The western section of the city wall.
The martial artists who witnessed this scene felt an immense heaviness in their hearts.
"He is a hero," the judge suddenly said. "He faced an enemy he could never defeat, yet he did not retreat a single step."
An extremely somber atmosphere permeated the city walls.
The city lord, whose energy had recovered somewhat, said in a deep voice, "He has already given us a demonstration; now it's our turn."
Looking down at the endless horde of beasts below the city walls, everyone's gaze became incredibly resolute.
Since the ending is already predetermined, let's burn brightly!
The clones were completely bewildered by what they saw.
Why are they suddenly acting like this?
"Unbelievable."
"It seems they think Qin Ze's dog is dead."
"Hahaha! Qin Ze is dead? That's hilarious!"
"To be fair, that guy was actually kind of handsome."
"Damn it, why wasn't it me!"
"..."
At the same time, as the giant fell, the monsters pounced on the shelter again.
"Fight these beasts!"
People in the shelter stepped forward, protecting the elderly and children behind them.
As the approaching herd of beasts drew near, the fear that had gripped their faces vanished.
boom--
A beam of red light plowed into the horde of beasts, blasting the alien creatures that approached the refuge into dust.
"A mere high-level exotic beast, nothing special."
The giant Qin Ze slowly stood up.
Half of his body was gone.
His vital energy was extremely weak, but his fundamental health was not damaged.
The Flesh and Blood, built from vital energy and innate abilities, will simply disappear once they are gone.
The octopus's pupils dilated slightly.
The ants are still alive?
It felt its authority was being challenged.
This time, it will use 30% of its strength to crush the ant.
"I've already won." Qin Ze pointed to the sky. "Don't believe me? Look there."
The giant octopus turned its head away suspiciously.
But there was nothing in the sky.
[Countdown complete, spatial passage constructed, spatial gate open]
[Remaining time: 00:04:59]
[It will automatically close when the time is up]
Qin Ze breathed a sigh of relief, finally managing to stall until the time was up.
A spatial portal, tens of meters high, slowly unfolded above Jiang City.
Immediately afterwards, countless strange beasts poured into the city through the spatial gate like dumplings being dropped into a pot.
The giant octopus looked at Qin Ze in utter shock.
Void Beast?
Could they be friendly forces?
In its mind, only Void Beast possessed this ability.
But it had never seen Void Beast that looked so strange.
For a moment, the giant octopus lowered the tentacle it was about to swat out.
Upon seeing the suddenly appearing spatial gate, the city lord and his entourage frowned.
What's going on?
The Tide have already ended, so why are more and more strange beasts being released?
"Holy crap, what are you doing?"
"Traitor!"
"This is the big surprise you were talking about?"
"You want us to die fast enough, don't you?"
"..."
The clones had a warm and friendly exchange with Qin Ze.
Qin Ze smiled faintly, "Let the bullets fly a little longer."
Seeing the portal still swarming with people, he used the key to say, "Close the portal."
[Would you like to force shutdown by consuming 5 points of Source of the World?]
Qin Ze's face darkened.
Is there a charge?
"Close."
[The portal has been forcibly closed]
The gate in the air vanished instantly, and several strange beasts that had just been released were torn into countless pieces.
Immediately afterwards, spatial turbulence arose at the location of the portal, and a vortex with a diameter of nearly 100 meters appeared.
The vortex emitted a powerful suction force, forcibly reclaiming the beasts that only had passage privileges.
Hundreds of thousands of strange beasts were all sent flying into the sky, where they were mercilessly swallowed by the spatial vortex.
The giant octopus, half of which was buried deep in the ground, was also pulled out.
Its tentacles were firmly attached to the building, attempting to defy the Space Rule.
However, it only lasted a few seconds before the giant octopus was pulled up like a radish.
In the last second before being swept into the vortex, the giant octopus let out a resentful roar, glaring at Qin Ze with resentful eyes.
Liar!
You are not Void Beast at all!
As the giant octopus was gradually pulled into the spatial vortex, the vortex disappeared.
At the same time, the Five-Vortex Tide in the sky shrank into the last bit of starlight and disappeared.
The sky lost its colorful embellishments, leaving only a dazzling, swirling expanse of fiery clouds.
As the sun dipped below the horizon, the warm evening sunlight bathed the dilapidated western section of the city wall.
The Jiang City is bathed in warm sunshine once again.
The survivors who were defending the city were stunned by what they saw and remained speechless for a long time.
"We... won?"
After a moment, someone asked cautiously.
"We won!"
Bystanders shouted.
This was immediately followed by jubilation.
"We have repelled the Tide!"
"He survived."
"That's Tide are?"
Some people were laughing loudly, some were crying uncontrollably, and some were kneeling down and kissing the ground repeatedly.
The city lord wiped his wet eyes, his voice hoarse. "We won."
Without the support of any Advanced Martial Artist, Jiang City defeated the unprecedented Five-Vortex Tide.
"Six!"
"It's fully loaded, fully loaded."
Are you sure it's not open?
" Jiang City should erect a golden statue for us and enshrine it."
"I'm afraid that opportunity won't come. We are just a group of anonymous saviors."
"..."
Qin Ze, now back to his normal size, lay on the ground, listening to the noise from his clones on the Local Area Network, and couldn't help but grin.
He accomplished his task and left without a trace, concealing his merit and fame.
Just as Qin Ze was about to open his Shelter Space and leave, a little Qin Ze's face suddenly appeared in front of him.
"Brother, your mask fell off."
The little girl handed over half a black mask.
Qin Ze touched his face; only the other half of the white mask was still on.
"Thanks."
Qin Ze sat up weakly and took the mask.
The little girl blinked her big, curious eyes and asked, "Brother, how did you become a giant?"
Qin Ze raised his hand and touched his head. "When you have no fear in your heart, you are a giant."
The little girl pondered for a moment, then said firmly, "I will become a giant."
" Yaya, come back quickly!" the woman called anxiously as she ran out of the shelter.
"Mommy, I'm talking to the giant brother. He said I can become a giant too," the girl said earnestly.
The woman stepped forward and hugged her. "There's no giant brother here."
"He's right here... wait, huh?" The little girl turned around and found that Qin Ze had disappeared.
Meanwhile, the clones were already preparing to retreat.
Brother Devour, Dharma King, and Giant Overlord have all returned to their normal forms.
The city lord, who witnessed this scene, was extremely surprised.
They were able to control the mutations at will.
Unheard of.
The city lord wanted to step forward and communicate with Brother Devour.
After all, this group appeared when Jiang City was in crisis and turned the tide.
However, without saying a word, the other side jumped off the city wall, carrying the bodies of their companions and disappearing into the ruins of the city.
"Wait a moment..."
The city lord wanted to say that he had no ill intentions.
Unfortunately, the other party did not give him a chance to communicate at all.
"Shall we find them?" the judge asked.
The city lord replied, "Since the heroes wish to remain mysterious, let them be."
The judge nodded.
Gazing at the setting sun, the city lord murmured to himself, "To have escaped two crises in the same way in less than a week—is it the protection of the World Will?"
Above Jiang City, a spatial rift was torn open, and a middle-aged man carrying two swords walked out.
(End of Volume One, yay!)