116: Chapter 116 has three waves!

The accompanying natural energy caused continuous damage, making the fallen monsters let out even more miserable wails.

The Void Ranger were like ghosts, shooting "Dimensional Rending Arrows" with erratic trajectories, specifically targeting those thick-skinned, fast-charging boss-level monsters.

The coverage of the arrow rain was so dense and powerful that within a mere minute or two, the vanguard of the beast tide fell in thick layers, like harvested wheat!

Filthy blood instantly stained the ground in front of the city wall red.

"Hold steady! Fire at will! Aim for those bunched together!" With the roars of the small squad leaders echoing everywhere.

The remaining monsters trampled over their companions' corpses, charging forward with bloodshot eyes, but their speed was clearly hindered, and their formation became even more chaotic.

They finally reached the foot of the city wall, yet what awaited them was a more desperate obstacle: a super city wall ten meters high and five meters thick, covered in battlements and arrow slits!

As well as the arrows and attacks constantly raining down from the wall!

The monsters roared, slamming their bodies against the wall, gouging at the bricks with sharp claws, and even attempting to climb by piling on top of each other.

Lin Tian clearly did not take these corrupted monsters, which were at most Bronze 9-star level, seriously.

With the ten-meter height and thickness, and the defenders' attacks from above, these actions seemed so futile and ridiculous.

The Earth Spirit Guards didn't even need to attack directly; just by exerting a little force, the ground beneath the wall would sometimes become soft like quicksand, trapping the monsters' legs;

And at other times, sharp stone spikes would suddenly shoot out, skewering the monsters like meat on a skewer!

The battle turned into a one-sided slaughter. The city wall was like the sturdiest dam, and the beast tide was like waves constantly crashing against it and receding in pieces.

Tens of minutes later...

When the last Bronze-level rotten beast attempting to gnaw at the wall base was turned into a sieve by several spears poking out from behind the battlements, and fell under the wall with a scream, the deafening roars and sounds of slaughter suddenly vanished, as if a stop button had been pressed.

Both inside and outside the city wall, a strange silence fell once again.

Only this time, the silence was filled with a nauseatingly thick scent of blood, and the mountain of monster corpses beneath the wall that were slowly dissolving into black smoke.

Lin Tian stood on the command platform, looking at the land outside the city that had just been washed by blood, and then at the defenders on the wall who, although slightly tired, were in high spirits and had suffered almost no losses. He blinked, his expression somewhat strange.

That was... it?

He scratched his head; the string in his heart that had been taut for so long suddenly loosened, feeling a bit... empty?

Smacking his lips, he turned his head to look at Lin Yin beside him, and muttered in a low voice with a hint of uncertainty and a desire to complain:

"That's it?"

"This beast tide marking the end of the novice protection period... it wouldn't just be this one wave, right?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Yin glanced at him sideways, a faint trace of doubt seemingly flashing in her cold, clear eyes.

She didn't answer, but her fingers gripping the bow tightened almost imperceptibly.

Her gaze returned to the seemingly deeper darkness in the distance, as if to say: I'm afraid... it's not that simple.

Lin Tian's absurd and uncertain complaint hadn't even faded into the night wind yet.

Hum!!!!

A grand, cold chime, as if ringing directly in the deepest part of everyone's soul, exploded without warning in the minds of all the lords still alive on the Eternal Continent, including Lin Tian!

The prompt sound of the "Heavenly Dao System" rang out again after many days!

[Heavenly Dao Prompt: Attention all lords. The novice protection period has ended; the first survival trial, 'Beast Tide', has officially begun.]

[Rule Supplement: This beast tide consists of three rounds, with increasing intensity. Live or die.]

[Wishing everyone... good fortune in battle.]

That final "good fortune in battle" sounded cold and mocking, no matter how one heard it.

"Damn! There really was a follow-up! And three fucking rounds!" The slight sense of relief that had just emerged in Lin Tian's heart was instantly extinguished, and he cursed in a low voice.

He knew it wouldn't be that easy!

He immediately split his attention, staring intently at the darkness outside the city that was once again shrouded in deathly silence, while quickly pulling up the [Regional Chat Channel].

He only took one glance, and his heart sank slightly.

The channel was already in complete chaos, but it was no longer filled with the trading or complaints of the day, but with desperate wails suffused with blood!

"Help! My fence is broken! My troops are about to die!"

"I can't hold them! I absolutely can't hold them! Those monsters have gone crazy!"

"Who has extra arrows? Sell them to me! No, give them to me! I beg you! My territory is about to be destroyed!!"

"Healing! I need healing! My priest is dead!!"

"Coordinates XXX, YYY, the lord has died in battle, the Territory Core is exposed. Brothers nearby who can come, hurry over to loot... No, come help! (Despair)"

"The first wave is this fierce? How are we supposed to survive the next two waves?"

"Brother above, you still have a 'next' to think about? I'm about to lose my 'now'!"

"..."

Between the lines, it was full of the aura of collapse and death. Even more shocking was the constantly jumping number of online users at the top of the channel: 6014/10000.

In less than half an hour, the names of nearly a thousand lords had gone dark forever.

Lin Tian pursed his lips and immediately tapped on Lord Su Wan's avatar, sending a message: "Lord Su Wan, how is the situation on your side? Can you still hold on? I'll try to finish up here as quickly as possible and come over."

The message was sent out like a stone sinking into the ocean, with no response for a long while.

Lin Tian frowned, guessing that she was likely trapped in a bitter battle and couldn't spare the attention to reply.

"Tsk." Closing the channel, he cast his gaze sharply back outside the city.

The short, suffocating "break time" was over.

From deep within the darkness in the distance, at the end of that land just soaked in blood, the bone-chilling tremor of the earth and the roar of ten thousand beasts galloping once again rolled over from far to near!

The second wave has arrived!

The black tide broke through the night curtain once again, the quantity looking about the same as the first wave, still a terrifying scale of over one hundred thousand.

But Lin Tian's eyes narrowed, and he instantly sensed the difference; the pressure was not the same!

Those monsters charging at the very front were larger in size, their auras more violent, and the filthy energy swirling around them had almost condensed into substance!

The information fed back by the Detection Spell made his heart tremble: Silver-grade! And not just one, but hundreds!

Although most were low-star Silver-grade, dozens of powerful auras belonging to 9-star Silver-grade were mixed in!

They were like flagships in the black tide, driving the entire beast tide's momentum to become even wilder and more destructive!

"Archers! Suppressive fire! Focus on those Silver-grade ones!" Lin Tian shouted sharply, his voice carrying across the city wall.

"Swish, swish, swish!!"

An even denser rain of arrows than the first wave poured out once again.

However, this time the effect was discounted!