The First Night's Monster Tide, Astonishing Killing Efficiency, and a Surge in Resources!

[Bite!]

At that moment, a grand system notification rang in everyone's ears.

[Attention all Pioneer! An expansion update is coming soon, and a one-hour time stop will be enabled!]

[During the time stop, all units except the Pioneer will be stationary and unable to attack.]

[Remaining time: 59 minutes and 59 seconds...]

As the prompt ended, a mysterious force instantly swept across the entire Land of Mist.

All the lords felt that everything around them had stopped.

It was as if the pause button had been pressed instantly; the rolling fog, the dust in the air, even the smells and sounds disappeared.

They stared blankly at everything around them, disbelief in their eyes.

At the same time.

Shen Xing sat in her wheelchair, silently looking around.

Like other lords, the entire territory remained stagnant.

Whether it was the soldiers gripping their weapons and standing ready for battle, or the Shadow Dragon soaring through the air with their giant wings spread, they were all frozen in place.

Even the sacred tree in the center of the territory calmed down, and the Lotus Pond Water was frozen in place.

All around was quiet, with only the sound of my own breathing in my ears.

"Is this... time stopping?"

"That's outrageous... If I had that ability, wouldn't I be able to do whatever I wanted?"

Shen Xing thought to himself with a smile, then looked at the red-haired mage beside him.

He immediately saw that she was looking down at him, her eyes filled with a sickly heat.

Shen Xing was terrified, thinking the time-stop function had malfunctioned.

However, after waving in front of Leina and finding that she didn't react, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Thank goodness, I thought the time-stopping ability wouldn't work on her."

Shen Xing smiled and shook his head, looking at the red-haired mage's current appearance, a mischievous thought couldn't help but rise in his heart.

Then he reached out and pinched her fair, pretty face, and then gently pinched her waist twice.

After satisfying his urge to pat her, he went to Onyxia and slapped her pert buttocks twice.

"Slap! Slap!"

I must say, it feels pretty good in the hand.

At that moment, the dragon girl turned her head, her face full of shyness and confusion. "Dragon Lord... what are you doing?"

"Uh... sorry." Shen Xing replied subconsciously, then suddenly realized something. "Wait, why weren't you stopped by time?"

Onyxia replied blankly, "I... I don't know either..."

After a brief moment of surprise, Shen Xing quickly realized what was happening.

After all, this dragon girl was resurrected by possessing the Demon Blade, and has a dual identity as both a human from Blue Star and a hero.

This time stop will not work on the Pioneer, so Onyxia is naturally not included in its scope.

At that moment, the dragon girl touched her buttocks and asked shyly, "Dragon Lord... do you want to... do it with me here while time is stopped?"

"Uh..." Shen Xing was stunned again, and quickly shook his head, saying, "No, why would you think that? I wouldn't do something so complicated."

"Okay..." Onyxia nodded gently, looking a little disappointed.

Shen Xing gave her a strange look, then gradually looked away.

Then, he prepared to experiment with some things during the time stop.

He pushed his wheelchair to the foot of the city wall and tried digging a few times in the ground.

However, no matter how they dug, the soil on the ground did not change at all, as if it had been fixed in place.

Then he tried stepping on the traps a few more times, but they didn't trigger.

"As expected, during the time stop, although we could still move, we couldn't change anything."

Shen Xing pondered to himself, then looked at the billowing black mist in the distance. "If that's the case, can this gray mist still affect us?"

As everyone knows, the fog in the Mist World poses a deadly threat to these lords.

Apart from the indigenous people, they could only walk and explore the area using lanterns.

However, since time is currently frozen, will these fog effects fail?

With that in mind, Shen Xing decided to go and give it a try.

Of course, he wouldn't do anything reckless.

Instead, he raised the Lotus Lantern, pushed the wheelchair, and slowly approached the edge of the firelight.

Just as he stepped into the mist, it was as if he had hit an invisible wall and was bounced back.

It was as if an air wall had been erected between the edge of the firelight and the mist.

Clearly, the system had already taken this into account.

"Alas, what a pity."

Shen Xing sighed and had no choice but to obediently retreat back to the city wall and wait silently.

Time passed slowly, and soon an hour had gone by.

As the countdown reached zero, a grand announcement rang in everyone's ears once again!

[Ding! This update is complete. Resource points near your territory have been refreshed.]

[The Allies feature and the Pioneer Ranger class change feature have been updated.]

[The crimson fog is approaching; the first night's strange tide is about to arrive!]

[All lords, prepare yourselves for the first challenge!]

Chapter 259: The First Night of the Strange Tide - Astounding Kill Efficiency and a Surge in Resources!

As the notification ended, the world seemed to have been unfrozen and resumed its normal rhythm.

The soldiers resumed their operations, and heavy breathing filled the air.

The Shadow Dragon in the sky continued to flap its wings, circling overhead.

The branches and leaves of the Golden Ancient Tree began to sway again, and ripples spread across the Lotus Pond Water.

The more than 3,000 combat troops across the territory still gripped their weapons tightly, their eyes fixed straight ahead.

For them, the one-hour time stop was completely imperceptible; it was just a blink of an eye.

Only Leina touched her face and rubbed her waist, looking somewhat puzzled.

Before she could think further, her gaze was drawn to the scene in the distance.

In the light of the Bonfire, one could see the billowing black fog outside rapidly changing color.

It was as if a moving sea of blood was spreading out from some unknown region.

In just a few breaths, the black mist was stained crimson.

Looking around, the whole world seemed to be shrouded in blood mist, and even the warm orange light from the Bonfire was tinged with dark red.

"By the Beast God, the mist has changed color, just like Gorehowl's hair!" the Da Hou from the East Gate exclaimed incredulously.

Old Fordring, residing in the North District, raised his warhammer, his expression grave. "This red mist exudes a strong aura of foreboding, and the Holy Light power within me is boiling."

Everyone stared wide-eyed at the blood mist beyond the firelight, their faces grave, and gripped their weapons tightly.

They all sensed an evil aura approaching from all directions from the depths of the blood mist.

Immediately afterwards, a series of messy footsteps and crawling sounds came.

It looked as if a large number of creatures were skimming along the ground, rushing towards the territory!

"They've arrived."

Shen Xing's deep voice rang out.

Upon hearing this, all units immediately became highly alert and assumed combat stances.

Under the watchful eyes of thousands, a series of eerie figures, trailing lingering red mist, suddenly rushed into the range of the flames!

Shen Xing also saw their true appearance.

They were a group of deformed monsters, with a very peculiar appearance, looking like... like sperm.

While it may be somewhat inappropriate to say it this way, it does indeed fit the description quite well.

They have an oval head like a tadpole, which takes up most of their body, and they have no facial features, only a huge vertical mouth.

A long, thin tail trailed behind its head, resembling a tentacle.

Its entire body is a pale, corpse-white color, as if it has been soaking for a long time, and its surface is covered with a layer of mucus.

Several sperm cells were exceptionally large, the size of calves, and made a heavy footstep sound as they moved.

There are also some even stranger variants, whose tails have Degeneration and have been replaced by two pale, frog-like legs.

With his upper body swollen, he rushed towards the city wall at high speed.

"Splash..."

Numerous monsters surged out of the mist, their numbers increasing, forming a continuous, corpse-white tide.

Looking at the sheer size of the approaching horde of monsters, Shen Xing couldn't help but gasp.

"I knew this expansion was going to be big, but this is way too much!!"

"So many monsters right off the bat, most territories simply can't handle it!"

Fortunately, although there were many attacking monsters, Shen Xing's territory had not been developed in vain.

He took a deep breath and ordered in a deep voice, "Attention all troops! The number of monsters exceeds our expectations. Increase vigilance and be ready for battle at any time!"

Upon hearing this, the troops quickly adjusted their formation, preparing to meet the attack.

The artillerymen and crossbowmen on the city wall had all adjusted their attack directions.

At this moment, Shen Xing glanced at the approaching horde of monsters and quickly scanned their attributes.

[Chaos Familiars Juvenile]

[Level: 15 (Common ★★★)]

[Attributes: Strength 214, Spirit 269, Agility 195, Constitution 227]