Inside the human base.
Elder Ge and others stood on a high platform, gazing into the distance.
With a single glance, they saw the vast army of beasts, those colossal creatures like moving mountains, exerting immense pressure.
And in the sky, strange birds flew, some with lightning in their wings, others with talons that seemed capable of tearing through the heavens.
The scene was awe-inspiring.
They moved in perfect order, each race forming its own unit, cooperating to create this massive beast army.
Elder Ge's gaze was solemn as he said, "Everyone, we have just rescued Li Qiudao and eliminated dozens of ninth-tier powerhouses from the alien races and the Frost Hounds, but now we face our true challenge!"
He pointed to the distant beast army and took a deep breath, saying, "This is an army far exceeding any we have encountered before. They possess hundreds of ninth-tier powerhouses, and their numbers reach tens of millions, several times our own."
"Furthermore, among the beasts are ten royal clans, each with members of immense talent, even more powerful than us. I am not confident of defeating the clan leaders, so everyone must be mentally prepared!"
He had made extensive preparations, converting the treasures accumulated by humanity over centuries into vast quantities of energy crystals to power the formations.
Humanity's development time was too short. Compared to the beast races, they were like newborn infants. Although they could temporarily hold them back with the power of formations, this method could not be sustained indefinitely.
The only course of action now was to do their best and leave the rest to fate.
Elder Ge's worries were shared by everyone else.
All of them wore bitter expressions. Faced with such beast races, surrender was not even an option.
Because humans were on their menu, surrendering to the beasts would be akin to walking into a tiger's mouth.
At this moment, Chi Yu stretched languidly and said, "Elder Ge, with the great battle upon us, let's not dwell on such things. We should be thinking about how to win!"
Yu Zhe also echoed, "Elder Ge, I don't think there's no chance of victory. As the art of war states, 'Surround them with ten times their number.' They don't even have ten times our numbers, so what are we afraid of?"
Fu Yaozi said calmly, "Everyone, please rest assured. If the battle is lost beyond recovery, I will lead everyone out."
Upon hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. With Fu Yaozi's words, they had a fallback.
And with a fallback, no one thought of fleeing anymore.
Since there was no need to flee, they might as well fight seriously. If they won, it would be a great achievement. If they lost, their lives would not be in danger. This was the best possible deal.
However, some individuals, driven by righteousness, wanted to contribute to humanity and sacrifice themselves. They were already prepared for sacrifice.
Elder Ge said, "There is no time to lose. Let us begin setting up defenses immediately. We are the defenders, and we have the geographical advantage. Victory will surely belong to us!"
"Everyone, go!"
"Meeting adjourned!"
"Yes!" Everyone clasped their hands in a salute and went to prepare.
Each ninth-tier powerhouse was a leader of a faction. They led their subordinates to set up defenses in different directions.
As forces not directly under the cabinet, they would not set up defenses alone but would do so alongside armies like the Blood Dragon Army, with mutual supervision.
After setting up their defenses, everyone waited for the beast army to arrive. When they were within range,
Everyone commanded in unison, "Fire!"
Boom, boom, boom!
Energy cannons and skills were unleashed towards the mountain spirits.
Instantly, a large number of mountain spirits fell, and those behind them quickly replenished the ranks.
Another volley of attacks came, and another wave of mountain spirits fell, with those behind continuing to advance.
The battle had now entered a siege.
Meanwhile.
Lin Yu, who had finally followed Li Qiudao's army into the central base, headed straight for the battle merits shop.
Along the way, he encountered many familiar faces. Upon closer inspection, he realized these were students and low-level adventurers who had been hiding in the base due to their weak strength. Many of them had picked up beast corpses for Lin Yu to refine pills, which is why he had some impression of them.
En route, he silently recited "Clone," and white light appeared around him, with clones continuously manifesting.
This scene immediately attracted the attention of those around him, and many looked on with admiration.
"It's... Lin Yu!"
"It's him, no doubt. But how did he become so strong? His clones are all seventh-tier."
"My goodness, let me count how many clones there are..."
"Don't bother counting, they've all gone."
As soon as the clones appeared, they were dispatched to the front lines by Lin Yu.
The surrounding onlookers, generally of low strength, felt a gust of wind as Lin Yu's clones vanished from sight.
Lin Yu's lips curved into a smile as he slowly disappeared from view.
After Lin Yu had gone far, the crowd finally came to their senses and rushed towards the front lines.
They were curious about what Lin Yu's clones were doing on the front lines.
When they arrived at the front lines, they indeed saw many identical figures standing within the defensive perimeter constructed by the humans.
At this moment, the front lines were bustling with activity. Various weapons were firing non-stop. After a period of bombardment, the humans began to unleash their skills, hurling them towards the beast army.
It was a continuous barrage of human and artillery fire, but it could only slow down the advance of the mountain spirits.
What was particularly frustrating was that as long as the core of the mountain spirit was not shattered, they were immortal and would soon recover to rejoin the battle.
Thus, they could only delay the mountain spirits, and they were still relentlessly approaching.
Five hundred meters!
Four hundred meters!
Three hundred meters!
Everyone's expression was grave.
A general's face turned red with anger. He roared, "Brothers, don't let them get close! Fire the cannons!"
Boom!
Another round of artillery fire. At this moment, someone ran over and reported, "General, we're running out of energy crystals!"
"Quickly request more from logistics. Without energy cannons, we alone cannot repel the mountain spirits in this direction!"
"Logistics won't give us any. They need to save them to power the formations! The remaining are special-grade supplies and cannot be requisitioned!"
The general's face changed drastically upon hearing this.
"What should we do? If they breach our defenses and keep attacking our formations, the base will be finished. We must hold them back at three hundred meters!"
He was extremely anxious, and his adjutant followed suit. Many soldiers were also affected by the emotions, feeling both anger and distress.
Just then, a "da da da" sound was heard from behind.
They turned to look and were stunned.
The adjutant exclaimed, "General, look how amazing this person's mother is, to have given birth to thousands of quadruplets."
The general's mouth twitched. He lightly tapped the adjutant's head and cursed with a smile, "These are definitely clones. Right, this person seems to be an influencer, capable of refining Blood and Flesh Pills, what was his name again!"
Another adjutant suddenly recalled, "I remember now, this is Lin Yu's talented clone. But are there too many of them?"
"There are indeed quite a few."
"General, look at their strength, all seventh-tier. We're saved!"
"Even with them, it's not enough. They can only slow down the mountain spirits' movement but cannot stop them. Moreover, there are still large numbers of alien armies behind the mountain spirits. However, it's better than nothing; it will lighten our burden."
"Alas, what can we do then?"
The general held out no hope. In a battle of attrition like this, thousands of seventh-tier individuals would have little impact.
At this moment, Lin Yu's two thousand clones arrived at the front lines. A clone approached a responsible person and said, "I request support, may I?"
The person in charge blinked in surprise and then excitedly said, "Adventurer, thank you for your support, please come this way!"
Lin Yu's clones were assigned to a position further back.
Once the clones were in position, Lin Yu commanded, "Use Moon Devour!"
The clones received the order, their expressions turning cold, and their auras shifted slightly.
Their bodies grew slightly larger, and they were enveloped in dark energy. They looked forward, and the dark energy transformed into a black full moon, appearing on their brows.
This sight astonished everyone, who could not comprehend this ability.
Suddenly, the clones attacked.
"Moon Devour!"
Boom!
The black moons on their brows emerged, detaching from their foreheads and growing larger as they soared into the sky.
"Go!"
The black moons streaked across the sky, passing over the base and flying towards the mountain spirits.
Two thousand black moons appeared in the sky, a truly astonishing sight.
When someone recognized the skill, they gasped in shock.
"It's actually the Moon Devour secret technique of the Frost Wolf tribe!"