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A group of people left the spacious and comfortable headquarters hall, heading toward the city walls of the base, where the faint sound of sky-piercing roars, cries of grief and indignation, and the clash of metal weapons could be heard—a war between humanity and monsters was about to commence.

"Assemble all guild members!" Toswathyn’s face was grave; one hand rested behind his back, like a majestic sovereign. "Leave the lowest-tier personnel behind to protect the elderly, women, and children. Send them into the air-raid shelters for refuge!"

Ordinary people might discard women and children, but as the leader of a guild, his focus was on the future of humanity. He knew that the continuation of human civilization, the future of the new world, rested upon the shoulders of these young people! And they, to put it grandly, were the vanguards of the great revolution of this new era! To put it bluntly, they were hypocrites serving their own interests, because helping humanity meant helping themselves!

It was just like a nation: a strong populace leads to a strong nation!

"Yes!" A middle-aged man nodded solemnly, understanding the terror of a level-S monster siege. Without another word, he turned and left.

Ye Chen looked into the distance. The sky was dim, dark clouds draped over the city walls, casting a pall of gloom. A fierce wind shrieked past. Down below, near the walls, countless figures moved, and the flames of war soared skyward.

He took a deep breath, his tone steady. "We go first!" Saying this, he strode forward, leading the way.

Toswathyn nodded with reverence, a deep respect blossoming in his heart for Ye Chen. When the human race faced extinction, someone like Ye Chen, who could disregard national borders and races to stand together, was truly worthy of respect!

Thus, those who had previously harbored some apprehension toward Ye Chen—including Philan, Misoer, and several dozen Grade 100 powerhouses from the Hand of God—now looked at him with burgeoning respect!

Gu!

With a single step, Ye Chen led the group beneath the towering structures, moving toward the distance like tragic warriors, like valiant knights, their figures noble and immense!

On the streets, many ordinary survivors were panicked and disoriented. Base cities had indeed been annihilated during monster sieges before; the scenes of entire cities being slaughtered sent shivers down countless spines and left deep scars. Hearing the severity of this current siege, many flitted about like headless flies, desperately trying to flee, wishing they could instantly sprout wings and fly away from this base city.

"Look! It’s the people from the Blue Mountain Guild!"

"Ah, it’s Toswathyn!"

"And the Hand of God! Wow, why are they walking together?"

"Look there! The White-Haired Demoness, the Asura Battle Axe, so many powerhouses!"

Many people stared blankly when they saw Ye Chen and the others, then their faces filled with excitement, surging with infinite hope. They lined the roadsides, watching the powerhouses famous throughout Russia with reverence.

"Go for it!"

"Kill those monsters!"

"You are the strongest!"

Many children, women, and disabled men stood on the roadside, shouting enthusiastically, wishing they could pour all their strength into these heroes, helping them slay more monsters!

Toswathyn and the others walked forward, following Ye Chen without glancing aside. Misoer, Rufus, and the others waved to the pedestrians along the way, imbued with a sense of tragic heroism; who knew if they would ever return alive after this departure?

But could they retreat?

No!

Everyone watched the group depart, their eyes filled with worry.

"Daddy, are the monsters here?" A father and daughter stood together. The girl asked with wide, dark eyes, full of curiosity.

The father smiled gently. "No, the warriors of the base city have gone out to fight them. Everything will be fine." Though he spoke these words, a flicker of anxiety crossed his eyes—a look the little girl couldn't decipher.

When Ye Chen and his group reached the vicinity of the city walls, they immediately saw a dense mass of figures standing atop the hundred-meter-high ramparts, packed together like countless ants clinging to a rope, utterly frenzied.

Swish!

A black tentacle shot in from outside the city and pierced a male warrior, hoisting his body high into the air before flinging him toward the distance, slamming him against a building within the city. Immediately, numerous medical personnel rushed toward him.

"Go!" Ye Chen moved in a flash, soaring above the city wall, holding himself suspended in mid-air by sheer vital energy. The magnificent battlefield unfolded before his eyes.

Countless rocket launchers, missiles, and catapults mounted on the battlements fired relentlessly. Smoke choked the air, and missiles trailing fire streaks cut across the sky like falling stars, plunging into the dark masses outside the walls, causing violent explosions.

The sky was overcast, the fierce wind howled mournfully.

Beneath the dark clouds, the monster army was an impenetrable black mass that seemed to stretch endlessly. Countless insectoid and rodent monsters rushed forward as the vanguard, quickly crossing the trap zones and beginning to climb the walls, only to be scalded to death by buckets of boiling oil and water.

Behind the surging swarm of insects and rodents were many towering figures whose movements caused a rumbling sound. Some ape-like monsters held strange weapons, their expressions brutal, gazing greedily at the multitude of humans atop the walls.

"Liii!"

A sharp shriek pierced the distant gloom. A large black bird flapped its wings, soaring diagonally under the dim clouds. It swooped low, skimming over the heads of the monsters—its beak and talons sharp, its eyes crimson and filled with malice. It was a Blood Raven Bird.

"Fighter jets prepare for takeoff! Intercept air space!" A commanding voice sounded from a position on the wall. The figure was tall and slender, radiating noble temperament—it was the Silver-Eyed God of War.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Fighter jets rose from within the base city, locking onto the flock of Blood Raven Birds streaking across the sky. Once within range, they immediately opened fire.

"Kill!"

"Die!"

"Die!"

"All of you, just die!!!"

Countless warriors, their eyes red with battle fervor, roared madly, swinging their battle blades recklessly, hacking the bloodthirsty rats and insectoid monsters that reached the walls into mincemeat. However, the sheer numbers of the insect and rat hordes were overwhelming; they came in wave after wave, impossible to kill fast enough. Gradually, the outer perimeter of the city walls was occupied by some of the insect and rat monsters.

Corpses piled up, and rivers of blood flowed.

Ye Chen looked toward the rear of the monster army, where the dark clouds met the horizon, revealing several shadowy, indistinct towering forms. His expression darkened, and he raised his hand in a beckoning gesture.

Behind him, Bai Lan, standing beside Ye Ye Chen, seemed to understand. She moved, leaving an afterimage where she stood, instantly appearing by Ye Chen’s side. She quickly scanned the pitch-black battlefield, her delicate eyebrows furrowing slightly. Then, she turned to Ye Chen, her eyes holding a profound meaning. "Are you going to use the large-scale group energy weapon?"

Ye Chen nodded. "Activate the Relic."

Bai Lan’s eyes flashed. After a moment of contemplation, she nodded, raising a hand to point. The white lotus on Ye Chen’s hand bloomed, radiating a brilliant white light, and the space between heaven and earth began to fluctuate violently.

The light above Ye Chen slowly twisted, and a black dot emerged, slowly rotating and expanding until it became a massive black hole, ten zhang in diameter, drawing the attention of many watching spectators, who gasped in astonishment.

The White-Haired Demoness, the Hand of God members, and the others watched Bai Lan suspended in the air, their pupils contracting. They hadn't expected this woman, who looked like an immortal untouched by earthly dust, to also be a Grade 100 powerhouse!

Suspension in the air was the hallmark of a Grade 100 expert!

"The Relic!" Toswathyn watched the black hole, a trace of bitterness touching his lips.

In the distance, the Silver-Eyed God of War also noticed the unusual activity here. When he saw Ye Chen and his group, a faint smile touched his grave and serious face, seeming to hold a touch of relief.

"Blaze Domain!" Ye Chen reached into the Relic, and with a shift of his will, he retrieved the "Blaze Domain" from the vault hidden within. It was pure white flame in color, immensely wide, appearing like a colossal ruler bridging heaven and earth.

Ye Chen clenched his hand, condensing a black giant palm print, grasping the ten-odd-zhang Blaze Domain. He floated toward the battlefield overhead, his figure majestic and wreathed in dark energy, causing many warriors engaged in fierce combat to look up.

Ye Chen’s robes snapped loudly in the fierce wind. His expression was cold as he looked down upon the entire scene. His eyes shadowed, he tossed the Blaze Domain upward. The ruler floated out and descended toward the inky black battlefield...

In that moment, time seemed eternal!

The white flame ruler became the sole source of light between heaven and earth!

The gale seemed to hold its breath.

That deep voice, roaring like a thunderous deity, sounded word by word, as if echoing from another dimension: "Lin... Dou... Fen... Lie..."

Beneath that faint sound, all the roars and cries of the battlefield were drowned out.

Ye Chen hovered in mid-air, forming peculiar hand signs, his eyes glowing with an extraordinary light. "Blaze Domain, Activate!"

The Blaze Domain ruler, descending below, instantly erupted with earth-shattering, searing white light, as if intending to incinerate this entire heaven and earth. A vast, surging aura, like that of an ancient ferocious beast, awakened from the ruler...

On the ruler’s body, 10,080 fire source points intertwined to form a strange pattern, drawing in the vast fire elemental energy from the environment and compressing it into the body of the ruler, coalescing into surging flames that burst forth with a roar!

BOOM!

Heaven and earth shook; the clouds and mist trembled!

A searing white wave of heat radiated outward from the Blaze Domain center, surging like a bursting dam, instantly covering a radius of 100 kilometers!

The temperature throughout the entire base city suddenly spiked. The air felt like boiling water, making it feel scorching hot just to breathe. The pitch-black monster army was instantly enveloped by the white light. It was like a nuclear detonation; under the shroud of the invisible flames, possessing world-destroying power, no monster could resist!

This was a Gold-Rank Tier Eight energy weapon!

Everyone perceived a flash of white light, followed by a slight tremor in the ground beneath their feet. Their minds seemed stuck in the previous century. After an unknown amount of time, the white light receded like a tide, drawn back into the white flame ruler.

Everyone opened their eyes to look at the battlefield.

In an instant, it felt like suffocation.

On the wide battlefield, the sharp monster shrieks had vanished; the tide-like onrushing monsters were gone. The ground was scorched black, split by many fissures, with molten lava flowing out, transforming the area into a pool of fire!

The entire field fell into utter silence!

All the monsters within a 100-kilometer radius had been annihilated—not a single one remained. This feat was truly comparable to a low-yield nuclear bomb! (To be continued)~~~~

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