50: One person can be worth ten thousand soldiers

A Defensive Array is a formation specifically used to protect cities!

Such arrays are expensive to build, and their maintenance costs are astronomical.

Hearing Lu Yuan's words, Jiang Tianxia and the others understood why the Defensive Array wasn't activated.

This was just the first wave of the Beast Tide.

There would be a second, and even a third wave later!

"You guys hide here and don't run around, or hide somewhere further away," Lu Yuan instructed.

"What about you, Brother Yuan?" Yin Zeyao asked.

"Me?"

Lu Yuan took out a Demonic Core and held it in his palm, ready to replenish his spiritual power at any time.

"I'll ambush the Beast Tide from behind!" Lu Yuan's eyes gleamed with excitement. He stepped onto Feng Shi, flew into the air, and disappeared.

"This..."

The seven members of the team fell into a long silence, not expecting Lu Yuan to be so daring as to ambush the Beast Tide alone!

"We'll go help too. Red Leaf City cannot fall; four million residents live in the cities behind us!" Jiang Tianxia said with determination.

The Jiang Family was a military family, with many elders joining the army.

Some survived, but more died on the battlefield!

"I agree with the captain's opinion. Every bit of effort counts!" Fan Shuiyao said.

"Charge, charge, charge!"

The seven members of the team quickly reached a consensus.

Unlike Lu Yuan, they bypassed the Beast Tide and arrived at Red Leaf City, choosing to fight alongside the Red Leaf City soldiers!

"Charge!"

"Kill these beasts! Do they think they can do whatever they want just because spiritual energy has recovered and they've evolved into fierce beasts? Beasts are beasts after all!"

"Red Leaf City must not fall; my entire family lives in the cities behind us!"

Not only Jiang Tianxia, but also Practitioners who made a living by hunting fierce beasts all joined this offensive and defensive battle!

Several heavenly lightning bolts fell, and the highest commander, Kang Zhenbang, raised his hand to eliminate dozens of Xuan Gang Realm fierce beasts.

Seeing more and more Practitioners join the battlefield, Kang Zhenbang was greatly relieved.

"Well done! When the Beast Tide is over, I'll treat you all to a drink!"

"As expected of Modu University students, their cooperation is truly beautiful! They actually heavily injured the Xuan Gang Realm Eight Fierce Earth Bear!"

Kang Zhenbang looked at Jiang Tianxia's seven-person team and praised them.

Only three of these seven were Xuan Gang Realm Practitioners, yet the strength they displayed was at the Xuan Gang Realm Peak!

He recognized them as Modu University students because three of them were wearing Modu University uniforms.

"When will reinforcements arrive?" Kang Zhenbang asked his deputy.

"40 minutes!"

The deputy gave the exact time.

"That long?" Kang Zhenbang frowned.

"This is an organized and premeditated Beast Tide. Anren City, Longbei City, and several other border cities have all been attacked by Beast Tides!" the deputy explained.

"The superiors are rushing to dispatch troops for rescue and analyzing the main target cities of this Beast Tide, but the Teleportation Array can only transport fifty people at a time..."

"40 minutes it is. Remember, strictly no activation of the Defensive Array until the last moment!"

With a wave of his hand, Kang Zhenbang once again blasted several fierce beasts, his expression serious.

"We can die, but Red Leaf City must be held!"

Just as Lu Yuan had guessed.

This was an organized and premeditated Beast Tide. Kang Zhenbang suspected there was more than one wave, so he chose to actively open the city gates and meet them in battle!

"Damn it, the second wave came so fast?"

Looking at the dense mass of figures ahead, Kang Zhenbang's face twitched.

"Hold on, we must hold on!"

Pfft—

A Xuan Gang Realm Three-Star Thunder Eagle was disemboweled by Feng Shi, falling heavily to the ground, losing its breath.

Standing on Feng Shi's shoulder, Lu Yuan looked down from above.

Of course, there were flying fierce beasts in the Beast Tide.

Looking at the countless dense fierce beasts below, Lu Yuan summoned the Nine Great Marionette Corps and the seven great calamities!

Being high in the sky, he only needed to be wary of flying fierce beasts. The fierce beasts below couldn't possibly harm him, as Spirit Skills had a limited range.

Feng Shi and the Sky-Rending Legion were responsible for protecting him, while Lu Yuan focused on controlling the eight Puppet Corps and the six calamities to attack the Beast Tide!

Bang bang bang—

After multiple absorptions, the most powerful star-swallowing soldier, now a hundred meters tall, let out a roar.

Its sudden appearance not only startled the Beast Tide but also the Red Leaf City soldiers!

"What kind of fierce beast is this? How can it be so tall and majestic?" Kang Zhenbang's expression was incredulous.

He was considered a veteran of many battles and had heard of different races of fierce beasts.

However, a Xuan Gang Realm Three-Star like the star-swallowing soldier, with such an aura and oppressive feeling, was unheard of even among Divine Power Realm fierce beasts!

"No, the Beast Tide is fighting among themselves?!" Kang Zhenbang said, uncertain.

He saw that the far rear of the Beast Tide had inexplicably started fighting!

"Brother Yuan's Guie army is here!" Fan Shuiyao's spirits lifted.

There were simply too many fierce beasts; they couldn't be killed completely!

Sweat dripped from Fan Shuiyao's forehead. She was a support Practitioner who could help teammates restore spiritual power and heal quickly.

However, as soon as one was killed, another appeared, which made Fan Shuiyao feel a bit desperate.

Seeing the fierce commotion at the rear of the Beast Tide, the team members knew Lu Yuan had made his move!

Brother Yuan?

Kang Zhenbang pondered upon hearing Fan Shuiyao's words.

The Beast Tide couldn't be fighting among themselves, which meant someone was ambushing them from behind!

Gold Attribute Earth Tier High-Grade Spirit Skill: Battle Roar Shakes the Heavens

Wood Attribute Earth Tier High-Grade Spirit Skill: Blooming Underworld Flower

Water Attribute Earth Tier High-Grade Spirit Skill: Frostfall Long Strike

...Seven different attribute Earth Tier High-Grade Spirit Skills ran rampant!

Gold Calamity Devouring Army let out a battle roar, and nine thousand ghost puppet soldiers' fighting spirit soared, their strength and speed skyrocketing!

Gray underworld flowers bloomed, emitting deadly poisonous gas. Fierce beasts that inhaled the gas became weak in their limbs, collapsing to the ground and struggling non-stop!

Heavenly fire descended, and ice frost condensed into a waterfall smashing into the dense Beast Tide... Lu Yuan, standing on Feng Shi, watched this scene indifferently, continuously recovering spiritual power through the blood and Demonic Cores of the fierce beasts.

"Charge!"

Lu Yuan simultaneously controlled the seven great calamities to unleash Spirit Skills frantically, and controlled the Puppet Corps to gather and charge!

The earth shook, and under the pincer attack, the Beast Tide fell into a state of bewilderment.

They didn't know whether to continue attacking Red Leaf City or turn around and attack the nearly ten thousand Puppet Corps!

"Lu Yuan, is the 'Brother Yuan' you mentioned Lu Yuan?" Kang Zhenbang remembered.

The Beast Tide wasn't fighting among themselves; rather, someone was controlling monsters to ambush them from behind!

Before this, Kang Zhenbang would only have thought of Dark Attribute Professionals as capable of causing such a commotion.

But now there was one more: the Puppet Master!

"Yes, it's Lu Yuan," Jiang Tianxia nodded, confirming Kang Zhenbang's guess.

"A Xuan Gang Realm Three-Star Puppet Master!"

Kang Zhenbang looked at the thousands of Puppet Corps.

"One person can withstand ten thousand armies!" Kang Zhenbang thought of the evaluation for high-level Dark Attribute Professionals.

Now, it seemed this phrase was more suitable to describe Lu Yuan!

Even under a pincer attack, the Beast Tide quickly adjusted, splitting off one-third of the fierce beasts to deal with the Puppet Corps.

This undoubtedly greatly reduced the pressure on Red Leaf City's defenders!

"Kill him, kill him for me!"

Hearing several fierce beasts in the Beast Tide speak human words, Lu Yuan recalled his teacher Tang Jinghui's words.

"Organized and disciplined Beast Tides are generally commanded by Divine Power Realm fierce beasts. These fierce beasts have intelligence no different from normal humans."

"Therefore, the best way to dismantle a Beast Tide is to kill those commanding fierce beasts. This way, the Beast Tide will be like headless flies, becoming beasts with only killing instincts and no brains!"

Divine Power Realm fierce beasts?

Lu Yuan's gaze locked onto the Heavenly Fiend Demon Wolf that was speaking human words.

Whoosh—

The seven Puppet Corps fighting on the battlefield disappeared, and in correlation, the power of the seven great calamities surged!

A clear phoenix cry sounded, and Wind Calamity Feng Shi unleashed the Earth Tier High-Grade Spirit Skill: Rising Wind and Clouds!

Fire Calamity Chi Hai stretched its muscles and bones, its armor becoming even more dazzling; blood calamity blood slaughter spun the serrated chain blade in its hand... "First, kill the Divine Power Realm fierce beasts!"

Lu Yuan clarified his thoughts.

Once these Divine Power Realm fierce beasts died, the Beast Tide would collapse on its own!