My attributes are increasing infinitely Chapter 477: Slaughtering monsters

At the forest's edge, Ethan calmly watched the surging waves of corrupted beasts charging straight at him.

The bomb's blast had already delved deep into the woods, stirring up endless monsters that lurked silently amid the gray mist. Moments earlier, the forest had been eerily still, but now it brimmed with snarls, howls, and the thunderous clamor of thousands of massive paws smashing through the brush.

Ethan stayed put for the moment.

His Mental Domain had unfurled outward, enveloping the full ten kilometers of nearby terrain. Every stir in that zone unfolded vividly within his thoughts.

Dozens of corrupted wolves advanced from the east.

Hundreds of insect-type monsters swarmed from the forest's depths.

A pack of twisted horned beasts barreled in from the south.

The monster count swelled swiftly.

Ethan gradually lifted his eyelids.

His face remained serene, yet a subtle thrill flickered in his eyes.

"Good," he murmured softly.

"This should be enough."

He lifted his right hand.

A soft silver glow shimmered around his fingertips as divine energy gathered into a compact orb.

Next, he uttered one word.

"Disintegrate."

The energy orb abruptly burst into scores of slender rays that lanced out in all directions.

The lead pack of corrupted wolves bursting from the trees got hit first by the rays.

Their forms didn't burst apart.

They merely melted away.

Flesh, bones, and corrupted energy disintegrated into gray specks that drifted into the breeze.

In mere seconds, over thirty creatures had utterly disappeared.

Ethan pressed onward.

Fresh monsters emerged.

Fresh rays streaked forth.

Each strike wiped out multiple beasts instantly.

For several minutes, the forest rang with nonstop bursts of energy.

Yet Ethan overlooked a crucial fact.

That earlier bomb hadn't just drawn local monsters.

Its shockwave had pierced much farther into the Great Forest than anticipated.

Buried deep in the gray mist.

Well past Ethan's detection range.

Vast herds of corrupted beasts jolted awake all at once.

Usually rival predators now surged in unison toward the same spot.

The blast served as a blazing signal.

Thousands of monsters raced toward the commotion.

Then tens of thousands.

Then hundreds of thousands.

And their path didn't solely target Ethan.

The trail of havoc he blazed through the woods had torn a huge gap, funneling the beasts toward the biggest cluster of life nearby.

The city.

The corrupted beast tide was due in ten hours normally.

Monsters still massed in the forest's heart.

But Ethan's meddling sped it all up.

A slow gathering morphed into a relentless deluge.

At the city walls, adventurers kept fortifying their lines.

Some squads bolstered barricades.

Others hauled gear to the front.

Tension hung thick, though the fight hadn't kicked off.

Suddenly, a scout yelled from the tower.

"Movement in the forest!"

Another scout whipped out a scanner and peered afar.

His complexion drained white.

"There are too many of them!"

"What do you mean too many?" a commander demanded.

The scout gulped hard.

"There are tens of thousands of monsters already heading this way!"

Silence gripped the wall.

"That is impossible," a seasoned adventurer declared.

"The tide is supposed to begin ten hours later."

But shouts erupted from more scouts.

"More beasts are coming from the north!"

"There are swarms approaching from the western ridge!"

"The entire forest is moving!"

In minutes, the truth dawned.

A colossal beast tide was underway.

Wall defenders cursed furiously.

"What the hell happened?"

"This is way earlier than predicted!"

"Did something trigger them?"

A level three adventurer suddenly scowled.

He recalled a detail.

"That outsider."

"The level two guy who jumped out of the wall earlier."

Heads snapped toward him.

"You mean the crazy one who ran into the forest?"

The man nodded darkly.

"He threw some kind of explosion before running inside."

Nearby adventurers went rigid.

One bellowed in rage.

"That bastard!"

"He didn’t die and has now become the death of us!"

Another pounded the wall with his fist.

"The envoy from the Ragnarok Clan hasn’t even arrived yet!"

"If the tide hits the city now we are finished!"

Someone spat in fury.

"No wonder people don’t like outsiders like him!"

"He triggered the beast tide and ran away!"

Anger and despair boiled among the wall's soldiers and adventurers.

Thousands of monsters now flooded from the forest.

The earth quaked beneath their stampede.

Corrupted wolves.

Mutated boars.

Giant insect swarms.

Grotesque humanoid creatures formed from gray mist.

The ceaseless monster waves resembled a writhing black sea.

Suddenly, a voice cried out.

"Wait!"

"Look over there!"

All eyes swung to the forest.

Leading the beast tide, an astonishing sight appeared.

A lone human stood poised amid the charging horde.

Ethan.

Just then, he'd wiped out yet another beast cluster.

Gray particles dissolved across the ground nearby.

Monsters lunged at him from all sides.

But Ethan showed no fear.

Instead, he lifted his hand once more.

Then an odd phenomenon unfolded.

A dazzling radiance flared around his form.

Wall adventurers shielded their eyes to peer closer.

Ethan's shape abruptly divided.

One became two.

Two became ten.

Ten became hundreds.

In seconds, thousands of matching figures dotted the field.

Each Ethan occupied a unique spot among the beasts.

Every one pulsed with a soft golden sheen.

The aura cloaking them seemed almost sacred.

For an instant, the battlefield halted.

Wall watchers gaped in utter shock.

Thousands of Ethans loomed in the tide like a legion of luminous champions.

All raised hands in perfect sync.

Then thousands of voices chorused together.

"Disintegrate."

A colossal energy surge ripped through the forest.

Rays blasted every which way like a godly tempest.

Frontline monsters evaporated on contact.

Hundreds of beasts gone.

Then thousands.

Gray mist shattered into corrupted energy shards that flew everywhere.

Wall adventurers stood dumbfounded.

One murmured faintly.

"What... is that?"

Another looked baffled.

"Is that some kind of clone technique?"

But the golden radiance transformed the spectacle.

Each duplicate shone like a celestial envoy from above.

A young soldier ventured uncertainly.

"Wait..."

"Those wings of light..."

Others scrutinized anew.

Behind some glowing forms, ethereal wing-like silhouettes coalesced from pure energy.

The soldier gulped.

"Is he... from the Angel Clan?"

Another adventurer knit his brow.

"But if he belongs to the Angel Clan..."

"Why did everyone call him an outsider?"

The battlefield blazed with holy brilliance as Ethan's myriad clones kept decimating the corrupted beasts.