Magical beasts below Tier Six could barely resist the roaring flash flood for a moment before being submerged and swept into the frozen river. The weaker ones were instantly smashed to pieces by the rolling boulders carried within the deluge the moment the torrent struck!
Even Tier Six and Tier Seven magical beasts could only barely hold their ground by unleashing their magic with all their might.
Tens of thousands of magical beasts were submerged and swept away in this tsunami-like flash flood. As time passed, the deluge grew even more powerful, churning with bone-chilling river water. More and more magical beasts failed to hold on, ultimately dying in the flash flood.
The flash flood posed no threat to the Saint-tier magical beasts. They only needed to stand firmly on the ground or hover slightly above it to ignore the deluge entirely.
Yet, as they watched countless magical beasts perish in this disaster, their hearts trembled.
The higher their tier, the greater their intelligence, and at this moment, they felt a shiver of dread.
And rage!
Among the dying magical beasts were members of the Saint-tier beasts' own clans, and even their offspring. Watching them struggle in the fierce waters while their attempts to rescue them were repeatedly blocked by the human Saint-tiers, their rage was finally pushed to its absolute limit. They began to attack the human Saint-tiers with reckless abandon.
Other Saint-tier magical beasts who had originally remained hidden within the beast tide could no longer stand by. Roaring, they surged forward, charging at the human Saint-tiers with immense fury.
Everyone had already anticipated this collective, ferocious counterattack from the Saint-tier magical beasts. Thus, Leona immediately gave the order.
“Retreat!”
The momentum of the flash flood had already been established. Next was to fall back to the rear defensive line and gather their strength once more. Since many Saint-tier magical beasts had unleashed their trump cards at this moment, retreating would allow the humans to avoid a direct head-on clash and minimize casualties. Once the effects of the beasts' trump cards wore off, they would be significantly weakened, and victory would surely belong to humanity!
This was humanity. Though physically disadvantaged compared to magical beasts from birth, humans possessed an intelligence that reigned supreme over all other races on the continent!
With the human Saint-tiers determined to leave and utilizing all their various means, the Saint-tier magical beasts could not stop them.
“Roar!!!” A jet-black tiger-like magical beast glared at the rapidly departing human Saint-tiers, its eyes practically spitting fire.
“Humans!!!” It actually spoke in human tongue. “Despicable!!!”
Flying back, Zhang Ye suddenly turned around and hollered.
“All's fair in war!”
Leona: “...”
Everyone: “...”
“All's... fair in war...” The black tiger paused, actually contemplating the meaning of those words.
But obviously, it couldn't wrap its head around it and quickly bared its ferocious expression once more.
It let out a furious roar, and a red glow lit up on all the magical beasts once more. This time, the red light was even brighter. Every single magical beast, including the Saint-tiers, had blood-red eyes. Entering a berserk state, they braved the floodwaters and charged toward the Eros Kingdom's defensive line.
Clearly, they were going all in.
The Eros Kingdom was established on a plain, making it arguably the easiest nation to invade. Meanwhile, other directions were either blocked by high mountains that the beasts could not cross or occupied by far more powerful nations. Thus, if they wanted to survive, this was the beast tide's final chance.
Destroy this kingdom, and throw themselves into the mountain range behind them!
Kill!!!
Everyone had already returned to the plain's defensive line over ten li away, and the entire army stood ready.
Looking at the reckless, red-glowing beast horde, an inexplicable sense of dread rose in everyone's hearts.
The frenzied state of the beast tide gave them the illusion that it was completely unstoppable.
But soon, the war horns sounded, pulling everyone back to reality.
Behind them was their nation, their families, and everything they sought to protect. They had no other choice.
They had to stop the beast tide!
Having charged through the flooded area and entered the marshy zone, the magical beasts began to speed up. Countless beasts converged once more, forming a tidal wave as they launched a charge toward the defensive line.
And this time, leading the charge at the very front were the Saint-tier magical beasts!
When it came to leading from the front, the magical beasts clearly did a better job than the humans.
Soldier against soldier, general against general, king against king!
The human Saint-tiers mobilized in full force. They had to block them ten li in front of the defensive line. Otherwise, if the Saint-tier magical beasts broke into the army, they would deal a devastating blow to the soldiers, who averaged only Tier Three or Tier Four!
The Saint-tiers of both sides clashed once more.
And this time, Leona faced off against the black tiger!
Zhang Ye immediately analyzed it!
【Dark Cloud Tiger: Four-star Saint-tier dark-attribute magical beast, a variant of the Cloud Tiger. Possesses extremely powerful strength and dark-attribute mana!】
It was actually dark-attribute!
The light and dark attributes were considered the most powerful among the elemental attributes.
Sure enough, the moment they clashed, the Dark Cloud Tiger was not instantly crushed by Leona's immense strength. Instead, they were evenly matched!
The pitch-black mana formed storm-like clouds, swirling to envelop Leona.
Leona immediately erupted with surging blue flames, dispersing the dark-attribute mana. Then, a blue flame lion condensed and roared as it pounced toward the Dark Cloud Tiger.
The lion and the tiger wrestled in midair, their shockwaves scattering in all directions. No magical beast dared to approach that area.
The battle between the Saint-tiers had begun, and so did the clash between the beast tide and the army.
There were roughly three hundred thousand magical beasts left. The flood had wiped out sixty percent, and the human Saint-tiers had previously eliminated twenty percent, leaving only twenty percent of the original horde.
However, two-thirds of these remaining beasts were at Tier Six or above!
“Ready!” The commander raised his longsword, and the archers and mages along the defensive line immediately prepared themselves.
“Fire!!!” At the command, over a hundred thousand magic arrows shot into the sky, flying toward the beast tide several li away.
Countless condensed spells followed closely behind the magic arrows.
Boom! Boom! Boom! The magic arrows rained down with explosive blasts. One magical beast after another pushed forward under the wild bombardment, or condensed magic of their own to resist, but many ultimately failed to withstand the onslaught and collapsed into pools of blood.
The spells that followed erupted with even more terrifying power, sending the dying magical beasts straight to heaven and forcing even more to follow in their footsteps.
After a single round of volley fire, the beast tide lost nearly ten thousand magical beasts. Many more were merely injured but had not lost their combat capability.
Their charging speed grew faster and faster, and they drew closer and closer to the defensive line.
All the soldiers set down their magic longbows and drew their long sabers or spears.
The heavy-armored soldiers at the front stood ready, raising their heavy shields.
“Charge!!!” The charge horns sounded, and the heavy-armored soldiers at the very front let out thunderous roars, charging forward with their spears and heavy shields.
As the vanguard, their average rank was around Tier Five. Facing magical beasts that averaged Tier Six, their charge was undoubtedly extremely dangerous, and many would likely never return, yet they did it anyway.
The sight of a hundred thousand heavy-armored soldiers charging was spectacular.
Neat phalanxes sprinted across the plain, their spears pointed forward, whistling as they sliced through the air at high speeds. Their armor clanked loudly, leaving clouds of dust swirling behind them.
Opposite them was the marshy plain, which was gradually being submerged by water. The charging beast tide kicked up no dust on the wet ground, but the sheer vibration caused the puddles to splash continuously.
After charging toward each other over a short distance...
They collided!
Men were thrown! Beasts were overturned!
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