The Thunderbird, considered the king of birds, was brutally killed by Ning Beichen.
Although it was night, most of the people present were cultivators, and they saw clearly how Ning Beichen had beaten the Thunderbird to death with his bare hands.
Shock!
Astonishment!
Disbelief!
Followed by excitement!
Especially Ning Beichen's subordinates, who were all thrilled, proudly telling outsiders that their leader had just killed the Thunderbird.
Ning Beichen had already descended from the sky. This Thunderbird was not difficult to deal with; compared to the Sand Demon he had faced before, this creature was a mere child.
At this moment, Yang Qianrou also excitedly landed beside Ning Beichen. She had naturally witnessed Ning Beichen's display of power just now.
Although she hadn't killed the Thunderbird, she felt just as proud because the person who killed it was their leader, and also the man she, Yang Qianrou, admired the most.
However, Yang Qianrou remembered her uncle's words and quickly conveyed Chang Tianyi's message to Ning Beichen.
"Don't worry, I will act when the time comes. I won't stand by and watch."
Ning Beichen didn't say much. The reason he hadn't acted before wasn't that he didn't want to, but that he would act when he needed to, such as when a powerful enemy like the Thunderbird appeared.
He, Ning Beichen, was not a savior who would panic over the deaths in the city. He could act, but he wouldn't act recklessly.
The current beast attack was just an appetizer; the real offensive had not yet begun, so he couldn't waste his strength carelessly.
"Thank you, Commander."
Yang Qianrou said, touched.
"What's there to thank? I'm also one of the people here. I don't want the city to be destroyed."
Ning Beichen said to her with a smile.
Even though the beasts outside were still attacking ferociously, for some reason, with Ning Beichen's words, Yang Qianrou felt much more at ease.
"Kill!"
Soon, the beast attack resumed, and Yang Qianrou led her people to continue repelling them.
Ning Beichen was also not idle, from time to time he would unleash attacks that killed large numbers of beasts. However, when Yang Qianrou and her people could handle the situation, he would mostly just observe.
But Yang Qianrou and her people were only human. After a whole day of fighting, everyone was exhausted, and cultivators were not invincible. Once their true energy or inner strength ran out, they were powerless.
It was already deep into the night, and the beast attacks had not stopped; they were growing more intense and numerous. Just as the beasts were about to break into the city, Ning Beichen finally made his move.
To be precise, it was a sword strike!
Ning Beichen swung his ancient bronze sword in the air!
He unleashed his "Shocking Wind and Rain" technique with ten percent of his power.
With a swoosh, streaks of white light shot up into the dark night sky, illuminating more than half of it.
The beasts attacking below, perhaps sensing danger, immediately became chaotic, some even turning around as if to flee.
But at this moment, the white light that illuminated half the sky rained down like a meteor shower. As they got closer, it became clear that each streak of white light was an ethereal ancient bronze sword.
With a series of clanking sounds!
Countless beasts below were pierced through their bodies, heads, and limbs by the sword rain.
Under the assault of the sword rain, these beasts were as fragile as tofu, unable to withstand the onslaught. Soon, piles of corpses began to form below, with a large number of beasts perishing in the sword rain. The number of beasts attacking the city instantly decreased by two-thirds.
The remaining beasts seemed to have had their courage broken and stopped their attack. Some even turned and fled.
The sudden, powerful attack stunned everyone in the city. Some stood frozen, others wore expressions of disbelief. The scene fell into an eerie silence.
After an unknown period, someone suddenly shouted the name of the "King of Darkness" at the top of their lungs. Before long, others joined in the shouting.
At first, only a small group was chanting.
But gradually, people from all over the city began to shout together, like thunder from the heavens, their voices shaking the earth.
"King of Darkness!"
"King of Darkness..."
The shouts of the "King of Darkness" echoed through the night sky, making Ning Beichen's blood surge.
This feeling was something he would never have experienced in his previous world.
Seeing the remaining beasts, Ning Beichen simply unleashed another sword strike, which annihilated most of the remaining beasts, instantly alleviating the pressure on the city.
The total number of beasts eliminated by everyone throughout the day was far less than what Ning Beichen had destroyed with these two sword strikes.
This sword strike of Ning Beichen once again triggered cheers and synchronized shouts from the crowd.
However, Ning Beichen did not reveal himself. After his two strikes, he returned directly to his residence to recuperate.
He had used more than half of his strength for those two strikes, which were unleashed with ten percent of his power.
With his two strikes, the remaining beasts outside were few in number. The cultivators and hunting parties inside the city immediately seized the opportunity to go out and eliminate the remaining beasts.
Yang Qianrou and her companions also took the chance to rest and recover their strength. They all knew that this was definitely not the entirety of the beast horde, and they didn't expect to be able to stop the beast attack. They only hoped to hold on through the night and wait for reinforcements from the central continent to arrive the next day.
And indeed, as they had anticipated, at four in the morning, the beast tide reappeared, and this time the beasts were even more powerful than before.
With a thunderous roar.
The hundred-meter-high city wall trembled, and a massive hole appeared in it.
Then, a colossal, one-eyed beast appeared outside the city wall, and the hole was created by this one-eyed giant.
This one-eyed beast was thick-skinned and incredibly strong, acting like a siege engine as it furiously attacked the hundred-meter-high wall.
The sturdy city wall was as brittle as potato chips in front of this one-eyed giant, unable to withstand its assault.
"Hold it back!"
"Attack quickly!"
"No, it's coming!"
Yang Qianrou and the others attacked the one-eyed giant from a distance, but their attacks couldn't harm it in the slightest, not even enough to tickle it.
Instead, over a hundred people were sent flying by a single punch from the one-eyed giant, with more than half of them killed or injured. The scene was brutal.
Chang Tianyi landed in front of the one-eyed giant and unleashed his strongest attack, but it only caused the beast to retreat half a step.
He himself was then swatted away by the one-eyed giant, his whereabouts unknown.
Everyone, including Chang Tianyi, was unable to stop the one-eyed giant's advance.