The beast tide of night, the battle barrier!

By the time they returned to the barracks, night had fallen.

After resting, the soldiers, led by their respective Martial Commanders, ascended the city walls.

Jiang Qing also led his Crimson Cloud Demon Tiger onto the city walls.

The defense zone of Demon Suppression Pass was divided according to military camps. When Jiang Qing ascended the city walls, he saw seven classmates from his class in the defense zone, holding Elemental Energy Guns and standing ready. Su Yue and Yang Yi stood in the Martial Commander positions at the rear.

When Vicious Beasts attack Demon Suppression Pass, only Martial Commanders with strong power can fight outside the walls; everyone else must remain on the city walls to attack and cannot leave the walls for even a step.

Apart from Jiang Qing and Su Yue, the other classmates in the class were still too weak; they could only stay on the city walls with Elemental Energy Guns.

Only powerful individuals serving as Martial Commanders in the army could venture out to confront powerful Yao Beasts during a beast tide; otherwise, if their power was too low, they would not survive in the Yao Beast tide.

“Jiang Qing, over here,” Su Yue waved to Jiang Qing.

Jiang Qing walked over and stood a distance from her, like an army Martial Commander, standing behind the ordinary soldiers.

When the siege battle began later, only when powerful Vicious Beasts appeared would it be their turn, Martial Commander-level combatants, to act.

Vicious Beasts below the fifth rank did not require Martial Commanders to act; Elemental Energy Guns were sufficient to deal with all Yao Beasts below the fifth rank of transcendence.

Elemental Energy Guns, the crystallization of the Human Race Civilization Master’s wisdom, use Yao Beast demon cores as energy to fire energy waves far stronger than gunpowder guns. The highest quality is fourth rank, and each shot fired is like the full-power strike of a fifth-rank Vicious Beast.

With Elemental Energy Guns, all Vicious Beasts below transcendence could not pose a threat to Demon Suppression Pass, and some transcendent fifth-rank Vicious Beasts were dealt with by heavy Elemental Energy weaponry on the city walls.

However, heavy Elemental Energy Guns could at most deal with fifth-rank Vicious Beasts; they were powerless against higher-ranked Vicious Beasts, and heavy Elemental Energy Guns were slow to fire, only able to fire once every three minutes.

The main method for dealing with high-ranked Vicious Beasts was for army Martial Commanders to act. When high-ranked Vicious Beasts appeared, the Martial Commander-level powerhouses in the army had to charge into the beast tide to resist the invasion of high-ranked Vicious Beasts.

Jiang Qing held his gun, waiting quietly.

Beside him, the Crimson Cloud Demon Tiger retracted its flames, its tiger eyes gravely fixed on the distance.

The city walls were silent; everyone stared intently at the distant Northern Wilderness.

The night grew increasingly deep, and within the endless darkness, specks of red light gradually began to emerge.

As those specks of red light drew closer, it became clear they were not red lights at all, but pairs of bloodthirsty and fierce beast eyes.

The vast beast tide was boundless, with countless Vicious Beasts with glowing red eyes trampling the ground, low-ranked Yao Beasts covering the sky and earth, and many fifth and sixth-rank Yao Beasts dozens of meters long.

“Roar!”

Deafening roars rose and fell.

The veterans held their Elemental Energy Guns, awaiting orders at any moment.

Many students participating in the city defense battle turned pale, feeling their hearts tremble at the sight.

Even though they were all top students among the freshmen, they had never seen such a spectacle.

The boundless beast tide brought immense pressure, giving a feeling of invincibility.

Even the veterans felt their hearts tremble at this sight, let alone these inexperienced students.

“Kill!”

The military commander stood on the highest watchtower. When the Vicious Beasts advanced into the Elemental Energy Gun’s range, he gave a solemn order, his voice echoing across the entire field.

Instantly, fierce gun flames shone brightly in the night, and countless bullets sprayed out towards the distant Vicious Beast tide.

The large Elemental Energy weaponry had already finished charging. A single shot plunged directly into the Vicious Beast tide, instantly killing a fifth-rank Vicious Beast while the energy aftershock exploded, turning dozens of low-ranked Vicious Beasts into dust.

Bang bang bang!

Artillery fire continuously exploded among the Vicious Beasts, but the fierce bombardment could not stop the Vicious Beasts’ advance. The Vicious Beast tide continued to push towards Demon Suppression Pass, quickly encountering the pre-set defensive traps.

Bang bang bang!

Amidst a series of violent tremors, large numbers of Vicious Beasts were killed by buried landmines. The Yao Beasts behind them still did not stop, stepping over the bodies of their companions and charging towards Demon Suppression Pass.

When the Vicious Beasts in front died, the Yao Beasts behind immediately took their place.

The pre-set defensive measures were quickly filled by the Vicious Beast corpses. The Vicious Beasts rushed to the moat and leaped towards the opposite bank.

Some low-ranked Yao Beasts could not cross the moat and fell directly into it, but many high-ranked Yao Beasts leaped over the moat, intending to attack the city walls.

Powerful figures leaped below the city walls, wielding weapons, with gigantic Martial Forms rising into the air behind them.

The Martial Forms released by the many Martial Commanders were like enlarged versions of themselves. Each Martial Form stood tall, enveloped in Martial Dao will and soaring Aura, greatly enhancing their state.

Some Martial Forms were enshrined in divine mansions, and with the blessing of the divine mansions, the Aura emitted by these Martial Forms was far stronger than those of ordinary Martial Forms.

To serve as a Martial Commander, one must at least be a Martial Commander who has officially embarked on the transcendent path, possessing the blessing of a Martial Form and an inexhaustible supply of Qi and blood, sufficient to battle in the Yao Beast hordes for several hours.

Among the many Martial Commanders, those who had already condensed a divine mansion and entered the Martial Marquis rank had an even stronger Aura, standing like pillars supporting the sky below the city walls, resisting high-ranked Yao Beast attacks.

As Martial Commanders leaped from the city walls, the most outstanding students of this cohort also descended below the city walls, using flying Yao Beasts.

Their cultivation had broken through to the Martial General rank, and their combat power allowed them to fight across ranks, capable of contending with fifth-rank Yao Beasts newly entering transcendence.

Among these individuals, two figures, in particular, were most eye-catching.

They, too, like those army Martial Commanders, leaped straight down from the hundred-meter-high city walls.

Bang! Bang!

Their descent created two large craters on the ground. When the dust settled, their condition showed no signs of weakening.

Their Physical Body strength could actually rival that of the army Martial Commanders!

The other top students dared not jump down like that and could only reach the ground with the aid of Yao Beasts.

Although their power was sufficient to fight across ranks, their Physical Body strength was not yet strong enough to jump from a hundred meters high and remain unharmed.

Below the city walls.

Jiang Qing thrust his spear, a ten-meter-long spear light shooting forward, piercing through a Yao Beast that had leaped from the opposite bank of the moat.

Su Yue wielded a great saber far larger than her own body, striking with a swift cut, cleanly cleaving a Vicious Beast in half.

The two stood at separate points along the moat, forming a resilient barrier like those Martial Commanders whose cultivation had reached the Martial Marquis rank. Not a single Vicious Beast could break through the areas they defended.

Behind the vast moat, Martial Commanders fought valiantly, their intense combat aftershocks shaking the ground.

One hour passed, two hours passed, time slowly elapsed…

More and more high-ranked Vicious Beasts capable of leaping from the opposite bank of the moat appeared, gradually reaching the Peak of sixth-ranked Yao Beasts.

Some Martial Commanders were no longer able to contend and chose to retreat behind stronger Martial Commanders, blocking any stragglers.

The artillery fire and gunshots on the city walls continued to pour down, but the beast tide was still boundless, with no end in sight.