“Level 6 difficulty? Damn it, how is it Level 6 difficulty?”
“I’m speechless. We’re going to die today.”
“Damn it, I should’ve stayed away from the imperial capital. I was just here to visit relatives!”
“The imperial capital is such a huge main city. A Level 6 monster siege—how terrifying must the number of monsters be?”
“I thought today would be an easy win, but it turns out it’s a death sentence!”
“The Heavenly Dao Alliance headquarters is in the imperial capital. Doesn’t that mean the Heavenly Dao Alliance is done for today too?”
“Forget about the Heavenly Dao Alliance—the Full-Time Alliance and the Supreme Decision Center are all going down today too!”
“If the imperial capital falls, Longxia will be leaderless!”
…
For a moment, complaints and laments rose and fell like waves.
Lu Ran listened to the noise of the crowd around him and looked at Liu Xinxin and the others. “When do I make my move?”
Liu Xinxin mused, “You can act once the monsters teleport over, but it’s best to wait until all the monsters have spawned and the teleportation arrays disappear, then clean them up in batches.”
“Got it!” Lu Ran nodded solemnly.
To be honest.
Lu Ran himself wasn’t afraid.
But this was his first time facing such a massive scale of monsters—and regular monsters, elites, and bosses were all present!
And it wasn’t just about grinding monsters.
This wave, Lu Ran had to shoulder the responsibility of saving the imperial capital!
It felt quite like being a savior.
“Just think of it as getting familiar ahead of time. When the national war comes, you’ll be even more at ease.” At that moment, Yu Qingcang’s voice suddenly came from behind.
He had finished arranging the garrisons in all four directions and hurried over.
Seeing the scene before him, he was also startled.
But then he saw Lu Ran and felt relieved.
At the same time.
Yu Qingcang’s communicator kept vibrating.
He glanced at it. Besides the four grand commanders dispatched by the Heavenly Dao Alliance, many high-combat awakened ones from the alliance, as well as some major families and factions, were all seeking help from Yu Qingcang.
“What good would finding me do? A Level 6 monster siege—even throwing the entire Heavenly Dao Alliance at it wouldn’t work.” Yu Qingcang muttered.
But messages from the four grand commanders kept pouring in.
“President, we’ve spotted it at the east gate—Level 6 monster siege. What do we do?”
“President, it’s over. Level 6 difficulty—there’s no way to fight this!”
“President, personnel deployment is complete, but this difficulty…”
“President, what do we do now? Should we lead a breakout?”
…
Those who could think of a breakout had some brains at least.
But breaking through a dense horde of monsters during a siege—if you could fight them, a breakout would be meaningless; if you couldn’t, breaking out would be nearly impossible.
This was an unsolvable problem in itself.
Yu Qingcang replied directly: “Don’t worry about it. Just sit back and watch the show. A Level 6 monster siege is nothing.”
Huh?
The four grand commanders were all stunned.
Level 6 difficulty!
To date, the highest recorded monster siege difficulty was only Level 4!
This had skipped right past Level 5 and gone straight to Level 6, and it was “nothing”?
Watch the show?
Watch what show?
This was going to be a city massacre!
They didn’t understand. But the various factions that Yu Qingcang couldn’t be bothered to reply to were even more confused and panicked!
At that moment.
The teleportation arrays’ color finally settled completely and stopped rotating.
Then, faint silhouettes of monsters began spawning from within.
“Level 60 Cerberus!”
“Damn it, what kind of monsters are these? I don’t recognize them!”
“Obviously—who the hell has ever seen monsters above Level 60?!”
“Damn, it really is Level 6 difficulty. How are we supposed to fight this?”
“Whoever goes up dies?”
…
In an instant, the whole scene fell into chaos.
Lu Ran watched quietly, not in a hurry, because monsters were still spawning continuously.
He didn’t recognize these monsters either—they were all above Level 60 after all.
Even Level 60+ monsters in the wild only appeared in forbidden, unexplored regions. No one had seen them.
But Lu Ran could clearly see that some monsters had a “controllable” indicator above their heads.
That meant many of these monsters were dark-type.
More and more monsters appeared, and they had already begun charging toward the imperial capital!
Many of them were massive in size. Looking around, it was like a vast army of thousands upon thousands!
Dust kicked up in a ring around the entire imperial capital, sweeping in like a storm!
Everyone’s faces were extremely grim.
And from the teleportation arrays, new monsters kept emerging—elites had even started to appear!
Lu Ran had a thought.
Using Yamata no Orochi, he summoned Nanami to his side.
Nanami had been at the Heavenly Dao Alliance headquarters these past few days, rarely coming out and with little opportunity to. Lu Ran didn’t allow it, and she didn’t dare wander around either.
Suddenly summoned out.
Standing atop the city wall, looking at the scene outside, Nanami was also startled.
“A monster siege? But… why is it purple?” Nanami was confused too.
“Why can’t it be purple? Longxia’s monster sieges aren’t the same as your Sakura’s, you know. Look carefully—this is a Level 6 monster siege!” Lei Tai shot back directly.
Of course it was Lei Tai—he had no idea what “tender loving care” meant.
As long as it was someone from Sakura, he’d argue with them no matter what.
Nanami frowned slightly and looked at Lu Ran. “Is purple the legendary Level 6 monster siege? The imperial capital can’t possibly hold. These awakened ones don’t stand a chance.”
“I know. With me here, there’s no problem. I called you out to prevent any accidents. I need to use Yamata no Orochi.” Lu Ran said casually.
“Okay. Do you need my help?” Nanami asked.
Hmm?
That reaction surprised Lu Ran a bit.
Logically, a woman from Sakura should harbor deep hostility toward Longxia.
Even though she was now controlled by Lu Ran and could only serve as a tool, surely she wouldn’t be shameless enough to volunteer help?
Nanami seemed to understand Lu Ran’s confusion.
She said calmly, “You Longxia people have an old saying: ‘The wise adapt to the times, and a good bird chooses its tree.’ Even though I’m from Sakura, Sakura is doomed to perish. I want to pursue higher levels and greater combat power. I can’t perish along with Sakura.”
That meant… she wanted to defect?
Lu Ran looked at Nanami with amusement. “You sure know how to pick your moments. Fine, then I’ll see your resolve later.”
With that.
He looked up toward the distance. The elites had already spawned.
“Lu Ran, you can make your move now.” Liu Xinxin reminded him.
“Now? But the bosses haven’t appeared yet.” Lu Ran said, puzzled.
“Boss spawning has a delay. Level 1 difficulty delays five minutes, Level 2 delays ten minutes.”
“Level 3 and Level 4 difficulties delay fifteen minutes. Level 5 is unknown, and Level 6 is also unknown.”
“But most likely, it’ll be around half an hour.”
“Let’s deal with the monsters and elites that have appeared now. Once the bosses come out, we’ll finish them off last.”
…
So that’s how it worked.
Lu Ran nodded.
Seeing that the teleportation arrays had indeed stopped spawning monsters.
He took a deep breath.
Whoosh!
Massive white wings spread open, instantly drawing the attention of countless despairing awakened ones on the surrounding city walls.
