Chapter 219
The streets of Central Pine City erupted with cheers . Since the blood disaster began, very few occasions could excite everyone like the current one .
The blood fiends that were blocked by Ai Hui began to split up, wandering down the other streets and alleys, eventually spreading to other parts of the city . Direct clashes between elementalists and blood fiends occurred simultaneously in different parts of the city . Casualties on both sides were rising sharply .
Fortunately, most of the blood fiends flocked towards the main street where Ai Hui was . The enormous benefits of the blood crystals also greatly reduced the elementalists’ fear of the blood fiends .
If not for these two factors, the number of casualties would have been much worse . Even so, innumerable lives were still lost to the intense battles happening throughout the city .
The city had initially suffered heavy casualties, but after paying the price in blood, the elementalists learned how to better handle these powerful blood-traced fiends . People weren’t afraid of the blood-traced fiends’ raw strength, but rather, were afraid of the unknown . The blood-traced fiends’ mysterious transformations, unique powers, and the blood poison they carried were all a mystery to most of the city’s forces .
As the number of battles under their belts increased, these unknown factors were unravelled one by one . The mystery shrouding the blood-traced fiends was fading away and the fear of them was rapidly diminishing .
Dire beasts could be just as strong as these blood fiends, but people weren’t so afraid of them .
The elementalists came from all over the city, dispersing the main horde of blood fiends and surrounding them from all sides . They were applying dire beast hunting tactics to the current situation . Lives were constantly lost, but nobody took even one step back . Everyone was completely immersed in the slaughter .
Retreat? Where could they go? There was no path for retreat!
There was no alternative to fighting to the death . Destroying every last blood fiend in the city was the only way to survive .
The mayor’s residence was quiet . The faint cries of madness and uniform knocking of shields in the distance did not disturb Wang Zhen in the least . He looked at the elite in front of him .
Standing in front of him were the strongest elites in Central Pine City . Among them were teachers who had experienced and survived various disasters, experienced hunting veterans, and former elites of the Thirteen Divisions .
Standing beside him was the dean .
Central Pine City had no one else to rely on in the face of such a formidable enemy; this was the most powerful team that they could put together . To Wang Zhen, this team of "elites" was woefully weak . During the Battle of the Dawn, at least they’d had Ye Baiyi and forty-two elite members of the Deathgrass Division .
He was just an auxiliary soldier, and a retired one at that . How did he end up as a leader?
Wang Zhen laughed in resignation .
He didn’t expect this team to have to enter battle so soon, but the situation was critical and he had to make a swift decision .
He was capable of mobilizing the entire city, turning Central Pine City into a giant meat grinder . He was willing to send the weaker students out to their deaths in order to deplete the blood poison . He was also more than willing to throw himself out there without the slightest hesitation when required .
Having been to the battlefield, he knew that mercy and compassion to others or oneself were of no use out there .
On the battlefield, those who feared death were often the first to die .
"Our mission is to re-seal the gate . The A-1 unit seems to be attracting the main bulk of the blood fiends . As such, we will move along the inside of the walls and cut in from the sides . I don’t care how it’s done, as long as it's done in the end . We don’t have much time left . "
Wang Zhen spoke swiftly and firmly . He only paused for a moment when he mentioned the A-1 unit . The A-1 unit had performed well beyond his expectations . He had to admit that seeing Ai Hui fend off the stampeding blood fiends had initially made him doubt his own eyes .
If not for Ai Hui…
Without Ai Hui, the horde of blood fiends would have completely destroyed everything in front of them . The entire Central Pine City would have become their playground .
Wang Zhen, who had experienced the Battle of the Dawn, understood that the most terrifying thing about the blood fiends was their overwhelming madness that seemed to crush everything .
Ai Hui was somehow able to resist it .
Wang Zhen had no idea how Ai Hui did it, but he’d definitely succeeded in resisting it .
He suddenly thought of how the Battle of the Dawn had unleashed the wargod-like Ye Baiyi . Perhaps Ai Hui was Central Pine City’s Ye Baiyi?
This ridiculous thought hovered in his mind for a couple of seconds before it disappeared .
When he’d spoken to the dean, Wang Zhen had suggested that a miracle could happen . Deep down however, he’d known that placing his hopes on a miracle was laughably stupid . All hopes on the battlefield were only derived from fighting and bloodshed .
His gaze brushed over the group in front of him as he said solemnly, "We must re-seal the gate in the shortest time possible . As of now, flying blood fiends have yet to enter the city and we must accomplish our mission before…"
At that moment, he saw some blood birds flying in the distance . His expression changed slightly, but soon returned to normal . "Well, they’re already here . All we can do now is to seal the gate as soon as possible and keep their numbers to a minimum . The dean and I will be leading this operation . We must succeed at all costs . Let’s go . "
Central Pine City’s defences had always been robust, especially its air defence . This was the reason why they had been able to hold out until now .
The previous incident where blood bats had infiltrated the city had prompted the mayor’s residence to completely reform the city’s air defences . Wang Zhen himself had presided over their design . Under his meticulous arrangements, the blood bats were unable to invade Central Pine City again .
To think that there would now be blood birds within their airspace…
Compared to the blood-traced fiends on the ground, the flying blood birds were a much greater threat . They were much more versatile and had more lines of attack . Even with the azure wings, it would take an expert to be able to defeat these flying blood fiends . To most elementalists, flying with the azure wings was just another technical ability . To the flying blood fiends however, flying was an evolutionary adaptation perfected over many millennia .
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