Global Dungeon: I Can See the Status Bar

There are hundreds of thousands of mortals settled on the outskirts, all unable to protect themselves. What should be done?

”The City Defense Army must immediately advance to the outer city, rely on the Celestial Star Array to fend off the enemy, cover the mortals’ retreat, and gradually contract the defense!”

Just as everyone was feeling at a loss, a strong voice rang out from within the city.

A figure wearing a white robe sprang up, suspended high above.

Walking on air, the identity of the Nascent Soul True Monarch was unmistakable!

It was an elder with a white beard and hair, with an ethereal appearance, radiating the powerful pressure belonging to a late-stage Nascent Soul.

This elder was the Nascent Soul Supreme Elder from the Celestial Star Sect, also the Sect Leader of the previous generation, known as Celestial Star Child.

Following Celestial Star Child’s order, the Old City Lord also flew up into the sky, personally controlling the Grand Array, and fully activating this Tier Four Array.

In an instant, precisely one hundred and eight star points suddenly appeared over Celestial Star City.

The Beidou Seven Stars in the night sky radiated brilliantly.

With Star Shifting, endless starlight blossomed, enveloping the entire Celestial Star City within, and slowly contracting inward.

Forcibly stimulating the Grand Array’s power to extend the protective range consumes too much Spiritual Qi, even risking the exhaustion of the Spirit Vein.

The mortals’ city defense army from the outer city and the official cultivators from the inner city had been organized to assist in the rapid retreat of the mortals towards the inner city.

Even if materials are lost, they can be rebuilt, but a sharp reduction in population truly requires time to replenish!

These hundreds of thousands of mortals have been well-fed and cared for by the Celestial Star Sect for hundreds of years; their physique has been optimized through countless generations, producing babies with Spirit Roots that far exceed those of ordinary mortal realms.

This is the Celestial Star Sect’s lifeline!

A training base for such successor disciples; even as a powerful Immortal Sect, the Celestial Star Sect has only established three such places, while mortals in other territories can only be left to fend for themselves.

This explains why Celestial Star City, despite being a small frontier city with scarce Spiritual Qi, still has a Nascent Soul True Monarch stationed.

”Roar!”

The Red Tiger Demon King, also a late-stage Nascent Soul, leaped into the sky and let out a deafening roar.

In an instant, the entire beast horde seemed to be activated.

They no longer tried to hide, but instead roared excitedly, under the leadership of two other Demon Kings, charging at Celestial Star City from the east and north.

Celestial Star Child’s eyes twitched, showing a hint of disbelief.

A late-stage Nascent Soul Celestial Cyan Red Tiger, a mid-stage Nascent Soul Thunderous Grey Wolf, and a mid-stage Nascent Soul plant Demon Beast resembling a giant tree.

Three Demon Kings!

Nearly a hundred Golden Cores!

Countless Foundation Establishments!

Even though he was confident that relying on the Celestial Star Array would protect Celestial Star City until Nascent Soul reinforcements from the Immortal Dao Alliance arrived.

But what about the middle and lower-tier demon beasts?

Celestial Star City simply cannot withstand this force!

Damn it, where did so many demon beasts come from!

”Old bastards of the Celestial Star Sect... originally, I just wanted to slaughter this Celestial Star City to vent my anger, but I didn’t expect such a pleasant surprise...”

The Red Tiger Demon King reverted to its original size in the sky, transforming into a giant tiger over twenty meters long.

Just like its race, its body was akin to blood red, interspersed with the unique black stripes of tigers.

At the same time, a layer of scorching flame cloak had already burned and condensed on the Red Tiger Demon King, enveloping its entire body, resembling an invisible flame armor.

”Today, I shall first collect some interest!”

”Give me back the lives of my sons!”

”Roar!”

The furious tiger’s roar echoed over the entire Celestial Star City.

The raging fire condensed into a massive tiger’s head, lunging at Celestial Star Child with a fierce bite.

”How dare this beast be insolent? I won’t spare you today! I shall take your tiger whip to soak in wine!”

Celestial Star Child’s brows stood upright, forming seals with his left hand, holding an Array Plate with his right, as treasures gleamed all over him.

A ray of starlight seemed to come from beyond the heavens, akin to a celestial sword, completely piercing through the fiery tiger’s head in its biting moment, scattering into countless dancing flames.

Instantly, the Array Plate flew out from his hand, anchoring in midair.

Celestial Star Child seemingly conjured an Array Flag from his Storage Magical Treasure, flicking his robe violently.

A whirlwind instantly formed in front of him.

While repelling the Red Tiger Demon King, he also laid down a temporary array in the sky.

The Celestial Star Sect, much like the Five Elements Array Sect, is a sect based on the Array Dao.

Celestial Star Child, although also a late-stage Nascent Soul like the Red Tiger Demon King, specialized not in direct magical combat or battlefield slaughter but in Array Dao, an existence more focused on support.

He came this time to leverage his strengths, to trap that ”late-stage Nascent Soul” from intelligence, now the temporary array trapping the Red Tiger Demon King was originally prepared for it.

The task of slaying the enemy fell to the Nascent Soul team leader dispatched by the Immortal Dao Alliance.

The Immortal Dao Alliance sent a sword cultivator elder from the Celestial Sword Sect over there, reportedly at a Sword Dao level of unmatched prowess, ready to step into Divinity Transformation anytime.

With such trapping and attacking, no matter how strong the opponent is, escape is impossible.

However, no one expected the intelligence to be half-right; it matched only partially.

Now, with the attacking sword cultivator yet to arrive, Celestial Star Child commenced exerting his own power to stall.

As for the other two Nascent Soul Demon Kings and nearly hundred Golden Core Demon Beasts...it could only be hoped that Celestial Star City and the hunting squad had enough strength.

In addition to Celestial Star Child, the hunting squad from the Celestial Star Sect had only five Golden Core cultivators remaining.

The situation is extremely dire.

The beast horde’s breakout speed was rapid.

Once they stopped pretending, they surged towards Celestial Star City like a tsunami.

The Celestial Star City guards held the frontline, relying on the Celestial Star Array to cover the retreat of the populace.

The spells they unleashed, though meticulously coordinated and honed through years of practice, were overwhelmed under absolute quantity and quality pressure, feeling ineffective like a drop in the bucket.

The Golden Core stage demon race charged forward, grinning ferociously as they plunged forth, using their thick-skinned defense to endure spells and flying swords.

Countless Foundation Establishment demon races followed suit, their bloodline inherited magical techniques and divine techniques spilled forth like they were free.

Indeed, they were spilling forth.

The speed of the mortals’ retreat was far too slow, even with the protection of arrays and cultivators; it was still too fragile.

Even the aftermath of one or two attacks often landed in the rear, instantly killing dozens within the crowd, not even giving them a chance to let out their dying screams.

On average, each Golden Core cultivator faced attacks from four to five demon race Golden Cores, and Foundation Establishment cultivators confronted nearly one-to-ten odds on brutal battlefields.

How could such a battle be fought?

Talismans were spread out like they were free, limitless Elixirs dumped into stomachs.

Yet the fragile defense line continued to collapse steadily, utterly failing to halt the relentless beast horde’s onslaught.

The ”nails” positioned at the front lines to combat the demon race often only endured two to three waves of attacks before being submerged in the beast horde’s seas, never again uttering any sound.

Strings of human lives devoured, countless bones and corpses of mortals and cultivators chewed up and scattered by demon beasts.

The oppressive beast horde appeared like a never-ending ocean.

No matter how desperately they killed one, another quickly filled the gap, appearing as if the battle had never taken place.

Just how could one not feel despair?

On the other side, the Old City Lord, merely an early-stage Nascent Soul, leveraging the array’s power, fought alone against two mid-stage Nascent Soul Demon Kings.

The opponents led the beast horde, launching attacks from two directions. The Old City Lord was stretched thin, powerless against the odds, promptly falling into a disadvantaged position upon engagement.

Even if leveraging array power to invoke attacks from the Beidou Seven Stars against the opponents, the two Demon Kings swiftly gained the upper hand.

The Old City Lord’s defeat or even demise was merely a matter of time.

Inside the city, witnessing everything from the shadows, Yellow Springs Ascendant couldn’t help but sneer in the dark, holding a black bone pearl emitting an evil aura seemingly connected to the entire world.

Demon beasts attacking the city?

Celestial Star Child assisting?

Great!

Very great!

This is simply heaven-sent help!

Fight, just fight!

Five Nascent Souls, over a hundred Golden Cores, thousands of Foundation Establishments, a million Resentful Souls, this is the gift from the Heavenly Dao!

I am destined to be the Ten Thousand Souls Demon Venerable!