Lin Ming, defying the Heavens with a single spear, had slain the newly promoted and peerlessly arrogant Gold-Eating Rat Queen of the seventh tier! This was practically a mythical feat, an epic chapter worthy of being recorded in the history of the war between humanity and Mutated Beasts!
Having lost the Rat Queen's command and suppression, the horde—which had already fallen into brief chaos upon her death—lost all control entirely.
At the instant the Rat Queen died and their source of power was severed, those white Devouring Clones wailed as they melted into pools of white pus, sinking into the ground.
The remaining ordinary horde and other Mutated Beasts, devoid of a unified will and the coercion of a high-tier Lord, instinctively began to scatter and trample one another. The offensive that had previously resembled a black tidal wave instantly collapsed, turning into countless routed currents that fled in a panic toward the depths of the wilderness.
The flying Mutated Beasts in the sky also began to retreat after losing unified command and ground support.
As for those few Lord figures that had originally approached the city walls, emanating an aura of world-ending destruction... after Lin Ming killed the Rat Queen with a single spear and erupted with that terrifying, ferocious killing intent that caused even them to feel a palpitation in their hearts, they had bizarrely come to a halt.
They watched from afar for a moment, then emitted a low roar filled with dread and doubt, slowly turning about to retreat into the deeper wilderness dust with their respective groups, without continuing their assault.
It seemed that the death of the Rat Queen, coupled with the power displayed by this human—one sufficient to threaten them—caused these sixth-tier Lords to choose a temporary retreat as well.
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