During her battle with the soldiers of the Divine Realm, Xu Ruina did not emerge empty-handed.
She had unleashed all types of zombie viruses within her body.
However, the physique of the divine race soldiers was exceptionally robust. The viruses that infiltrated their bodies in a short period were all eliminated by their immune systems.
Therefore, Xu Ruina needed to prolong the infection time through combat, while also accelerating the opponent's heart rate and breathing, allowing more viruses to fully permeate the body through the respiratory tract and the pores on the skin's surface.
As for the outcome, Xu Ruina herself was unsure. She could only leave it to fate.
The worst possible outcome would be death in battle.
Everyone dies eventually; there was nothing to fear.
After all... she hadn't died just once!
At this moment, above the border town.
Countless zombified colossal creatures soared through the air, heading towards the lizardmen's territory.
On the ground, dozens of mountain-like behemoths, with heavy steps and deafening roars, also advanced slowly in the same direction.
The one defending the border town was Dong Tiejun.
Previously, when Zhang Chen fell into a coma while absorbing the meteorite core, it was he who, along with Xiaobai and Erpang, arrived at the military base—or rather, was escorted to the military base by Xiaobai and Erpang.
He later became Zhao Longchuan's right-hand man, and his strength was recognized within the military base faction.
"Town Guard, what's happening?"
"Although the lizardmen have some strength, it shouldn't warrant such a massive mobilization!"
"The Demon Slayer should be able to handle the lizardmen alone!"
Deputy General Li Li asked with a frown.
"Of course, the lizardmen are no match for the Demon Slayer. The reconnaissance team's reports over the past few days indicated that the lizardmen's territory was in chaos and had been overrun by zombie lizardmen."
"This means the Demon Slayer has successfully eliminated the lizardmen."
"The mobilization of such a large-scale zombie force now... suggests the appearance of a more terrifying enemy."
Dong Tiejun said with a frown.
"A more terrifying enemy? Something that could make the Demon Slayer fight with all her might? It's simply unbelievable!"
Li Li's eyes widened in disbelief.
As soon as she spoke, Dong Tiejun received information.
His expression froze for a moment, and after a short while, he regained his composure.
His complexion was not much better than before.
"What happened, Lord Town Guard?"
Li Li asked nervously.
"Something big has happened. The lizardmen are indeed as we predicted, no match for us."
"However... a more terrifying enemy has appeared, a group calling themselves inhabitants of the Divine Realm."
"It is said that the formation of the apocalypse is related to them."
"In this regard, both the natives and we are victims!"
Dong Tiejun paused, sighed, and continued:
"What's even more terrifying is their extraordinary power. Even the Demon Slayer can only fight them to a draw..."
"And there are hundreds of Divine Realm soldiers with such strength!"
"Hundreds?!" Li Li could hardly believe her ears.
No one knew the full extent of the Demon Slayer's power, but the fact that she could stand beside Zhang Chen in the True God's Divine Oracle Scroll was enough to demonstrate her formidable strength.
And yet, someone with such power could only fight these soldiers to a draw?!
"There's no time for surprise. You must immediately organize the surrounding merchant teams, the town's residents, and the survivors fleeing from the border to evacuate in an orderly manner towards the high-walled city."
"The zombie monsters that just flew past were merely buying us time."
"It's impossible to defeat those guys. Our priority now is to ensure as many civilians as possible retreat to safe zones."
"Where these divine realm beings pass, nothing is left alive. They even burn vegetation to ashes... they have come to exterminate us."
"Once all the strong individuals gather, perhaps we can devise a counter-strategy. For now, we must focus on preserving our strength and population."
Dong Tiejun commanded calmly.
"Yes! I'll go arrange it now!"
Li Li saluted, then leaped directly from the city wall. As she walked, she began assigning tasks using her walkie-talkie.
Dong Tiejun stood on the city wall, watching a dark cloud slowly approaching in the distance.
He knew it wasn't evil energy, but the lingering smoke from the Divine Realm soldiers' burning and killing, which had gathered in the sky and was slow to dissipate.
The zombified colossal creatures flying near the dark cloud had already shrunk to the size of small black dots.
But soon, bright beams of light shot out from the ground.
Flames, potent toxins, fierce winds, poisonous smoke, and energy rays converged in the distance.
However, the battle lasted only about ten minutes.
Those zombified, terrifyingly powerful creatures fell to the ground one after another.
The battle ended quickly.
Concurrently, the dark cloud continued its slow advance, like an incomparably terrifying monster pushing forward unstoppably.
Shortly after, the zombified behemoths on the ground also arrived at the battlefield, and another fierce battle erupted between the two sides.
But before long, the mountain-like corpses of the behemoths were dismantled, and waves of flames continued to surge forward.
"Li Li, how is the evacuation of survivors going? How much longer will it take?"
Dong Tiejun asked with a solemn expression, standing on the city wall.
"The residents have gathered in the streets and are evacuating the city in an orderly fashion!"
"However, the survivors have different strengths, and there are many children among them, which slows down the process."
"It will take about two more hours!"
Li Li replied via walkie-talkie.
"We don't have that much time. The enemy is advancing extremely rapidly. We have at most one more hour."
Dong Tiejun said with a grim expression.
"I'll do my best!"
Li Li finished, and continued to lead her team in maintaining order.
In reality, evacuation was simple: just tell everyone to flee.
But the survivors had varying levels of strength. Many survivors with blue rings had settled here, and their strength was quite low.
Without protection from stronger individuals, they were easily vulnerable to attacks from wild monsters.
Furthermore, the composition of survivors in the border town was mixed. Many were survivors who had recently joined the Flourishing Dynasty.
These people were accustomed to a wilder life and had engaged in looting and killing.
If Li Li allowed the survivors to leave on their own, there was a chance that some survivors with ulterior motives might launch surprise attacks on others.
The situation was already stressful with a powerful enemy invading. If internal chaos ensued, it would be even more troublesome.
Therefore, Li Li had to categorize the survivors into different groups and implement varying control measures for different groups of survivors to ensure the evacuation proceeded safely and orderly.
This naturally slowed down the process considerably.
Meanwhile, Kaluo's army advanced with impunity.
By injecting energy into their divine iron weapons and plunging them into the ground, the surrounding vegetation would instantly wither and ignite.
They were like reapers; wherever they passed, there were corpses strewn about, and not a blade of grass remained.
"It seems something interesting is about to happen!"
Kaluo said with a smile, looking at the border town in the distance.