The Beast Tide

After several days of adaptation, Wang Ji had mastered his newfound power. Consequently, aside from reserving 40 points of Essence Source, he invested all the remaining points at once.

"Strength: 7610kg, Speed: 72m/s"

He was only a tiny bit away from reaching the Warlord level.

South Gate, Wilderness Zone. Wang Ji began to step from the South Gate into the true Wilderness Zone. The trees here were denser and thicker. Wang Ji followed the original highway forward. Although the old highway was cracked and overgrown with weeds, the roadbed had been constructed with over half a meter of building materials at the time, so the weeds on the road were significantly shorter and sparser. Warrior squads preferred to follow the road; for one, it was harder to get lost, and for another, the low grass helped avoid unpredictable, sudden ambushes.

"Whoosh!" A small pack of Scavenger Dogs suddenly entered Wang Ji's line of sight. Canine monsters were the most common, but generally not very strong. These Scavenger Dogs appeared to be at the Beast Soldier level.

"Roar!..." The pack of Scavenger Dogs let out a joyful roar. A lone human! Meat!

"Swish!" Wang Ji took the initiative to meet them. "Swish! Swish!" With the help of his spiritual force, it was as if Wang Ji had grown countless eyes, and his sense of distance was enhanced countless times over.

Combined with his micro-level footwork, he was like a fish in water. The group of six Scavenger Dogs hadn't even grazed him before they were all killed by Wang Ji. It was extremely easy! Unfortunately, in reality, killing monsters provided no Essence Source rewards.

Wang Ji simply collected the teeth and claws of the Scavenger Dogs and continued forward.

Beep, beep, beep! His smartwatch suddenly flashed red, emitting a rapid beeping sound.

"What's going on?" Wang Ji checked it immediately.

"Emergency notification: A small-scale beast tide may be occurring at Military Base No. 8! Warriors within 50 kilometers of Military Base No. 8, please return quickly! Warrior squads beyond 50 kilometers, please hide on your own or return to the base city via other frontline military forts."

A beast tide! Wang Ji felt a moment of panic, but he calmed down instantly. Fortunately, he had been cautious enough. At this moment, he had just left the military base and hadn't even gone 10 kilometers yet.

Return quickly! Wang Ji unleashed his maximum speed, instantly increasing it to 75m/s. Not enough! Wang Ji used his spiritual force to assist, and his speed instantly increased again to 85m/s.

In just two or three minutes, Wang Ji rushed back to the military base.

The entrance and plaza of the military base were in a state of chaos.

"Quick! All non-warrior personnel, go to the underground shelter to hide! All warriors, according to the prompts on your smartwatches, enter your warrior level, and the smart mainframe will assign defensive positions and tasks! Quick!" The loudspeaker blared, arranging defensive tasks.

On the city walls, the army stood in battle formation. The warriors also prepared themselves in squads according to the assigned tasks and defensive positions.

"They're here!"

"Caw!..." A dark cloud drifted over the sky. That wasn't a cloud; it was countless flying monsters!

"Da-da-da-da..." As soon as the flying monsters entered the 5-kilometer range, the anti-aircraft machine guns opened fire first, and the flying monsters began to fall like dumplings. The flying monsters also accelerated, then scattered and began to dive.

Three or four kilometers was less than half a minute for the flying monsters. In an instant, countless flying monsters attacked from the sky toward the ground below. There were shadows of flying monsters in the sky, on the ground, and from all directions. This was why flying monsters were more troublesome than land monsters. For a moment, inexperienced warriors panicked.

Wang Ji, however, was like a fish in water. Relying on his spiritual force, everything within 30 meters was under his mental scan. He could clearly perceive the movements of the flying monsters' wings. Combined with his micro-level footwork, "Swish!" an eagle-sized pigeon-type monster had its neck severed by Wang Ji's blade. He retreated half a step, dodging the claw strike of a crow-type monster, and with a flick of his blade, he severed one of its wings at the root. The crow monster instantly lost its balance and could only flap helplessly on the ground.

"Chirp!" An Iron-Feathered Eagle with feathers shimmering with a metallic luster dove toward Wang Ji. Wang Ji seemed not to notice, and a gleam of excitement flashed in the Iron-Feathered Eagle's eyes.

20 meters! 10 meters! 5 meters! The Iron-Feathered Eagle was about to grab Wang Ji's body!

"Go!" The dagger at Wang Ji's waist suddenly shot rapidly toward the root of the Iron-Feathered Eagle's wing. Although Wang Ji's spiritual force was only over 800kg, the speed of the controlled dagger was not slow, and it was positioned exactly on the Iron-Feathered Eagle's flight path, as if the monster had flown into it itself.

"Chirp!" The Iron-Feathered Eagle flapped its wings desperately to dodge, its movement instantly distorting.

"Whoosh!" Countless dust and sand on the ground suddenly floated up, shooting toward the Iron-Feathered Eagle's face! Smoke and dust rose, completely obscuring the Iron-Feathered Eagle's vision. This trick had no lethality, but it caused the Iron-Feathered Eagle to lose most of its sight and perception.

Modified "Lime-Throwing Technique"!

"Swish!" In the instant the Iron-Feathered Eagle panicked and dodged, Wang Ji slashed open its chest and abdomen, gutting it in one stroke.

"Chirp!... Chirp..." This low-level Warlord-level Iron-Feathered Eagle flapped about and finally died.

Wang Ji pondered to himself, "It seems this method of using spiritual force is quite useful. Later, I can switch to smoke bombs—custom-made, egg-sized smoke bombs that I can trigger to explode at any time using spiritual force. Adding capsaicin, irritating toxic smoke, etc., would make the smoke effect even better and could also provide chemical attacks... Yes, this is a good method. In battle, one must rely on wisdom!"

In a beast tide assault, the attacks of flying monsters were usually just the prelude. Sure enough, after the first round of attacks by the flying monsters, the beast tide arrived.

"Boom!" An Armored Tank Beast—a wild boar monster at least at the Warlord level—slammed into the perimeter wall. Even the special reinforced concrete wall shook instantly, creating a crater one or two meters deep and four or five meters in radius.

"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh..." A sharp whistling sound rang out. These were special armor-piercing rounds, specifically designed to deal with high-level Warlord monsters. These were the highest-grade special bullets, with a single round costing 100,000 yuan on the outside market!

However, even these armor-piercing rounds, when hitting the Armored Tank Beast, only embedded themselves in its skin.

"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh..." Finally, after continuous barrages, a patch of skin on the Warlord-level monster's belly was shattered, and the bullets turned the muscle underneath into a bloody mess.

It was only a minor injury! The Armored Tank Beast lived up to its name. Its defensive power was top-tier among monsters!

"Swish!" A middle-aged man with the rank of Senior Colonel suddenly drifted down from the city wall like a phantom, and with a lightning-fast sword strike, he landed precisely on the wound of the Armored Tank Beast.

The Armored Tank Beast dodged desperately, leaving behind afterimages, but its agility was far inferior to this suddenly appearing military God of War.

"Swish!" "Swish!" "Swish!" Sword after sword, every strike never left the wound. The wound, which was originally only minor, was instantly deepened and widened. Finally, as the last sword swept across, a gash over a meter long was opened in the Armored Tank Beast's belly, reaching its internal organs!

"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh..." While the God of War held the Armored Tank Beast at bay, a wave of gunfire hit the massive wound perfectly. The bullets drilled into the wound, shredding the Armored Tank Beast's internal organs. The Armored Tank Beast lived up to its name on the outside, but its internal organs did not.

God-tier coordination! A perfect kill! Those responsible for the heavy weaponry were definitely experts as well. The neural reaction of ordinary warriors could never keep up with the rhythm of this level of combat. Whoever was operating this heavy weaponry was at least a Warlord-level warrior.

The army's tactics were as sharp and efficient as ever; in terms of teamwork, they surpassed other squads by a wide margin.

Even with the dense firepower on the city walls, they could not block all the invading monsters. One after another, monsters rushed into the military base. Fortunately, this was a military base, and all the buildings were fortified.

The firepower points inside the city, combined with the warrior squads, were enough to block and kill these scattered monsters.

"Roar!" A Warlord-level Silver Wolf, accompanied by more than a dozen Azure Wolves, lunged toward Wang Ji.