Hazuki continued cultivating until the next day. That night he had already entered the silver realm.
And this morning, he had already reached silver rank 2. Right now, it was already 5 pm and Hazuki has already reached Silver rank 5.
Hazuki got out of the house and approached Nie Li and Ye Ziyun's courtyard. After he arrived, he immediately saw Nie Li cultivating atop a rock with Ye Ziyun sitting nearby.
Du Ze and the presences of the others are also nearby, cultivating.
Hazuki approached Ye Ziyun and asked. "Miss Ye, how long has he been cultivating?"
Ye Ziyun looked up and saw Hazuki approaching her, she said. "Maybe an hour or so?"
*Ring* *Ring* The city lord's bell suddenly rang.
Nie Li immediately woke up from his cultivation. Du Ze and the others also arrived near Nie Li and asked.
"Nie Li, this bell, is it a demon beast horde?" Du Ze hurriedly asked.
"That's right, It's a demon beast horde! Quickly gather everyone and stay here together with Duan Jian!" Nie Li ordered.
"I'll go look for the city lord! Hazuki, do you want to come with me?" he added.
"Let's go." Hazuki said then followed after Nie Li. Even though he can already sense where Ye Zong is, he left it all to Nie Li.
A minute later, both of them arrived at Ye Zong's courtyard. The place was very crowded with people shouting and running everywhere.
"Go! go!" Ye Zong urged the warriors to prepare for the incoming beast tide.
Nie Li approached Ye Xiu and asked. "Lord Ye Xiu, what's the size of the demon beast horde this time around?"
Ye Xiu was startled, he looked at Nie Li and Hazuki before he answered. "The demon horde size this time around is at the million level. Currently, the strongest identified demon beast is at the black-gold rank."
"It's only at the million, that's a relief. I had thought it had come so quickly..." Nie Li sighed and mumbled.
Then Nie Li asked what type of beasts is coming this time around. "That's right, what type of demon beast does this horde consist of?"
"Snow wind demon beasts."
"Snow wind demon beasts.... How much more time do we have?"
"Approximately six hours and they should reach the southern wall first." Ye Xiu replied.
Nie Li asked for 500 normal warriors and then moved to prepare against this incoming demon horde.
Hazuki didn't follow after Nie Li this time and came near Ye Zong. He tapped Ye Zong's shoulders and said. "You should also be at the southern wall later, right?"
Ye Zong looked at Hazuki with irate and said. "So what? Don't disturb me, kid. I'm preparing for the horde."
"I will come to the southern wall first. You can prepare all you want, but what I ask of you is. I want to intercept the Demon Horde." Hazuki dropped a bombshell.
"What?! You want to intercept the Demon Horde?!" Ye Zong's shout immediately attracted many stares.
"What..? That kid wanted to..?"
"Based on the City Lord's shout, that kid wanted to intercept the Demon Horde..."
"Wow... I don't know if that's patriotic or just courting death..."
Discussions immediately spread around and they stared at Hazuki with complex feelings. Some were amazed by his fighting spirit and some were mocking his stupidity.
Ye Zong saw that some of them stopped working to talk and shouted. "What are you standing around for?! Get back to work!"
Then he looked back at Hazuki and said. "Are you sure about this?"
"Of course, even if you didn't agree, I will still do it." Hazuki replied.
"Then I'll go there first. See ya' later." Hazuki immediately disappeared from Ye Zong's sight.
'How fast..! That kid's strength really isn't something to scoff at..!' Ye Zong thought. Then he turned towards his men once again to started giving orders.
After 10 seconds or so, Ye Zong was started by Hazuki's voice. "City Lord Ye Zong! I forgot to ask."
"What is it?"
"Where is the southern wall?" Hazuki said with a wry smile. He didn't have time to stroll around the city, that's why he didn't know where it is.
"You brat! It's on the west from here!" Ye Zong shouted.
"Okay, okay! You didn't have to shout!" Hazuki immediately moved away from that place and headed west.
After a few minutes of traveling, Hazuki arrived on the southern wall. It was a tall wall measuring up to about 15 meters tall with soldiers patrolling on top of it.
The gates were also opened transporting many kinds of things like Bamboo sticks, oils, and barrels of specially made medicine.
Warriors are busy patrolling around the district and some were already lined up near the City gates.
Hazuki immediately saw familiar figures atop the city wall. They were Du Ze and the others.
He approached them and asked. "Du Ze! Where's Nie Li?"
"There." Du Ze pointed ahead. Nie Li was there ordering some warriors to dig up shallow trenches and left dug up holes in the ground.
"Let's go and follow what they are doing." Du Ze didn't wait for their reply and jumped down from the City wall.
Every one of them was busy preparing for the Demon beast horde. Hazuki can also feel fear coming from warriors patrolling the walls.
'They must be afraid that this is the end for Glory City..'
Hazuki observed everyone working and suddenly felt sleepy. He brought out his portable bed and immediately laid down on it.
The warriors patrolling at the top of the city wall stared at him with a dumbfounded stare.
'The whole glory city is in danger! Why are you sleeping so comfortably when everyone has to work until dawn?!' majority of them thought.
"Who's that kid? What guts to sleep when everyone around is working for the survival of the city. I hope the City Lord sees him and punish him.." A warrior said.
"That's right. Kid's these days don't have a sense of crisis and that's bad. What will happen to the city if we retired from duty?" worriedly said by an aged warrior.
A few hours later, The city lord and the other family leaders arrived at the Southern City wall.
Hazuki's appearance immediately attracted their attention.
"What a presumptuous kid." Shen Hong said as he stared at Hazuki sleeping by the city wall.
"Yeah, everyone's working for their survival and this kid was sleeping here? What if the guards saw him and also felt sleepy?" Chen Zhenlong said.
Ye Zong's forehead was already filled by veins, threatening to pop out anytime. He approached and held the edge of the bed, then threw Hazuki's bed over.
Hazuki and the bed flew up in the air after they were thrown by Ye Zong.
Hazuki immediately woke up mid-air and saw his portable bed was already nearing the ground. He used geppo then body-flickered below the bed to catch it.
After catching his portable bed, Hazuki looked towards Ye Zong and said. "City Lord Ye Zong, there's no need to get so violent with my bed, isn't it?"
Ye Zong looked at Hazuki with irritation evident on his face. "Why are you sleeping here?! Many people are being exhausted every minute, but they aren't stopping their work! What right do you have to sleep in front of them?!"
"Why are you so fussy? This is work too! I am conserving strength since I will intercept the horde later!" Hazuki replied.
"Fussy..?!" Ye Zong rushed towards Hazuki, wanting to slap him on the head.
Hazuki was still there the moment he arrived so he slapped towards Hazuki's head.
But his hand didn't touch anything and the Hazuki in front of him started fading.
*Pak* Ye Zong's head was struck by a hand. It was Hazuki's hand.
Everyone was shocked. 'This kid dares to slap the City lord's head?!'
Shen Hong was trying his very best not to roar out of laughter. While Chen Zhenlong was looking at Hazuki with a shocked face.
"So, what are you trying to hit there, City lord?" Hazuki's voice drifted over Ye Zong's ears.
Ye Zong couldn't take this insult and roared. He turned back and tried to grab Hazuki, but once again, he touched nothing but thin air.
"Why are you getting so violent, City Lord? That's not good for your health." Hazuki said. Even he couldn't hold his laughter anymore.
"Puhahahaha!" Hazuki held his stomach while he laughed intensely.
Ye Zong who heard Hazuki's laughter was enraged, but he couldn't lose face more than he already has. So he ignored Hazuki and started talking strategy with the other Family leaders.
Hazuki saw that Ye Zong was already ignoring him, so he looked ahead and saw that it was still dark. 'There's still a few hours till the demon horde arrive.'
He can't go back to sleep now since he was already woken up.
'Ah, forget it. I'll just cultivate.' Hazuki then headed towards the room where Ye Zong and the other family leaders are discussing.
"City Lord Ye Zong, let me borrow a room here. I need to cultivate." Hazuki didn't wait for Ye Zong's response and immediately entered the neighboring room.
Ye Zong was holding his anger, but the other family heads could clearly feel his wrath.
"City Lord, just who is that impertinent kid?" Chen Zhenlong aksed.
"That's right, who's that brat?" Shen Hong added.
"A powerful brat who's staying in my mansion..." Ye Zong answered.
"Powerful? You mean a talented kid you're protecting?" Chen Zhenlong said. It was obvious since there's been an issue about the safety of the talented younger generation in glory city since Nie Li was attacked by the dark guild.
"No, why would I protect that kid? Don't talk about him, I'm just getting irritated the more I talk about him." Ye Zong then continued the discussion for the strategy.
Suddenly, the Soul Force around rampaged and scrambled to enter the room beside them.
"Hey! What's happening to the surrounding soul force?!" Chen Zhenlong was startled.
Ye Zong could also feel the rampaging Soul Force beside them. It was the room currently occupied by Hazuki.
'What could that brat be doing?! Is it possible that he's preparing for an attack?!' Ye Zong then headed towards the room next door, and the family leaders followed behind him.
After opening the door, Ye Zong and the others could see Hazuki's figure meditating.
'He's just meditating! How could he attract so much Soul Force?!' Ye Zong was startled.
The family leaders are also startled by what they are witnessing.
'This kid is so talented! How could I not know of him?!' Shen Hong thought.
Chen Zhenlong was also staring at Hazuki with a stunned face. 'This kid has the qualification to act arrogant since he's very talented!'
Ye Zong then closed the door. "Let's go outside."
They wouldn't be able to concentrate on their strategy-making if the room beside them was literally sucking the surrounding Soul Force.
A few hours later, Hazuki woke up from his cultivation.
It was still quite dark, but it would only take a few minutes to approximately an hour for the sun to rise.
Hazuki headed outside and saw the family heads together with the City Lord staring at the far distance, waiting for the horde to appear.
Ye Zong and the family leaders noticed Hazuki's presence and looked at him.
"City Lord, where is the horde?" Hazuki asked.
"We still haven't seen the horde. We'll wait for a few more minutes and remain on standby."
"Hmm. I should claim my post now. City Lord, I'll go to my position now." Hazuki said.
"Position?" Chen Zhenlong and the others were puzzled.
"You can go." Ye Zong replied.
Hazuki leaped towards Nie Li and the others.
After landing, he said to them. "Yo, Nie Li. Are you guys done preparing?"
"Yeah, we're now only waiting for the Horde to appear."
"Yeah, too bad your plans might not have that much use." Hazuki said.
"Not much useful? What are you talking about? Are you doubting my abilities, Hazuki?" Nie Li said with a confident smile.
"Of course not. It may not have much use since I will intercept them, Hehe." Hazuki said.
"What? You will..?" Nie Li asked when suddenly, a guard shouted.
"The demon beast horde is here! Everyone get ready to defend!"
"Defend! Everyone back inside the city!" "Quickly! Quickly!"
The guards around shouted towards the people outside the wall. The people outside hurried and entered the city.
Nie Li looked at Hazuki and said. "Are you sure?"
"Yeah. Take this time to witness my power." Hazuki said confidently.
Soon, he was the only person outside the wall and the demon horde is already within ten miles.
"What is that kid doing there?! Hey! Kid! Immediately retreat inside the city!" A middle-aged guard shouted towards Hazuki.
"You're right, there's a kid there! Hey, kid! Come inside the wall immediately!" Some of the soldiers shouted.
Ye Zong raised his voice. "Everyone calm down! He doesn't need your concern. He's there to intercept the demon beasts."
Everyone around was dumbfounded by their City Lord's words. Then they stared at the kid in front of them, with worry on their faces.
Hazuki, who's at least a hundred meters away from the city wall, stretched before shouting. "Susanoo!"
Hazuki was suddenly surrounded by purple energy. A ribcage appeared around him and continued to form itself. Muscle fibers started appearing until the form gained a tengu-like nose, wings behind its back and was covered by an ornate armor.
Hazuki can be seen on the gem-shaped object on the forehead of the Humanoid avatar.
Everyone was shocked by the appearance of that humanoid avatar. They can feel intense power coming from it.
"What kind of demon spirit is that...?" Someone watching from the city walls asked.
Soon, the place was covered with a discussion about Hazuki's demon spirit.
Nie Li was the most shocked among them all. 'I have just taught him cultivation yesterday! With his cultivation level, it should be impossible for him to hold such a powerful demon spirit!' he thought as he stared seriously at Hazuki.
"So this is your means of intercepting them, huh." Ye Zong said. Even he was stunned after seeing the giant humanoid avatar that was almost thrice the height of the City walls.
Hazuki at this time was thinking. 'Finally! I can use that move!'
Then his Susanoo suddenly raised its sheathed sword up to its chest, parallel to the ground.
The Susanoo's other hand gripped the hilt of the sword and made a powerful Iai slash towards the distance.
*Boom!!* The ground in front of the Susanoo was swept by the powerful shockwave that continued until the Horde 2 miles away from him.
Everyone on top of the city wall was assaulted by intense wind pressure. Normal warriors and low-leveled demons spiritualists were thrown down to the ground due to the power of Hazuki's Susanoo.
Some of the older houses even crumbled after experiencing the wind pressure from Hazuki's slash.
Everyone stared ahead and was scared by what they saw.
The ground in front of Hazuki's Susanoo was devastated. The destruction continued until the Horde where the beasts were crushed and sliced in half.
They saw many mountains on the distance that were slashed in half. Its insides were red as if a flaming sword sliced it.
Hazuki's single attack destroyed the terrain and killed over 1/8 of the monsters.
Everyone, who saw how the mountains were sliced in half, was terrified.
Some of the people, with a weaker will, buckled under the fear. They kneeled and stared blankly in front of them.
'What if that attack was directed at glory city...? Wouldn't the entire city be destroyed!?' They felt chills when they thought of this.
Ye Zong, Shen Hong, and the other family leaders were scared of the might displayed by Hazuki.
'That kid wields such power?!' Ye Zong then thought about their duel yesterday. 'He was toying with me!'
He also recalled what he did to Hazuki, while the latter was sleeping.
Ye Zong felt fear, but at the same time, he felt hope. 'Glory City will remain standing if this kid became the City Lord...'
He was already planning on how to make Hazuki the city lord.
Nie Li, who saw the destruction caused by Hazuki's single slash, thought. 'That kind of power was almost at the Heavenly Star realm! Just what secret is Hazuki hiding?!'
Achieving Heavenly fate realm in the Tiny world was already a miracle, and now, Hazuki displayed a power that is infinitesimally close to Heavenly Star! How could Nie Li remain calm?
After that attack, Hazuki finally saw how powerful Susanoo was. 'Powerful! I couldn't use this in the previous world since it was too destructive. But here, I can use it whenever I want as long as I don't aim at Glory City!'
The demon beasts continued to approach Glory city even though they were attacked by such power. They seem like mindless beasts who only know how to destroy. They don't care about their lives, in complete contrast to wild beasts.
Hazuki continued his assault and shot towards the Horde. "Great Fireball Jutsu!" he spat 5 fireballs towards the incoming horde.
*Boom!* *Boom!* *Boom!* *Boom!* *Boom!*
Five large explosions blew up many demon beasts and destroyed the terrain even more.
Hazuki also fired many arrows towards the Horde. *Boom!* *Boom!* *Boom!*
The arrows didn't kill that much beasts compared to his two other attacks, but it lessened them nonetheless.
"This is my last attack! After that, I'll leave the lower-ranked beasts to all of you!" Hazuki shouted towards the people on the city wall.
Hazuki waited for the demon beasts to converge once more before he made a move.
Hazuki's Susanoo raised its palms, chest level, and started gathering energy within it.
Suddenly, Four purple-colored Magatamas, connected to each other, appeared within the Susanoo's hands.
Even the people behind him could feel the destructive power coming from that Magatamas.
Hazuki shot it towards the center of the demon Horde. "Yasaka Magatama!"
The projectile traveled the distance until it reached the ground.
*Boom!* An explosion that shook the ground occurred from the distance.
The explosion rampaged and completely decimated the Demon Beasts around it. Wind pressure once again assaulted everyone within the city walls.
"Ah!! Just how powerful is that kid?!" Chen Zhenlong said. He was already clutching onto the city wall in order not to get blown away.
A crater was formed where the explosion occurred. It was approximately 8 meters deep and 100 meters wide.
The demonic beasts were visibly lessened by that explosion.
Hazuki then canceled his Susanoo and jumped towards the City Wall.
The moment he landed, he said. "That's it. Take care of the rest." He then watched how Nie Li would deal with these beasts.
Du Ze and the others approached him.
"What the heck is that?! You sliced those mountains in half!" Lu Piao said as he expressed his shock by moving his body exaggeratedly.
Wei Nan and the others were also shocked by Hazuki's power and tried to ask him about it.
They asked what kind of Demon Spirit was Hazuki's Susanoo. Of course, what Hazuki was complete bullsh*t. He said that Susanoo was a Demon Spirit inherited from their family by blood.
"How wonderful it would be if I was born from your family..." Lu Piao said. His eyes were sparkling as he thought about Susanoo.
Even Nie Li was intrigued but since he had to deal with the remaining Demon Spirits, he held himself back and immersed himself in the fight.
Ye Zong approached Hazuki and said seriously. "Hazuki, do you want to be the Glory City's, City lord? I can even betroth my daughter to you if you agree to take care of Glory City."
Ye Ziyun and Nie Li were stunned. While Xiao Ning'er showed joy on her face. 'If Ziyun got betrothed to Hazuki, then Nie Li would be...!'
"Father! Why would--" Ye Ziyun's words were interrupted by Ye Zong.
"You are the daughter of the City Lord, and you have your duties to fulfill! For the sake of Glory City! We, Glory City, are the only humans who are living in this world! And glory city is always in danger of being attacked by demon beasts! Would you rather have Humanity go extinct rather than marry Hazuki!?" Ye Zong said. Even though he didn't want to use his daughter, he doesn't have much choice.
He already saw how powerful Hazuki is, and he alone can protect Glory City. If he hesitated and let his conscience take over him, then Glory City might just disappear in the future.
Ye Ziyun was silent. She bit her lips hard, tears forming at the corner of her eyes, threatening to fall.
Hazuki wryly smiled. He looked at Nie Li and saw that his smile was also stiff.
He turned towards Ye Zong and said. "No need, City lord. I won't become Glory City's city lord. Also, Miss Ye already have Nie Li with her, why would you force your daughter to marry someone you barely knew for a single day?"
Then he walked towards Nie Li and said. "My friend here can also protect Glory City. Just watch him and you'll understand what I mean." he patted Nie Li's shoulders.
Nie Li stared at him with a grateful look. If Ye Ziyun was forced to marry someone else. Then he might just take her away with him and live in another place.
Nie Li wanted to prove his worth and immediately sprang into action. He started ordering everyone according to his plans.
The demon beasts died one after another due to Nie Li's arrangements. Soon, the demon horde was already thinned out. Most of the beast under silver-rank was already dealt with.
Tens of Black-gold rank beasts and few hundred Gold-rank beasts were charging towards them.
"Quickly, get more oils!" "The demon beasts are coming!" "Get ready for battle!"
Everyone atop the city wall is tensed. They stared at the beasts nearing the city wall.
"Earth release: Multi mud wall!" x4
Four Hazuki made a smaller wall a few meters away from the moat. The demon beasts climbed their way up the wall but they were completely vulnerable to Nie Li's alchemy made bombs.
Hazuki finally moved again. He jumped past his mud wall and entered the fray. The Sword of Kusanagi was coated by Chidori as he slashed through many demon beasts.
Earlier, the reason why Hazuki retreated even though he can still massacre these beasts is because of Nie Li.
If he stole all the credit, then Nie Li's position in the city lord's heart would immediately be replaced by him and that's not good.
But now that Nie Li has already killed a few hundred thousand of silver and bronze rank beasts, his contribution will surely be appreciated by the City Lord.
Hazuki rampaged and killed every Demonic beast in his way.
"Great Fire Annihilation!" "Great Fire Destruction!"
Hazuki, with his clones, released many fairly powerful Ninjutsu's and annihilated most of the silver to gold rank beasts.
As for the Black-Gold rank beasts. He killed them all with Amaterasu. He made many arrows and fired them off at them, burning the beasts down without leaving even ashes behind.
Hazuki couldn't use extremely powerful attacks like earlier since the beasts were only a few tens of meters away from the city wall. So he stuck with using weaker Ninjutsu's and eliminated the beasts slowly, but surely.
Hazuki fought until 2 in the afternoon. The beasts were already thinned out, only numbering almost a few hundred thousand.
*ROAR!* A beast's roar suddenly resounded throughout the place. The demon horde suddenly started retreating.
Hazuki has already killed the majority of the Black-gold and gold-ranked beasts inside the horde. And now that they are retreating, he can gift them a few more attacks with his Susanoo.
After they retreated a mile away, Hazuki once again materialized his Susanoo. Then he gave them the parting gift.
Two Yasaka Magatama at each of the Susanoo's hands then threw them away towards the retreating Horde.
*Boom!* *Boom!*
Two huge explosions caught most of the demon beasts as they were retreating.
Only half of the retreating beasts got away and the other half was destroyed by Hazuki's parting gift.
Hazuki then left them alone and climbed the city wall once again. He also released his multi mud wall in front of the moats.
Hazuki was swarmed by people who became his admirers. They hailed him as the hero who saved Glory City.
Hazuki tried to give Nie Li credit, but the soldiers deemed his contribution to be the most.
A few hours later. The beasts came back carrying boulders with them.
Even though they only number a little over two hundred thousand now. The boulders they are carrying can flatten Glory City's wall and soldiers.
Nie Li asked for the longest-ranged ballistae in the GLory city and had them carry a blood burst bottle every arrow.
*Boom!* *Boom!* *Boom!* Consecutive explosions resounded as the blood burst bomb was carried into the battlefield.
Though many beasts were killed, none of the Gold-ranked and above beasts died and they threw the boulders they are carrying to the city walls.
Hazuki, of course, wouldn't allow the boulders to reach the City wall. He once again made a defensive wall, but this time they were taller.
*Boom!* *Boom!* Consecutive sounds of impact sounded from behind the defensive mud wall created by Hazuki.
After a few seconds, Hazuki canceled the multi mud wall. The beasts are charging towards the glory city once again.
The remaining Black-gold rank beasts are leading the charge while numerous Gold-ranked beasts followed after them.
*Tremble* Every step the beasts take makes the ground tremble, and that added to the warriors' fears.
Hazuki once again rushed out with his clones. He specifically took on the remaining black-gold ranked beasts and left the gold-ranked ones to everyone else.
Everyone fought with their lives on the line. They couldn't afford to lose glory city after all.
Slowly, the beast horde diminished until it was completely destroyed. It was already sunset when the battle against the demon horde ended.
Even though the city was defended successfully, there were still some casualties among the warriors.
Almost 100 low-ranked warriors died and 500+ of them were injured.
The city wall was quite beaten up, but there was no need for a major repair. Some houses were destroyed, but that was due to Hazuki's attacks.
Overall, the glory city achieved a great feat by defending the Glory city with the least amount of casualties possible. Of course, Hazuki was the main contributor to the fight. He alone destroyed almost a million of the demon beasts by himself.
With Nie Li contributing the most after Hazuki. He also killed hundreds of thousands, but almost all of them are bronze and silver-ranked demon beasts.
Everyone cheered about their victory, some of them even cried due to the overwhelming relief they felt after they defended against the demon horde.
But undoubtedly, everyone looked at Hazuki's figure with reverence. 'He's the reason we're all still alive right now... '
Ye Zong, Ye Xiu, and the other family leaders approached Hazuki and bowed.
"Thank you very much for your assistance! Due young master's assistance, Glory City's casualties were reduced to a minimum!"
Ye Xiu and the other family leaders stared at Hazuki with reverence. 'That power..! That's definitely stronger than lord Ye Mo! Could this young master be a peak legend rank expert?!'
While everyone was revering Hazuki, Shen Hong was worried about Hazuki's appearance. 'With him here, I won't be able to take glory city! Just where could Ye Zong find this young monster?!'
"All of you! Rest your bodies and take turns in guarding the city walls, then tomorrow we'll repair everything!" Ye Zong shouted towards the warriors. The soldiers were tired after a whole day of fighting after all.
"Yes, sir!"
After cleaning up everything, Hazuki immediately came back to the city lord's mansion to avoid his admirers.
Hazuki can feel that everyone was still in the southern wall, so he sat in front of his residence and cultivated as he waited for them.