. The big shots in the rear will have their own considerations."

...

"Transcendents everywhere. It really is quite dangerous."

Yin Yang sacrificed the headless corpse before him to the heroic spirits in his divine kingdom. Although there wasn't much spirituality left, it was better than nothing.

"Whew."

He exhaled deeply and began to warm up on the spot.

"I've been wanting to test the Invoking the God ability for a while now. I never had a good opportunity before, but today is perfect!"

The spirituality in Yin Yang's body began to boil. In a corner of his divine kingdom, the small black shadow seemed to sense something; it looked up at the sky and slowly stood up.