Chapter 284 Torture
Outside Xingluo City, war beasts roared, spears formed like a forest, and flags covered the sky. The army formation of the Holy Soul Empire advanced towards Xingluo City like an overwhelming force.

The Xing Luo soldiers on the city wall couldn't help but feel terrified when they saw the scene below the city. Davis' face was even more solemn, with his hands clenched into fists. He was extremely nervous at the moment. Zhu Zhuyun, who was standing by, saw this and held his hand to comfort him.

But she was now extremely nervous. There were only 200,000 defenders in the city, and not many soul masters. The soul master forces in Xingluo City basically remained neutral. They did not want to offend the Holy Soul Empire, or to be more precise, they did not want to offend the Di Family. The Di Family had more than one Titled Douluo, and that was not something that the soul master forces like them could afford to offend.

Di Yang rode his horse to the front of the formation and looked at the magnificent Xingluo City in front of him.

"It really deserves to be a city as famous as Holy Spirit City. It is so solid and magnificent."

Unlike the rugged Holy Soul City, Xingluo City is much more delicate, with the style of the southern Douluo Continent, but it is still very solid. It is not an easy task to conquer Xingluo City, and it is even more difficult to conquer than White Tiger Pass.

Dugu Bo’s poison cannot be used here. After all, there are still many civilians in the city, and he doesn’t want to massacre them.

He wants all three: people, land, and hearts.

Wang Ming on the side rode his horse forward and shouted towards the top of the city wall.

"Listen up, everyone above. Dai Yutian's entire army has been killed by the lions of my empire. Your emperor Dai Yutian and queen have also committed suicide."

As he spoke, he waved his hand, and several soldiers came to him with two coffins.

Pointing at the coffins, Wang Ming continued, "Inside these two coffins are the bodies of Dai Yutian and his queen."

"My emperor did not chop off their heads out of respect for the emperor."

"Now that you have no reinforcements outside and no powerful spirit masters inside, it is only a matter of time before the city is broken."

"If you open the city and surrender now, you can avoid the destruction of your life."

"I'll give you time to consider whether to surrender or fight."

After he finished speaking, a row of arrows shot down from the city wall of Xingluo City, and the arrows landed accurately one meter away from Wang Ming. Obviously Davis made his choice. As a member of the Xingluo royal family and also the Crown Prince of Xingluo, he has his own pride and he will never surrender.

Wang Ming snorted coldly, then turned around and returned to the formation.

At this time, Golong raised his hand and a horn sounded. Then the siege equipment in the formation began to move, and then countless fireballs hit the wall of Xingluo City. The fireballs exploded instantly when they touched the wall, but did not cause much damage to the wall. However, it caused considerable pressure on the Xingluo soldiers guarding the wall.

Many soldiers were affected and died on the spot, and the city wall was in chaos.

This was a big blow to their morale.

Davis wanted to fight back, but unfortunately their attacks were basically blocked by the soul masters from the Holy Soul Empire, and only a small part of them fell into the formation.

Fireballs continuously bombarded the city walls, but Goron never ordered an attack until the evening when the army of the Holy Soul Empire withdrew to the camp.

Davis and the others were relieved.

However, in the middle of the night, Goron suddenly commanded his army to take an offensive posture and continued to bombard the city walls as he did during the day. After a while, they went back.

In the early morning, Wang Ming brought people again, and then he fired for a while and left again.

The soldiers of Xingluo did not have a good rest all night. Just when they were about to take a break, they heard the trumpets and shouts of the Holy Soul Empire outside the city. After dawn, Di Yang and Shen Yi came with the army again. After bombarding for a whole morning, they withdrew back to the camp.

When we were getting ready to eat lunch at noon, Gelong brought his men again, using the same method.

Di Yang, Ge Long and Wang Ming basically work in three shifts. After you retreat, I will take over, so as not to give the soldiers of Xingluo a chance to rest.

Xingluo City is not easy to attack, and if you want to take it, you will have to pay a huge price in casualties, so after Di Yang and Ge Long discussed it, they decided to find an opportunity to defeat Xingluo's soldiers mentally first, making them tired and their minds tense until they collapse.

When they retreated, they had enough food and drink, and there was no logistical pressure at all.

This went on for a week.

Davis and his men were on the verge of collapse this week. The Holy Spirit Army had been preparing for an attack, forcing them to be on guard. They did not dare to relax at all, as who knew if they would really attack the city next time. They also tried a night attack, but the other side was already prepared, and they suffered considerable casualties.

The atmosphere in the city was very bad now, morale had dropped to the extreme, the soldiers were extremely tired but dared not rest, and they couldn't even eat well. The Holy Soul Empire spies hiding in the city also quietly sabotaged the city and poisoned the military rations. After being caught, they immediately committed suicide without any hesitation. These people were completely determined to die.

Even some generals were assassinated, which caused panic in the city and the army.

This was undoubtedly torture for them.

In Xingluo City, Xu family.

Xu Lin, the current patriarch of the Xu family, sat in the study with a worried look on his face. The Holy Soul Army had surrounded the city outside and every day was a torture.

Xingluo City certainly cannot be defended, but they can’t run away either.

Just when he was about to have a grudge, there was a knock on the door.

"Master, someone outside wants to see you."

"Who?" Xu Lin asked.

"I don't know. He didn't say."

Xu Lin frowned slightly, wondering who else could see him at this time.

"Let him come."

"Yes." Not long after his men left, they came to the study with a middle-aged man.

After seeing the person coming, Xu Lin became even more confused. He knew who the other person was. This person was a businessman in the city and often sent things to their family. To put it bluntly, he was trying to establish a relationship with them. Why did he suddenly come at this time?

When the visitor saw Xu Lin, he bowed respectfully.

"My name is Lu Shuo, nice to meet you, General Xu."

Xu Lin stared at him and asked calmly, "What are you doing here? There is no business to do at this time."

Lu Shuo smiled and said, "I am not here to do business, but to save you, General."

"Save me?" Xu Lin was puzzled.

"What can I save?"

Lu Shuo said: "To be honest, I am a spy planted in Xingluo City by the Holy Soul Empire."

"What did you say!?" Xu Lin stood up suddenly.

He didn't expect that the person who had been doing business with them was actually an undercover agent.

"You exposed yourself directly, aren't you afraid that I will kill you?"

Lu Shuo is very confident.

"I am just a nobody. I have only one life left. If you want to kill me, you can do it. But after you kill me, no one will be able to save you."

"The general is the son of General Xu Zhong, and he is also a smart man. He should know that Xingluo City cannot be defended. It's just that our emperor's army is not attacking now."

"As long as our army moves, Xingluo City can be conquered overnight."

"The people in the city will not be in trouble, but it will be different for Star Luo nobles like the general. After the city is breached, the first wave of liquidation and slaughter will be Star Luo nobles like you."

After Lu Shuo finished speaking, Xu Lin sat down and fell into deep thought.

(End of this chapter)