Chapter 27: Breaking: Beast Tide Assault! City Defense Battle! (Please Continue)

When the alarm sounded, even Dantai Chengfeng's complexion changed dramatically, clearly the alert level was enough to make him sense danger.

The next moment, Lu Zheng also realized the seriousness of the problem.

【Notice: Beast Tide outbreak, Fengdu City enters Level‑1 alert status; all professionals above level 30 are forced to join the city defense battle, and during the defense battle, professionals cannot leave the city】

This is the city's basic logical setting; no one can defy it, and Lu Zheng cannot leave even if he wanted to.

The teleport array only allows entry, not exit; any professional above the first turn inside the city who goes beyond two thousand meters outside will be automatically teleported back.

Unless one possesses the power to directly destroy the city, one can only participate passively!

"Go! To the city wall!"

Dantai Chengfeng said anxiously, and before the words finished, he had already left.

He is a level‑190 forging master, and his combat power is not low.

Combat‑type professionals can only gain experience by killing monsters, whereas life‑type professionals can level up through two ways: professional experience on one hand, and monster‑killing experience on the other.

Both parts must meet the conditions to advance in level.

All professionals require the same total amount of experience to upgrade to the same level, but among different life‑type professions, the proportion of monster‑experience required varies.

For the forging profession, half of the required experience comes from monster kills, so Dantai Chengfeng at level 190 earned half his experience from killing, meaning he has seen considerable slaughter and his combat power is not to be underestimated.

Lu Zheng immediately followed.

It was his first encounter with a Beast Tide, and he didn't know what the scene would be like, but seeing the level‑190 Dantai Chengfeng so nervous, he feared this stage would be hard to get through!

Before stepping out, he put on his gear.

【7】 The dark‑red armor on his body exuded an involuntary aura of grim authority, causing everyone on both sides to stare.

The dark‑red armor worn on the body exudes an involuntary, chilling aura of lethal authority, causing everyone on both sides to inevitably turn and look.

The two moved one ahead of the other and quickly reached the top of the city wall.

From the 87‑meter‑high wall, looking into the distance, a crowd of professionals was sprinting toward the wall; these people were poor and low‑level, whereas the wealthy high‑level ones would immediately use a return‑city scroll when pursued by the seemingly endless monster horde behind them.

Some powerful professionals had already left the wall, moving to a zone two kilometers beyond the wall to rendezvous with them.

Thanks to the passive skill True Eye, Lu Zheng could discern the monsters' levels from afar.

The highest one astonishingly reached level 280, a late fifth‑turn tier comparable to a Grand Archmage or Sword Dao Master; a single such being could destroy a third‑ or fourth‑level fortified city!

And such monsters were only in the vanguard, implying that behind them must be even stronger individuals above level 300, sixth‑turn tier.

Fengdu City was indeed in crisis.

But Lu Zheng was not panicked; humanity's greatest trait is unity against outsiders, and if the situation truly threatened the city's safety, other major cities would surely send aid.

Moreover, regardless of the outcome, it was beyond the influence of a mere first‑turn ordinary Summoner like him.

He was somewhat relieved to have just obtained a Golden Five‑Star set and a Purple Star One‑Star weapon, which undoubtedly greatly boosted his survivability.

Seeing the countless demonic monsters, Lu Zheng recalled the treasure Demon Banner he earned by clearing the Nine‑Layer Demon Tower, and thought that using its demon‑control ability might be a good chance to grind experience.

Anything with the words 'Demon' in its name essentially belongs to demons, and according to Lu Zheng's textbook knowledge, over eighty percent of the roaming monsters are demon‑transformed, especially demonic‑converted ones, which make up about sixty percent.

So the Demon Banner should play a significant role in this battle! The distant monsters drew nearer: a Four‑Wing Demon Dog with a wingspan over forty meters, two pairs of wings, at LV. 120; a Hundred‑Eye Demon Spider standing over twenty meters tall on a single leg, its body like steel but sprouting many gray eyes, at LV. 180; and an Ice Demon Sheep, its body like amethyst, emitting chilling aura that freezes the ground it passes, at LV. 230.

These are all demons, but unfortunately Lu Zheng is only level 54, and the Demon Banner can only control demons within a certain range whose level does not exceed his own; it has no effect on such terrifying beings! "Grandpa!"

A voice came from behind, and immediately Dantai Mingyue ran over from nearby, carrying a massive hammer that seemed to weigh at least a hundred catty; in her hand it felt as light as a small toy.

Although he had seen it once before, seeing a bright‑eyed, white‑toothed, rather cute little girl wield a hammer as tall as herself still felt a bit odd.

Seeing Dantai Mingyue appear before him, Dantai Chengfeng breathed a sigh of relief and smiled.

And Dantai Mingyue also noticed Lu Zheng beside her, her eyes showing envy, then she cooed to Dantai Chengfeng:

"Grandpa! I also want the Golden set; I'm still only at the Silver tier!"

The holy‑light‑attribute set she wore was clearly specially crafted by Dantai Chengfeng, and it was quite valuable.

An ordinary family would never afford even one piece of such equipment in ten generations, yet she was still dissatisfied, after all, her grandpa had just forged a Golden set for someone else!

Moreover, there was even a Purple Star piece of equipment.

It almost made her weep with longing!

But she, like Dantai Chengfeng, has a moral bottom line; she didn't directly covet the gear, only petted the old man, urging him to work harder.

Dantai Chengfeng unusually glared at his granddaughter and said sternly:

"What time is it? Stop fooling around! Go support Lu Xiaoyou in battle!"

After being scolded, Dantai Mingyue immediately curbed her childish demeanor, lifted the hammer, and looked at Lu Zheng.

"Thank you for the scroll; I've now risen to level 39! I'll support you well."

In just ten days, when they first met she was only level 30; within ten days she jumped nine levels, reaching the ninth level after the first turn, so the scroll's effect is indeed great.

"Thanks for the kindness, but my combat style isn't suited for support, at least not in the current situation."

Hearing that, Dantai Chengfeng thought of the short sword Lu Zheng had forged for him and asked, "Are you an Assassin?"

Lu Zheng smiled and shook his head at the remark, but gave no answer.

"Hmph! Many have asked me to support them; I'm a rare‑class Warhammer Priest, and a single hammer strike can restore half your HP. Such a good support is hard to find; if you reject me, don't regret it!"

Dantai Mingyue, after all, comes from an extraordinary background and has her own pride.

Lu Zheng didn't answer her, but looked toward the outside of the city and said:

"The battle has begun; we can't wait!"

Before the words finished, he leapt straight from the wall, moon‑light energy flashing beneath his feet, his figure splitting into multiple phantoms, and in an instant he was on the ground, charging into the Beast Tide.

Afterward, Dantai Chengfeng also descended from the wall, but Dantai Mingyue did not follow.

She still has a brain; as a freshly‑turned support, the wall is where she should be.

She only watched where Lu Zheng vanished, clenching her teeth in frustration.

Thank you for your support! (End of chapter)