When Han Xiang set up the formation, Zhang Ruochen took out all the war swords from the storage ring, a total of one hundred and seventy-two.

  "If using the Imperial Sword Technique, while wielding 172 war swords at the same time, when facing a large number of ferocious beasts, it is still possible to inflict massive damage on those beasts. Of course, this would expose the realm of the sword heart being transparent, can Han Xuan really be trusted?"

  After some thought, Zhang Ruo Chen still recalled all 172 war swords back into the storage ring and decided not to reveal his Sword Heart Transparent state for the time being.

  After meeting Chi Yao and Chen Xie Er, Zhang Ruo Chen had deeply understood the phrase "knowing people's faces but not their hearts". Although he didn't dislike Han Xiao, he still felt that he should keep some secrets to himself and not let others completely know his trump card.

  Always leave one hand, never go wrong.

  Zhang Ruochen began to inspect the defensive formation in the city of Yueji, and found that the key to the formation was located inside a sacrificial altar at the center of the city.

  In Kunlun Realm, every city and even every village would definitely have an altar.

  The altar of Yueji Cheng is seven meters high and covers a considerable area.

  Under the altar is a divine pool carved with various patterns.

  Zhang Ruochen opened the stone gate of the altar and came to the edge of the divine pool, only to find that the divine pool was filled with fresh blood. In the pool, bubbles were rising one after another, emitting a strong bloody smell.

  "How can there be so much blood?" Han Xiao walked in from outside and stood beside Zhang Ruochen, staring at the rolling and boiling blood in front of him.

  She has already inserted the banner of two defensive arrays and five offensive arrays on top of the city wall, forming seven arrays.

  "If I'm not mistaken, the blood here is that of the warriors from Yueji City. Their blood was drained by the Blood Spirit and stored in the Divine Pool, waiting for the Blood Demon to absorb it."

  Han Xiao exclaimed: "You mean that the blood-sucking demon can come to Yuexing City at any time and absorb the blood from the divine pool?"

  "It should be like this." Zhang Ruochen nodded.

  Han Yu felt a slight headache and said: "It's just a beast master, we're already having a hard time dealing with him. Now, there's another blood-sucking demon."

  Zhang Ruochen gazed thoughtfully at the blood in the divine pool, a hint of a smile on his face. "For us, it may not be a bad thing after all," he said. "Perhaps we can use this blood to hold a sacrificial ritual and break through our current realm."

  "Through sacrifice, break through boundaries," said Han Xiao.

  "That's right."

  Zhang Ruochen nodded and said, "However, we still need some ferocious beasts as sacrifices, and we need to prepare more blood to help us open the gate of human gods. It's not certain, but this might be our only chance to deal with that beastmaster. Only by breaking through the boundary can we have the power to fight."

  Han Xiang looked at Zhang Ruochen with a half-trusting and half-doubting expression, nodded slightly, and said: "Alright, I'll believe you this once."

  Zhang Ruochen handed over twenty thunder beads, two bottles of wound-healing medicine, two bottles of restorative medicine, two bottles of Taiyu Dan, and three battle maps to Han Xuan.

  He said solemnly, "The city's defensive array has been repaired by me. This resource is now given to you. I hope we can really break through the boundary through sacrifice, otherwise, Yuan Jia City may become our burial ground."

  Han Xiao took over the resources, curled up his lips and revealed two rows of snow-white teeth, smiling: "We have prepared so thoroughly, can't we defeat a beast master? As for whether we can break through the boundary or not, that's secondary."

  Looking at Han Xuan's stunning smile, Zhang Ruochen also slightly relaxed his mood, smiled and said: "You're right, let's start preparing for battle."

  Outside the city, a "rumbling" sound came, and the ground also shook slightly.

  "Here"

  Zhang Ruochen raised the ancient sword of the abyss, suddenly jumped up, directly jumping over 70 meters high, and landed on the city wall, his eyes gazing into the distance.

  On the horizon, dust flew about, a vast black mass of fierce beasts surged towards Yuanjie City.

  Those barbarous beasts were innumerable, with tens of thousands of them, just like a flood rushing forth.

  It can be imagined that without the protection of the formation, the small Yue Jie City would have been trampled into a flat land in an instant.

  "Roar"

  A four-tiered Feral Beast "Huoyun Lang" charged at the forefront.

  Its body was as high as seven meters, with scarlet flames all over its body, and a deafening long whistle came out of its mouth. From a distance, it looked like a scarlet cloud of fire.

  Huoyunlang's passage caused the ice and snow to melt, scorching the ground into blackened earth, with some rocks even melting into crimson magma.

  In another direction, a cyan giant python over fifty meters long led a group of serpent-like beasts to the lower part of Yuji City.

  A cyan giant python has a pair of fleshy wings on its back, its body is thicker than a bucket, it raises its ferocious head, as high as the city wall. It exposes two lantern-sized eyeballs, staring coldly at the two weak humans on the city wall.

  Apart from the ground, the sky was also filled with dense flocks of barbarian birds, circling above the city of Yueji, as if waiting for the Beastmaster's command.

  Roar

  "Roar"

  The sound of fierce beasts roaring and howling rose and fell in waves, spreading for hundreds of miles around.

  A slightly weaker warrior would have probably fainted from fright at the sight of this scene.

  Even Han Yu and Zhang Ruochen, who had been through countless battles, were now tense with nerves, feeling an unprecedented pressure.

  "The number of ferocious beasts has exceeded 10,000 and is still increasing endlessly, almost comparable to a beast tide. If it weren't for the protective city array, I estimate that even the capital of an inferior kingdom might not be able to withstand the attack of so many ferocious beasts. This is the power of the Beast Master."

  Han Yu clenched his fists, his face stern, and said: "Zhang Ruochen, you're right. If we were in the mountains and forests, surrounded by these barbaric beasts, I'm afraid we wouldn't even be able to withstand a single charge, and our corpses would be left with no bones intact."

  Zhang Ruochen gazed at the beast horde outside the city and said, "There are five fourth-stage ferocious beasts: Fire Cloud Wolf, Blue Wing Blood Python, Four-Armed Fierce Ape, Iron Armor Black Bear, and Lion Headed Bull King. Additionally, there are two fourth-stage ferocious birds, Dragon Eagle and Swallowing Cloud Sparrow. With the other third-stage, second-stage, and first-stage ferocious beasts, I estimate that the city's defensive array and seven flag arrays won't last much longer."

  The combat power of a 4th-order savage beast and a 4th-order savage bird is comparable to that of a martial artist at the Tianji boundary.

  There are seven fierce beasts and birds in total, which shows that the beast master attaches great importance to Zhang Ruochen and Han Xuan, without any intention of underestimating them. It is estimated that all the fierce beasts within a radius of several thousand miles have been summoned.

  An old man wearing a purple gold crown rode on a three-headed fire crow, flying from afar and hovering in mid-air, staring at Zhang Ruochen and Han Xuan standing on the city wall. A smile appeared on his aged face as he said, "Zhang Ruochen, hand over the account book now. In this situation, you won't think of resisting anymore."

  Zhang Ruochen's face remained unchanged, and he circulated his true energy to amplify his voice: "You are the Beast Master of the Four Cardinal Directions, Ling Xiansu."

  "It is I, old man." said the elder wearing a purple gold crown.

  Zhang Ruochen said: "How about we make a deal?"

  "What deal?" Ling Xiansu said.

  "With your skills in Beast Taming, you've already reached the top in the four corners of the country. There's no more room for advancement. But if you cooperate with me, I can guarantee that you'll be able to reach an even higher level and attain a higher state."

  Ling Xian Su burst out laughing and said, "I've lived for nearly a hundred years, but this is the first time I've heard such a joke. You're just a teenager, and you think you can cooperate with me? Are you qualified?"

  "You won't cooperate with me? That's absolutely the stupidest thing you'll ever do in your life."

  "I, as the State Master of Four Directions, enjoy the treatment of a national teacher. I can say that I am second to none and superior to all, with abundant wealth and resources, and also receive the reverence of countless people. What can you offer me? You are just a prince of an inferior state. Do you want me to give up a mid-tier state and serve an inferior one?" Ling Xiansu sneered with disdain.

  Ling Xian Su had lost his patience, his eyes sank, and he said: "I give you a limit of one incense stick to hand over the account book, abolish your martial arts, and I can spare your lives. Otherwise, when the barbaric beasts attack the city, you will all die without a whole corpse."

  Han Xiang was about to speak when Zhang Ruochen stopped him. He said, "The time of one incense stick is too short, we need an hour's time to consider."

  If you can drag out time, then drag it out as much as possible.

  The longer they drag it out, the more advantageous it is for them.

  Ling Xiansu said: "One hour is too long, at most you have half an hour."

  "Alright, let's discuss this and I'll give you an answer in half a time unit later." Zhang Ruochen said loudly.

  In Ling Xian's view, Zhang Ruochen and Han Xiao were already doomed to die. If they could actively hand over the account book, it would be the best thing.

  Half an hour passed quickly.

  Ling Xiansu said: "You two juniors, have you thought it through?"

  "Senior, can you give us another half an hour to consider? After all, it's a matter of life and death, and we're also very hesitant."

  "Is it really meaningful to drag on like this? I've already given you half an hour, and if you don't cherish it well yourselves, then don't blame me for not giving young people a way out."

  Ling Xian took out a purple crystal ball and infused his true energy into it.

  The crystal ball lit up immediately, emitting a purple glow, like a purple moon hanging in the void, illuminating the land for hundreds of miles around.

  "Whoosh"

  At the same time, Zhang Ruochen injected his true energy into the Array Eye, and the protective array of Yueji City immediately started to rotate.

  At the same time, on the city wall, the thirty-six flags of the formation array lit up simultaneously, bursting out with thirty-six beams of light.

  Thirty-six beams of light connected together, forming a semicircular canopy that enveloped the entire city of Yuexing in an array.

  Under the city, those barbaric beasts became brutal and emitted a fierce roar, starting a frantic attack on the defensive formation.

  A giant four-armed ape, holding a stone slab weighing tens of thousands of kilograms, attacked the city wall of Yueji City.

  "With a loud crash, under the attack of the stone disk, the brilliance of the thirty-six facet formation flags became slightly dim. The layer of formation light cover was smashed and dented, as if it were about to shatter."

  The sky, that one four-stage fierce bird swallowed the cloud sparrow, with just one breath, it completely absorbed all the spiritual energy within tens of miles.

  In its belly, surging spiritual energy transforms into the power of thunder and lightning.

  Swallowing the cloud and sparrow, a giant mouth of fiery red opens wide, and with one spit, a lightning bolt as thick as a bowl drops from the sky, striking the top of the defensive formation.

  The entire city of Yuèjí seems to be completely enveloped in lightning.

  If all the warriors in the city of Yueji didn't die and there was no formation to protect them, then just based on Yun Que's previous move, it would be enough to kill half of the warriors in the city.

  This is the terror of the fourth-order savage beast

  Among human warriors, only the legendary martial artists of Tianji Realm can rival the fourth-order savage beasts.

  "Han Yu, activate the Eight Dragon Wind and Fire Formation, first deal with those barbaric birds flying in the sky." Zhang Ruochen said this, picked up the Submerged Ancient Sword, and rushed towards the direction of the city gate.

  "What do you want to do?"

  "The attack power of those four-tiered ferocious beasts is too strong. If we let them attack, the two defensive arrays and the city's protective array will be breached before nightfall. I must kill one of them before nightfall. The arrays in the city are left to you to control, all the required spirit crystals are placed in the arrow tower, remember to respond to me at any time."

  "Whoosh"

  Zhang Ruochen leaped out of the formation's light shield with a single bound.