The Holy Spirit Cult had chosen an excellent moment—an absolutely excellent moment—to trigger the Beast Tide.
Shrek City had now become an isolated city. Although the Soul Beasts' pride meant that they still focused their attacks on the south gate, the Soul Beast army had surrounded the entire city, and the other three walls were also enduring attacks to varying degrees.
The civilians and merchants of Shrek City had all mobilized, delivering food and water. The moment the fighting paused, all kinds of food were already being sent up onto the walls.
Shrek City was extremely prosperous, and its food reserves were plentiful. Led by several major merchants, they provided the soldiers on the walls with free, highly nutritious meals.
Many merchants had also sent the guards from their caravans onto the walls. So long as they were Soul Masters, they all obeyed Shrek's unified deployment.
This was not out of generosity, but for survival. A battle between humans and Soul Beasts was different from a battle between humans.
If the enemy were human, then even if the city fell, the civilians and merchants within would still have a chance to survive. They might even continue living quite well.
But the enemy was Soul Beasts. Once the city fell, there would be only one outcome: a massacre.
Unfortunately, most of the supplies in those merchants' hands had nothing to do with warfare. Even if they did, they were rare metals that Shrek did not lack at all.
Thus, Shrek's hopes were now placed more on the Three Great Empires—forget about the Heaven Dou Empire. They were still taking a beating on the front lines, so there was no point hoping for anything from them.
However, even if only the Dou Ling Empire and the Star Luo Empire could send over