To keep the ferocious beasts from crashing straight into the great city, Hunting Beast Towers and Beast-Blocking Walls had been built everywhere far from the city. That meant we couldn't simply make a smooth run for it; whenever we encountered towering Beast-Blocking Walls, we had to detour around them. And as for the sheer number of ferocious beasts—driven forward by even stronger beasts behind them, they couldn't even afford to take detours.
The beasts' enormous roars, the hunters' screams, the volleys of bows and crossbows, and the chaotic bombardment of stone cannons all blended together. The beast tide seemed endless, and some even managed to scale the Beast-Blocking Walls. Those walls were immensely effective: when a number of beasts were stopped, the ones behind them immediately toppled over in a heap. Besides, the road was far from flat, so the beast tide still had a long way to go before it could attack the great city.
"Brother Xia! What do we do now?" Chu Ruo said as she sent the beast pursuing her flying, then looked anxiously to either side.
Visibility in our area was poor; beyond a li away, we could barely see anything. I naturally knew she was worried about her parents, so I said, "Let's regroup in the center. We haven't seen them in a long time. This Beast Season truly lives up to its reputation."
"But we're so close to the beasts. Look at the central area—it's already swarming with them. If we go there now..." Lan Shi was closer to the central area than we were, and he seemed to have spotted the situation in the distance. His expression changed the moment he heard my suggestion.
Because the strategy I had set was working well, we had managed to hold back the beasts on our