The Giant Turtle

On the city wall, Yi Yun saw Bai and Feng Lin. The two simply nodded slightly to Yi Yun and then fell silent. Yi Yun also saw many people who had been his enemies in the Alliance Tournament, but now they were all fighting side by side.

For these forces, it's better to confine the battlefield to Tai'a Divine City than for the flames of war to spread to their homeland.

The air seemed to freeze; the atmosphere was heavier than ever before!

A huge hourglass was placed on the city wall to keep time.

The distance from the scout outpost to Tai'a Divine City is about three thousand miles. The arrival of the Beast Tide takes about an hour, which is an estimated time. It may not be accurate, but it's not far off. Using an hourglass to keep track of time allows people to be mentally prepared.

Yi Yun stood on the city wall, watching the fine sand quietly flowing in the hourglass. He felt that what was flowing down was not sand, but a series of vibrant lives.

When the Beast Tide arrives, countless lives will likely be swept away like these grains of sand...

Shepherd Boy, what kind of person are you? Why did you unleash Beast Tide to slaughter all living beings?

Before I knew it, the sky gradually darkened, as if a layer of dark clouds had obscured the sun.

Yi Yun looked into the distance and saw that the horizon was a hazy gray, as if it were covered with a layer of smog.

"Dust storm!"

Suddenly someone said that the gray smog was actually dust rising from the distant horizon, an endless cloud of sand. And beneath this dust, one could clearly see a hazy, fine, sand-like mass rolling on the ground—but that was no longer dust, but... Beast Tide!!

Looking down from a height of ten thousand feet, hundreds of miles away, even a wild beast the size of a skyscraper would appear as small as a speck of dust.

"Beast Tide! Beast Tide is coming!"

People felt the earth tremble. The rampaging Beast Tide carried this tremor across hundreds of miles, reaching the Tai'a Divine City!

It was just like an earthquake; countless wild beasts ran rampant, creating a real earthquake!

Just then, people saw a huge phantom appear on the horizon, growing clearer and clearer amidst the swirling dust...

"What is that?!" someone exclaimed in horror. The shadow was enormous, so large it was terrifying.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Terrifying sounds echoed, each sound accompanied by a noticeable tremor in the Tai'a Divine City, like giant meteorites crashing to the ground.

The phantom slowly emerged from the dust and sand, and people could see clearly that it was actually an enormous tortoise.

It has a dragon-like head and its whole body is covered in tortoise shell. The "booming" sound just now was its footsteps!

With a single step, the entire Tai'a Divine City trembled!

"Sky!"

The people on the city wall were utterly astonished. Hundreds of miles away, high in the sky, from this vantage point, even Giant Beast the height of a four or five-story building appeared as a tiny speck of dust. There was such a colossal tortoise. Its enormous body almost filled the horizon.

That Divine Turtle, each of its patterns was the size of a city, and its limbs were as thick as mountains. Once it moved, the earth shook and the sky trembled!

Does such a thing exist in this world? What is it? A wild beast?

Even the sages present were stunned. They had hunted Ancient Remnant Species in the Divine Wilderness, but compared to the Divine Turtle before them, the Ancient Remnant Species they had killed seemed insignificant!

On the city wall, Yi Yun was equally shocked. This world contained countless unknown entities, far exceeding the limits of their imagination.

For example, the Divine Turtle before him, and the Bronze Giant he saw in the Pure Yang Sword Palace who cleaved the world in two with a single halberd strike.

Compared to such an existence, he is still too insignificant.

"This Giant Turtle, is it also from the depths of the Divine Wilderness?" A Human Race Sage asked in surprise. He had never known that such a creature existed in the Divine Wilderness, nor had he seen any record of it in any ancient texts. Only books of strange tales and legends might record such a giant tortoise, but those books were generally classified as myths and legends.

"I don't know... The Divine Wilderness is too vast; we have no idea what's inside. The Ancient Remnant Species are far from the entirety of the Divine Wilderness... However, there's no point in discussing these things now. Look at the top of that Giant Turtle's head."

As a sage spoke, people fixed their gazes on the summit of the sacred mountain.

The martial artist had excellent eyesight, and with the use of various Divine Ability and secret techniques, people could clearly see that a person was sitting on that Divine Turtle -like head!

He was dressed in a blue robe, with a headband tied around his head, holding Short Flute in one hand, and wearing a calm and composed smile on his face.

Judging from his expression, it was as if he were not sitting on Giant Turtle amidst Beast Tide capable of annihilating a nation, but rather strolling leisurely in the countryside, dressed in fine clothes and riding a spirited horse.

"Shepherd Boy!!"

Someone said in a trembling voice, "This name has become a nightmare for the Tai'a Divine Kingdom and even the other three major powers!"

"It really is him!"

People were terrified. It was said that the appearance of the Shepherd Boy would bring bloodshed, but people didn't really have a concept of how strong the Shepherd Boy was.

Until... they saw the Shepherd Boy in person!

The Shepherd Boy didn't emit any vital energy or release any pressure; he looked no different from an ordinary boy. Yet, people inexplicably felt immense pressure in his presence!

The Giant Turtle he sat on also made people's breath catch in their throats. Faced with the Shepherd Boy and the Beast Tide, people felt an overwhelming sense of powerlessness.

Is it possible to stop this Beast Tide?

Will they... die here?

Many people had the thought that these days, people had been talking about Beast Tide Beast Tide. The Beast Tide that people imagined were actually several times larger than the Beast Tide they usually encountered, and there might be many Ancient Remnant Species, making the battles extremely fierce.

But no one expected that the Beast Tide stirred up by the Shepherd Boy would be so terrifying. That Giant Turtle alone was definitely beyond the scope of Ancient Remnant Species!

"City Lord!"

The sages of Tai'a Divine City gathered around the Lord of Tai'a Divine City, their faces solemn, and even their foreheads were covered in sweat.

The sages of the Cloud Dragon Divine Kingdom also gathered around the Lord of Seven Stars Tower, and they were all at a loss as to what to do in the face of such an enemy.

How can we block this!?

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The Divine Turtle moved slowly, but each step it took covered more than ten miles. The distance from the horizon to the Tai'a Divine City, hundreds of miles, could be covered in just a few dozen steps.

Every footprint it left on the desolate land would turn into a great lake if it rained someday!

As the Divine Turtle drew closer, the tremors of Tai'a Divine City became increasingly pronounced. Just then, a melodious flute sound rang out across the vast and desolate land of the divine wilderness. The distance of hundreds of miles was of no use in obstructing the sound of the flute.

The flute's melody swirled and flowed slowly through the air like water, echoing in everyone's ears.

People held their breath as the flute music resounded throughout the heavens and earth, and even the thunderous roar of the surging Beast Tide could not drown it out.

"He's the Shepherd Boy... we were so... naive..."

On the side of the Cloud Dragon Divine Kingdom, the Lord of Seven Stars Tower smiled bitterly, unsure of what to feel.

At this moment, the Divine Turtle had arrived dozens of miles in front of the Tai'a Divine City. The Giant Turtle's head was raised high, even exceeding the height of the Tai'a Divine City. People saw that the Big Head as a black mountain standing in front of the Tai'a Divine City, and the Shepherd Boy on the peak was gently playing a bamboo flute, his blue sash fluttering in the wind, just like a deity.

At this moment, the Shepherd Boy, just like his position, is high above, looking down on all living beings!

The Lord of Tai'a Divine City, looking at the Shepherd Boy, gripped his Longsword and sighed softly, "Cang Yan, activate the backup plan..."

The voice of the Lord of Tai'a Divine City reached Cang Yan's ears, Cang Yan's heart trembled slightly, "City Lord..."

"No need to say any more, there's no time."

Lord of Tai'a Divine City spoke, his body soared into the air, and he flew towards the Shepherd Boy all by himself!

"City Lord!!"

Everyone was terrified, Cang Yan was especially shocked!

What is the city lord doing? He is the backbone of everyone. If anything happens to the city lord at this time, the consequences will be unimaginable!

At this moment, no one could stop him. The Lord of Tai'a Divine City appeared before the Shepherd Boy like a wisp of green smoke, less than a hundred feet away.

The Shepherd Boy looked at the middle-aged Scholar, a slight smile appearing on his lips.

...(To be continued~^~)