46: Chapter 46 Trapped in Baiyun City

On the slightly weathered city wall of White Cloud City, Chen Fei's gaze was fixed on Wang Bin, who was slowly descending beside him.

Deep within his eyes, various emotions intertwined and surged like a tide.

There was extreme shock that Wang Bin could miraculously survive such a fierce beast tide, and he couldn't help but ponder to himself, by what stroke of Opportunity or unique method did this guy manage to escape from the heavy encirclement of the Yao Beasts?

At the same time, he had to force himself to put on a look of pleasant surprise, trying not to let others detect the turmoil in his heart.

"Junior Brother Qingmu, you're finally back! This is simply a lifeline granted to us by the heavens!

In the current situation, the Yao Beasts have encircled our White Cloud City like a tide, making it impenetrable, and we are in imminent danger.

But with your return, as a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, you undoubtedly add a crucial force to us, and with this, our chances of holding White Cloud City will increase somewhat."

Chen Fei subtly glossed over the matter of Liu Xue activating the Formation to harm Wang Bin; in this urgent moment of life and death, those trivial details and conflicts were simply too much to deal with.

Wang Bin was full of questions, his eyes filled with curiosity and worry as he asked:

"Senior Brother Chen, where are Senior Sister Liu and Junior Brother Yin? Why are they nowhere to be seen?

Also, what exactly is this inexplicable beast tide about? We only went out for a single day, and when we returned, it had become this apocalyptic scene?"

Chen Fei lowered his head slightly, his facial muscles twitching a few times, feigning a look of unbearable pain, and he sighed with guilt and helplessness in his tone:

"Junior Brother Qingmu, this is a long story. We were carrying out a very secret mission this time, who would have thought, it was like we accidentally poked a giant hornet's nest, and the Yao Beasts within a few hundred li radius around here went mad, all surging towards us, launching a relentless and crazy pursuit.

In the chaotic escape, the three of us unfortunately got separated in the confusion. I am now also extremely anxious, completely unaware of where Junior Brother Yin and Junior Sister are, whether they are alive or dead.

Alas!

It's all my fault, Senior Brother, for my own low strength; most of the Human Race Cultivators who ventured into the nearby Demon Beast Mountain Range did not escape their fate, suffering cruel deaths at the hands of these hairy beasts, being mercilessly devoured and dying in their mouths."

Listening to Chen Fei's account, although Wang Bin had some vague doubts about the truthfulness of his words, in the current urgent situation, he simply didn't have the energy to investigate carefully.

As long as Chen Fei didn't know Yin Chengmu's whereabouts, for him, that was the most important thing at the moment.

So, he turned his head to another Foundation Establishment Cultivator not far beside him.

"City Lord Qingmu, I am also an Inner Sect Disciple of the Four Seas Commerce League, Li Lei.

I was originally just taking a brief rest in your White Cloud City, relaxing my weary body and mind, who would have thought that such a terrifying change would suddenly occur, alas! This is truly bad luck."

After Li Lei introduced himself with a face full of helplessness and bitterness, he then anxiously looked at the group of menacing Foundation Establishment Yao Beasts a few li away, his eyes filled with worry and unease.

At this moment, Wang Bin was also in a state of turmoil, unable to pay attention to other things.

He frowned tightly, his eyes unblinking as he stared at the Yao Beasts and wild beasts besieging the city like surging waves outside.

Roughly estimating, their number was at least tens of thousands.

Fortunately, although these Yao Beasts were numerous, most of them could not truly reach the city wall and inside the city due to being some distance from the Formation, and the obstruction of the Formation.

Otherwise, White Cloud City's seemingly sturdy Formation would have probably already collapsed under such a tidal attack, unable to withstand a single blow.

However, even so, a careful observation of the grim situation at hand would clearly reveal that the time the Formation could sustain itself was already running out.

Wang Bin nodded slightly to Chen Jun and Huang Youcai, signaling them to recount the entire detailed process of the Yao Beasts and wild beasts besieging the city.

After the two finished meticulously narrating the entire sequence of events, he slowly turned his head and asked with a solemn expression:

"Senior Brother Chen, given the current situation, how much longer can our Formation last?"

"At most, only half a day, and this Formation will be unable to continue to hold.

If those Foundation Establishment Yao Beasts outside suddenly unite and launch a fierce attack together, then in less than an hour, this Formation will definitely be completely breached by them.

However, those Foundation Establishment Yao Beasts are not foolish and reckless.

They are driving these low-level Yao Beasts and wild beasts that have not yet developed intelligence, their purpose is to slowly consume our strength, and at the same time, gradually reduce the spiritual power of the many Cultivators in the city.

When all of us are exhausted and unable to fight, that will be the perfect timing for them to launch their final fatal blow.

This is the insidious and cunning trick these Yao Beasts have consistently used in every previous beast tide.

After all, those who die in battle are all low-level Yao Beasts and wild beasts without intelligence, which are insignificant to them, like ants.

Although we, as Foundation Establishment Cultivators, are considered powerful existences in the eyes of ordinary people, facing such an astonishingly large number of low-level Yao Beasts, with just our few people, even if our Flying Swords are swung until they are blunted, we probably cannot kill them all or completely eliminate them.

According to common sense, when we activated the grand Formation, Xihai City should have already detected the urgent situation of being besieged by Yao Beasts here.

It's just a pity that the distance between the two places is too far; even if they immediately send reinforcements, it will still take at least a day.

So, for this period of time, we should temporarily not have too much hope for support from Xihai City.

Even if there are Golden Core Stage or Nascent Soul grand experts who can rush here at an extremely fast speed, according to the long-standing unwritten rules tacitly agreed upon by the high-level officials of both sides, they will not easily attack these low-level Yao Beasts."

Chen Fei's words were full of worry and helplessness.

Although he was a Late Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator, the strongest existence in the entire White Cloud City, theoretically, if he wanted to escape alone, his chances of success should be the greatest.

However, he knew better than anyone that he had already become the primary target of attack for the opposing Yao Beast group, the culprit behind this beast tide.

The Azure Flame Bird among the opposing Yao Beasts would definitely stare at him relentlessly and would never let him go easily.

Furthermore, Yin Chengmu and Liu Xue had not yet returned; given the current situation, they had most likely met with misfortune and died.

Thinking of this, his head ached; he truly didn't know how to explain all of this to his Revered Master.

Hearing Chen Fei's detailed and yet despairing analysis, Wang Bin felt as if a basin of cold water had been poured over his heart, instantly chilling him to the core.

A strong sense of regret welled up in his heart, regretting why he had been so reckless and entered the city without thinking.

Now, it was easy to get in, but getting out would be harder than ascending to heaven.

What should he do? The figures of his four Dao Companions couldn't help but appear in his mind; they were all just Qi Refining Early Stage Cultivators.

Once this Formation was breached, with their weak strength, they would surely die.

If he had known he would fall into such an extremely dangerous predicament, he would never have entered the city, and even more so, he shouldn't have left that precious Invisibility Cloak outside.

That was a rare Sharp Weapon for escaping! He only blamed himself for being too timid and cowardly at the time, making such a foolish decision in a moment of panic.

Now that things had come to this, what should he do?

His gaze once again swept over the dense, seemingly endless Yao Beasts and wild beasts below the city, and he secretly calculated that even if these Yao Beasts stood there motionless, allowing him to slaughter them at will, it would probably take him ten days to half a month, and this would have to be under the most ideal condition of his spiritual power always remaining abundant.

Alas! Everyone was bewildered at this moment, at a loss, and Wang Bin was even more filled with regret and self-reproach.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck Wang Bin's mind, as if he had grasped a life-saving straw, and he excitedly shouted:

"Senior Brother Chen, what do you say about us poisoning them? Is there any kind of extremely potent poison that can spread quickly once it's taken effect?

Wouldn't that allow us to poison all these unintelligent Yao Beasts to death?"

When Chen Fei and Li Lei heard Wang Bin's suggestion, their eyes first lit up, as if they had seen a glimmer of light in the darkness.

However, only for a moment, they then looked at Wang Bin with a helpless expression, like deflated balloons. Chen Fei gently shook his head and said with a bitter smile:

"Junior Brother Qingmu, your idea seems good, but it's not very realistic.

As you know, I am not an Alchemist skilled in Alchemy and medicine, and I know very little about poisons.

Besides, where in this world is there such a miraculous and powerful poison that can also spread like a plague?

Even if such a poison truly exists, with our status and position, it's probably not something we can easily get our hands on."

Prompted by Chen Fei, Wang Bin also immediately reacted, realizing that his idea was indeed too naive and childish.

He slumped like a defeated rooster, instantly losing all his energy.

After all, this was the Cultivation World, not an ordinary Mortal world.

The Yao Beasts here were all thick-skinned and tough, their defenses and resistances were many times higher than those of Mortals.

Wanting them to easily get sick was simply a fantasy.

"Hold on, who said we must use poison to deal with these unintelligent Yao Beasts? I observed carefully and found that they are all being driven by the Foundation Establishment Yao Beasts behind them, which is why they are blindly attacking the city like headless flies.

Normally, if there weren't those Foundation Establishment Yao Beasts driving them from behind, how would they dare to invade White Cloud City? They would probably have been captured by the Cultivators in the city and made into various Cultivation Materials long ago.

Since they haven't developed intelligence, then to some extent, they are actually very easy to deal with."