Ouch!

  A thick, cold black fog swept across the land, as if this world had transformed into a ghostly realm at this moment. Countless rustling sounds came from within the fog, and many extremely twisted silhouettes could be vaguely seen moving about within it.

  One by one, malicious gazes fell upon the fresh flesh within the stronghold.

  Li Luo, Jiang Qing'e and others stood on the high wall of their stronghold, looking solemnly at the distant black fog that was spreading. As they had expected, when the catastrophic alien appeared, it would also bring many other aliens with it.

  This scene is truly a siege of ten thousand demons.

  At the top of the high tower in the center of the stronghold, there is a huge light cover like an inverted bowl, which protects the stronghold within it. The faint light screen gives a small number of students a sense of security.

  But how long this sense of security can last, no one has an answer in their heart.

  Dou Ze Hong Lian also walked onto the high wall at this time, and after half a day of cultivation, her strength quickly recovered. At this moment, she looked into the distance at the vast black fog, and some fearful colors flashed across her eyes. Her voice was somewhat hoarse as she said: "It's indeed that great calamity, I felt its evil intention."

  "This great calamity's power is extremely terrifying. Previously, when we encountered it, I was in contact with it for an instant after being cut off, and its evil intent invaded my body, forming a deep-seated contamination."

  "Our strength is simply not on the same level."

  Li Luo didn't find it unexpected, because the two sides were never on the same level to begin with. Da Ze Hong Lian was just a beginner in the Earthly Hades, but this Great Calamity was equivalent to the peak of the Heavenly Punishment General's strength.

  "You can escape back, it's probably what it wants you to lead the way for it." Jiang Qing'e said calmly.

  Dou Ze's face changed slightly, but he didn't refute her. Jiang Qing'e's words were harsh and realistic, but this might indeed be the truth. Otherwise, with that "Smiling Face Demon"'s overwhelming power, the probability of her escaping was probably not very high.

  "What's next?" Totsuka Kurenai asked indifferently.

  No matter how bad the relationship between them is, after all, they are now on the same boat. If those alien monsters really break through their base, no one here can survive alone.

  "First, rely on the strongholds to defend, these days we have also made some preparations, let's try to block this giant disaster monster for as long as possible, if we can hold on until the reinforcements arrive, that would be best." Li Luo said.

  "Although it's a bit of a blow to say this, I think you'd better not hold onto such expectations." Tsurezure Kurenai said in a low, mysterious tone.

  Li Luo was stunned, and the war intent of Da Ze Hong Lian was very low. This should be because they had personally witnessed the horror of that giant disaster beast, but now in this situation, apart from going all out to resist, what else could they do?

  Is there another way?

  Could it be possible to actively open the stronghold and surrender directly?

  Stop joking around.

  As they spoke, a commotion suddenly broke out within the fort, and Li Luo and Jiang Qing'e turned their gaze towards it. Their pupils then constricted as they saw a rolling black fog gathering in the sky, gradually forming into an enormous laughing face.

  Li Luo and others were no strangers to that smile, because in recent days they had been driven somewhat neurotic by this eerie grin.

  The black figure's smile slightly swayed in the sky, overlooking the base within. In those dark eye sockets, an aura of extreme evil seemed to emanate, and with just one glance, it instilled boundless fear in people's hearts.

  Hiss!

  The smiling face in the sky let out a piercing laughter, but it didn't seem to have any intention of communicating with anyone. As its laughter echoed, suddenly, countless strange creatures emerged from the thick black fog like a tidal wave.

  Those aliens are mostly low-ranking aliens, strange and grotesque in appearance, looking terrifying and distorted.

  The smiling face demon directly launched an attack.

  Hehe!

  Countless alien creatures rushed in, first colliding with the light shield that enveloped the base. Upon contact, the light shield didn't budge, while the charging aliens were instantly disintegrated into a wisp of faint black smoke.

  Many students secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and the defense at the checkpoint was still quite reliable.

  Ke Li Luo, Jiang Qing'e, and Dze Ze Hong Lian were unmoved, their eyes still calm and collected, because this was just the smiling demon testing the power of the Light Shield.

  As expected, with the end of that first wave of probing, the dark fog in the sky began to surge again, and then another wave of alien creatures came rushing in like a tidal wave.

  This time, the aberrant beings that appeared had a surge of evil energy all over their bodies, far surpassing those low-level aberrants from before. They should all be considered top-notch aberrants, and some even had scarlet auras flowing through their bodies.

  That's close to being an outcast.

  If encountered in the wild, many teams need to work together to deal with them.

  But now, I'm just a mere cannon fodder here.

  This second wave of attack came with little technical content and was purely used to consume the power of the light shield.

  In this collision, everyone could feel that the speed of the point light shield purifying the aliens was slower than before. Some aliens even slammed heavily onto the light shield before being annihilated.

  There were ripples spreading from the surface of the light shield.

  Some students' faces changed slightly.

  Jiang Qing'e raised her hand and gently waved it, a cold voice spreading throughout the base: "Everyone, follow the previous plan, take turns supplementing energy to the central tower."

  As her voice fell, a wave of students quickly surged towards the central tower and sat down in a circle around it. The next moment, a surge of energy rose up within their bodies, finally rushing towards the central tower like wisps of smoke.

  The light shield emitted by the central tower became increasingly brighter at this time.

  The light cover over the base also becomes brilliant.

  Many students who saw this scene couldn't help but let out low cheers.

  "Hiss..."

  In the sky, the smiling face demon also emitted a strange and piercing laughter at this time. Then everyone saw that the smiling face demon slowly floated to the position directly above the base.

  It was outside the light screen, and in the dark eye sockets on that smiling face, at this time, a crimson flame gradually burned up, as if it were two eyes emitting endless evil thoughts.

  With the appearance of those two scarlet pupils, that eerie smile seemed to have truly come back to life.

  There is a strange power descending from the sky, as if it directly penetrated the light shield protection.

  Li Luo also saw the giant smile that ignited the crimson pupils, his complexion slightly dazed, with evil fire rising in his heart at this moment, a surge of chaos and murderous emotions rose in his heart.

  The corners of his mouth involuntarily curled up slightly.

  "Keep your wits about you!"

  But just at this moment, a cold and stern voice suddenly entered his ears, and at the same time, dazzling and overbearing light filled his eyes, which made Li Luo's heart shake, and his dazed mind quickly recovered.

  As his spirit recovered, Li Luo's complexion also became somewhat unsightly. This smiling demon was so terrifying? Despite being separated by the light shield's protection, its power could still be transmitted and affect his mind.

  And even he is like this...

  At this point, Li Luo hastily looked towards the interior of the stronghold and indeed saw many students raising their heads to gaze at the smiling face in the sky, then their mouths had a strange smile that was slowly rising up...

  Some of those with weaker minds even had their mouth muscles torn apart. That was the sign that they were starting to be contaminated.

  This sent a chill down Li Luo's spine, was this the power of a Catastrophic-level Aberrant? Such eeriness, silently and quietly, just a collision of gazes could form contamination.

  Li Luo's face turned exceptionally ugly. Faced with such a powerful smile demon, could they really hold on until the arrival of reinforcements?