CHAPTER 39: RUIN BEAST TIDE ATTACK.

A thick tension hung over the Mystic City. Fear and panic gripped everyone’s mind like a vice.

Guards raced through the now quiet street with grave expressions.

Stores and restaurants had their doors closed. Ordinary people hid behind closed doors.

From the distance, the frightening sound of Ruin Beasts echoed in the air, sending shivers down the spine of everyone who heard it.

On the city wall, guards were fighting with their lives on the line. Each wore a grave expression.

Outside the city were tens of thousands of Ruin Beasts rushing toward the city. Each beast was more fearsome than the last.

Most of the Ruin Beasts were Grade-0 and Grade-1.

Against the Grade-0 Ruin Beasts, most of the guards could easily handle them, but against Grade-1 Ruin Beasts.

Only an Intermediate Second-Rated Martial and above could handle them.

Moreover, each Grade-1 Ruin Beast’s strength was different. Some were weaker while some were a lot stronger.

This made killing a Grade-1 Ruin Beast a lot more difficult.

Thanks to the Mystic City Protection Array Formation, none of the guards were killed yet.

However, the situation was not looking good.

Against the tens of thousands of Ruin Beasts, the thousand humans were too few to pose a threat to them.

"Go! Hurry! The southeast array is about to break!" The guard commander shouted, commanding a team to rush to the southeast of the city wall.

Just as the team was rushing to the southeast to provide support, a guard clad in metal armor rushed over.

"Commander, the western region has been breached."

"What!"

Everyone widened their eyes in disbelief. The battle had barely lasted ten minutes and their protection formation had already been broken.

’This is bad!’ The commander gripped his weapon tightly.

He looked at his men and commanded. "Hold the line, I’ll provide support for the western region."

"Go commander, we will make sure this place is secured." An old man reported confidently.

The commander nodded and rushed toward the western region, his face etched with urgency.

In the western region, various miserable screams echoed in the air. The air was filled with the stench of blood.

On the wall, soldiers scattered on the cold hard ground, covered in blood with various deadly wounds – dead. Claw marks and teeth ripping off chunks of their flesh.

Everywhere reeked the stench of death.

But against the never-ending pouring of the Ruin Beasts, the soldiers did not have time to care about their fallen comrades.

Each person was trying desperately to keep their lives.

With each death, the line thinned out and a crack appeared in the defense.

Ahhh!

A young man’s head was ripped off by a Ruin Beast that looked like a lizard. The Ruin Beast-like lizard stood over three meters with its head as wide as a tree trunk.

It raised its head declaring its presence and jumped forward, entering the city.

With the defense broken, more beasts poured like a broken dam. The guards tried to hold back the Ruin Beasts but they were helpless against such an overwhelming force.

Panic and fear spread throughout the city.

Screams and cries for help echoed in the air. The roar of the beasts filled the air with the sound of buildings collapsing frequently.

Ordinary people were trembling, despair gnawing at their hearts.

The realization that the Ruin Beasts had entered the city, bypassing the protective formation, made them cower in despair.

All the clans with protective formations instantly activated them. The situation was turning dire with each passing moment.

Unlike the previous beast tide, this beast tide was different and was more aggressive.

Inside the City Lord’s mansion, the City Lord wore a solemn expression. He paced back and forth in nervousness and fear.

Suddenly, the door was pushed open and his butler rushed in.

"How is it?" The City Lord asked impatiently.

"My Lord, it is not good." The butler responded, panic etched on his face. "The city protection array formation has been breached and the Ruin Beasts are running rampant inside the city as we speak."

"What!" The City Lord widened his eyes.

This... quick!

"My Lord, we must report to the academy immediately." The butler suggested.

The situation was too dire for what the city could handle alone.

"Yes. Yes. You’re right. Send me to report the situation to the academy."

Although he was City Lord, the real control of the city lay in the hands of the Mystic Path Academy.

"Also, send a message to the Array Formation Association. They should send some men to repair the array. Without the array, we will be finished."

"Yes, My Lord." The butler responded and rushed out of the city.

...

"How is the situation?" The president asked, creasing his brow.

The sudden attack from the Ruin Beasts caught everyone off guard. For many years, they had not experienced a Ruin Beast tide.

All the ruins around the Mystic city had been explored, posing no threat to the city. Many had even disappeared over time while those still available were empty.

But now, such an overwhelming Ruin Beast tide appeared out of nowhere and attacked the city.

Also, this beast tide was fiercer than the previous ones. The city had never faced such a magnitude before.

Therefore, everyone began to worry. Against such a beast tide, their Grade-1 Protection Array Formation might not protect them.

With all this, the president couldn’t help but worry.

"President, the situation does not look good at all." An elder reported, shaking his head.

Boom!

The Array Formation Association building shook vehemently to its core. Everyone was shocked and their expressions changed.

"What was that?" An elder asked, fear etched on their faces.

Instantly, a tense atmosphere hung in the air, everyone panicking.

They might be Grade-1 Array Formation Masters but each of them had little to none in battle experience.

Against a powerful Ruin Beast.

They would be nothing but a food to the Ruin Beasts.

"President, we need to do something." An elder said urgently.

"Send some men to strengthen the association’s protection array formation. They must not leave the core formation without my command."

"Yes, President." An elder responded and rushed to complete the order.

...

Standing at the balcony of his mansion, Jun Wu watched the chaos caused by the Ruin Beasts without any change in his expression.

"A new ruin has appeared." He whispered with a hint of anticipation on his face.

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