106: Chapter 106 Is the South Gate Cannon Fodder?

Wooo-wooo-wooo!!!

The shrill, piercing sound of the alarm instantly shattered the peace of City No. 36.

Immediately after, the ground began to tremble.

Looking out from atop the towering city walls under the dim glow of the purple moon, the distant Void Wasteland seemed to come alive.

The originally crimson horizon was now completely swallowed by an endless black tide.

That wasn't water. It was hundreds of millions of densely packed Starry Sky Exotic Beasts!

Flying in the sky were swarms of Void Scythe Beetles, the vibration of their wings merging into a scalp-numbing hum; running on the ground were Starry Sky Demonic Wolves the size of calves, their green beast pupils forming an ocean of ghost fire in the darkness.

This was the nightmare of countless Ancient Road trial-takers—the Starry Sky Beast Tide!

"They're coming... they're coming!!"

On the city walls, countless alien guards turned pale, their hands trembling as they gripped their weapons.

According to the emergency deployment of the City Lord's Mansion:

The East Gate was to be guarded by three thousand elites led by the Troll Gang leader, Man Gu;

The West Gate was the responsibility of the Shadow Kill Society;

The North Gate, the main entrance, was guarded by the City Lord's Mansion's personal guard.

And the South Gate, which faced the greatest pressure, the most open terrain, and the primary direction of the beast attack...

Was "generously" assigned to the Yanhuang Alliance, which had been established for less than two days.

"Hahahaha!"

Man Gu stood on the city tower, watching the overwhelming beast tide in the distance. Though there was wariness in his eyes, there was even more schadenfreude and satisfaction.

"Look over there! That group of death-seeking Earthlings actually dared to accept the defense of the South Gate!"

"City Lord Thousand Faces' move of 'killing with a borrowed knife' is truly slick."

"The South Gate is the main focus of the beast tide. Just the first wave alone has a hundred thousand Scythe Beetles! Even if I were guarding that place, I'd lose a layer of skin."

"That group of Earthlings only has a few hundred old, weak, and disabled people, plus those dozen or so newcomers..."

"Hehe, they'll be turned into insect droppings before dawn!"

South City Gate · Yanhuang Alliance Position

It was completely different from the tense atmosphere of the East Gate, where everyone was prepared for a life-and-death struggle.

At this moment, the scene below the South City Gate was so bizarre it made people question their lives.

The heavy alloy city gate wasn't closed; instead, it was wide open. In the center of the open space in front of the gate sat a grandmaster's chair.

Lin Yuan sat boldly in the chair, even holding a cup of freshly brewed hot tea, looking completely out of place with the surrounding murderous cold wind.

Behind him was the core combat force of the Yanhuang Alliance, ready for action.

Dragon Battle stood on the left, bare-chested and carrying a tower shield he had scavenged from the Blood Wolf Gang's treasury.

Ji Hongyi stood on the right, toying with toxic mist in her hands.

Ancient Sword Soul held his sword, his gaze sharp.

On the city walls, several hundred organized human refugees were operating newly installed heavy firepower turrets. Although their legs were still shaking, their eyes held a sense of determination.

"Al... Alliance Leader..."

Old Liu watched the terrifying insect tide surging like a black tsunami in the distance, his voice trembling:

"Are we... are we really not closing the gate?"

It was no wonder Old Liu was afraid.

The visual impact of that overwhelming swarm was enough to cause anyone with trypophobia to drop dead on the spot.

"Close the gate?"

"If we close the gate, how will those beasts get in?"

"If they don't come in..."

"How can I harvest them?"

Old Liu: "???"

Harvest?

You call this harvesting?

This is suicide!

As they spoke, RUMBLE!!

The first wave of the beast tide vanguard had already reached five hundred meters outside the South Gate!

"Hiss hiss hiss—!!"

Leading the charge were tens of thousands of Void Scythe Beetles, waving their sharp forelimbs, their compound eyes flashing red. Seeing the wide-open city gate and the human sitting there, they surged forward frantically like starving ghosts seeing a buffet!

Three hundred meters!

Two hundred meters!

One hundred meters!

Dragon Battle gripped his shield, and Ancient Sword Soul's sword was unsheathed by half an inch, but Lin Yuan still didn't move.

It wasn't until the black insect tide rushed within fifty meters of the city gate, until the forelimb of the first Scythe Beetle was about to touch the sole of Lin Yuan's shoe.

"That's about right."

Lin Yuan's finger lightly tapped his thigh.

Buzz—!

Behind him, the slaying abyss, which had been quietly dormant, suddenly hummed.

But it didn't leave its sheath; rather, the True Dragon Magnetic Field inside the blade was pushed to its limit by Lin Yuan in that instant!

Artifact Domain · Gravity Field (30x) · Full Coverage!

BOOM!!!!!

A soul-shattering roar erupted, centered on Lin Yuan, instantly covering a hundred-meter fan-shaped area in front of him!

The originally normal space seemed to transform into an invisible mountain in an instant, smashing down violently!

Thirty times gravity!

What did that mean?

An insect that originally weighed only ten pounds instantly became three hundred pounds!

Pop! Pop! Pop! Pop! Pop!

The thousands of Void Scythe Beetles at the very front didn't even have time to react.

Under the terrifying gravitational pressure, their proud hard carapaces shattered instantly!

In just one second.

The fifty-meter area in front of the city gate turned into an ocean of green mush.

Thousands of insects exploded and died instantly!

And the stronger Starry Sky Demonic Wolves following behind, while they didn't explode, were instantly pinned to the ground.

Their limbs were pressed flat against the earth, and their eyeballs were nearly squeezed out by the gravity. Their originally lightning-fast movements became slower than a turtle's!

This was an absolute forbidden zone!

"This..."

Old Liu and the others on the city wall were completely dumbfounded.

Their hands holding the guns froze in mid-air, and they even forgot to pull the triggers.

This was the Alliance Leader's strength?

Without even drawing his blade, just by sitting there, he suppressed the overwhelming insect tide?!

"What are you still standing there for?"

Lin Yuan picked up his teacup again and even had the leisure to wave his hand dismissively:

"Listen up, boys."

"The mobs are all crowd-controlled for you."

"Aren't you coming down to kill?"

Hearing this, Dragon Battle and the others, who had been unable to restrain themselves, saw their eyes turn red instantly.

"Kill!!!"

Dragon Battle rushed into the pile of Demonic Wolves that were immobilized by gravity, swinging his tower shield frantically like he was swatting flies.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

One shield strike per wolf!

The usually ferocious and incredibly fast Demonic Wolves were now like a flock of lambs to the slaughter, only able to watch as the shield fell and crushed their heads!

"Taibai · Meteor Shower!"

Ancient Sword Soul was even more excited. Where else could he find an opportunity to hit target dummies like this?

Sword energy crisscrossed from his hand, harvesting the insects that weren't dead yet like a lawnmower. Each strike of his sword brought in a wave of experience points.

"Poison Burst!"

Ji Hongyi also went all out, throwing various potent poisons into the monster piles. Under the gravitational pressure, the poisonous gas diffused even faster, and the exotic beasts fell in large patches.

What should have been the most tragic defensive battle was forcibly turned into a one-sided slaughter feast by Lin Yuan!

Half an hour later, while the other three gates were still struggling to hold on.

The East Gate.

Man Gu was covered in blood, and his mace was dented. He panted heavily, looking at the piles of corpses growing higher below the city wall and the continuous surge of the beast tide, a sense of despair in his heart.

"Damn it... there are too many! They're endless!"

"Report!!"

Just then, a troll scout responsible for reconnaissance rushed onto the city tower with a look like he'd seen a ghost.

"Gang Leader! Something's wrong!!"

Man Gu's heart skipped a beat: "What? Has the South Gate fallen? Are those Earthlings all dead? Is the beast tide about to rush in from the side?!"

"Quick! Mobilize the reserve team to plug the gap!!"

Man Gu roared.

"No, it's not that..."

The scout panted heavily and said stutteringly:

"The South Gate, the South Gate hasn't fallen..."

"Over there, they're crying for help..."

Man Gu was taken aback: "Crying for help? Hmph, I knew they couldn't hold out! Ignore them!"

"No, it's not them crying for help."

The scout swallowed hard, his expression bizarre to the extreme:

"It's... it's the exotic beasts crying for help..."

Man Gu: "???"

The scout pointed toward the South Gate, his voice trembling:

"I just saw that Earthling Lin Yuan sitting at the city gate drinking tea."

"Within a hundred meters of him, insects explode as soon as they enter, and wolves collapse as soon as they step in."

"The people from the Yanhuang Alliance are there in groups, grabbing corpses, digging out Source Stones, and skinning and deboning them."

"They even... they even complained that the monsters were coming too slowly!!"

"That Lin Yuan even shouted toward our side just now..."

Man Gu's eyes widened: "Shouted what?"

The scout shrank his neck, imitating Lin Yuan's arrogant tone:

"He said, if the brothers on the east side can't hold out, they can lead some monsters toward the South Gate."

"On their side... there aren't enough to go around."

"Pfft—!"

Man Gu almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Not enough to go around?"

"I'm getting the crap beaten out of me over here, and you freaking tell me there aren't enough monsters to go around?!"

Not just the East Gate, but the Shadow Kill Society at the West Gate and the City Lord's Mansion at the North Gate all received the same intelligence at this moment.

The city's high-ranking officials were collectively speechless at this moment...