The beast tide surged forward. In this brief span, it had already charged to within three kilometers of Shrek City. The closer it came, the more clearly the terrifying number of soul beasts could be seen.
Those charging at the very front were soul beasts with roughly ten or a hundred years of cultivation. None were strong. They were the cannon fodder among soul beasts.
Of course, even this cannon fodder had combat power far beyond that of ordinary people. Anyone who was not a soul master had no way of standing against one in single combat.
"Begin activating the ground traps in batches. Prepare the Slowdown Traps, Hovering Mines, Ground Spike Traps, and Laser Traps!"
Watching the beast tide draw steadily closer, Shi Xing's gaze was cold, but he did not give an early order to fire.
What a joke. If Shi Xing had wanted to shoot, he could have opened fire when they were still fifteen kilometers away. The range of the Soul Tool Cannon Howitzers forged from thousand refinement metal was enough to let vast numbers of soul beasts die without ever knowing what had hit them!
Two kilometers!
One kilometer!
By now, large numbers of mid- and high-ranking soul beasts had begun preparing their soul skills. Once they came a little closer, their attacks would be able to reach the soul masters atop the walls!
A distance of one thousand meters was still too far for most soul beasts, especially the cannon fodder at the very front, so they still needed to draw closer.
Seven hundred meters!
Scattered long-range skills from soul beasts had already begun flying out of the beast tide toward the battlements, but Shi Xing remained unmoved.
Five hundred meters!
More and more soul beasts began gathering their soul skills, ready to storm