We bear people have power

No one would laugh at Guan Bo; a city lord who could shed tears for the people of the city would only earn more respect from others. But for Guan Bo, being such a grown man and crying so uncontrollably was truly shameful. However, Wu Meiniang didn't continue to tease him, but instead explained the whole story to Guan Bo in the simplest way possible.

As the deputy city lord, Wu Meiniang took over all affairs of Sickle Hammer City after Guan Bo left. Wu Meiniang did not become complacent simply because she had a large number of cultivators in charge.

Ever since the Kingdom of Wuji sacrificed its citizens to the evil god and killed the spies of Sickle Hammer City, Wu Meiniang realized that things had become serious.

Therefore, she directly ordered Jin Chanzi, the most powerful demon in Sickle Hammer City besides Guan Bo, to go to Wuji Kingdom as quickly as possible to gather information.

This approach was undoubtedly correct. When Jin Chanzi arrived in Wuji Kingdom, he happened to meet the King of Wuji Kingdom leading his 50,000 beast soldiers on an expedition.

Their first target was not Sickle Hammer City, but a small sect of cultivators not far from the Kingdom of Wuji.

Ultimately, the King of Wuji Kingdom had witnessed Guan Bo's abilities and was quite wary of Sickle Hammer City. This so-called small sect was actually quite powerful; its leader was a seasoned Foundation Establishment cultivator with extensive combat experience, and even Jin Chanzi himself wouldn't dare say he could easily defeat him.

However, even such a powerful cultivator could only withstand the siege of the beast soldiers for half an hour before being torn to pieces. These beast soldiers were extremely powerful, capable of withstanding magic spells with their bare bodies.

Even with all his trump cards, the veteran Foundation Establishment cultivator only managed to kill a few dozen beasts, which was nothing compared to the overwhelming number of beast soldiers.

Without their strongest leader to oversee things, all of the hundred-plus members of this small sect were devoured by the beast soldiers, utterly wiped out. Jin Chanzi was terrified and immediately reported the matter to Lianchui City.

Wu Zetian was an exceptionally intelligent woman. Not long ago, she had fallen out with the Wuji Kingdom, which was now short of food and money. Whether for public or private reasons, it was only natural for the Wuji Kingdom to set its sights on Sickle Hammer City.

Although the cultivators of Sicklehammer City are numerous and far stronger than the Foundation Establishment cultivators of this small sect, they will certainly suffer heavy losses under the siege of these beast soldiers.

Unfortunately, Guan Bo went to the underworld, leaving Sickle Hammer City leaderless. Wu Meiniang knew that her prestige was far from comparable to Guan Bo's, and if there were any major casualties, the morale of Sickle Hammer City would surely collapse, and the entire city might be destroyed.

Therefore, Wu Zetian began preparing for the beast soldiers' attack. She had Jin Chanzi secretly capture a few beast soldiers to study the weaknesses of these monsters. Finding a way to easily eliminate the beast soldiers was not easy.

Despite the large hole in the beastman's chest, it wasn't an injury, but rather the site where the beastman vomited venomous blood. Even if the wound were pierced again, it wouldn't be fatal. The rest of the beastman's skin was incredibly tough, practically impervious to ordinary swords and spears.

Finally, the ever-naive Ao Ying offered an idea: "Didn't the golden beetles confuse them? If the beast soldiers attack the city, just let the golden beetles confuse them."

Although Ao Ying mispronounced Jin Chanzi's name twice, it was undoubtedly a very reliable method.

However, when the number of beast soldiers was large, Jin Chanzi could not completely control them. He had to settle for second best and had Lingxiu use the Yi Wood spiritual energy to create many tree dolls, and then use illusion magic to fool the beast soldiers.

Before the beast soldiers arrived, Wu Meiniang found the mountain god and the land god and asked them to help prepare a huge underground space under Sickle Hammer City to temporarily accommodate the nearly 100,000 people of Sickle Hammer City.

This is where the Wu family's abilities truly shone. Even though the relocation of 100,000 people was merely to the underground of Sickle Hammer City, Wu Meiniang managed to organize it all perfectly, leaving not a single person behind.

Guan Bo knew he couldn't possess such skill, so he truly deserved the position of deputy city lord.

It seems that God is always happy to help those who do good deeds. It wasn't until more than 90% of the city's name had been removed from the map that the King of Wuji Kingdom led his beast army toward the city in a grand procession.

"That's a clever idea, but if I don't come back, are you just going to take the beating without fighting back?" Guan Bo asked.

"Of course not. If you still haven't returned after a while... I'll blow up the insect nest and let the Flame Insects rush out and devour all these monsters!" Wu Meiniang said decisively.

Upon hearing this, Guan Bo couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine.

The number of Flame Insects is enormous; after this period of breeding, they likely number no less than 100,000. If the cages are opened, not only will the beast soldiers in the sky suffer heavy losses, but the Flame Insects, acting entirely on instinct, could easily scatter across the land, causing even more devastating damage than the beast soldiers.

This is a desperate measure, and Wu Zetian's only remaining trump card. Whether it succeeds or fails, Sickle Hammer City will inevitably suffer heavy losses. Only Wu Zetian could employ such ruthless methods; Guan Bo is far inferior in this regard.

Fortunately, Guan Bo returned in time, and his strength had greatly improved. He and Yingcao managed to kill 99% of these monsters.

"The King of Wuji Kingdom dares to collude with demons and lead troops to attack my Sickle Hammer City? He's courting death! I'll go and kill him right now, and let's see who those beast soldiers will listen to then." Guan Bo rolled up his sleeves and was about to fly towards Wuji Kingdom.

But Nie Shuhuan, who had been silent, quickly pulled him aside and said to Guan Bo, "I think there must be something fishy about this. Didn't the Fire Worship Cult use religion to control Wuji Kingdom before? Now that it's a Buddhist evil god, it might be the same approach. If that's the case, killing the Wuji Kingdom's prime minister won't help. The key is to solve the problem at its source."

"So what do you mean?" Guan Bo asked.

"First, we need to figure out where the 50,000 beast soldiers of Wuji Kingdom came from and who gave them to them, so that we can prescribe the right medicine."

This made sense, but Guan Bo had just suppressed the urge to slap the King of Wuji Kingdom to death when he heard Wu Meiniang say, "Why make such a fuss? Wuji Kingdom dared to send beast soldiers to attack us, so we just destroyed that country. If Wuji Kingdom is useful, the mastermind behind it will naturally come out. If Wuji Kingdom is just a pawn, what clues can you find even if you torture the King of Wuji Kingdom? Sickle Hammer City suffered heavy casualties. What we need now is revenge, not to show any benevolence!"

"Hey, didn't you just say that no one died in Sicklehammer City?" Guan Bo asked.

"Look at all these corpses on the ground, and the poison too. Do you think it won't be a hassle to clean them up? Someone might get poisoned, or if they don't get timely treatment, they might die! Don't you think the casualties are heavy?!" Wu Meiniang's sophistry made Guan Bo quite embarrassed.

Moreover, he was too embarrassed to refute her, because Guan Bo had to admit that Wu Meiniang's words made sense. Reason told him that Wu Meiniang's method was the most time-saving and labor-saving one. With Guan Bo's current cultivation level, destroying the Wuji Kingdom would be effortless, but if he were to use infiltration and intelligence gathering, it would be much more troublesome.

However, Guan Bo was not the type to massacre cities and destroy countries at the drop of a hat. Since wars always harm civilians, Guan Bo planned to only punish the ringleaders if possible.

Moreover, how could he not know the situation in Wuji Kingdom? The common people at the bottom of society were almost driven to the brink of starvation, so this war really had little to do with them.

If the situation were critical, Guan Bo wouldn't mind destroying Wuji Kingdom to save Sickle Hammer City, but since he still has the strength, Guan Bo would rather work harder and save as many as he can.