The Beast Tide Descends, The Butcher on the City Wall

4:00 AM.

The alarm tore through the night sky.

A piercing shriek echoed across the entire Sixth Defense Line, and the lights in the camp blazed on instantly.

Lin Feng got up from his bed, put on his combat suit, grabbed Mountain Splitter, and walked out.

When he stepped out of the tent, the camp was already in chaos.

Soldiers were clutching their weapons and sprinting toward the wall, officers were shouting unit numbers at the top of their lungs, and the heavy machine gun positions in the distance were warming up.

Lin Feng didn't follow the crowd.

He leaped straight onto the wall.

With the jumping power of a third-stage Martial Master, he scaled the twenty-meter-high wall in two kicks.

The wall was already packed with people.

A dense row of defenders stood shoulder to shoulder, gripping all kinds of weapons, tension written on every face.

Lin Feng walked to the edge of the wall and looked out.

Under the moonlight, the horizon was moving.

A black line stretched from the edge of the sky.

It wasn't a line—it was a tide.

A tide made of countless Exotic Beasts.

Iron-Armored Demon Wolves, Steel-Bristle Fierce Rhinos, Rock Armor Lizards, Poison-Claw Centipedes... all kinds of Exotic Beasts mixed together, a pitch-black mass that filled the entire field of vision.

The ground was shaking.

The gravel on the wall was jumping.

"Damn, this is several times bigger than last time." An old soldier beside him had a trembling voice.

Lin Feng took a deep breath.

He smelled blood.

And the smell of opportunity.

"Everyone, hear my command!" Li Zhenguo's voice came through the communicator. "Heavy firepower opens first! Martial Artist squads are responsible for clearing beasts that climb the wall! Martial Master-level combatants, stand by to reinforce weak points!"

"Lin Feng, you hold the middle section."

"Understood."

Lin Feng drew Mountain Splitter, its dark-gold spirit patterns flowing under the moonlight.

The moment the beast tide slammed into the wall, the whole world shook.

The heavy machine guns opened fire.

Tongues of flame tore through the darkness, bullets raining into the beast horde like a storm.

The screams of Exotic Beasts merged into one sound. The front row of Demon Wolves was riddled with holes, but those behind trampled over their companions' corpses and kept charging.

The first wave of Exotic Beasts began climbing the wall.

Iron-Armored Demon Wolves dug their claws into the alloy wall, scurrying upward with a whoosh.

The defenders on the wall swung their blades down. One man was swatted off the wall by a wolf's claw, his scream swallowed by the beast tide.

Lin Feng didn't wait for the beasts to climb up.

He jumped straight down from the wall.

Outward.

"Is he crazy?" a nearby defender shrieked.

Lin Feng landed from the wall right into the center of the beast horde.

Lost Trace Step activated at full power, his figure splitting into three afterimages in midair.

The moment he landed, Mountain Splitter swept out.

An arc of blade wind tore along the ground. Where it passed, over a dozen Iron-Armored Demon Wolves in the front row were cut in half.

Blood sprayed, flesh and gore flying everywhere.

[Killed E-Class Exotic Beast: Iron-Armored Demon Wolf ×14, obtained Martial Path Points ×700]

[Steel of the Blade: 284/500]

Lin Feng didn't stop.

He stood in the middle of the beast horde, Mountain Splitter swinging left and right.

Every slash sent out a blade wind, and every blade wind reaped a swath of Exotic Beasts.

He was like a meat grinder, planted in the center of the tide, tearing everything that surged toward him into shreds.

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[Killed E-Class Exotic Beast: Steel-Bristle Fierce Rhino ×3, gained Martial Path Points ×150]

[Killed E-Class Exotic Beast: Rock Armor Lizard ×7, gained Martial Path Points ×350]

[Killed D-Class Exotic Beast: Shadow Leopard King ×2, gained Martial Path Points ×400]

[Steel of the Blade: 296/500]

Everyone on the city wall was stunned.

One man.

Standing right in the middle of over ten thousand exotic beasts.

Killing.

And laughing.

"Who is that?"

"The new Sergeant Major! His name's Lin Feng!"

"Sergeant Major? He's out there alone? That's Martial Master-level output!"

Captain Zhao stood on the wall, mouth hanging open, unable to close it.

He'd lived over forty years, guarded the Northern Territory for more than a decade.

Never seen a tactic like this.

Who told you defending a city meant standing on the wall?

The guy just jumped down and carved straight through the beast tide.

This wasn't defending the city.

This was leaving the city to hunt.

Lin Feng rampaged through the beast horde, every swing of Mountain Splitter carrying an Armor Piercing effect.

E-Class Exotic Beast carapaces were decorations in front of him, and D-Class ones couldn't take two hits.

The talent stacks climbed rapidly.

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[Steel of the Blade: 297/500]

[Steel of the Blade: 298/500]

[Steel of the Blade: 299/500]

One more.

An Iron-Winged Bat dove from the sky. Lin Feng didn't even lift his head, just flicked Mountain Splitter upward.

The bat split down the middle, two halves of its corpse flying in opposite directions.

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[Killed D-Class Exotic Beast: Iron-Winged Bat ×1, gained Martial Path Points ×200]

[Steel of the Blade: 300/500! Third Stage Activated: Blade Momentum Penetration! A single blade can pierce multiple targets, penetration power does not decay!]

Lin Feng paused for a second.

Mountain Splitter hummed in his hand, the dark gold spirit patterns on the blade suddenly doubling in brightness.

He could feel it—this next swing wouldn't kill just one.

Perfect timing.

A line of Steel-Bristle Fierce Rhinos charged at him, five abreast.

Lin Feng raised his blade, stepped forward.

Mountain-Breaking Slash.

A golden blade wind tore out.

The wind passed through the first rhino's head without slowing.

Through the second.

The third.

The fourth.

The fifth.

Five Steel-Bristle Fierce Rhinos fell in unison.

Five heads exploded at the same time.

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[Killed D-Class Exotic Beast: Steel-Bristle Fierce Rhino ×5, gained Martial Path Points ×1000]

[Steel of the Blade: 305/500]

On the city wall.

Silence.

Then an earth-shaking roar of cheers erupted.

"What the fuck!!!"

"One slash, five D-Ranks???"

"How the hell is this even human?"

Li Zhenguo stood atop the command tower, his single eye fixed on the blood-soaked figure below the city wall.

His lips moved, but no sound came out.

But the commander beside him saw it.

He was smiling.