"Quick, quick, quick! Reinforce the south of the city!"

"Those who can fly, fly straight over there for me!"

Wang Xicheng's voice was like a thunderclap, echoing over the noisy battlefield.

At his command, several figures in the team immediately soared into the sky.

Some had whirlwinds generated under their feet, some condensed blazing wings behind them, and even more directly summoned griffins with a wingspan of several meters, speeding towards the direction of the south of the city.

Zhou Huai looked at this scene, a trace of envy welling up in his heart.

As an Forbidden Spell Mage, his damage was heaven-destroying and earth-shattering, and everything about him was good.

Except that he couldn't fly.

In the future, he would have to let Ou Yezi research it to see if he could roll affixes with flight effects on equipment.

Just as Zhou Huai was letting his imagination run wild.

Aside, behind Lu Zhiyi, a pair of pure white wings suddenly bloomed.

Every feather flowed with holy radiance, and when gently flapping, it brought up a soft airflow.

Her whole person hovered up, just like an angel descending to the mortal world.

"Hold onto me!"

Lu Zhiyi stretched out her fair hand, palm facing upwards.

Zhou Huai recovered his senses, without any affectation, controlling Gandalf, he reached out and grabbed that soft little hand.

The next second, the wings exerted force fiercely.

Lu Zhiyi brought Zhou Huai, like a sharp arrow leaving the string, leaping into the high air, heading straight for the south of the city.

The wind whistled in his ears.

Looking down from high altitude, the scene below was increasingly shocking.

The entire Simon City was like an isolated island surrounded by a black ocean.

On the city walls, countless figures as small as ants shuttled back and forth in the light and flames of artillery fire and magic.

Their faces carried a sense of determination, desperately pouncing towards every defense gap.

Zhou Huai looked at those faces below illuminated and darkened by the fireworks, and it was hard to imagine that these people were merely NPCs in the dungeon.

Their eyes, their actions, were all too realistic.

Zhou Huai spoke subconsciously.

"Such a scale of city defense battle, how could it be a challenge that can be completed by a mere hundred-person team?"

Throwing a hundred people into this vast battlefield wouldn't even stir up a ripple.

Lu Zhiyi flapped her wings, tracing a graceful arc in the air.

Hearing Zhou Huai's question, a trace of complexity flashed in her clear eyes.

"Perhaps the designer just wanted to warn us not to be arrogant."

"Only in the face of true disaster can one realize one's own insignificance."

She turned her head sideways, her voice made somewhat blurred by the wind.

"On the other hand, it is also to broaden our horizons, so that if we ever truly encounter a beast tide siege of this scale one day, we won't be at a loss."

Listening to these words, Zhou Huai raised his head and glanced at her, teasing.

"Senior Sister Lu speaks quite officially."

Lu Zhiyi was amused by his words, the corners of her mouth raising into a nice arc.

"Who made me the Student Union President of Imperial Capital Academy?"

While speaking, the two had already flown to the sky above the south of the city.

The scene before his eyes made Zhou Huai's pupils constrict.

Just as Lu Zhiyi said, the defense here was in imminent peril.

The golden barrier shrouding the city walls had its light dimmed to the extreme, covered with spiderweb-like cracks, as if it would completely shatter in the next second.

Beneath the city wall, the offensive of the beast tide was fiercer than anywhere else.

They feared neither death, stepping on the corpses of their companions to climb upward, and even letting the Magical Cannon blast them into pieces of meat, they never retreated half a step.

A slightly chubby general clad in heavy armor was standing on the battlement, waving the command saber in his hand and roaring hoarsely.

"Brothers! Bombard them for Laozi! Bombard the heck out of them!"

"Hold on for Laozi! Reinforcements will arrive immediately!"

Hearing these words, the City Guard behind him were like they had been given a shot of adrenaline, new light bursting forth in their eyes.

One by one, they completely squeezed dry their remaining mana values, pouring skills down the city like they didn't cost money.

Watching this scene, a trace of heartache revealed itself in Lu Zhiyi's eyes.

These challengers all knew.

There were no reinforcements.

This isolated city never had any reinforcements arrive until the very last moment.

At this moment, the few students who flew ahead had long thrown themselves into the battle.

Zhou Huai hesitated no longer.

He controlled Gandalf, letting go of the hand holding Lu Zhiyi, and his body fell straight down from high altitude.

"Boom!"

His feet landed on the ground, the hard city bricks cracking inch by inch.

Without a moment's pause, he raised the 【Flame Explosion Core】 staff in his hand high, aiming at that black ocean outside the city.

"【Forbidden Spell: Meteor Rain】!"

The sky suddenly turned gloomy.

Eight huge meteorites wrapped in raging flames tore through the clouds, dragging long tail flames and roaring down!

After this period of high-intensity leveling up, the proficiency of Meteor Fire Rain was no longer what it used to be.

Not only was the range wider and the power stronger, but even the number of meteorites had increased from the initial five to eight!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Eight meteorites, like the wrath of the Heavenly God, fiercely smashed into the most densely populated area of strange beasts.

The earth trembled violently, and the destructive shockwave spread crazily in all directions.

For a time, outside the city wall, a large, shocking vacuum zone was forcefully smashed out.

Countless strange beasts were instantly vaporized in the flames, without even having time to wail.

【Killed Wasteland Magic Wolf LV30, gained EXP + 1200】

【Killed Bloodthirsty Earth Dragon LV31, gained EXP + 1550】

【...】

In Zhou Huai's mind, a series of prompts of EXP jumping refreshed frantically.

His eyes were bright.

The number of strange beasts here was simply too many.

Even if a portion of the EXP was split away by the surrounding students, it was still extremely substantial.

However, that vacuum zone maintained for less than three seconds before being filled again by the beast tide surging from behind.

On the city wall, seeing this scene, the Fat General was so excited that the fat on his face trembled.

He abruptly turned his head to look at Gandalf, his eyes scorching.

"Well done!"

He stretched out a cattail-fan-like big hand and patted Gandalf's shoulder hard.

"Which guild's hero is this? After repelling this wave of beast tide, Laozi will definitely personally request a merit for you from the City Lord! Appoint you a first-class merit!"

Zhou Huai couldn't help being stunned.

The NPCs in this dungeon were simply too realistic.

They could even interact with him?

Right at this moment, the main force led by Wang Xicheng finally arrived from afar.

As soon as they stepped onto the south city wall, they saw those eight slowly dissipating huge fireballs, and the charred land under the city.

Everyone's face was full of shock.

In the team, someone couldn't help but let out an exclamation.

"Too strong! Is this the strength of the Demon King?"

"With him here, we might really be able to clear the level this time!"

However, before his voice fell.

"Roar——!!!"

A cloud-piercing and stone-splitting roar came from high altitude.

A giant pterosaur with a size blotting out the sky suddenly stuck its head out from the thick clouds, and its huge body actually slammed fiercely into the tottering Formation barrier!

At the same time, beneath the city wall, two BOSS-level strange beasts of similarly huge size also let out earth-shaking roars.

A pitch-black beam of energy and a lump of extremely corrosive dark green acid simultaneously bombarded the exact same point on the barrier!

Crack——!!!

The already fragile golden barrier could no longer withstand such fierce attacks.

Dense cracks spread instantly across the entire barrier like a spiderweb!

The harsh shattering sound echoed throughout the battlefield.

Seeing this, Wang Xicheng's expression instantly became extremely solemn.

"Not good!"

He looked at everyone and shouted in a deep voice.

"Our first dungeon quest is to protect the barrier from being destroyed within ten minutes!"

"We must solve those three BOSSes first!"

A trace of bitterness appeared on his face.

"All our previous challenges failed right here."

Zhou Huai nodded knowingly.

He looked at the three terrifyingly-auraed BOSSes in the distance with a calm expression.

"This problem is easy to solve."

He turned his head and looked at Wang Xicheng.

"I'll handle it."

Hearing this, a trace of joy flashed in Wang Xicheng's eyes, and then he became a bit worried.

"Brother Gan, those three BOSSes are all level 35, you alone..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhou Huai directly interrupted him.

"However, I have one condition."

Wang Xicheng immediately laughed, patting his chest with heroic spirit.

"Brother Gan, just say whatever condition you want to raise! Not to mention one, ten are fine!"

"As long as Simon City can be defended, I, Wang Xicheng, will listen to you!"

He thought Zhou Huai wanted some rare materials, or more points after the dungeon ended.

"I can lead a team to attract firepower for you!"

Zhou Huai shook his head.

"No need."

He held up a finger, his tone as flat as if he were talking about a trivial matter.

"My condition is very simple."

"All of you, stay away from me."

"Let me enjoy the experience alone."

"Wang Xicheng:???"