As the one-eyed behemoth was about to enter the city, a giant sword flew out from above Ning Beichen's house and soared towards the creature.
The one-eyed behemoth saw the giant sword and paid it no mind, reaching out to swat it away.
However, the giant sword pierced its palm without mercy, creating a bloody wound that caused the one-eyed behemoth to howl incessantly.
Wounded, the one-eyed behemoth went berserk, pounding on the city walls. With a thunderous roar, the hundred-meter high wall was smashed to pieces by its blows.
Although Ning Beichen did not appear, he could sense the one-eyed behemoth's actions.
He had originally expected that his previous strike would have been enough to kill the creature, but he hadn't anticipated it being stronger than he thought.
Ning Beichen had no choice but to draw his sword again.
The ancient bronze sword split into a thousand, forming a circle in the air.
Then, the thousand bronze ancient swords, like a Gatling gun, whizzed towards the one-eyed behemoth.
The one-eyed behemoth roared, and a beam of light shot from its single eye, freezing Ning Beichen's bronze ancient swords in mid-air. The one-eyed behemoth then smashed the frozen swords away with a punch.
Ning Beichen, who was sitting cross-legged in his room, was surprised. He hadn't expected the one-eyed behemoth to possess such an ability.
This made Ning Beichen somewhat excited, and he unleashed thirteen consecutive sword strikes at the one-eyed behemoth.
However, these thirteen swords were not from the Songshan Sword Art, but a technique called the Thirteen Mortal-Ending Swords, a martial art below the Mortal-Transcending realm.
While those below the Mortal-Transcending realm had to physically execute the Thirteen Mortal-Ending Swords, one by one, Ning Beichen did not. He merged all thirteen into a single strike.
With a swish!
A wolf's head burst out from Ning Beichen's house. The wolf's head was composed of thirteen points of light, and it lunged at the one-eyed behemoth like a gaping maw, biting down fiercely.
A crackling sound erupted, like a dense rain of pebbles hitting banana leaves, followed by the one-eyed behemoth's pained cry.
A colossal wound appeared on its body, and a torrent of blood poured out like a breached dam.
The one-eyed behemoth cried out repeatedly, never imagining it would be wounded. Its greatest strength wasn't power, but defense.
Little did it know that Ning Beichen's Thirteen Mortal-Ending Swords possessed power comparable to a medium-sized missile.
But that was not all. Soon, Ning Beichen unleashed thirteen more swords.
This time, the strike landed on the one-eyed behemoth's back, leaving another massive wound.
Ning Beichen, still seated in his room, was very satisfied with the power of the Thirteen Mortal-Ending Swords.
The Songshan Sword Art was powerful, but it consumed too much energy. Even the first move, "A Single Strike Shakes the Wind and Rain," could only be used a few times at full power by Ning Beichen.
The Thirteen Mortal-Ending Swords, on the other hand, consumed very little of his energy. Ning Beichen could use them continuously for a whole day without issue.
At this moment, Ning Beichen realized that mortal martial arts below the Mortal-Transcending realm were not necessarily inferior to those above it. If used skillfully, they could even be more effective.
However, Ning Beichen did not become complacent. While mortal martial arts were useful, it depended on the opponent.
Against powerful experts beyond the Mortal-Transcending realm, mortal martial arts would not suffice.
During his time as the King of Darkness, Ning Beichen had once told his subordinates: "A handgun is good, but I still choose the AK. That's the difference."
No matter how powerful or compact, it only had a few bullets, and its attack power and range were far inferior to an AK.
After Ning Beichen used the Thirteen Mortal-Ending Swords five times consecutively on the one-eyed behemoth, its massive body collapsed with a thud, its eyes wide in disbelief.
If its corpse could speak, the one-eyed behemoth would surely protest indignantly that Ning Beichen was unreasonable, as it had many abilities it hadn't used, such as its single eye.
Unfortunately, Ning Beichen did not care how many abilities it possessed. What Ning Beichen cared about was whether he could kill it.
This wasn't a competition of martial arts or supernatural abilities where the most powerful won. If one could defeat the opponent with a single blow, why engage in a hundred rounds?
That wasn't honorable; it was simply insane.
The one-eyed behemoth fell, but many other beasts were still attacking outside. After recuperating in his room, Ning Beichen left, this time heading directly outside the city, and in the chaos, he slaughtered the beasts.
Gradually, the people within the city noticed the number of beasts dwindling. The humans began to defend the city walls, but they were unaware that Ning Beichen was helping them outside. They simply thought the beast attacks were nearing their end.
After killing a large number of beasts outside, Ning Beichen quietly returned to his room to recuperate.
He was not a hero, nor did he wish to be one, and he certainly didn't need their adoration.
However, while Ning Beichen managed to elude most people, he couldn't hide from the City Lord, Chang Tianyi. Although he didn't show his face, Chang Tianyi cast a grateful gaze in Ning Beichen's direction.
Had it not been for Ning Beichen that night, let alone the one-eyed behemoth that appeared later, the thunderbirds alone would have nearly destroyed the city and killed everyone.
With Ning Beichen's covert assistance, the city's inhabitants managed to hold on until dawn. By then, the beasts outside had retreated. Whether they would attack again was unknown.
However, not long after dawn, Ning Beichen heard a great cheer from within the city. Curious, he walked out of his room and saw a massive airship in the sky.
Ning Beichen was somewhat astonished to see this airship, as it was the first technologically advanced object he had encountered in this world.
But Ning Beichen soon realized he had been hasty. As the massive airship descended, he saw that the so-called airship was merely a shell, and its flight was powered by ten eagle-like flying beasts.
"Wonderful, people from the Central Continent have arrived..."
Ning Beichen heard someone in the city shouting with joy.
City Lord Chang Tianyi, now dressed in new clothes, led a group to greet them.
Ning Beichen had no interest in joining them and simply watched from a distance. However, he was somewhat excited. It was said that people from the Central Continent were very powerful, and he was eager to see how strong they were and if they surpassed his Mortal-Transcending strength.
Soon, over twenty people descended from the airship, led by an elder in magnificent attire.