I am the Clone of a Death Row Inmate

On the second defensive line of Lihai City, tens of thousands of defenders both inside and outside the city walls looked up at the god-like figure in the sky, their faces filled with shock and reverence.

The beast tide had been ferocious, breaking through the first defensive line in just over ten minutes. Lihai City’s current defensive forces were no match for it, and they could only retreat to the second line to hold on for dear life.

Given the situation, the second line probably would have collapsed in half an hour at most.

But then, Su Ze descended like a god from the heavens. In no more than a quarter of an hour, he had wiped out over half of the beast packs outside Lihai City’s defensive line, including every single fifth-rank beast.

Su Ze fought with increasing ferocity. With the effects of his ”Bloodthirsty” skill stacked to their limit, even fifth-rank beasts couldn’t last more than a few rounds against him.

He became a flood overwhelming the beach, leaving nothing but a field of beast corpses in his wake.

The first wave of the beast tide was the largest and most overwhelming. By eliminating its main force and killing all the fifth-rank beasts, Su Ze greatly relieved the pressure on the Dongli defenders.

After that, Su Ze maintained his flood-like form, sweeping back and forth across the Dongli Coast several times.

By the time the Dongli Saint Envoy, Gu Chengguang, and the others arrived, all they saw were beast corpses littering the ground. Only a few small-fry remained, which the Dongli defenders could handle with ease.

In contrast, the coastal defenses of the neighboring Luofan Country had long since been breached... The beasts had charged into Luofan Country, wreaking havoc and attacking everywhere.

”Su Ze, we have you to thank for this!” Gu Chengguang said, a lingering fear in his voice. ”Otherwise, the people of Dongli would have suffered a catastrophe.”

”Mr. Gu, you need to quickly deploy more people to defend our border with Luofan Country. Stop the beasts from entering Dongli from their side,” Su Ze advised.

Gu Chengguang nodded, agreeing that Su Ze had a point. He arranged for Mrs. Yun and Zhang Tai to defend against the beasts coming from Luofan Country’s direction, sent Li Fayi to defend Fengshui Pass, and had the rest continue to guard Lihai City.

After all, Lihai City faced the sea, and they couldn’t rule out the possibility of more beasts emerging from it later.

Speaking of which, Dongli Kingdom was in a rather favorable geographical position. To its north lay Lin Hua Country. As long as Lin Hua Country wasn’t breached, its northern border was safe from the beast threat.

To the west was the Great Desert Kingdom, whose only threat came from the beasts of the Desolate Desert to its own west. By the same logic, unless the Great Desert Kingdom completely fell and was overrun, the beasts couldn’t reach Dongli.

To the south was Luofan Country, which also normally didn’t face beast attacks.

However, with the collapse of Luofan’s coastal defenses this time, a massive number of beasts had poured into the country, and it was inevitable that some would cross from Luofan into Dongli.

Right now, Dongli’s main defense was focused on the beasts from the Central Sea to the east. As for Fengshui Pass, Dongli’s only land route to the wilderness, the pressure was not as great due to its proximity to Lin Hua Country.

”I have other business. I need to go support Mr. Chen and his people. I’ll leave this to you. Contact me anytime if you can’t hold out,” Su Ze said, taking his leave.

”Go on, then,” Gu Chengguang said with a nod.

Su Ze had already cleared out the main force of the beast tide for them. With the Dongli Saint Envoy, a Venerable-level powerhouse, plus several of Dongli’s Guardian Gods, they were more than capable of handling the remaining beasts.

Su Ze deactivated his ”Expansion” skill, returned to his normal size, and went back inside the Magic Cube.

However, his ”Bloodthirsty” skill was still active. He had captured a large number of low-rank beasts and kept them inside the Magic Cube, killing one every ten seconds or so to extend the skill’s duration.

Mr. Ya also returned to the Magic Cube.

”Mr. Ya, if you’re confident, you should go ahead and attempt your fifth evolution now, right here on the ship,” Su Ze said.

”Shouldn’t be a problem. I’ll give it a try now.” Mr. Ya was quite confident. He found a room and went into seclusion to break through to his fifth evolution.

After all, he had absorbed a Divine Blood Crystal, and the quality of his skills was not bad. Following Su Ze, he had taken his fair share of high-rank medicines. It was safe to say his foundation was solid and his potential profound. He was quite certain about his chances for the fifth evolution.

Su Ze tried contacting Chen Suifeng again, but Chen Suifeng didn’t reply to his message or answer his call.

’He’s probably in the middle of a fight and doesn’t have time to check his phone... It seems the battle in Lin Hua Country is intense, and the situation isn’t looking good.’

Su Ze delayed no longer, piloting the Magic Cube toward Lin Hua Country.

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The Alien Party’s two legendary powerhouses, along with multiple Venerable Powerhouses, had all gone to the Central Sea, leaving only the Blue Star Party and some of the Neutral Faction’s powerhouses to resist the beast tide.

Chen Suifeng and the other high-ranking members of the Blue Star Party had already rushed to the front lines. At this moment, Chen Suifeng, Lin Tiannan, and several other Venerable Powerhouses were gathered for a meeting.

”To the southwest, both Jade Lotus City and Hongluo City have fallen!”

”The front lines at Langya City, Botai City, and Duanyue City are in crisis and have also sent requests for reinforcements.”

”We’re running out of manpower. What do we do?”

Chen Suifeng pondered for a moment before saying, ”We definitely can’t send reinforcements. Tell them to retreat if they can’t hold on. How is the civilian evacuation coming along?”

”We’re organizing the evacuations as quickly as possible, but this isn’t a long-term solution. If Jiang Pingle and the others don’t come back to help, we won’t be able to hold out indefinitely,” someone objected.

Chen Suifeng scratched his head in frustration. ”Right now, all we can do is fall back and wait. There’s no other way! Retreat if you can’t hold, and don’t make pointless sacrifices. Preserve our strength as much as possible. Those sons-of-bitches from the Alien Party won’t just sit by and watch the entire Lin Hua Continent be destroyed. Once they kill that seventh-rank beast, they’ll naturally return to help.”

Someone asked hesitantly, ”Should we notify Mr. Ke?”

”No!” Chen Suifeng and Lin Tiannan said in unison.

The situation had developed too suddenly. Moreover, Mr. Ke spent most of his days in a deep slumber. Thanks to the deliberate concealment by Chen Suifeng and the Lin Family, Mr. Ke was still unaware of the beast tide.