Outside the Abyss Passage, alarms suddenly blared through the Blood God Legion's encampment.
Red warning lights lit up one after another among the barracks. Soldiers rushed out of the barracks, mess hall, and training grounds, hurrying to their assigned posts.
"Level three this time?" Cao Dezhi's eyes showed his confusion as he saw the intensity rating of this Abyss Tide.
"What level was it usually? Level one?" Qian Renxue asked.
"Generally, an Abyss Tide ranges from level one to level two. The barrier where we were just now can withstand those completely. That's the norm. But roughly every few decades, the Abyssal Creatures launch an all-out war. Only then does the Abyss Tide reach level three."
Cao Dezhi explained, "Those are always our most difficult moments. Of course, that's when several major passages fall into crisis at once, leaving us no time to send reinforcements."
Inside the command center.
Yin Hongye and Mu Hongchen had not gone down into the passage. Instead, they stood before the surveillance screen. It displayed live footage from inside the passage, divided into more than a dozen windows. Some showed the entire passage, others showed the defensive lines at each level, and several had switched to the area where Di Qiuer and the others were.
On the screen, they had already withdrawn to the second defensive line.
Heavy defensive equipment had already entered the battlefield. These Soul Tools had been prepared long ago, and rows of defensive arrays rapidly took shape. Everyone moved in perfect order, without panicking over the Abyss Tide's sudden rise to level three.
"Level three." Yin Hongye glanced at the information on the data board, his tone flat. "That does make things a little interesting."
Cao Dezhi stood nearby, his brow tightly furrowed. "I hope the emperors of the top ten