Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 34 The beast tide is coming
Soon, accompanied by the tremors of the earth and the roar of artillery fire, large plumes of smoke and dust rose in the distance.

The vanguard of the beast tide has arrived!

"Zheng——"

Lu Jin drew his 9th-series Breaking Army Sword, and six sharp blades from the Sky Shuttle behind him appeared in front of him. He was ready to meet the beast tide at any time.

"Brother Lu, don't rush. The beast tide won't end anytime soon. Be careful to conserve your mental energy. Wait until high-level beast generals and lord-level monsters arrive before you make your move."

Seeing Lu Jin's eager look, Song Yufei reminded him.

There were too many monsters appearing in the beast tide, and the mental power of a psychic was also limited.

In this way, the War God masters need to conserve their physical strength, and the mental masters also need to conserve their mental energy, focusing their efforts on high-level monsters, so as not to exert too much effort in the early stages and become powerless later.

As for low-level monsters, after being plowed by rocket launchers and howitzer groups, they can be dealt with by the numerous close-in weapon systems deployed within the war base, as well as a large number of armed soldiers and warriors whose level has not yet reached the War God level.

"Ah."

Lu Jin nodded, suppressing his eagerness to try.

Indeed, fighting off a beast tide is quite different from hunting monsters in the wilderness. As the defenders, we must be prepared for a protracted battle.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom -"

Soon, the thunderous sound of galloping hooves grew louder as Lu Jin came into view, and countless monsters of all kinds charging toward the war base came into Lu Jin's sight.

It is said that "when the population exceeds 10,000, it covers the mountains and fields; when the population exceeds 100,000, it is boundless," but at this moment, Lu Jin felt that 100,000 people could only be considered a small scene.

The surging tide of beasts before us is far more than 100,000.

Moreover, this is only the vanguard of the beast tide; the main force hasn't arrived yet!

According to satellite data, the number of monsters involved in this beast tide has already exceeded ten million.

"Puff puff puff puff puff puff—"

The next moment, a dense roar came from behind, and close-in weapon systems deployed in the war base spat out tongues of fire.

Armor-piercing bullets, each the size of a child's arm, burst forth, carving dozens of deadly paths through the horde of beasts.

Wherever the close-in weapon system's flames passed, the beast-class monsters were torn to shreds as if they were made of paper.

Even the beast general-level monsters mixed in with the beast tide had their limbs pierced by the large-caliber armor-piercing shells of the close-in weapon system.

Limited by technological capabilities, firearms warriors on Earth can basically only hunt low-level beast general-level monsters, and even then, they need to hit their weak points.

However, this hunting limit only refers to the limit for individual firearms.

How could a 30mm rapid-fire close-in weapon system be any more powerful than a 12.7mm machine gun or sniper rifle?
If they were to be targeted by close-in weapon systems, Beast General-class monsters wouldn't actually be much stronger than Beast Soldier-class monsters.

It's just that Beast General-level monsters are fast, and they are surrounded by meat shields (Beast Soldier-level monsters), making them difficult to hit by close-range artillery.

"Boom boom boom——"

"Puff puff--"

At Battlefield Base Two, the war between humans and monsters is raging.

A massive horde of beasts surged into the canyon where the war base was located, as if it were about to engulf the entire War Base No. 2.

However, the reality is quite the opposite. While there are many monsters in the beast tide, the numerous war weapons deployed within the war base are no pushovers.

The large number of rocket launchers, howitzers, and close-in weapon systems deployed within the base dealt a heavy blow to the monster horde. In just a few minutes of fighting, before the vanguard of the monster horde could even reach the walls of the war base, at least tens of thousands of monsters had fallen victim to the slaughter of human weapons of war.

On the city wall, Lu Jin was on high alert, guarding against any high-level monsters that might appear at any moment.

Just then, an alarm sounded from the combat watch: "Level 1 Alert! The number of monsters exceeds 20 million. Satellites have detected the appearance of a high-level lord-class monster. One high-level... no, two! Two high-level lord-class Silver Moon Wolves have appeared. The beast tide level has been upgraded to Level 1!"
At least two high-level lords, five mid-level lords, and twenty-three low-level lord monsters have already joined this beast tide. War gods, please beware of lord-level monster ambushes.

'What a grand spectacle!'

Upon hearing the latest information about the beast tide transmitted through his combat watch, Lu Jin couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Suddenly, with a thought, Lu Jin unleashed a Sky Shuttle blade that had appeared in front of him, which shot out at ten times the speed of sound.

"puff--"

A soft sound of flesh being pierced and body being torn apart rang out as the sharp blade of the Sky-Piercing Shuttle pierced straight through the head of a five-tailed tiger cat that was about to leap onto the city wall more than forty meters away.

When low-level or mid-level beast generals attack, he will not easily take action unless a soldier is facing a life-or-death crisis, in order to conserve his mental energy.

But it's different for high-level beast generals. Within this hundred-meter-long defensive zone, apart from him and Song Yufei, who is a high-level war god warrior, no one can kill a high-level beast general-level monster in one hit.

If this five-tailed tiger-cat were to leap onto the city wall, its speed, which surpasses that of ordinary high-ranking generals, would be enough to inflict at least double-digit casualties on ordinary soldiers, even in just one second.

Therefore, high-level beast general-level monsters are Lu Jin's kill line.

Monsters that reach this kill threshold shall be killed.

Monsters whose strength is below the kill threshold are temporarily spared.

If there is a martial artist restraining him, he will not make a move; if there is no one restraining him, he will make a move and kill him instantly.

As time went on, more and more monsters fell in front of the war base, and Lu Jin's frequency of taking action also increased.

In a typical wilderness city, a high-level beast general, even if not an absolute overlord, is still one of the top overlords. After all, lord-level monsters on land are not so common as to be everywhere.

However, in the current first-level beast tide, there are many high-level beast generals, whose status is not much better than that of ordinary beast soldiers, who are just high-level cannon fodder.

"A lord-level monster has appeared at the three o'clock position!"

More than an hour later, suddenly, Song Yufei, who had been standing beside Lu Jin and holding the 9-series Blood Shadow Battle Blade, spoke.

At the same time, Lu Jin also discovered the first large creature to appear in the beast tide.

This is a giant wolf with a shoulder height of four meters, a body length of seven or eight meters, and its entire body covered with ice-blue fur.

"A low-level lord-class Frostwolf?"

Lu Jin immediately recognized the ice-blue wolf-like monster that was hundreds of meters away from him, constantly shifting its position rapidly within the pack of beasts.

Clearly, this low-level lord-class Frostwolf is not without its intelligence; it knows it cannot recklessly appear before a human war base, lest it be hit by a laser cannon.

He didn't choose to act immediately; the distance of several hundred meters was still too far for him at the moment, and it was outside his attack range.

While it's true that a mentalist's throwing knives are powerful, their weaknesses are also quite obvious.

For example, his mental power level has just entered the advanced war god stage. The fastest speed of his throwing knife can reach ten times the speed of sound, and its power will not be reduced within a hundred meters.

However, when the attack distance exceeds 100 meters, not only does the consumption of psychic energy increase significantly, but the power of the throwing knife also decreases rapidly.

(End of this chapter)