Chapter 530: Beast Tide Breaking the Array

Chapter 530: Chapter 530: Beast Tide Breaking the Array

The Beast Tide was comprised of all sorts of Spirit Beasts.

Among them were a considerable number of Spirit Beasts at the Semi-Saint Realm.

The reason the Four Great Forces had dispatched their disciples to fight the Spirit Beasts was very simple.

The Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Slaughter Array, jointly set up by the ten Divine Dao Array Martial Artists from the Heaven and Earth Sect, had limited power. It was fundamentally incapable of slaughtering all the Spirit Beasts. If the beasts broke through the Array, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Because of this, almost everyone the Four Great Forces brought to fend off the Beast Tide’s invasion would lose their lives within the Array.

The Four Great Forces had not told anyone the truth about this.

Inside the Array, a slaughter was underway. Whether it was a Spirit Beast or a Martial Artist, a life was not a life; people died every minute. The number of corpses on the ground grew, and rivers of blood flowed everywhere.

Long Ao was hiding somewhere within the Array, a place that Spirit Beasts could hardly find. He believed that even the Four Great Forces would be unable to locate him here.

Long Ao had already known about the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Slaughter Array. Now, after studying it for a full day and night, he understood it very clearly, even if he couldn’t deploy it himself.

Long Ao turned a blind eye to the mutual slaughter between the Beast Tide and the Four Great Forces, as he had already figured out the whole story.

The Four Great Forces hadn’t invited him this time hoping to resist the Beast Tide’s invasion together. Their real goal was to use the Beast Tide to get rid of him.

’What a shameless bunch, the Four Great Forces.’

’The Imperial City is the most shameless of all. We’re supposed to be in an Alliance, yet they deliberately set me up.’

’It’s a good thing I didn’t bring the Sect’s army. Otherwise, everyone would have likely died here.’

"Since you were unjust, don’t blame me for being ruthless."

Long Ao’s fists clenched tightly. He had always lived by one principle: if others don’t bother me, I won’t bother them. But if anyone dares to cross me, I will pay them back double.

However, at a moment like this, Long Ao didn’t act recklessly. As the saying goes, he would watch the fire from across the river and reap the fisherman’s profit.

The Beast Tide and the Four Great Forces were slaughtering each other. By the time the Beast Tide retreated, the Four Great Forces would likely be all but wiped out. It wouldn’t be too late for him to make his move then.

The forty thousand disciples of the Four Great Forces fought the Spirit Beasts one by one. But the sheer number of Spirit Beasts was overwhelming. They were fearless, throwing themselves forward wave after wave. When one fell, three to five more would immediately take its place.

In one-on-one fights, the disciples of the Four Great Forces might not lose. But in a group brawl, it wouldn’t matter if they had forty thousand disciples or four hundred thousand; the result would be the same.

The intentions of the Four Great Forces were clear. The forty thousand disciples were just cannon fodder. As long as they could hold the line for a certain amount of time, the Four Great Forces could activate the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Slaughter Array together and easily suppress the Beast Tide.

Every ten years, the Four Great Forces had to sacrifice forty thousand disciples, sometimes even more.

To say they didn’t feel the loss would be a lie.

After all, these were disciples they had painstakingly cultivated for ten years, only to have them all wiped out in just ten short days. If the Beast Tide didn’t threaten the very survival of the Four Great Forces, they would absolutely never do such a thing.

At that moment, three towering figures suddenly appeared.

As they watched the figures approach from the distance, all the Spirit Beasts scrambled to get out of the way. Long Ao and the upper echelons of the Four Great Forces were all stunned, because they knew what was happening.

Three Holy Beasts had appeared, and they were Holy Beasts at the Saint Level.

The Four Great Forces feared the appearance of Saint Level Holy Beasts. If they appeared, the Four Great Forces would have to send out their own Saints. Otherwise, the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Slaughter Array would have a hard time trapping the Beast Tide.

Each of the eight Saints from the Four Great Forces had their own schemes and were unwilling to act. After all, whoever made a move at this time would be the one to suffer. Because of this, even with three Saint Level Holy Beasts on the field, none of the eight Saints were willing to step forward.

The longer they delayed, the more disadvantageous it became for the Four Great Forces.

In the past, the Four Great Forces would have scrambled to be the first to act. After all, if the Beast Tide broke through into Kyushu, not only would Kyushu suffer, but the Four Great Forces themselves would face devastation.

Long Ao cursed the Four Great Forces viciously in his heart, his contempt for them reaching its peak.

And so, with the appearance of the three Holy Beasts, the Beast Tide became even more ferocious. Roaring wildly, they charged forward. The Beast Tide already had the upper hand, but now it was like a wolf among sheep, slaughtering the forces of the Four Great Forces and forcing them into a steady retreat.

This Beast Tide seemed particularly fierce, giving the Four Great Forces no chance to react.

"Patriarch, what should we do?"

Long Yan’s expression was extremely grim. At this rate, the Beast Tide could break through the Array and invade Kyushu at any moment. If that truly happened, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Hmph. Netherworld Mansion, Piaomiao Palace, and the Imperial City... so shameless. They want to reap the fisherman’s profit. I would rather we all perish together than be the one to make a move."

Long Mowen was no fool. If the two of them charged out and managed to hold off the three Holy Beasts, their chances of survival would still be slim. The Long Family would suffer a huge loss, while the other three major forces would benefit.

"Patriarch, then what about us?"

"Who’s afraid of whom? At worst, we’ll all face the Beast Tide’s descent upon Kyushu together."

At the same time, Duan Kai and Duan He were also cursing the other three families. Duan Kai said, "If we had all acted together, we could have completely stopped the Beast Tide’s advance. It seems the other three families want to reap the fisherman’s profit. How utterly shameless."

"Father, what should we do now?"

"We’ll wait and see what happens. I refuse to believe the other three families won’t be worried when the Beast Tide descends on Kyushu."

The Eastern Emperor City, the West Third Level Long Family, the Southern Netherworld Mansion, and the North Piaomiao Palace—each of the Four Great Forces had their own schemes. None of the eight Saints were willing to act, allowing the Beast Tide to press closer and closer. Nearly ten thousand of the forty thousand disciples were already dead. At this rate, it was only a matter of time before all forty thousand were annihilated.

But even so, the eight Saints of the Four Great Forces were still unwilling to act, each waiting for another to make the first move. Because of this, the Beast Tide had unknowingly drawn close to the Core of the Array.

Seeing this, Long Ao completely understood what was happening. The Four Great Forces were not going to act, all for their own selfish reasons. This gave the Beast Tide a golden opportunity, and the chances of it breaking the Array and descending upon Kyushu were now infinitely greater.

Long Ao knew very well that if the Beast Tide descended upon Kyushu, even for just ten short days, the continent wouldn’t be able to withstand it. Kyushu would inevitably face utter devastation, with corpses littering the ground and rivers of blood flowing.

’A bunch of bastards.’

Watching as the Beast Tide was about to break through the Array, Long Ao ultimately let his reason suppress his impulse. After all, with his strength alone, it was impossible to fight the entire Beast Tide by himself. That would be suicide, and Long Ao wasn’t that stupid.