Published: March 3, 2025
Chapter 521: Fleeing for Survival!
"Sigh~ Daoist Zhuo, please do not get angry."
"Given the current situation, the sect has its difficulties. We should be more understanding."
"Since there won't be reinforcements in the short term, we should unite our efforts to weather this storm and firmly defend Golden Spear City."
Daoist Cangyun stood still, his brows furrowed.
Although he said this, it was clear that he also harbored considerable resentment.
Understanding is one thing, accepting is another.
“Hmph!”
Hearing this, Zhuo Mengzhen let out a cold snort and said a few angry words.
However, she eventually refrained from slamming the table; otherwise, the discussion table in the hall might not withstand it.
She looked at Liu Yu, who had his head bowed in silence, feeling somewhat frustrated.
With his character of "no benefit, no early rise," he shouldn't be so calm when faced with such "unfair" treatment!
But little did she know, Liu Yu had already started to give up and was prepared for "retreat."
Defending Golden Spear City for five years? He had no hope at all!
It wasn’t that it was impossible, but the odds of holding out for five years were too low, the risks too great.
However, despite this, Liu Yu had no special opinions about the cultivators who insisted on holding their ground.
Perseverance was commendable, but knowing when to give up was also wise!
After venting their dissatisfaction, the four began to discuss the defense of the city once more.
The awkward situation of Golden Spear City was just a microcosm of the backdrop of the beast tide's full outbreak.
There were indeed better gathering places for cultivators than Golden Spear City, but they were exceedingly rare, with most places in even worse conditions.
In the face of the beast tide, the power of the five great sects was still too thin.
Only a few months after the beast tide erupted, countless small and medium-sized gathering places were destroyed, leaving the common people homeless and suffering from the slaughter of demonic beasts.
Even large immortal cities like Golden Spear City were broken, with cultivators dying en masse.
As for mortals, their casualties numbered in the millions, with no power to resist the demonic beasts.
When the news spread throughout the Seven Nations Alliance, the cultivation worlds of multiple countries fell silent, gaining a more intuitive understanding of the dangers posed by the demonic beasts and the strength of the demonic race.
In no time, even the agenda for a joint military response accelerated significantly.
However, supported by the five great Yuan Ying sects, Chu State's situation among the neighboring countries of the Transverse Mountain Range was far from the worst.
Some small countries with only golden core forces lost more than half of their territory in just a few short months, and several small nations had already been wiped out, becoming playgrounds for the demonic beasts.
Some lamented this fate and wrote poems:
"Mountains and rivers shattered, the wind carries the drifting petals,
Life and death floating like rain on duckweed..."
A resolution to hold Golden Spear City was made, and the four major forces mobilized actively, leading all cultivators in the city to fiercely resist the demonic beasts.
Time passed quickly, and it was already the eighth month since the outbreak of the beast tide.
“Boom!!”
“Bang!!”
The roars of cultivators and the growls of demonic beasts, alongside the thunderous sounds of magical artifacts and spells, mixed together, filling the air with shouts of battle.
Various spiritual lights shone brilliantly; even at night, the surroundings of Golden Spear City were as bright as day.
Sweat beads appeared, merging into a thin stream that trickled down from Liu Yu's forehead to his eyes, obstructing part of his vision.
However, Yan Kai had no time to wipe it away; his hands continued to make spell gestures, controlling a golden flying sword, a superior spiritual artifact, directly attacking a large Earth Rhinoceros in the beast tide.