The buff is permanent, and you start the game with a fountain of water.

Two hours later, with a long-range attack of Annihilation and Ruins, the Hellfire Red Dragon let out a painful howl, glared at Huan Cheng with venomous eyes, and then crashed to the ground.

Just as the Hellfire Red Dragon fell, a crimson light burst forth from its body, shooting towards Huan Cheng with lightning speed.

"Ding! Congratulations, player Chengfeng! You have defeated the Star-level BOSS Hell Red Dragon (Cub). You have gained 340000000 experience points and 20000 reputation points."

"Ding! Your level has increased to 52. All attributes +2, free attributes +10, health +200, mana +20."

Two golden lights flashed across Huan Cheng's body, and the 3.4 million experience points allowed him to skip level 51 and directly level up to level 52.

Before he could even rejoice at his level increase, a new system notification sounded.

"Ding! Player Riding the Wind, you have slain the Hellfire Red Dragon King, Valkyrthos's cub. Sensing the severance of its bloodline, it has developed an unyielding hatred for you!"

"Ding! You have gained the permanent status [Wrath of the Dragon King]. Due to the influence of the Abyss Body, you are immune to some of the effects of Wrath of the Dragon King."

"The Dragon King's Wrath? What the hell?"

Just as I was about to check the specific details, a deafening cheer erupted from below.

"We won! We won!!"

"Long live the Yellow Emperor and the Yan Emperor!"

"Long live Riding the Wind!"

With the fall of the strongest Hellfire Dragon, the surviving players were immediately excited.

Huan Cheng hovered in mid-air, looking at the pairs of burning eyes below. He had no choice but to temporarily abandon his thoughts of checking the attributes and waved to the crowd.

"Ding, area announcement: The eighth wave of monster siege has ended. All participating players will be rewarded with 2000 million experience points. The ninth wave of attack will begin in two hours. Please prepare."

Just as everyone was getting excited, a system notification sounded, and the scene was immediately filled with golden light, with almost everyone leveling up.

2000 million experience points are enough for everyone except Huan Cheng to level up by one level, and some lucky ones can even level up twice.

If you were to open the rankings for the Chinese region at this time, you would find that almost all of the top ten players have moved up one level.

Of course, those who unfortunately die halfway through, like Xingluo Wuhen, are in a terrible situation. Not only do they lose two levels, but they also miss out on the final experience reward.

"Mr. Chengfeng".

At the height of everyone's excitement, Qian Yu Cangmang quietly approached Huan Cheng, his face grim, and said, "According to the assessment, it will be difficult to hold the ninth wave. In order to minimize the losses, the higher-ups intend to give it up."

"Give up voluntarily?"

"right!"

Despite her reluctance, Qianyu Cangmang patiently explained, "We currently have only about nine thousand people left, especially melee fighters who suffered the heaviest losses, with only about six hundred survivors."

"More than 90% of the defensive structures on the city walls have been destroyed, making it almost impossible to stop the ninth wave of demonic tide."

Chige, Tiexue Danxin, and others had gloomy expressions, but they did not refute Qianyu Cangmang's statement.

The eastern city wall, which was the core battlefield, is now completely unrecognizable.

There were three large-scale collapses, the largest of which had a gap as wide as 30 meters, created by a dark gold-grade armored bull.

Even the areas that hadn't collapsed were covered in spiderweb-like cracks, and when you tried to pry them open, entire bricks and stones would crumble and fall off.

All the traps were destroyed, and a large number of arrow towers and elemental towers were smashed in half, leaving only bare bases.

The moat outside the city wall has been filled in, rendering it largely ineffective as a defensive structure.

Even if it's intact, it won't help; a simple trench can't stop high-level monsters.

Among the stored supplies, arrows are still available, but more than 80% of high-level healing potions and spell scrolls have been used up.

In terms of personnel, in addition to the obvious loss of troops, powerful advanced skills are entering a cooldown period, and it will be difficult to recover before the next demonic tide arrives.

"In view of this, the higher-ups intend to proactively abandon the ninth wave of the demonic tide, preserving their strength for when it comes again."

After Qian Yu Cangmang finished speaking, the scene fell silent, and no one spoke.

Given the objective circumstances, the intensity of the monster siege far exceeded expectations, and reaching this point was already the limit.

According to the pattern, the next wave of demonic tides will have approximately 5,000 demons, with monster levels between 65 and 70, and at least three Star-level BOSSes.

With the current forces, it requires an average of two players, each more than twenty levels higher, to challenge an elite monster.

Unless all the existing players are at the Wuji level, there is absolutely no hope of winning.

"The above means that after the ninth wave of monsters begins to siege the city, we will deliberately break the city-building order and end this war ahead of schedule."

After a pause, Qian Yu Cangmang said, "Of course, we will continue to fulfill our agreement with Mr. Chengfeng and cooperate in completing the plan to lure the snake out of its hole."

"Do they know about this?"

After a long silence, Huan Cheng looked at the players who were still celebrating excitedly and asked without turning his head.

"This decision has not yet been made public; only those of you present here know about it," Qian Yu Cangmang sighed and replied in a deep voice.

Will they accept this outcome? The world-renowned first attempt at city construction has ended in failure?

Qianyu Cangmang fell silent.

He pursed his lips, gritted his teeth, and said, "The people of Yanhuang consider obedience to orders their sacred duty; they will understand!"

Huan Cheng remained noncommittal. After a long pause, he suddenly spoke up: "Prepare for the next phase of defensive operations."

Qian Yu Cang Mang suddenly looked up, "Mr. Cheng Feng, you..."

Huan Cheng smiled slightly: "It's not too late to talk about giving up when things are truly hopeless. It's too early to say that now."

Qian Yu Cang Mang's eyes widened instantly, a glint of hope flashing in them, and his expression became excited.

Yanhuang City's Qianyu Cangmang has poured a great deal of effort into the city, and no one wants it to stand tall more than him.

He would never have chosen to give up if there hadn't been absolutely no chance of winning.

After staring at Huan Cheng for a few seconds, Qian Yu Cangmang nodded fiercely and roared at Chi Ge and the others, "What are you all standing there for? Get ready!"

Everyone was stunned for a moment, then instantly came to their senses and ran off excitedly to assign tasks.

"Brother Feng, is there really a way?" After the others left, Yunxi looked at Huan Cheng with a worried expression.

In the eighth wave of battle just now, Wuji also suffered heavy losses, with more than seventy people killed, accounting for one-third of Wuji's participants.

Wenrou, her face contorted with worry, exclaimed, "The monsters are too cunning! My skeleton warriors can't even hit them!"

Wenrou also intervened in the battle just now.

However, due to the large level difference and the fact that the monsters are all elite monsters, the probability of instant death has dropped drastically.

The training ground simulated monsters that lacked intelligence, but the advanced monsters were all extremely cunning. They quickly discovered the weakness of Gentle Summoning Skeletons' lack of ranged attack methods and relentlessly kited them, resulting in her only achieving two or three hundred kills, far below expectations.

Huan Cheng smiled, stroked her hair, and comforted her, "Your level is too low right now. These problems won't exist once you can summon skeleton archers, skeleton mages, and skeleton knights!"

Turning to look at Yunxi, who was still somewhat worried, Huan Cheng smiled arrogantly: "When have I ever boasted? Just wait and see my performance!"