Only then did everyone suddenly understand.

On the city wall, a burly man carrying a giant axe wiped a cold sweat from his forehead.

He said in a rough voice, “I’ve long heard that there’s an existence in the Eternal Night Guild who is above the Guild Leader.”

“All members respectfully call him Master.”

“However, this Master has always been mysterious and has never shown his face in public.”

“I never expected him to be such a young man.”

Someone next to him speculated, “To be able to control a Hell-Rank BOSS, where did this person come from?”

“Why have I never heard of such a person in Donghai City before?”

The burly man shook his head, lowering his voice.

“I think, he’s probably a young master from some imperial capital Family who came out to gain experience.”

“He found it boring at home and wanted to make a name for himself, so he came to a small place like our Donghai City to develop quietly.”

“In short, no matter his origin, it’s absolutely a great thing for our Donghai City in dealing with this beast tide!”

Just as everyone was discussing animatedly.

At the other end of the city wall, Sun Tian, the Guild Leader of the Tianyu Guild, was staring at the silver-haired figure in the sky, a look of suspicion on his face.

He felt like something wasn't right.

He clearly remembered that the last time their Tianyu Guild and the Eternal Night Guild clashed outside the city.

The one referred to as “Master” did not seem to be this silver-haired young man.

It was the swordsman named Yasuo.

How long had it been?

Why had their Master suddenly changed again?

Could it be that this Eternal Night Guild had more than one Master?

It seemed that the internal structure of this Guild was far more complex than he had imagined.

Just as Sun Tian was filled with doubt, Zhou Huai had already controlled Moria, leaping down from Xiao Hei's back.

His figure was light and he landed silently and steadily on the city wall.

Zhang Chimin, the commander of the City Guard, saw this and immediately hurried over.

He forced a perfunctory smile, appearing very polite.

“Brothers of the Eternal Night Guild, thank you all for coming to reinforce us!”

“I, Zhang, on behalf of all the soldiers and civilians of Donghai City, am eternally grateful!”

He looked at Moria with burning eyes, a hint of probing in his tone.

“Presumably, this is the boss of the Eternal Night Guild, right?”

“Indeed, heroes emerge in youth. To have such strength at such a young age, he truly is a talent with unlimited potential!”

Zhou Huai didn't have time for pleasantries with him.

He stood at the edge of the city wall, looking out at the dim wilderness outside the city.

The defensive Formation covering the entire city wall had lit up, forming a huge translucent energy barrier.

On the city wall, a ferocious magic-tech cannon was set up every hundred meters, its muzzle already glowing brightly, accumulating energy.

Zhou Huai quickly scanned it, and his brows furrowed tightly.

He turned his head to look at Zhang Chimin beside him, his voice cold.

“General Zhang, your Donghai City’s defensive Formation is only the most basic Rank Four Formation, it’s too fragile.”

“I dare say, it might not even withstand the first wave of impact.”

As soon as these words were spoken, the smile on Zhang Chimin’s face stiffened.

He frowned, and the politeness on his face faded.

“What do you mean by that?”

“Our Donghai City’s defensive Formation has always been a Rank Four Formation, and it has operated stably for decades.”

“In so many previous beast tides, our defensive Formation has always held firm.”

“Even if the scale of this beast tide has increased by one Rank, it shouldn’t be so weak that it can’t even withstand the first wave, right?”

As soon as he finished speaking, members of other Guilds next to him also echoed.

“Exactly! We’ve participated in so many Donghai City defense battles, we know how sturdy this Formation is!”

“What do you mean by coming up here and alarming us like this?”

Moria’s expression was extremely serious, and his voice rose a few octaves.

“I am not being alarmist!”

“The scale of this beast tide will far exceed all of your imaginations!”

“The number ➤ NоvеⅠight ➤ (Read more on our source) of mutated beasts could very well exceed a million!”

“Ho...how many?”

“Over a million?!”

These words, once spoken, were like a bombshell dropped into a calm lake!

It directly stunned many of the professionals present.

In Donghai City's history, the largest beast tide had a total number of mutated beasts barely approaching one hundred thousand.

That time alone had severely damaged the entire city, almost leading to its collapse.

A beast tide of a million?

These professionals simply had no concept of that!

Zhang Chimin wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, his smile appearing particularly stiff.

“This... young brother, you certainly know how to joke.”

“I’ve been the commander of the Donghai City Guard for nearly twenty years, and I’ve encountered no less than thirty beast tides.”

“I haven’t even seen a beast tide exceeding one hundred thousand in scale.”

“Now you’re telling me that the number of mutated beasts this time will exceed a million, this... this is really too exaggerated.”

In the crowd, some people also began to whisper.

“I think, this boss of the Eternal Night Guild probably hasn’t experienced any real beast tides, he’s just scared by the situation and is scaring himself.”

“Exactly, a million-strong beast tide? How could he even think of that, what kind of concept is that? It would be enough to flatten the entire Dongning Province!”

“Exactly! If there were a beast tide of that scale, what would we even defend? We might as well just wait for death.”

Zhou Huai frowned.

There was no more time to waste now.

He was too lazy to explain further.

He stared at Zhang Chimin, his tone unyielding.

“General Zhang must immediately upgrade the defensive Formation!”

Zhang Chimin was somewhat bewildered by Moria’s serious attitude.

He stammered, “But... but... even if we wanted to upgrade the Rank of the defensive Formation, now isn’t the time.”

“The mutated beast army will be here soon. After this beast tide recedes, I’ll apply to the military department for an upgrade.”

“It’s definitely too late now.”

Zhou Huai interrupted him decisively.

“No! It must be now!”

“You, now, immediately, have someone shut down the Rank Four Formation!”

“And let my people carry out the upgrade!”

Looking at Moria’s aggressive stance, everyone felt that the atmosphere was wrong.

A hot-tempered professional pointed at Moria’s nose and shouted.

“Are you f*cking crazy?!”

“Shut down the Formation now? What will we use to fight against the mutated beasts?!”

“Are you trying to send all of us to our deaths?!”

Although members of other Guilds didn't speak, their gazes towards Moria were also filled with ill will.

They silently shook their heads.

They had originally thought that the Master of the Eternal Night Guild was a significant figure.

Unexpectedly, he was so lacking in composure, speaking nonsense at such a critical moment.

This defensive Formation was Donghai City's biggest safeguard right now.

Shutting down the Formation now, what difference was there from leading everyone in Donghai City to commit mass suicide?

Zhang Chimin also saw that Moria’s expression did not seem to be joking.

He immediately put away all expressions on his face, his demeanor becoming extremely serious.

“I can solemnly inform you, it’s impossible!”

“I must be responsible for all the City Guard present, and for the professionals of the various Guilds!”

“And I must be responsible for the hundreds of thousands of innocent citizens within the city!”

“This is no laughing matter!”

Zhou Huai fell silent.

He knew that persuading him now was clearly impossible.

However, relying on this fragile Rank Four Formation to block the first wave of impact from the beast tide army was simply a pipe dream.

This level of Formation was no different from thin paper to those mutated beasts.

He had to have Zhuge Kongming immediately upgrade this Formation!

Just as Zhou Huai was considering whether he should have the members of the Eternal Night Guild directly take action to control everyone present.

A series of urgent car roars came from the street outside the city gate, from far to near.

Soon, dozens of heavy trucks painted with military emblems grandly stopped behind the city gate of Donghai City.

“Screech—”

On the leading off-road vehicle, the car door was suddenly pushed open.

A burly figure leaped out of the car.

It was Li Gang!

He looked up at Zhang Chimin on the city wall, and with a full-throated roar, he shouted.

“Zhang Chimin! Open the gates for me!”