Chapter 387: Fifty-Meter-Long Black Dragon (Three-in-One Chapter, Requesting Everything)

No matter which world one is in, the sacred duty of a soldier is to obey orders.

Although the immense pressure made their faces pale and their legs tremble, they still gritted their teeth and arranged various defensive works in an orderly fashion.

The piles of logs and boulders, the boiling and bubbling hot oil, the foul-smelling excrement water, and the catapults and bed crossbows being calibrated for distance were all prepared to strike the Beast Tide by any means necessary.

Luo City is only a small city, and the Luo City City Defense Army has a total of only three thousand men; they are all mortals, but due to years of tempering their bodies, their physical fitness is not much different from a First-rank Beast Master, capable of lifting three hundred catties, with the strongest even able to carry a tripod, and through their tacit cooperation and reliance on the strength of the city walls, they can inflict huge damage on low-tier Spirit Beasts.

Of course, mid-to-high-tier Spirit Beasts are not easy to deal with; they often can only become a Great Wall of flesh and blood, and even catapults and bed crossbows, due to accuracy issues, find it difficult to pose a sufficient threat to mid-to-high-tier Spirit Beasts.

In addition to the three thousand Luo City City Defense Army, there is also a large contingent of attached Monster Tamers, which is also the standard configuration for a small city.

Unlike the summoned rogue Monster Tamers, these attached Monster Tamers cooperate tacitly and can exert even greater power.

However, the greatest role of the attached Monster Tamers is still to control the Magic Cannons; as long as there are enough Demon Cores to provide power, they can continuously release beams of energy.

It is a pity that Luo City is only a small city, with a total of only ten Magic Cannons, and they are all the lowest-power Magic Cannons; their power is relatively limited, and although they can cause powerful damage, it is difficult to pose a threat to high-tier Spirit Beasts.

In addition to the Luo City City Defense Army and the attached Monster Tamers, Qin Fangxin also forcibly conscripted more than one thousand Monster Tamers; these Monster Tamers are mostly rogue cultivators, but there are also many from various large and small forces in Luo City.

Among them, the Li Family dispatched one hundred people, most of whom are Second Rank or higher Monster Tamers; compared to the loose rogue Monster Tamers, these Monster Tamers from major forces are more powerful and their cooperation is more tacit.

The Beicheng Wall is the main defensive area, and compared to the Beicheng Wall, the manpower arranged on the other three walls is much less.

City Lord Qin Fangxin did not dare to be careless at all; he discussed it with Li Wenbo and specifically designated the Li Clan members as a mobile force, so that if any incidents occurred on the other three walls, they would provide support at the first opportunity.

On the city wall, Qin Fangxin gazed into the distance; even without the aid of tools, with his vision as a Fifth-tier Beastmaster, he could still clearly observe the scene several miles away.

The Beast Tide, it has really come!

Several miles away, a vast, dark mass of wild Spirit Beasts, like refugees fleeing a disaster, were rushing toward Luo City in complete disorder.

In the sky, there were also a large number of panicked flying Spirit Beasts, as if there were Primordial beasts behind them, also rushing toward Luo City in a blind panic.

As the wild Spirit Beasts approached rapidly, accompanied by the blowing breeze, Li Zhangsheng, who was also standing on the city wall, could faintly smell a faint fishy stench.

However, compared to the rich smell of excrement water, this fishy stench still seemed too faint.

This was also Li Zhangsheng's first time facing a Beast Tide; seeing the large-scale, aggressive Beast Tide, he secretly gasped, feeling inexplicably nervous inside.

Judging solely from the numbers, the wild Spirit Beasts attacking this time are at least ten thousand strong, but judging from the scale of the Beast Tide, this can only be considered a small Beast Tide.

But even a small Beast Tide brings immense pressure.

At this moment, the Beast Tide was getting closer and closer; as the distance closed, the defenders on the city wall could see more and more clearly, and the more they could feel the shock brought by ten thousand Spirit Beasts running together, the greater the pressure they naturally bore.

Soon, some commotion appeared on the city wall.

A few rogue Monster Tamers were the first to be unable to withstand the pressure and subconsciously wanted to leave the city wall, causing some commotion in the ranks and giving some other rogue Monster Tamers who were also terrified the idea of deserting before the battle.

"Those who retreat, behead!"

Amplified by Mental Power, almost half of Luo City could hear Qin Fangxin's voice, which was filled with murderous intent and majesty.

Pfft~ Pfft~

Without hesitation, the Law Enforcement Team ruthlessly beheaded those who retreated.

To prevent anyone from disobeying orders and breaking the formation, Qin Fangxin specifically formed a Law Enforcement Team composed of Third-rank Royal Beast Masters, prepared to stabilize the situation as quickly as possible.

Under the bloody suppression of the Law Enforcement Team, those rogue Monster Tamers who had not yet taken action had to dispel the idea of deserting before the battle and bit the bullet, staring at the approaching Beast Tide.

In terms of numbers alone, Luo City was far at a disadvantage, but they also had two major advantages: the solid, tall city walls and order.

In a defensive battle, as long as the city walls and gates are held, there is still a chance.

The northern city wall of Luo City had long been completely sealed off by Earth Element Demon Pets, becoming one with the wall itself.

Even a Leader-level Spirit Beast would have to spend a long time to destroy such a thick city wall.

When the Beast Tide was still two kilometers away from Luo City, the wild Spirit Beasts running in the front fell into traps one after another, and were immediately pierced by the Sharp Spikes and short spears in the traps; even those wild Spirit Beasts that were not pierced to death were often trampled to death alive by the wild Spirit Beasts behind them.

In such a chaotic line, once one stops, the consequences are very serious.

Of course, some powerful wild Spirit Beasts are not included; for example, Li Zhangsheng saw a Leader-level Golden Lion that, even after falling into a trap and being trampled by its 'companions', still rushed out of the trap unscathed.

Those Sharp Spikes and short spears simply could not penetrate the Golden Lion's fur defense.

A dignified Leader-level Golden Lion was forced to leave its lair to attack Luo City, which shows that there is an even more powerful 'overseer' behind it.

Traps are limited after all; the main reason is that the preparation time was too short, and there was no time to dig too many traps; many traps did not even have time to be covered, and there was a severe shortage of Sharp Spikes and short spears, resulting in some traps not being equipped with any spikes.

On the city wall, Qin Fangxin's eyes were majestic, scanning the Beast Tide back and forth, looking for the high-tier Spirit Beasts hidden within.

The four Fifth-tier Beastmasters of Luo City have high-tier Spirit Beasts as their main opponents.

Only wild Spirit Beasts that reach the Leader or Lord level can be called high-tier Spirit Beasts; they have powerful individual strength and often pose a huge threat to the city.

Under the effect of a large number of traps, many low-tier Spirit Beasts died directly, causing the momentum of the Beast Tide to clearly stall.

Roar~

Suddenly, a Dragon Roar as majestic as a prison sounded from afar; compared to the middle of the night, this Dragon Roar was clearly much closer, seemingly just behind the Beast Tide.

Amidst the Dragon Roar, some low-tier Spirit Beasts were scared out of their wits and lost their ability to act, but more wild Spirit Beasts still had to bite the bullet and move forward.

Just as the wild Spirit Beasts on the ground were preparing to force their way through the trap area, the flying Spirit Beasts in the sky had already arrived first.

The number of flying Spirit Beasts is far lower than those on the ground, probably about four or five thousand, but they can ignore the city walls and traps, and their threat is no less than those on the ground.

It is for this reason that flying Spirit Beasts have become the primary target of the Magic Cannons.

"Magic Cannons, fire!"

When the flying Spirit Beasts appeared within one kilometer, Qin Fangxin issued the order to attack.

Boom~ Boom~ Boom~ Boom~ Boom~ Boom

Following Qin Fangxin's order, under the control of the attached Monster Tamers, the ten Magic Cannons let out astonishing roars, and beams of light as thick as water buckets began to light up from the city wall.

During the firing process, the Magic Cannons contained astonishing recoil, but most of it was offset by the city wall beneath them, and the rest was resisted by the strong Demon Pets.

Although the Magic Cannons are very bulky, they are, after all, low-power Magic Cannons and are still within the capabilities of Giant-type Demon Pets; driven by them, the Magic Cannons can move quickly on the city wall to strafe.

In addition, the Magic Cannons have no cooldown time and no risk of barrel explosions.

Theoretically, as long as there are enough Demon Cores, the Magic Cannons can fire continuously, and every shot costs money.

In an instant, ten beams of light drew straight trails in the air, landing on the bodies of the flying Spirit Beasts in the very front.

The flying Spirit Beasts are too dense; there is no need to aim to hit the target easily, especially since the Magic Cannon is a small-area energy attack, and every bombardment can shroud a small area.

At the moment of impact, ten beams of light began to erupt at an astonishing speed, instantly encompassing the surrounding dozen meters and kicking up waves of intense energy storms.

In the sky, those charging at the very front are mostly low-tier Spirit Beasts; their intelligence and abilities are limited, and they bear the role of cannon fodder.

Of course, even if they are just cannon fodder, their individual combat power still exceeds that of soldiers.

Accompanied by intense roaring sounds, the shrill screams and cries of wild flying Spirit Beasts rang out across heaven and earth, followed by the severed limbs and fragments of countless Spirit Beasts constantly falling from the sky.

Most of the Luo City City Defense Army are also seeing the terrifying power of the Magic Cannon for the first time; every shell can take away several or even a dozen flying Spirit Beasts, and after this round, nearly a hundred flying Spirit Beasts died directly, along with some that were injured and still capable of fighting.

However, relative to the number of flying Spirit Beasts, this is only a small fraction; in the blink of an eye, those ten empty zones were instantly replenished.

By the time the roaring sound of the second round of Magic Cannons resounded again, this group of wild flying Spirit Beasts was only four or five hundred meters away from Luo City.

"Catapults, Bed Crossbows, prepare!" At this moment, the voice of Qin Fangxin sounded again.

His voice was calm yet dignified, carrying an effect that stabilized people's hearts.

Compared to the attacks of the Spirit Beasts, the range of the Magic Cannons, Catapults, and Bed Crossbows is significantly longer, which is also one of the greatest advantages of the defending side.

"Fire!"

Following Qin Fangxin's order, countless boulders the size of millstones were hurled high into the air, constantly smashing into the flying Spirit Beasts, followed by a large number of crossbow bolts a zhang long that tore through the sky, easily piercing through the flying Spirit Beasts one by one.

It is just that when facing mid-tier Spirit Beasts, the effect of the boulders and crossbow bolts is not good; their defensive power and vitality are more astonishing, and even if hit in vital points, they will not lose their lives.

However, the number of Catapults and Bed Crossbows is clearly far greater than the Magic Cannons; although their lethality is not as good as the Magic Cannons, after one round of offensive, they directly wiped out two or three hundred flying Spirit Beasts.

Unfortunately, their preparation time is relatively long.

"Please everyone, command your Demon Pets to conduct long-range attacks!" When the flying Spirit Beasts were about one hundred meters away, Qin Fangxin began to direct the Monster Tamers to launch an offensive.

If these Monster Tamers cooperated tacitly, Qin Fangxin would even divide them into three echelons; unfortunately, they had almost no cooperation to speak of, and it would be better to just swarm them all at once.

With over a thousand Monster Tamers, even if the majority are First-rank Beast Masters, the number of Demon Pets is at least four or five thousand.

Because they have received professional guidance and training and carry Treasures, and many are High Quality Fairies, the individual strength of the Monster Tamers' Demon Pets is much stronger than that of wild Spirit Beasts.

Of course, among so many flying Spirit Beasts, there is no lack of High Quality Fairies, but the proportion is much smaller.

The next moment, countless beams of light, rays, light orbs, and light beams shot out, almost encompassing the entire hundred-meter range.

For a time, the hundred-meter range turned into a death storm; many ants can kill an elephant, and unless it is a high-tier Spirit Beast, it is difficult to have a chance of survival.

Countless flesh and blood and severed limbs flew about, falling from the sky, quickly dyeing the earth-yellow ground bright red, and a rich, bloody stench began to drift away.

In this bloody scene, which was like Hell, some of the new recruits and Monster Tamers with low tolerance could not stop themselves from vomiting.

By the time the energy tide disappeared, many of the invading wild flying Spirit Beasts had clearly been wiped out, but this rich, bloody stench also stirred up their bestial nature, and they were about to launch a counterattack.

"Activate the Restriction!"

It was also at this time that the accompanying Monster Tamers activated the Restriction, and an oval-shaped earth-yellow Restriction spread rapidly, encompassing the entire northern part of Luo City.

The chaotic attacks of the flying Spirit Beasts landed on the Restriction, causing violently distorted ripples, with the possibility of shattering at any time.

The accompanying Monster Tamers looked solemn; each of them held a Prohibition Hub in their hands. This is a complete set of Military Prohibition that requires a large number of Monster Tamers to join forces to activate, and it can even withstand a blow from a Demon Beast.

However, activating the Military Prohibition requires consuming a large amount of Demon Cores and Mental Power; given the financial resources of Luo City and the level of the accompanying Monster Tamers, they can hold on for at most ten minutes.

In addition, the Mental Power of these accompanying Monster Tamers is deeply connected to the Prohibition Hub; if the Military Prohibition is broken, the spirits of these accompanying Monster Tamers will also be shaken.

Although the number of flying Spirit Beasts launching the offensive this time is large, only the nearly one thousand flying Spirit Beasts in the front are actually launching the offensive; they are almost all low-tier Spirit Beasts, while the more powerful mid-to-high-tier Spirit Beasts are cleverly hanging in the back, as they possess intelligence almost no less than that of humans.

The fighting style of these flying Spirit Beasts is chaotic; because their intelligence is relatively low, they often only know how to charge blindly, and occasionally launching long-range attacks is prone to hurting 'friendly forces'.

Because their intelligence is touching, and they have been subjected to unknown intimidation, this is also the main reason why they chose to attack the city head-on instead of detouring to attack from other directions.

The Military Prohibition is quite peculiar; not only can it withstand the opponent's offensive, but the friendly side's outward offensive can also penetrate the Restriction without loss to attack the opponent.

Soon, under the command of the Monster Tamers, the Demon Pets launched a long-range offensive again; under the powerful strikes, countless flying Spirit Beasts became fragmented, and severed limbs and fragments fell from the sky.

But just at this time, the wild Spirit Beasts on the ground had already waded through the trap area and were only three or four hundred meters away from Luo City, and were currently 'filling' the moat.

Some wild Spirit Beasts that could not swim stopped in fear, but the pushing force of the Spirit Beasts behind them forced them to continue forward, and they were directly pushed into the moat.

The moat in the northern part of Luo City had been widened and deepened quite a bit by Water Attribute Spirit Beasts; these Spirit Beasts that could not swim struggled a few times on the water surface and soon lost their traces.

However, most wild Spirit Beasts can swim, and at this time they began to swim toward the opposite side of the moat.

"Release the signal!"

At this time, under Qin Fangxin's order, a personal guard immediately released the signal, and a huge seven-colored firework bloomed in the sky, which could be clearly seen even from dozens of miles away.

At the breach of the Luo River ten miles away, the commander and soldiers stood in the upstream area of the temporary dam, and they were paying attention to Luo City at all times.

When they saw the seven-colored firework in the sky, the commander immediately issued the order to dig open the temporary dam.

At the same time, the soldiers threw a large amount of prepared rolling logs into the dam to enhance the river's lethality.

The next moment, under the full-force attack of a dozen Gold Element Demon Pets, the temporary dam instantly burst, and the river water filling the sky swept down with a crazy momentum.

The Luo River and the moat were connected together, and at this time, they were rushing rapidly toward the direction of the moat.

Boom—

On the ground outside Luo City, the hundreds of mid-to-high-tier Spirit Beasts hanging in the back leisurely and carefree subconsciously looked toward the direction from which the sound came.

When they saw the massive amount of river water pouring down toward them crazily, some mid-to-high-tier Spirit Beasts were so scared that they turned and ran, while others chose to resist on the spot.

Unless it is a Demon King level Spirit Beast, this kind of destructive power from nature is far from what ordinary Spirit Beasts can withstand.

Of course, if they possessed several Lord-level Earth Element or Water Attribute Spirit Beasts, as long as they cooperated, they could indeed complete the defense.

Unfortunately, they are a pile of loose sand and cannot be that united.

In the span of a few breaths, these mid-to-high-tier Spirit Beasts resisting on the spot had their defenses broken through by the surging river water.

Besides them, there were more low-tier Spirit Beasts crossing the river.

In the surging river water, they either drifted with the current or were directly drowned or crushed to death; among them, a considerable number were directly crushed to death by rolling logs, including many mid-tier Spirit Beasts with relatively weak defenses.

As for high-tier Spirit Beasts, they possess powerful defensive power and vitality; even if their luck is bad, such an offensive cannot make them lose their lives, and at most it would cause them some injuries.

This dam burst swept away thousands of wild Spirit Beasts, and for a time, the area outside the northern part of Luo City had a tendency to turn into a marshland.

In this way, many fields were also submerged by the river water.

"What a pity there isn't enough time! If I had been given one day to prepare, a single breach would have finished them off." Seeing the results of the breach, City Lord Qin Fangxin felt quite unsatisfied.

In the northern part of Luo City, the remaining wild Spirit Beasts were also terrified; most of these Spirit Beasts had crossed the moat and were only one or two hundred meters away from Luo City.

But after witnessing the astonishing scene of this breach, they were scared out of their wits, hesitating for a moment and looking at Luo City with fear.

Even the flying Spirit Beasts were similarly startled.

Roar—

Just at this moment, a Dragon Roar as imposing as a prison resounded from afar once again; compared to a short while ago, this Dragon Roar was much closer this time.

Suddenly, a black dot appeared in the distance, and it was growing larger at an extremely fast speed.

When the black dot was still ten miles away from Luo City, everyone on the city walls of Luo City saw its appearance.

Because its size was simply too massive!

It was a black dragon with a skull-shaped face, but its body length must have reached fifty meters; just this size alone made the vast majority of people unable to muster any thoughts of resistance, not to mention the powerful aura the black dragon itself possessed.

The black dragon's characteristics were very obvious; it liked to use the surrounding environment as cover to ambush its targets.

Perhaps it was because it had advanced to a Demon King, or perhaps it was the dense Bloodline of the ancestral black dragon, but this black dragon had become much bolder, not hesitating to come and invade Luo City in person.

The black dragon's purpose was very simple: first, to expand its territory, it had driven out all the wild Spirit Beasts within a hundred miles, thus forming the Beast Tide.

Second, dragons are greedy for treasure, which they view as their lifeblood, so it set its sights on the nearest human city; the black dragon was already known for its cunning, so it consciously coerced the Beast Tide to attack Luo City.

"It really is a Demon King-tier black dragon, but the size of this Demon King-tier black dragon is just too big; I feel it could even be mentioned in the same breath as a Demon King-tier red dragon."

Seeing the black dragon's size, Qin Fangxin's face turned ashen, and he felt intense unease in his heart, but as the City Lord, he did not retreat and steeled himself to stand out.

"Everyone, follow me and attack together; we must defend against the enemy outside the city, otherwise what awaits Luo City will surely be devastation!"

If the Demon King-tier black dragon were allowed to enter Luo City, its overwhelming Dragon Might alone would be enough to scare a large number of ordinary people to death.

The next moment, a pair of wings extended from the backs of Qin Fangxin, Ning Bizhen, Li Haoqiong, and He Yan simultaneously; they summoned their Demon Pets while breaking through the air to charge toward the black dragon.

Roar—

The black dragon did not continue to advance; it watched the four people charging toward it coldly, while intimidating the hesitant wild Spirit Beasts in the rear.

Under the black dragon's Intimidation, those wild Spirit Beasts had no choice but to steel themselves to attack the city.

At this moment, more than a dozen High-tier Spirit Beasts ran to the area below the black dragon, eyeing the four people charging over quickly with hostility; among them was actually an adult Quasi-God—a Feifei!

The Feifei looked like a raccoon, covered in coarse hair, with a mane similar to a horse's on its neck, and it possessed a gorgeous white tail; it is rumored that raising one can relieve a person's worries.

Among this batch of High-tier Spirit Beasts, including the Feifei, there were a total of four Lord-tier Spirit Beasts, while the rest were Leader-tier Spirit Beasts.

Seeing this batch of High-tier Spirit Beasts, the faces of the four were all very grim; originally, even if the four of them joined forces, they might not be able to deal with this Demon King-tier black dragon, and now, this batch of High-tier Spirit Beasts would inevitably disperse their combat power significantly.

But the arrow was on the string and had to be fired; they could only continue to steel themselves and move forward, as this situation was at least better than the black dragon actively invading Luo City.

Today's goal: three, pigs, verified!

(End of this chapter)