The second day of the stampede came as scheduled. As expected, the strength of the monsters in the stampede had increased to the level of an intermediate general. Moreover, a certain number of ranged monsters had appeared. If it weren't for the Four Symbols Maze, Yang Rui's soldiers who were involved in the defense would have suffered some losses. ±
Even so, due to the presence of a Boss Beast in the stampede, a large number of monsters were constantly shooting at the upper level of the Colosseum under its command. Although most of the attacks missed their target, some of the attacks still caused damage.
Naturally, Yang Rui wouldn't ignore it. He allowed his ranged forces to exchange fire with the monsters. It wasn't easy for Yang Rui to obtain these ranged forces. Any loss would be very painful.
As such, Yang Rui directly pulled out a large number of Fourth Grade Yellow Turban Soldiers. Each soldier was given a large shield in front of them to protect the ranged archers.
The Fourth Grade Yellow Turban Soldiers might all be armed with large shields, but it was inevitable that they would be injured when facing the ranged attacks of monsters with the power of intermediate generals. In comparison, the bodies of ranged archers were much more fragile. The Yellow Turban Soldiers were able to inflict significant damage with their shields.
At the same time, Yang Rui also spread out Zhang Ning, Gao Shun, Cheng Yu, and Xu You to the east, west, south, and north of the second level of the Colosseum. They each cast their own area-of-effect skills to buff the soldiers.
The Colosseum was a little large. The area-of-effect skills of Zhang Ning, Gao Shun, Cheng Yu, and Xu You weren't enough to cover all the soldiers. They could only cover about a quarter of the soldiers.
At the same time, the area-of-effect skills among them that could cause negative effects could cover about a third of the Colosseum, effectively reducing the attack power of the stampede monsters.
In terms of the difficulty of defense, the three waves of stampede on the second day were basically the same as the first day. Even if the attacks were stronger and more powerful. It was still within the range that Yang Rui's men could deal with.
It was worth mentioning that there were three Boss Beasts in the three waves. Their attributes, skills, and attack power were significantly higher than the Boss Beasts on the first day.
At the bottom level of the Colosseum, the first Boss Beast was a colorful tiger. Just from its appearance alone, it was much more powerful than the Boss Beast on the first day. Moreover, it also had the ability to see through the Four Symbols Maze and transmit and command the normal stampede monsters to attack.
Its method of transmitting information didn't change. It was still transmitted through smell, but Yang Rui also interrupted it by throwing drinks..
On top of that, it had the ability of the stampede... t's ability of the stampede.. During the duration of Intimidate, they couldn't attack, which brought a lot of trouble to Yang Rui's troops.
The only difference was that this brightly colored tiger leader was not as low-key as the monster leaders before it. It did not plan to hide its body from the beginning. It just stood in the middle of the group of beasts, looking very mighty.
However, even though it was powerful enough, it naturally became Yang Rui's naked target. Not long after it made its debut, it was swept away by a large number of cannons, javelins, and archers. It did not even last for a quarter of an hour before it was taken down.
The leader of the second wave of monsters was much more cunning. It was a three-tailed wolf. This was the kind of animal that was mentioned in the novel "Wolves in Collusion". It was two thirds smaller than a wolf and looked like a yellow dog. His appearance was very wretched.
However, its level of cautiousness was incomparable to that of the colorful tiger from before. This Wolverine Beast had been holed up in the passage of an arched door. It was in the blind spot of most long-range attacks, so it was basically safe.
At this time, the strength of the monsters in the base had all reached the Intermediate General level. Moreover, they were clustered very closely together, and there was almost no space to stand. Yang Rui wanted to directly kill the Wolf Beast Leader with Gao Shun, but he was stopped by Zhang Ning, Guo Jia, and the others.
The situation after the Beast Horde started was very different from when Yang Rui lured the monsters to attack. Even though Yang Rui and Gao Shun were much stronger, it was still very risky for them to charge into the monster horde again.
In the end, the Wolf Beast Leader persisted until the end of the wave of beasts. Moreover, its method of transmitting information seemed to have changed. The method of splashing wine was no longer effective. Among the three waves of beasts, the Wolf Beast Leader gave Yang Rui the most trouble.
The leader of the third wave of beasts was an unknown monster with thorns all over its body. From afar, it looked like a hedgehog, and according to its size, it looked more like a Carapace Spiked Dragon. Its attacks were very sharp.
This big monster did not pay much attention to avoiding attacks, but its defense was much stronger than that of the colorful tiger from before. Yang Rui clearly saw a few large cannonballs hit it directly, but it was only angered and roared. It did not seem to be affected much.
Moreover, the thorns on its back were a type of long-range weapon. If it hit the Yellow Turban Soldiers, they would be killed on the spot. Even if they were holding a large shield, the result was almost the same.
Whether it was attack or defense, this "Carapace Spiked Dragon" monster leader was abnormally strong. Its degree of toughness was almost not something that an Intermediate General level monster should have. This showed the uniqueness of the monster leaders in the Beast Horde.
However, although the "Carapace Spiked Dragon" was strong, it did not seem to be equipped with a way to transmit information and command. It only rushed to the entrance of the corridor leading to the second floor alone and looked like it was about to break through the defense.
In fact, Yang Rui was the least afraid of this type of monster. Before the monster leader entered the corridor, its figure had already been locked onto by Yang Rui, Gao Shun, and the others. When it showed its head in the corridor, it was quickly taken over by Gao Shun.
Although this "Carapace Spiked Dragon" was ferocious, its attack and defense were much weaker than Gao Shun, who was at the level of a Level-1 historical general. Gao Shun moved aside and soon adjusted the direction of the "Carapace Spiked Dragon" by 180 degrees to the direction it came from.
Then, Gao Shun stabbed the "Carapace Spiked Dragon" monster's rump with his spear. The "Carapace Spiked Dragon" immediately rushed along the corridor into the Colosseum as if it had gone mad. It ran wildly inside, trampling countless Beast Horde monsters in its path.
In fact, with Gao Shun's strength, it was not difficult to kill the "Carapace Spiked Dragon" with one blow. However, the "Carapace Spiked Dragon" did not seem to have much intention of fulfilling the duties of a monster leader. Therefore, under Yang Rui's instruction, Gao Shun kept it and wanted to observe the attributes of this monster leader in detail.
However, he did not expect the "Carapace Spiked Dragon" monster to be such a good helper. It trampled everywhere inside the Colosseum, turning it into a bullring. The Beast Horde monsters were knocked away and trampled to death as many as the hairs on a cow. As a result, the third Beast Horde, which was the largest, ended a little faster than the first two …
Compared to the lower level of the Colosseum where Yang Rui had an easier time defending, the various civilizations' NPCs above the Colosseum had more trouble dealing with the Avian Beast Horde. The speed at which they eliminated the Beast Horde was always a lot slower than Yang Rui.
However, the NPCs could still resist the Beast Horde at this level. Otherwise, there would be no need for them to continue fighting.
When the third Beast Horde was over, Yang Rui even brought a group of Archers to participate in the attack against the Avian Beast Horde. On one hand, it was to test the damage of long-range Archers against the Avian Beasts. On the other hand, Yang Rui was most concerned about the Crystal Cores dropped by the Chieftain monsters.
The three Chieftains that Yang Rui had killed had given him a Metal-type Crystal Core, a Wood-type Crystal Core, and an Earth-type Crystal Core. These three Crystal Cores were clearly larger than the four Crystal Cores he had obtained previously. Moreover, Yang Rui could sense that the energy fluctuations within them had increased.
After that, Yang Rui kept a close eye on the three NPC elders and asked for the three Crystal Cores he obtained from them. Among them, there was a Fire Crystal Core, a Water Crystal Core, and a Metal Crystal Core.
Among the six new crystal cores, he had gathered one of each of the five elements. There was an extra metal crystal core, which barely met Guo Jia's requirement for crystal cores. However, if he wanted to arrange an ancient transmission array, the number of crystal cores was still far from enough.
After experimenting with the Crystal Cores he obtained a few days ago, Guo Jia had gained some understanding of the Crystal Cores' attributes and the characteristics of ancient arrays. Crystal Cores could completely replace the Five Elemental Crystals when setting up arrays.
However, Guo Jia's first attempt at setting up the Three Flower Ancient Array with three different Crystal Cores had failed. Moreover, the three Crystal Cores had already been damaged. Moreover, this was one of the simplest ancient arrays that Guo Jia knew of. One could easily imagine how difficult it would be to set up an Ancient Teleportation Array in the future.
"Lord Prefecture Overseer, should we set up the Eight Gates Formation to deal with any unexpected situations that might arise?"
Due to the rising strength of the beast tide, Guo Jia did not forget to remind Yang Rui about the Eight Gates Formation when he handed over the six Crystal Cores he obtained that day to Guo Jia.
Originally, Yang Rui had planned to set up Guo Jia's trump card at the most crucial moment. However, after Guo Jia's reminder twice, Yang Rui felt that it was necessary to set it up.
The beast tides of Basic and Intermediate Martial Generals might be easier to deal with, but the monsters that would appear on the third day of the beast tide would possess the strength of Advanced Martial Generals. It would definitely be more difficult to deal with them.
Hence, Yang Rui and Guo Jia took advantage of the second day of the beast tide to put away the Four Symbols Bewildering Formation Flags and set up the Eight Gates Formation Flags.
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