Chapter 153: Everyone, return to defense immediately!

"Impossible..."

Shen Jun's lips trembled slightly.

"Impossible... Gangzi clearly reported that only Lin Mo was there..."

Five hundred people!

These weren't five hundred pigs standing still—they were five hundred second-year elites, all level thirty or higher!

And the squad included a full one hundred and fifty water mages specifically assembled to counter fire magic!

By all normal logic,

This formation of five hundred could easily handle a level 40 wilderness boss.

"Jun Ge... this Lin Mo isn't even human!"

Zhou Kai broke out in cold sweat.

Unconsciously, Lin Mo's face appeared in his mind: "Demon King... this guy is truly a Demon King!"

Gu Qingge took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing her shock.

"Jun Ge, this isn't the time to be stunned."

"Look at the map—Lin Mo's movement speed is too fast! He'll reach our main city in less than half an hour..."

Gu Qingge analyzed rapidly:

"Meanwhile, the other nine squads we sent to attack Demon King City—based on this speed, they won't arrive for another hour..."

At this, Gu Qingge's gaze turned grim:

"Jun Ge, right now our main city has only five squads on standby. Unless something unexpected happens, we have no way to stop Lin Mo from smashing our King Statue!"

Hearing Gu Qingge's analysis, Shen Jun stiffened.

He took several deep breaths, forcing himself to calm down.

"We can now confirm: Lin Mo came alone to attack the city, leaving all nineteen others behind to defend Demon King City."

"If we continue trying to assault Demon King City, we'll be destroyed by Lin Mo before we even reach it..."

"Qingge."

Shen Jun, now calm, asked evenly:

"If those nine squads turn back at full speed now, how fast can they return? Can they make it back before Lin Mo breaks our main city?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Qingge immediately calculated.

A few seconds later,

she looked up: "Yes."

"Good!"

Shen Jun nodded.

"Transmit my order!"

"All teams en route to Demon King City, halt immediately! Abandon the assault on Demon King City!"

"Everyone, return to Hero Main City at full speed!"

"If five hundred can't stop him, send a thousand! If a thousand can't stop him, send fourteen hundred!"

"Everyone, return immediately! No more attacking!"

"Our only goal now is to gather all our strength before the walls of Hero Main City and utterly eliminate this Demon King, Lin Mo!!!"

Meanwhile,

at the other end of the map, Demon King City.

Ye Kong was directing several earth-element freshmen, setting up layer upon layer of traps and fortifications outside the city.

"Da Wei! Move that boulder over and block this gap!"

Ye Kong shouted, breathing heavily.

"Got it! Leave it to me!"

Wang Dawei's muscles bulged.

He roared, lifting a multi-ton rock and slamming it with a thunderous crash into the city gate's breach.

Ye Kong's expression was grim.

After all, what awaited them was a full-scale assault by second-year veterans!

As vice-class leader of Long Xu Class, Ye Kong felt the weight on his shoulders was immense—he had to hold this Demon King City at all costs.

Nearby,

Han Mengqing pulled out a bunch of grapes from somewhere.

"Come on, Lingxuan, open your mouth—ahh—"

She grinned and popped a grape into Chu Lingxuan's mouth, then lifted a glass of juice and sipped it contentedly.

Seeing this, Wang Dawei's mouth twitched uncontrollably.

"Come on... ladies!"

Wang Dawei stepped forward, nearly in tears: "What time is this? Why are you having a picnic? The other side has over a thousand men! They could be at the gates any moment!"

It's already this dire, how can you still have the heart to have a picnic here? There are over a thousand people across the way—any moment now they could be at the city gates!

She tossed a grape high into the air and caught it perfectly in her mouth, mumbling: "Oh, Da Wei, you're just worrying needlessly."

She tossed a grape high into the air and caught it precisely in her mouth, murmuring indistinctly:

Wang Dawei's eyes widened.

Han Mengqing brushed the crumbs off her hands, matter-of-factly: "With Lin Mo boss taking charge, I bet he'll smash their King Statue before they even get here."

"That's impossible!"

Wang Dawei respected Lin Mo, but common sense told him this was absurd.

"I know our class leader is insanely strong, but he's still just one person! The numerical gap is too huge!"

Wang Dawei frowned, analyzing seriously: "If those second-years coordinate even a little, exploiting elemental advantages, our class leader won't stand a chance."

As he thought more, Wang Dawei grew increasingly anxious.

He turned to Ye Kong, urgently: "Ye Ge, this won't work!"

"I feel like our class leader's going to get killed!"

"Two fists can't fight a thousand hands—let alone thousands! Why don't we leave a few to guard here and send a small team to help him?"

Hearing Wang Dawei, Han Mengqing rolled her eyes: "Big guy, you really don't understand how insane your class leader is. If elemental weaknesses could take him down, he wouldn't be Lin Mo."

Ye Kong's brow was slightly furrowed.

As the former top genius of Beijing's elite circles,

his pride told him he should charge out and fight alongside his comrades, not hide behind defenses.

But after a moment, Ye Kong slowly shook his head.

"No, we can't go."

Big guy, you really don't understand how insane your squad leader is… if he could be targeted by elemental weaknesses, he wouldn't be called Lin Mo.

Wang Dawei panicked.

Ye Kong took a deep breath, his gaze hardening: "Da Wei, remember what our class leader said before leaving? He told us to stay put, guard the base, and not follow him."

"Military orders are absolute. Since we accepted him as class leader, we must obey his commands without question."

Ye Kong clapped Wang Dawei on the shoulder, speaking gravely: "If he dared go alone, it means he's certain of victory."

"Our job is to trust him—and guard this home so he has no worries behind him."

Watching Ye Kong's serious expression,

Wang Dawei, though still uneasy, could only sigh helplessly.

Ye Kong took a deep breath, his gaze turning utterly resolute:

Wang Dawei scratched his head. "Then we can only wait here."

"I hope our class leader... really does as Han Mengqing says—takes them all down by himself."

Ye Kong patted Wang Dawei on the shoulder and said solemnly:

"If the monitor dares to go alone, it means he has absolute confidence."

"What we must do is trust him, and guard this home so he has no worries behind him."

Looking at Ye Kong's serious expression.

Although Wang Dawei's heart still churned with unease, he could only sigh helplessly.

"Alright…"

Wang Dawei scratched his head. "Then all we can do is wait here."

"I hope the monitor really can, as Han Mengqing said, push through the other side all by himself."