CHAPTER 565 SUDDEN ATTACK

At noon, the Eight Heaven Locks Array laid by Marin still couldn't withstand the raging attack of Huge-

horned Rhinoceroses. It was close to the brink of collapse, with countless deaths and injuries, and the

deaths were extremely tragic. Disemboweled bodies were scattered everywhere, making the scene

extremely bloody and terrifying!

The two Elite Commanders relied on their own strength to resist the power of two Huge-horned

Rhinoceroses. However, no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't change anything.

On the other hand, the Timber Deity Empire had the situation under control by using only several

Huge-horned Rhinoceroses. Not long ago, the army of the Timber Deity Empire suffered a great loss

under the Eight Heaven Locks Array. Now suppressing the Eight Heaven Locks Array meant giving the

army of the Timber Deity Empire a chance to take advantage of the situation.

Of course, it wasn't a result of the Eight Heaven Locks Array being so vulnerable, rather, it's because

Marin hadn't fully understood the depth of the Eight Heaven Locks Array. Therefore, under the crazy

attack of Huge-horned Rhinoceroses, the array began to panic and would definitely lose soon.

The southern wall of Evian City had turned into a sea of fire, igniting everything that it touched.

Thousands of soldiers of the Timber Deity Empire climbed up the stairs and kept attacking the

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On the city wall, each of the commanders led over a thousand city guards, and also tried their best to

repulse the attacks of the Timber Deity Empire one after another, barely forming a stalemate. Evian

City had already deployed over ten thousand forces, but they could only scantily defend against the

attacks of the Timber Deity Empire. There was another wave of twenty thousand forces of the Timber

Deity Empire, and they were about to make a move.

The guards of Evian City were in a complete disadvantage.

In the midst of the chaos, Woods saw that it was almost time. The city guards of Evian City were

noticeably having a hard time fighting against their strong offensive, and if the grueling attacks

continued, they would definitely collapse.

Therefore, Woods immediately ordered the deployment of additional military forces into the battlefield,

including over ten thousand soldiers of the Timber Deity Empire and teams of spirit manipulators. They

immediately rushed towards Evian City, determined to defeat Evian City in one go and take it.

As the military forces of the Timber Deity Empire rose to an unbelievable number, their attacks also

became fiercer and more brutal than before.

During the menacing attacks, a Huge-horned Rhinoceros suddenly rushed out of the siege and

crashed against the door of the south gate. Unexpectedly, the collision broke the thick gate open,

revealing a passage.

A commander of the Timber Deity Empire seized the chance and led thousands of soldiers rushing in

through the passageway. Along with the large army that attacked the city wall, the soldiers began to

fight with the city guards who were guarding the south gate of Evian City.

Almost immediately, the entire south gate defense line had completely fallen at the Timber Deity

Empire's mercy. The scattered guards of Evian City were either dead or severely injured. The south

gate was filled with spirit manipulators of the Timber Deity Empire, their spirit-manipulated beasts, and

soldiers.

The city guards of Evian City were under the assistance of Elite Commanders and Frontline

Commanders of the Crimson Dragon Group. But they didn't make the fight any easier than they

thought it would. Besides, the Timber Deity Empire also had a few masters of the Heavenly Stage, and

they definitely restricted the commanders of Crimson Dragon Group, making it difficult for them to

command.

After seeing that the army of the Timber Deity Empire had already entered the city, the common people

of Evian City immediately started to flee towards the north gate in chaos. They were stuck together with

their families, dragging their carriages and whatever possession they hoped to salvage while they all

tried to escape from the city.

However, because Evian City was in such a critical situation as a result of the siege, the whole city was

already under the order of strict inspection, and the gates of the city had been closed. Hence, all the

people who wanted to escape could only crowd at the north gate area, with panic and worry on their

faces. Children cried and bawled, din and noise were echoing everywhere. The whole north gate area

was dark and packed with people.

It wouldn't take long before the battle fire devoured the whole Evian City.

Three hours later, the Eight Heaven Locks Array set up by Marin finally collapsed. Losing more than

half of their soldiers and the people suffering from various injuries, they could only think of withdrawing

into the city. However, the city gate had already been completely blocked by the mighty army of the

Timber Deity Empire. Marin, the two Elite Commanders, and the remaining two thousand city guards

were all caught in a pinch. The situation was very miserable!

Outside the city wall, fire had caught everything it could burn. The smokes went up, turning the sky

darker. There were bodies everywhere already but more were falling from up the wall.

Facing the stormy attack of the Timber Deity Empire, the guards of Evian City had no choice but to give

up the south gate. Under the lead of two Elite Commanders of the army, they pulled a kilometer back

and placed a line of defense.

"If we keep on fighting like this, I'm afraid we won't be able to hold out until tomorrow..." Commander Li,

one of the Elite Commanders looked at the other commanders with a gray face.

"We are at a great disadvantage, and with the violent force of five Huge-horned Rhinoceroses, we can't

fight back at all..." The other Elite Commander— Commander Wang's face darkened, too. He had a

feeling that from the very beginning, they were doomed to lose this war.

Meanwhile, Marin and the two Elite Commanders led the rest of the city guards of Evian City, and were

trying their best to break out with all their might, hoping to retreat back to the city. However, since the

Timber Deity Empire's army had already invaded the city wall, even if they did their best to fight, the

Timber Deity Empire would still outnumber them. With only the three of them, they would not be able to

forcefully break out, and would gradually fall into hands of the Timber Deity Empire's army.

Marin's beautiful face was already marred black by the fire of war, her eyes reflected her fierceness,

but worry had her biting into her pink lips. She could not help but mutter to herself, "Why hasn't he

come yet? If it's him, he'd find a way out."

It was nearly dusk, and the sand was dyed bloody red. Just as the south gate of Evian City was about

to get completely broken through, two beast shadows suddenly appeared in the sky. One of them was

the silhouette of something like a bird with flaming wings. Without wasting time, a dense fireball

covered with black flame rushed down, directly falling into the city wall of Evian City. In an instant, it

exploded, and the flames soared into the sky. Several soldiers of the Timber Deity Empire who couldn't

escape the city wall were left speechless, shock was evident on their faces. In the blink of an eye, their

bodies were swallowed by the black flame while screaming in pain.

The aura of the beast shadow with the flaming wings grew stronger at the same time. The black flame

turned into a sudden rain of fire and poured onto the city wall. In an instant, the entire city wall turned

into a sea of raging fire, and the black flame was ferocious. The soldiers of the Timber Deity Empire

would burn into ashes once they touched the wall.

"Get away from the city wall!" The commander of the Timber Deity Empire, who stood on the top of the

city wall, immediately ordered. He didn't dare to be arrogant.

The soldiers of the Timber Deity Empire obediently withdrew from the city wall immediately.

The other beast shadow flew down from high up in the sky and stopped in the air in front of the city

gate. The strong energy exuding from the beast had spread out almost instantly. Suddenly, a strong

storm started to form on the ground, raging and drifting. The cold wind piercing and the frost eerily

chilling. Wherever the storm went through, the frost was formed.

Since the army of the Timber Deity Empire was constantly rushing into Evian City, at least a thousand

soldiers were crowding at the gate, they were stuck there helplessly. As soon as the storm was

unleashed, the soldiers were turned into countless ice sculptures at the gate, and then the storm finally

crashed them into tiny pieces of ice.

The unexpected attack momentarily interrupted the Timber Deity Empire from attacking further.