Dark clouds blotted out the sky, while the demons outside the city howled without pause.
As the Chief Instructor of the Bocheng Military Department, Zhan Kong arrived at the Defense Line immediately.
But the moment he reached the Defense Line, his expression turned grim.
Among the densely packed demons ahead, four terrifying auras could be felt.
"Commander Level Demonic Beasts... Four of them!" Zhan Kong gritted his teeth. His words came one by one, mixed with a large amount of murky rainwater. "Immediately summon Dongfang Chen. If these four Commander Level Demonic Beasts aren't dealt with properly, it'll be a disaster for Bocheng!"
If he only had to deal with one Commander Level Demonic Beast, Zhan Kong, who had reached the peak of the High Level Mage realm, was confident he could handle it himself.
With proper cooperation from his subordinates, he might even be able to kill it.
But four at once...
No matter how stubborn Zhan Kong was, all he could do was go to Western Heaven to ask Rulai for help... No, he had to ask Dongfang Chen and Butler Sai, who possessed Archmage Cultivation.
As for the other Archmage, Leng Qing, she had come in secret, so Zhan Kong didn't know she was there.
"Yes!"
After seeing his subordinate receive the order and immediately release Wind Element Magic before leaving, Zhan Kong stared expressionlessly at the demon horde ahead.
Aside from those four Commander Level Demonic Beasts, the densely packed demons numbering in the thousands were also extremely dangerous.
The Commander Level Demonic Beasts could still be held back by High Level Mage combat power, but how could they hold back thousands upon thousands of demons? They could only rely on the flesh and blood of the Military Mages to withstand them.
Fortunately, Dongfang Chen had made preparations in advance. A month earlier, he had used his connections to bring in quite a bit of reinforcements.
Otherwise, with only Bocheng's previous defensive forces, they would probably have been overrun by the demons in a single charge.
Although the Crimson Alert had been sounded, Bocheng wasn't yet in complete chaos.
That was because the Military Department and the Hunters of the Hunter Union had taken control of the city's order and organized the residents' evacuation immediately.
Moreover, with the underground entrance gone, the demons couldn't rampage through the city right away, so most of the residents were still relatively safe.
But the story was different for Mofan. He was in dire straits.
Because the Earth Sacred Spring was also one of the Black Church's targets this time, Mofan had suffered a large number of attacks from them.
Countless Black Beast Demons chased Mofan through the underground levels of the Yinmao Building.
As for the guards of the Earth Sacred Spring, the Black Church had already dealt with them.
If Deputy Guard Zhang Lin Yuxin hadn't desperately protected Mofan and helped him escape, he would have died there too.
With a loud bang, scorching flames erupted from beneath the ground.
A moment later, Mofan's figure leaped out through the opening in the ground created by the eruption.
After realizing that he had reached the surface, Mofan let out a sigh of relief. His entire body collapsed onto the ground as he gasped heavily.
He had finally escaped at the last moment, when his strength was completely exhausted. If he made it to the surface, those people from the Black Church probably wouldn't dare pursue him too brazenly, would they?
At the same time, Mofan felt extremely fortunate.
If he hadn't happened to break through to the Intermediate Level, and if he hadn't happened to buy several expensive Star Chart Books from Dongfang on credit, he probably would have died underground.
But after his relief faded, Mofan suddenly realized that something was wrong.
The city was usually bustling. Why wasn't there a single person in sight today?
Could it be because of the torrential rain? But even with such heavy rain, it shouldn't be this deserted...
Mofan's heart jolted. Combining this with the Crimson Alert he had heard earlier, how could he not know that something had happened to Bocheng?
"Trying to escape? Do you think you can get away?"
Yu Ang's voice came from behind Mofan.
Because he had failed to seize the Earth Sacred Spring, Yu Ang, who had been undercover in the Mu Clan, had suffered the Black Church's punishment.
His face, which had been fairly presentable before, was now completely disfigured, as if someone had splashed it with strong acid.
His current mission was to seize the Earth Sacred Spring from Mofan. If he failed again... Yu Ang glanced at the Black Beast Demon beside him. This would be his fate after failure.
Therefore, this mission absolutely could not fail!
"Jie jie jie, out of strength, are you? Mofan, this face of mine was ruined because of you. I'll give you a proper welcome!"
Yu Ang's face was twisted with savagery.
He would not only torture Mofan properly, but also turn him into a Black Beast Demon, neither human nor ghost, and whip and torment him day and night!
Mofan's heart sank as well.
He had no strength left, nor any Magic energy.
He had thought that the Black Church would stop pursuing him once he reached the surface. But something had happened to Bocheng, and everyone had gone to evacuate, so even if the Black Church swaggered through the streets, no one would do anything.
But then, Mofan's face brightened.
"Yu Ang, you want to kill me? Too bad my luck is still just a tiny bit better than yours..."
"What do you mean?"
"What I mean is... Dongfang! Help!"
Mofan shouted shamelessly.
He had spotted Dongfang Chen and the others not far away!
"Dongfang... Dongfang Chen?!" Yu Ang's heart jolted.
Damn it! How had he run into Dongfang Chen here? Wasn't he supposed to be on his way to support the Defense Line outside the city?
Yu Ang initially thought Mofan was only bluffing.
But when he saw a completely purple lion, its entire body radiating a terrifying aura, spit out a mouthful of Purple Fire in the blink of an eye and melt all the Black Beast Demons before coming to Mofan's side, his heart went completely cold.
That Purple Lion was precisely the Commander Level Summoned Beast beside Dongfang Chen!
Yu Ang immediately thought of fleeing. He ordered the Black Beast Demons under his command to hold back the Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion King while he prepared to run.
But... he suddenly realized that he couldn't move!
His shadow had been firmly pinned down by a nail formed from a black shadow!
"Dongfang Chen!!"
Yu Ang stared at Dongfang Chen in terror.
If he had countless reasons to hate Mofan, then toward Dongfang Chen, he felt only endless fear.
After watching Dongfang Chen fight Mu Ningxue during the coming-of-age ceremony, Yu Ang had already decided that Dongfang Chen was someone he absolutely could not afford to provoke.
Not to mention that he also possessed a Commander Level Summoned Beast!
Dongfang Chen slowly walked over with Mu Ningxue and Ye Xin Xia.
Following behind him was a dignified, properly dressed old butler.
Dongfang Chen glanced at the area outside the city, then said to Butler Sai behind him, "Grandpa Sai, the situation outside the city is urgent. Go support them first."
Butler Sai looked at Yu Ang, then at Little Purple, and nodded.
"Be careful, Young Master. I'll go help them first."
"Right, take Little Purple with you as well," Dongfang Chen said.
Little Purple possessed the bloodline of the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, allowing it to intimidate demons of low strength to a certain degree.
Although that intimidation was negligible against a Demonic Beast Tide, it could at least help a little.
"Yes!"
After saying that, Butler Sai spread his Wind Wings and flew rapidly toward the outskirts of the city.
After receiving Dongfang Chen's order, Little Purple also dashed rapidly toward the outskirts of the city.
After Butler Sai left, Dongfang Chen walked up to Yu Ang and asked Mu Ningxue, "Killing him directly is fine, right?"
"Yes." Mu Ningxue replied coldly.
Although Mu Ningxue and Yu Ang had never had a particularly good relationship, the Mu Clan had never mistreated him.
On the contrary, because Mu Ningxue's cultivation resources were sponsored by Dongfang Chen, a large amount of the Mu Clan's resources had been directed toward Yu Ang.
That was why Mu Ningxue could never understand how Yu Ang had actually betrayed the Mu Clan and become a lapdog of the Black Church.
For someone like this, the aloof Mu Ningxue had no desire to ask about the reason for his betrayal.
Killing him was fine.
Dongfang Chen nodded. With a light tap of his finger, he produced a bright-red flame. Amid Yu Ang's pleas for mercy, it burned him into nothingness.
The beasts of the Black Church deserved to be fiercely scorched by a Heaven and Earth Divine Object like a Heavenly Flame!
Afterward, Dongfang Chen looked toward the area outside the city.
There were too many demons. Although Bocheng's current defensive forces could hold them back temporarily, it had cost the lives of countless Military Mages.
Even though Bocheng now had quite a few High-Tier Mage combatants, facing the surging Demonic Beast Tide, the power of High-Tier Mages and Archmages alone was still far too weak.
Therefore, Dongfang Chen planned to use the power of the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire.
The Myriad Beast Spirit Fire had been condensed from the Myriad Beast Soul and the Myriad Beast Bloodline. It possessed the innate power to control all beasts.
After experimenting, Dongfang Chen had confirmed that the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire could also make demons submit to a certain degree.
Therefore, he would have to deal with this overwhelming Demonic Beast Tide himself.
Just as Dongfang Chen pulled Mofan up and prepared to leave, the ground throughout Bocheng began to shake, as if an earth dragon were turning over and the sky were collapsing.
"W-what's happening?!"
Mofan had only just recovered from the Black Church's pursuit when he unexpectedly encountered another disturbance.
"Beneath Bocheng, there's a Commander Level Demonic Beast!"
Dongfang Chen's expression turned cold.
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