The area in front of Wake City had turned into a battlefield of slaughter. Over two hundred thousand mercenaries and a large number of city guards were mixed together. The battlefield had already stretched out to several kilometres, and their bodies were covered in blood as they fought with the magical beasts in front of them.
Behind them, there was a constant stream of support personnel running through the battlefield, using stretchers to carry the injured back to the city for treatment. The large battlefield had long since been dyed red with blood. The thick smell of blood floated in the air, abnormally pungent.
Although the battle had only been going on for a short period of time, the battlefield was already littered with the corpses of many mercenaries and magical beasts. At every moment, there were people injured, and at every moment, there were people dying. At this moment, life seemed to be very fragile.
Over a hundred Class 4 Magical Beasts had already been blocked by the combined efforts of several dozen Great Saint Masters and over a hundred Saint Masters. Even so, the situation was not optimistic. A Class 4 Magical Beast normally required two Great Saint Masters to deal with, and now, it was basically a single Great Saint Master facing a Class 4 Magical Beast. Although they could contend with it for a short period of time, it was only a matter of time before they would be defeated. Moreover, Magical Beasts were innately powerful, and the only thing humans had to rely on to contend with Magical Beasts was Saint Force. Once their Saint Force was exhausted, only death would await them.
The dozens of magic crystal cannons on the city walls never stopped firing. The muffled sound of the cannons was the only thing that could cover the deafening battle cries. Energy cannons exploded behind the magical beasts, taking their lives one after another.
As the battle continued, more and more people were injured. There was an endless stream of injured people being carried into the city on stretchers, each of them crying out in pain. Many of them had lost an arm or a leg. As they retreated, the number of people fighting the magical beasts outside the city quickly decreased. The pressure on everyone was increasing. If this continued, it was only a matter of time before Wake City was overrun by the magical beasts.
On top of the city walls, City Lord Yun Li ran over to Jianchen and the two envoys with a heavy expression. "This time, there are too many Magical Beasts, especially the Class 4 Magical Beasts. Their numbers are actually several times that of our Saint Masters. At this rate, even if that Class 5 Magical Beast doesn't make a move, these Class 4 Magical Beasts will be able to flatten our Wake City."
"I've long since read about the past Magic Beast waves in Wake City. Even the most severe wave of Magical Beasts never resulted in more than fifty Class 4 Magical Beasts. But this time, there are actually several hundred Class 4 Magical Beasts. Damnit, could it be that all of the Class 4 Magical Beasts in the Magical Beast Mountain Range have come out this time?" Yun Li was sweating profusely at the situation below, his face filled with anxiety.
Seeing that the two envoys were silent, City Lord Yun Li continued, "Esteemed envoys, regarding the current situation, do you have any good ideas?"
Katata's expression was also heavy as he shook his head, "No, we can't make a move right now. The Class 5 Magical Beast hidden in the forest is extremely powerful. The two of us need to maintain our peak condition to barely deal with it. If we waste our energy on this, when the Class 5 Magical Beast comes out later, we won't be able to stop it."
Katata's words caused City Lord Yun Li's face to immediately turn pale. His body trembled slightly as he stared blankly at the battlefield below. Two streams of tears uncontrollably flowed from his eyes as he muttered, "Don't tell me that the heavens want to destroy Wake City this time?" The two envoys with the strength of an Earth Saint Master were already the greatest reassurance in City Lord Yun Li's heart. But now that he heard from Katata that the Class 5 Magical Beast hidden in the forest was so powerful that even if the two of them worked together, they would barely be able to deal with it. These words were like a bolt from the blue to City Lord Yun Li's ears, causing him to fall into despair.
Looking at the crying City Lord Yun Li, Jianchen sighed and said, "I'll go down and help. The Class 4 Magical Beast is just too much of a threat to us." After saying that, Jianchen leapt off the 50 meter high wall and lightly flew down. While in the air, Jianchen's body suddenly accelerated and shot towards the Class 4 Magical Beast like a cannonball. At the same time, the silvery-white Light Wind Sword appeared in his right hand. The entire sword was wrapped in a hazy silvery-white light, causing the Light Wind Sword to appear even more mysterious.
Duo Kang, who had just joined the Raging Flame Mercenaries, was currently dealing with a Class 4 magical beast by himself. The Class 4 magical beast he was facing was a three-meter-long black cheetah. Its movements were extremely nimble, and its jumping ability was astonishing. Its front claws were constantly brandishing, and its sharp claws, which were as hard as fine iron, constantly swiped at Duo Kang. Coupled with the attacks from its bloody mouth, which emitted a foul stench, Duo Kang was almost injured several times.
The black cheetah's red eyes stared fiercely at Duo Kang, as if Duo Kang was already its prey. With a low roar, its body left a blurry afterimage in the air as it pounced towards Duo Kang like lightning. Its sharp claws flashed with a cold light as they tore through the air towards Duo Kang's chest.
Duo Kang's eyes flashed with a cold light as he swung his sword towards the black cheetah. When the sword and the cheetah's sharp claws collided, the sound of metal clashing rang out. The powerful force behind the clash forced Duo Kang to continuously retreat.
Duo Kang's powerful attack did not cause any damage to the cheetah's claws. The cheetah's hind legs suddenly bounced off the ground and pounced towards Duo Kang again before he could regain control of his body.
Duo Kang's new strength had not yet fully recovered, and he had not yet fully stabilized his body after being pushed back by the cheetah's attack. It was now difficult for him to launch an attack like before. Helpless, he could only use his sword to block the cheetah's claws.
When the cheetah's claws came into contact with Duo Kang's Holy Weapon, its sharp claws immediately retracted, firmly holding Duo Kang's Holy Weapon in place. It opened its bloody mouth and bit towards Duo Kang's head, emitting a bloody stench.
With his Holy Weapon locked, Duo Kang's movements were greatly hindered. Looking at the cheetah's bloody mouth coming towards him, Duo Kang's expression changed drastically. He immediately tilted his head, his cheek almost touching the cheetah's head as he narrowly dodged the attack.
Failing to bite, the cheetah let out a low roar and opened its bloody mouth to continue biting towards Duo Kang's head.
Duo Kang's expression became extremely serious. This cheetah was unexpectedly cunning. It actually used its claws to lock onto his Holy Weapon and restrict his movements. At this moment, he was in an extremely passive state. If he could not escape from this situation, he was afraid that he would not be able to escape today. Furthermore, a level four Magical Beast was naturally much stronger than a human. It was impossible for Duo Kang to use brute force to break free from the cheetah's claws that were holding onto his Holy Weapon.
After narrowly dodging the cheetah's attack again, Duo Kang's face had a few more bloody scratches from the cheetah's sharp teeth. If he had dodged a little slower, his entire head would have been crushed by the cheetah's teeth.
"This is big trouble." Duo Kang's eyes revealed a trace of despair. He was now completely entangled by the cheetah. Facing the cheetah's endless attacks, it was getting harder and harder for him to dodge.
At this moment, a black tail that was as thick as a child's arm suddenly wrapped around Duo Kang's neck, causing his entire head to be unable to move.
Duo Kang's face suddenly became pale, and his eyes revealed a look of despair. Now that his neck was entangled, he could no longer move his upper body to avoid the cheetah's bloody mouth. And a Holy Weapon was the most important part of every Saint's life. He would rather die than give up on the Holy Weapon in his hands.
The stench that filled the air once again entered Duo Kang's nose. In Duo Kang's desperate eyes, the cheetah's bloody mouth continued to grow larger and larger in his pupils.
Just as Duo Kang was at this moment of life and death, suddenly, a silver-white ray of light flashed past Duo Kang's cheek. This ray of light shot into the cheetah's throat at lightning speed.
The cheetah's bloody mouth that was rapidly approaching suddenly stopped. The huge mouth was less than a foot away from Duo Kang's head. The stench that filled the air was so pungent that Duo Kang did not dare to breathe.
The sudden change stunned Duo Kang slightly. When he saw the slender long sword that had pierced deeply into the cheetah's throat, a look of joy suddenly appeared in his eyes. This slender long sword was very familiar to him because he had only seen this sword on one person before.
Duo Kang, who had narrowly escaped death, could not help but feel a deep sense of gratitude. He turned to look at the young man standing beside him, who was at most 20 years old, and called out excitedly, "Captain!" After walking on the edge of life and death, Duo Kang suddenly understood that the feeling of being alive was so wonderful.
Although Duo Kang had experienced quite a few life and death battles in the past, he had never been in such a dangerous situation. He had almost lost his life on the spot, and he had died without a complete corpse.
Jianchen slowly pulled out the sword from the cheetah's throat and said to Duo Kang, "Go help the other brothers. You have to minimize the losses of our Flame Mercenaries."
"Yes, captain!" Duo Kang immediately replied. He reached out to pull away the tail wrapped around his neck and swung his sword to cut off the cheetah's left ear, putting it into his spatial belt. He then immediately went to help the other brothers of the Flame Mercenaries.
Jianchen did not hesitate either. He immediately charged towards the nearest Class 4 magical beast. This magical beast was a venomous snake that was as thick as a water bucket. There were six Sacred Masters facing it, and two of them were already injured. The remaining people found it more and more difficult to resist the snake's attacks. They were in an extremely sorry state, and the venom that the snake spat out from its mouth from time to time made the Sacred Masters feel helpless, not daring to touch it in the slightest.
Right when the six Sacred Experts were beaten up by the viper until they could only flee in a sorry state, a streak of silver-white radiance suddenly flashed past. Before the viper could even react, a thin and long longsword already pierced into its vital point.
The snake released a miserable hiss before collapsing powerlessly. Jianchen's sword was incomparably fast, so fast that even the Class 4 magical beast failed to sense it, directly killing it with a single strike.
"Captain!" When the six Sacred Masters who had been forced to flee miserably from the snake saw Jianchen, they all revealed looks of pleasant surprise. The six of them had all just joined the Flame Mercenaries, so they obviously recognized Jianchen.
"Those who are injured, go back and treat your wounds. The rest of you, immediately assist the other brothers. Remember, help your own people first." With that, Jianchen charged towards the next magical beast.
With the addition of Jianchen, the pressure on the battlefield had decreased by a lot. In just a few seconds, Jianchen had already killed several Class 4 magical beasts, almost all of them taking their lives in a single strike. Before his inconceivable speed and Jianchen's completely unexpected attacks, not a single Class 4 magical beast was able to dodge Jianchen's sword. Many Class 4 magical beasts had even been pierced by the sword before they could even react, dying a mysterious death.
As the Class 4 magical beasts were killed one by one by Jianchen, more and more people were freed up. They immediately went to assist the others in fending off the Class 4 magical beasts. The pressure on everyone gradually decreased as well.
Jianchen moved through the magical beast horde alone, constantly approaching the Class 4 magical beasts. As the surrounding silver-white sword light constantly flickered, all Class 2 and Class 3 magical beasts that approached Jianchen's attack range were mercilessly killed. Wherever Jianchen passed by, a path of blood had already formed.
In just a short incense stick's worth of time, over forty Class 4 magical beasts had died to Jianchen's sword, while countless Class 3, Class 2, and Class 1 magical beasts had died to him.
At that time, when Jianchen's strength was still at the high rank Sacred Master level, he could already kill Class 4 magical beasts. Now, his strength had already reached the Great Sacred Master level. Even though he was only a low rank Great Sacred Master, he was much stronger than a high rank Sacred Master. Killing Class 4 magical beasts became even easier, almost effortless.
This was because Jianchen's sword was really too fast. It was so fast that these magical beasts simply couldn't react. In Jianchen's eyes, this group of magical beasts was completely standing there without dodging, allowing him to kill them.
In the world of martial arts, only speed was unbeatable. Jianchen's sword focused on the word "speed". When your speed already exceeded the opponent's ability to react, then in your eyes, the opponent had completely become a living target, waiting for you to hit.
"Roar!" Suddenly, a roar rang out from not far away. A snow-white, two meter tall, four meter long giant bear suddenly stood up like a human. Its giant bear paw viciously smashed towards a Great Saint Master in front of it.
"Bang!"
Even though this Great Sacred Master used the Sacred Weapon in his hand to block in front of him, he was still sent flying by this palm that contained enormous power. He vomited blood and flew backwards.
At the same time, the Sacred Weapon of another Great Sacred Master standing beside the giant bear also fiercely chopped at the giant bear's exposed belly. However, this seemingly thunderous strike only cut off some of the fur on the giant bear's belly. It didn't injure it in the slightest. Moreover, the powerful recoil shook that Great Sacred Master back three steps.
The giant bear faced the sky and let out a roar. It raised its giant paw, wanting to slap at the other Great Sacred Master. However, right at this moment, a white figure arrived in front of it like a ghost. Immediately after, only a silver-white radiance could be seen. Before the giant bear could react, a silver-white longsword pierced its throat with lightning speed.
However, the defense of the giant bear's fur was extremely strong. The longsword was only able to pierce half of the bear's body before it lost its strength.
Feeling the strong resistance from the Light Wind Sword, Jianchen's eyes flashed as he thought to himself, "What a strong defense!" Without hesitation, a strong Sword Qi burst out from the tip of the sword, widening the wound on the giant bear's neck.
The pain from its neck caused the giant bear to let out a pained howl. The paw that was originally aimed at the Great Sacred Master immediately swung towards Jianchen.
Unsheathing the Light Wind Sword, Jian Chen's Light Wind Sword exploded with Sword Qi. Before the bear's paw could reach him, Jian Chen had already stabbed the Light Wind Sword into the wound on the bear's neck.
A strong resistance came from the Light Wind Sword, but in the next moment, the resistance disappeared. The Light Wind Sword broke through the defense of the giant bear's fur and pierced deep into its throat.
However, due to inertia, the giant bear's paw still maintained its original speed as it swung towards Jianchen. Jianchen's right hand gripped the hilt of the Light Wind Sword tightly and quickly twisted it around the giant bear's neck. Then he pulled out the Light Wind Sword and retreated, just in time to avoid the giant bear's paw.
Jianchen didn't care about the giant bear's condition and continued to rush towards the other Class 4 Magical Beasts. He was very confident in his attacks. Just now, when he had pierced the giant bear's throat, the Sword Qi from the Light Wind Sword had destroyed all of the organs in the bear's neck. With such a serious injury, there was no way the giant bear could have survived.
Not long after Jianchen left, the giant bear's body finally fell to the ground. A large amount of blood flowed out from its neck and quickly gathered into a pool of blood.
The Great Saint Master who had been sent flying by the giant bear's paw came to the side of the giant bear with a pale face. Looking at the giant bear that had fallen to the ground, he doubtfully asked another person, "La Si, was this Earth Bear killed by you?" The time it took Jianchen to kill the giant bear was extremely short, and the Great Saint Master who had been sent flying didn't even see Jianchen make a move.
The Great Saint Master who was standing in front of the giant bear's corpse had a face full of shock and disbelief. He muttered, "He really is strong. In just two moves, he killed the Earth Bear. Could it be that he is an Earth Saint Master?"
"La Si, you still haven't told me. How did you kill this Earth Bear? You really are too strong." The Great Saint Master didn't give up and asked with a face full of curiosity.
Hearing this, the mercenary called La Si shook his head and said, "This Earth Bear wasn't killed by me. It was killed by a white clothed expert." Having said that, La Si's voice suddenly became excited. Grabbing the shoulders of the Great Saint Master tightly, he said, "Violent Blade, you didn't see it. That person was really strong. He only stabbed out twice, and those two incomparably fast sword strikes easily killed the Earth Bear. The Earth Bear didn't even touch the corner of his clothes."
"Two sword strikes killed the fourth rank Earth Bear with an extremely high defense!" Hearing this, the Great Saint Master called Violent Blade was shocked. He quickly asked, "La Si, who is this person? Could it be that he is an Earth Saint Master?"
"I think he is. He is wearing white clothes, but I don't recognize him." La Si muttered.
Hearing this, Violent Blade subconsciously looked around. Sure enough, he saw the white clothed Jianchen not far away. But at this moment, the Light Wind Sword in his hand had already pierced the throat of a fourth rank Magic Beast.
"It's actually him …"
… …
On the city wall.
"This Jianchen is really strong. He is actually much stronger than I expected. A fourth rank Magic Beast is actually so weak in his eyes. He easily killed it." Katata's eyes were fixed on Jianchen as he continuously weaved through the horde of Magic Beasts.
"What a fast sword!" Katafei, who rarely spoke, also said.
Katata nodded slightly and said, "Yes, his sword is indeed very fast. Moreover, it does not lose its accuracy. Every strike is very ruthless and all of them are aimed at the weakest part of the Magic Beast's throat. Quite a few fourth rank Magic Beasts were killed by him in a single strike. Moreover, such a fast sword strike is so fast that even I have to concentrate to see it clearly. Especially when it is so fast that I can only catch a blurry image of the sword. Facing such a fast speed, how could those fourth rank Magic Beasts possibly dodge? But what I don't understand is how did Jianchen practice such a fast sword technique. Could it be that this is a battle skill?"
"No, I can see that this is not a battle skill." Katafei said expressionlessly.
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