So Many Tools, It's All Fake, Everything Is Fake
So Many Tools, It’s All Fake, Everything Is Fake
“Young Master, as per your instructions, all the troops we could dispatch have been mobilized.”
“They await your command at any time, ready to charge into Sky Deer City.”
Above the heavens, a golden Great Dao stretched out as though condensed from countless laws. Gu Changge stood upon it, not making a move.
Behind him, a powerful expert of the Immortal Gu Family appeared and respectfully reported.
Toward every order and command of Gu Changge’s, they held almost unconditional faith.
Although even they did not know where Gu Changge’s confidence came from—that he could breach Sky Deer City today.
“They’ve all been dispatched?”
Gu Changge nodded, smiling with keen interest as he withdrew his spectator’s gaze.
Sky Deer City was vast, but under the current circumstances, it likely couldn’t even withstand the iron cavalry of the Immortal Gu Family.
So if they charged in first, they would naturally be the first to claim the biggest share of the spoils.
Of course, what interested Gu Changge even more was that stretch of immortal land deep within Sky Deer City.
If his guess was correct, that immortal land should have been born by borrowing the Fortuity of the Beyond, containing unimaginable great fortune.
“Gu Changge hasn’t made a move...”
“Damn it, is he looking down on the True Daoists of our world? He doesn’t even deign to fight them!”
Before Sky Deer City, many cultivators and living beings noticed Gu Changge’s figure in the distance.
Seeing that he merely wore the posture of a spectator, making no move against the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains, they couldn’t help but curse aloud.
In their eyes, Gu Changge was even more detestable than the other True Daoists of the Beyond.
Boom! At that moment, dazzling and resplendent light erupted between heaven and earth. Layers upon layers of terrifying aura, like a surging, raging flood, battered toward the four seas and eight wastelands. The supreme experts of the Beyond and those within Sky Deer City clashed and slaughtered one another, the shockwaves of the great battle continuously spreading from the horizon, threatening to blast everything into ash.
This was an unimaginably terrifying battle. The supreme experts of both worlds displayed their utmost power, reaching through heaven and earth.
Countless cultivators and living beings trembled beneath this aura, unable to stop themselves from kneeling prostrate.
As the battle progressed, innumerable black palms came slamming down, striking at the stars in the sky. This universe erupted with its most blinding radiance. Some roared, others bellowed in fury, and terrifying auras swept forth like tidal waves. Golden, mottled Grand Runes condensed between heaven and earth, the four seas and eight directions all quaking, utterly unable to withstand the shockwaves of these several True Daoists clashing.
Above Sky Deer City, the Sky Emperor Wheel emerged with scorching heat, like a rising black sun. Every strand of its radiance was as heavy as mountains and seas, enough to crush everything beneath it. As a result, the runes outside Sky Deer City all surged skyward in unison, transforming into mysterious and ancient symbols that gathered and combined there, possessing incomparable power.
This was the grand array within Sky Deer City stirring back to life in resistance after being suppressed by the Sky Emperor Wheel. But at that moment, the many people standing atop the city walls seemed to sense something, their expressions shifting slightly.
“What’s going on? Could it be that Sky Deer City’s grand array is about to give out?”
“Why do I feel that Sky Deer City’s barrier today is clearly much weaker than before?”
Many experts, though their cultivation had not reached the True Daoist level, were still profoundly deep, and they easily sensed the vast fluctuations coming from outside Sky Deer City.
Previously, thanks to the existence of the formation, as long as they hid within Sky Deer City, they basically couldn’t feel the Beyond’s assault at all. They were perfectly safe, with no need to worry about their lives.
But today, things were clearly different. Although Sky Deer City’s grand array still revived on its own, its might was far inferior to before.
Wisps of pressure seeped through the grand array, utterly dreadful, pressing down on them until their bones creaked and cracked.
Some people’s heads even buzzed with a hum, and they could hear the sound of the blood beneath their skin nearly freezing still.
Boom!! Some black light even leaked down through the cracks in the grand array, crashing onto the city walls outside Sky Deer City. The expressions of everyone standing atop them changed in alarm, some turning pale with terror, nearly losing their footing.
This was a terrifying shockwave comparable to a strike from a True Daoist, enough to grind away any existence beneath that level.
“Could it be that when that near-immortal existence of the Beyond attacked the city that day, he ground away the runes of the grand array, and that’s why its defensive power has dropped so much?”
One Sacred Emperor Realm expert, his face equally unable to hide its pallor and unease, couldn’t help but speculate thus.
“It seems the grand array can’t protect us for much longer...”
Thinking of this possibility, some people’s faces changed drastically, turning pale, overcome with dread and unease, a feeling of despair welling up spontaneously.
For a moment, everyone atop Sky Deer City couldn’t help but tremble. Those who had just been cursing Gu Changge furiously now shut their mouths in fright, their eyes brimming with terror.
Before, they had believed Sky Deer City’s grand array could hold off the Beyond for some time. They had never imagined that today the city might actually be breached by the Beyond, its forces slaughtering their way in.
And once Sky Deer City’s grand array could no longer protect them, when Gu Changge came killing his way over, no one would be able to stop him.
“Men! Assemble everyone still within Sky Deer City!”
“The Beyond may very well come slaughtering its way in today!”
Several ancient Sacred Emperor Realm elders of great seniority made prompt decisions with great resolve. With a wave of their hands, they began issuing orders, assembling the armies currently in Sky Deer City and making preparations.
And this scene was naturally noticed by the several ancient True Daoists who had been keeping watch on the changes in Sky Deer City’s grand array.
“How is this possible...”
Their expressions changed drastically, somewhat unable to believe it. They even abandoned their battles with the supreme experts of the Beyond.
Brilliant Great Daos emerged beneath their feet, streaking across the sky as they attempted to withdraw and return to Sky Deer City.
But noticing this abnormality, the many True Daoists of the Beyond naturally would not let such an opportunity slip by.
From within the vast and boundless army in the distance, like a tidal flood, footsteps rang out once more.
Several terrifying figures stepped forth again—some wielding golden Dao Swords, others with divine furnaces suspended above their heads—their auras towering to the heavens, incomparably astonishing.
Without a doubt, this was a group of powerful True Daoists from the various clans and Dao traditions of the Beyond.
“It seems something has gone wrong with Sky Deer City’s grand array. It can no longer protect them as it did before.”
“This is truly a heaven-sent opportunity! Haha, I’d like to see who can escape today!”
The True Daoists of the Beyond all burst into laughter. With every gesture, surging and vast auras emerged as they charged forward, striking out in unison to keep these several True Daoists of the Four Powerful War God Clans from leaving.
From the looks of it, these few True Daoists were no different from men who had left the city to court death.
They probably never imagined that at this critical moment, Sky Deer City’s grand array would actually fail.
Boom!
On the other side, the supreme fluctuations of Sky Emperor Mountain emerged once more, urged on by a True Daoist hidden in the shadows, radiating fluctuations like a thousand suns as it descended upon the city below.
Sky Deer City shook violently. The countless runes lighting up on its walls were rapidly fading at a speed visible to the naked eye, ground away by these fluctuations.
“Impossible. Sky Deer City’s grand array should have been able to hold out for a while longer. We tested it ourselves. How can this be...”
“Just where did the problem occur?”
Matters seemed to have exceeded their expectations. A True Daoist from the Vermilion Bird War God Clan wore a rather ugly expression, utterly unable to believe it.
Before today’s battle, they had personally probed Sky Deer City’s grand array and knew its condition.
That was why they had fearlessly left the city to fight. But now, the True Daoists of the Beyond appearing around them numbered a full eight, and not one of them seemed any weaker than themselves.
In an instant, all their faces turned pale, without the slightest trace of their earlier high spirits and readiness to face death—instead, fear showed through.
After all, there were only four of them, and they were simply no match for the eight True Daoists of the Beyond before them.
Even if they could flee back to Sky Deer City now, the city’s grand array likely couldn’t keep the Beyond out.
Thinking of this, their hearts filled with regret. If only they had known, they would have withdrawn earlier, instead of fussing over face and glory.
Who could have known such an accident would occur today?
Boom!!
The next instant, the universe quaked violently. From afar, a colossal cyan palm descended, stirring up great swaths of Chaos Energy.
A True Daoist was striking at them. Countless laws exploded here, as if everything would turn to ash.
In another direction, black thunder emerged—terrifying true lightning like a True Dragon—making heaven and earth roar as it crashed down upon them, seeking to shatter their true bodies.
“—”
The True Daoist of the Vermilion Bird War God Clan’s expression changed drastically as he tried to dodge sideways.
But his speed was too slow. It was already too late. The palm struck his body, and he coughed up a mouthful of blood, wounded in an instant.
The other True Daoists of the War God Clans in the other directions also coughed up blood one after another, their bodies nearly cracking apart.
They were no match for the eight from the Beyond, falling into a disadvantage almost in an instant.
“Looks like I won’t even need to lift a finger.”
“The Beyond may be short on many things, but tools it has in plenty.”
Gu Changge swept a glance at the battle over there, a faint smile on his lips.
Then, before the terrified and uneasy eyes of everyone before Sky Deer City, he took out a Bronze Box.
Weng!! The moment this Bronze Box appeared, the Array Patterns before Sky Deer City all lit up in unison, as if resonating with it.
Runes flew out one after another, like stars, incomparably dazzling, as though about to fly into that Bronze Box.
This scene instantly shook all of Sky Deer City. Even the supreme experts battling the Beyond’s experts had their expressions change drastically, looking toward Gu Changge with disbelief and shock.
“This fluctuation is...”
“No wonder I thought my senses were off. So the Formation Core of Sky Deer City fell into his hands.”
“How exactly did Gu Changge obtain that thing?”
The True Daoist of the Black Tortoise War God Clan wore an incomparably ugly expression.
But the moment his words fell, a giant palm from another direction came smashing down. His entire body nearly exploded as he was sent flying while coughing blood, causing the edge of this universe to collapse.
“Someone must have betrayed the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains and secretly smuggled out the Formation Core! Damn it all!”
“It can’t be the Sky Deer Goddess. It must be someone else—someone who could also access the Formation Core, stealing it away without any of us noticing...”
The other True Daoists wore equally ugly expressions, full of disbelief, as though they had swallowed dead flies.
They simply couldn’t figure it out. Sky Deer City’s Formation Core had always been kept deep within the city, guarded by dedicated experts.
If it had been lost, they would have known at the first moment.
How exactly did Gu Changge obtain it?
At this moment, it wasn’t just everyone from the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains who was stunned—even the people of the Beyond were shocked. They had never imagined that the reason Sky Deer City’s grand array defenses had weakened was this.
That Bronze Box in Gu Changge’s hand could actually control the grand array within Sky Deer City.
Clearly, Sky Deer City’s grand array no longer possessed its former divine might. Its resistance was continuously weakening, utterly unable to hold back the Beyond’s army now.
Sky Deer City would fall today, and the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains would surely be in peril!
“How exactly did Young Master Changge do it? Obtaining the thing that controls Sky Deer City’s grand array without anyone noticing?”
“I simply can’t believe it. Our world has warred against the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains for countless years, and this is the first time we’ve broken through their defensive grand array in such a manner!”
After the shock, everyone from the Beyond was practically swept up in fervor. The experts of every Dao tradition and force waved their hands and gave orders. Amid rumbling booms, Ancient Battleships descended one after another from beyond the sky.
The vast army, like a black torrent of dark clouds, charged straight into Sky Deer City ahead.
At the very front, war behemoths, behemoth giants, ancient gods, and other races cleared the way, their figures ten thousand zhang tall, wrapped in mountain-range-like chains—truly unstoppable. As they trod across the earth, heaven and earth trembled.
Vast divine might converged in the sky, finally blasting toward the walls of Sky Deer City ahead!
“Why is Sky Deer City’s Formation Core in Gu Changge’s hands...”
“Heaven wants us dead!”
This scene filled the people of Sky Deer City atop the walls with despair. They couldn’t help but tremble. Seeing the mighty, surging army of the Beyond bearing down on them, they couldn’t muster even the slightest will to resist.
And at that moment, upon the formation outside Sky Deer City, runes flew out one after another, and many of the Great Dao’s veins dimmed.
These places suffered the most terrifying attacks, growing incomparably dim, as though a hole had been torn open in the defensive shield.
Behind Gu Changge, the terrifying army descended like an indestructible sharp blade, fiercely tearing through the runes before them and charging straight to the front of Sky Deer City.
“It’s over.”
“Everyone is finished today!”
This scene turned the faces of the few surrounded by the many True Daoists outside Sky Deer City ashen and ugly, yet unable to hide their dread and regret.
They had long since lost their earlier valiant divine might, their voices trembling.
At this point, they couldn’t escape either.
“I must thank you few, actually. You’ve saved me quite a bit of effort.”
Gu Changge ordered the army behind him to charge into Sky Deer City, then turned with keen interest to look at these already severely wounded True Daoists of the Four Powerful War God Clans.
“We are willing to surrender!”
At this moment, their expressions changed drastically. Almost without hesitation, they chose to surrender, having no intention of throwing their lives away here.
At the same time, they set down the Nirvana Grade Artifacts in their hands, not daring to resist.
Even the grand array outside Sky Deer City was useless now. If they didn’t surrender, only death awaited them.
This filled their hearts with incomparable bitterness and regret. If only they had known, they would have withdrawn from Sky Deer City back then, instead of playing at being these so-called heroes of troubled times.
“Oh? Surrender?”
Gu Changge swept a glance over them and smiled somewhat meaningfully. “Very well. But where is your Token of Allegiance?”
Watching this scene, the people within Sky Deer City, already sunk in terror and unease, were utterly dumbfounded.
They had thought these True Daoists would, as they had previously declared, shed their last drop of blood for this battle, facing death without fear of anything.
But they never imagined that at this moment, they would surrender so quickly, without the slightest hesitation.
It was as if they feared that being a step too slow would get them killed by the Beyond.
This made many cultivators and living beings, whose killing intent had been boiling and who had been prepared to fight the Beyond to the bitter end, feel as though a basin of cold water had been dumped over their heads. Their entire bodies froze, unable to believe what they were seeing.
“Could it be that everything they said before was fake? That everything was fake?”
“Was it all just to deceive us?”
Many people came to their senses, their voices bitter, trembling with grief and fury.
“Kill!!”
And at that moment, Sky Deer City shook violently. Terrifying fluctuations suddenly cleaved down from the edge of heaven and earth.
All the runes were ground away. The city walls, standing level with heaven and earth, trembled unceasingly, and cracks actually began to appear upon them.
The Beyond’s army charged to the front of the city. The siege weapons prepared long ago transformed into something like heavenly blades, flashing with dazzling brilliance as they slashed down upon the walls ahead.
The city walls that had stood firm for countless ages now shook continuously, great swaths of runes being ground away, seemingly on the verge of collapse.
Hearing Gu Changge’s words, the expressions of the several True Daoists of the Four Powerful War God Clans changed.
If a Token of Allegiance was required, then right now they could only strike against Sky Deer City—and Gu Changge and the others certainly wouldn’t let them leave easily.
“Forget it. It seems you’re not quite willing.”
Seeing their expressions, Gu Changge smiled faintly.
Then, behind him, several True Daoists of the Immortal Gu Family appeared, their auras towering. With a raise of their hands, they unleashed terrifying Force of Law, sealing off all eight directions and suppressing the few people before them completely.
The supreme experts who had struck earlier saw this, their gazes flickering slightly, but they did not stop it.
If these four before them fought desperately, it would be no small trouble for them. Besides, they weren’t entirely clear on what Gu Changge intended by imprisoning these few.
For now, Sky Deer City had fallen, and more important matters awaited them.