Ye Zong watched the dark shapes in the distance gradually grow larger.
Once they had drawn close enough, Ye Zong waved his hand.
He gave the order immediately.
"Loose!"
In an instant, the many Heavy Crossbows mounted on the city walls were loaded and fired straight into the horde of demon beasts. Their bolts carried large quantities of gunpowder, which exploded as soon as they reached the horde.
Explosions rang out throughout the horde, mingling with the demon beasts' howls.
Yun Tian and the others had just come up when they saw the fireworks erupting among the demon beasts.
"Glory City is so much stronger now than it was back then."
"Yeah. Both the garrison and the defensive installations on the walls have grown stronger."
After the first round of bombardment, the demon beasts approached the second zone. Explosives had been buried throughout that area, along with red oil extracted from demon beast blood. Once it splashed onto a demon beast, its flames would not go out.
These measures had already drastically reduced the number of demon beasts. Ye Zong shouted,
"All elite fighters, get down there and slaughter the demon beasts!"
"Yes!"
After an unknown amount of time, the fighting gradually died down. The various families directed the collection of demon beast corpses and other treasures.
Ye Zong had just leaped back onto the city wall when Ye Xiu hurried over.
"City Lord! City Lord!"
"Hmm, is everything all right in the city?"
"Rest assured, City Lord. Everything in the city is just as it was."
"Good."
Ye Zong was just about to turn and leave when a voice rang out.
It was the voice of the person Ye Zong had been talking about earlier.
"Father!"
At that voice, Ye Zong froze, then hurriedly turned toward its source. The