The sudden explosion caught the residents of Shrek City off guard, and the Shrek students stationed at the Treasure Gathering Pavilion quickly rushed to the direction of the explosion to provide support.
Outside the city gate, the captain of the guard looked at the thick smoke billowing from the center of the city and thought to himself that something was wrong.
He shouted to the taxi drivers around him, "Leave a few of you, the rest of you come with me to the city to provide support immediately!"
Immediately, the captain of the guard waved and strode towards the city.
Suddenly, a guard grabbed his arm, pointing frantically towards the direction outside the city gate, his voice trembling as he said, "Captain... Captain, you must hurry..."
"Fast? What do you mean fast? I'm terribly slow!"
The captain of the guard slapped the guard on the back of the head and cursed.
Only then did he notice the soldier's flustered expression and glance behind him.
It would have been better if they hadn't looked; once they did, the guard captain was terrified.
The Heavenly Soul Empire soldiers, stationed dozens of miles away, abandoned their armor and fled in terror on their warhorses towards Shrek.
A cloud of yellow sand rose into the air, but behind these soldiers was a large, dark mass of objects chasing after the fleeing taxi drivers at an extremely fast speed.
The captain of the guard dared not be careless; the sudden situation made him immediately abandon the idea of entering the city to help.
Instead, he frantically ran up the city wall above him, and as he looked out, his weathered face turned deathly pale in an instant.
Countless Soul Beast bared their fangs and claws as they chased after the fleeing Heavenly Soul Empire soldiers. Some who were slower were simply pounced on and overwhelmed by the beast tide, leaving not even a skeleton behind.
The guard captain clearly saw a Blazing Demon Tiger open its massive jaws, pounce on a man, knock him off his horse, and its sharp claws rip open his belly, sending flesh and blood flying.
The human face had no chance to resist and was immediately devoured; even the warhorse couldn't escape its fate.
Upon seeing what was happening, the taxi driver next to the guard captain collapsed to the ground, trembling and stammering, "Beast... beast tide... it's a beast tide..."
The guard captain gasped sharply, forcing himself to remain calm, and kicked the soldier hard in the buttocks.
"Damn it, none of my soldiers are cowards! Get up and sound the alarm!"
The intense pain brought the soldier back to his senses. "Ah... okay, okay, Captain."
Without further hesitation, the soldiers looked at the thick black smoke in the city and the inexplicable horde of beasts ahead, and slammed on the alarm.
The piercing alarm instantly spread to every corner of Shrek City through the Amplifying Soul Tool.
The guard captain looked worriedly at the approaching horde of beasts and the thick smoke behind him, feeling as if a giant hand was manipulating everything from behind.
This seemed like a premeditated action.
Another soldier spoke up at this moment, asking, "Captain, what about those Heavenly Soul Empire taxi drivers? Should we wait for them to enter the city, or..."
The captain of the guards pondered for a moment, a resolute glint in his eyes, and said, "Close the city gates immediately! Right now!"
"Yes, Captain!"
Without any hesitation, the soldiers immediately relayed the order to close the city gates.
The heavy city gates slowly closed.
The captain of the guard could only watch helplessly as the Heavenly Soul Empire soldiers were swallowed up by the beast tide. It wasn't that he was heartless, but he had a responsibility to the residents of the city.
Given the speed at which these Heavenly Soul Empire soldiers flee, the tide of Soul Beast would likely surge into Shrek City the moment they entered the city gates, resulting in even more severe casualties.
He wouldn't joke about the suffering of ordinary people.
"Captain, you've done a great job. Now you can leave the rest to us."
Suddenly, the captain of the guard heard a gentle voice behind him.
Turning around, they saw Yan Shaozhe and Cai Mei'er from the Shrek Academy.
The deans and vice-deans of their Martial Soul Department and Soul Tool Department rushed towards Shrek City the instant the explosion occurred.
On their way there, they were surprised to find that a small-scale beast tide had formed, so they had to split into two groups.
The guard captain immediately clasped his hands respectfully and said, " Dean Yan, Dean Cai."
"Um."
At Yan Shaozhe's signal, the guard captain immediately stepped back and began to direct the panicked taxi drivers.
Just then, Jiang Nannan climbed the steps to the city wall.
After bowing to the two, Jiang Nannan stood on the city wall and surveyed the current situation.
Jiang Nannan is now in charge of the Treasure Gathering Pavilion, and almost all the powerful Soul Tool in the city are under the Treasure Gathering Pavilion's control. She received Yan Shaozhe's message immediately.
Because all of this was within Huo Yuhao's expectations, Jiang Nannan had already prepared everything in secret.
Yan Shaozhe frowned and asked, " Nannan, how is it? Can the Soul Tool equipped in the city stop this beast tide?"
Jiang Nannan nodded, looking at the blood-red eyes of the Soul Beast, and said, "There are probably several thousand Soul Beast Soul Beast. They must have been attracted by something, otherwise they wouldn't have acted this way without the Beast God's order."
Hearing Jiang Nannan's analysis, Yan Shaozhe nodded in agreement.
Yan Shaozhe was about to speak, Jiang Nannan added, " Dean Yan, don't worry, I've already arranged for people to find the source attracting the Soul Beast. The Soul Guidance Paralysis Ray around us are all ready. I estimate that after paralyzing these Soul Beast for half an hour, they'll retreat on their own."
Hearing Jiang Nannan's words, Yan Shaozhe breathed a sigh of relief.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw that the Shrek Academy members had already lined up on the city wall, each holding Soul Guidance Paralysis Ray of at least level six.
Even Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast would be immobilized in place for at least half a minute if hit by this Paralysis Ray, which is extremely terrifying.
Furthermore, these Soul Tool have been improved so that they can be launched simply by equipping Milk Bottle, and many taxi soldiers without Soul Power also got into position at the same time.
The horde of Soul Beast in the distance also arrived at the city's gates at this moment, and all the Heavenly Soul Empire soldiers had already perished.
"Emission!"
Jiang Nannan waved her hand, and countless Soul Guidance Ray poured out, followed by silence.
The Soul Beast below the city were all frozen in place, not one of them moving.
Yan Shaozhe couldn't help but sigh, "The younger generation truly surpasses the older; it seems that Soul Tool are indeed worth developing."
"I never thought you, Yan Shaozhe, would praise Soul Tool one day. I thought you were really out of touch with reality." Xian Lin'er's voice suddenly rang out, followed by Qian Duoduo.
Yan Shaozhe frowned and asked in confusion as he looked at the two people who had appeared, "You two...?"
Xian Lin'er dusted off her hands and said, "We've found out. It was a few disciples from the Body Sect who infiltrated the city and planted Soul Guidance Bomb. Fortunately, these Soul Guidance Bomb weren't very powerful, and they didn't cause many casualties."
Qian Duoduo sighed helplessly and added, "Unfortunately, they all committed suicide by poison the moment they were caught, and we didn't get any clues."
Cai Mei'er pondered for a moment, then said in a low voice, "It's probably for revenge. Xuan Zi Du Busi Undying in order to bring those little ones back, and now he holds a grudge."
Everyone nodded in agreement with Cai Mei'er's statement.
"However, this little bit of chaos won't have much of an impact on Shrek. We'll see what their Body Sect thinks..."
Suddenly, as if they had realized something, they shouted at the same time, "Oh no!..."
They all turned to look in the direction of the Shrek Academy, Yan Shaozhe and the others immediately sensed dozens of powerful auras inexplicably appearing within the Shrek Academy.