Chapter 1537: City Defense 4

Not just Novoa, but the others quickly noticed Tang Shaoyang's insane act. They witnessed Tang Shaoyang transform midair and land in a boom. A pillar of black fire formed at the back of the horde, burning three Rank 7 Brawler Ape Calamities.

"Stupid! Is he courting death or what? Does he know there's a Rank 9 Calamity?" Novoa Valentine muttered in a low voice.

Without a doubt, everyone had the same thought as her, deeming Tang Shaoyang as a fool. But from a distance, they saw another Rank 7 Brawler Ape Calamity felled. Novoa Valentine raised her eyebrow, surprised. It was a Rank 7 Calamity, not something they could fight alone. And yet, Tang Shaoyang killed them with ease.

Cheers resounded from the top of the wall. The panicked participants cheered for Tang Shaoyang. They were glad that someone took down the tough calamity. The panic was replaced with cheering and spirit. Without any cue, people started to rain the horde with their spells, culling the calamity's number from afar.

The City Defense officially started, and it was started with a tough opponent. That was what Novoa thought at the start of the fight. But they finished the horde in two hours. She stood above the calamity's corpse she just killed. Her white armor was stained by the calamity's blood, and she felt no challenge from the horde. It was too easy for a calamity horde with a Rank 9 Calamity.

Novoa quickly found out that all the calamity's corpses around her were mostly Rank 5 Calamity. There were not many Rank 6 Calamity, and there were no Rank 7 and above around her. She realized the Rank 7 Calamity and above never got to meet her.

She looked up at the battlefield ahead and found a man standing alone on the frontline, by himself. The shocking part was that she could not find a single corpse around the man. She knew Tang Shaoyang killed the Rank 7 and above, but the corpses were not around him.

'Am I wrong? Maybe he is not a Spirit Contractor...' She did not see anyone beside him. There was no summon, the man was alone. And he defeated the Rank 9 Brawler Ape Calamity alone.

"But why does the horde stop?" Novoa muttered by herself.

From what she knew about the city defense from his family. The city defense was supposed to face an unending calamity horde. Depending on the calamity's numbers, it could be three days of fighting or even maybe more than three months of fighting. But it was not even an hour, but the horde was finished.

There was something off from this city defense. She started to feel that there was something weird about the city defense. Then she recalled a piece of important information, man-made city defense. This meant someone created the calamity horde with a trick and triggered the city defense.

There were two main culprits for this man-made horde in her head. First, it was the Admin Helper who acted as shopkeepers in the city. They wanted more materials from calamity, so they tried to trigger the city defense for more materials. Second, it was the overseer's doing, the Administrator.

'Don't tell me Amos triggered the city defense just to kill Tang Shaoyang?'

She knew so little about the man-made calamity horde. The chance of this to happen was below one percent. Because the System's punishment would be harsh for whoever tried to tamper with the official trial.

As the first wave was over, the gate was opened. The workers from any shops poured out, gathering the body of the calamity. She could not help but be suspicious of these people. But she did not have time to figure out who was behind this unnatural calamity horde. Five minutes later, right after the battlefield was cleaned out, another horde came.

Novoa had returned to the wall, and she observed the horde. There was an upgrade for the horde. More than eighty Rank 7 Calamities, twenty-three Rank 8 Calamities, and eight Rank 9 Calamities.

The lineup was scarier than the first one, and once more, Tang Shaoyang rushed toward the horde just like the first one. It was the exact same scenario, and they finished the wave in three hours. This time the Rank 7 Calamity managed to reach the wall and fought them. It was just nine Rank 7 Calamities, but it proved to be a challenge for them.

Of course, most likely it was because of the lack of teamwork between all participants. It took them longer to kill the Rank 7 Calamity. However, the Rank 8 and Rank 9 Calamity did not reach the wall. Once more, a lone man stood in the front line, becoming the vanguard for the north gate.

Once more, the worker for the Admin Helper fought over the corpses while the participants returned to the wall, preparing for the next wave.

The third came after five minutes, and it was the exact same sequence. The fight started with Tang Shaoyang who rushed to the back of the horde as the rest of them fought near the city wall. The scene was repeated where the workers fought over calamity corpses again.

The fourth wave... The fifth wave... the sixth wave... Until the seventh wave.

In the seventh wave, there was one Unique Rank Calamity. The sun was up in the air, and the seventh appeared in the distance. The Unique Rank Calamity, Wrath Angel. Wrath Angel was known as the next advancement from the Fallen Angel. Of course, not all Fallen Angels turned into Wrath Angel, but it was one of several advancements from the Fallen Angel.

It had eight pairs of black wings, holding a trident in his right hand, and a round shield in his left hand. Everyone did not panic just like when they first time found the Rank 9 Calamity. Everyone looked at one person, Tang Shaoyang. They relied on the man who had killed almost a hundred Rank 9 Calamity by himself.

The fight started the same as the previous several waves. It was started by Tang Shaoyang, and the rest of them fought closer to the city wall. In the first hours of intense fighting, Novoa did not think much. Just like the others, she thought the seventh wave would be over just like the previous six waves.

But things went south as everyone heard booming sounds at the city wall. Novoa killed the calamity in front of her and retreated five steps back before looking at the city wall. She saw Tang Shaoyang stuck on the wall with a hole in his stomach. Then she looked at the other side. The Wrath Angel had an amused expression, looking at the crushed Tang Shaoyang.

'Fuck! We still need an Administrator!'

It was the Administrator and Admin Helper's duty to fight the Rank 9 and Unique Rank Calamity. Novoa just realized the absence of the Administrator as well as the Admin Helper at the north gate.

She was searching for Admin Helpers, but the situation got worse as she saw five Admin Helpers suddenly appear above Tang Shaoyang. The latter was still stuck to the wall, and blood poured from the stomach, mouth, and nose. And five Admin Helpers took this chance to ambush Tang Shaoyang.

That was right, the five Admin Helpers were trying to ambush instead of helping Tang Shaoyang. The five had their weapons out and lurched toward Tang Shaoyang.

Boom!

Five Admin Helpers ambushed the injured Tang Shaoyang. Witnessing the situation, she was disgusted by the Admin Helper's cowardice action. She gripped her sword tighter as she hoped Tang Shaoyang survived the attack.

The dust settled and revealed the situation. Three swords and two spears pierced through Tang Shaoyang's chest. That made Novoa angry by how cowardly these Admin Helpers were. On top of that, this was not the moment to resolve the grudge, not during the city defense. It was clear that Tang Shaoyang had a pivotal role in the north gate, something that even these five Admin Helpers could not achieve. Not only were they not helping them, but they made the situation worse.