107: Chapter 107 Monster Attack, City on High Alert

Dang! Dang! Dang!

The bell rang nine times.

Since the founding of Baifeng City, this represented the highest level of crisis... a war alert!

Gu Yan had just stepped out of the secret room when his steps suddenly halted.

The ground beneath his feet began to transmit a subtle yet extremely intense tremor. This tremor was not an earthquake; it felt more like countless heavy hammers striking the earth, the frequency so fast it made one's heart race.

In Gu Garden, the previously orderly servants instantly fell into chaos, their brooms and water basins falling to the ground.

"What is happening?"

"Has the Earth Dragon turned over?"

Cries of alarm rose one after another.

Gu Yan ignored the commotion within the estate. With a flash of his figure, he leaped directly onto the highest viewing pavilion in Gu Garden.

He looked toward the north.

At the edge of his vision, where the originally azure sky met the verdant earth, it had now been replaced by a thick, writhing, and rolling black line.

The black line advanced toward Baifeng City at a speed that made one's scalp tingle.

As the black line approached, the muffled sound, originally like rolling thunder, gradually became clear.

It was the sound of roaring.

Thousands upon thousands, countless Yao Beasts, gathered together, emitting a roar capable of shattering a Mortal's courage!

Dust obscured the sky, and the stench, even from tens of miles away, was still nauseating.

A beast tide!

And it was a small-scale beast tide with enough magnitude to threaten the safety of Baifeng City!

Hum—

Just at this moment, dazzling spiritual light lit up simultaneously on all four walls of Baifeng City.

A translucent, pale golden light curtain, several zhang thick, rose from the base of the city walls and converged in the high sky above the center of the city, like a giant golden bowl, tightly covering this massive cultivation city with a population of one million.

The city defense array was activated at full power!

The clamor and panic within the city reached its peak at this moment.

Countless Cultivators drove their Magical Artifacts into the air, looking at the overwhelming sea of black beasts in the distance, their faces pale.

"Damn it! How can there be a beast tide? It is clearly not the season for a beast tide outbreak!"

"Look at this scale... there are at least tens of thousands of Yao Beasts! Among them are many second-tier or even third-tier great Yao!"

"It is over... can the city defense array hold?"

Fear spread like a plague.

"Silence!"

A roar containing the vigorous magical power of a Foundation Establishment Late Stage Cultivator exploded in the sky above the city like a thunderclap, forcibly suppressing all the noise.

From the direction of the City Lord's Mansion, a figure wearing golden armor soared into the air and hovered at the hub of the array.

"By the City Lord's order! Citywide alert!"

"All Cultivators at Qi Refining Level 5 or above, regardless of whether they are from a Family or are Loose Cultivators, are to immediately head to the four city walls to assist in the defense! Those who disobey will be executed on the spot!"

"All Cultivators below Qi Refining Level 5 and Mortals are to return home immediately, close their doors and windows, and are not allowed to linger on the streets! Those who disobey will be killed without mercy!"

Following this iron-blooded order, squads of City Guards wearing bright silver armor, holding long spears, surged onto the streets with murderous Killing Intent, beginning to forcibly maintain order.

The previously chaotic streets quickly became empty under the threat of death.

Gu Yan stood on the pavilion, watching this massive city that was operating rapidly like a war machine, his gaze deep and steady.

This was the cruelty of the cultivation world.

In the face of a beast tide, which was like a natural disaster, individual strength appeared so insignificant. But at the same time, this was also a stage for the strong.

A flurry of hurried footsteps came from the stairs.

Jin Feiyan lifted her skirt, her hair slightly disheveled, clearly having run all the way here.

Behind her followed Shen Qingxue and Liu Ruyan, both looking equally grave.

"Husband! Something major has happened!" Jin Feiyan gasped for breath, clutching a golden token tightly in her hand, "The City Lord's Mansion... has issued a special-grade conscription order!"

She handed the token to Gu Yan, her fingers turning white from the force.

"The main attack direction of the beast tide is the north city wall; the pressure there is the greatest. The City Lord's Mansion has specifically named... named all Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivators in Baifeng City to go to the north city wall to hold the line!"

"Husband, you... are also on the list."

Shen Qingxue and Liu Ruyan's expressions changed drastically upon hearing this.

The north city wall, that was a meat grinder!

In every beast tide, that was where the most Cultivators died!

"Husband, can you not go?" Shen Qingxue grabbed Gu Yan's sleeve, her eyes full of worry.

Gu Yan took the heavy golden token, his fingertips rubbing the fierce character "Order" on it.

Not go?

In this Baifeng City, having enjoyed peace and resources for so long, now that disaster was imminent, if he were to shrink back, not to mention whether the City Lord's Mansion would settle scores afterward, the prestige the Gu Family had worked so hard to build would collapse overnight.

Furthermore...

Gu Yan turned his head and looked at the pitch-black sea of beasts to the north. Deep in his eyes, not only was there no fear, but a scorching flame ignited instead.

He had just succeeded in Foundation Establishment and had switched to cultivating the tyrannical Burning Sea Art; he was just worrying about not having an opponent to test his strength.

Weren't these Yao Beasts covering the mountains and plains the best whetstones?

"I must go."

Gu Yan's voice was calm and firm.

He looked at his three wives and softened his tone: "Don't worry, I have my own discretion. Besides, with the [Four Symbols Heaven-Locking Array], Gu Garden is the safest place in Baifeng City. You guard the home well and wait for me to return."

Having said that, he did not hesitate any longer.

With a thought, the crimson true essence that had long been ready to go within his body surged violently!

Whoosh!

A ball of crimson flames suddenly rose from beneath his feet, lifting his body and slowly rising into the air.

He did not ride a sword.

After reaching the Foundation Establishment Stage, one could rely on vigorous magical power to briefly traverse the air.

Gu Yan's figure flickered, turning into a streak of crimson light that cut through the sky, heading straight toward the north city wall, where the Killing Intent was strongest and the battle was fiercest!

Below, countless Cultivators and Mortals looking up, seeing that figure going against the flow without hesitation, revealed deep awe and shock in their eyes.

That is...

The Old Ancestor of the Gu Family!

A true... Foundation Establishment powerhouse!

The wind whistled in his ears.

Gu Yan stood high in the sky, looking down at the black beast tide that was getting closer and closer below.

In the air, the thick, foul stench rushed toward him, almost suffocating.

And at the very front of the endless sea of beasts, several third-tier Yao Beasts, as massive as mountains, were lifting their heads and letting out heaven-shaking roars at the crumbling defensive light curtain!

Gu Yan clenched his fists, and the tyrannical spiritual power belonging to the Burning Sea Art began to surge crazily in his Meridians, emitting a roaring sound like a bursting river.

"Come."

He whispered to himself, the Battle Intent in his eyes burning to the extreme at this moment.

"Let me see, is your skin thicker..."

"Or is my fire... more intense!"