230 Rich Get Richer (I)

The flying insect swarm reached the teleportation array and sieged the entire area. The array was located in the middle of a wide-open plaza and protected by a dome shield formation with runes carved directly into the stone platform.

Four large avenues led to the place which was lined with tall buildings and towers. This central hub was built outside of the original inner city and faced directly east. It was normally one of the busiest places and crowded with people but it was now was consumed by bloody battles.

Four divisions were assigned here and defended the four corners of the plaza. The buildings were full of weapons and supplies. The streets were barricaded. Heavy infantry stood in formation on the ground while archers filled the rooftops.

Insects dived the human defenders over and over. The human side slaughtered the beasts again and again yet more kept coming.

"Hold the line!"

"Drag the wounded into the buildings!"

"Kill them all!!"

Shouts from executive elders and commanders filled the air. They joined together with the shouts and cries of their men. Their losses were heavy but morale was still high because the two lords and the six immortals were still fighting the beast kings to a standstill.

In the sky above, the huge protective dome around the city remained. The hole towards the southeast was still getting bigger but the overall formation was still strong. The two human kings weren't in any danger but it was a stressful situation for the six immortals facing the magma toad.

They had held on for two hours already and it was a small miracle that they were able to. The shield formation had many abilities that were beyond their knowledge. These included transferring spiritual energy from the other anchors to the weaker anchors as well as from vast stores of spiritual crystals. They did not have to use the spiritual crystals yet but it would soon be needed to hold on.

"When will the Immortal Association come to help? What's taking them so long?" He Xinghan growled in frustration.

"We have to be patient." Qiu Chuyi said, "They will come for sure."

"Peh!" The man with ape-like powers spat. "Those Immortal Association old farts are nothing good. They won't show their faces until we suffer some losses."

His name was Immortal Sky Monkey Gu Lan and he was correct in this regard. The Immortal Association was the preeminent power in the subcontinent and the Beast God Sanctum was the only thing that challenged it locally. They would like nothing more than for this competition to lose reputation and influence.

"That wrinkled old slut lotus or whatever is especially despicable. She would never do something without getting twice as much back in return." Ji Tiangu said, "Brother Gu, your words are right. They are nothing good."

"Hahaha, I have not heard you call me brother in many years. Brother Ji, it is nice to fight alongside you again."

"Indeed, desperate times bring out old feelings of comradery. Brother, after this battle is done, let's get messed up drunk together and enjoy wanton sluts for seven days and seven nights."

"Hahaha, you got it!"

The two large men shared more laughs and their conversation devolved into raunchy retellings of their conquests. The other immortals roll their eyes and tried to block out the noise. The ox and the monkey were a pair of infamous troublemakers, especially together.

The task of supporting the formation was tough on their mind and spiritual energy reserves but it was very boring. The light conversation actually improved their dark mood and lightened their spirits. Their spiritual energy and aura strengthened and they able to even push back a little. The other immortals noticed this and also started small conversations to pass the time.

It didn't really matter to them that thousands of disciples and soldiers were dying every minute down in the city. As long as the formation held and the battle was eventually won, the losses were acceptable. The mantis queen had committed her entire forces in the Glittering Forest for this sneak attack. Once it was broken, they would be able to retake the land lost and gain even more back in a counter-attack.

The breach in the formation was around two hundred meters wide by this point and the rate of increase had actually slowed. There was much more surface area for the magma toad to cover with its flames. Although it was a Spirit King, it still only had a finite amount of spiritual energy reserves. The hole was already large enough for the insect army so it wasn't worth the effort to increase it further.

While the human side was waiting for their reinforcements, the beast kings were also waiting for theirs. King Huo Tu was waiting for its fat toad son Huo Ping and another immortal offspring. The loss of three immortal subordinates before this war was a heavy blow. The toad king resolved to kill that Immortal Blue Dragon after this was all over.

Queen Sundew's children were the closest and they would arrive at any moment. It would be at least three praying mantises, each with different powers.

The martial monkey's territory and generals were spread out the farthest but at least the steel furred gorilla would make its way back soon. This was the martial monkey's expectation and it was also the gorilla's expectation. However, both of them did not expect that a completely unknown wildcard would spring out at this moment.

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General Kong flew directly south at the quickest pace its massive body would allow. It was almost back to the treasure mountain where it would be able to get in contact with General Sun. When it approached a snowy mountain range that was directly in the way it increased altitude to fly directly over.

In doing so, the beast sensed an intense mass of familiar spiritual energy from one of the snowy glacier valleys.

"What is that snow monkey doing?" It roared indignantly and quickly flew down.

The center of the glacier was completely consumed in a whirling snowstorm. The snow monkey was in there, seemingly unaware of anything that was happening outside. The storm did not abate even when General Kong landed directly next to it.

"Hey! Hey! Stop it, you pink asshole!" It yelled through the howling winds, "Stop wasting your energy! Our king needs us to fight humans!"

There was no reply. It seemed that the snow monkey was lost in meditation or cultivation rapture.

"Son of a woman. Do I have to drag you out?" It yelled again.

After a few moments, the gorilla finally lost patience and summoned its immortal strength. Its grayish fur turned shiny and its entire body was encased in steel. It pointed a thick arm at the storm and launched a flurry of steel blades into it.

There was still no response and no change whatsoever.

"Fine… don't blame me for being ruthless!" It muttered and stepped into the snowstorm.