"Here it comes!"

The Chill of the Nine Provinces shivered in my hand. At full durability, it was perfectly ready to kick this battle off. From a distance, it looked as if a black sea was surging toward us. At close range, the Corpse Eaters looked like cheetahs running on all fours, except that their mouths were agape, their ugly heads swiveled loosely around their necks, and the white drool constantly splashing out of their mouths gave them the appearance of a starved predator who just found their prey. And who was the prey? Why, it was everyone in this temporary fortress of course.

He Yi ordered in a low tone while gripping her Suppressing Fire Sword tightly, "All units, Guard where you are and act with caution. We’ll see what we can do after we survive the first charge!"

Everyone smashed their shields against the ground and assumed a Guard stance. At the same time, Beiming Xue ordered from the walls behind us, "All archers, raise bows and Far Shot your Shock Arrows! On the count of 3, 3! 2! 1! Let loose!!"

Twang twang twang…

A rain of arrows shot over our heads amid a chorus of rhythmic bow twangs. They rained on top of the sea of mobs and stunned many Corpse Eaters, causing them to trample over each other and...