Monsters are attacking the city, resurrecting the army! (6000)

Chapter 480: Monster Siege Arrives, resurrected army! (6000)

After finishing, Cao Xing took out two [Master-level Heart of Power].

He distributed one to the Dragon Shaman and Jod Ironfrost respectively.

The two of them respectfully accepted them.

Come to think of it, after the Battle of the Oracle ended, Cao Xing only had three of these master-level Hearts of Power left.

After taking down that white-robed priest last night, another one dropped.

There were a total of four in his backpack, and now only two were left.

If these two could successfully break through in one go, it would save him two Hearts of Power.

Vimne and Jod Ironfrost crushed their Hearts of Power together.

Then, the transformation process began.

Bursts of lightning power erupted from them from time to time.

From time to time, a heavy white frost would erupt as well.

As their aura continuously surged upwards, a system prompt appeared.

[Your territory member: Vimne has successfully transformed into a Tier 6 creature, base attributes increased by 100%, HP +100%, abnormal resistance +50%]

[Your territory member: Jod Ironfrost has successfully transformed into a Tier 6 creature, base attributes increased by 100%,

HP +100%, abnormal resistance +50%]

A smile appeared on Cao Xing's face.

The two's breakthrough was extremely smooth, requiring no extra Hearts of Power.

Moreover, this also meant that Cao Xing had gained two more master-level powerhouses!

Among them, one was even a commander-level creature!

He glanced at their attributes.

A look of satisfaction appeared on his face once again.

The Dragon Shaman Vimne's attack power reached 11,000, and counting the blessing, it was 16,000.

Jod Ironfrost was even more terrifying, with a base attack power reaching 17,000, counting [Blessing of Strength] +

[Blessing of Courage].

Directly breaking through a base attack power of 25,000.

Who could withstand a punch like that!

He said with satisfaction, "Very well, you two go to the cafeteria to eat and rest now."

"There is still a battle tonight."

The two of them, having broken through, also felt extremely excited.

They respectfully took their leave and then departed from here.

Cao Xing also quietly waited within the territory.

Time flew by, and soon it reached 23:55 at night——

There were only five minutes left until the first wave of the monster siege began.

All the combat personnel in the entire territory stood outside the city walls, ready in full battle array.

Not knowing what this so-called monster siege was actually like,

what the monsters looked like, or from which direction they would attack, Cao Xing was completely unaware.

Therefore, right now, he could only make the corresponding preparations.

The nighttime temperature was very low.

Accompanied by gusts of desolate cold wind blowing past.

Standing on the city wall at this moment, Cao Xing felt as if icy blades were slicing across his skin.

Fortunately, the Energy Station at the center of the territory was also continuously radiating heat, allowing them to withstand it.

Meanwhile,

under the control of those staff members, the lighthouse in the territory began to shift its illumination direction, shining towards the positions of the warriors.

Thoroughly illuminating the snowfields one to two kilometers ahead.

In this way, even fighting in the dead of night like this, a good field of vision could be maintained.

The territory's city gates opened.

A ferocious-looking demonic bull chariot, emitting a 'rumbling' sound, drove out from the territory.

Behind it, several catapults were also following.

Behind each catapult, seven or eight Arctic People followed closely, ready at any moment to carry more boulders and reload ammunition.

The entire territory entered a state of strict readiness.

Cao Xing watched all of this from the city wall, feeling very satisfied in his heart.

In addition, quite a few staff members were standing up there, gazing at the warriors below.

Of course, this was also permitted by Cao Xing.

After all, surviving in such a dangerous world meant that even staff members needed to master certain combat skills.

Coupled with the series of status buffs on them, even the most ordinary Arctic Person could inflict damage on Tier 4 creatures.

Therefore, their combat effectiveness was still quite strong.

Of course, Cao Xing didn't intend for them to participate in the battle either, but rather wanted them, when encountering special situations,

to possess a certain ability to protect themselves.

Right now, they could start by learning from watching these warriors fight.

This group of Arctic People, along with those villagers, were currently staring intently below the territory.

Including the Baron's mother who arrived at the territory yesterday, and that voiceless bard—Gwyneth—had also come to the city wall to watch.

At this moment, Gwyneth was still wearing an outfit with peculiar color matching, holding a lute as she stood in the wind.

For her, this also seemed to be a very interesting matter.

The time to midnight was getting closer and closer.

The warriors couldn't help but feel a bit nervous in their hearts.

Everyone remained speechless, silently waiting,

And right under this tense atmosphere, Gwyneth suddenly plucked the strings.

"Zhengzheng~"

The melodious sound of the lute slowly drifted out from the city wall.

The lute music was lingering and gentle, flowing through everyone's heart like a babbling stream, as if smoothing away the impatience and restlessness in the warriors' hearts.

Making people subconsciously calm down.

Even Cao Xing, who was standing on the city wall ready to command the overall situation at any moment, felt a sense of ethereality.

As if all worries had completely dissipated.

Everyone's gazes converged one after another on the woman performing the wonderful lute music.

Even Cao Xing gave Gwyneth a deep look.

This woman's playing truly had a unique magic.

A few minutes later, the tune finished.

The warriors snapped back to their senses, with relaxed smiles on their faces.

The Wild Boar Warriors exclaimed, "Chieftain above, this music is truly wonderful, just like lying in mother's arms when we were young!"

"The Centaur thinks so too!"

"Haha! I didn't expect there to be someone in our territory who plays such wonderful music."

The warriors continuously conversed.

Under this relaxed atmosphere, time flew by rapidly.

Soon, it reached 23:59, and a system prompt appeared.

[Attention all Survivors! The first wave of monster siege challenges is about to begin!]

[The Four Major Regions' Monster Siege Leaderboard is now open!]

[This monster siege has a total of 10 waves. Rankings will be divided based on the number of cleared waves and the clearance time.]

(Note: If the number of cleared waves is the same, rankings will be decided by clearance time.)

The moment the prompt ended, the chat channel once again sparked a heated discussion.

"This leaderboard is actually ranked based on time. This method is not very friendly to some big shots!"

"Yeah, their territories are much stronger than ours. When the system assigns them some powerful monsters, their clearance time will definitely be longer than ours."

"Brothers, does this mean we have a chance to rank ahead of those big shots? Haha!"

"What are you upstairs thinking? Although the difficulty of the monsters they challenge is higher than ours, they can definitely challenge more tiers than us."

"If we can challenge three waves, they can challenge five or six waves. They don't even need to compare time with us,

understand?"

Everyone was slightly stunned and felt that what this person said made sense.

"That's right, this ranking has both the number of waves and clearance time."

"Haha, screw all that! As long as we can be faster than those big shots earlier on, that's enough."

"Stop talking, the monster siege is about to start, everyone get ready!"

Amidst the nervous waiting of global Survivors,

time had arrived at 00:00.

A system prompt appeared.

[Attention all Survivors, the first wave of the monster siege is about to arrive, please prepare yourselves!]

At this moment, the vast majority of Survivors around the globe focused their minds.

They all gazed outward.

When everyone saw the various figures appearing in the distant snowfields, mountain forests, and ice surfaces, their gazes narrowed and they said solemnly,

"They're here! Prepare for battle!"

Meanwhile,

Cao Xing stood on the city wall and looked into the distance.

Under the illumination of the lighthouse,

he soon saw a patch of white shadows appearing in an area about three kilometers outside the territory!

Those white shadows moved extremely fast, like streaks of white lightning on the snowfield.

Their bodies were agile and slender, their fur as white as snow, and a pair of beastly eyes flashed with ice-blue cold light!

The appearance of these monsters looked like some kind of snow wolves.

"Is this the first wave of monsters? Why are they a group of beasts?" Cao Xing asked with a look of doubt in his eyes.

When these monsters approached, he quickly glanced at their attributes.

[Snow Wolf]

[Race: Beast]

[Level: Level 35 (Tier 4 Ordinary Creature)]

[HP: 48620/48620]

[Attack Power: 796~815]

[Armor: 361~385]

[Skills: Snow Sprint, Bite!]

[Talent: Beast Instinct]

Just as the system introduced, the first wave consisted of Level 35 monsters, numbering around one thousand.

Obviously, this level of enemy was completely without difficulty for Cao Xing's territory.

Thus, he directly gave the order,

"Go ahead, take care of these monsters."

After receiving the order, all the Wild Boar Warriors rushed forward; there was no need for anyone else to make a move.

And when that pack of snow wolves saw the charging Wild Boar Warriors, vicious glares likewise erupted in their eyes!

"Awoo~~!"

Patches of wolf howls rang out, and then they fiercely pounced forward.

One thousand Tier 4 snow wolves might be quite a troublesome matter for other Survivors.

But for this group of Wild Boar Warriors, just sending any two people was enough to slaughter the wolf pack!

At this moment, facing the siege of the wolf pack, they frantically waved the double blades in their hands, executing high-speed slashes!

"Whoosh! Whoosh!" The double blades in their hands were swung so fast they left afterimages, and every slash that swept past brought up a trail of bloodstains.

"Puff! Puff~!"

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Damage numbers of seven to eight thousand popped up one after another.

The snow wolves' mere 40,000 to 50,000 HP could be hacked to death by the Wild Boar Warriors in just a second or two.

A massive number of snow wolves were slain on the spot!

System prompts appeared one after another.

[Your territory member: Rabb killed Snow Wolf Lv35, Tier 4 ordinary creature, gained EXP: 1540]

[Your——]

Looking at the battle situation before him, Cao Xing thought to himself, "This monster siege's first wave doesn't seem to have any difficulty at all."

He glanced at the chat channel.

He saw that other Survivors were also easily sharing their battle conditions.

"Haha, this monster siege seems pretty simple. The first wave gave me thirty bombing rabbits. Aren't these just delivering food to me?"

"50 aquatic giant lizards appeared in my territory. After dismantling them, I can get a lot of giant lizard meat. Awesome!"

"So the first wave appearing in everyone's territories are all beasts. How does it look like the system is sending us welfare benefits."

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Just as this Survivor said, during the first wave of the monster siege, most people encountered wild beasts.

Cao Xing's territory was no exception.

After reading everyone's chat, Cao Xing analyzed, "From the looks of it, most lords encountered between 20 to 50 monsters in the first wave, with stronger ones facing just over a hundred."

"Only I faced a thousand right off the bat, more than ten times what others got."

"It seems that in my upcoming waves, the number of monsters will also be much higher than for everyone else."

"However, that's not necessarily a bad thing…"

"Dismantling all these snow wolves will yield tens of thousands of catties of meat, which happens to replenish the territory's food supply."

Cao Xing thought happily to himself.

The battle below was completely one-sided.

The Wild Boar Warriors slaughtered the snow wolves on the spot, the wolf blood gushing from their wounds staining the snow red.

Soon, the last snow wolf let out a wail and collapsed in a pool of blood.

A system prompt appeared.

[You have successfully cleared the first wave of the Monster Siege. Time taken: 4 minutes 52 seconds. Your ranking: 479

th place]

[Rewards received: Bronze Treasure Chest *3]

Seeing the treasure chest rewards suddenly appear in his inventory, Cao Xing said in surprise,

"Three Bronze Treasure Chests for the first wave? The system is pretty generous."

Then, he glanced at the rankings.

[1st Place: Liu Bo, Waves Cleared: 1, Time: 53 seconds]

[2nd Place: Wang Yuxin, Waves Cleared: 1, Time: 1 minute 12 seconds]

[3rd Place: Cheng Fenghua, Waves Cleared: 1, Time: 1 minute 15 seconds]

[4th Place—]

On the leaderboard, none of the familiar names were present.

Including Cao Xing, Bai Zhi, Wei Jianyi, and others, none of them had even made it into the top one hundred.

For this leaderboard, if the number of waves cleared was the same, rankings were determined by speed.

Someone like Cao Xing, whose territorial strength was evaluated as extremely powerful, had a high quantity of monsters spawned, making it impossible to clear them in a short time.

Therefore, with this ranking system, these powerhouses certainly couldn't be faster than others.

Of course, this was only temporary. The final standings on the leaderboard would ultimately depend on who could clear more waves.

Moreover, precisely because the system judged Cao Xing and the others to be powerful, it had arranged so many beasts for their first wave.

Just the meat alone yielded tens of thousands of kilograms when dismantled, not to mention the pelts, bones, and other materials.

Added all together, it was quite a harvest.

Meanwhile, in the chat channel, the Survivors were also filled with exclamations of surprise after seeing the names on the leaderboard.

"Holy crap, who are these top ten? How come I don't see any of the big bosses?"

"Yeah, neither Cao Xing nor Bai Zhi made the list."

"I saw Great Lord Cao Xing's rank, he's in the 400s!"

"Haha! Who would've thought? The system only spawned three wild boars for me, and I finished them off in a few hits. To be #1 for once in my lifetime feels awesome!"

Nobody took this ranking too seriously.

Because they knew that whoever could clear higher waves would be the one laughing last.

Standing on the city wall and looking at the corpses in the snow, Cao Xing quickly ordered, "All Wild Boar Warriors, drag the corpses of these snow wolves back into the territory."

"Prepare to face the second wave."

"Understood!"

The Wild Boar Warriors respectfully complied.

They quickly dragged the snow wolf corpses back into the territory and handed them to Cao Xing to be dismantled all at once.

As expected,

out of the one thousand snow wolves, a total of 35,521 kilograms of wolf meat, 1,000 pelts, and a large quantity of bones and other materials were dismantled.

All the wolf meat was hauled to the cafeteria by the Arctic People, the bones were dragged to the blacksmith shop to be crafted into light armor, and the pelts were sent to the Tailor Shop for processing.

In the blink of an eye, the pile of wolf corpses vanished without a trace.

A few minutes later,

the system prompt appeared again.

[Attention, Survivors! The first wave of the Monster Siege has ended. The first wave was a bonus wave; subsequent monster waves will have increased difficulty and will no longer drop materials…]

This notification confirmed everyone's suspicions.

The first wave of the Monster Siege was indeed a bonus.

Starting from the second wave, the real challenge began!

However, even though materials wouldn't drop anymore, killing these monsters still granted EXP, which was still great.

[Monster Siege Wave 1 completed. Would you like to start the Monster Siege Wave 2 challenge?]

(Note: The difficulty of Wave 2 will increase, the number of monsters will increase, and monster levels will rise to Level 40).

For most Survivors, the first wave or two of the Monster Siege wasn't very difficult.

Although the monsters were high-level, their numbers were low, keeping the situation manageable.

Therefore, most people chose to continue the challenge.

Including Cao Xing.

The moment he clicked "Confirm,"

two to three kilometers outside the territory, dense figures appeared.

"Hmm? Humanoid creatures appeared this time?" Cao Xing felt somewhat puzzled.

The next moment, like beasts released from a cage, those figures charged wildly toward Cao Xing's territory.

Strange, eerie shrieks could be heard from time to time.

"Meow——…"

This sound was like a beast of the night, yearning for life and blood!

As these figures drew closer, illuminated by the lighthouse,

everyone in the territory clearly saw their appearance.

They were figures wearing barely any clothes, clad in nothing but tattered shorts, their entire bodies deathly pale!

Like corpses frozen to death in the snow, without a trace of life, covered all over in livor mortis spots!

Their eyes were hollow and lifeless, yet they revealed a greedy hunger for life as they rushed forward, flailing their claws!

The appearance of these monsters was so terrifying that even the staff on the city walls felt a wave of visceral discomfort.

The Baron's Mother was already pale with fright.

Imagine in the middle of the night, in a frozen tundra, so many walking corpses suddenly appearing—any normal person would likely be terrified out of their mind.

However, among the staff, many still stood firmly in place.

They fought through their fear of the enemy, standing before several [Destroyer Ballistas (Purple)], ready for battle at any moment.

Among them was the Arctic Person, Du An.

He tightly gripped the hammer in his hand, a surge of fighting spirit burning in his eyes.

It seemed he was eager to fight these monsters!

In the chat channel, many Survivors were also spooked by these suddenly appearing monsters!

"Holy crap! What the hell are these? Why do they look like zombies?"

"What a peculiar look—if I didn't know better, I'd think a Resident Evil outbreak just happened!"

"Any scared ladies out there? Come to my territory, big brother will take care of you."

Standing on the wall, Cao Xing saw the monsters lunging forward and quickly scanned their attributes.

[Resurrected Villager]

[Race: resurrected army]

[Level: Level 40 (Tier 4 Common Creature)]

[HP: 41862/41862]

[Attack Power: 854~932]

[Armor: 341~358]

[Skills: Corpse Poison Spray, Corpse Explosion]

[Talent: Corpse Poison Curse (All attacks apply 1 stack of Corpse Poison effect)]

"resurrected army? What is that?"

Cao Xing's eyes were filled with confusion.

Although these monsters didn't have high attributes,

like wights, they would explode upon death.

Moreover, all their attacks applied a stack of Corpse Poison, making them quite troublesome to handle.

Cao Xing took a quick glance; the number of monsters spawned in the second wave was two thousand.

To him, they still posed no threat whatsoever.

Just as Cao Xing was about to order his troops forward to finish off these monsters,

several Frost Archers noticed the figures in the snow, hatred instantly flashing in their eyes!

"Damn it! It's the resurrected army!"

Cao Xing looked over and realized they were the Frost Archers who had been trained into combatants by the Tree Spirit Race early on.

He asked in confusion, "You recognize these monsters?"

The Tree Spirit Race archers nodded solemnly.

"Yes! They are the minions of the Death Dragon, Zhaitan!"

"Unlike the Ice Dragon's deceitful persuasion or the Crystal Dragon's seclusion,"

"the Death Dragon is a purely evil creature whose sole purpose is to spread death to every corner."

"The Pale Holy Tree and the entire Northern Continent were destroyed by this Death Dragon!"

"Even now, that continent is still occupied by vast numbers of the resurrected army!"

Cao Xing's brows furrowed slightly.

At the same time, he turned his gaze back to the pale corpses.

"I didn't expect… these kinds of monsters to be related to an Ancient Dragon."

Prior to this, he had already learned from his conversation with the Crystal Dragon

that among the six Ancient Dragons, most were chaotic and uncontrolled.

Only a few, like the Crystal Dragon, could control their own power or even chose to seal themselves away.

The other Ancient Dragons, due to certain reasons, engaged in rampant destruction.

And among them, the Death Dragon—Zhaitan—was the most evil dragon of all.

Cao Xing pondered, "The system actually summoned the resurrected army this time. Does this mean the Death Dragon is going to come over from the Northern Continent?"

His brows instantly knitted together tight!

If this guess was true, there would be big trouble ahead!

Currently, the Survivors were facing far too many crises.

Far away there was the Frost Dragon, Zhuoma, and nearby there was the Blood Legion.

If another Death Dragon came along, it really would be hellish difficulty.

Still… it shouldn't be that absurd.

During the time he absorbed Krakatoa's power, he had gained a piece of memory:

namely, that all Ancient Dragons had their own territories.

Under normal circumstances, it was impossible for them to allow other dragons into their domain.

And the current Western Continent was the domain of the Ice and Persuasion Dragon—Zhuoma.

Controlling the Western Continent firmly from within the Perpetual Motion Sea, it wouldn't possibly allow the Death Dragon to come over and wreak havoc here.

Just then, an uncanny thought inexplicably surfaced in Cao Xing's mind.

"But—what if Zhuoma is also dead?"

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