45: Chapter 45 Monsters Rampage! The Five Major Families Flee

Meanwhile! On the border of the Eastern Region!

In the Yao Beast Forest, the Yao Beasts would obey the orders of the Yao King to launch attacks every so often!

But this time, those launching the attack were three Eternal Realm Yao Beasts!

Their strength was formidable! They launched a fierce attack on the Eastern Region with an unstoppable momentum!

In an instant, the Eastern Region was shaken!

Jianwang City!

This majestic barrier, which had stood for eight thousand years, was currently soaked in blood!

Beneath the city walls, the corpses of Yao Beasts were piled into mountains, yet even more Yao Beasts were still crazily surging forward!

King Realm level Yao Beasts covered the mountains and plains, and Sovereign Realm level Yao Beasts were countless!

There were even Saint level Yao Beasts mixed among them!

Every claw left deep marks on the city walls!

The Cultivators guarding the city had not closed their eyes for a day and a night!

"The West City is in critical danger! Three Saint level Yao Beasts have breached the city wall!"

"The East City's spiritual energy is exhausted! Requesting reinforcements!"

"We have no reinforcements left! All reserve teams have been sent up!"

The sounds of battle cries, screams, and the roars of Yao Beasts intertwined, becoming deafening!

On the city wall, an old man with white hair held a long sword, his body bathed in blood!

He was City Lord Murong Lie of Jianwang City, an eighth level Saint King!

When the beast tide erupted, he immediately closed the city gates and sent people to seek reinforcements from various states!

Their location was considered the first line of defense for the Eastern Region against the Yao Beasts!

If the city fell, the gates to the Eastern Region would be thrown open!

The Yao Beasts would then ravage the various states without restraint!

"Even if you can't hold them off, you must! I have already sent people to notify the major powers of the various states! Reinforcements should arrive in at most half a day!"

City Lord Murong Lie raised his long sword to boost morale!

But he had no confidence in his heart; facing Yao Beasts led by three Eternal Realm powerhouses, without the support of powerful forces, the fall of the city was only a matter of time!

"Family Head! You are injured, please heal yourself first! There are too many Yao Beasts; if it really comes to it, let's retreat first! When those major powers arrive, we can counterattack!"

A man covered in blood said to City Lord Murong Lie.

"It's nothing! I can still fight! Go quickly and guard the city wall; those beasts are coming up again!"

The people inside the city were in a panic; everyone with some cultivation was dragged to guard the city walls, but there were still people packing up and leaving!

To them, this was simply throwing their lives away!

Three Eternal Realm beasts!

The history of the Northern Region from ten thousand years ago had already provided the answer!

Most of the powers had received the message sent out by City Lord Murong Lie!

This included the Gu Family!

The first to move were those Families with Eternal Realm experts presiding over them: the Wang Family, the Huo Family, the Ming Family, the Tian Family, and the Barbarian Tribe!

The five remaining pillars of the Eastern Region all had Eternal Realm experts presiding over them!

Yet the moment they heard about the three Eternal Realm Yao Beasts, they made the same decision!

Run!

Not fight! Run!!

They only wanted to preserve themselves; as for the people of the Eastern Region, they had no mood to care!

As the saying goes, those who understand the times are heroes!

They weren't saviors!

They had no obligation to protect anyone!

Inside the Wang Family courtyard, Family Head Wang Zhentian said solemnly: "Pass down the order, the entire Family is to migrate. Take everything we can carry, depart immediately, and go to the Central Region!"

Not a single Elder opposed this!

The Central Region was the center of the three thousand states, the place where the Imperial Families resided, and there were countless Eternal Realm powers!

Only by reaching that place would they be safe!

By then, the Imperial Families could easily suppress these Yao Beasts just by sending out some people!

They had no need to make any meaningless sacrifices!

As the saying goes, when disaster strikes, everyone flies for themselves!

As for the people in the Eastern Region, if they died, they died; they didn't care and weren't concerned!

The Huo Family, Ming Family, Tian Family, and the Barbarian Tribe made the same choice at almost the same time!

The five Great Families, five Eternal Realm powerhouses, not a single one stood up to say they would defend the Eastern Region!

When the news of the five Great Families fleeing collectively spread, the last hope of the Loose Cultivators was completely shattered!

"The Wang Family has fled, the Huo Family has also fled, the Ming Family, the Tian Family, the Barbarian Tribe—they've all fled!" A Loose Cultivator collapsed on the ground, his face ashen.

"They all have Eternal Realm powerhouses, and they ran faster than anyone! What about us? Where can we run to?"

"The Central Region? That's the territory of the Imperial Families; we don't even have the qualifications to enter!"

"Even if we could get in, can we outrun those Eternal Realm Yao Beasts? They could crush a group of us with a single claw."

"The end! The end has truly come!"

Despair was like a great mountain, pressing down on everyone's heart!

All of this was seen by Gu Xuan!

These Eastern Region powers were truly laughable; usually acting like kings and bullies, but when disaster struck, they ran faster than anyone else!

On the contrary, those small and medium-sized powers and Loose Cultivators understood the principle that if the lips are gone, the teeth will be cold!

City Lord Murong Lie was able to hold on until now because of the grit of these people!

On the ramparts of Jianwang City, City Lord Murong Lie slashed a Saint level Yao Beast back with a sword, then retreated a few steps, panting heavily!

His wounds were oozing blood, and his spiritual energy was drying up, but he could not fall!

"Report!" A messenger soldier rushed up, his face deathly pale!

"City Lord, the Wang Family has replied!"

City Lord Murong Lie's eyes lit up: "What do they say?"

The messenger soldier opened his mouth, his voice trembling: "The Wang Family says they are overwhelmed and unable to provide support!"

City Lord Murong Lie's smile froze on his face.

Overwhelmed? The Wang Family had an Eternal Realm expert presiding over them; they were the most powerful force in the entire Eastern Region! What did they mean by overwhelmed?

"What about the Huo Family? The Ming Family?"

The messenger soldier lowered his head: "The Huo Family says they have migrated to the Central Region and told us not to worry about them! The Ming Family has not replied! The Tian Family and the Barbarian Tribe have not replied either!"

The five Great Families had all fled!

The long sword in City Lord Murong Lie's hand—clang!—fell to the ground!

He had lived for eight thousand years and had guarded the Jianwang City for three thousand years; he had never thought that one day he would be abandoned!

Not defeated by Yao Beasts, but abandoned by his own people!

"City Lord!" The deputy general beside him had red eyes! "Shall we retreat?"

City Lord Murong Lie looked up, watching the dense tide of Yao Beasts beneath the city wall, then looked back at the Cultivators inside the city who were still fighting desperately.

Retreat? Where to? Behind them were the billions of living beings of the Eastern Region; if they retreated, who would guard it?

"We cannot retreat!" City Lord Murong Lie picked up his long sword, his voice firm!

"Jianwang City is the gate of the Eastern Region! If the gate is broken, the Yao Beasts will drive straight in; how many families will be destroyed? We have guarded it for three thousand years; we cannot lose the gate today!"

"But there are no reinforcements!"

"If there are no reinforcements, then we fight to the death!"

City Lord Murong Lie turned around, facing the endless tide of Yao Beasts beneath the city, and raised his long sword: "Brothers of Jianwang City! There are no reinforcements! The five Great Families have fled! No one is coming to save us!"

The entire city wall fell into dead silence!

"But we cannot run! Behind us is our home, our loved ones, the billions of living beings of the Eastern Region! As long as Jianwang City stands, the gate of the Eastern Region remains! If Jianwang City falls, the gate of the Eastern Region is broken!"

"Tell me, are you willing to let those beasts step over your corpses to slaughter your loved ones?!"

"We are not!!!" Thousands of Cultivators roared in unison, their voices shaking the heavens!

City Lord Murong Lie smiled! "Then we fight!" "Fight!!!"

Despair turned into a determination to die! No one thought of retreating anymore, no one was waiting for rescue! Gripping their weapons, burning their spiritual energy, they prepared for a final battle to the death!

Just at this moment, several streaks of light flew in from the horizon! They were not reinforcements; they were a few people!