I established the Eternal Immortal Clan by taming beasts.

The figure of the Burning Sky Crimson Ape disappeared on the southeastern horizon, its dark red tail flames like a torn wound slowly closing on the horizon, swallowing the last ray of scorching afterglow into the night.

The soldiers on the city wall only had time to watch the two beams of light disappear into the distance before they were pulled back to reality by the sudden surge of beasts ahead.

Without the oppressive aura of the fourth-tier demon emperor, the spiritual light on the city wall regained some of its original brightness.

The array patterns, which had been darkened by the crimson light, lit up again, like blood vessels infused with new blood, spreading inch by inch along the veins of the city wall, covering the bricks and stones that had been baked white by the high temperature with a layer of flowing light.

But what followed was an even heavier reality.

Although the Crimson Ape had left, the beast horde it left behind still stretched across the plain in neat rows, like a dark sky that had been lowered and was slowly tilting towards the city walls.

Those dark gray figures stood silently in formation in the night, without roars or commotion, only continuous, heavy breathing. In the brief silence, the surviving ape leaders in the beast tide army were also assessing the situation.

With the Crimson Ape Demon Emperor absent, they must decide for themselves whether to continue the siege or retreat to regroup.

A few breaths later, a deep horn sounded from behind the beast horde, signaling their attack!

The horn's sound was rough and long, echoing in the night like a fully drawn bowstring, drawing the attention of the entire beast tide in the same direction.

"They're attacking the city!" someone shouted hoarsely from the city wall, their voice trembling with barely suppressed emotion.

Before he finished speaking, the dark gray tide surged again.

The vanguard of the Bone-Crushing Ape charged towards the south city wall like a heavy hammer thrown with all its might.

They didn't probe, they didn't leave any reserves; all their strength was poured into this wave.

The instructions left by the Burning Sky Crimson Ape were simple: the city must be taken before it returns!

"All to your positions!" Lin Xuanjing's voice came from the city wall, pulling the guards who were looking back back to their posts.

The archers on the city wall simultaneously fired their weapons, and thousands of spiritual energy arrows drew dense arcs in the air before exploding upon landing among the charging beast horde, knocking down the bone-crushing monstrous apes at the forefront.

But those bone-crushing apes did not stop.

They continued charging forward, trampling over the corpses of their companions, their claws still stained with the flesh and blood of their fallen comrades. Yet their eyes were more frenzied than those of their dead companions, as if driven by something beyond fear itself.

Within the range of the Spirit Trapping Array, their steps became heavier and their speed slowed down, but they did not stop.

The subsequent fire-mane apes spewed out a continuous stream of fireballs, scorching the base of the Spirit Trapping Array, and the spirit patterns buried in the soil emitted subtle cracking sounds under the high temperature.

The Gale Ape darted swiftly along the left and right wings, attempting to tear open the array nodes on the city wall that were under repair with its wind blades. Each time it swept past, it left a faint white mark on the barrier.

One hour, two hours passed quietly, and the pressure on the city wall was rapidly increasing.

The defenders had already used their third volley of arrows, but the horde of beasts charging forward seemed endless.

The fallen apes laid a new backdrop on the plain, but more apes continued their charge, stepping over the still-cooled corpses.

Every so often, new apes would arrive from the rear to replenish the ranks. The beast tide that had retreated from Tingfeng Pass was continuously flowing into this battlefield, like an undercurrent that would never run dry.

The archers on the city wall were starting to feel sore in their arms. The bowstrings of their crossbows were being pulled tight and loosened repeatedly, and fine wear marks were already appearing, but they dared not stop.

Every pause could mean that the next volley of arrows might not have time to be fired, or that a new breach might be torn in the foundation of the city wall.

"Let the Crimson Scale Fire Carp climb the city walls!" Zhihei's voice came from the communication array.

Upon receiving the order, Lin Xinyao immediately began directing the Crimson Scale Fire Carp to climb the city wall.

It can be said that only these relatively small spirit beasts can play a role on the city walls.

The Crimson Scale Fire Carp is definitely one of the best.

The garrison soldiers felt a burning heat coming from behind them and turned around to see the fiery red dragon carp flying in from the sky.

In the night, they resembled a string of lit glass lamps, each leap leaving a crimson trail in the air. Their scales gleamed with a liquid metallic sheen in the firelight, like flames themselves floating in the air.

"It's one of those fire-attribute spirit beasts bred by the Lin family!" someone shouted, their voice filled with barely suppressed excitement.

On the previous battlefield, everyone witnessed their offensive capabilities.

However, their numbers were too small, and given that it was a battle on a plain, they couldn't exert much of their strength.

But things are different now!

The crenellations of the city wall provided them with a stable firing platform, and the wide field of vision allowed them to lock onto the ape command posts hiding behind the beast horde one by one.

More than two hundred red-scaled fire carp lined up at the crenellations above the city wall, like a row of lamps lit at the same time.

Fire-attribute demonic power began to gather throughout his body, and dark red light surged from the gaps between his scales, instantly igniting the Crimson Scale Fire Seed stored within him.

That was the energy they had accumulated day after day by absorbing the essence of earth fire in the volcanic region of the Azure Mystic Realm. Each spark needed to be repeatedly tempered for dozens or even hundreds of days to take shape, but at this moment, they were all ignited in an instant.

The temperature on the entire city wall rose, and even the moisture in the air was evaporated into a hazy white mist, surging, swirling, and rising in the crimson firelight.

The next moment, a massive fireball that had been gathered together crashed down on the army of demonic beasts that was blocked by the black barrier fifty feet away.

The fireball left a scorching trail of flame in the night sky, like a small sun that had been thrown, landing precisely on the most densely packed part of the herd.

"boom!"

An explosion rang out, and crimson flames burst forth from the horde of beasts, engulfing the apes within a radius of several dozen feet.

The monsters that were directly hit by the flames didn't even have time to scream before they were reduced to charred remains in the high temperature, with only a few wisps of twisted black smoke slowly rising in the night wind.

The shockwave sent the surrounding apes flying, tumbling through the air as they crashed into their companions further away. Limbs and bone fragments scattered in the firelight, leaving a dark red arc on the ground.

Immediately afterwards, one huge fireball after another rained down, each one landing precisely on the most densely packed part of the beast horde.

The apes' formation was briefly thrown into disarray by the continuous bombardment of fireballs, and their charge was significantly slowed down.

At the point of impact, a large number of monsters were directly killed by the explosion. Many were seriously injured and fell to the ground. Even those who were lightly injured had their fur start to burn.

Dark red flames danced on their bodies, forcing them to distract themselves from the flames as they charged, slowing them down again and causing new cracks to appear in their formation. The terrifying destructive power instantly slowed down this fearless army of monsters.

The apes hesitated for a moment during the lull in the fireballs, their eyes darting rapidly between the flames and the corpses of their comrades. Their charge, like a river cut off, faltered briefly but noticeably…

It can be said that this current situation is the attack pattern that the Crimson Fire Carp is most adept at.

They can unleash attacks that almost exceed their own strength level, thanks to their core divine power—Crimson Scale Devouring Fire.

Normally, the Crimson Scales that they condense by absorbing the spiritual power of flames and fire elements are now like cannonballs that have been repeatedly compressed, and they are now cannon emplacements that launch them.

This is why their attacks are so terrifying.

In other words, the number of stored Crimson Scale Fire Seeds is limited, the number of Crimson Scale Fire Carp is limited, and the overall strength is not strong enough. Otherwise, the demon beast army might not even be able to touch the edge of the defensive barrier!

Every bombardment at this moment is buying the array patterns on the city wall a chance to breathe.

However, the number of demonic beasts was too large, and the number of third-tier demonic beasts far exceeded that before, and they all pressed forward.

Although the defensive formation was not breached, the energy consumption surged.

The recovery rate of those dark, spiritual lights was far slower than the rate at which they were being consumed, and each attack was pushing the energy reserves of the formation down one step.

The addition of the Crimson Scale Fire Carp has greatly reduced the pressure on the formation, but the situation is still far from optimistic.

At this moment, the monster's attack was almost at the limit of the formation's defensive capabilities.

After each impact, the dark aura would create brief gaps. Although these gaps were fleeting, they appeared more and more frequently, like cracks that were being repeatedly stretched open. Each time they were stretched open, they were larger than the last, and the healing time was longer than the last.

Moreover, the Lin family's reserves of spirit stones are almost exhausted.

The mountain of spirit stones in the warehouse was turning to ashes at a visible speed, and the originally neatly stacked spiritual light was extinguishing, shattering, and turning into powder row by row.

The logistics cultivators didn't have time to send new spirit stones into the array base. Every time they bent over, it was a pause, and every pause was a new crack spreading across the array patterns on the city wall.

As time continued to pass, another three hours passed, and the formation became increasingly precarious.

Visible cracks began to appear on the surface of the aura. Although these cracks were repaired each time, the repair speed could not keep up with the speed at which they were created.

On the city wall, the array masters closest to the array patterns could feel the wall beneath their feet getting slightly hot. This was a sign that the array base was overloaded and that the supply of spirit stones was no longer sufficient to support the array's full-power operation.

The defending forces are about to face a real siege!

No longer separated by formations, no longer relying on the long-range suppression of spirit arrows, but instead using flesh and blood and spirit soldiers to directly confront the charging beast horde at the breached opening.

Inside the spirit beast camp, Lin Xinyao received orders and began directing the petrified lizards to climb the city wall.

They weren't particularly large, and could still manage to maneuver on the city walls.

Although those stone-skinned armors were not as thick as tortoise shells, they were enough to draw more fire in close combat.

Lin Xuanjing also received the order from the Black Knight: "Prepare for the defense force to storm the city!"

"Yes!" Lin Xuanjing immediately began to command the troops.

"Wait... I think we need to leave the city and engage them!"

…………

On the other side, hidden behind a reverse slope west of Chuyang City, the Blue-Faced Fox King and several demon kings peeked out, keeping a close eye on the situation on the battlefield.

The Ironbacked Bear scratched its head, finally unable to hold back any longer and asked, "Are we just going to watch like this? Why is it the same as before?"

Logically, they should have already sided with Chuyang City, but the situation remains unchanged.

They remained lurking there, watching the plain before them stained red with fire and blood, watching the waves of apes charge toward the city walls, and watching the dark curtain of light gradually thin.

The Blue-Faced Fox King remained unmoved: "What can we do? Wouldn't our small bodies be suicide to charge into battle?"

His gaze remained fixed on the edge of the distant battlefield, as if he were waiting for something.

Those amber eyes reflected the flickering firelight on the plain, yet showed no sign of urgency.

Just then, he suddenly noticed the communication talisman in his pocket vibrating slightly.

A look of joy finally appeared on his usually calm face.

After calming himself down, the Blue-Faced Fox King stood up and faced the demon kings with a serious expression.

The demon kings looked at each other in confusion. What was this old fox up to?

Then the Blue-Faced Fox King said something that surprised them:

"Actually, I've already joined the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Demon King's ranks, and I'd like to invite you all to join me!"

Upon hearing this, all the demon kings were taken aback.

Why is this guy so dramatic?

But is now the time to talk about this?

On the battlefield before them, Chuyang City was on their left and the army of the Burning Sky Crimson Ape Demon Emperor was on their right. No matter who won, wouldn't it be suicide to switch sides and join that Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox Demon Emperor?

If they are not recognized on one side and are regarded as traitors on the other, then they will truly be pleasing neither side.

But the next second, something shocking happened to them.

To the southeast, a dark line is spreading this way, a dark wave covering the entire horizon.

The demon kings gradually realized what was happening: "That's... another army of demon beasts?"

Suddenly realizing something, all the demon kings turned to look at the Green-Faced Fox King, who nodded slightly, a hint of a smile flickering in his amber eyes.

next second.

"join in!"

"That's right, I'll join, I have to join!"

"That's right, I'm the first one to join!"

"Long live the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Demon Emperor!"

The demon kings, who were initially puzzled, suddenly seemed to have their floodgates opened, and their voices rang out one after another, vying to speak.

…………

Shattered Star Lake, temporary command post.

Everyone received a message from the scouts.

Another army of demonic beasts is about to arrive on the battlefield, coming from the direction of the Demon-Slaying Pass!

The one on that front is none other than the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Demon Emperor.

Without a doubt, the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Demon King did not use any underhanded tactics, but instead used the most direct method to assist Chuyang City!

The dark wave spreading across the horizon was like a giant gate closing in, locking the retreat route of the Burning Sky Crimson Ape army inch by inch.