Chapter 1280

"I have already seen the leader Zhang and the Liu brothers by the Lady's side. 【Web】 If there were no one like this person who has mastered the Diamond Art, they could also be used. But now that there is a more suitable candidate, in order to have a greater chance of obtaining that thing, we naturally need to change the candidate. After all, once the third layer of the Diamond Art is cultivated, one can fear no attack from ordinary low-to-mid-tier spirit tools, and plus this person's immense strength, he is the most suitable auxiliary person for this trip. If we change to someone else, the chance of failure will not be small. And once we alert the demonic beast guarding that thing, we will definitely not have a second chance to take action. Lady, don't you want to give Junior Brother Pan hope for Core Formation in the future?" The brocade-robed man shook his head and said.

"What Immortal Master Qin said makes sense. Even if this person really has the potential to become a second 'Old Huo,' compared to Qing'er's future Core Formation, I know which is more important." The woman sighed helplessly.

"The Lady's decision is wise! This eruption of the beast tide is an excellent opportunity. The demonic beasts guarding that thing will definitely not be able to stay out of it, and it's uncertain how many will be able to escape back. So although the body cultivator needed for this trip has a certain danger, it won't necessarily end in disaster. As long as the matter is accomplished, I will not treat him unfairly and will not let him bear any resentment toward the Lady." The brocade-robed man felt relieved and revealed a smile.

"Immortal Master Qin has high magic power; after obtaining that thing, I think Core Formation will definitely not be a problem. Please take care of my son in the future." The woman didn't respond to the other party's words but instead mentioned her beloved son with a smile.

"Hehe, Junior Brother Pan's aptitude is excellent and not inferior to mine. If I can achieve Core Formation, Junior Brother will also have no problem with that thing. The Lady can rest assured." The brocade-robed man looked at the blue-robed young man and said warmly.

Pan Qing was extremely sensible and bowed to his senior brother, thanking him repeatedly.

The young couple sitting below the brocade-robed young man exchanged a knowing smile.

For a time, the hall was harmonious, and everyone got along extremely well.

Han Li naturally didn't expect that he had just arrived in the Human Realm and had only met these people once, yet he had already been plotted against.

He didn't know if he was a lone star of ill omen or if his bad luck was shining. If he knew about this, he could only laugh or cry.

A few mere mortals and a few Foundation Establishment cultivators actually wanted to use a Spirit Transformation cultivator like him; it was simply courting death. Even if he had no magic power now, he had his own means to easily wipe them out.

Now he naturally didn't know about all this and was still thinking about staying in the Tian Dong Trading Firm, so after leaving the courtyard, he went to see the scarred-faced man and the others.

Not long after, the order appointing Han Li as deputy leader really came down, and naturally, some people were not convinced.

But Han Li only showed a bit of his divine strength in front of everyone, which shocked everyone so much that they all shut their mouths.

Han Li was therefore assigned a quiet, separate room, so he didn't have to squeeze in with others.

In the following days, he quietly pondered the fifth layer of the Diamond Art technique in his room.

Originally, according to the cultivation method of the Bright King Art, one only needed to use the magic power in one's own body to assist in cultivation, which was naturally extremely convenient. But now that he had switched to the Diamond Art, he had to rely on the technique of spiritual energy infusion.

He had to familiarize himself with such an unfamiliar cultivation method before he could truly start cultivating.

But after the third day, Han Li left the inn once, not knowing where he went, and returned quietly half a day later.

Except for a few interested people, most didn't even know Han Li had ever gone out.

But on the seventh day, when Han Li was sitting cross-legged on the bed in his room, eyes slightly closed, a huge bell toll suddenly came from outside, the sound buzzing and echoing, piercing the sky and shaking the inn slightly.

Han Li was startled and opened his eyes.

The booming bell tolls were continuous, one after another. Following that, impassioned horn sounds rang out in the city, some far and some near, echoing each other, as if they were blowing simultaneously from all over the city.

Han Li frowned, pushed open the door without a word, and walked out of his residence.

He saw that the entire West Courtyard had turned into a mess. Those guards and knights had also walked out of their rooms one after another, some holding weapons, some putting on armor, their expressions all different; some were exceptionally excited and secretly expectant, while others were fearful and worried.

"What are you panicking about? Even if the beast tide comes, the first wave won't be our turn. Everyone go back to your rooms and get some rest. If it really is our turn, thinking about resting will be wishful thinking." A robust voice came from a courtyard, and Zhang Kui walked out with a gloomy face, sweeping his gaze over the chaotic guards and scolding loudly.

When the guards heard the scarred-faced man roar like this, they all became honest and returned to their rooms obediently.

Han Li smiled at this.

It was said that Zhang Kui had been the leader of this guard team for more than ten years, so his prestige could be imagined.

"Brother Han, follow me to observe the scale and type of the beast tide first. Even a major beast tide has its sizes, and the types of beast herds have their strengths and weaknesses." Zhang Kui saw Han Li and walked over to say this.

"Since Brother Zhang said so, I am naturally more than happy to." Han Li was stunned but immediately agreed.

To tell the truth, although he didn't really take the "beast tide" composed of some ordinary beasts and low-tier demonic beasts to heart, he was still quite curious.

Now that he could open his eyes, he naturally wouldn't refuse.

When the two walked to the street outside the inn, they found that the outside was completely different. The originally bustling street had become sparsely populated, and even the few passersby were all in a hurry and looked extremely panicked.

There were several times more beast carriages on the street, and one could see vehicles pulled by one or several strange beasts running wildly everywhere. Besides these beast carriages, there were also those one-horned giant wolves that the Tian Dong Trading Firm had, being ridden and mixed in, running wildly. It was just that these knights were wearing the uniform costumes of the Anyuan City guards, and while flying, they were loudly announcing the order of the beast tide's arrival and the city-wide martial law.

The content of the order was nothing more than that except for body cultivators and soldiers in the city, other ordinary residents must honestly stay in their residences and not go out at will. Those who went out without permission and hindered the resistance against the beast tide would be killed without mercy.

Just as Han Li and Zhang Kui were riding two one-horned giant wolves toward the nearest city wall, at the top of a building that looked like a high tower in the southern part of Anyuan City, a large man in a purple robe stood in front of a window in the tower, one hand pressing on the windowsill, the other behind his back, looking silently into the distance, his face extremely gloomy.

Suddenly the door was pushed open, and a soldier covered in green bone armor walked in quickly, knelt in front of the large man in the purple robe, and reported in a low voice:

"Reporting to the City Lord, it has been determined that there are a total of three waves of incoming beast herds, which are the Green Wolf Beasts of the Emerald Grasslands, the Red Python Beasts of the Heiling Mountains, and the Leopard Bird Beasts."

"It really is these three groups of beast herds attacking. This is a big problem. If it were other beast herds, it would be fine, but the Green Wolf Beasts or the Red Python Beasts haven't erupted in a beast tide for more than three hundred years, and now their numbers are probably shockingly large. Those Leopard Bird Beasts are even more troublesome. The city's anti-air power is exactly the weakest point. Although a batch of strong bows and crossbows were borrowed from other cities in advance, and a batch was purchased quickly, ordinary crossbow arrows don't have much effect on Leopard Bird Beasts." The large man in the purple robe sighed and had some anxiety between his brows.

"Didn't the Lord order a batch of Explosive Crystal Arrows from the Tian Dong Trading Firm? With these special crossbow arrows, we should be able to defend the air. What's more, there are those cultivators who came to assist; they can all fly, which is also a huge help for air defense. With their assistance, those Leopard Bird Beasts shouldn't be a problem." The soldier persuaded like this.

"Now we can only think like this. Arrange those cultivators together to specifically monitor the movements of the Leopard Bird Beasts. Leave the Green Wolf and Red Python Beasts to the body cultivators and ordinary soldiers. By the way, get those conscripted scattered forces organized as soon as possible and mix them into the guards to use in rotation." The large man in the purple robe instructed again.

"Yes, Lord!" The soldier replied and backed out to execute the order.

The large man in the purple robe, the City Lord of Anyuan City, turned his head to look out the window, his face becoming gloomy again.

Han Li stood on a section of the city wall of Anyuan City, looking at the situation in the distance. Although his expression appeared calm, his heart was somewhat shocked.

He saw that in a place dozens of miles away from the city wall, the originally yellow-earth-colored ground had turned into a green expanse, a green ocean that seemed to submerge everything, and these green things, looking closely, were actually green wolf beasts of various sizes. Each had emerald green eyes, and with their fangs slightly exposed, they all looked ferocious.

The number of these wolf beasts was countless, and it was impossible to judge how many tens of thousands there were.

And most of these green wolves didn't make a sound, only individual wolf beasts howled continuously, echoing each other, as if they were transmitting some information to each other.

"Fortunately, these are just the most ordinary green wolf beasts. If we encountered red wolves or yellow wolves, or even the rare silver wolves, I'm afraid that with this number of wolf beasts alone, Anyuan City definitely wouldn't be able to resist." Zhang Kui, standing beside Han Li, had a somewhat pale face, and his two hands were secretly clenched into fists as he muttered.

"Silver wolves!" Hearing this from the scarred-faced man, Han Li was startled from the shocking number of wolf beasts and let out a strange "Eh" with a different expression.

"Why, Brother Han, have you never seen silver wolf beasts before? Among the several types of wolf beasts, the silver wolves are the most difficult to deal with. A single ordinary silver wolf can probably resist more than ten green wolves. In a previous beast tide, I was lucky enough to see this kind of wolf beast. Their terror is still fresh in my memory." The scarred-faced man was slightly surprised and explained casually.

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