Chapter 39: Beast Tide Arrives First Update, Seeking Collection and Red Tickets

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  "Champion! Luoyang City!" Mo Gu's voice was like a loud bell, each word shaking everyone's ears like thunder. No one had expected the match to end in such a way.

  Luoyang City, the youngest city in Gyun County, achieved seventh place in the last Grand Comparison and this time it pulled down the first place of Gyun County to become the champion of Gyun County.

  This ending was not only unacceptable to the other cities in Gūyún County, but even the people of Luòyáng City found it hard to accept. One by one, they widened their eyes, their eyeballs almost popping out, their mouths agape, and they were so stunned that they didn't even notice their own saliva dripping out.

  Murong Fang's mind was a complete blank, with only Mo Gu Yun's thunder-like voice still echoing: Champion, Luoyang City! He almost didn't dare believe his ears, and even suspected that this was just a dream.

  "Haha, champion! I didn't expect that we, the Luoyang team, would be the champions! It's great, it's great!" At a time when everyone was shocked beyond words, a duck-like laughter burst out, and this laughter belonged to Qin Lang.

  Qin Lang is now extremely happy, although he is also happy that Luoyang City won the championship, but this is not the fundamental reason for his excitement. He doesn't even know what a county champion means to a city. What makes him happy is that the Grand Competition has ended and they have won the championship, which means that Lin Yun Tian's promise to himself will soon be fulfilled. In other words, he can soon become a Heavenly Soldier, and still an eighth-grade County Heavenly Soldier.

  It wasn't until a long time had passed that the people of Luoyang City's representative team finally managed to react, as if all of this wasn't just a dream, and their city had really won the championship. A thunderous cheer suddenly erupted. Everyone hugged each other, jumping up in joy. The other teams below the stage also burst into applause like thunder, although it was hard to believe, but Luoyang City had indeed become the champion.

  The people of Di Ming City were as calm as dead water, they thought that the last announced champion city would be their own, but who would have thought that it would actually fall to Luoyang City. The county's first big loss was not in the top five, and no one could accept such an ending.

  His face was as pale as death, and his red face had turned into a gray face. He could not have imagined that the Luoyang City, which he had almost ruined, would counterattack so strongly, while the Di Ming City, which had always been in the top three, did not even make it to the top five. He didn't know why it ended up like this, but he knew what kind of disaster he would face next.

  He still hasn't realized that when a city doesn't focus on improving its own strength, but instead plots to secretly harm others every day, failure is actually already predetermined.

  "The grand competition has come to an end, and the rewards for each team will be collected in Gū Yún City tomorrow. Today, after returning to Gū Yún City, a celebratory feast will be held, with the whole city reveling wildly, no one leaving until drunk!" Mò Gū Yún's face wore a smile as he loudly declared.

  "Good!"

  "Hahaha!"

  Everyone cheered up.

  "Alright! Activate the transmission array, prepare to return...... Hmm? What's that?" Mo Gu Yun was about to give the order to activate the transmission array and return to Gu Yun City, but suddenly furrowed his brow, his eyes fixed on the direction of Tian Shan mountain range.

  Everyone discovered Mo Gu Yun's movement and instinctively followed his gaze.

  A low rumbling sound came from the midst of the towering mountain range, and a distant forest shook violently, as if something was rushing towards them at high speed.

  Suddenly, Mo Gu Yun's eyes snapped open, a sharp light burst out, and he shouted loudly: "Tian Jun listen to the order, form a defensive formation, welcome the enemy. All participants are in the array, the transmission array is activated."

  As Mo Gu Yun gave the order, although most people had not yet reacted to what was happening, they still followed Mo Gu Yun's instructions and proceeded in an orderly manner.

  Suí Mò Gū Yún and the five hundred heavenly soldiers from various counties quickly formed a battle array in front of the platform, placing all participants behind the array. Meanwhile, Mò Gū Yún led the charge on horseback, accompanied by eighteen heavenly generals, standing at the forefront of the formation.

  When all this was arranged, the sounds from the mountains and forests in front gradually approached, with several ferocious demon beasts rushing out of the forest first. The dense beast group that could not be seen at a glance also poured out of the forest. Countless demon beasts rushed out of the forest and stopped advancing within less than 100 zhangs of the formation. Looking at this momentum, there were still countless demon beasts that had no space to move, and they were still in the mountains and forests, ready to pour out at any time.

  "The beast tide!!!!" It wasn't until after the formation was set up that people realized what had made the young master of Gu Yun so nervous, was actually a beast tide. And the scale of this beast tide was far beyond the small-scale beast tides that had attacked Qin Lang before. A scale like this, was no longer something that one person or a small team could contend with. The only thing that could contend with it, was an army.

  Looking at the dense and numerous demonic beasts in front of him, even Mo Gu Yun, who was always calm and composed, couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine.

  "What's going on? How can there be so many monsters rushing out of the mountains?" Mo Gu Yun thought to himself.

  A heavenly soldier approached and whispered in Mo Gu Yun's ear: "Young Master of the County, the transmission array

  "It's been activated. What's next?"

  "Order, the top players stay behind, all other participants return to the city. The heavenly army guards the formation and escorts the personnel away."

  "Yes!" The heavenly soldier quickly relayed the order, these contestants were all elites from each city, the best of the younger generation, and must be escorted away first.

  The beast tide gathered more and more in front of the formation, finally stopping its movement, but countless demonic beasts continued to roar angrily.

  Suddenly, the beast group was another burst, and a small path was separated in the middle of the beast group. A big white tiger with drooping eyes and golden pupils walked out from the midst of the beast group, taking strides.

  The white tiger walked to the beast group, looked up at the sky and let out a deafening roar. The mountains and forests were shaken by its roar, and all the beasts bowed their heads in submission. All the ferocious beasts also stood up together, looking up at the sky and letting out a loud roar. The roars rolled on, the sound waves howled, and the entire Mount Heaven range was shaking like an earthquake.

  This burst of beastly howls made people's faces turn pale and their scalps numb with fear.

  The great white tiger stopped its roar, and all the beasts also lowered their flags and drums and no longer made a loud cry.

  Suddenly, the big white tiger rushed towards the crowd and let out a loud roar. The tiger's cry was transmitted to everyone's ears, carrying a hint of intention.

  "I am the Tiger King, one of the eight great beast kings under the Beast Emperor's throne on Mount Kongtong. Today, you humans have slaughtered countless beasts of my tribe without reason. I come bearing the Beast Emperor's decree to punish your brutal human race."

  "Telepathy? This tiger is actually a fifth-level spiritual intelligence demon beast?" Mo Gu Yun was shocked in his heart, but his face didn't show any changes.

  "Hmph, you demons are heartless and beasts have no honor. You killed countless innocent civilians in my Lonely Cloud County. I didn't even come after you to settle the score, yet you demons and beasts deliver yourselves to my doorstep. Considering your cultivation isn't easy, if you retreat now, I'll pretend today's events never happened, and we'll part ways like water flowing under the bridge. Otherwise, I'll take justice into my own hands and collect your demon beast crystal core." Mo Gu Yun's voice was like a series of thunderclaps, entering the Great White Tiger's ears.

  "How cunning and deceitful humans are, not worthy of trust. Today we will avenge our fallen comrades. You despicable humans, come and meet your doom." The great white tiger let out a mighty roar towards the sky, and with this roar, all the beasts roared in unison, surging forward like a mountain flood, crushing the heavenly army that was arrayed in defense.

  "All generals listen to orders, maintain formation, must not let the beast tide disrupt the formation. Eighteenth commander, follow me to kill the enemy!"

  "Drink!!!!!!" Tian Jun also burst out a thunderous roar.

  A war between humans and beasts has broken out. After the formation, the transmission array continuously transmitted the participating team members back to Gū Yún City. The Tianjun of various cities had already received news and urgently assembled the heavenly army, ready for battle at any time. Several nearby cities have mobilized their entire army and are rushing to this place to provide support.

  The battle began, and Mo Gu Yun was like a god of slaughter, charging into the beast group alongside the Tiger King. The beast group was vast in number, repeatedly impacting the Tianjun's defensive formation, but the Tianjun were also seasoned veterans, their defensive formation impenetrable, firmly guarding the transmission array behind them.

  Mo Gu Yun was still entangled with Hu Wang, but he remained distracted by the transmission array. Seeing the last team return to Mo Gu City, Mo Gu Yun chopped a palm towards Hu Wang and took the opportunity to pull away from him. With one order:

  "Support troops are on their way, changing to a circular defensive formation." With Mo Gu Yun's order, the Tian Jun formation quickly changed, and soon, the Tian Jun formed a three-layered circular defense array inside and outside. Mo Gu Yun also stopped entangling with Hu Wang and retreated back to the array to command the battle.

  Jianmo Gu Yun retreated, and the Tiger King, who had not gained an advantage in the previous battle, was also furious. With a loud roar, he commanded the demon beasts to launch a continuous attack on the Heavenly Army.

  The heavenly army has a clear division of labor. The outermost heavenly army is responsible for withstanding the impact of the beast tide, while the second layer of heavenly army seeks opportunities to launch a counterattack and hunt down the demonic beasts. After one round of impact, the second layer of heavenly army that had previously launched a counterattack quickly gathers together to form a defensive formation. The third layer of heavenly army rapidly fills in the gaps left by the second layer. Meanwhile, the first layer of heavenly army retreats back to the third layer to recover their strength and prepare for the next round of rotation.

  Although the number of demons was several times that of the heavenly army, they only knew how to charge forward in a disorderly manner. Under the human formation, not even a slight advantage could be gained. On the contrary, many demons were hunted down by the heavenly army during the continuous charging process. After several rounds of charging, the Tiger King also couldn't hold on.

  At this moment, the relief troops from the nearest Valley Peak City and Donglin City are already visible in the distance, with a thousand city heavenly soldiers forming a neat formation and rushing over.

  The Tiger King saw that human reinforcements had arrived, and although he was unwilling in his heart, he also had to order the demon beasts to stop their charge. The Tiger King roared angrily: "Despicable and shameless humans, today's hatred I, the Tiger King, will remember in my heart. From now on, every human who enters the Heaven-supporting Mountains will be our enemy."

  "Hmph, if a demonic beast were to charge out of the mountains, we would hunt it down and kill it." Mo Gu Yun said, not giving an inch, his words sharp as needles.

  "Roar! Roar! Roar!!!" With the sound of tiger howls, the demonic beast group finally retreated back into the mountains, leaving behind a field of demonic beast corpses.

  As the demon beast walked into the mountain forest, Mo Gu Yun also let out a sigh of relief. Fortunately, this Tiger King had wisdom and knew when to advance or retreat. Otherwise, if they really fought to the death, the Heavenly Army would likely suffer significant casualties as well.

  "Regroup and take stock of casualties." Mo Gu Yun gave the order.