510: Chapter 445: All Forces Prepare for Battle, Civilized Legion Defends the Fortress

The day after the beast tide receded, the walls of the Iron Wall Fortress were bustling. Rune craftsmen were repairing cracks caused by God King-Rank lords, Iron Rock Giants were moving stone to reinforce the shield wall, medics were treating the wounded, and Civilization Sword Cultivators were meditating to restore their Divine Power. Lin Zhou stood at the highest point of the wall, looking at the dark red light spots flickering in the gray-white mist in the distance, and remained silent for a long time. In one month, the second wave of the beast tide would arrive. The scale might be larger, and there might be more God King-Rank lords.

"Captain, the reinforcements from the Command Headquarters have arrived." Qin Qing walked over, followed by a team of about three thousand people. They wore the standard armor of various war zones, their godhead integrity was between LV400 and LV500, and they were equipped with seed of civilization—although their proficiency was not as good as the veterans of the Seventh War Zone, at least they were not afraid of the erosion of the Void Realm energy.

[Reinforcements · Data]

- Number: 3000 people

- Source: Second War Zone, Fourth War Zone, Sixth War Zone

- Average godhead integrity: LV450

- seed of civilization coverage: 100%

- Fire of Civilization proficiency: C-Rank (Basic)

"General Zhao of the Second War Zone, General Qian of the Fourth War Zone, and General Sun of the Sixth War Zone each sent one thousand people." Qin Qing handed over the list, "Command Headquarters orders that these three thousand people are temporarily under your command."

Lin Zhou nodded. "Assign one thousand to Wang Meng, one thousand to Lei Zhan, and one thousand to Qin Qing. The rest will be incorporated into the reserve team."

"Yes."

Over the next month, the Iron Wall Fortress entered a high-intensity state of preparation. Every morning, soldiers practiced Holding Names Responsible for Reality on the training grounds, chanting their own names and the names of their comrades. Every morning, Civilization Sword Cultivators practiced sword formations in the Void Realm. Every afternoon, the Iron Rock Giants practiced advancing and contracting behind the shield wall. Every night, Lin Zhou led the core team to analyze the patterns of the beast tide and deduce tactics.

[Civilization Guardian Legion · Preparation Data (One Month Later)]

- Total strength: 15000 people

- Average godhead integrity: LV520

- seed of civilization coverage: 100%

- Holding Names Responsible for Reality proficiency: Average B-Rank

- Sword formation proficiency: Average B-Rank

- Shield wall proficiency: Average A-Rank

The defenses of the Iron Wall Fortress were also comprehensively upgraded. The city wall was thickened to twenty zhang, and the surface was covered with a coating of Fire of Civilization. The coverage area of the Iron Wall Guardian Array was expanded from ten kilometers in diameter to fifteen kilometers, and the rune turrets were increased from one hundred to one hundred fifty. Li Mo modified three array-breaking devices into defensive weapons, which could fire space folding cannons to transfer the attacks of Chaos Beasts elsewhere.

[Iron Wall Fortress · Defense Data (After Upgrade)]

- Wall durability: 5 million → 8 million points

- Iron Wall Guardian Array: Covers 15km diameter, friendly defense +60%, enemy attack -40%

- Rune turrets: 150 units

- Space folding cannons: 3 units

- Fire of Civilization coating coverage: 100%

On the third day after the month, Li Mo's detector captured abnormal fluctuations in the depths of the Void Realm.

"Captain, the second wave of the beast tide is here." His voice was heavy, "The scale... is about two hundred million. God King-Rank lords... at least fifty. There is also a Chaos Beast Emperor suspected to be at the Peak of the God King level, with an estimated Rank of LV6000+."

[Second Wave of Beast Tide · Data]

- Scale: About 200 million

- Rank distribution: LV100 - LV500 about 150 million, LV500 - LV800 about 50 million, LV800 - LV1000 about 10 million

- God King-Rank lords: About 50 (LV3000 - LV5000)

- Chaos Beast Emperor: One (LV6000+)

- Movement speed: 200 km/h

- Estimated arrival at Iron Wall Fortress: About 7 days

Lin Zhou's pupils contracted. A Chaos Beast Emperor at LV6000+ had a Rank on par with his own. With fifty God King-Rank lords and two hundred million Chaos Beasts, could the 15,000 people of the Iron Wall Fortress hold it?

"Captain, we can hold it." Wang Meng gripped his battle axe.

"How to hold it?"

"Hold it with our lives."

Lin Zhou was silent, then turned to face the entire army.

"Brothers, the second wave of the beast tide is here. Two hundred million Chaos Beasts, fifty God King-Rank lords, and one Chaos Beast Emperor. We only have 15,000 people."

Silence fell below.

"But, we have 15,000 seeds of Fire of Civilization. Every spark is an immortal star. Every star can illuminate a piece of darkness."

He raised his hand, and Fire of Civilization condensed in his palm. The cyan-gold flame burned in the night sky, illuminating everyone's face.

"Civilization Guardian Legion—fight to the death without retreat!"

"Fight to the death without retreat!" 15,000 people roared in unison.

Seven days later, in the gray-white mist, dark red light covered the sky and earth. Two hundred million Chaos Beasts surged like a tide, dyeing the entire Void Realm blood-red. Fifty God King-Rank lords lined up behind the beast tide, like fifty moving mountains. In the center of the beast tide, a giant beast ten times the size of a God King-Rank lord slowly emerged—the Chaos Beast Emperor. Its form was like an inverted mountain range, dark red all over, with countless Void Realm runes covering its surface. Its eyes were two clusters of gray-white flames, without pupils, only emptiness.

[Chaos Beast Emperor · Data]

- Rank: LV6000

- Size: About 500km long

- Characteristic 1: Chaos Domain — Rule stability in range -80%, godhead integrity -1% per second

- Characteristic 2: Void Realm Devour — Can devour divine kingdom remains in range, restore 1% integrity per second

- Characteristic 3: Existence Erasure — Target's sense of existence lost by 50%

- Weakness: Fire of Civilization (damage +2000%)

"Rune turrets—fire!"

One hundred and fifty rune turrets fired simultaneously, and one hundred and fifty cyan-gold beams of light shot into the beast herd. Wherever the light beams passed, Chaos Beasts were evaporated, and dark red mist filled the air.

[Rune Turrets · First Volley]

- Kills: About 1 million

- Consumption: 1000 Divine Power per unit

The vanguard of the beast tide did not slow down. They stepped over the corpses of their companions and continued to charge. The second round, the third round, the fourth round... The rune turrets fired ten consecutive rounds, killing about ten million Chaos Beasts. But the remaining number was still huge, only five hundred kilometers away from the fortress.

"Space folding cannons—fire!"

The three space folding cannons started at the same time, and silver-white light tore three huge cracks in the Void Realm. The cracks swallowed the Chaos Beasts charging at the front and teleported them to the Void Realm tens of thousands of kilometers away.

[Space Folding Cannons · First Shot]

- Transferred: About 3 million

- Consumption: 10,000 Divine Power per unit

The vanguard of the beast tide was weakened, but the follow-up troops immediately filled the gap. Lei Zhan's heavy armored legion lined up in front of the fortress, and three thousand Iron Rock Giants lifted their giant shields simultaneously. The shield wall was one hundred zhang high and twenty zhang thick, with dark gold defensive runes flowing on the surface of the shields.

[Steel Bastion · Data]

- Coverage: 10km diameter

- Durability: 8 million points

- Effect: Friendly defense in range +60%

"Heavy armored legion—advance!" Lei Zhan roared. The three thousand Iron Rock Giants marched in unison, charging toward the beast tide. The shield wall was like a moving Great Wall of Steel, crushing the Chaos Beasts charging at the front into fragments.

[Steel Bastion · Kills]

- First wave: Killed about 2 million

- Shield wall durability: 8 million → 7 million

Wang Meng's Vanguard Battalion rushed out from behind the shield wall, and five thousand Civilization Sword Cultivators ascended by controlling their swords, the cyan-gold sword light weaving into a net in the Void Realm. Wherever the sword net passed, Chaos Beasts were shredded into fragments. This time, the Sword Cultivators' sword formations were more proficient and coordinated more tacitly. Groups of five, teams of ten, formations of a hundred, advancing layer by layer, cutting the beast tide into countless small pieces and strangling them one by one.

[Vanguard Battalion · Kills]

- First wave: Killed about 5 million

- Our losses: 500 lightly injured

Qin Qing's Net of Law unfolded in the rear, and pale gold rule chains entangled the Chaos Beasts that broke through the defense line, restricting them in place. Su Yueyao's moonlight illuminated the entire battlefield, and the silver-white light suppressed the Chaos Beasts' Void Realm energy. Iron Face's Fire of Justice conducted existence judgment, and the Chaos Beasts judged as "non-existent" began to become transparent, then dissipated. Chen Xuan's School of Names Separating Hardness and Whiteness stripped the "defense" attribute of the Chaos Beasts, making the attacks of the Civilization Sword Cultivators more lethal.

The battle lasted for a day and a night. About fifty million Chaos Beasts were killed, but there were still one hundred and fifty million left. Fifty God King-Rank lords began to act, rushing out from behind the beast tide, and gray-white beams of light shot toward the fortress walls.

[God King-Rank Lords · Volley]

- Quantity: 50

- Attack power: Full-strength strike of high-tier divine power × 50

- Target: Iron Wall Fortress wall

Lin Zhou rushed forward, and the river of civilization surged out from his divine kingdom, turning into a cyan-gold barrier that blocked the volley.

[river of civilization · Barrier]

- Coverage: 10km diameter

- Durability: 5 million points

- Consumption: 100,000 Divine Power per minute

The barrier vibrated, and the durability dropped from five million to four million, three million, two million... The volley of fifty lords was too powerful, and the river of civilization could not hold for too long.

"Dragon Vein Golden Scale—Dragon Breath!"

The Dragon Vein Golden Scale flew out from his divine kingdom, and the golden Dragon Breath engulfed three lords. Su Yueyao's moonlight enveloped five lords, suppressing their Void Realm energy. Iron Face's Fire of Justice conducted existence judgment on two lords. Wang Meng led the Civilization Sword Cultivators to besiege ten lords. Lei Zhan's shield wall blocked the charge of five lords.

[God King-Rank Lords · Kills]

- First wave: Killed 15

- Our losses: 1000 lightly injured, 200 seriously injured, 50 killed

Lin Zhou withdrew the river of civilization and rushed toward the Beast Emperor. The Chaos Beast Emperor's eyes opened suddenly, and a gray-white beam of light shot toward Lin Zhou. Lin Zhou dodged, the beam grazed his shoulder, and his godhead integrity dropped from 100% to 90%.

[Lin Zhou · Status]

- godhead integrity: 100% → 90%

- Memory loss: Partial

"Civilization Judgment!" Lin Zhou raised his hand, and a cyan-gold beam of light shot toward the Beast Emperor.

[Civilization Judgment · Definition]

- Definition content: "Chaos" is an illegal existence

- Target: Chaos Beast Emperor

- Consumption: 500,000 Divine Power

- Effect: Beast Emperor integrity 100% → 80%

The Beast Emperor roared, and gray-white tentacles extended from its body, lashing at Lin Zhou. Lin Zhou cut off the tentacles with the Sword of Civilization, while compressing the river of civilization into a beam of light and shooting it from his palm.

[river of civilization · Compressed Cannon]

- Attack power: Full-strength strike of great divine power × 5

- Consumption: 200,000 Divine Power

- Effect: Beast Emperor integrity 80% → 60%

The Beast Emperor's body began to disintegrate, the dark red patterns cracked, and gray-white mist surged wildly. But it did not die; it burned its final strength and stabbed a huge tentacle at Lin Zhou. Lin Zhou could not dodge in time, and the tentacle pierced his left shoulder.

[Lin Zhou · Status]

- Left shoulder: Seriously injured

- godhead integrity: 90% → 70%

- Memory loss: Significant

Su Yueyao's moonlight enveloped his left shoulder, repairing the wound. The Dragon Vein Golden Scale's Dragon Breath burned the tentacle off. Lin Zhou gritted his teeth and condensed the Fire of Civilization again.

"Final blow—Civilization Judgment!"

The cyan-gold sword light cut into the Beast Emperor's core. The Beast Emperor's body completely disintegrated, turning into gray-white light spots and dissipating.

[Chaos Beast Emperor · Kills]

- Time taken: About 3 hours

- Lin Zhou Divine Power consumption: About 5 million

- Lin Zhou godhead integrity: 70% → 60%

The Beast Emperor was dead, and the remaining thirty-five God King-Rank lords lost their command and began to flee. The beast tide followed suit, retreating into the depths of the Chaos Star Domain.

[Battle · Summary]

- Chaos Beasts killed: About 120 million

- God King-Rank lords killed: 40

- Chaos Beast Emperor killed: 1

- Fortress wall durability: 8 million → 3 million

- Defender losses: 800 killed, 2000 seriously injured, 5000 lightly injured

- Lin Zhou Divine Power consumption: About 30 million

- Lin Zhou godhead integrity: 60%

Lin Zhou knelt on one knee on the city wall, gasping for air. Su Yueyao's moonlight enveloped him, repairing the cracks in his godhead.

"Captain, the beast tide has retreated." Qin Qing's voice carried exhaustion.

"It has retreated. But the space rift in the depths of the Void Realm is still expanding. The third wave of the beast tide may already be on the way."

Lin Zhou stood up and looked in the direction of the Chaos Star Domain. In the gray-white mist, dark red light spots were still flickering.

"Li Mo, what is the expansion speed of the rift?"

"One kilometer per hour. It is estimated that in three months, the rift will expand enough to accommodate the passage of a Peak God King-level existence."

"Three months..."

Lin Zhou was silent, then turned around.

"Repair the fortress and treat the wounded. Three months from now, there will be a decisive battle."