The battle lasted nearly a full hour.
By the time Sha Shan's Armor-Piercing Crossbow blasted the last Six-Eyed Hound to pieces, the second defensive line lay in ruins.
"Huff... huff..."
Xiyun leaned against a Vehicle, gasping for breath. Dust and blood now covered that once-delicate face.
"So this is a tier three beast tide. It really isn't easy to hold off."
"They really are too strong."
Sha Shan spoke gravely, looking at the scattered players around him. "We lost more than half our people just dealing with these monsters."
Of the three thousand people, fewer than a thousand remained.
"Luckily, we all have Life-Saving Talismans. Otherwise, this wave alone would've cost us dearly."
Shuang Han sighed. "That just shows how strong our leader is."
"He slaughtered huge numbers of tier four monsters single-handedly back then. This tier three beast tide is nothing to him."
All three instinctively looked back toward the final defensive line.
There were no structures along that line.
Only a single Vehicle.
The Gale Ranger sat quietly there, like a great beast lying in wait.
Even so, that final defensive line was far more formidable than their first four defensive lines combined.
Because that man was stationed there.
At the rear.
"Xing Meng, when the monsters appear again, have the Drone provide some support where appropriate."
Su Ye looked at the ravaged battlefield ahead and said calmly, "I brought them here to experience how powerful tier three monsters are, not just to serve as cannon fodder."
"Yes, my lord." Xing Meng nodded.
Su Ye watched the distant rift, his eyes flickering.
Three waves of monsters had appeared so far, all of them primitive monsters.
He wondered whether civilization monsters would appear in the fourth wave.
A little over an hour later, Su Ye had his answer.
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