Sage of Humanity-Chapter 471 469: Cruel War

The Ten Thousand Beasts Domain was a world that had already perished, refined into a secret realm by Heaven's Augury through inexplicable means, allowing Nine Provinces cultivators to enter and temper themselves.

As it was a world that had shattered, in its original history, Two Worlds City was inevitably doomed.

But now, with the addition of the Nine Provinces cultivators, the situation had slightly changed. No matter what, there were at least eight hundred, if not a thousand, Nine Provinces cultivators who had entered the secret realm, and each of them was from the Cloud River Realm. Such a force was certainly not weak.

At this moment, the cultivators from the Nine Provinces had already mounted the city walls, cooperating with the cultivators of the Ten Thousand Beasts Domain to fend off the enemy.

On Section A-3 of the city wall, there was another roar of booming sound that shook the entire wall violently.

A dazzling beam of light pierced through miles of land, hammering into the most densely packed area of demon beasts, turning them into a mist of blood that evaporated in an instant.

Thunder Roar had unleashed its power again.

The cultivators from the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect and Crimson Fire Camp were also bravely fighting the enemy. Under the flashing lights of weapon control and magic and spells, one demon beast after another fell on the charging path.

Beneath the city wall, the bodies of demon beasts piled up like mountains, with more of them stepping over this mountain of corpses, charging fearlessly towards the Section A-3 of the city wall.

Lu Ye swung his sword until he was numb while Lan Ziyi and Shen Xiaomao beside him were both gasping for breath, their faces pale.

This kind of intense combat, even for those in the Cloud River Realm like them, could not be sustained for long. Yet, the intensity of the demon beasts' siege did not decrease at all. The swarms of demon beasts seemed endless, as if they could never be fully eradicated.

Even Xia Qianqian, who was in the Cloud River Level 9, did not exhibit the same ferocity as before.

Every defender from the Cloud River Realm was almost at the end of their tether. If the situation did not change, within half an hour, the defense line of this section of the wall would undoubtedly be breached.

On this matter, Two Worlds City had already made arrangements early on.

A moment later, an inexplicable roaring sound suddenly came. Fang Zhun's voice rang nearby, "Everyone, hold on, it's time to merge the formations!"

Lu Ye looked up and saw that the protective array, which had opened a gap at the Section A-3 of the city wall, was now slowly closing. Clearly, someone was controlling the Formation.

As the Formation continued to close, the area where the demon beasts could charge became progressively smaller, and it was much simpler for everyone to defend.

Eventually, after a moment, the big array completely closed, a sturdy layer of protective light screen guarding in front of everyone. All the demon beasts charging towards it were blocked, unable to advance even an inch.

On Section A-3 of the city wall, the tightly wound expressions of the cultivators relaxed, everyone slumped to the ground, exhausted, but they didn't have time to rest. They quickly took out elixir pills to consume and restore themselves.

Meanwhile, on another section of the city wall adjacent to Section A-3, a flawless protective array slowly opened a gap. On that section of the wall, many cultivators were already waiting. As the army of demon beasts charged into the gap, a bloody battle commenced!

Faced with such a scale of demon beast siege, Two Worlds City well understood the principle that blocking was worse than sluicing, but they couldn't fully open the protective array. If they did, Two Worlds City would likely be flattened by the demon beast army in an instant.

Thus, they could only maneuver the protective array, intermittently opening gaps on sections of the wall, guiding the direction of the demon beasts' siege. In this way, the defense could be more targeted.

While the cultivators of Section A-3 were fighting tirelessly, the cultivators on the adjacent wall were conserving their strength. Now they were striking forcefully, and it was time for the cultivators from Section A-3 to rest and recover.

With this rotational defense, not only was the margin for error higher, but the ability of the cultivators to sustain combat was also greatly enhanced. It must be said that the person who made these arrangements had a strong sense of overall strategy.

On Section A-3 of the city wall, almost everyone was sitting down to recover, except Lu Ye, who sat in front of Thunder Roar, curiously examining the Formation arranged around it.

The array cultivator who had set up this Formation clearly had much greater expertise in the Array Path than him. Although Lu Ye could arrange such a Formation with his current skills, he would not handle some of the details as well as his peers.

Moreover, he was quite interested in this kind of assault magic array that used a spirit treasure as the array's focus. He had witnessed the potency of Thunder Roar's several bursts; it could be said that Thunder Roar accounted for at least thirty percent of the credit for holding off the demon beast attack on Section A-3 of the wall.

As he was studying, Xia Qianqian suddenly came over and sat down beside him. "Why aren't you focusing on recovering? What are you busy with here?"

"Just looking around."

While others needed to concentrate fully to assimilate the medicinal effects of the elixir pills and absorb nature's spiritual energy, Lu Ye had never needed such trouble; he simply needed to consume the elixir pills.

"Save some strength for yourself; don't overdo the killing," Xia Qianqian advised.

"How so?"

"This city can't be held. It's going to fall sooner or later. Have you thought about what to do after the city is breached?"

"Fellow Daoist Xia, do you have anything to share?"

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Xia Qianqian shook her head, "I don't have anything to share, but once the city is breached, we will probably have to flee."

Lu Ye frowned, "But now, this entire Ten Thousand Beasts Domain is a world of demon beasts. Even if we flee, where can we go?"

"So we have to leave before the city falls!" Xia Qianqian sighed, "I have been through many secret realms, but this time, the realm feels unsolvable."

The human race across the entire world was about to be annihilated, and in such a trend, individual power was truly minuscule.

"What are other secret realms like?" Lu Ye asked eagerly. Unlike Xia Qianqian of the Cloud River Level 9, he was only Level 2, and he would continue to mix in the Cloud River battlefield in the future. Gaining some experience from Xia would better equip him to handle crises in the future.

"Each secret realm is different, and none of the realms I had experienced before involved the entire world heading towards destruction."

"I remember you initially mentioned that training in such realms involves solving the problem from its root. The ultimate goal is to resolve the crisis this world faces and thus save it?"

"That's what I said, but now, the Ten Thousand Beasts Domain is facing a rampage of demon beasts. I've observed before, and we still don't understand why these demon beasts are going mad. How can we solve the problem?"

Why would demon beasts go mad? Everything had happened too quickly, in just one year, countless demon beasts of the Ten Thousand Beasts Domain suddenly went mad, attacking the human race.

This madness that most demon beasts could not resist certainly had a source. To mitigate the problem, finding this source was essential.

But where was the source?

The cultivators of the Ten Thousand Beasts Domain had not figured it out, so the domain was destroyed, becoming history, turning into a secret realm.

The only certainty now was that the madness was highly contagious, yet not immediately upon contact, because all members of Ten Thousand Beasts Sect had their demon beasts with them in battle, and so far, their beasts were fine, showing no signs of the disease.

Amber, too, felt nothing unusual.

"Don't overthink it. Given the current situation, we can only take it one step at a time. Focus on recovering first," Xia Qianqian added and then closed her eyes to rest.

Lu Ye tossed two Origin Spirit Pills into his mouth, slowly chewing on them.

More than two hours later, Fang Zhun's hoarse voice rang out, "Everyone, prepare for battle!"

The not fully recovered cultivators of Crimson Fire Camp and Ten Thousand Beasts Sect stood up, awaiting battle readiness. Those specifically responsible for the Thunder Beasts quickly took their positions, mobilizing the array's power.

The hum of the big array sounded.

On the neighboring wall, the breach in the big array slowly closed. At the Section A-3 wall spot, the tightly closed big array gradually opened a gap, and the nearby demon beasts swarmed towards it.

The great battle erupted once again!

With this defensive strategy, every two to four hours, people like Lu Ye had a chance to rest and recover. Yet even so, the cultivators' energy and power were constantly being depleted. Two to four hours of recovery time was simply too short, barely enough for the cultivators to fully recuperate.

The demon beasts had been attacking the city from noon, continuing through the night, and from night until dawn...

The cultivators of Section A-3 and the nearby walls had rotated about five or six times, yet the intensity of the demon beasts' siege never changed.

The Thunder Roar couldn't be utilized effectively for the time being, as Lu Ye was urgently maintaining the array on this side.

The long duration of use not only exhausted the cultivators but also damaged the array. Fortunately, Lu Ye had observed the operation of the array before; otherwise, he wouldn't have known where to begin immediately.

It had taken him half an hour to repair the Thunder Roar's array before it could once again emit roars of anger.

Moments later, the big array closed again, and it was the turn of the cultivators on the neighboring walls to defend.

Lu Ye collapsed on the ground, feeling the acute danger from the brief period when the Thunder Roar array was non-functional; the defensive line was almost breached by the swarming demon beast army. Thankfully, the cultivators fought desperately to stabilize the front.

He hadn't heard the voice of the cultivator named Fang Zhun, who usually shouted during every rest period, urging his brothers to recover quickly.

Lu Ye looked around, his gaze settling on a demon beast's corpse about fifteen meters away. Just before its death, its blood-filled mouth had bitten through half a head. Underneath its body lay none other than Fang Zhun!

This leader of the Crimson Fire Camp had died in battle!

He wasn't the only casualty. Until now, the ranks of the Crimson Fire Camp's cultivators had been reduced by half, and only six from the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect had survived.

Although Lu Ye and his three companions were not in mortal danger, each was injured, particularly Shen Xiaomao. Her abdomen was soaked in blood that stained her clothes red, and she was pale. She was now leaning weakly against Lu Ye, staring blankly at a spot, motionless.

She had survived many dangers, having cultivated up to the Cloud River Level 5 Realm, but she had never experienced such a fierce battle like this one.

The cruelty of defending the city far surpassed any scenario she had ever experienced before.

Amber, perched on Lu Ye's shoulder, suddenly twisted impatiently and let out a low, indistinct growl. The amber-colored beast's eyes flashed crimson, and it quickly leaped down from Lu Ye's shoulder.

With swirling Demon Origin, Amber revealed its true form, crimson eyes staring closely at Lu Ye.