I created the myth of the Great Old Ones.

Those things that look like dust particles from a distance are actually giant wolves.

Those winter wolves were as tall as a small building, with silver-gray fur and four eyes.

More wolf cubs jumped off the lower-ranking winter wolves.

In the blink of an eye, the winter wolves formed a silvery-white wave.

This wave was not just what Lu Ban saw, but appeared simultaneously throughout the entire Night Kingdom and the entire Black Forest.

If one were to detach oneself from this world at this moment and look down from an extremely high position, one could see a silver frost appearing on the dark and deep earth, and converging towards the remaining settlement of human civilization.

Wherever the silver frost touched, everything froze, even the air turned into ice crystals.

Lu Ban's breath had turned into a pure white weapon. He saw frost spreading from outside the fortress along the windows inwards. Before the winter wolves reached the fortress, the outermost Black Fortress might be completely frozen.

At that moment, Lu Ban heard a horn sound.

It was a horn from the dome. At first, it seemed to be breathing unsteadily, but as it was played, the sound became louder and louder, giving people the feeling of a wolf howling in winter.

The next moment, Lu Ban saw a huge rock being thrown out from above the fortress.

The stones shone brightly, illuminating the surrounding eternal night.

Boom—

The stone fell to the ground, into the surging tide of frost, immediately creating several gaps in the waves.

But the gap was quickly filled without any reduction in strength.

Moreover, these winter wolves did not come in a single wave charging forward.

Where the frost covers, the ice crystals are breeding more and more winter wolves, an endless stream.

At this moment, many people cannot imagine that the area of ​​the silvery-white part in the Black Forest has far exceeded the area of ​​the only remaining unpolluted land in the Night Kingdom.

Hundreds of millions of winter wolves are charging toward the fortress of human civilization.

Chapter 268 The Spirit Torch

The only time the surging tide of frost encountered difficulties was when it approached the fortress.

The winter wolf, charging at the forefront, was unaware of what was happening. It leaped into the area illuminated by the torches.

In an instant, the winter wolf seemed to have been struck by something solid, bursting open as if pierced through, blood and flesh splattering everywhere, and translucent bones like ice falling to the ground.

The winter wolves charged forward one after another.

More winter wolves were killed by the light of the Spirit Torch, but even more winter wolves followed.

Flesh and blood were frozen in an instant, forming a magnificent ice forest, but this did not stop the winter wolf from advancing.

The silver waves had thinned out considerably, but were still approaching.

The light from these torches formed another silver boundary, slightly restraining the waves of frost.

If it weren't for those mages serving as kindling to ignite the spirit torches, the sheer force of these demonic creatures would have been enough to collapse the fortresses at the front lines, and humanity would have been utterly unable to withstand this raging torrent.

Lu Ban's first thought was of a swarm of insects in a science fiction movie.

But these monsters are far more terrifying than the swarm of insects.

When the Frost Vanguard was less than a kilometer away from Blackburg, the Rangers unleashed a second volley of catapults.

The huge rock split open in mid-air, turning into countless tiny stones.

These stones turned into golden raindrops, falling on the heads of the winter wolves that entered the range of the Spirit Torch's radiation.

Almost instantly, the winter wolves halted their advance. Their bodies were pierced, and their blood and flesh stained the frozen forest red before quickly freezing again.

But then the winter wolves charged up from behind.

Faced with overwhelming numerical superiority, even resistance seems futile.

"Master, come with me."

Inside Black Castle, a mage gathered more than a dozen mages and headed towards the dome.

On the watchtower, an invisible barrier lit up around the mages, blocking out the wind, snow, and bitter cold. They stood behind the stone platform and raised their hands.

The air in the palm of his hand was distorted by the powerful force, and a buzzing sound from the friction of the air filled the air. As the sound grew louder, the winter wolf approached within 800 meters of the fortress.

Then, something invisible was thrown from the hands of the mages.

In the blink of an eye, the invisible object traversed a distance of eight hundred meters and burst forth from the ground.

Rumble rumble rumble—

A huge explosion rang out on the flat ground, and mushroom clouds rose up, crushing more winter wolves into minced meat, leaving no trace of their bones.

Amidst the continuous explosions, the ruler of the demonic tide roared once more.

At the same time, Lu Ban noticed something wriggling in the shadows of those winter wolves.

The eternal night, accompanied by frost, draws ever closer.

Those shadows were faster than the winter wolves. Although they would disintegrate under the light of the spirit torch, they skillfully used the shadows cast by the trees and the winter wolf corpses, as well as the smoke from the explosions, to speed toward the fortress.

When the vanguard of Frost was five hundred meters from the fortress, the longbowmen launched a volley of arrows ignited with magical flames.

The arrows fell to the ground, instantly forming a barrier of flames.

These flames were clearly different from ordinary flames; even in the frosty low temperatures, they were difficult to extinguish, causing the winter wolves, engulfed by the flames, to quickly lose their balance and fall, becoming fuel for the wall of fire.

But there were just too many winter wolves.

At one point, Lu Ban even thought that even if they had weapons of mass destruction like nuclear bombs to wipe out the winter wolves, they probably wouldn't be able to completely eliminate them and stop the demonic tide.

There are just too many.

Perhaps only an extermination order from science fiction, turning the entire forest and the Kingdom of Night into scorched earth, could possibly defeat it completely.

If not for such a desperate situation, perhaps the Night Kingdom would not have adopted such a strategy, sacrificing countless mages as firewood just to prolong its existence for a short while.

What's even more terrifying is that this is only one of the twelve demonic tides.

"The superposition of the demonic tides represents an even more serious problem."

Jonah stood in the hall, his face grave as he looked at his colleagues who were burning to ashes, and sighed deeply.

"Different demonic tides are demons under the command of different evil gods. They are naturally hostile to each other. This is why there was only one demonic tide that attacked in the past. Even if two demonic tides were generated at the same time, they would first fight each other before reaching the boundary of the Black Forest, and eventually only one would remain."

"But things are different now."

Lu Ban saw that even after suffering various blows, the number of winter wolves had not decreased, and their surging momentum had not weakened in the slightest, making it hard not to feel despair.

"The fact that different demonic tides can coexist means either that those evil gods have begun to cooperate, or that a victor has been decided among them."

Jonah described the worst possible outcome.

Just as strange phenomena began to emerge in Lu Ban's world, affecting people's real lives, the demonic tide in the Night Kingdom was also evolving. In the end, perhaps those gods would become one, and when that time came, the twelve demonic tides would arrive simultaneously, marking the true end of the Night Kingdom.

In the distance, a ray of light had already faded.

Lu Ban's [True Vision] revealed the details of the fortress's fall.

The winter wolves broke through the protection of the spirit torches. The winter wolves, as tall as small buildings, froze the air with their breath and destroyed the magical barriers of the fortress. Then, although the rangers put up a fight, their resistance was futile against the vast number of winter wolves.

In less than three minutes, the entire fortress fell silent.

Suddenly, the moment the light of the torch went out, a sun rose.

That was the most dazzling sun Lu Ban had ever seen; its golden rays gave people hope and warmth, reminding them of all beautiful things.

All the winter wolves, the shadows of eternal night, crumbled under the sunlight. Scorching heat, exceeding the range of the Spirit Torch's radiation, descended, flickered, and then went out.

"That is the Eternal Blazing Sun. When the fortress fell, they did not hesitate and directly activated this spell, and used themselves as raw materials to create this effect."

Jonah closed his eyes, as if in prayer.

Winter Wolf has already reached within 300 meters of Blackburg's defensive perimeter.

Arrows rained down, only slightly slowing the momentum of the demonic tide. In less than ten seconds, the front line of the demonic tide would collide head-on with Black Fortress!

More than one crossbowman was already standing in front of every window of Blackburg, and the mage on the dome continued to cast spells, but it was like a child throwing a punch at a tsunami, only able to stir up waves, but unable to stop it at all.

Like a silent film in slow motion, the silvery-white frost demonic tide struck Blackburg Fortress, halting the overall trend.

The entire fortress trembled.

Jonah clenched his fist and looked around.

But Lu Ban has already disappeared without a trace.

Chapter 269 I'm going to save the world and I'll be right back

Lu Ban finally understood why the Demon Tide was called the Demon Tide.

Because it was truly like the waves of the ocean, and humanity was but a drop in the ocean. He even felt that it was a miracle that the people of the Night Kingdom could survive for a thousand years under such invasions.

If this were on Earth, the entire land would probably be ravaged in less than three months. Even if humanity were to frantically use all its nuclear warheads to cleanse the land, risking mutual destruction with the monsters, it would probably only slow down the advance of the demonic tide by a hair's breadth.

This is real pollution.

He did not hesitate.

First and foremost, my mission is to survive until the end of the demonic tide. Putting aside the Winter Wolf's Heart for now, to complete this mission, I can only pray that this fortress can hold out for three days.

But now it seems that Blacksburg might not even last a day, let alone three days.

Therefore, Lu Ban would have no choice but to try the second path.

Just like the poetry festival on the island, there are two ways to survive until the end of the festival: either go through various events and wait for the festival to end, or just destroy the entire island and force the festival to "end".

Lu Ban is now ready to end the demonic tide directly.

As we all know, the source of the demonic tide is its ruler, such as that winter wolf as tall as a mountain.

If we can deal with that winter wolf, then the frost's demonic tide will naturally stop.

The same applies to plague and eternal night.

Very simple.

All we need to do is find the source of the demonic tide and then deal with it.