Published: February 8, 2025
The attack by the Ying City Alliance was not a chaotic rush, but rather exhibited a special sense of hierarchy.
The ranged skill users were divided into two groups; one group bombarded the sky to intercept the falling humanoid crab soldiers, while the other focused on destroying the insect ladders below the city walls.
At the same time, gunfire erupted as these human modern weapons targeted the naga muscle fish archers and mutated octopuses.
Mo Ye, who had taken over command, had a clear objective: to eliminate the threats to the city walls first.
Ye Zhongming didn’t hesitate; he took out his sniper rifle, with the city-crashing beasts as his target.
Meanwhile, the Thunderstorm Tower also demonstrated its power, albeit temporarily in the form of lightning, with one of its structures assisting the "Flying Sky Ship" battle group as per the prior agreement.
Both sides launched their attacks almost simultaneously, and the collisions between them exploded moments later.
All survivors would find the apocalypse cruel and bloody, yet many were infatuated with the battles during this time.
The dazzling lights and vibrant splashes of blood intertwined in an instant, indeed possessing an alternative and bizarre appeal.
Especially in the midst of the flames, this allure was passively draped in a layer of mysterious beauty.
Skills collided with the humanoid crab soldiers, and the human warriors had great angles when unleashing their skills.
These skills struck the mutated sea beasts; if they could kill them directly, that would be ideal. However, if they couldn't, the force of the impact would still knock these sea beasts away from the city walls.
To everyone’s surprise, none of the first batch of humanoid crab soldiers managed to land on the city walls.
This undoubtedly provided a stable output environment for the other defenders on the walls, significantly enhancing their attack effectiveness.
Another part of the ranged attacks fell directly below the city walls, with some ranged physical classes joining in, using bows, short axes, and spears to target the area below.
However, those mutated sea worms had excellent defenses; most of these skills only struck the climbing dwarf mermaids. While the damage to these small beings was substantial, the sea worms rarely fell off.
The greatest victories were undoubtedly achieved by the gunmen of Ying City.
These gunmen had mostly acquired Lazy Man Magazines, and the bullets Ye Zhongming obtained were at least gray level under his efficient enchanting ability.
Combined with the perceptive eyesight of the evolvers and their powerful arms, along with the illumination from the Inner City behind them, their accuracy increased significantly.
Of course, the sheer density of the sea beast tide meant that even if they didn’t hit their selected targets, they would likely hit other sea beasts.
Thus, after a round of continuous fire, those initially imposing naja archers were heavily suppressed, suffering considerable losses.
Their bodies were insufficient to withstand such human attacks, with bullets embedding themselves one after another into their water blue or pink bodies, causing large amounts of bodily fluid to spill out.
In less than a minute of fighting, this portion of the ranged forces completely annihilated the naja archers.
However, with joy comes concern; while these naja archers were defeated by the humans, the mutated octopuses, which were also targets, proved to be exceptionally troublesome.
These soft-bodied creatures, after mutation, resembled highly elastic rubber. Standard bullets would bounce off them upon impact, and even gray-level bullets could only puncture their skin slightly before getting stuck, failing to cause any significant damage.
Only white-level firearms and bullets, or firearms class evolvers, could inflict damage on them.
Yet these monsters had massive bodies and well-protected vital spots, making one-shot kills quite rare. This rendered the mutated octopuses one of the most active sea beasts, as they also shielded the humanoid crab soldiers and continuously hurled them toward the city walls.