For a moment, countless people followed suit, joining the horn of the counterattack.
Lin Chen had the Flying Spirit Beast quickly descend, below the major forces came up, many people tremblingly looked at this woman even younger than Lin Chen, for a moment didn’t know what to say.
Qin Shaoshao did not speak, but Lin Chen said: "Esteemed seniors, now is wartime, let’s not talk too much. Everyone, first organize your strength, suppress the Beast Tide."
Upon hearing this, these people immediately cupped their fists to Qin Shaoshao and then left one after another.
Once those capable of continuing to fight had all departed, Lin Chen and Huang Xiaotian hurriedly went over to Lee Zhen, noticing Lee Zhen’s lips had already turned purple.
Huang Xiaotian quickly took out a Hemostatic Pill for Lee Zhen to consume.
"Fortunately... cough... fortunately, you came." Lee Zhen’s pupils were bloodshot.
Huang Xiaotian, however, said: "Luckily, Lin Chen responded in time, otherwise we would have returned even later."
Lin Chen also self-reproached and said: "If only we hadn’t left the city at the beginning."
"It was us who let you leave; who could have predicted these things." Lee Zhen said hoarsely, "Yet this time these Demon Beasts occupied the city but didn’t go on a killing spree, it’s unknown why?"
"We’ll talk about these later." Lin Chen turned back to Qin Shaoshao and said: "Senior, may I trouble you further..."
Unexpectedly, at this moment, Qin Shaoshao interrupted:
"This city... is my home as well."
When the Demon Beast horde is leaderless, their combat power can be seen clearly.
The various major forces in the city began organizing counterattacks, using the Beast Tamer Guild as a point of defense, continuously clearing out the Demon Beasts.
The entire battle lasted six hours; upon hearing the news of the Great Demon’s death, the Demon Beasts hurriedly fled.
Outside the city, Xia Yu and his party had been lying in ambush for a long time, cooperating with the arriving Monster Hunter Guild from Black Mountain City to strike them head-on.
However, this time the Demon Beasts were truly too many, it was simply impossible to kill them all, ultimately some small portion still fled.
The major forces also pursued for a distance before returning to the city, fearing it might be a lure to leave their stronghold.
When the city gradually became stable, Pang Yuanzheng finally posted a city-wide broadcast through the Guild Machine, without long essays or grand rhetoric, only a simple sentence:
[In this battle, with the strength of the entire city, Jiuxing City prevails!]
As soon as the message was out, the whole city was in an uproar.
Someone stood in a pool of blood, covering their face and crying.
Someone looked up and laughed, the sound hoarse.
Others picked up the corpses of loved ones and friends, at a loss.
War is cruel, and even after the battle, it is an immense suffering.
Pang Yuanzheng was fairly competent as a City Lord; he first commanded people to rescue the wounded promptly and tally the number of casualties in this war.
Simultaneously, the high-levels of various major forces all gathered at the premises of the Beast Tamer Guild, now that the war had ended, they all came here to pay respects to Qin Shaoshao.
"We thank... the Divine Venerable for the life-saving grace." The ancestor of the Ning Family looked respectfully at Qin Shaoshao and said, "May I boldly ask for the Divine Venerable’s name."
Qin Shaoshao ignored him, reverting to her original cold demeanor, while Lee Zhen said:
"Everyone need not speculate about her identity, the current task is to quickly restore order in the city."
All the high-level members looked at Qin Shaoshao, and eventually knelt on one knee in unison, saying together:
"We thank the Divine Venerable for the life-saving grace!"
Lin Chen, on the other hand, was continuously busy, checking the bloodlines of those Great Demons...
Yet the results left Lin Chen greatly disappointed.
These Great Demons, despite their high levels, had very poor bloodlines.
The proportion of good Hidden Bloodlines was only about 14%.
Not a single one of them had the Beast King Bloodline, which made Lin Chen feel somewhat puzzled...
Something seemed a bit off.
The true Demon Beast King had not appeared.