Although no active offensive had been launched, the beasts surrounded the city like an iron barrel. Three days passed outside the domain of the Star Domain Cauldron, and Zhao Huaiyu, Zhao Huaide, and Ouyang Qian, who were guarding Xuhai City, all noticed that the Beast Tide surrounding the city had intensified significantly.
However, they did not consider this an anomaly, assuming instead that it was a natural occurrence. After all, the peak of the Beast Tide had only just concluded, and this could simply be a secondary surge. Thus, they paid it little mind, deciding only to observe for a few more days.
High in the sky, Tier 3 High-Grade avian Demonic Beasts hovered incessantly, occasionally diving down to hunt low-ranking Martial Practitioners. Zhao Huaiyu, the vanguard general of the eastern expedition, quickly devised a countermeasure: they would continue to observe for a few days, and all low-ranking Martial Practitioners were ordered to focus on their own safety and were forbidden from wandering outside.
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