Clang—!
The rose-colored flaming spear and broad blade caught a giant beast's claw at the same time. Then a flash of blade light swept past, and the beast's head rolled across the ground.
Hong Ying looked at the giant beast's corpse on the ground. The Rose Fire Feather Robe around her gradually receded, and beads of sweat slid down from her temples as she let out a long breath of exhaustion...
"Which one was that?"
"Probably the sixth." Molly's face was somewhat pale.
"Captain Miao, the giant beasts that broke through our line of defense should have mostly been dealt with by now, right?"
Miao Su sheathed her straight saber. Her bandage-wrapped right arm trembled slightly, and beneath the bandages, a pair of giant beast bite marks looked gruesome and terrifying.
"More or less."
Miao Su turned to look at everyone, her expression somewhat complicated.
The team that had originally consisted of seven people now had only five left. One had been torn to pieces while resisting the giant beasts, while another had been gravely injured and was on the verge of death, sent to the emergency room.
"You all heard what Commander Zuo said just now, right?" Miao Su asked.
"Mm." Everyone nodded.
"Captain Miao, it's time for us to move." Wen Qimo spoke seriously. "We can't be absent from this final battle."
"That's right, Captain Miao. Let's go beyond the walls."
Looking at the determination in the eyes of these four members, Miao Su's lips curved slightly upward. She took a deep breath and said:
"Good! Once the fighting starts, all of you stay behind me. Understood?"
Hong Ying and the others exchanged looks. "Mm."
With a straight saber at her waist, Miao Su led the four through the devastated land between the inner and outer walls, charging