The Choice One Second Before Death

Battles between tens of thousands of humans and monsters often broke out on major front lines.

But here, in Crimson Crown City, nothing like this had ever happened before.

As far as the eye could see, the battlefield was utter chaos.

The human formation became more scattered as the battle continued. The outermost group had been the first to scatter, and especially once they entered the areas struck by the monsters, their chances of survival were slim.

Yet the monsters were enormous, severely obstructing their vision.

Sometimes, people fought on and on, only to realize that fewer and fewer allies remained beside them, that they had drifted farther and farther from the battle line, and that monsters now surrounded them.

The humans could only retreat and compress themselves toward the Bottom-Line Defense Ring as much as possible.

The battlefield commanders were also focused on the Bottom-Line Defense Ring.

Put simply, it was a matter of preventing the Bottom-Line Defense Ring from becoming thinner and thinner.

Aside from the Mecha Masters who had begun retreating earlier, most of those on the outermost perimeter were Fistmasters.

Of course, there were exceptions.

"Gao Jingxuan, behind you!!"

A black-haired boy in black clothes lunged over and punched the monster that had tried to ambush Gao Jingxuan, sending it flying!

"Watch yourself! You don't even have a shield—what are you doing on the front line?!"

Gao Jingxuan spun around sharply. Seeing this Subspecies team member, he immediately roared in anger!

The black-haired youth flashed a grin, revealing his white teeth.

"Because I'm strong enough for the front line!"

Gao Jingxuan swept the Fire Fan in his hand, spreading two massive flames forward and temporarily forcing back the monsters ahead. He stood back-to-back with the black-haired youth.

This was not the time to reprimand him.

"Good.