Outside Blackwater City, the war still raged.
An hour had passed since the battle began.
The defensive lines outside Blackwater City had collapsed along their entire length.
Beyond the City-Protecting Grand Formation lay a tide of Origin Beasts that blotted out the sky and covered the earth, along with countless bursts of exploding light.
Boom, boom, boom...!
Under the enemy's frenzied onslaught, the aqua-blue City-Protecting Grand Formation rapidly consumed its energy.
Its once rich, deep blue light had now grown dim.
The formation's light barrier trembled, and with it, the ground and city walls inside...
All shook violently.
As they gazed at the boundless beast army beyond the light barrier and the formation's increasingly dim barrier,
the eyes of the tens of thousands of Blackwater Army soldiers in the city could not help revealing tension, apprehension, and even terror.
They did not fear fighting the Barbarian Tribe Army head-on.
Yet they felt fear before this seemingly endless beast tide and the hopeless despair of seeing no way forward.
Crack...!
At some unknown moment, the first crack appeared in the City-Protecting Grand Formation.
Then.
Crack, crack...!
More and more cracks spread across the formation's light barrier like a spiderweb.
The scalp-prickling sounds of shattering
mingled with the increasingly frenzied beast roars and explosions beyond the light barrier.
"No! The City-Protecting Grand Formation can't hold out! They're about to break through!"
"We're finished! We can't stop these Origin Beasts!"
"Can we really not hold Blackwater City?"
Although the soldiers in the city had long since formed an Army Formation and prepared the tightest defenses,
panic still spread like a plague at that moment.
In the air, Xiao Lie and Deputy Commander Lin, still locked in fierce combat with the Barbarian Tribe commanders, saw what was happening below.
Both their gazes dimmed.
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