"Refuse to cooperate?"

Su Ye frowned. As far as he knew, the Eastern Continent transcendents that Gu Shen had brought were not poorly skilled, but their configuration of heavy source-energy weapons was still scarce... Even if Bright City joined the alliance, they could only ensure the defense of one or two urban districts.

Under these circumstances, refusing the influx of external forces...

It had to be said, it was foolish.

"Very well, you certainly have backbone."

Zhu Que smiled faintly, "Then I'll congratulate you in advance, and wish you success in defending your city."

"..."

Gu Shen was too lazy to waste words, and directly withdrew from the mental link.

"Countdown: 2 hours and 49 minutes."

The time estimate provided by [Deep Sea] was still constantly updating.

The beast tide seemed to be accelerating.

The tremor was so obvious that even the low-level transcendents living in the residential areas could feel it.

"Just now, the Western Continent and the Central Continent initiated a 'mental link'."

Gu Shen didn't hide what had just happened. He said to Chen Mei and Bai Xiu, "But I rejected their 'cooperation'. They want the urban districts of the Southern Abyss."

"Are they dreaming?"

Chen Mei said coldly, "If we can't defend it, what good will it do if they come?"

"I can get to the West Wing."

Bai Xiu pondered for a moment and said, "If [Deep Sea]'s information is accurate, and the scale of the 'beast tide' doesn't continue to expand, I should be able to defend two urban districts by myself..."

Chen Mei was silent. "Are you serious?"

Both were top-tier Fourth Order.

He had little confidence in defending even one urban district against this beast tide.

But it wasn't that he was much weaker than Bai Xiu... it was just that different transcendents had different abilities.

Chen Mei's "Time Slow" really didn't have the ability for group attacks. In this regard, the [Thunder Realm Walker] was top-tier among the top-tier. Once Bai Xiu was allowed to unleash her power, defending two urban districts was indeed something she could accomplish.

"These things mainly depend on 'ability attributes'."

Gu Shen chuckled softly and said, "You're a 'Time Slow' ability user who's invincible in one-on-one combat, why would you go head-to-head with the beast tide? Defending urban districts... even if Shen Li went, it wouldn't be your turn."

Shen Li: "???"

...

...

The mental channel was silent for a moment.

Just as Bai Xiu was about to set off, Gu Shen spoke.

He clearly saw the edge of the tide that was now entering his field of vision, took a light breath, and said with a smile, "Let me handle this. The impact range of the beast tide is ten urban districts, but if it's just this range... it's still within my 'ability to bear'."

Shen Li again: "???"

Chen Mei couldn't help but roll his eyes. "Gu Shen, are you kidding me?"

The only one who remained silent among them was Bai Xiu.

Her small sleeves stopped her movement to rush out of the city wall, as if lost in thought.

Gu Shen stood up from the high wall of District S12.

He raised an arm.

"Swish, swish, swish—"

Countless iron-scaled skins slid out from his sleeves. Under the control of the [Iron Throne], thousands of iron scales quickly reorganized, transforming into a long sword. Gu Shen stepped forward, planting his foot on the iron sword. The slender sword body sank slightly, but still held firm.

The next moment.

One person and one sword, with a dazzling, fiery tail flame, flew out from the high wall of District S12!

The scene was extremely spectacular and shocking.

Shen Li was stunned for a second, and subconsciously blurted out a "Holy shit."

Was Gu Shen crazy?

He also rushed out of the high wall, but unfortunately, the [Iron Eater] had no "airborne ability" at all. Gu Shen glanced back in time, reached out and grabbed him, throwing this guy back onto the high wall again.

"Are you out of your mind?"

The little iron man sat down on the stone pier on the city wall, completely anxious.

That one person and one sword quickly flew away.

He only heard a light and airy sentence.

"I'll be back soon."

...

...

["Do not go."]

["Do not go."]

["Do not go."]

The Goddess of Fate's protection densely transmitted dangerous signals of this kind. Gu Shen turned a deaf ear to them. He stepped on the iron sword and quickly advanced southwards, soon seeing the massive transcendent beast tide...

"It really is spectacular."

Gu Shen stepped on the iron sword, slowly hovering.

He hadn't expected.

That one day, within the Five Continents, there would appear so many "transcendent beings." This was indeed a major crisis worthy of being called an "A-level Disaster." If it had appeared in Nagano, it might have required a titled powerhouse to perfectly resolve it.

It was obviously impossible to kill all these "transcendent beings".

This was also why the pendant reminded him not to go.

It didn't believe that he could change the "beast tide" by himself... If he plunged down, he would soon be trampled to death. Even if he launched an attack with "Blazing Fire," it wouldn't make much difference. The number of beasts was too large, and the hypnotic effect of a mental-type transcendent was too stretched.

However.

The pendant obviously hadn't predicted that Gu Shen also had an extremely appropriate "ultimate weapon."

"Hiss..."

Gu Shen reached out, his five fingers swept into the Pure Land Domain. He took out the [Snuff Bottle] from the frozen void.

This was a special sealed item seized from the hands of the Poison Fiend during the Tundra campaign. Gu Shen diluted a drop of concentrated Styx River poison... Now, this entire bottle was filled with a dense, poisonous miasma!

In terms of group attacks.

Bai Xiu's [Thunder Realm Walker] was indeed very strong, almost invincible.

If it encountered rainy weather, there would be an extra bonus.

But... the real group attack artifact was now in Gu Shen's hands. In terms of "mass killing" alone, there shouldn't be anything in this world that could compare to the "Styx River Poison". This thing directly caused the Empress to lose a considerable amount of mental energy.

The two major legions of the Northern Continent were tormented during the "Doru River" exploration mission.

If the Empress hadn't taken action, who knew how many warriors in the Northern Continent would have died from the mental infection of the River Poison...

This was a true "forbidden weapon" in every sense of the word.

"Are you going to take action in this area? I can block [Sky Eye]."

Chu Ling said, "Since the main system has just completed its upgrade, the [Sky Eye] outage will not last too long."

"Okay."

Gu Shen calmly observed the approaching tide in the distance. He patiently waited for the countdown in his spiritual sea.

Chu Ling began to use her [Source Code] authority.

"[Sky Eye] has been blocked, estimated duration three minutes."

The moment her voice came out.

Gu Shen pulled open the stopper of the [Snuff Bottle], and at the same time, flipped the bottle over, gently patting the palm of his hand.

Under the urging of mental energy—

The River Poison transformed into a dark, poisonous miasma, instantly spreading out. Looking from afar, it seemed as if someone was stepping on a flying sword, holding a black waterfall, with torrents of black water flowing down, creating an extremely strange scene.

At the same time, Gu Shen began to sweep westward, using District S12 as the boundary.

This rusted pot, no bigger than a palm, seemed to have "immeasurable" capacity, constantly pouring out mental toxins. After several dozen seconds, even the Eastern Continent garrison soldiers on the high walls of the Southern Abyss could see the "unusual" scene in the distance.

Between heaven and earth, there seemed to be a "black" waterfall, transformed into a curtain, creating a barrier—

The image feedback provided by [Deep Sea] was interrupted at this moment.

No one knew what the beast tide that was attacking the Southern Abyss was encountering at this moment.

...

...

With a "chii" sound.

A giant, golden leopard, moving with incredible speed, rushed to the very front of the beast tide. It directly crashed into the "black waterfall" that had spilled onto the ground. It didn't notice anything in the first second... Its speed didn't decrease, but even increased. Only after a few seconds did the leopard's pupils suddenly contract.

It stretched its body extremely nimbly and leaped out, then collapsed to the ground with a bang. The mental toxins corroded its mental sea, and all this happened too quickly, in just a split second. After it fell, its body still had inertia, but before it could slide very far, it was crushed by a lumbering giant elephant—

The beast tide began to disintegrate.

These beasts that had undergone "transcendent awakening" actually possessed a certain level of consciousness.

If the conditions were sufficient.

They could evolve further...

Jin Suihua could communicate with Gu Shen's mind, and Lin Lin's Labrador could cast mental dreams. Gu Shen didn't know if this level of high-order transcendent beings had been born in the Mulberry Continent Abyss, but it was clear that this beast tide was full of "ordinary goods".

The most powerful one should be that giant elephant, nearly thirty meters tall.

It would be more appropriate to call it a "mammoth."

This big guy's direction of advance was very straight, it had never changed from beginning to end. According to this trend, it would eventually crash into the "Iron Wall" of District S12, and then use its tusks to carve a big hole in the wall that "District S12" was so proud of.

Of course, the biggest reason was that this was the Mulberry Continent Abyss.

If it were replaced with a Northern Continent fortress, even if there were a hundred of these big guys, they wouldn't be able to break through the "Giant Wall."

But it first passed through Gu Shen's "Dark Curtain."

The Nether King's mental toxins instantly invaded its huge body... This big guy's steps immediately began to sway, unable to maintain a straight line. The "lure" that summoned it still existed, but its consciousness had already been grasped in the palm of the Nether King.

Finally—

"Boom!"

The giant elephant fell, crushing a large expanse of flesh and blood.

Gu Shen swept past quickly. He had no time to look at what was happening behind him, because the following events were basically without suspense.

The "River Poison" was spilled. As long as these transcendent beings dared to pass through the curtain, there was only one ending—

Death.

...

...

"What exactly is that black wall?"

Su Cha, who ranked first among the four adopted sons of Chen San, stood beside Chen Mei. He opened his mouth with a hoarse voice.

Su Cha's ability was somewhat similar, also a "domain type". He could prop up an azure blue sky, and apply a huge increase to friendly transcendents in a certain area.

But he couldn't understand the existence of that black curtain...

Just staring at it made one feel a burst of palpitation.

As a Fourth Order, Chen Mei couldn't answer this question either.

"Don't ask too much."

Chen Mei lit a cigarette and took a heavy puff.

The [Deep Sea] link had been cut off. Gu Shen must have used some kind of privilege... The appearance of the black curtain couldn't be concealed from people like the Four Divine Envoys, but if they couldn't get the specific images captured by [Sky Eye], this "curtain" would become a powerful deterrent!

"Di di di."

In Chen Mei's mental sea, he received a picture of the scene sent by Gu Shen.

Large swaths of transcendent beings were falling—

The "Black Curtain" was passively slaughtering. This should be a method similar to mental toxins.

The meaning of this message was obvious.

No need to worry.

Chen Mei had thought that Gu Shen's words just now were just bravado... But now it seemed that he was wrong, and wrong in a very outrageous way.

Chen Mei slowly exhaled a puff of turbid smoke, his eyes complex.

"This guy's growth rate is a little too fast, isn't it..."

...

...

After awakening, transcendent beings would develop "wisdom."

Jin Suihua and Niu Niu were both good examples.

And these in the beast tide, although they were still low-order, their intelligence was far higher than ordinary beast spirits—

"Rumbling!"

Dust and smoke rolled across the sky.

However, in just a few dozen seconds, the original, extremely determined beast tide impact produced subtle changes under the "Black Curtain" poured out by the [Snuff Bottle].

They had originally wanted to impact the residential area of the Southern Abyss, directly trampling over it.

But now, after a large number of beings had fallen in front...

Those wild beings who had not yet crossed the "curtain" had realized that the "Black Waterfall" spanning the heavens and earth was an extremely dangerous existence, and absolutely could not be touched...

They began to change direction spontaneously, no longer directly impacting!

Instead, they split along the "Black Curtain" towards the east and west...

Gu Shen was desperately sweeping. After he noticed the change in the beast tide, he couldn't help but curl his lips slightly. These guys still had "brains". This was a good thing. If they were desperately impacting, with such a large base number, there might really be a "miracle" occurring—

But now it was different.

Gu Shen stepped on the iron sword and sped through the air. Finally, he used the [Snuff Bottle] to draw a long line of poisonous miasma across the southern line of the Southern Abyss. This long line stretched for dozens of miles, directly wrapping around the entire Southern Abyss... The beast tide also split accordingly!

"They don't dare to impact 'Southern Abyss' anymore?"

Gu Shen casually grabbed a giant beast spirit from the beast tide and used Blazing Fire to search its "mental sea."

This was a wild chicken more than a meter long, jumping and hopping, its feathers crimson red, a beautiful specimen. Such an extremely weak being had actually survived the trampling of the beast tide. It had some ability.

"Buzz!"

Blazing Fire read its mind.

The lifespan of this wild chicken was very short, less than three years. Obviously, it didn't have any high-order positions, so Gu Shen couldn't sense a clear line of thought like ordinary transcendents... But he could feel that the spiritual consciousness of this being was extremely excited, pointing directly to a certain direction!

Tan Yao!

Gu Shen's consciousness returned to reality.

Now he was very certain.

These beings were heading for "Tan Yao"—

There must be some kind of "summoning" in the active volcano.

"[Sky Eye] is about to return to normal."

"Countdown, 3, 2, 1..."

Chu Ling spoke softly.

After Gu Shen finished doing these things, the [Sky Eye]'s illusion time also ended.

He raised his head and gave the middle finger as a greeting in the direction of [Sky Eye].

If there were no accidents... At this time, Zhu Que and Su Ye were probably waiting to see his excitement.

He wondered what these two would react after seeing such a scene now?