Those are the mortals inside the city.

They silently watch the few people in the square, some numb with despair, others clinging to a sliver of hope.

Lin Guang stood before the stone monument, gently stroking it with his right hand, his eyes flickering.

After just a few minutes, he straightforwardly spoke, "City Lord Tie, you should also know."

"This grand array can't hold out for long."

"In fact, with the current situation where the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Mechanism is polluted by evil energy, maintaining the City Defense Array with spirit stones seems somewhat burdensome."

"So in my opinion, Beishan City's only way out now is to immediately find a way to behead the demon leader."

"Otherwise, as the spirit stones are consumed, the city's fall is only a matter of time."

City Lord Tie's determined face showed an unsurprised expression: "I know."

—Essentially, using spirit stones to activate the array and spirit stones to restore cultivators' mana somewhat conflict.

Although, as cultivators, we all have some reserve of spirit stones, without a way to draw Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi to normally restore mana operations, spirit stones only decrease with use.

Perhaps those in the mid to late Nascent Soul stages or stronger, or existences like Lin Guang with special means, can extract power from Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi without being polluted by evil energy, ensuring they can restore to full status unrestricted by external forces.

But at least here in Beishan City, no one can achieve this.

In any case, whether it's the city defense array or cultivators, both are increasingly fatigued, while the Demon Race grows stronger.

City Lord Tie certainly knows this.

But...

He sighed lightly, "Two days ago, this is exactly what I thought."

"We Nascent Soul cultivators erupted with full force, capable to some extent of moving mountains and filling seas, and that mountain of flesh should have been an easy target."

"But now, the evil energy in the heavens is growing ever stronger. At most, I only have the destructive power of my former Golden Core Peak, while the demonic assault and power grow stronger with the increasing evil energy."

"Even if we recreate the scenario now, I see no reason for success."

He glanced around at the three young women beside Lin Guang, whispering, "Friend Lin, I can vaguely perceive your combat power. Combined, it should not be below mine. If you had been here two days ago, the probability of success would be high if we joined forces."

"But the issue is...the concentration of evil energy at this moment is much higher than two days ago. The closer we get to that demon's nest, the weaker our divine technique formulas become."

"I am well aware that with Beishan City's spirit stone reserves, the Infinite Array will eventually fall, but there really is no other way."

"A way..."

Lin Guang mused, "There might be."

City Lord Tie was somewhat surprised, "Pray share, my friend."

"It's merely a last resort for survival."

"Since the Infinite Array is destined to break, why not let it make a final contribution and deliver a fatal blow to those demons?"

"...Are you suggesting..."

At that moment, only Lin Guang and the three young women could see the compass quietly unfolding a projection, casting hundreds of spirit patterns and array prototypes.

Lin Guang stared at one particular array prototype.

—That was clearly a variant of the Beishan City Defense Array.

"Since the array can consolidate the entire city's array strength, automatically fortifying weak points, then conversely, after adjustment, it can also concentrate power at a single point and explode."

"The resulting power would undoubtedly be earth-shattering."

"But...the cost of doing so is that once the strike is made, this grand array will cease to exist."

"If City Lord Tie trusts me, I can assist Beishan City in modifying the array, transforming the City Defense Array into an Attack Array."

"This is not difficult, since it originally has such a function, requiring minimal adjustment from me."

The young man beside them was stunned for a moment, instinctively saying, "Even though Senior Lin has mastered 'Heaven Refining Array Dao'...isn't this too risky?"

"My cultivation isn't high, but I can see that once the power is gathered, the array's defense function will immediately halt."

Lin Guang nodded.

"If we continue to delay, support might..."

"Ruonan, you think too naively."

City Lord Tie said softly.

At some point, he had already raised his head to look at the sky, gazing at the huge rift in the canopy.

"Will there really be support?"

"If the powerful ones in Central Continent truly controlled the situation, why are we still in such dire straits here?"

He softly inquired.

As if asking the son beside him, yet also asking himself.

City Lord Tie closed his eyes, opened them again, and looked at Lin Guang.

"Friend Lin, and these... Demon Race friends, you may very well be the only support Beishan City can obtain."

"If not for your assistance, in no more than half a day, I'd have no choice but to return to the battlefield with evil energy invading my body. Within a day, Beishan City's elite combat power would be utterly exhausted."

"Without you, we wouldn't even have a chance to attempt again."

Lin Guang softly said in his heart:

In fact, you could escape.

You've already reached Nascent Soul, you could ensure your safety, and it's not necessary to stay here and share this city's fate.

But Lin Guang considered it for a moment and ultimately didn't speak those words.

Because he knew, that would be an insult.

An insult to a warrior, to these righteous cultivators fighting to the death.

"I have only one last question."

City Lord Tie's expression turned serious: "With the Infinite Array only having the inner city's formations left, even if the transformation succeeds, it might not be powerful enough to kill the leader from such a distance."

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