The way this attack spread like a virus, leeching flesh and continuously sprouting wooden buds, was indeed terrifying.
Even Fang You felt a chill.
"As long as the defense is breached, even a scratch that draws a little blood will plant the Wood Bud Poison!"
"The Wood Bud Poison that leads to certain death!"
If he were unlucky enough to be hit, he wasn't sure if he could sever this formless, intangible poison that was akin to a concept.
He had studied it.
Even if all the wooden buds on the target's life were incinerated, they would still regrow, appearing from nothing.
Fang You himself certainly didn't dare to try, nor did he want to.
But if his side possessed such a strange Wood Bud Poison, it was possible that some factions or powers in the eerie realm also possessed similar bizarre and terrifying attacks.
Seemingly insignificant, yet a mere graze could be fatal.
"This world is too dangerous; a moment of carelessness can lead to doom. From now on, whether traversing the eerie realm or elsewhere, I must be more cautious."
Witnessing the scene of towering figures covered in wooden buds and falling, the assembled defenders gasped.
This was even more frightening than looking directly at the grotesque and hideous faces of the eerie entities.
However,
This was, after all, their own strength, the power protecting the base city. After the initial dread passed, what remained was a profound sense of relief and surprise!
"It's great that we don't have to face such a terrifying and eerie entity."
Ice King Sergei exhaled a long breath.
From the moment he decided to come here, he had prepared for the worst, and what he witnessed now made his heart sink.
He had long been ready to fight to the death! Even if the odds were one in nine, facing a Calamity-level eerie entity.
But if he could avoid fighting to the death, then naturally, he would do so as much as possible.
Who didn't want to live?
Katarina and the others also felt a sense of relief after witnessing these terrifying giants perish in such a bizarre manner, more so than the initial fear.
But the envoys from the two great oases couldn't understand!
These ordinary soldiers of Blue Star hadn't faced Calamity-level eerie entities and didn't understand the terror of such monsters. Didn't they understand?!
Medisa had faced them before.
She had once accompanied a non-human level powerhouse from Rose Academy, and together they had besieged a Calamity-level eerie entity. That battle had been relatively easy, but it still took several minutes to kill that entity.
Such monsters, with bodies as massive as skyscrapers, not only provided them with vast energy but also endowed them with incredibly tenacious vitality.
They were extremely difficult to kill.
Now, they were killed by a few toothpick-like crossbow bolts. Was this reasonable?!
They didn't have to fight the terrifying eerie entities themselves,
The defensive line was no longer in danger,
Yet, why did they not seem happy?
"What kind of weapon was that?"
"A war eerie artifact? A ritual weapon? Or something else..."
Medisa desperately tried to use her knowledge to think and search, but the more she thought, the more impossible it seemed, feeling like she was going mad.
She had to look at Shi Yunxi as if seeking help.
Shi Yunxi shook her head slightly, "I haven't used this kind of weapon before, and I don't know much about it. But is it really that surprising to kill a few Calamity-level eerie entities?"
She also seemed a bit confused.
The great oasis where Medisa was from had leaders and even throne-level powerhouses. Killing a few four-star Calamities should be something they were accustomed to.
It was like them killing two or three-star eerie entities; if they could kill them, they did.
This casual tone and matter-of-fact expression delivered a fatal blow to Medisa. She collapsed, beginning to doubt if killing Calamity-level eerie entities with special weapons was a normal thing... What a joke!
Bang bang bang!
Roar!
Medisa, whose worldview had been shattered, knelt on the ground, pounding the floor, her eyes vacant.
She wasn't the only one whose worldview was severely impacted...
On the left flank of the defense line,
There was an invisible, intangible eye, like a hydrogen balloon, attached to one of the reinforcements from the Land of the Setting Sun.
This was a special secret technique - the Eye of the White Tower!
Secret techniques were special abilities cast through specific rituals, materials, and props. They had many prerequisite conditions but expanded an awakened person's ability repertoire, preventing them from being limited to their own awakened abilities.
The Eye of the White Tower was a core secret technique of the White Tower, a great oasis power.
A long-range reconnaissance secret technique!
Of course, it had its limitations, such as a limited duration of eye-opening and considerable consumption, and it was also easy to be detected when trying to scout powerful individuals.
This time, after gathering information about Donghuang, the White Tower envoy couldn't cross thousands of kilometers himself. So, he planted the Eye of the White Tower on a first-level awakened person among the Night Watchmen.
He timed it, and when the time was right, he activated this invisible eye, and from within the Land of the Setting Sun, he observed the situation at the Shuize Base City's defense line from afar.
"Holy crap!"
The refined and elegant White Tower envoy suddenly swore.
To see such a shocking scene the moment he opened his eyes was truly a bit...
"This is unreasonable!"
"What kind of ritual weapon was that? Why could it so easily poison and kill a Calamity-level eerie entity!"
"Damn it, can't you turn your head?"
Looking at the scene in his vision, which was fixed on the corpse of a Calamity-level eerie entity, the White Tower envoy was losing his composure, wishing he could fly to the scene and twist the awakened person's head.
Look! Just glance at that wooden tower!
But he couldn't fly there.
An anxious low growl came from the sealed small room of the White Tower envoy.
...
...
Across the vast ocean, in the Eagle Federation.
Inside a futuristic underground base.
The leader in black leather armor clasped his hands behind his back. "Any news from Donghuang?"
"Leader, I'm sorry, not yet."
The deputy said, "After the Gray Mist Tide descended, our satellites can no longer observe the situation in Donghuang, and remote communication is becoming increasingly difficult. In the future, we might face communication blackouts."
The leader was silent for a moment.
He waved his hand, appearing calm. "Based on the current time, the battle at Shuize Base City has likely erupted, and perhaps the super-tidal wave has already overwhelmed the defense line."
"Notify me immediately once there is any news."
"Yes, Leader!"
However, what the deputy didn't say was that during the last successful communication, their Eagle Federation's scout had already been driven into a shelter.
In the short term, it was unlikely that any intelligence could be transmitted.
And in the long term...
He felt that there was a greater possibility that Shuize Base City would be completely destroyed, and their scout would not be able to send back any news.
Well, the leader probably didn't care about such minor matters; the result was all that mattered.
Thinking of this, the deputy was also very calm.
...
...
Shuize Base City, outside Defense Zone One, the black tidal wave surged again.
"With those giant cannons for crowd control and those bizarre brown crossbow bolts for single targets, defending the city this time seems assured."
Yan Xiao mused.
His expression was also somewhat dazed.
Looking at the Blue Star awakened individuals around him, roaring and charging at the eerie entities, he swallowed hard, unsure of what to say for a moment.
But it was clearly highly likely that they would withstand the super-tidal wave.
This meant that after the Gray Mist Tide descended, the Blue Star people's idea of building a Dawn Zone was feasible?
This was a big deal!
Yan Xiao had never heard of this, and he believed this news would definitely shock the higher-ups of the oases.
But a new problem arose.
'How should I report this?'
'Say there's a giant cannon that obliterated thousands upon thousands of eerie entities with a single shot, and an indescribable mysterious weapon that instantly killed over a dozen Calamity-level eerie entities with a few swooshes?'
This was the truth.
But if he reported it like this, the most likely outcome would be...
*Smack!*
"You scoundrel!
I sent you to Blue Star to scout the situation, not to write novels and spin tales!"
Envoy Yan Xiao was already getting a headache thinking about the post-war situation.
Suddenly,
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The tremors of the earth grew stronger, and from the distant eerie entity tide, bursts of white bone spur rain rose and fell towards the defense line.
At the same time, the tidal wave roared and charged.
Leaving behind the burden of one-star eerie entities, two and three-star eerie entities unleashed their full speed, and the flying eerie entities swooping down from the sky were incredibly dense.
It was as if all the flying eerie entities within the tidal wave were launching a coordinated fierce attack at this moment.
But,
"This isn't mysterious!"
"Eerie entities are supposed to be chaotic!"
Yet now, it was as if a pair of invisible large hands were controlling this black tidal wave.
No, perhaps a pair of large hands had been controlling it from the very beginning.
Thinking of this, Yan Xiao broke out in a cold sweat.
And the now sparse tidal wave was charging like mad. Because it had become sparse, the speed of the powerful eerie entities within was no longer restricted.
Galloping!
Pouncing!
The black tidal wave was no longer dense, but like countless black raindrops striking, filling the field of vision!
Under the roar of the cannons, the eerie entities charged fearlessly and with incredible speed.
"It's time for us to act!"
Huang Hongtian looked at the eerie entities pouncing towards them, his eyes filled with fighting spirit.
The other investigators and special forces members around him felt the same.
There was no fear, only fighting spirit!
In the beginning, they couldn't withstand the rolling tidal wave, but now, the wave had become much sparser, and the distance between the fast and slow-moving eerie entities had widened.
The impact was no longer as fierce!
With the support of the giant cannons and the eerie wooden towers, how could they still not hold them back!
Yes, there were still many eerie entities at this moment, and they, the awakened individuals, were still outnumbered, with significant sacrifices expected. But war, sacrifice had always been inevitable. Since they had stepped onto this defense line, they had prepared for sacrifice!
"Leave the ordinary eerie entities to us, but the powerful individuals within can only be handled by you."
Huang Hongtian said in a deep voice.
A certain Torch Mentor did not directly agree. "Don't rush, we have prepared some gifts for the eerie entities."
Huang Hongtian: "..."
Wait, you still... have trump cards?
His originally burning heart suddenly felt a bit... what to do if it couldn't burn anymore.
The tidal wave, which had transformed into a torrential rain of entities, was fiercely charging. Bureau Chief Huang and other high-level experts from the Investigation Bureau and special forces remained highly focused, ready to act at any moment.
In the distance,
Bone spurs and eerie flames flew towards them.
They dodged, or protected the cannon platforms and arrow towers. Amidst the deafening roars of the giant cannons, thousands upon thousands of flying eerie entities were nearing the sky above the defense line.
"Wood Realm Strategy, commence!"
What?
Huang Hongtian was still in a daze when the ground suddenly began to rumble and shake violently. The amplitude of the shaking was even more intense than that caused by the towering figures stomping and galloping in the distance.
Earth and stones jumped, and dust billowed.
About tens of meters in front of the defense line, countless inconspicuous seedlings, planted there and only showing a cluster of tender buds from the soil, now grew at an astonishing rate as if they had been injected with hormones.
Their roots cracked the earth.
Deep green vines, covered in thorns, shot into the air, like huge deep green tentacles, waving wildly and intertwining to form a large net.
Within the net, flying eerie entities fluttered and fell, or were entwined by thick, deep vines and torn apart in mid-air.
Splattering down with waves of blood rain, causing wisps of black smoke to rise from the ground.
But these special vines, touched by the blood rain of the eerie entities, became even more excited, continuing to grow rapidly and transforming into deep green giant vines that blotted out the sky.
They seemed to block out even the sunlight.
Casting terrifying shadows in the eyes of the defending soldiers.
Swaying, waving, and piercing.
Medisa's eyes reflected a few thick, long shadows, and she was stunned.
"What in the world is all this!!!"