The nine of them arrived at the battlefield besides Siphyr who they were looking at with disbelief on their faces.
His robes were clean despite all the beasts he killed.
"These pack of wolves are the only ones left of the second wave. Please take care of them, I'll go get some rest first."
Siphyr left the battlefield and headed back to the city wall where the guards stood and waited.
He still had some energy left but he decided to let them take care of it as there's still the final wave.
He needed to recuperate his lost stamina and strength in order to fight the thing that will appear at the end.
Going from the outer part where there are beasts at the 2nd stage of the Seven Realms and the inner part where beasts are on par with cultivators at the 3rd to 5th stage.
The leader of the pack of wolves, Yu Shu Wang and the other disciples are currently fighting were on par with Yu Shu Wang who was at the fifth stage of the Seven Realms.
The Nyxar count on the beast's body was 79, three more Nyxars than Yu Shu Wang.
However, with the help of the other disciples they were able to beat and kill the wolves with ease and finished off the alpha of the pack.
They returned to Siphyr's side and recuperated their strength.
They didn't dare to bother Siphyr who was recovering his strength much less question him as all people have secrets they couldn't tell.
Generally, most people at the Moonlight Palace sect are good people, after all you need to be recommended or picked by the sect itself in order to join.
It was just that Lin Mu used his connections or his family's influence to get a recommendation, so he was one of the exceptions.
In normal cases people with his personality would never be able to enter much less have the chance to join the sect.
A few minutes passed and only silence remained, no one talked with each other and the guards were busy taking care of themselves.
They focused on the injured and the city lord arrived and helped on what he could.
As for the head guard, he accompanied the city lord on helping the injured and evacuated those who could no longer fight.
"""?!"""
Suddenly all the people at the front line felt an overbearing energy coming from inside the forest.
"What a sinister aura, it can even reach us from all the way there." Stated one of the disciples.
"It feels creepy, it's as if being near it will make me tremble in fear." Said one of the female disciples as she got goosebumps around her body.
"Not only that, it's not just one but..... Three of them." Yu Shu Wang frowned and he could feel that all three of them are much stronger than him.
'I hope I'm wrong but.... Those three are most probably in the second realm.' He grimaced at his own thoughts and he immediately thought of contacting the sect.
As he was just about to do that, Siphyr opened his eyes and stood up.
Siphyr took out his spear once more and walked ahead. There was no trace of fear that could be seen on his face and that made his fellow disciples admire his courage.
However, what he was doing is simply courting death, a suicide and a meaningless death.
They should return to the sect because there was nothing they could do here.
Lingering around here will just kill themselves and to those who valued their life, they would choose to return to the sect.
However, none of them did that, returning to the sect and abandoning your mission is a disgrace that they could not afford.
They will stay here until the end as that was their mission.
"Leader....." One of the disciples muttered as he stared at Yu Shu Wang.
Yu Shu Wang closed his eyes and replied.
"I already called for reinforcements from my sect elder and I told him about the situation. He said to buy enough time for him to arrive which will be about a few minutes or so." Yu Shu Wang explained and the disciples heaved a sigh of relief.
"However, can we last that long? Judging from their aura they should be stronger than the alpha of the pack. No, that big wolf can't even compare to them."
"Well, we wouldn't know unless we try, right?" Yu Shu Wang got up and unsheathed his sword.
"I'll buy time for us, so until the elder arrives, try to evacuate all the people here." Yu Shu Wang ordered and the disciples nodded.
Then, he walked towards Siphyr but came to a stop after hearing Siphyr's next words.
"Stay. Even if you fight them, it wouldn't even buy us a few seconds."
"Even so, I'll try and do my best, retreating here would be what a coward would do." Yu Shu Wang replied as determination burned in his heart.
"Retreating is what a coward will do? That's wrong... Retreating here knowing that you will only lose is what a smart man would do. So unless you're strong enough or stupid enough it is better to retreat rather than dying in an instant."
Siphyr sneered at him but his words only made Yu Shu Wang's even more determined to fight.
Yu Shu Wang stepped forward with courage and just as he was about to pass Siphyr he got stopped by his spear.
"What are you doing junior brother?" He asked staring intently at Siphyr.
But Siphyr only smiled at his question and removed his spear blocking his chest.
"What am I doing? Of course, I'm stopping you from walking at your own death. Although you act like a hero, it's not bad having someone like you as a fellow disciple."
"So take a step back for now, senior brother Yu. I'll take care of this."
Siphyr said and Yu Shu Wang stared at him doubtful, but after seeing his eyes he was shocked.
Gazing at Siphyr's eyes he could see nothing but confidence.
Eventually, Yu Shu Wang paused and nodded, taking a step back.
Siphyr's feat of slaughtering hundreds of beasts came into his mind and that only made Siphyr's words much more believable.
"Senior brother Yu, are you really going to let him fight them alone?" Asked one of the female disciples.
"I know this might sound crazy but you guys have already seen him slaughter beasts as if they were dogs. That's why, let's believe in him. If things get worse, I'll charge in and help him escape."
Yu Shu Wang reassured but deep inside he knew he wouldn't be able to rescue Siphyr if it gets to that point.
"If he really got the strength to back up his confidence..."
"Then we might be currently witnessing the birth of a legend. One that could rival the existence of this generation's Exemplars."