Thirty miles outside the city.
This is a forest area, with many tall trees reaching for the sky.
In the past, countless ferocious beasts inhabited this place.
Now, under the expulsion and slaughter of humans, it has long changed.
However, while the powerful beasts are dead, weaker ones still exist.
And they are more numerous.
At this moment.
These people who escaped from Donghai City entered this forest.
They hadn't rejoiced for long before their faces changed dramatically.
"Ah! Bad! it's a beast horde!"
"Run! We shouldn't have entered the forest."
"Didn't they say this forest had been cleared? They lied to us!"
"Damn it, I shouldn't have escaped with you guys. Let's get out and go somewhere else to enter the interior."
Indeed, this place had been cleared, but these weak beasts were the training grounds for awakeners, and it was impossible to clear them all.
The beasts did not give them time to escape. Groups of beasts smelled the scent of humans and bared their fangs.
"Roar!"
Countless roars sounded, shaking the firmament.
Beasts rushed over.
"Ah!"
These fleeing people were no match for them, and were killed by more than seventy percent in the first encounter.
Online, the netizens watching all this fell silent.
Some found it cruel and couldn't bear to watch, while others felt lucky they hadn't fled.
After a long silence, the internet became lively again.
They watched as the dead were devoured by the beasts, and many finally understood how dangerous it was outside.
So, not letting us out was truly protecting us!
"Now I finally understand, I was too superficial. Thank you to the Cabinet for your protection all along!"
"Me too, I apologize for my past words and actions."
"They deserved to die, but they also served as a warning to everyone that we cannot be irrational people."
"The beasts outside are so dangerous, let alone the dangers of exotic beasts and sea beasts. Mourning for the deceased, we are guilty."
"I hate how weak I am, unable to kill the enemy!"
"..."
On the city wall.
Fu Yaozi and the adjutant stood together.
Fu Yaozi asked, "Have you contacted City Lord Fang yet?"
The adjutant's face was filled with sorrow.
"Not yet!"
He was very worried, wondering where the City Lord had gone.
Had he fled?
As soon as this thought appeared, he slapped himself several times in his mind.
The City Lord had guarded Donghai City his entire life, even his son had sacrificed himself, he could not have fled!
But, where had he gone?
Upon hearing this, Fu Yaozi sighed, "Don't worry, with his strength, he will be fine. Since he is not here, I will temporarily take charge of the city's military affairs."
The adjutant bowed and thanked him, "Thank you, Lord Fu Yaozi!"
The adjutant knew that Fu Yaozi was the dean of the Void Glimpse Academy, one of the ten great academies, and his status was a rank higher than the City Lord.
It was not a problem for him to take over the defense of Donghai City.
But if he didn't, Donghai City might face a crisis.
And if Donghai City was breached by sea beasts, the City Lord would be held responsible.
Having someone to help guard Donghai City was also a good thing for the City Lord.
Fu Yaozi said, "How is the coastal defense line coming along?"
"My lord, it has been completed!"
Fu Yaozi was overjoyed and said, "Good, when the sea tribes approach, you must hold them off and try to delay until the reinforcements arrive."
"Yes!"
"You may go and prepare. This battle is do or die!"
His words were stern, and the adjutant was moved, "If we lose, I will not live alone!"
"Good!"
The two spoke with passion and enthusiasm.
Suddenly, a massive change occurred at sea.
Countless waves surged towards the shore as if covering the land with a blanket.
Rumble!!!
Constant rumbling sounds.
The entire world was filled with noise.
"It's bad! The sea beasts are here!"
"Defense, formation masters, quickly activate the defensive formations."
"Not good, these are not ordinary waves, quickly reinforce the runes, don't let our first line of defense collapse!"
Hum!
Silver-white light shot up into the sky.
It obscured the void, covering the entire coastline.
The next moment, a silver-white barrier appeared by the coast.
The waves, covering the sky, crashed down with a roar.
"Rumble!!!"
Bang!
Bang!
The waves struck the coastal defense line.
The immense force caused the coastal defense line to shake violently.
"Good, the first attack has been blocked, don't relax, their second attack is coming too!"
Before he finished speaking, the second attack arrived.
Everyone looked up and saw a merman wearing a crown, standing indifferently on a dragon whale.
"Humans, tonight, for my brother's revenge, die!"
He lightly tapped the void with his scepter, and then waves of soul-shaking fluctuations rushed towards the coast.
"Light of the Sea God!"
The light swept across the defense line!
The defense line reacted not at all as the light penetrated it.
The next moment, everyone felt a sky-obscuring figure appear in their minds. This figure stood with its feet on the sea, its face calm.
Suddenly, the figure moved, and it gently parted its lips.
Buzz!
A strange light entered everyone's minds.
"Ah~"
"Ugh!"
Countless murmurs came from their mouths.
Immediately after, a sense of dizziness washed over them.
"So dizzy!"
Clatter, clatter, countless falling sounds were heard. They could no longer stand and fell to the ground, unconscious.
With no one maintaining the formation, it vanished instantly.
This scene was observed by Fu Yaozi and the adjutant on the distant city wall of Donghai City.
The adjutant's face was filled with shock.
"My lord, this merman's power is so strange, what should we do?"
He was anxious, fearing that they would lose this battle.
Fu Yaozi's expression was solemn. His eyes, seeing more clearly, realized that the merman had used his scepter to release this peculiar skill.
Therefore, the scepter in the other party's hand was the key.
However, he did not believe that this skill could stun those at the ninth rank!
"Activate the formation and the runes on the city walls. That light could not have penetrated without any loss, entering the city entirely."
"Alright, but what about our companions who fainted outside?"
He had already begun to worry about those companions. They were all the elites of Donghai City. If they were all lost here this time, even if they won, Donghai City would be crippled.
The achievements of Donghai City over several decades would be ruined.
He did not want them to die; this was the effect of both emotion and reason.
"Leave it to me!"
With that said, Fu Yaozi disappeared.
The next moment, he appeared on the coast.
As soon as he appeared, his eyes changed, turning red and filling his pupils, blood trickling down.
The next moment, streams of silver-white light enveloped the unconscious people.
"Spatial transfer!"