The Star Luo Empire had not sent a single army to the Northern Frontier to resist the Beast Tide.
In other words...
Across the entire Northern Frontier, everywhere except Star Shield City lay undefended.
The night grew darker, and the entire Northern Frontier began to seethe-not for any other reason, but because notices about the Beast Tide had only reached some of its border villages toward evening.
Everyone frantically packed their belongings, desperate to flee for their lives. But at the speed ordinary people could travel, they probably would not reach Star Shield City even by the next day.
Yet one village was exceptionally quiet, utterly out of place amid the clamor of the Northern Frontier. This was none other than Luoyun Village, the village closest to the Star Dou Great Forest.
There were no so-called villagers!
In the center of the village's weed-choked square, a large crowd dressed in black stood in orderly ranks, white light shining from their foreheads. At a glance, there were nearly five hundred of them, divided into twenty squads, each containing men and women, young and old.
Most looked like savage demons. Their strength was meager; even the strongest were only Soul Ancestors, and a large portion had not even obtained a Soul Ring.
Before them stood twenty young figures, likewise dressed entirely in black. But the jade they wore on their foreheads looked far finer than what those behind them wore, and their gazes were resolute.
Huo Yuhao and Electrolux stood at the very front of the formation.
Although this enormous group maintained strict discipline, their slightly trembling legs, sweat-beaded foreheads, and terrified eyes revealed that they had been forced into this.
An invisible pressure constantly bore down on their bodies, leaving them unable to move.
There was another reason they dared not