As the Demonic Beasts charged beneath the city walls, the flying Demonic Beasts in the sky soared directly over the walls and into Boundary City.
This time, the city was deserted as everyone had climbed onto the walls. After wreaking havoc in the empty city, the flying Demonic Beasts found it uninteresting.
They turned back to attack the Cultivators defending the walls, making the already challenging defense even more difficult for the Cultivators.
Fortunately, four Flying Boats had returned to the city walls, assisting the defending Cultivators in slaughtering a large number of flying Demonic Beasts.
This significantly relieved the pressure on the city's defenders, but the Demonic Beasts continued to flood in like a tide, making the situation far from optimistic.
On Wang Hong's right side, a mid-level Foundation Building Cultivator defended with some skill, wielding a Mountain-splitting Greataxe. The axe was sharp, cutting through the Demonic Beasts with each swing.
At least for the time being, Wang Hong's right side seemed secure.
On the left side, however, the Cultivator was not as reliable. This Cultivator on the left only had an early-stage Foundation Building cultivation level, indicating recent advancement.
More strangely, this individual used a shield-shaped Spiritual Weapon for defense, firmly protecting themselves. Then, they unexpectedly summoned a high-quality Magical Weapon, a Flying Sword, to slash at the Demonic Beasts. Although the Magical Weapon, under the activation of a Foundation Building Cultivator, had more power than a Qi Cultivation Cultivator, using it to cut through the tough hides of second-tier Demonic Beasts seemed as if they were merely scratching an itch.
Perhaps the second-tier Demonic Beasts even found the attack insufficient to scratch an itch.
In between battles, Wang Hong glanced at the left side, noting the precarious situation.
Wang Hong continued to use the Binding Spirit Rope in conjunction with the Golden Seal to relentlessly slay Demonic Beasts. Fortunately, second-tier Demonic Beasts were a minority in the Beast Tide.
Soon, there were no second-tier Demonic Beasts left in the small section of the city wall he was defending. After all, the Beast Tide was primarily composed of first-tier Demonic Beasts, lacking intelligence and making them easier to control as cannon fodder.
At this moment, five Qi Cultivation Cultivators were red-eyed, exerting themselves to the limit to slay first-tier Demonic Beasts crawling on the city wall.
It wasn't just Wang Hong's section; the situation was the same elsewhere. With only a few thousand Qi Cultivation Cultivators against a Beast Tide numbering in the millions, without the protection of the city walls, they wouldn't even create a ripple in the tide.
Fortunately, the frequent support from the Flying Boats prevented the overwhelming numbers of first-tier Demonic Beasts from climbing the city walls.
However, the Flying Boats had their own challenges. While supporting the defending Cultivators, they also had to deal with the numerous flying Demonic Beasts in the sky.
Originally intending to attack the Cultivators on the walls, the flying Demonic Beasts were blocked by the Flying Boats, diverting their focus to attack the boats directly.
Although the Flying Boats had defensive shields, sustained attacks could still break through.
Therefore, the Foundation Building Cultivators on the Flying Boats had to allocate some of their efforts to kill the flying Demonic Beasts closing in.
After an hour of battle, a second-tier Demonic Beast had reached the city wall on Wang Hong's left. In an instant, three Qi Cultivation Cultivators lost their lives.
Due to the weak combat strength of the early-stage Foundation Building Cultivator and the limited support from the Flying Boats, they couldn't be monitored continuously.
As a Demonic Beast burst through the breach, countless others took advantage and surged up from that point.
The Foundation Building Cultivator, witnessing the swarm of Demonic Beasts pouring onto the city wall, panicked. He saw the second-tier Demonic Beast with its gaping bloody maw charging towards him, followed by numerous ferocious Demonic Beasts.
Terrified, he turned and fled. From his Storage Bag, he pulled out a flying shuttle Spiritual Weapon, leaped onto it, and swiftly escaped dozens of yards away.
Observing this, Wang Hong, beside himself in battle, noticed that this Cultivator lacked an attacking Spiritual Weapon but possessed a flying Spiritual Weapon.
These specialized flying Spiritual Weapons were considerably faster than others, and their prices were not cheap.
More importantly, in the current situation where the enemy was strong and they were weak, setting a precedent for fleeing on the spot would have dire consequences.
Once someone fled, others would follow suit, and soon no one would fight to the end. Those who persisted in defending would ultimately find themselves in a dead end.
Wang Hong was prepared. If the act of fleeing without consequences continued after observing for a while, he would also turn and escape.
At that moment, another Foundation Building Cultivator on another section of the wall also took flight, preparing to escape.
"Anyone fleeing the battlefield shall die!"
A Golden Core pressure emanated from one of the Flying Boats, and simultaneously, a beam of light flashed by. Two Cultivators attempting to escape were cleaved in half in mid-air.
After killing the two Foundation Building Cultivators, the beam of light on the Flying Sword stopped, hovering motionless in the air.
Now that everyone could see, the beam of light was merely a Flying Sword, moving too quickly for them to discern.
Some Cultivators who harbored similar thoughts now felt relieved.
As for the Demonic Beasts that had already climbed the left city wall, the Foundation Building Cultivators on the Flying Boat effortlessly slaughtered them.
Then, Wang Hong received an order to take charge of the now vacated left wall.
With no other choice, Wang Hong extended the defensive area he managed, even though the manpower did not increase, and the five Qi Cultivation Cultivators on the left side were all dead.
The original five Qi Cultivation Cultivators under his command were already struggling. If he extended further, the defense would collapse soon.
Wang Hong waved his hand, releasing two thousand Poisonous Bees from his Spirit Beast bag to take over the additional section of the wall.
Although the penetrating ability of his Poisonous Bees was not strong, they proved effective against many first-tier Demonic Beasts, as many of the bees had reached the mid-level of Qi Cultivation.
The Poisonous Bees buzzed toward the base of the city wall, quickly poisoning the first-tier Demonic Beasts that stood in their way.
Apart from occasionally dealing with some Demonic Beasts that the Poisonous Bees couldn't penetrate, the defense of this segment of the wall seemed effortless with the two thousand Poisonous Bees.
While individually weaker than Cultivators of the same tier, the sheer number of Poisonous Bees prevented the first-tier Demonic Beasts from approaching the wall.
In this way, the defense of Wang Hong's segment of the wall seemed considerably easier.
On the other sections of the wall, the Spiritual Energy of Qi Cultivation Cultivators had been depleted, resulting in numerous casualties. Demonic Beasts frequently breached the wall.
The defense of the wall was riddled with holes, and the situation was dire. Not only were Qi Cultivation Cultivators killed, but nearly a hundred Foundation Building Cultivators had also fallen, with the death toll still rising.
The four Flying Boats in the sky were busy rushing to various locations for rescue.
Two Flying Boats that had initially attempted to create chaos in the rear by killing Demonic Beasts had returned to support the defense on the wall. With the addition of these two boats, the defensive situation slightly improved.
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