174 The Beast Tide Begins (2/2)

As they drew near, the earth trembled. Standing on the stronghold, Wang Baole could feel the growing tremors traveling through the mountains under his feet.

In the skies, swamps of ferocious beasts gathered like a dark thunder cloud and approached with the Beast Tide on land. They were like a great flood threatening to sweep away and destroy everything that stood before them.

This was Wang Baole's first time witnessing a Beast Tide and his first time seeing such a huge horde of beasts. He did a rough count, and the number of beasts likely exceeded a million!

Even the weakest-looking beasts in the horde could rival one at the Physical Seal level, not to mention the many others who gave Wang Baole an impression of facing off a True Breath realm cultivator!

Such a sight not only blew Wang Baole's mind, it also sent fear deep into the cultivators from the four Dao Colleges who were participating in their first Beast Tide.

It was then that a thundering bellow, brimming with violence and ferocity, rose from within the stronghold, from the big-bearded commander-in-charge.

”Such a puny Beast Tide. Give them a salvo of our Fire God Cannon and show them what we've got!”

Big Beard's words resounded throughout. Beyond the stronghold, on each platform where the hundred-odd Fire God Cannons sat, the warriors gathered around the cannons and fired.

The entire stronghold shook violently. A roar like thunder rose from the hundred or so Fire God Cannons. As the sound shook the air, explosions burst forth from the cannons.

The explosions were followed by what seemed like a roar from a metal beast. As the hundred Fire God Cannons fired at the same time, beams of light exploded into being. The beams of light were infused with thick Spirit Qi and gave off a spirit force that was fearsome beyond measure. Even a True Breath realm cultivator would not survive such a cannon blast; they would instantly be disintegrated!

And now, more than a hundred Fire God Cannons fired at the same time, the power of which was beyond immense; it shook one to their very core!

Wang Baole watched as the hundred beams of light blasted out and, with stunning speed, hit the Beast Tide. The heavens shifted in an instant, while the earth rumbled. Waves of air rolled outward, like a tornado sweeping through the stronghold, sending everyone's hair into a mess. Wang Baole's breathing hastened. His ears were pounding, and he stared at where the light beams landed. The expanse of jungled ground was completely disintegrated.

One following another, the beasts let out savage howls and turned into dust!

The sky seemed to darken. One giant took a direct hit from a cannon blast and collapsed instantly!

Almost a third of the fearsome beasts in the air were wiped out by the Fire God Cannon blasts. In a short span of time, the Fire God Cannon blasts ceased. The battleground was an expanse of scorched land, and the Beast Tide had been scattered by the blast. The vicious howls and blood lust of the surviving beasts did not dissipate, however. The horde, thinned out, moved more quickly. They headed straight for the stronghold.

”A mindless mob!” Big Beard snorted and barked out an order.

”Fire God troops, fire at will! Target the bigger beasts—I want them all exterminated!”

”The First Army, dispatch immediately!” The military officers executed Big Beard's commands. Soon, Wang Baole could see a hundred thousand warriors surging out from the stronghold gate!

The hundred thousand warriors donned armor and held Dharmic Artifacts. As the bloodlust in the air became palpable, the Combat cultivators from the four Dao Colleges rushed out as well. They clashed with the beasts on the grounds before the stronghold, and… a massacre began!

The Fire God Cannons fired here and there. Their targets were the twenty-odd-meter tall beasts. The situation on the battlefield seemed volatile. However, in reality, the Beast Tide was crumbling and disintegrating rapidly.

The Array Formation cultivators as well as the Beast Taming cultivators from the four Dao Colleges stepped in as well. The battlefield was thrown into earth-shattering chaos. Wang Baole and the other Divine Armament cultivators had their own tasks; they were to repair the Fire God Cannons under their respective charge and made sure that the cannons stayed at peak condition.

Chen Yutong led the tense Zhou Penghai and a Sun Fang who was breathing heavily to take care of twenty Fire God Cannons. Wang Baole himself was charged with ten cannons.

Wang Baole made his way from one platform to the other, inspecting the cannons while keeping an eye on the battlefield. The roars of beasts and humans, as well as blasts of explosions, resounded in his ears. He slowly calmed himself down from the earlier shock. Battle lust rose to take its place. With a wave of his hand, nine mosquitoes appeared. They dashed out from within his palm toward the battleground.

Let's test out the bite of my mosquitoes. The skin of the beasts looks thick and furry. Not sure if this will work…