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Chapter 477 Beast Tide (Part 1) [4000 words]

[Simulation scenario. End.]

The cold electronic prompts echoed inside the cabin, and the surrounding light and shadow completely disappeared. Tiandao returned to the holographic simulation cabin in the research area.

He slowly opened his eyes, his azure pupils still brimming with fighting spirit, and the residual fluctuations of rules around him gradually subsided.

"The infinite feature is now fully stable; the next step is to refine it in actual combat."

He murmured softly, then turned and left the research area.
[Half a month later, in the Heavenly Capital of Martial Arts, in the Heavenly Dao's personal cultivation room]

"Heavenly Dao, emergency! The border city of Rock City has been attacked by a massive beast tide, numbering over 100,000, including two Cataclysmic Star Beasts!"

"Three breaches have been torn in the defenses of Rock City, and the Star Envoy Association has also suffered heavy casualties and needs support."

Jing Liuli's voice came from the data terminal of the Heavenly Dao, with piercing alarms and roaring sounds mixed in the background.

She was just going to Panshi City to hold a concert according to the contract, but who would have thought she would encounter this situation.

What she didn't expect was that this beast tide would actually include as many as two Cataclysmic Star Beasts.

It's important to know that it's extremely rare for cataclysmic star beasts to join forces.

Upon hearing these words, Tiandao's eyes instantly turned cold.

Since the Star Origin Era, beast tides have always been a nightmare for the people of the New Federation, especially the appearance of cataclysmic star beasts, which are enough to completely overwhelm a border city.

Without the slightest hesitation, Tiandao's figure flashed, transforming into a streak of azure light that broke through the dome of the research area and sped towards the direction of Panshi City.

Two hours later, Tiandao arrived at a location 100 kilometers away from Panshi City.

With the Star Eclipse Eye fully activated, even though he hadn't arrived yet, the tragic state of Rock City was already clearly imprinted in his mind.

Rock City, once one of the most prosperous commercial cities on the border of the New Federation, has now become a living hell.

Huge gaps have been torn in the alloy city walls surrounding the city, and pitch-black star beasts are surging in like a tide.

They come in various shapes and sizes; some resemble giant lizards, spewing scorching acid from their mouths.

Some have sharp limbs that can easily tear apart hard alloys.

Others are as big as small mountains, and every step they take can cause the ground to tremble violently, crushing houses in large numbers.

The streets were littered with collapsed buildings, burning vehicles, and dripping blood. Dark red bloodstains soaked the pavement, mixing with the dust to form a sticky bloody mud that made a teeth-grinding 'squeak' sound when stepped on.

The screams and cries of ordinary people rose and fell, but were quickly drowned out by the roars of the star beasts.

A young couple held their child tightly beneath them, the father bracing his arm against the broken door behind him.

Outside the door, a star beast's claws were scratching wildly. Amidst the flying wood chips, his arm was slashed open by the claws, leaving a deep wound that exposed the bone. The flesh was turned inside out, and the white bone was vaguely visible.

Blood gushed from the wound like a fountain, flowing down the arm and onto the child's face, turning the child's little face bright red.

The mother covered her child's mouth tightly, tears mixed with blood streaming down her face, her eyes filled with despair, yet she still gritted her teeth, using her frail body to withstand the impending fatal attack.

Not far away, an elderly man pushing a wheelchair was struggling to back up. His paralyzed wife was sitting in the wheelchair, and a hyena-like creature was closing in from behind, saliva dripping from its sharp fangs.

The old man trembled as he raised his cane and waved it, only to be met with an even fiercer roar from the star beast. The cane was knocked away by a claw, and the star beast pounced on him, its sharp teeth instantly severing the old man's arm. Blood splattered onto his wife's pale face.

The old man screamed in despair, shielded his wife behind him, and closed his eyes.

The next second, the star beast's claws tore open his chest, and his internal organs poured out mixed with blood.

Meanwhile, several Star Envoys dressed in Association uniforms were fighting desperately.

Their starlight was faint, their bodies were covered in wounds, revealing the peeling flesh beneath, and their star weapons were shattered, yet they did not retreat an inch, buying time for the people behind them to evacuate.

puff!

A star beast's claw pierced directly into the star envoy's chest cavity, then abruptly withdrew the claw, still carrying warm internal organs, splattering blood and bits of flesh everywhere.

The Star Envoy staggered and fell, his pupils rapidly dilating. Before dying, he used his last bit of strength to throw the Star Energy Grenade in his hand at the Star Beast horde.

With a deafening roar, several low-level star beasts were blasted into a bloody mess, their limbs flying everywhere, but they were quickly replaced by more star beasts.

Not far from where the Star Envoy fell, a teenager was curled up behind a trash can. His leg had been broken by a falling steel bar, with the broken bone piercing through his flesh and blood soaking his trouser leg.

He bit his lip hard, watching as a star beast not far away bit his neighbor's body in half at the waist. The upper body flew out and crashed into the wall, with intestines trailing on the ground. The neighbor's screams came to an abrupt end.

The boy bit his lip until it bled, but dared not utter a sound. Fear, like a cold snake, coiled around his heart, and his whole body trembled uncontrollably.

In the residential buildings further away, several families nailed their doors and windows shut, but they couldn't stop the star beasts from crashing down. As the walls shook, a wooden door was smashed open by a star beast, and several star beasts swarmed in. Instantly, a shrill scream echoed from inside the house.

Soon, the screams subsided, leaving only the crunching sound of the star beast gnawing on flesh and bone. Blood flowed from the cracks in the door, forming a small stream on the ground.

The survivors cried out in despair, some clasped their hands in prayer, and others picked up kitchen utensils such as knives and rolling pins, preparing for a final stand, but their trembling hands betrayed their inner fear.

However, in this hell on earth, there are a few places that still maintain a last vestige of 'order'.

First, there's the Star Envoy Association in Rock City, which gathers the most Star Envoys in the entire city.

There's also the stadium where Jing Liuli held her concert.

Relying on the unique star source of 'Daydream' and its own powerful strength.

Although Jing Liuli is not yet at the level of a calamity, she is one of the most skilled at fighting multiple opponents among the many Star Children.

He almost single-handedly blocked the attack of a large number of star beasts.

This allowed the more than 100,000 audience members at the concert to remain safe until now.

After confirming that there were no problems with Jing Liuli, Tiandao immediately shifted his focus.

At that moment, two terrifying auras soared into the sky from the city center square; they were the two Cataclysmic Star Beasts.

A creature resembling a giant wolf, covered in dark purple scales, with eyes flashing crimson light, and surrounded by dense corrosive energy, leaving the ground and buildings in its wake corroded into black slime—this was the Cataclysmic Star Beast, the 'Rotten Scale Wolf'.

The other is a giant spider over 100 meters long, with eight legs like steel pillars. Its abdomen constantly sprays out white spider silk, which is extremely tough. Once entangled, it can instantly crush any star envoy or building. It is called the 'Sky-Splitting Spider'.

Two Cataclysmic Star Envoys from Rock City are locked in combat with them, but are completely outmatched.

One of the Star Envoys' domains was being constantly eroded by the Corrosive Energy of the Rotten Scale Wolf, with cracks appearing all over the domain barrier and blood continuously spilling from the corner of his mouth.

Another Star Envoy was tightly entangled by the spider silk of the Sky-Splitting Spider, his Star Source circulation was sluggish, and he could only barely resist the attacks of the spider legs. His face was full of pain and despair.

"It's over. It's all over."

A surviving civilian collapsed to the ground, staring blankly at the approaching star beasts, muttering to himself.

His wife and child had just been devoured by the Star Beast, leaving only a pool of indistinct flesh and blood and one of the child's small shoes on the ground, mixed with fragments of torn clothing. He reached out to grab something, but only grasped a handful of sticky, bloody mud, the sensation of which made him gag.

Like him, the people around him also fell into despair.

Some people gave up trying to escape, but were caught by the star beasts and instantly torn to pieces.

Some people were holding the mutilated bodies of their loved ones and weeping bitterly. The heads of the bodies were missing, and blood was still seeping from the severed necks. Their cries were hoarse and sounded like broken gongs.

Another young couple was tightly embracing. Just as the girl was about to look up and cry out, a star beast's sharp claws slashed her cheek, tearing her skin and drawing blood. The girl's cries instantly turned into a shrill scream.

With red eyes, the boy shielded the girl behind him, picked up a steel pipe and swung it, but the star beast slapped his arm off with a claw, the steel pipe fell to the ground, and the boy fell to the ground. The star beast then pounced on him, its sharp teeth crushing his skull.

At the breach in the city's defenses, several staff members responsible for guiding the evacuation of civilians were surrounded by star beasts. They only had ordinary energy pistols in their hands, which posed no threat to the star beasts at all.

One of the staff members was sprayed with the star beast's acid, and his skin instantly ulcerated, exposing the white bones underneath. He let out a heart-wrenching scream, rolled on the ground, and soon fell silent.

The others retreated step by step until they had nowhere left to go, the light in their eyes gradually fading, and what awaited them was a fate of being torn apart.

Just then, a dazzling azure streak of light pierced the sky and descended upon Rock City like a savior.

As the light fell, the figure of the Heavenly Dao appeared not far from the Rotten Scale Wolf and the Sky-Splitting Spider. The azure vector force field around him instantly unfolded, spreading throughout the entire city and enveloping all the low-level star beasts that were slaughtering the people.

"Vector. Invert".

The Heavenly Dao spoke softly, and the vector force field suddenly erupted, with a terrifying repulsive force spreading outward from the center.

The low-level star beasts that were enveloped were struck as if by an invisible giant hand, flying backward and crashing into walls and buildings, dying instantly. The dense pile of star beast corpses formed a mountain, and the originally noisy and desperate city instantly became mostly quiet.

"That is."

When the surviving people saw Tiandao's figure, their eyes instantly lit up with hope, and their desperate cries turned into excited shouts.

"It's support from headquarters! We're saved!"

The two Calamity-level Star Envoys who were locked in combat also saw the Heavenly Dao, and their eyes flashed with wild joy. Their originally depleted star energy seemed to have regained some vitality.

The Corrupted Scale Wolf and the Sky-Splitting Spider sensed the terrifying aura emanating from Tiandao, stopped their attack, and turned to stare intently at him, their eyes filled with vigilance and bloodlust.

They could sense that the human before them was far stronger than their previous opponents.

The Corrupted Scale Wolf suddenly opened its mouth, and a dark purple corrosive beam of light shot out towards the Heavenly Dao.

Wherever the beam of light passed, the air was corroded and made a 'sizzling' sound.

[Attacked: Rotten Scale Wolf - Corrosive Beam]

Energy intensity: 1.2 × 10⁻⁶ Joules

[The current storage limit (1.53 × 10 Joules) has not been exceeded; the storage limit will not be refreshed.]

The Heavenly Dao remained calm, making no attempt to dodge, instead allowing the corrosive beam to strike it.

Just as the beam was about to hit him, he had a thought and activated the 'Infinite' property to replicate the Taotie Breath he had previously stored at 60% intensity.

A dark golden beam of light shot out from his palm and collided with the dark purple corrosive beam of light.

boom!
The two beams of light collided violently, and the dark purple corrosive energy and the dark gold devouring energy fought fiercely in mid-air, unleashing a terrifying energy shockwave.

The shockwave, like an invisible giant wave, ripped away the dilapidated buildings within a hundred meters, sending debris and steel rebar flying into the air mixed with dust.

A ring of gullies was forcibly pressed into the ground.

The corrosive beam attempted to erode the Taotie's breath, but was pulled back by the latter's inherent devouring properties. The two energies canceled each other out and annihilated each other, eventually turning into countless hissing energy fragments.

Where the debris fell, the scorched soil was further corroded, creating countless tiny pits.

The air was filled with a pungent, sour smell and a scorching heat.

The already dilapidated streets became even more chaotic under the impact, with broken lampposts and twisted billboards being torn several meters away and crashing into the remaining building frames with a piercing sound.

Upon seeing this, a hint of surprise flashed in the eyes of the Corrupted Scale Wolf, clearly not expecting its attack to be so easily blocked.

Seizing the opportunity, the Sky-Splitting Spider suddenly contracted its abdomen, and dozens of white spider silks shot towards the Heavenly Dao like a torrential rain.

Spider silk contains terrifying binding force and also has tearing rules; once hit, it will be instantly crushed.

[Attacked: Sky-Splitting Spider - Binding God Silk]

Energy intensity: 1.3 × 10⁻⁶ Joules

[The current storage limit has not been exceeded; the storage limit will not be refreshed.]

Faced with the attack of the Sky-Splitting Spider, the Heavenly Dao hovered in mid-air, completely still.

The azure vector force field surrounding him resembled a flowing membrane of light, refracting a cold luster under the sunlight, creating a stark contrast with the blood-soaked street below.

The next second, the azure vector lines around him instantly intertwined into a net, precisely locking onto the incoming spider silk.

With just a slight tug, the trajectory of the spider silk was altered, causing it to glide past the shoulder and become entangled in the broken wall behind.

With a 'crack', the reinforced concrete wall was crushed into dust, and gravel fell down in a flurry.

Then, Tiandao raised his left hand, and a golden fist shadow carrying the blurry shadow of Enite suddenly split into six paths.

The fist shadows were like six golden lightning bolts slicing through the gray sky, precisely striking the nodes of the spider silk. Each fist shadow was accompanied by a dull bang upon impact.

boom!
The spider silk snapped instantly, sending white strands flying that landed on the corroded, blackened ground and were instantly burned through with small holes.

Immediately afterwards, two beams of light, one dark gold and one light gold, simultaneously shone from his right palm. The scorching airflow from the Taotie's breath and the violent energy from the impact of his physical body intertwined, forming a semi-transparent energy barrier.

The air around the barrier was distorted by the high temperature, and the flames from the burning vehicles in the distance refracted onto the barrier, creating shimmering spots of light.

The remaining spider silk struck the barrier, instantly melting away under the intense heat, turning into wisps of smoke that dissipated in the blood-smelling wind.

Both attacks were easily neutralized, which enraged the Rot Scale Wolf and the Sky-Splitting Spider.

They exchanged a glance and launched their attack simultaneously. The corrosive energy around the Corrosive Scale Wolf surged wildly, forming a massive corrosive domain that crushed towards the Heavenly Dao.

The Sky-Splitting Spider then sprayed out more and thicker spider silk, this time with a potent venom. Combined with the Corrosive Domain, it formed an impenetrable attack net that completely enveloped the Heavenly Dao.

[Attacked by: Corrosive Scale Wolf - Corrosive Domain + Sky-Splitting Spider - Poisonous Web]

[Combined attack energy intensity: 1.5 × 10 Joules]

[The current storage limit has not been exceeded; the storage limit will not be refreshed.]

(End of this chapter)