At the city gate, the Wu Family Sisters were also exhausted by now, just as Gong Zhu had earlier speculated, the Twelve Heavenly Demons Dance was indeed an extrely powerful Blessing Technique.
It was not sothing to be perford carelessly; it required both sisters to dance together for it to take effect, and the dance and bell sounds complented each other, doubling the effect, but correspondingly, the consumption of Wen Energy by the dancers was terrifyingly severe.
The sisters could only hold on for at most an hour, but they believed that an hour was enough to turn Guhong City into a city of death.
However, just as the sisters were sweating profusely from their dance, they suddenly heard a piercing sound of music, which caused their initially perfectly coordinated dance steps to falter due to the bizarre suona sound.
Wu Zhenzhen couldn’t help but frown, the sound coming from the city gate was too jarring.
Wu Wanwan was even less able to bear it, nearly stopping her dance.
She couldn’t help covering her ears, feeling as if the suona was blaring right beside her, each note assaulting her eardrums.
"Don’t stop, it’s just a little longer. The soldiers and civilians inside Guhong City are already on the brink."
Wu Zhenzhen also stumbled over several beats in her dance. They were both from the court and were trained in dance and music that were the epito of elegance; they had never heard such folk suona music before.
The sound of the suona was jarring and difficult to appreciate, but as ti went on, the sisters found that the sound seed to form its own lody.
"Sister, why do I feel so irritated and restless?"
Wu Zhenzhen heard her sister’s worried voice.
In fact, not just Wu Wanwan, Wu Zhenzhen herself also sensed a desolate sorrow within the music.
Above the gate, Lu Yin, Gong Zhu, and Ouyang Chenchen, among others, were also captivated by the sound of the suona. At first listen, it really was unpleasant, but as ti went on, they all felt the suona music ford a lody.
The lody carried a profound sense of lancholy, and more than that, upon closer examination, one could discern a deep yearning for ho.
"Alas, I have heard this lody before."
Ouyang Chenchen realized that she had heard this lody at Yuxiu Academy during a test; it was played by Lady Nan Shiu. She rembered that afterwards, Lady Nan Shiu had ntioned that this piece of music was nad Ten Sides Ambush.
At that ti, Lady Nan Shiu had said that it was a lody played by the army when they were surrounded, containing not only hosickness but also symbolizing a battle of desperation.
Listening to this lody, one’s emotions could be quickly influenced, even the morale of the troops could be diminished.
The Chen Dynasty’s army was especially susceptible as they had been fighting abroad for several months. The soldiers were already hosick, not to ntion they had been poisoned, and their rations had been washed away by a flood. At this mont, the soldiers’ spirits were solely sustained by the strenuous efforts of the Wu Family Sisters’ Twelve Heavenly Demons Dance.
But Feng Bailing’s Ten Sides Ambush struck their fatal weakness at once; many thought of their parents back ho, overwheld with grief.
So were reminded of the horrors of war, and the uplifting effect of the Twelve Heavenly Demons Dance on them was bit by bit cancelled out.
Amidst this suona lody, even the Wu Family Sisters could feel a strong sense of hosickness. Their dance and bell sounds were completely drowned out by the suona, their dancing rhythm becoming more and more chaotic. The more it happened, the faster their Wen Energy was drained, until at last Wu Wanwan, out of strength, collapsed to the ground.
When Wu Wanwan fell, Wu Zhenzhen could no longer maintain her dance. Both sisters were drenched in sweat by then, their complexions shockingly pale.
"Sister, I don’t want to fight, I don’t want to see rivers of blood, I want to go ho."
Wu Wanwan suddenly cried out. Wu Zhenzhen opened her mouth, but the soldiers behind her had already broken down into tears.
Facing her sobbing younger sister, Wu Zhenzhen rely gave a wretched smile.
She struggled to rise and walked to her sister’s side.
"Go back? How can we go back? Without taking Daye, we simply cannot return."
For such a long ti, utilizing the Twelve Heavenly Demon Dance had already been a huge burden for the two sisters, yet unexpectedly, they were ultimately defeated by Feng Bailing’s bizarre Suona lody.
At this mont, the sisters were suffering from the backlash of the dance, especially Wu Zhenzhen; her mind was also affected, feeling her blood and qi boiling tumultuously within her.
"So, you didn’t want to attack Daye either, it was soone else’s order that led you to do so."
The city gates opened, and Feng Bailing, Ouyang Chenchen, Lu Yin, Gong Zhu, and others walked out.
At present, the Chen Dynasty, influenced by the "Ten Sides of Ambush", had sunk into a hosickness mood, with so soldiers’ morale completely dissipated, uninterested in battle, and even the Wu Family Sisters were not feeling much better.
Seeing Feng Bailing and the others co out, Wu Zhenzhen imdiately beca alert.
"Feng Bailing, we have not lost. We were just careless for a mont. Once we regroup our forces, we will soon take down Guhong City."
"Sister, there’s no need to keep up this brave front. Our food supplies are gone, the soldiers are poisoned, and so have been wounded by Feng Bailing’s Blessing Technique. It’s hard enough trying to leave Daye alive, let alone make a coback."
Wu Wanwan spoke softly; she had no stamina left for battle.
"Shut up, this sort of talk only boosts their morale and undermines our own."
Wu Zhenzhen’s face was full of frustration towards this lack of resilience.
"I’ll say it whether you allow it or not. Feng Bailing is right; we never really wanted to attack Daye. After all, we bear no deep hatred towards Daye. Our actions were all due to the Demon God’s commands."
Wu Wanwan was more pragmatic than Wu Zhenzhen, aware that Feng Bailing’s Suona lody was an extraordinary counter to their Twelve Heavenly Demon Dance.
With that Suona lody present, their demise was certain.
As long as Feng Bailing was there, let alone a coback, even if they were given another month’s ti, they couldn’t take down Guhong City, not to ntion they didn’t have that much ti to begin with.
She was unlike her sister, with a cold personality; the killings along the way, seeing countless civilians displaced, made Wu Wanwan reminisce on her and her sister’s childhood, further saddening her heart.
"Demon God?"
Feng Bailing, Ouyang Chenchen, and the others were all taken aback; it was their first ti hearing of the existence of the Demon God.
"What ghosts and demons exist in this world?"
Ouyang Chenchen muttered softly under her breath.
Feng Bailing opened her mouth; she too, was originally a nonbeliever in gods, but after returning from the 22nd century, so events had occurred, making her realize that there indeed was a mysterious force in this world.
Like the presence of the Dragon Queen, and her Seventh Sense, if these unknown forces could exist, then the existence of Mosheng seed not so hard to accept.
"Both of you seem to have no strength left for battle. Daye has also suffered heavy casualties. Since both sides have been equally damaged, why don’t we call a temporary ceasefire? You can co with into the city, there are so things I would like to ask you."
Feng Bailing let go of the grudges in her heart, obtained the consent from Ouyang Chenchen, and then invited Wu Zhenzhen and Wu Wanwan into the city for a discussion.
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