More than a month later.
Northern Territory, Blackwater City.
"Boom, boom, boom...!"
War drums thundered atop the city walls.
"Wooo...!"
A horn sounded in the distance.
Below Blackwater City, surging herds of beasts charged toward the city.
When the beasts drew close to Blackwater City-
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...!"
A rain of arrows blotted out the sky, while the layers of defensive works already laid out on the ground swiftly reaped the lives of these low-rank Origin Beasts.
As more and more Origin Beasts surged in from afar, growing increasingly powerful, some gradually made it past the defensive works.
Just as they began pouring toward the ground defenses-
"Humm...!"
Blackwater City's walls trembled. Atop the battlements, a great bell engraved with countless inscriptions and intricate formation patterns was suddenly struck.
"Dong, dong, dong!"
The sound of evening drums and morning bells rolled outward, spreading with a mysterious, forceful wave of energy.
As this energy spread through the beasts, it instantly scattered the subtle mental links between the Barbarian Tribe Shamans and these Origin Beasts.
The Origin Beasts fell into chaos, scattering in every direction.
At that moment, beneath Blackwater City's battlements-
An army formation of several thousand soldiers charged out in formation.
They cut through the chaotic beasts and fought fiercely with a thousand-strong Barbarian Tribe army formation that had charged out from the opposing camp.
Both sides suffered losses before sounding the gongs to withdraw.
This was the scene Gu Chenfeng witnessed from atop the city walls.
Seven days earlier.
The Barbarian Tribe's army of two hundred thousand had surged out of Northern Plains Forest.
The army split into four forces, each attacking one of the Four Towns at the border.
The Barbarian Tribe came on fiercely. In the first battle Blackwater City faced-
The momentum of the enemy's attack