Puff, puff!
The soldiers continued their mechanical slaughter, their longswords imbued with energy and immense power, directly cleaving through the golden-armored guards' swords before piercing their thick armor and killing them.
These weapons and armor were as fragile as paper against the True God Cult army.
Sometimes, when a soldier's longsword got stuck in a golden-armored guard's armor, they simply let go and fought with their fists.
Even so, they were slaughtering the golden-armored guards into utter disarray.
Some golden-armored guards had their necks twisted, while others had their heads caved in, the scene was brutal.
Bang!
The Marshal was sent flying from the city wall, crashing heavily onto the ground, spitting out blood.
Before he was sent flying down, he had successfully dealt with a soldier from the True God Cult, an act that had nearly exhausted all his stamina and utilized his lifetime of battlefield experience.
Kada, kada, kada...
At this moment, the golden-armored guards on the city wall were all dead.
The soldiers of the True God Cult regrouped within the city gates, advancing slowly with neat, orderly steps, arriving before the Marshal.
"As long as I still have a breath left, you will not advance even half a step!"
The Marshal struggled to stand up, holding his axe horizontally before his chest, assuming a fighting stance.
Kakaka...
The soldiers of the True God Cult suddenly stopped about two meters away from the Marshal.
"Sigh... Master, I've done my best. Don't wander off like this, how am I supposed to enter the city now!"
The Underworld Mushroom said with a troubled expression.
Originally, after reducing the number of soldiers, according to its calculations, it should have been able to reach the front of the royal palace.
Killing some soldiers along the way could also slightly replenish its energy, perhaps allowing it to move a few more steps forward.
But unexpectedly, Zhang Chen suddenly moved, and within seconds, he was several kilometers away again.
This left the Underworld Mushroom only able to move to a dozen meters from the city gate before it could advance no further.
"Hey, Tang Xueyao, how are things on your end? Have you found the pink crystal?"
"I need pink crystals here to strengthen Master's power, otherwise, my mission cannot be completed!"
The Underworld Mushroom complained.
"We've collected some pink crystals here, but... I'm not sure which crystals are the correct ones!"
"Because Double Peak City is very special, they have natural pink crystal mines, and this pink crystal is not what Master wants at all."
"There are pink crystals everywhere in the city, even the cup I'm drinking from now is made of pink crystal."
"It's too difficult to screen them, and I'm waiting for the True God to decide!"
Tang Xueyao also said with a helpless expression.
"In short, you need to figure something out. I am a servant of the True God, carrying out the True God's orders. If you don't absorb the pink crystal, causing my mission to fail, it means you are disobeying the True God's will. I don't care, figure it out yourself!"
After speaking, the Underworld Mushroom cut off the mental connection.
It was now using the same words Zhang Chen had used when bullying it earlier, directly sending them to Tang Xueyao.
After all, as a servant of the True God, its status was certainly higher than that of Tang Xueyao, a mortal.
"Now... we'll just wait here!"
The Underworld Mushroom stood in place, full of helplessness.
At this moment, in the eyes of others.
The Marshal, heavily wounded, with his own strength and a will to die, had earned the respect of the True God Cult army and halted the enemy's advance.
This news soon reached the royal palace.
Lin Zongzheng, who had felt secure, panicked again.
"Retreat, quickly retreat! I didn't expect this True God Cult to be so powerful, they can't even suppress the Black Tail Swallow Legion!"
"It seems it still comes down to the Marshal... Well done, I will definitely treat your descendants well!"
"Guards, bring the Marshal's family, keep them by my convoy, and all of us will go to Crystal Valley to recuperate!"
Lin Zongzheng shouted in a panic.
Soon, a convoy escorted by the Imperial Guards left the royal city in a grand manner.
It wasn't until dusk, as the convoy arrived at Crystal Valley, that the devastating news of the Marshal's death arrived.
"As expected of the Marshal, in terms of strength and character, he is truly a pillar of the nation..."
"Without him, the consequences would have been unimaginable..."
Lin Zongzheng exclaimed with a shiver of fear.
Meanwhile, the Underworld Mushroom waited until the moon was out and the Marshal's body had gone cold before it felt its range of movement expand slightly.
"Alright, let's continue forward! It seems Tang Xueyao has also completed her task. No wonder she can support the True God Cult; she does have some capabilities!"
The Underworld Mushroom nodded, leading the army to absorb the Marshal's energy, and then stepped over his corpse.
The Marshal ultimately died from excessive blood loss during his confrontation with the True God Cult army.
On the other side, Tang Xueyao also encountered some trouble.
"Report to the Cult Master, there are enemies outside the city, their numbers and strength are unknown. Our troops sent to reinforce River Valley City have been completely annihilated."
Saintess Su Ran reported nervously.
"The reinforcement troops were completely annihilated? That was an army of two thousand men. What do the surviving soldiers say?"
Tang Xueyao frowned slightly and quickly asked.
"Well... there are no surviving soldiers. All two thousand, including their commander, were wiped out."
Su Ran replied truthfully.
"Then... have you sent people out to scout? What is the situation?"
Tang Xueyao continued to press.
"Five scouting teams have been dispatched. Before they left, I repeatedly instructed them to prioritize reconnaissance and absolutely avoid engaging the enemy."
"As soon as they identified the enemy's situation, they were to withdraw separately to Double Peak City..."
"But so far, not a single member of any scouting team has returned to report."
Su Ran said with her head bowed.
"This time, we may have provoked a powerful enemy!"
"The empire could not possibly have such powerful individuals; even the former Lord of Double Peak City did not possess such strength."
"It's possible... it might be people from the Black Tail Swallow Legion. Those guys love to meddle in other people's business!"
Lin Xiaoxiao, a protector of the Charm Cult, said from the side. Her current identity had transformed into the commander of the True God Cult's clandestine guards.
The experts from the Charm Cult had all been converted into the True God Cult's clandestine guards, responsible for secretly protecting Tang Xueyao, carrying out assassinations, and intelligence work.
"The Black Tail Swallow Legion? I have heard of them; they seem to be very formidable."
Tang Xueyao nodded and said.
Although she was the Cult Master, she was young and had limited experience.
"They are indeed very formidable, and like other countries, they classify our True God Cult as an evil cult."
"It's possible they sent people to eliminate us because we've grown too powerful."
"Judging by this person's posture, they don't seem to want any survivors."
Su Ran said with a grave expression.