Upon the city wall.

Everyone's mouths were wide open.

Staring blankly at the miracle-like scene below, their minds went completely blank.

Sparks splattered everywhere, and gravel flew about.

Six carving knives traced dazzling trajectories in mid-air. Sometimes they intersected, sometimes they separated, leaving deep and profound patterns on the hard foundation stones of the city wall.

That was not carving; that was dancing, creating a peerless work of art!

" Th-This... Is this the Formation Master of the Evernight Guild? "

A scruffy veteran Professional muttered in a dry voice.

He had lived for more than fifty years and considered himself well-traveled and knowledgeable, but he had never seen such an outrageous scene.

Another person chimed in, their voice filled with disbelief.

" This is simply incredible! To actually be able to simultaneously control six carving knives for Formation carving, and the carving details of each knife are different. Such terrifying control is simply unheard of. "

Only then did everyone realize that this unknown Formation Master was definitely also an S-Level Formation Master.

Furthermore, he was stronger than any they had ever known!

What was most terrifying was that, facing such a fast carving speed and such complicated operations, the expression on the face of the young man named Zhuge Kongming was so calm.

Holding a feather fan, he stood quietly beneath the city, as if everything before him had nothing to do with him.

There wasn't even a single drop of sweat on his forehead.

Soon, under the shocked gazes of the crowd, the Formation upgrade of the first city wall was initially completed.

Zhuge Kongming gently waved his feather fan.

Swish!

From the mountain of rare materials, a portion automatically flew up and precisely merged into the newly carved Formation nodes.

With a flash of light, the Formation patterns on the entire wall seemed to be instantly lit up, emitting energy fluctuations several times stronger than before.

Having finished all this, Zhuge Kongming did not pause at all. With a thought, the six carving knives turned into streams of light and flew toward the second city wall.

" Tsk tsk tsk... At this speed, maybe... he can really completely complete the defensive Formation in the entire East City Gate direction within an hour. "

" This Zhuge Kongming has a boundless future! In the future, he will definitely be able to become the top Formation Sovereign of the Great Xia Nation! "

Watching Zhuge Kongming's unhurried movements, the hearts of the crowd that had been hanging in their throats also relaxed slightly.

However, someone still raised doubts.

" He carves so fast, can it really reach the strength of a Tier 6 Formation? Why does it look a bit precarious to me? "

Someone nearby immediately retorted.

" Who cares! Didn't you see how many precious materials he used? Even if it's not a Tier 6 Formation, it's definitely much stronger than our original Tier 4 Formation! "

Hearing this, the others nodded in agreement.

For a time, there were no longer any voices of opposition on the city wall.

Everyone was conquered by Zhuge Kongming's heaven-defying operation.

Only Zhou Huai knew that the upgraded version currently carved by Zhuge Kongming was indeed not a true Tier 6 Formation.

Even though Zhuge Kongming could multitask, the time was far from enough to carve a complete Tier 6 city defense grand Formation from scratch within one hour.

Therefore, Zhou Huai could only settle for second best.

He had Zhuge Kongming upgrade and modify the original Tier 4 Formation to elevate it to a Tier 5 Formation.

Don't look at it as just upgrading by one Level.

But this Tier 5 Formation could also unleash effects comparable to a Tier 6 Formation.

The reason was a new skill Zhuge Kongming comprehended at Level 10.

【 Natural Formation Dao 】!

【 Skill Effect (Passive): Within a radius of ten kilometers around Zhuge Kongming, all Formations personally built or modified by Zhuge Kongming will automatically have their Formation effects increased by one Level. 】

As his Level continuously increased, the terrifying nature of the Heavenly Artisan Warlock began to gradually manifest.

Directly and unconditionally increasing the Formation Level without any consumption was simply extremely overbearing!

This was an ability that all Formation Masters of the current era dreamed of, yet could never reach.

Only Zhuge Kongming!

Time was passing minute by minute.

Zhuge Kongming carved the Formations of one city wall after another at an astonishing speed.

However, just as he was carving the second-to-last wall...

Rumble—

A low, muffled sound came from the depths of the earth without any warning.

The entire Donghai City, along with the solid land beneath their feet, began to tremble violently along with it!

Upon the city wall, many people lost their footing and fell to the ground with screams.

" Is the beast tide coming? "

" Look outside the city quickly! "

Everyone's hearts tightened as they looked out toward the city.

Right at this moment, several streams of light flew rapidly from the distant horizon, carrying full bodies of dishevelment and panic, and landed heavily upon the city wall.

They were precisely the military scouts sent out by Li Gang earlier to scout out the situation.

Their faces were pale as paper one by one, and their lips were purple, as if they had seen something extremely terrifying, unable to even stand steadily.

Li Gang's expression was solemn as he took a step forward and supported the leading soldier.

" How is it? Has the beast tide come? "

The soldier gasped heavily for breath, his eyes filled with the fear of surviving a disaster.

He nodded heavily, his voice becoming sharp and distorted due to extreme terror.

" It... It's coming! "

" Minister Li... At most... At most ten minutes! It will be at the gates! "

" The ferocious beasts... are too many... There are too many of them!!! "

As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere on the city wall that had just relaxed instantly tightened again!

Everyone brought their hearts up to their throats.

Ten minutes!

Li Gang suddenly turned his head to look at Moria not far away, his voice urgent.

" How much longer until your friend named Zhuge Kongming can completely complete the defensive Formation?! "

Zhou Huai frowned and said in a deep voice: " Around ten minutes or so. "

" It's over! "

These two words simultaneously surfaced in everyone's hearts.

If the beast tide rushed beneath Donghai City before the Formation was completed...

Then all previous efforts would fall short of success!

Everyone would be exposed under the iron hooves of millions of ferocious beasts without any defensive guarantee!

Right at this moment, the last trace of the setting sun on the horizon completely sank below the horizon.

The night curtain had descended.

As if foreshadowing that the doomsday of Donghai City was about to arrive.

Upon the city wall, it fell into a death-like silence.

Everyone held their breath, staring fixedly at the dim wilderness outside the city.

One minute.

Two minutes.

Every second seemed to be infinitely elongated, becoming incomparably agonizing.

Finally.

At the end of everyone's line of sight, above the horizon.

A pitch-black, wriggling line slowly emerged.

At first, that line was still very thin.

But in just a few breaths, that line began to crazily thicken and widen at a terrifying speed!

It was like a gush of black ink emerging from Hell, splashed onto the huge scroll of the wilderness, rapidly spreading and diffusing!

Rumble! Rumble!

The tremor of the earth became increasingly violent!

That was no longer a low, muffled sound, but a terrifying roar like ten thousand horses galloping and the sky collapsing and the earth splitting!

On the city wall, everyone's hearts beat wildly following this vibration!

" It's here! "

I do not know who let out a desperate scream.

Following closely, a scene that chilled everyone's liver and gall appeared.

That black wave had completely occupied everyone's vision!

Endless!

Overwhelming the sky and covering the earth!

Countless ferocious beasts gathered into a steel torrent, trampling the earth, letting out earth-shaking roars, and sweeping toward the direction of Donghai City!

They were diverse in species and varied in forms.

There were giant rhinoceroses as huge as small hills, bloodthirsty magic wolves with figures as lithe as lightning, ferocious giant scorpions covered all over with thick carapaces...

In their eyes flickered bloodthirsty red light, and from their mouths came scalp-numbing roars!

This was merely the ground!

When everyone subconsciously raised their heads to look toward the sky.

An even deeper despair instantly gripped their throats!

Seeing that sky that had just been shrouded by the night, at this moment, it had actually become even pitch-blacker than ink!

That was not dark clouds!

But a sky-covering black cloud layer composed of countless flying ferocious beasts!

Terrifying winged dragons with wingspans exceeding ten meters!

Flocks of ghost-faced vultures emitting piercing screeches!

And countless unnamed flying ferocious beasts, circling and roaring, completely swallowing the very last trace of light!

Heaven and earth, at this moment, seemed to be filled with endless black.

The entire Donghai City, in front of this black wave sufficient to destroy everything, was as minuscule as a solitary boat about to be swallowed by a storm.