115: Chapter 115 The Beast Tide Begins!

The night crawled by minute by minute in silent anxiety, until finally, the hourglass pointed to eleven-thirty PM.

"Man the walls!"

Lin Tian's command broke the suffocating wait.

The elite units he had named—six hundred Pale Moon Hunters, two hundred Golden Armored Spearmans, two hundred Void Ranger, and the four hundred newly born Earth Spirit Guards with their mountain-like presence—immediately sprang into action.

With heavy and steady steps, they quickly ascended the high city walls.

The clatter of armor against stone steps, the faint vibration of bowstrings, and the low resonance of the Earth Spirit Guards' footsteps intertwined into a grim prelude.

Immediately following, he arranged for ten thousand of the highest-level Moon Shadow Archers and five hundred Holy Healing Priests to take their positions on the walls, instantly filling the embrasures and platforms with long-range firepower and healing support.

The remaining nearly ninety thousand troops were quickly dispatched by Lin Tian behind the massive gates of Lintian City in all four directions, following the principle of "veterans leading recruits, mixed unit types."

On the open ground behind the heavy iron gates, spears and shields stood like a forest, and eyes burned like torches, silently forming the final flesh-and-blood dam to guard the city gates.

The entire deployment process was rapid; in a short time, this city that had just accommodated a hundred thousand soldiers became like a curled-up steel behemoth with all its spikes raised, entering a defensive posture.

As the last soldier ran to their designated position amidst the low growls of officers, Lin Tian took a deep breath of the chilly night air and turned to look beside him.

Lin Yin had stood there silently at some point, her moon-white holy robe spotless, appearing out of place in the surrounding grim atmosphere yet strangely integrated with it.

Without a word, she glanced at him with her clear eyes and then naturally shifted slightly, standing half a step to his left and front.

Lin Tian smiled and said nothing; together, they ascended the wall above the main gate of Lintian City.

Standing atop it, the field of vision became extremely broad, taking in the entire defensive line of the wall and the vast darkness outside the city.

Looking down from here, the sight was reassuring.

The winding city walls were now "packed to capacity."

Golden Armored Spearmans were wedged behind the embrasures like iron nails, while the steady figures of the Earth Spirit Guards stood at intervals, as if merged with the wall itself.

And even more numerous were the Archers drawing their bows; their figures appeared slender yet upright in the firelight, their arrowheads glinting with cold light as they aimed at the boundless darkness below.

Looking at this wall of iron and bronze, the tight strings of Lin Tian's heart finally relaxed slightly.

All his assets were here; whether it was for better or worse depended on this one decisive stroke.

He and Lin Yin spoke no more, as if any words at this moment were superfluous.

The two just stood side by side, their gazes cast toward the thick, impenetrable darkness outside the wall that had swallowed everything.

The night wind blew their clothes and hair, carrying the scent of distant soil and an indescribable, rank animalistic odor.

Time was stretched incredibly long in this extreme silence and waiting.

Finally, the hands of the clock overlapped at the midnight mark.

At this moment, the seven-day territory protection shields of all lords turned into specks of light and slowly dissipated.

Looking at the vanishing shield, almost at the same moment Lin Tian felt a surge of emotion in his heart, a sudden change occurred!

First came the vibration beneath his feet!

At first, it was extremely faint, like an illusion, but in the next second, it became clear, dense, and finally merged into a dull roar!

It wasn't an earthquake, but the terrifying resonance caused by tens of thousands of giant feet trampling the earth simultaneously!

The entire section of the wall, along with the people standing on it, could feel that violent force coming from underground, getting closer and closer!

Next was the sound!

From the far darkness, a few scattered, hoarse roars first came, like stones thrown into stagnant water.

Then, these roars spread like a plague, overlapping and amplifying, finally converging into an overwhelming, chaotic wave of beastly howls!

Roars, shrieks, heavy running, the sound of bones grinding... countless hair-raising sounds mixed together like a concerto of death, surging from the darkness in all directions!

As Lin Tian looked into the distance, his heart also tightened suddenly.

At the end of the darkness within his sight, the horizon seemed to be squirming!

In the next moment, a boundless, surging tide of blackness boldly broke through the shackles of the night, sweeping toward Lintian City with madness!

Those were countless, varied forms of Polluted Monsters!

Corrupted giant wolves, mutated crawling beasts, bloated poisonous insects, Aberrations waving bone spikes...

Eyes blood-red, saliva dripping, they were driven entirely by a violent killing instinct, forming a terrifying beast tide enough to submerge everything!

At a rough glance, the number was definitely over a hundred thousand!

"Activate all City Defense Giant Crossbows! All defensive units, prepare for combat!"

Lin Tian suppressed the initial shock in his heart and channeled his internal energy to broadcast his voice across the walls.

His command was like a drop of water into boiling oil, instantly igniting the tense atmosphere.

"Creak! Vroom!"

Across the walls, forty City Defense Giant Crossbows that had long been charged let out a roar simultaneously!

Heavy energy bolts, as thick as an adult's arm and glinting with cold light, trailed a shrill whistling sound like the javelins of the Grim Reaper, stabbing fiercely into the vanguard of the charging beast tide!

"Boom boom boom!"

As the bolts landed, the sounds of explosions and tearing flesh rang out at once!

Each bolt could clear a small area, sending severed limbs and foul blood flying into the air. But the beast tide was too numerous; this level of attack was like throwing a few stones into a flood—it splashed some water but could not stop its surging momentum at all!

Five hundred meters, four hundred meters, three hundred meters...

The beast tide drew closer, and the stench mixed with madness and death was almost upon them!

The recruits just recruited within the city gates turned pale, their hands holding weapons trembling slightly, but under the encouragement of the veterans beside them, they barely maintained their formation.

"Release!"

Just as the vanguard of the beast tide entered the optimal range of two hundred meters, Lin Yin's cold voice rang out beside Lin Tian—not loud, but with a strange piercing power.

"Swish swish swish!!!"

In the next moment, ten thousand arrows were fired at once! A true rain of arrows descended!

Ten thousand Moon Shadow Archers, plus six hundred Pale Moon Hunters and two hundred Void Ranger, released their bowstrings simultaneously!

Ordinary arrows were like a swarm of locusts, while those shot by the Pale Moon Hunters were "Myriad Manifestations of the Forest" arrows, entwined with vine phantoms and emitting armor-piercing cold light or an aura of decay!

The arrows tore through the air with tooth-gritting shrieks, instantly weaving a metal storm of death in front of the city wall!

The monsters at the very front fell in swathes, as if they had hit an invisible wall!

The arrows pierced through their fragile hide armor, tore through flesh, and pinned them into the earth.