<h4>Chapter 2109 Defend 2</h4>


    Magus Tobin''s painful scream echoed across the battlefield, apanied by the crumbling sound of three defensive stone pir formations. The turtle magus was hurled back inside the formation, blood spurting from his mouth, while the King Rhino rampaged in anger, thwarted from entering by the formation barrier.


    "Senior, are you alright?" Emery called out, his voice tinged with concern.


    Magus Tobin, though battered, stood tall once again. "I was careless," he admitted, wiping the blood from his lips. Without hesitation, he leaped out of the formation to intercept the colossal rhino, determined to prevent further destruction.


    As soon as Tobin reengaged the beast, two deste yellow tigers, with their lightning-fast reflexes, nked him from the sides. VIA, detecting the threat, sprang into action, firing sma shots at the iing beasts. However, the tigers'' heightened battle instincts and lightning speed allowed them to dodge the shots at thest second, their sleek bodies weaving through the sma beams effortlessly.


    After ensuring that the Turtle Magus could hold his ground against the massive rhino, Emery shifted his focus to the broken stone formations. The shattered pirs were a critical weakness in their defense. Sensing Emery''s concern, the old formation magus speaks.


    "I can fix this!! Just make sure no more stones break!"


    Magus Yord poured his energy into reinforcing the remaining pirs, his hands glowing as he chanted an incantation to strengthen the structure. The air around him cracked with energy, and the glowing runes on the pirs intensified, providing a temporary boost to their durability.


    The stone formation made by Magus Yord originally had 36 stone pirs, creating three defensiveyers. The firstyer had already been shattered by the previous lizard beast tide. Now, three of the 12 secondyer stones were broken, creating a crack in the barrier. Knowing that these pirs could withstand tier 6 spells, Emery frowned, realizing the sheer power of the King Rhino''s charge. It was clear that without Magus Tobin''s defense, more stone pirs would have broken simultaneously; without the barrier, Magus Tobin would have been heavily wounded.


    Emery''s thoughts were disrupted by a deafening roar as a gigantic white tiger, wreathed in blue lightning, surged forward with terrifying speed. It fiercely charged toward Magus Tobin, who was outside the formation. But before it could reach its target, a shadowy figure emerged, and arge scythe swung through the air. Livi, the Baphomet, intercepted the beast, halting it in its tracks.


    "What a cute cat... let''s y," Livi taunted, her voiceced with amusement as she engaged the second ancient deste beast in a fierce battle of strength and wit.


    The white lightning tiger, massive and ferocious, growled menacingly as Livi stood her ground. Her scythe, dark and menacing, gleamed with a deadly edge. Sparks flew as the scythe met the tiger''s lightning-infused ws, creating a spectacr sh of power.


    Livi the Baphomet and Tobin the turtle half-blood had been strategically deployed to confront the gigantic ancient deste beast, their formidable strength and resilience making them ideal contenders for such a formidable opponent. As they engaged in a fierce battle with the towering creature, the others; Beatrice, Twik, and VIA, rallied to defend the barrier against the relentless assault of the other deste beasts.


    Emery, meanwhile, remained vignt, his senses attuned to the subtle energies coursing through the battlefield. His primary objective was the apprehension of the elusive Mo Yan, the old, hunchbacked grand magus whose presence posed a significant threat to their safety.


    However, after a few minutes of intense scrutiny, Emery''s keen spirit reading abilities led him to deduce that Mo Yan was in fact pursuing the Kux Magus, along with the Roc Beast groups.


    Realizing the opportunity at hand, Emery wasted no time springing into action. With steely resolve, he joined the fray, his resolve unwavering as he set his sights on neutralizing as many deste creatures as possible before the grand magus''s return.


    Emery decisively used his void de and employed his space- bending spell to deal with these deste beasts. His strikes were swift and precise, his de cutting through the air with deadly uracy as he sought to thin the ranks of their monstrous adversaries.


    However, as soon as he showed his power and decisively killed one of the tiger beasts, he was surprised to see a sudden increase in caution toward him. These deste beast groups indeed had higher intellects, like no other he had fought before.


    He soon encountered a frustrating reality: these deste creatures were far more resilient than he had anticipated. Not only were they able to coordinate their movements with rming precision, effectively shielding each other from critical harm, but their thick, armored hides proved to be a formidable barrier. The beasts also disyed their high regenerative abilities, which made them even harder to kill. Thisbination of strategy and resilience created a daunting challenge for Emery and hispanions.


    The two beast groups worked in unison: the tigers moved swiftly around the formation, striking at weak points and harming the stone pirs, while the rhinos stampeded in groups, continuously returning with powerful charges. Emery was forced to divide his attention between the two threats. The rhinos'' relentless charges threatened to break through their defenses, while the tigers'' agility and cunning attacks targeted the formation''s structural integrity.


    Emery could clearly see the terrifying strength of an organized and more intelligent, deste beast. Despite the difficulties, after almost an hour of fighting, Emery and hispanions had managed to vanquish four rhinos and seven tigers— half of the beast groups. They also manage to heavily wound the gigantic white tiger. Unfortunately, at the same time, their secondyer barrier sumbed to the ceaseless barrage and crumbled apart.


    Amidst the chaos, Emery''s keen senses detected a disturbance in the sky above.


    His gaze shot upwards to behold a small capsule-shaped construct, a ship hurtling toward them, its damaged hull trailing plumes of smoke as it descended perilously toward the battlefield.


    VIA, swiftly proposed a course of action, suggesting the use of the sma turrets to bombard the ship and neutralize the potential threat. However, Emery, relying on his intuition,reached out with his spirit reading, intercepting the ship mid-flight and guiding it safely into the heart of their formation.


    As the dust settled and the ship''s hatch opened, a figure emerged, his presence eliciting a mixture of surprise and apprehension from the group. It was Edgar, the Kux faction noble. His expression twisted in hysterical anguish as he stumbled out of the damaged vessel.


    "They''re dead! They''re all dead!" Edgar''s voice resounded with despair.