White River City Defense

"Boom!"

Galloping horses.

Gu Jinlai the defense of Baihe City was being planned, a group of over a hundred people hurriedly rode in.

The leader was none other than Zhan Hongying, the president of the Fengyun Society and the leader of the Xingtian Alliance, a peak cultivator of the Spirit Refining Realm and a master of martial arts.

Beside him were several Spirit Refining experts and more than a dozen Core Forming masters.

"Ancient Heavenly Lord".

After the group arrived, Zhan Hongying bowed to Gu Jinlai from afar. "When Demonic Beasts attack, any human cultivator should stand up, kill the Demonic Beasts, and protect the region. When the Alliance Leader learned of the riot at Yunqi Mountain, he specially ordered us to come and provide reinforcements. We are the first batch of reinforcements to go ahead. The Alliance Leader will gather the elites of the Star Heaven Alliance and arrive in a day or two."

"Star Alliance".

Gu Jinlai put down what he was doing, cupped his hands to everyone, and said, "Thank you for your help, Alliance Leader Zhan. I was just planning to organize several outer teams, all composed of Spirit Refining and Core Forming cultivators, to snipe at the Demonic Beasts and buy time for the counties under Baihe City to retreat. Please have Alliance Leader Zhan gather the men, and we will set off shortly."

"In accordance with the decree of the ancient Heavenly Emperor."

Zhan Hongying cupped his hands in greeting and, while making arrangements, led a pretty and sweet-looking girl to the front of him. "Lord Gu, this is our sworn sister, Nie Qingqing. She will act as our liaison. You can relay any new orders to us through her."

"Nie Qingqing".

Gu Jinlai have looked up at this young woman.

Nie Qingqing also stepped forward, cupped her hands in greeting to Gu Jinlai, and said in a generous manner, "Gu Tianjun and my brother address each other as brothers, so I will also call you Brother Gu. I hope Brother Gu will take good care of me in the coming period of time."

Her words were crisp and clear, and coupled with the sword she carried and her chivalrous attire, she exuded a heroic and dashing air.

"I'm very happy that you could come and help me. I'll have to trouble you to run back and forth between the two places from now on."

Gu Jinlai nodded, not refusing Zhan Hongying's arrangement.

Nie Qingqing is, in a sense, the link between Lingxiao City and Xingtian Alliance. Even though she is only a lowly Core Forming, he will not underestimate her.

A plan was made to deal with the Star Alliance's manpower, and teams were quickly dispatched to hunt down the Demonic Beasts and ferocious beasts heading towards Taihe City.

Although they deployed elite squads led by Spirit Refining, they were still unable to make a significant difference against thousands of Demonic Beasts.

After all, even the weakest Demonic Beasts has a cultivation level comparable to the peak of Qi Refining.

Some powerful High-ranking Demonic Beast are even able to fight against True Person of Spirit Refining for a short time.

Not to mention that they also commanded tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, of ferocious beasts.

As orders were relayed, the vanguard of Demonic Beasts quickly reached within sixty miles of Baihe City.

Seeing this, Gu Jinlai did not hesitate any longer and left Baihe City immediately.

Outside Baihe City, a large army was already waiting.

The most eye-catching member of the group was undoubtedly the mechanical Tyrannosaurus Rex Gua, whose body was covered in a metallic sheen.

Besides them, the rest were cultivators carrying close-in weapon systems, Thunder Gatling guns, bows and arrows, and explosive packs.

"Ancestor, all the teams have assembled and are awaiting your order."

Gu Chifeng, riding a Tyrannosaurus Rex, appeared beside Gu Jinlai.

Yes, Tyrannosaurus Rex.

With the surrender of the Great Sun Heavenly Sect, the number of Celestial Masters under their Gu Jinlai has now exceeded double digits.

Among these two-digit number of celestial masters, several are skilled in beast taming.

So they brought six ready-made Tyrannosaurus Rex.

These Tyrannosaurus Rex were conveniently assigned to Gu Chifeng, Gu Luochen, and their group.

Currently, these four- to five-meter-tall Tyrannosaurus Rex are equipped with close-in weapon systems and special armor, making them almost like miniature mechanical Tyrannosaurus Rex.

"Then, let's set off and ambush them at the Jade Belt River."

From Gu Jinlai, he rose up and rode on his machine-turbomon, Gua.

He did not intend to hold Baihe City to the death.

There's no way around it; Demonic Beasts are different from human armies.

The walls of Baihe City might be able to hold off a human army, but they could never stop those powerful and agile Demonic Beasts.

If the battlefield were to be set up in Baihe City, even if he were to eventually defeat the Demonic Beasts, there probably wouldn't be many survivors left in Baihe City.

Therefore, the most reasonable strategy is to intercept the enemy at the Jade Belt River to weaken their strength, and then hold the final battle at the foot of Baihe City.

The army sets out for battle.

Although they were only a few hundred demon warriors, their firepower was so great that it surpassed that of tens of thousands of troops.

Behind them was a powerful force of thousands.

This team consisted entirely of experts at the Qi Refining and Gang Condensing stages, with a few also at the Core Forming.

They were experts who fled from the Star Alliance and Taihe City, as well as elites who came to support them from Lingxiao City, Changjun City, Yuanhua City, Sunset City, and Baihe City.

As for the Purgatory Sect and the Meteor Guard...

The Demonic Beasts arrived too quickly; they hadn't arrived yet.

Led by Gu Jinlai, these more than a thousand people quickly joined up with the Spirit Refining and Core Forming cultivators who were originally responsible for restraining the Demonic Beasts army, and stopped at the Jade Belt River, twenty miles outside Baihe City.

This is the final battlefield chosen by Gu Jinlai.

"Lord Gu, we've been conducting guerrilla warfare on the outskirts for some time, trying to slow their advance and buy you time. However, there are too many Demonic Beasts, and some are even skilled in Demonic Beasts, sniping at us from the outside. In the end, we only managed to hunt down twenty-one Demonic Beasts and one hundred and eighty-four ferocious beasts..."

Zhan Hongying led the Star Heaven Alliance members, Core Forming, in reporting.

On the other side, Zhao Qian also arrived with a group of people.

Judging from their appearance, they seemed to have suffered even greater losses, with some of the Core Forming covered in blood.

"Elder Gu..."

"You guys have worked hard. Can you still play the next game?"

A question has been asked Gu Jinlai.

"Able!"

Zhao Qian gritted his teeth. "These Demonic Beasts slaughtered Taihe City and killed countless elite soldiers of my Purgatory Sect. Even if we fight to the last moment, I will still take a piece of their flesh."

"Good."

Gu Jinlai nodded, his gaze drifting towards the opposite bank of the Jade Belt River.

The Jade Belt River is not a large river, but it is two or three hundred meters wide. However, the water is not very rapid, otherwise this defensive line would be even more solid.

"Elder Gu, the Demonic Beasts have summoned a large number of ferocious beasts and monsters. Although the proportion of ferocious beasts is not high, their number is at least forty thousand..."

Zhao Qian reminded him.

"I see."

Gu Jinlai nodded.

He chose the Jade Belt River as his defensive point because it was exactly twenty miles away from Baihe City.

However, due to technological limitations, the maximum range of the howitzers he produced was only twenty to thirty miles.

Although he only has eight howitzers so far, the deterrent effect of this artillery on ferocious beasts is greater than its lethality. As long as there is a round of shelling, the ferocious beasts driven by Demonic Beasts will scatter.

"Roar!"

Just then, deafening roars echoed from afar, accompanied by the thunderous roar of ten thousand beasts stampeding.

"They're here."

Gu Jinlai, people have sat atop mechanical Tyrannosaurus Rex and gazed upwards.

At this point, he could already see some enormous Demonic Beasts appearing on the horizon.

As the army of Demonic Beasts and ferocious beasts drew near, a terrifying giant ape, nine meters tall and exuding Sha Qi aura, appeared in his field of vision.

Demon Ape Commander!

This is the strongest demonic ape commander in the Yunqi Mountains.

A high-ranking Demonic Beasts who has cultivated to the true form of Demonic Beasts.

When Gu Jinlai saw this great Demonic Beasts, the great Demonic Beasts also noticed the thousands of people from Gu Jinlai on the other side of the river.

"Roar!"

With a roar, the demonic ape's size exploded!

From its original nine meters, it rapidly grew to a massive twenty meters.

The true form of the Demonic Beasts.

Cultivators refer to it as the Undying Demonic Body.

The demonic ape, having unleashed its Undying Demonic Body, saw a significant increase in both its power and defense. Ordinary attacks from Core Forming at the Gang Condensing could not even penetrate its skin, and even the flying swords of Spirit Transformation cultivators could not tear its body apart.

The key is...

The overwhelming ferocity emanating from it soared into the sky, and even though they were still several miles away, it still made the faces of the Qi Refining and Gang Condensing experts Gu Jinlai turn pale.

If it were an ordinary soldier, they would have already begun to break down by now.

"Demonic Beasts is always Demonic Beasts. No matter how powerful it is from the start, how can it compare to humans, who are the most intelligent of all beings?"

Gu Jinlai declared loudly, "Over the years, our Lingxiao City Guard has killed at least a thousand, if not eight hundred, and even many Demonic Beasts. We won't be any different with just one more demonic ape!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he took out a mirror-like Spirit Artifact: "Order! Artillery, fire!"

"Yes!"

A response came quickly from the mirror.

Before long, they seemed to hear faint rumbling sounds coming from behind them, followed by a piercing shriek that ripped through the sky and rolled in from behind.

Before the True Person of Spirit Refining and the Masters of Core Forming could figure out what was happening, deafening roars erupted from the Demonic Beasts horde across the Jade Belt River.

"Boom!"

Flames and thick smoke erupted, scattering dust in all directions.

Those struck by the shells, whether Demonic Beasts or ferocious beasts, were instantly torn to shreds by the explosive force.

The spreading shockwave even blew away terrifying beasts and Demonic Beasts weighing hundreds or even thousands of kilograms in the surrounding area.

The ferocious beasts and Demonic Beasts with weak defenses were then completely torn apart, their blood mist spreading everywhere.

One shot killed at least a dozen Demonic Beasts and ferocious beasts.

"This is..."

Zhao Qian, Zhan Hongying, and the others couldn't help but widen their eyes.

He stared in horror as he watched the eight plumes of smoke and dust rise into the air.

"Judging from the sound, these attacks seem to be coming from Baihe City!? But Baihe City is at least twenty miles away from here! A twenty-mile attack range is even farther than the flying sword of Spirit Transformation cultivator!"

"Ancient Heavenly Lord... has forged another new killing Spirit Artifact!?"

Gu Jinlai, no one has paid attention to the shock of the crowd.

A barrage of artillery fire caused a moment of chaos among the charging Demonic Beasts and ferocious beasts.

When the second round of bombardment came, the intelligent Demonic Beasts fared somewhat better, but the ferocious beasts they had driven were clearly frightened and began to scatter and flee.

With the Jade Belt River right in front of them, these ferocious beasts instinctively fled backwards, slowing down the Demonic Beasts' advance considerably.

However, this situation only lasted for a moment. More Demonic Beasts abandoned their efforts to drive away the ferocious beasts and rushed out of the crowd into the Jade Belt River, roaring as they charged toward the human army on the other side of the river at an extremely fast speed.

"Prepare."

A low shout Gu Jinlai.

Immediately, close-in weapon systems and Gatling guns raised their barrels and aimed at the Demonic Beasts swimming rapidly in the river.

Just as some Demonic Beasts were about to swim across the Jade Belt River and kill their way to within 400 meters of Gu Jinlai and his companions, Gu Jinlai gave an order.

"Fire!"

"Sizzle!"

"Da da da da!"

Instantly, six psychic close-in weapon systems, two close-in weapon systems activated by the True Spirit, and more than twenty "Thunder" Gatling guns roared to life!

The blazing flames, mixed with a deadly storm of metal, poured wildly towards the horde of Demonic Beasts swimming in the river.