After being reborn, I took my childhood sweetheart to cultivate immortality.

Ji Hanzhou thought that it would take another two or three days for the people from the various sects to arrive. According to the news brought back by the scouts, the vanguard of the beast tide would arrive outside the city in two days at most. He wondered if the people from the sects would be able to get there in time.

Thinking of this, Ji Hanzhou instructed the steward: "Steward, inform the city's cultivators that the beast tide is about to arrive, and quickly have them prepare to meet the enemy."

"Yes, Lord City Lord." The Nascent Soul elder responded and then sent people out to spread the news throughout the city.

He ordered all cultivators below the Foundation Establishment stage in the city, or those from other areas who did not wish to stay, to leave immediately. Those who wished to stay and kill the demonic beasts began to register at each location and receive spirit stones as a reward from the City Lord's Mansion.

Xu Qingman and her group signed up nearby and received spirit stones. Although it didn't seem like much per person, it was still a considerable sum for so many cultivators.

Especially for high-level cultivators, when they registered, they discovered that their own group of cultivators actually included several Nascent Soul and Soul Transformation stage cultivators.

Based on a calculation of ten times the spirit stones for each additional cultivation level, a Nascent Soul cultivator would receive 50,000 high-grade spirit stones, while a Soul Transformation cultivator would receive 500,000.

It seems that Lord Ji, backed by Dragon Hidden Mountain, is indeed extremely wealthy, and this doesn't even include the enormous amount of spirit stones spent on the experts he keeps in his mansion.

Amid such a tense atmosphere, although it wasn't the first time the city's residents had faced a beast tide, many still showed signs of panic.

Although they were afraid, they could not leave Dragon Hidden City at this moment. The city lord's mansion had decreed that all official residents of the city during the beast tide, those with a cultivation level of Foundation Establishment or above, must stay behind to stop the beast tide; otherwise, they would be considered traitors and executed.

Therefore, they dared not flee, nor could they flee, for this was, after all, their home. Moreover, once the beast tide passed, life here would be far more prosperous than in other cities.

Two days passed in the blink of an eye, and the vanguard of the beast tide arrived as scheduled.

The group hovered outside the city wall, only to see a dark mass of monsters rushing towards Dragon Hidden City, and could faintly hear the thunderous roar of the beast tide.

Some timid cultivators from the outer city, witnessing this horrific scene, began to regret their past actions of coming here to kill demonic beasts for the sake of spirit stones. Unfortunately, now they had no way to leave even if they wanted to.

Soon, the raging beast tide drew ever closer to Dragon Hidden City, and the ground beneath their feet trembled slightly due to the sheer size of the beast tide.

In the blink of an eye, the beast horde had surged forward.

The cultivators also flew into the beast tide and fought against it.

Xu Qingman and the others watched the beast tide with tension. This was far more terrifying than the one they had encountered in Antarctica. It was a vast, dark mass that stretched as far as the eye could see.

Seeing that the monsters were already close at hand, everyone said to be careful and then jumped into the monster horde to fight.

After rushing over, Xu Qingman first took out a handful of thunder talismans that she had drawn in her spare time and threw them one by one into the beast horde. Countless demonic beasts then let out shrill screams.

Although the monsters were enormous, the vanguard consisted of low-level monsters, which were no match for the power of the lightning talisman. This caused considerable damage and wiped out Xu Qingman in an instant.

Xu Qingman waved her hand, putting the local monster corpse into her storage bag, and then took out a thunder talisman and threw it out.

However, these monsters seemed impervious to pain. As long as they didn't die, no matter how badly they were injured, they just kept charging towards the crowd.

Xu Qingman continued to throw lightning talismans and collect the corpses of the demonic beasts. Unfortunately, it seemed that there were always many demonic beasts to kill; as soon as one batch was killed, another batch would immediately gather.

Finally, with the concerted efforts of all the cultivators, the first batch of demonic beasts was completely wiped out, which greatly boosted the morale of all the cultivators present.

After cleaning the area, everyone sat there replenishing their spiritual energy while waiting for the arrival of the second batch of demonic beasts.

After waiting for about half an hour, the second batch of monsters appeared before everyone's eyes.

However, the strength of this batch of demonic beasts was clearly much higher than the previous ones. Looking around, they were all third-tier demonic beasts, with a few fourth-tier demonic beasts occasionally mixed in.

Upon seeing this, the Nascent Soul stage cultivator who had been hovering above the city wall immediately rushed down and shouted, urging the Foundation Establishment stage cultivators to retreat back into the city.

Even if a Foundation Establishment cultivator possesses numerous magical treasures, facing a third-tier demonic beast would only result in certain death. Therefore, there's no need to remain here, lest unnecessary injuries occur.

This time, Xu Qingman and the others also became more serious. They gripped their weapons tightly, applied high-level defensive talismans to their bodies, and solemnly welcomed the second wave of beasts.

In the blink of an eye, the second wave of beasts surged into the horde. Xu Qingman and Yu Jinchen exchanged a reassuring glance before drawing their swords and charging in.

At first, Xu Qingman was killing third-tier demonic beasts, which wasn't too difficult. But when she faced a fourth-tier wolf demon, she finally realized just how big the difference was between third and fourth tiers.

Fourth-tier monsters are not only twice as fast and strong as third-tier monsters, but they have also developed special abilities.

Now, facing this wolf demon, she could even breathe fire. Caught off guard, Xu Qingman's clothes were set ablaze.

Fortunately, she had put on the high-level magic robe she had just bought for this beast tide; otherwise, she would have been badly injured, if not killed.

Having witnessed the power of the demonic beast, Xu Qingman dared not underestimate it and quickly took out a defensive magic weapon from her spatial storage.

She spent a fortune on this yellow-tier magic weapon; if it hadn't been so dangerous just now, she wouldn't have been willing to take it out.

After a fierce struggle, Xu Qingman finally gained the upper hand and killed the fourth-tier wolf demon with her sword.

Taking advantage of the temporary absence of demonic beasts, Xu Qingman immediately ate a spirit-replenishing pill and a few spiritual fruits to replenish her divine sense, and felt that her body was no longer so tired.

Once her spiritual energy had fully recovered, Xu Qingman quickly plunged back into the beast horde. With each beast she killed, the pressure on the Golden Core cultivators lessened.

She noticed that two early-stage Golden Core cultivators were struggling to cope, so she rushed over and killed most of the demonic beasts near them.

The two early-stage Golden Core cultivators, seeing that they had been saved, solemnly thanked her. "Thank you for saving our lives, senior."

Xu Qingman said, "You're welcome, be careful," and then turned and charged back into the horde of beasts.

This batch of monsters was far stronger than the previous batch; it took almost all of their strength to defeat them.

Seeing that the beast tide had receded, the Nascent Soul stage cultivator leading the group told everyone to return to the city to rest, and then another group of cultivators would come over.

A Golden Core cultivator from the outer city asked with a smile, "Is the beast tide over? It wasn't too difficult."

"What a pipe dream! Each beast tide takes at least seven or eight days to end. It's not going to be that quick. Didn't you hear the people from the city lord's mansion say they're going to replace the guards?"

"Furthermore, this is only a temporary setback; the next time we come, it will only be more difficult than this time."

After listening to the local monks, everyone realized they had been too presumptuous.