"Boom!"
Just then, the Deep-Sea Demonic Beasts closest to the city gate suddenly spat water bubbles at the civilians outside it in unison.
Xu Taiping had seen the water bubbles these Deep-Sea Demonic Beasts spat out before. Not only were they tremendously powerful, but they were also very likely to contain deadly poison.
Just as the water bubbles spat out by the Deep-Sea Demonic Beasts were about to strike the civilians, two men dressed as fishermen suddenly rushed out of the crowd.
The instant the bubbles shot toward them, the men turned their Gang Qi into shields and stood in front of everyone.
"Bang!"
Amid a tremendous crash, the water bubbles struck the shields formed from the fisherfolk's Gang Qi and instantly burst apart.
But the tremendous force still drove the men back together, and the Gang Qi around them weakened considerably in an instant.
"Brothers of the Red Armor Camp, we know your difficulties and why you can't easily open the gate. But rest assured, the five of us brothers from the Liu Household will hold the entrance. Once the gate opens, we won't let a single Demonic Beast into the city. Just let these neighbors inside. Don't worry about us."
The oldest of the fisherfolk, a heavily bearded man holding a fishing spear, suddenly turned and shouted up at the city wall.
Zhang Liang's brow immediately furrowed at these words.
He very much wanted to open the gate, but once Tianhai Pass's gate opened, the Sea Incineration Formation would weaken considerably, and more Demonic Beasts would inevitably seize that opening to come ashore.
"Commander, we cannot open the gate. If we sacrifice the lives of everyone in the city for a dozen or so people, we will become sinners condemned through the ages."
Another Red Armor soldier beside