Lu Cang watched the distant battle unfold.

The War Elephant’s limbs were severed, and as its body crashed to the ground, it was pierced by a blindingly powerful ray of light.

’Seems to be an Arrow...’

But it had blasted a massive hole straight through the War Elephant’s belly.

’Looks like they won.’

However...

’This Beast Tide doesn’t seem to be getting any smaller.’

The next question was... how long would they have to hold out?

So far, the results were respectable.

With everyone covering and helping each other, there had been almost no casualties.

But another problem loomed.

Mages would run out of Magic Power, and Warriors would run out of stamina.

Healing Mages would exhaust their Magic.

Not every Mage was like Lu Cang, able to cast with infinite Magic Power.

"How long does a Beast Tide usually last?"

Lu Cang turned his head and asked the Level 4 Mage beside him.

Only then did Lu Cang notice the grim expression on the man’s face.

"I don’t know..."

"A short one is just a small-scale Beast Tide. It might stop after ten or twenty minutes."

"But some of the longer ones can last for several months."

"They can drain an entire Kingdom of all its resources."

Lu Cang: "Huh?"

"Then doesn’t the Beast Tide have a Source?"

The Level 4 Mage shook his head. "If we knew the Source, we would have dealt with it immediately."

"Demons are formed from an intangible demonic tide. They materialize out of thin air in places people can’t see."

"In the gaps between trees in the Forest, in the spaces between Demon Beasts—new Demons are constantly materializing."

"Meaning, we can’t kill them all?"

"We can..." 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

"If we hold on until the demonic tide thins out, then we can kill them all."

Tsk...

Lu Cang swiped his hand through the air—

[Fire Wall (Level 191) — A distant Fire Wall. Flames spread and ignite new targets. Increased width and Duration.]

WHOOSH~

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH—

Eighteen Fire Walls stood in a row, forming a great wall of flames.

Unfortunately, his own Casting Distance was insufficient.

A single Fire Wall was now 300 meters long.

But limited by his maximum Casting Distance, Lu Cang’s wall of fire could only cover a length of 1.6 kilometers at most.

"Heh... What a magical genius."

Seeing Lu Cang’s actions,

The Level 4 Mage’s expression turned gloomy.

His Level was higher than Lu Cang’s, but Lu Cang’s magical Talent made him feel an insurmountable gap.

He had personally witnessed Lu Cang gradually transform the Flame Belt into the Fire Wall it was today.

The entire process...

It was nothing short of a sublimation.

"Is all of this... Beyond Magic?"

"Can you teach me?"

Lu Cang nodded, but then shook his head. "I don’t know how to teach it."

"I just know how to cast it."

Back when Iz had asked him how he did it, Lu Cang’s answer had been the same: "It just felt like I could cast it this way."

He couldn’t explain exactly how he did it.

It was just that once his Skill Proficiency was high enough, he would have an epiphany after the spell evolved.

As his Skill Proficiency increased, Lu Cang’s understanding of these Magic spells grew incredibly profound.

However, understanding it profoundly in his mind didn’t mean he could explain it.

It was like feeling your own blood flowing through each vessel, your Qi and Blood through every meridian, but being completely unable to name any of them.

He couldn’t teach anyone at all.

The Level 4 Mage was left speechless by Lu Cang’s answer.

’Is this what a genius is?’

’Effortlessly reaching heights I can never attain.’

"If you weren’t here..."

"We probably would have been overrun by now."

Lu Cang’s gaze shifted to the distant Level 4 Adventurers, and the even more distant Level 5 Adventurers.

"If I weren’t here, there’s still them."

"No..."

"They have their own battlefield to deal with."

"If they came to hold back these charging Demons, then no one would be left to deal with the powerful Lord Level Demons."

Lu Cang was silent.

’He’s right.’

’Pari was right. If I weren’t here...’

’Perhaps they really would have been overrun quickly.’

’Oh...’

’My Fire Wall hit Level 200.’

A thought crossed Lu Cang’s mind—he chose Range as the evolution path for his Fire Wall Skill.

Lu Cang evolved the Fire Wall Skill’s Range again.

[Fire Wall —> Sea of Fire Technique]

FWOOSH!

Flames erupted!

It actually created a massive Sea of Fire in front of the wall!

What was originally a five-meter-high Fire Wall had evolved.

After turning into a Sea of Fire, the height of the Flame became lower, only about a meter high.

But its Range was vastly larger.

A single Sea of Fire could cover a radius of 200 meters.

WHOOSH—

The corner of the Level 4 Mage’s mouth twitched again as he watched Lu Cang complete another magical transformation.

’What the hell?’

’He can still get stronger?’

’The Beast Tide doesn’t stop, but neither do you! Isn’t your growth rate a little too ridiculous?’

"Holy shit... Who the fuck set this fire?"

"This is fucking kill-stealing!"

An Observer on the wall pointed his finger at Lu Cang.

Observers could perceive traps, see the weaknesses of Demons, and spot hidden tactical opportunities.

On the battlefield, they were often responsible for macro-level control.

When they saw something noteworthy, they would call out a reminder.

They were also responsible for coordinating support between the ranged professions on the wall and the melee professions below.

But...

Now, all they could see was a ground covered by a Sea of Fire, and the source of Magic Power for it all was Lu Cang.

The Archers and Mages on the wall all looked at Lu Cang.

’Damn... It’s all him.’

Before, a few creatures always managed to slip past the Fire Walls.

Now that he’d laid down a Sea of Fire, the entire ground was covered.

With Lu Cang as the epicenter, the area within a 1.1-kilometer radius outside the wall was entirely a Sea of Fire.

In truth, the damage from the Sea of Fire was relatively low.

Even a Tier Two Demon could hop around in it for over ten seconds before being burned to death.

If it were the Fire Wall, they would have died in two or three seconds instead.

But...

The problem was, its Range was just too vast.

The Demons were being scalded the entire way. Along that path, even Tier Three Elite Demons were burned to death.

[Sea of Fire Technique (Level 201) — A vast Sea of Fire. Extremely long Duration. Burning damage increases over time.]

The longer they were in the Sea of Fire, the higher the damage they took.

As for the Lords that couldn’t be burned to death...

Because there were so few of them, they were instantly killed by Lu Cang’s other Magic the moment they entered his attack range.

The Beast Tide that originally threatened Raine Town with annihilation...

was being fought back so hard by Lu Cang that... no one else could get any kills.

Lu Cang looked toward the Observer beside him.

"How many have I killed?"

"One hundred twenty-one thousand, three hundred and fifty-nine."

’Oh, is the count that precise?’

’If he’s not just making up a number, a Level 4 Observer’s Observation Ability is really something else.’

’But still, aren’t there too many of these Demons?’

Even with so many outsiders, the total number of Adventurers in Raine Town was just over a thousand.

’One hundred and twenty thousand...’

’Does that mean so far, each person has had to kill an average of 120?’

Thinking about the Level 2 Mages around him, who couldn’t even kill one Demon with a single Ice Cone...

’It feels like Raine Town is in serious trouble.’

Moreover.

’That number will only keep growing.’

Seeing Lu Cang squandering Magic without restraint,

the Level 4 Mage couldn’t help but ask with some worry, "Are you really okay with your Magic Power?"

"Oh... I’m fine."

’My current total Magic Power is about 3.3 million.’

’It has increased by another 10% compared to yesterday.’

’My current recovery is 330,000 Magic Power per second.’

’And the Magic Power I consume by casting all my spells in one second is less than 20,000.’

’This consumption doesn’t even scratch the surface of my recovery rate.’

There were still some stragglers from the Beast Tide beyond the front lines.

But those small-fry couldn’t do much damage to the wall.

The other Mages and Archers also gradually spread out, moving away from Lu Cang.

Otherwise, they really would just be standing there foolishly doing nothing.

’As long as I keep defending like this, it should be enough.’

’There’s nothing else for me to do...’

"Lu Cang, an invisible Assassin! Watch out!"

A hurried warning suddenly came from the Observer!

Lu Cang was instantly on alert!

DING!

Sparks flew beside him!

Lu Cang saw a Dagger slicing downwards through his barrier, only a few millimeters from his eye!

「Rejection Wind Roar」