Deep in the night, endless darkness pressed down upon the land.
Wushan Village was enveloped in an orange glow, surrounded by a layer of white frost.
On the pale city walls, Wei Fan, Lu Qingshan, and Shi Meng all wore grim expressions.
The Monstrosities that appeared were simply too numerous, a dense mass, at least a hundred of them.
"Damn it, how can so many Monstrosities appear!" Despair flashed in Shi Meng's eyes.
The Calamity of Strangeness they had anticipated was only supposed to involve facing multiple Monstrosities, but if a hundred appeared at once, anyone would feel powerless and despair.
"No matter what, prepare for battle!" Lu Qingshan gripped his steel saber, his muscles bulging, transforming him into a hulking man over two meters tall.
Wei Fan also drew his Flame Cloud Saber, his black hair suddenly growing long and flowing as if in a wind, his body taking on a dark, lustrous sheen, a Tiger Stripe faintly appearing on his forehead.
Roar!
The first Monstrosity leaped onto the city wall. It resembled a leopard, entirely dark red, as if its skin had been peeled off, revealing its muscle fibers and blood vessels, a truly terrifying sight.
"Die!"
Lu Qingshan charged forward, bringing his saber down.
However, a flash of saber light was faster than his. It was Wei Fan, wielding the Silver Light Saber Art.
Swish!
The leopard-like Monstrosity was split in two.
"Your saber skills have reached this level?" Lu Qingshan was extremely surprised.
The speed Wei Fan had just displayed was too fast even for him to react.
Wei Fan nodded. With the Calamity of Strangeness approaching, he saw no need to hide his strength.
What puzzled him, however, was that after killing this Monstrosity, he didn't receive any Energy Points.
"Did I not kill it?" Wei Fan looked at the leopard-like Monstrosity's severed halves, which were gradually turning into black smoke and dissipating.
Several more Monstrosities leaped onto the city wall. Lu Qingshan and Shi Meng also joined the fight.
Wei Fan noticed that after these Monstrosities were killed, they immediately turned into black smoke and vanished, as if they had never appeared.
"These Monstrosities might just be puppets!" Wei Fan surmised.
Roar, roar, roar—!
By now, dozens of Monstrosities had leaped onto the city wall.
"This is bad, stop them quickly!" Lu Qingshan urged.
"Kill!" Shi Meng's eyes were red with battlelust as he fought desperately against the invading Monstrosities.
Wei Fan employed the Chasing Wind Nine Steps, his movements like a phantom, killing a Monstrosity almost every second.
But even so, quite a few Monstrosities managed to break into Wushan Village.
At this point, the Night Watchers, who were in the Strength Training Realm, also joined the battle.
But their cultivation was too low; they were no match for the fearless Monstrosities.
Kill!
A Night Watcher thrust his saber into a Monstrosity's mouth. The Little Flame Talisman on the hilt ignited, emitting a red glow.
However, this attack caused no damage to the Monstrosity. Instead, it enraged the creature, and in the next moment, the Night Watcher's throat was bitten off.
After killing the Night Watcher, the Monstrosity swallowed its entire body whole.
Then, its belly swelled, and its body expanded further, as if it had become stronger.
Roar!
The evolved Monstrosity let out a roar, and behind it, an endless stream of Monstrosities surged forward.
Within a few breaths, all the Night Watchers were dead, killed by the Monstrosities' jaws.
Seeing this, Lu Qingshan and Shi Meng felt a sense of powerlessness well up within them.
Lu Qingshan, in the Blood Rage Realm, could fight off three to four Monstrosities alone, but Shi Meng was only in the Divine Strength Realm. If he were surrounded, he could easily fall.
"Damn it, there are too many!" Wei Fan's saber flashed, once again severing the head of a Monstrosity.
These strange beasts could only be truly killed by destroying or severing their heads.
Wei Fan alone had killed twenty Monstrosities, yet he still couldn't stop their invasion.
Boom!
Monstrosities began to break through the mud and straw houses, relentlessly harvesting the lives of the villagers.
When it rains, it pours.
Just then, Shi Meng let out a scream. A Monstrosity had torn a large chunk of flesh from his right arm. Blood gushed out, revealing bone.
At that moment, another Monstrosity lunged from the side, its ferocious jaws aiming for Shi Meng's neck.
Caught between attacks, Shi Meng struggled to defend himself, on the verge of being bitten to death.
Pfft!
A powerful stream of air shot out, piercing the monstrous creature's head.
It was Wei Fan using "Gun Finger" from the "Qi Explosion Fist" technique, compressing and firing the qi from his internal air sacs to kill a Monstrosity from a distance.
Seizing this opportunity, Shi Meng also broke free from danger and fled into the distance.
"Xiao Fan, thank you!" Shi Meng looked at Wei Fan and nodded solemnly.
Then, he took out a white porcelain bottle from his bosom. It was an Explosive Secret Medicine obtained from a Talisman Master, capable of enhancing strength for a short period.
Now, facing hundreds of Monstrosities, life and death were a matter of an instant. Shi Meng couldn't hesitate. He uncorked the bottle and downed the secret medicine in one gulp.
Boom!
A surge of fiery blood qi erupted from Shi Meng's body. His aura was now on par with Lu Qingshan's.
"Beasts, come again!" Shi Meng's aura greatly increased as he charged back into the pack of Monstrosities.
Seeing Shi Meng out of danger, Wei Fan held his breath and focused on his surroundings.
Thirteen Monstrosities advanced in a fan formation, forcing Wei Fan into a dead end against the city wall.
At the same time, Shi Meng and Lu Qingshan were also surrounded and attacked.
All three were in perilous situations simultaneously!
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