The past two days have passed quickly. The air in Dragon City is heavy with a suffocating sense of oppression. Under the instructions of City Lord Yu Sanjin, all soldiers and civilians are working in an orderly manner to reinforce the defenses of Dragon City.
Gu Tian and the others weren't idle either. He led the women to repeatedly survey the terrain on the north gate city wall. For him, repelling the beast tide was important, but ensuring the safety of the tens of thousands of civilians in Dragon City was the real top priority. Once the city gate fell, those people with shallow cultivation would only become lambs to the slaughter in front of the frenzied Soul Beast. Therefore, they had to be responsible for the safety of everyone in Dragon City.
"This is too unusual."
Gu Yue stood at a corner of the city wall, his dark green eyes sweeping across the distant white snowfield, his brows furrowed. "According to Yu Sanjin, the frequency of beast tides has been ridiculously high lately. Although the competition for resources in the Extreme North is fierce, such suicidal mass attacks are rare, even after several years. How could this one be so intense?"
Na'er nodded, sensing a restless rhythm mixed with the wind and snow. " Na'er felt it too, it's like... something is driving them from behind, forcing them to risk their lives to fill this city wall."
Within the Sea of Consciousness, Ao Linxi leaned lazily against the sofa, but her eyes revealed a profound wisdom. " Gu Yue and Na'er's analysis makes some sense. If this beast tide behaves so regularly, frequently, and over such a large area, it is definitely not a naturally occurring periodic migration. In my memory, a war of this scale must be orchestrated by a mastermind behind it all."
"My lord's analysis makes sense." Aria's golden twin tails swayed slightly under the fluctuations of divine power. She added solemnly, "But the ability to organize such a massive beast tide indicates that the mastermind behind it is extremely powerful. Either it's a top human organization, such as the Spirit Hall or the Star Luo Imperial Family, secretly using some kind of large-scale inducing agent; or..."
At this point, Aria paused, her gaze falling on the Chiyan burning nearby.
Chiyan suddenly raised its head, a ruthless red light flashing in its ruby-like eyes. Its voice was deep and resolute. "Either it's a top-tier Soul Beast with extremely high bloodline and strength enough to suppress the entire Extreme North Plains, personally issuing the order to attack Dragon City!"
"You mean... Snow Empress or Ice Empress?" Gu Tian asked in a deep voice in his Sea of Consciousness, after all, there were probably only those two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Extreme North.
"Not necessarily," Tide interjected, her voice as cold as ice. "Although Bing'er and Xue'er are proud, they have always despised such acts of slaughtering the weak and civilians. If such a premeditated massacre has indeed occurred, then something has probably happened within the Extreme North that we are unaware of."
Gu Tian stood atop the city wall, letting the cold wind whip across his face. He gazed into the unfathomable depths of the snowfield, his fist slowly clenching.
"Whether it's humans or beasts, we have to deal with them. Let's repel this beast tide first."
Meanwhile, at the West Gate.
Tang San stood in the shadow of the city's ballista, toying with several crossbow bolts coated with a purplish-black liquid. His gaze was fixed on the north, a cold smile playing on his lips.
"Large-scale sacrifices are the best ritual." Tang San smiled coldly to himself. "Fight, the more chaotic the better. In that blood-soaked atmosphere, my Death Warrior Pill can truly complete its final evolution. Gu Tian, this time I will not only take the Soul Ring, but also the destiny of this Dragon City."
As the last rays of the setting sun disappeared, the first mournful wolf howl pierced the sky over the snow-covered plains of the Extreme North, finally exploding in the tranquil night air.
The beast tide has begun.
Along with the darkness came a super cold wave that swept across the entire snowfield.
A fierce wind howled, and goose-feather-like snowflakes mixed with knife-like ice crystals raged across the sky, instantly reducing visibility to less than ten meters. The extremely low temperature caused the taxi drivers on the city wall to shiver uncontrollably, even though they were wearing thick fur coats, and their Soul Power circulation became sluggish. This kind of extreme weather was a natural battlefield for the ice-attribute Soul Beast of the Extreme North, but for human Soul Master, it was a huge shackle on their ability to exert their strength.
Gu Tian stood atop the city wall, his eyes gleaming with a nine-colored divine light that pierced through the heavy wind and snow.
In the last faint rays of the setting sun, he saw a dark, surging tide rushing towards him on the distant horizon with overwhelming force. It was tens of thousands of Soul Beast from the Extreme North: ice wolves, snow demon apes, and even the enormous ice elephants... Their eyes were bloodshot, and they had long since lost their minds.
"Prepare for battle!" Gu Tian stretched out a hand, then summoned his Martial Soul, and three purple Soul Ring appeared one after another beneath his feet.
With a majestic dragon roar that seemed to pierce through eternity, Nine-Colored Divine Light shot into the sky from Gu Tian's body, instantly clearing away the blizzard within a hundred meters. Immediately afterward, divine power fluctuations erupted from all parts of his body, causing all Soul Master to tremble.
His right arm was instantly covered in crimson, lava-like dragon scales, the intense heat distorting the air—that was the Fire Dragon King Right Arm Bone. Simultaneously, a chilling, azure aura rose from his left arm, crystal-clear ice dragon patterns Bind around it, seemingly capable of freezing time and space—that was the Ice Dragon King Left Arm Bone. One red, one blue, the extreme powers of fire and ice converged in his arms, yet, under the harmonizing influence of the Dragon God's divine nature, achieved a strange and perfect balance.
The most breathtaking scene then unfolded. A holy golden light suddenly erupted from the spine behind Gu Tian, and a pair of enormous golden wings burst forth from his back. Each feather seemed to be condensed from the purest light element, exuding a sacred and inviolable aura of judgment—that was the External Soul Bone of the Light Dragon King: Sacred Radiance Golden Wings!
This time, Gu Tian did not conceal his aura, but unleashed his full power, which stunned the Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er sisters behind him. They never imagined that Gu Tian had become so powerful—a powerful divine-level Martial Soul, three deep purple Soul Ring, and three Soul Bone, including an External Soul Bone that allowed him to fly!
On the north gate side, in order to guard this vital passage leading to the heart of Heaven Dou, the garrison consisted of only Gu Tian and his group. Facing this beast tide that was capable of flattening the entire city, they could not afford to be negligent in the slightest.
" Chiyan Sister, Tide Sister, stop hiding! Give these beasts a shock from the progenitor!"
"Hmph, I couldn't wait any longer!"
With two sharp shouts, an extremely piercing cracking sound emanated from the space above the city wall.
"Snap--!"
Under the shocked gaze of the entire city's garrison, including Tang San, who was far away at the West Gate, and Yu Sanjin, who was anxiously directing operations, a huge, pitch-black rift was torn open in the void above the North Gate by two slender yet powerful hands.
Immediately following, two high-pitched, sacred, and destructive dragon roars shattered the swirling snow!
Two enormous beams of light, one red and one blue, descended from the crack. The crimson flames instantly evaporated the surrounding blizzard, and a hundred-meter-long, crimson-gold dragon, its entire body engulfed in red lotus karmic fire, hovered in the clouds—the Fire Dragon King Blazing Flame, return to its rightful place!
On the other side, icy blue divine light froze time and space, and an ice dragon with scales as clear as sapphires and wings that blotted out the sky, exuding extreme cold, appeared— the Ice Dragon King Tide!
"My God..."
On the west gate, City Lord Yu Sanjin was so shocked that his pipe fell to his feet. Staring blankly at the two colossal figures resembling gods in the direction of the north gate, he exclaimed in a hoarse voice, "These... these Titled Douluo seniors are truly something else! Their Martial Soul are so powerful, even the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon would have to call them ancestors!"