The Sixth Wave

This time, the difficulty exceeded many people's expectations. The roughly one thousand people who had chosen to challenge this wave were all survivors at the forefront of the region.

But most had either died in the Monster Tide or hidden in their Sanctuaries to wait out the half hour.

In the end, just over twenty thousand people remained in the entire region. That number would probably stay the same until the Monster Tide ended.

Four Level 2 elite monsters and fifteen Level 1 monsters.

A Level 2 elite monster could easily crush the vast majority of Level 3 ordinary monsters. An ordinary Level 3 monster generally had at least one stat at 10 points or higher.

With 10 points of strength, someone could easily lift a small car and use it for a workout, doing sets with ease.

The force of four Level 2 elite units working together with a legion of fifteen Level 1 monsters was compared to a platoon without heavy weapons in an analysis post on the forum.

In the end, only a dozen or so people managed to rout that onslaught.

Of those, only three made it into the top ten of the [Guardian Ranking] thanks to their Sanctuaries remaining completely intact.

The others had long since quit while they were ahead, securing their rankings to claim their rewards.

But someone soon noticed something they had overlooked.

[top 1--Su Luo (100%)]

But soon, the survivors had far more than that to shock them.

In the end, only Su Luo, Song Shige, and Ye Xu chose to challenge the sixth wave.

[The number of challengers has fallen below five. Livestream System activated]

[Number of Livestream Rooms: 3]

[Current streamers: Su Luo, Song Shige, Ye Xu]

After the system's icy notifications, a prominent livestream entry appeared at the top of every survivor's interface.

"What's wrong with this system?"

Su Luo frowned slightly, then relaxed. The Livestream Room's viewpoint was in the sky not far away, where it captured most of the battlefield.

With the battlefield in such chaos, Su Luo could watch his own livestream to gain more information about it.

Entering Su Luo's Livestream Room, the viewpoint was in midair, capturing both the rocky battlefield where he stood and his solitary figure.

After looking around for a while, he found no other functions or rewards. The livestream feature had come out of nowhere.

He stood atop the crudely repaired stone pillar, fireballs orbiting steadily around him like satellites. His gaze was calm, as though nothing had happened.

[Su Luo??? Am I seeing things?]

[He can be this strong without even having a Sanctuary?!]

[That stone pillar... did he make it himself? What skill is that?]

[Why is he standing so high up?]

[One man taking on the whole field? Interesting.]

[So this is the great Su Luo?]

[He's kind of cute. Does he need a boyfriend?]

[???]

[We might be able to meet later. Aren't you afraid he'll gank you then?]

[My bad, my bad. Great Su Luo, be my boyfriend.]

[666, nothing gets through to you.]

Su Luo didn't react, because he couldn't see the scrolling comments. He could only see his own livestream.

[The sixth wave of attacks is about to arrive]

[Survivors, prepare to meet the enemy]

The system's notifications seemed to strike the heart of every survivor. The regional channel fell dead silent as everyone held their breath and turned their eyes to the three remaining Livestream Rooms.

They all wanted to see just how far behind the top survivors they were.

Su Luo stood on the simply repaired stone pillar platform, fireballs rotating steadily around him. His earlier fatigue had dissipated during the rest period, and his gaze had regained its usual calm.

He checked his own condition and the potions tucked against his chest once more, ready to face the challenge.

[Here it comes! The sixth wave!]

[The great Su Luo looks like he's in top condition! That's great!]

[Obviously! Could he challenge the next wave if he wasn't?]

[This lineup... just looking at it makes my legs go weak, and he doesn't even have cover.]

[Bets are open! Will the great Su Luo make it through?]

Meanwhile, in Ye Xu's Livestream Room, his Level 5 Sanctuary lay in the darkness like a colossal steel beast, a cold metallic sheen flowing across it.

He stood atop the wall, having changed into a suit of gleaming light armor, with a gun in his left hand and a dark staff in his right.

Ye Xu raised the excellent-quality staff he had paid a great price to obtain, preparing to test out [Fireball].

After the system spoke, his opponents appeared: a three-meter-tall Rock Golem, three Skeletal Knights covered in bone armor, and ten shambling Rotting Walkers.

Ye Xu had been about to activate the turrets immediately when he suddenly remembered that there might be tens of thousands of viewers in the Livestream Room watching his handsome self. His hand paused, and he picked up his staff and gun instead.

For the sake of the livestream, Ye Xu didn't activate all the Automatic Ballista Towers right away. Instead, he leaped down from the wall.

"Let me show you my new power!"

He waved his staff, and five massive fireballs roared out in succession, striking the Mighty Golem and exploding into a sky full of sparks. The flames rapidly expanded, spreading to the surrounding monsters.

Ye Xu stood with his gun, quite satisfied with the spectacle of light and sound.

Suddenly, brute force tore through the flames! The golem came at him with a punch, its body charred black yet flowing with a strange radiance, the force of its fist blasting the air apart!

Ye Xu quickly activated his equipment's movement skill and raced back onto the wall, a drop of cold sweat appearing on his forehead.

[Just standing there, that Level 5 Sanctuary is enough to stop the Monster Tide!]

[Hahaha, that's what you get for showing off!]

[Failed to show off, haha, and he still hasn't fired the turrets.]

[That's what having a resource cheat is like.]

[He's got the entertainment value down.]

Ye Xu felt a little embarrassed and stopped taking things lightly. At his command, the three [Automatic Ballista Towers (Fine)] on the wall activated at once, firing bolts that shimmered with magical light and instantly tearing several Level 2 walkers apart. He hid under the turrets' covering fire, looking for opportunities to attack with his gun and staff.

Compared to Ye Xu's, Song Shige's Level 3 Sanctuary looked plain and unassuming, sitting near the bottom of the top ten on the [Shelter Rankings].

He stood atop the wall like an iron tower. The flames of [Flame Attachment] around him were solid and wild, illuminating him like a god of war made of fire. His enormous horse-slaying saber rested diagonally at his side.

His opponents appeared as well: his enemies also emerged: an Abyssal Worm that burrowed out of the ground, its mouthparts menacing; three Shadow Hunters who blended into the shadows; and ten screeching Enhanced Corpse Bats.

"Come on, then!" Song Shige roared with laughter. Without the slightest hesitation, he leaped straight down from the wall several meters high, crashing into the monsters like a Meteorite!

[Explosive Flame]!

The instant he landed, a wave of fire exploded outward, instantly setting several corpse bats alight and sending them plummeting.

[Flowing Fire]!

A field of flames spread out from him, continually scorching the monsters charging toward him. Ignoring the harassment of the annoying Shadow Hunters entirely, he activated his Talent [Demon-Seeking] and headed straight for the [Abyssal Worm] that had burrowed out of the ground, its mouthparts menacing.

Blazing with towering flames, his horse-slaying saber swept down with mountain-splitting force and struck the worm hard on the head!

One strike cleaved it in two!

The worm wriggled, and its two severed halves burrowed underground. When they emerged again, they were two smaller Abyssal Worms.

[Holy shit! The great Song is as ferocious as ever!]

[He jumped straight down to fight them! Awesome!]

[Now that's a fucking real man!]

[This gets my blood pumping!]