Late at night, a slight chill hung in the air!
The evening wind blowing from the direction of the North Sea carried a pungent, fishy smell, a smell of the sea mixed with a stronger scent of blood.
On the thick city walls, Steward Hu wore a grave expression, surrounded by nine armored men. These nine individuals possessed powerful auras, each having reached the Saint Realm. They were the nine great commanders under the command of City Lord Wang Shutian, responsible for governing all the city guards of Wanghai City.
Although their cultivation was far superior to Steward Hu's, they did not underestimate him in the slightest. They had witnessed Steward Hu's abilities firsthand, and Wanghai City's prosperity today was largely due to his significant contributions.
Steward Hu spoke, "What's the situation?"
A commander surnamed Liang said, "Although they are only Transcending Mortal Realm and Concentrating Spirit Realm sea beasts, the attack was too sudden. All the villages outside the city have already…"
Commander Liang didn't finish his sentence, but everyone understood what he meant.
Steward Hu had long anticipated that the fishing villages outside the city would be wiped out in this calamity, but he didn't expect it to happen so quickly. Although they were just mortals, they were all members of the human race. Moreover, which of them hadn't come from humble beginnings?
"These beasts!"
Steward Hu roared in anger.
"Steward Hu, I don't think this tide of beasts is as simple as it seems. Wanghai City has been attacked by beast tides before, but the sea beasts today are very different from those in the past."
At this moment, another commander spoke.
"Commander Xiao, what have you discovered?" Steward Hu asked, looking at him.
Commander Xiao nodded and said, "In the past, every time a beast tide attacked, as long as we killed them to a certain extent, they would become frightened and retreat. But tonight is completely different."
"The sea beasts attacking tonight, although only at the Transcending Mortal Realm and Concentrating Spirit Realm, are like suicide squads. No matter how many we kill, they are not afraid and keep charging at us. If their strength wasn't so weak, we might not have been able to hold on."
Steward Hu nodded upon hearing this. No matter how many Transcending Mortal Realm and Concentrating Spirit Realm sea beasts there were, they could not be a match for a Saint Realm cultivator. The phenomenon of ants killing an elephant is impossible in the world of cultivation.
"Strengthen the defenses. I'm afraid we won't be getting any sleep tonight," Steward Hu said with a heavy tone.
"Yes!"
The others responded.
Steward Hu returned to the City Lord's Mansion and reported the unusual situation of the sea beast attack to Wang Shutian.
Wang Shutian frowned slightly upon hearing this. Beast tides had occurred many times in the past, and he understood the habits of sea beasts. It was impossible for them to be so fearless. There must be something controlling them.
"City Lord, could it be because of the Beast King born this time?" Steward Hu speculated.
Wang Shutian shook his head and said, "Every beast tide in the past has given birth to a Beast King, but their strength has never exceeded the Saint Realm. With the city's formations, we have always been able to suppress the beast tide with some close calls. But this time is different. During this period, subtle auras have often emanated from the depths of the North Sea, but even these subtle auras make my hair stand on end and my soul tremble. I want to use my divine sense to explore, but I always have a inexplicable great fear in my heart, as if doing so would only lead to death."
Steward Hu's expression changed upon hearing this. He said, "Could it be that the Beast King born this time will be a Saint?"
Wang Shutian shook his head and said, "I hope not."
Steward Hu pondered for a moment and said, "City Lord, this old servant has always been puzzled by one thing."
"What is it?" Wang Shutian asked.
Steward Hu organized his words and said, "The City Lord of Wangyue City is the guardian of our Wangyue Ancient Star, with profound strength. Even if the Beast King is a Saint Realm cultivator, he is probably not a match for the City Lord of Wangyue City. Why don't you ask him to take action?"
This doubt had troubled Steward Hu for two or three hundred years. In the past, even if the beast tide was stronger, their Wanghai City could handle it. But this time, the beast tide was obviously different from the past. If it was truly impossible, asking the City Lord of Wangyue City for help would be reasonable, but from Wang Shutian's attitude, there was no intention of asking the City Lord of Wangyue City for help.
He believed that Wang Shutian would not abandon Wanghai City, so there must be another reason.
Wang Shutian smiled wryly after hearing this and said, "Steward Hu, do you think I haven't thought about it? But the guardian has the responsibilities of a guardian. He is only responsible for maintaining the balance between the challengers and us native cultivators. It can even be said that the existence of the guardian is to protect the challengers. All matters within the pass are natural evolutions of the Heavenly Dao. The existence of the Ancient Starry Sky Road is essentially survival of the fittest. The guardian will not interfere."
"So that's how it is!"
Having solved the doubt that had plagued him for a long time, Steward Hu felt a sense of enlightenment, but this feeling was somewhat disappointing.
"It's late, Steward Hu, you should go and rest. You must take care of your health. Otherwise, if you break down, no one will help me manage Wanghai City."
Wang Shutian said to Steward Hu with a smile.
Steward Hu also smiled gently, feeling a warmth in his heart. He knew that the City Lord was telling him not to work too hard, but now that it was a time of life and death, how could he rest well?
But Steward Hu still smiled and agreed, then retreated.
After Steward Hu left, the smile on Wang Shutian's face faded, replaced by a solemn expression. He looked into the darkness and asked, "How is Elder Long?"
"He is still unconscious, but his breathing is steady. He should wake up soon," a voice replied.
Wang Shutian nodded and looked towards the North Sea, muttering, "Ancient legends say that the North Sea is also known as Beiming. In Beiming, there is a fish…"
His voice became lower and lower, and even the dark guards beside him didn't know what Wang Shutian was saying.
...
Three months had passed. During these three months, there was an average of a small beast tide attacking Wanghai City every three days, all of them sea beasts below the Concentrating Spirit Realm. Although the city guards of Wanghai City were at least at the Breaking Void Realm, the number of city guards on the roster was only nine thousand. There were simply too many sea beasts below the Concentrating Spirit Realm. Even if they stood still and let them kill, they couldn't kill them all. If the nine great commanders weren't all at the Saint Realm and some of the small captains and big captains weren't weak either, they probably wouldn't have been able to defend with just the Breaking Void Realm city guards.
But even so, after being attacked by a total of thirty beast tides of various sizes in three months, everyone's spirits were like tightly stretched strings, and their hearts were under immense pressure.
They even hoped that the sea beasts could launch a general attack, so that they could suppress the beast tide under the leadership of the City Lord as they had done in the past, and then live in peace.
The entire Wanghai City was shrouded in a heavy atmosphere, except for Gu Changsheng and the others.
At this time, while Wanghai City was under a ban on leaving, Ye Hongyi, the Ancient Crown Prince of the Heavenly Peng, Gu Xiruo, and Lin Tian quietly left Wanghai City and headed towards the North Sea.
A look of amazement flashed across Ye Hongyi's face. "I didn't expect Master to pass on this peerless sword formation to us."
"Yes, yes, that's the peerless sword formation created by Ancestor Gu Sheng! I didn't expect that I would be able to personally comprehend it. I feel so excited just thinking about it." Gu Xiruo's pretty face was also full of excitement.
The shock in Tianpeng's heart was no less than theirs, perhaps even more.
That was the sword formation created by the Desolate Ancient Great Emperor!
Only Lin Tian's expression was as wooden as ever, but if one observed carefully, Lin Tian's eyes were sharper than before, like a precious sword about to be unsheathed, now hiding its edge.
This time, they were going to the depths of the North Sea to find a sea beast in the Carefree Realm to test the sword, to test the sword formation that they had jointly comprehended for ten years.
That's right, three months had passed outside, but they had been cultivating and comprehending the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation in the world created by Gu Changsheng for them for a full ten years. Now, they were about to test the results of these ten years of honing a sword.
