Tens of thousands of cultivators had already gathered at the city gate. Everyone had been alarmed by the enormous roar of the beasts and had come to find out what was happening.
But after hearing the accounts of those who had fled back to Baishi City, the faces of everyone present suddenly darkened like storm clouds. A beast uprising was not something cultivators below Core Formation could withstand.
Everyone now understood that if they wanted to survive the beasts' assault on the city, they had to unite and contribute their strength together. The city-protecting restriction on the walls offered them at least some comfort.
With the peal of one enormous bell after another, all the guards of the Huangfu Dynasty stationed in Baishi City had gathered. Although they already knew what had happened in the dense forest outside the city, strict military discipline kept them far calmer than the other cultivators.
Led by commanders of every rank, tens of thousands of armored guards carrying standard weapons climbed onto the towering city walls. Several leading cultivators of the Huangfu Dynasty stood atop the grand tower, their expressions stern as they stared intently at the distant forest. Not one of them showed the slightest sign of panic.
Seeing the ranks of armored soldiers standing in perfect order atop the high walls, Qin Fengming could not help admiring them.
Even the highest-ranking of these soldiers, the Commanders of a Thousand, were only at the mid Core Formation stage. Yet before their imposing military bearing, they seemed even steadier than late Core Formation Peak cultivators among the Rogue Cultivators.
He saw that these soldiers always stood in groups of eight, and the positions occupied by the eight were extremely particular. It was as though a profound formation was hidden within them. Moreover, every eight