Chapter 75: The Night of Judgment 4
A spatial crack formed, unleashing a storm that created chaotic energy currents, sucking in everything in its path. The city lord and the elders hurriedly summoned a massive energy shield to protect themselves from the incoming punch wave that followed the crack.
However, as the punch wave met the shield, it shattered instantly like glass, continuing forward toward the giant battle formation avatar. The elders tried to raise their defenses, but the avatar collapsed the moment it was swept by the punch, which then struck the heart of the formation.
Pui!
All the elders spat out a mouthful of blood, a side effect of the destroyed avatar. The destruction of the formation, combined with the punch wave, caused all the marquess-stage elders to faint, while the others sustained fatal injuries. Their organs shook, and their energy became unstable—this was the drawback of using a battle formation.
When you link yourself to others in a formation to create combined techniques, your power exceeds what you can individually achieve. But when the technique is broken, the backlash is severe.
The effects were devastating for those at lower cultivation stages, causing them to faint instantly. Even the grand elder, at the grand duke stage and the brain of the formation, suffered greatly. His energy became chaotic, and his internal organs ruptured and bled. The elders were incapacitated, unable to continue the fight.
The city lord had already dodged out of the impact zone when their shield shattered. He witnessed all of this with trembling eyes, but his shock was short-lived as he sensed someone behind him. Instinctively, he swung his green fire sword, but his shock deepened when the energy flow of his technique became unstable.
The technique weakened, and as it approached Aldrian, the young man easily blocked it with a hand coated in golden energy. The city lord was stunned, and before he could react, Aldrian’s hand had already clamped around his neck.
Aldrian’s grip was firm, and his energy seeped into the city lord’s body. After a moment, Aldrian released his hold, controlling the energy within the city lord’s body to seal his meridians and dantian, effectively incapacitating him.
For the first time, the city lord felt true dread—it was as if he had been turned into a mere mortal. Powerless, he could only sit there, weak and helpless.
"What did you do to me?" the city lord gasped, but Aldrian didn’t respond. With the surrounding elders critically injured and the city lord captured, Aldrian had effectively taken control of the manor.