"What an arrogant enemy. What do you plan to do?" Wuzhan Shuang, sitting nearby, played with the teacup in his hand. After drinking the spiritual tea within, he crushed the cup into fine powder that floated away.
At the same time, Baiximing took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down. With a gloomy expression, he said, "Since they want to play, let's play along. I want to see who has the audacity to provoke me."
Wuzhan Shuang smirked but found Baiximing's words reasonable. As the grandson of the current head of the Baijia family, one of the five great families of the Xunyin Tribe, and the fourth young master of the Baijia family, very few had dared to provoke him in the past.
After hearing Baiximing's words, Wuzhan Shuang stretched his body and loosened his muscles. "I'll accompany you on this. After all, the message they sent was also a direct insult to me."
A sinister expression crossed Wuzhan Shuang's face as he licked his lips. "When we find that guy, let's slice him into pieces and see how he tastes."
At dawn, Lin Qian gazed into the distance, where faint shadows appeared in the sky, a dark mass advancing toward them.
This army of one million, composed of the Xunyin Tribe and the Wuxing Tribe, was marching in an orderly fashion toward Gatekeeper City. Leading the army were two powerful figures, one from each tribe, both exuding an aura no weaker than that of Bai Qi and Wulian.
What was even more striking was the massive number of soul beasts being driven forward by the Wuxing Tribe, charging across the land.
Most of these soul beasts were giant green wolves with sharp fangs gleaming ominously. Green energy swirled around their legs.
And their numbers also totaled one million! One million Green Wind Wolves, each with the power of the Life and Death Realm. Such a vast force was not to be underestimated.
"An army of a million aliens, plus soul beasts—this won't be easy to handle." Standing beside Lin Qian on the walls of Gatekeeper City, Yuan Xiang shook his head slightly and said, "I was wondering where the soul beasts from the Battle Plains had gone. Turns out these aliens have been breeding them."
In the past, when this small world served as a trial ground, the Battle Plains were swarming with soul beasts, and trial participants had to work together to fend off the hordes, testing their teamwork.
Now, these soul beasts, once used for trials, had been completely taken over by the Wuxing Tribe and turned into their fighting pawns.
Whether Lin Qian truly had the strength to defeat the Xunyin Tribe and Wuxing Tribe and reclaim this small world would be tested now, as they faced a million-strong army and a million Green Wind Wolves.
With Gatekeeper City under their control, even if they lost, Lin Qian could retreat through the portal to the second space, so the situation wasn't too dire.
Because of this, Yuan Xiang felt relaxed as he watched how Lin Qian would deal with the approaching army.
The million-strong army of the Xunyin Tribe and Wuxing Tribe halted some distance from Gatekeeper City, as did the million Green Wind Wolves.
"Awooo!"
The Wolf King at the forefront of the wolves suddenly howled, followed by twelve powerful Green Wind Wolves that also raised their heads and howled.
The howling spread like a contagion, with the rest of the wolves joining in, creating a continuous chorus.
The collective howls merged into an invisible sound wave that surged toward Gatekeeper City, crashing against the city's protective formation.
The formation rippled under the assault, but the powerful sound waves couldn't penetrate it. The sound was greatly diminished, causing little impact.
"A human, and only one on the wall." The leading Xunyin Tribesman in the sky frowned as he looked toward Gatekeeper City. "What's going on? Was this city really taken by just one human?"
The Wuxing Tribesman leading beside him also stared at Lin Qian on the wall with a doubtful expression. "Could it be a trap?"
"Unlikely. You know the restrictions in this small world as well as I do. The enemy might have allies hidden within the city, but even so, how many could there be? We've spent centuries establishing our forces in this world." The Xunyin Tribesman focused ahead. "Besides, our orders are to capture the city and bring back the madman who took it. Trap or not, we have to go in."
The Wuxing Tribesman next to him chuckled coldly. "Of course. With these beasts as the vanguard, any trap will be exposed."
Hearing this, the Xunyin Tribesman laughed as well and nodded in agreement. "Indeed. With your Wuxing Tribe's ability to control soul beasts with powerful spiritual energy, it's an impressive skill."
The two continued to chat casually in the air, not taking Lin Qian on the city wall seriously at all.
They didn't know how Gatekeeper City had fallen, but they assumed the enemy had merely slipped through the portal when the city's defenders grew complacent.
Seeing the two leaders talking and laughing, Lin Qian couldn't help but sneer. "Two fools, and they're chatting away."
"If it were me, I would have ordered an immediate attack after that massive wolf howl, striking while the momentum was high. Look at those wolves—being forcibly restrained like this, they're just beasts, unable to achieve much. War beasts are an entirely different matter."
Lin Qian shook his head repeatedly as he observed the leaders of the Xunyin and Wuxing Tribes. "The entire forces of City One and City Two, along with their soul beasts, have left their posts, leaving behind empty cities. How foolish!"
"You can't put it that way. Besides you, there are no other enemies in this third space. Rather than leaving soldiers behind, it's better to concentrate forces here to capture you," Yuan Xiang said with a smile.
"But this way, I'll take two cities without shedding a drop of blood." Lin Qian looked at the leaders of the Xunyin and Wuxing Tribes with a hint of pity in his eyes.
Yuan Xiang was puzzled by Lin Qian's words. "But your men are all here. How will you capture their cities?"
"Senior, I sent out a thousand Gale Force soldiers, not just the five hundred who returned," Lin Qian replied with a smile.