No One Leading Them

"Hall Master Yang was probably right. Elder Huang must be at the center of Sunset Forest, keeping the high-level Soul Beasts there in check. But there should be six high-level Soul Beasts in the forest, and the Grand Elder detected only five. That means Elder Huang has already killed one," Dugu Bo said as he landed on the city wall.

"Even without the high-level Soul Beasts, this Beast Tide is still enormous. Nearly ten thousand Soul Beasts are charging this way. How should we deal with them?" Emperor Xue Ye asked.

"There's only one way: kill them all. But most of the Soul Masters who volunteered to defend the city haven't reached the Soul Emperor level. We have too few high-level fighters. This will be a hard battle. We should ask the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for support," Prince Xue Xing said.

"Yanran, my dear niece, it's time for you to show what you can do. Leave through the north gate at once and head to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to request their support. Then go to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan," Yang Fanglin told Bai Yanran.

"Yes, I'll go now." Bai Yanran released her Martial Soul, the Sharp-Tailed Swift, and immediately activated her Fourth Soul Skill, Extreme Speed Meteor, flying toward the north gate.

"Let me give them an appetizer." Dugu Bo leaped from the wall. The Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor appeared behind him, and his Fourth Soul Ring lit up beneath his feet. "Fourth Soul Skill—Jade Phosphorous Serpent Miasma!" Blue-purple mist poured from the serpent emperor's mouth and rolled toward the oncoming Beast Tide. The mist was fiercely corrosive. It swallowed great numbers of the Soul Beasts at the front, stripping them to white bones in an