The inn, not being in the center of the battlefield, hadn't suffered much damage so far. However, the inn's guests, like the civilians on the street, had mostly fallen unconscious the moment the evil spirit masters unleashed their Blood God Bats.
But there were always exceptions. In a room on the third floor facing the street, three guests remained completely unaffected by the fighting in the city.
Looking out the window, the three had already noticed the Flander Legion moving towards them. One of the burly middle-aged men clenched his fists and muttered in what he thought was a low voice,
"Damn birdmen, what a greedy merchant who won't let go of even the smallest advantage."
Despite his words, the burly man and his two companions concealed their presence and silently ambushed the three evil spirit masters by the window, ready to assist Flander in killing them.
Needless to say, these three were the three Shrek Academy teachers still in the city, and the arrogant burly man was Zhao Wuji. In just over a minute, Flander successfully lured the evil spirit masters into the attack range of Zhao Wuji and his companions, but the three of them didn't rush to attack. Timing is crucial for maximizing the effectiveness of a sneak attack. Flander was clearly still in a state of ease, so there was no need for Zhao Wuji and his companions to rush; finding an opportunity to strike decisively was the most efficient approach.
Meanwhile, Shrek Academy's strongest four-man team had already sounded the death knell for the three evil spirit masters. On the other side, with Oscar's help, Oschin had set up the upgraded electromagnetic cannon.
After calculations, Oschin aimed the cannon's muzzle towards the City Lord's Mansion, and a solid cannonball, its surface covered with intricate runes and magic arrays, was loaded into the cannon. The light in front of them distorted slightly. Shao Xin, who had personally scouted the surroundings, returned at the opportune moment and nodded to Oschin to indicate that there was no danger of being exposed.
The rest was simple. Soul power was injected, and a buzzing sound of electricity filled the air. Three seconds later, the electromagnetic cannon, fully charged, shuddered violently. With a barely audible boom, the cannonball in the barrel transformed into a streak of light and hurtled towards the distant city of Hulan Motuo.
Through his binoculars, Oschin clearly saw the eggshell-like black light membrane in the distance being dented by the instantly arriving projectile. The projectile, encountering strong resistance, adhered to the light membrane like ignited thermite, rapidly burning. The heat, capable of melting rare metals, caused the light membrane to ripple like water. Centered on the point of impact, the color of the light membrane gradually changed from black to its initial transparent dark red, clearly indicating that the bombardment had consumed most of the energy contained within that area of the light membrane. The
Shrek Seven Devils outside the city, having gained some understanding of the function and strength of this suddenly appearing light membrane through this attack, were no longer in a hurry to launch a second attack. Instead, they observed the situation inside the city through the brief windows of vision that appeared on the light membrane.
Because Flander and his group inside the city were already quite close to the city walls, the commotion caused by the exploding and burning of the fixed-position shells successfully affected the battle situation there.
The three evil soul masters, who were on the defensive, were briefly confused and disoriented by the sudden loud noise and the sudden burst of light from outside. Zhao Wuji and his two companions, who had been waiting for an opportunity, seized the opportunity. Lu Qibin used a strong control soul skill to temporarily restrain the three unsuspecting evil soul masters, while Flander and his companions launched a powerful attack soul skill, reaping the three evil souls in one fell swoop.
Due to the perspective, the students outside the city did not see the teachers' brilliant teamwork, but Flander and his group inside the city judged from the direction of the attack that it was caused by the few people left behind outside the city.
"An attack of this strength, could it be that old bastard Shao Xin personally came up close and fired it?" Zhao Wuji looked at the light membrane that was almost blasted apart in the distance, and was somewhat puzzled as to how the people left behind by Shrek Academy outside the city had managed to do it.
"I'm not so sure," Flander's eyes, hidden behind his glasses, gleamed. "This is very likely an attack from a soul tool made by that brat Oschin. Sometimes, the attack power of soul tools that kid makes can't be calculated according to their level."
"Let's discuss these things later. The giant bats in the sky seem to have weakened a bit because of the attack just now. Flander, if you don't need to go back, stay and try to break through this evil soul master's protective barrier with us."
Lu Qibin, who hadn't had much screen time, stopped Zhao Wuji and Flander's discussion and pointed out the next course of action with his keen observation.
"That place hasn't recovered yet, let's go and give it a boost."
After saying that, Flander flew over first, and Oschin and the others outside the city successfully spotted Flander and his group before the light barrier darkened and they lost sight of them.
"Judging from Flander and the others' actions, the situation in the city shouldn't change too much. Let's just wait here patiently. The evil soul master incident in Hulan Motuo City has already wasted too much of our time. Tomorrow morning, we'll head full speed ahead to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy."
With the overall situation settled, the Grandmaster was no longer as tense as before and began to arrange the next steps. Oschin retrieved the electromagnetic cannon, while Oscar led the other students to install some disguised soul tools on the treehouse. After all, the blast had caused quite a stir, and there might be some people in Hulan Motuo City who noticed something. To avoid trouble, it was necessary to make their base more concealed.
Over the next half hour, Oschin, boredly staring at the soul tool display screen, noticed that more and more small protrusions were appearing on the black light membrane in the distance, and the color of the light membrane was gradually fading.
"It seems the Spirit Hall alliance has more and more idle personnel. At this rate, in another ten minutes or so, the evil spirit masters in the city should be wiped out."
As it turned out, Oschin had overestimated the resistance of those evil spirit masters. In just over six minutes, the black light membrane transformed back into its initial transparent dark red. Then Oschin saw the six-winged angel, still enveloped in holy light, cleave the now-illusory Blood God Bat into a cloud of blood light that gradually dissipated into the air.
With the Blood God Bat's dissipation, the light membrane covering the entire city of Hulan Motuo shattered completely, and the still-powerful sunlight once again enveloped the city. Even from a distance, Oschin could see a few remaining evil spirit masters still putting up a stubborn resistance, their bodies enveloped in a layer of bloody mist under the sunlight.
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