Three days later.
Royce Family's encampment.
The Royce Family was established in a valley, surrounded by several small mountains.
These small mountains were usually quiet, but now they were exceptionally lively.
Various migrating tribes, seeking refuge, settled their elderly, women, and children on the Mountains, while the young and strong warriors set up defensive lines at the foot of the mountains to prepare for the approaching Beast Tide.
Due to the Planetary Level Demon Beast attack before the Beast Tide, many people were worried that this Beast Tide would be more dangerous than previous ones, so they expended more effort in building the defenses, making them sturdier than before.
In the past, every Beast Tide arrived ten days to half a month after Morning Light City issued a warning, and this Beast Tide was no exception.
The Beast Tide's timely arrival reassured those who had worried that it would be unusual.
Ender flew through the air on his bone shield, with his assigned defensive zone below him, where dozens of people stood behind a gully.
This defensive zone was also his first Beast Tide trial zone, located in the rear and relatively safe.
Therefore, among the people in this defensive zone, three to four tenths were experiencing their first Beast Tide, most of the rest were on their second Beast Tide defense, and only a few were experienced middle-aged and elderly individuals.
The surrounding defensive zones were in a similar situation.
Looking at Ender flying on his shield in the sky, most of the people in the defensive zone below showed envious gazes; as young people, who wouldn't wish they could fly!
A Twelve or thirteen-year-old boy, wearing leather armor and carrying a saber and shield, looked up at Ender in the sky, his face showing defiance.
Looking down, Ender saw the boy whose face was etched with defiance.
"Tsk! Twelve, this guy…"
He clicked his tongue lightly, not bothering to deal with this rebellious brat, and turned his gaze to the sky behind him.
In the clear blue sky, many small black dots were moving and circling.
Those moving and circling black dots were avian Demon Beast, Corpse Eating Bird, the famous scavengers of the grassland; wherever there was death, they would be there.
"The number of Corpse Eating Bird is increasing. The Beast Tide will arrive in these two days."
Having experienced one Beast Tide defense, coupled with Axe's previous teachings, Ender had gained some experience.
About two hours later, dense black dots gradually appeared on the horizon, covering it like dark clouds, accompanied by a series of avian cries!
Immediately after, the ground began to tremble, as if powerful Ferocious beast were rolling beneath the earth!
The green grassland was covered and trampled by a dark mass of Demon Beast, a continuous sound of hooves came, interspersed with incessant roars of beasts!
The sky was filled with countless avian creatures, and the earth was a stampede of ten thousand beasts!
Witnessing the massive Beast Tide approaching, Ender shouted to the people in the defensive zone below, "The Beast Tide is here!"
Hearing Ender's shout, the new recruits in the defensive zone hurriedly prepared their weapons and armor, looking as if they were facing a formidable enemy.
Their appearance, however, was met not by the Beast Tide, but by the scolding of the veterans.
People's energy is limited, and in their defensive zone, located at the rear, the Demon Beast wouldn't arrive so quickly. Being too focused now would easily lead to mistakes during battle!
And mistakes in battle could lead to serious injury or even death!
Under the veterans' scolding and guidance, the new recruits relaxed a lot, waiting for the Demon Beast horde to reach their defensive zone.
As the Beast Tide arrived, the Human Race began to act. First, two dazzling lights rose from the valley, followed by dozens of streams of light flying in from all directions.
Dozens of Planetary Level Expert flew above the valley, converging with the Royce Family's two Stellar Rank Expert.
Soon, several streams of light departed, landing at various defensive lines, guarding their respective areas!
As a large number of avian Demon Beast approached, several more streams of light flew out, directly charging into the dense avian Demon Beast horde.
Upon entering the avian Demon Beast horde, various colored lights were instantly submerged, with not a single ray of light breaking through!
Although several Planetary Level Expert were surrounded, judging by the continuous fall of avian Demon Beast from the sky, the Demon Beast horde also suffered considerable losses!
Soon, a gap appeared in the dark mass of avian Demon Beast, and those several streams of light broke out from that gap, returning above the valley to rejoin the other Expert.
After these several streams of light returned, several more streams of light flew out, charging into the avian Demon Beast horde.
This repeated action ensured that the avian Demon Beast horde was always prevented from flying over the defensive zones.
Watching the Planetary Level Expert continuously charge into the avian Demon Beast horde in the sky, Ender couldn't help but exclaim, "Having Force Armor is truly powerful; they're going in and out of the Demon Beast horde seven times!"
As the Planetary Level Expert charged the avian Demon Beast horde, the terrestrial Demon Beast on the ground also engaged the front-line defenses.
From the sky, Ender could see that after the dark mass of terrestrial Demon Beast horde encountered strong resistance at the front, its two flanks began to encircle the entire Royce Family encampment.
"They're here."
Muttering to himself, Ender maneuvered his bone shield to descend, maintaining an appropriate altitude.
The ground trembled, and a horde of Demon Beast, a mixture of countless carnivorous and herbivorous types, attacked!
"Don't panic!"
"Hold steady! Don't rush!"
"Don't worry! With the gully, the Demon Beast horde can't charge through!"
The experienced veterans continuously called out reminders to the new recruits around them.
Just as the veterans said, because of the wide, long gullies, the Demon Beast couldn't form a large-scale, rapid charge. They all had to slow down when facing one gully after another.
Bang, bang, bang… Collisions were continuous, and many Demon Beast from behind, unable to slow down in time, crashed into those in front, causing a great commotion for a while.
"They're here! Prepare to engage the enemy!"
Seeing a few Demon Beast cross the gullies and approach the defensive line, a veteran shouted loudly and was the first to charge forward.
Thump!
Splurt!
An experienced veteran first used a bone shield to knock the Demon Beast that had crossed the gully off balance, then struck with a saber, severing the Demon Beast's head!
Although few in number, the veterans who acted first were very fast at killing Demon Beast; all the Demon Beast that first crossed the gully were slain.
And the semi-newcomers, participating in their second Beast Tide, knew what to do from their previous experience, and soon, like the Senior, they also slew the Demon Beast.
With the veterans demonstrating and the semi-newcomers, who were on their second Beast Tide defense, as examples, the new recruits participating in their first Beast Tide trial gradually understood what to do.
After all, everyone standing here was a warrior trained for many years, some even having experience fighting Demon Beast, so they naturally adapted quickly.
While fierce fighting raged in the defensive zone below, Ender scanned the Demon Beast horde from the air, looking for any potential Planetary Level Demon Beast, and at the same time, he observed the battle situation, using his bone spike to save people.
Of course, his main focus was on his younger brothers, Twelve and Thirteen.
"Hmm!"
Ender's gaze paused; he discovered a Unicorn Wolf hidden within the Demon Beast horde.
That Unicorn Wolf was enormous, much larger than the Apprentice Level Nine Unicorn Wolf he had killed ten-odd days ago!
"Planetary Level Demon Beast!"
With a thought, Ender's previously dispersed bone spike returned, retracting into the beast skin pouch at his waist.
Then, twenty silver-white blades flew out, combining with a "clang" into a silver-white short sword.
"Sky Piercing Sword, go!"
As Ender let out a soft shout, the Sky Piercing Sword glowed with a faint white light, transforming into a stream of light that shot out, aimed directly at that Planetary Level Unicorn Wolf!
Whoosh!
With a faint sound of air being torn, the silver-white stream of light rapidly moved, unstoppable!
Any Demon Beast that dared to stand in its way was pierced through like paper, one by one, and blood gushed from their bodies!
That Planetary Level Unicorn Wolf moved swiftly. Seeing the stream of light formed by the Sky Piercing Sword was so powerful, it constantly dodged.
Unfortunately, its large size meant that after dodging three attacks, it was still pierced by the Sky Piercing Sword.
Because the Sky Piercing Sword was small, the Unicorn Wolf's waist was pierced, but it didn't suffer much damage, and its movements remained unimpaired.
"Flee!"
Seeing its tough fur easily penetrated by the silver-white stream of light, the Unicorn Wolf knocked away a blocking Demon Beast and unhesitatingly turned and fled!
Seeing that Planetary Level Unicorn Wolf so cowardly, turning to flee, Ender was surprised, "It's fleeing already? Not even trying to resist?"
Though he thought so, he didn't intend to let the Unicorn Wolf go, controlling the Sky Piercing Sword to pursue relentlessly.
Compared to the flying speed of the Sky Piercing Sword, the Unicorn Wolf's escape speed was clearly not fast enough, but it cleverly kept changing direction, occasionally even faking changes in direction.
Thus, the Sky Piercing Sword controlled by Ender pursued the Planetary Level Unicorn Wolf, chasing the latter all over the Demon Beast horde, causing great chaos within the horde.
"Got you!"
The Unicorn Wolf collided with another Demon Beast during another change of direction, giving Ender an opportunity.
Whoosh!
The silver-white stream of light penetrated the Unicorn Wolf's hind leg, then, unimpeded, went straight to its internal organs!
"Now, split!"
As Ender's thought moved, the Sky Piercing Sword disintegrated into twenty blades, causing massive destruction inside the Unicorn Wolf's body.
Awoo—!
With its hind leg injured and its internal organs continuously attacked, the Unicorn Wolf immediately let out a painful howl, rolling on the ground!
The roar of the Planetary Level Demon Beast was deafening, stunning the weaker Demon Beast around it.
A veteran in the defensive zone looked at the Unicorn Wolf roaring in pain in the distance and exclaimed, "That's a Planetary Level Demon Beast!"
A new recruit said, somewhat uncertainly, "It seems to be in a lot of pain."
"Combine!"
Ender's thought moved again, and the twenty blades reassembled into the Sky Piercing Sword inside the Unicorn Wolf's body, transforming into a silver-white stream of light that pierced its heart and head!
Awoo!
After the Sky Piercing Sword drilled out, the Unicorn Wolf, accompanied by a painful roar, fell to the ground, no longer moving.
Because Ender's control of the Sky Piercing Sword to chase the Unicorn Wolf caused great chaos in the Demon Beast horde, many Demon Beast took advantage of the confusion to flee the horde, which greatly reduced the pressure on the people in the defensive zone.
"That Planetary Level Demon Beast is dead!"
A new recruit, who was idle, saw the Unicorn Wolf die and couldn't help but shout excitedly; it was his first time witnessing the death of a Planetary Level Demon Beast.
One person pointed at the silver-white stream of light formed by the Sky Piercing Sword and shouted, "That light killed the Planetary Level Demon Beast!"
Whoosh!
The silver-white stream of light pierced through the bodies of several Demon Beast, returning to Ender's side.
A veteran saw that the silver-white stream of light that killed the Unicorn Wolf actually returned to Ender's side, and immediately understood, "It's the Commander! He killed the Planetary Level Demon Beast!"
Subsequently, sounds of exclamation, admiration, and praise arose one after another.
"What? It's the Commander?"
"The Commander, an Apprentice Level Nine, actually killed a Planetary Level Demon Beast!"
"Killing a Planetary Level Expert as an Apprentice-level! Truly amazing!"
"I know who the Commander is! He killed a Planetary Level Demon Beast during the previous migration!"
...Having slain the Planetary Level Unicorn Wolf, Ender looked at the people in the defensive zone, seeing their admiration and praise in their eyes, clearly evident.
"Hmm?"
Ender saw a familiar figure, whose eyes were surprisingly the same as everyone else's!
He was somewhat surprised, "Thirteen? How could he? Did my slaying of the Planetary Level Demon Beast also impress Thirteen?"
"How is that possible!"
He didn't believe it, and seeing Twelve and Thirteen safe, he turned his gaze to the distance!
At this time, the first wave of the Beast Tide receded, but the second wave was already brewing and would launch an attack soon.