The Oriental Pearl TV Tower, the World Financial Center, the Jin Mao Tower, the Grand Theatre, and many other famous buildings in Modu were all destroyed into ruins under the rampage of Eternal Night creatures.
Fighters roared, ferocious beasts howled, and Modu was engulfed in flames. Everywhere were broken and collapsed reinforced concrete buildings, along with fires and smoke from short-circuited electrical circuits.
The once prosperous and bustling port had vanished, completely covered by endless waves of ferocious beasts.
The arrival of the wormhole from the Eternal Night world was too sudden. Its appearance caused two ancient ferocious beasts, Jueru and Haozhi, along with dozens of creatures from the Eternal Night world, to instantly appear in the center of Modu, completely disrupting the balance of the battle between the Modu Shenhua Branch and the sea beast tide. In the rear of the defense line, countless people were reduced to blood food.
Near the Modu TV Tower, a ferocious beast with the body of a deer, the feet of a horse, and the hands of a human, with four horns growing on its head, possessed a white tail and was causing great destruction.
When it first appeared, its body was only over 40 meters tall, no different from the ferocious beast Jueru recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas.
However, after absorbing and plundering spiritual energy, devouring humans, and absorbing resentment and grievances for a period, its body had now reached over two hundred meters, and its level had soared to over thirty.
Unlike normal ferocious beasts, it could absorb both light and dark spiritual energy simultaneously, exuding terrifying demonic flames and immense ferocity.
As it roared, it spewed out terrifying black flames. Wherever the flames passed, both steel bars and concrete were instantly dissolved and turned into ash. Furthermore, during the burning process, a strange black smoke was produced and spread outwards.
The A-class human esper who was originally responsible for blocking it had been completely killed after its level increased. At this moment, it was continuously burning the surroundings with flames, creating large amounts of black smoke.
Anyone who touched the black smoke instantly turned into a pool of pus and blood, and then their souls departed their bodies, being absorbed by it to strengthen itself.
The black smoke was extremely terrifying. Even buildings, upon contact, began to corrode and shed their walls, eventually turning into fine sand and collapsing completely due to lack of support.
Jueru took a deep breath, absorbing all the nearby vengeful souls and blood mist. Then, its body soared into the air. Upon spotting a large team retreating dozens of miles away, a greedy glint flashed in its eyes, and it was about to fly over.
Just then, the void beside it split open, and a figure nearly three meters tall, with muscles like coiled dragons, like a war god, stepped out of the void. It then unleashed a punch, and instantly, a golden fist phantom over twenty feet wide appeared, smashing it into the ground like a cannonball.
This person was none other than Wang Dali, the director of the Shanghai Shenhua Branch, who had rushed to cover the retreat after abandoning the coastal defense line. His cultivation had reached the 40th Divine Rank, and he was a power-type esper who proved his Dao through strength.
"Stay here!"
Wang Dali's expression was cold. He stomped on the void, smashing down towards the Jueru on the ground like a meteor.
Jueru was enraged. It roared and swung its human-like forelimbs towards Wang Dali. The two fists collided, causing the void to crack at the point of contact, accompanied by a loud metallic clang. Then, its bones cracked, and it let out a piercing wail.
"To possess such strength, even my demonic body cannot withstand it!"
Jueru's black eyes revealed a look of disbelief. However, strength was not its forte. It immediately used its origin power to repair its demonic body, transforming into a thin man in a black robe, and began to entangle with Wang Dali, utilizing its speed and venomous demonic power.
Meanwhile, the Haozhi that was rampaging on the other side resembled a porcupine in appearance, but its size was even larger than Jueru, reaching over three hundred meters tall. Its body was covered with quills that were white at the base and black at the tips, each over a meter thick. The black tips contained terrifying demonic power, causing the void to distort.
This Haozhi was like a giant bulldozer. Wherever it went, all buildings were instantly crushed and destroyed. With its roars, the void itself cracked. Humans caught in the sound waves were instantly turned into a mist of blood, which was then completely absorbed by it as nourishment.
It also set its sights on another retreating team. However, just as it was charging towards the team with the posture of uprooting mountains and toppling trees, a metal wall over a hundred feet high and more than ten feet thick suddenly rose before it. It crashed into the metal wall, causing a large dent. Simultaneously, the strong rebound force made its head feel a bit dizzy.
It looked up and saw a radiant metal figure standing on the metal wall. This person was none other than Jin Dashu, an A-class esper of the metal element with the 36th Divine Rank, sent from Kyoto to assist Modu.
"Roar~"
Haozhi let out an angry roar. On its back, a quill over a meter thick shot towards the metal figure on the wall like a cannonball.
The metal figure showed no expression. Its body quickly merged into the tall white metal wall. Then, the large dented metal wall transformed into liquid and began to change rapidly. Eventually, it became a metal figure over four hundred meters tall. Its palm's metal writhed, extending into a giant cleaver, which fiercely chopped down towards Haozhi's pig head, initiating a terrifying battle.
Besides Jueru and Haozhi, over thirty A-class Dark Pterodactyls with wingspans of over a hundred meters were screeching in the sky. Their wings were as sharp as steel blades, and they were preying on Xia Country's fighter jets.
Their speed was like lightning. Soon, over ten fighter jets turned into brilliant fireworks in the sky, and their pilots were completely dead.
After discovering that fighter jets were not edible, these pterodactyls began to blink their dark, ferocious eyes and hunt humans.
However, after finding that human flesh had low nutritional value, over twenty of them turned their attention to the giant sea beasts, which had many times higher nutritional value, and then began to battle with the sea beasts.
But there were still seven or eight Dark Pterodactyls that targeted powerful transcendent beings with pure flesh and blood, madly besieging civilians protected by several A-class transcendent beings.
In addition to the Dark Pterodactyls, there were also Eternal Night Lions, Demonic Tigers, and many other dark demonic beasts. They bathed in the light, their minds gradually recovering. After shaking the surrounding people into blood mist and absorbing them, the spirituality in their eyes became higher, and they began to search for new prey.
The scales of victory had tipped towards the Eternal Night creatures and sea beasts. The transcendent beings of Xia Country abandoned the death struggle with the alien beasts, focusing on covering the evacuation of civilians.
Among them, over a dozen A-class transcendent beings and their branch members were divided into several teams, organizing the evacuation of citizens. They were struggling under the attacks of the Eternal Night creatures, but no one was willing to flee alone.
The once prosperous international metropolis had become a paradise for monsters, and fragile humans played the role of prey within it.
Near Modu Grand View Garden, a team of over twenty thousand people was evacuating. The roads had been destroyed, and the paths were temporarily constructed by espers using their abilities.
Among these people, a large portion were being rapidly evacuated by several powerful espers who were carrying them with their psychic energy, while another portion was running.
"Who can drive them away!"
From the rear of the evacuation team, an elderly native of Modu, watching his homeland, which had nurtured him for over seventy years, being destroyed, let out a heart-wrenching cry with tears streaming down his old face.
"Elder, hurry and go! As long as you are alive, there is still hope for reconstruction!"
A C-class water-element esper with red eyes, while speaking, condensed a giant water screen. In coordination with the flames of a fire-element esper, he released a large amount of steam to obscure the vision of the beasts and cover the team's evacuation.
"For over seventy years, I've lived enough. All my descendants are dead. What am I still living for!"
With tears streaming down his face, the elder struggled to pick up a piece of concrete from the ruins. He staggered towards the nearest ferocious beast, but was quickly stunned by the C-class water-element esper using psychic shock. Then, he was carried by a water dragon and evacuated rapidly with the team.
But human flesh, to the Eternal Night creatures, meant sanity and spirituality. How could they give it up easily?
"Screech~"
A Dark Pterodactyl flew above the team. Its huge body cast a vast shadow on the ground under the sun, covering hundreds of people. Many looked up, their faces filled with despair.
The Dark Pterodactyl, seeing the massive evacuation team, revealed a glint of greed in its eyes. Then, its mouth, filled with sharp teeth, opened, spewing out a hundred-foot-long black flame.
The terrifying high-temperature flame, before it even approached, was completely blocked by a golden psychic shield. The flames sprayed outwards, scorching the void and distorting it.
"Die!"
The esper who released the golden psychic shield was a 24th Divine Rank psychic-element esper, over two meters tall, and the leader of the first team of the Modu Executive Department.
He stood at the rear of the evacuation team. After releasing the psychic shield, a golden longbow appeared out of thin air in his hand. Then, psychic energy gathered on the longbow, forming a golden long arrow.
Next, he tensed his arm muscles, drawing the bowstring into a full moon. The next moment, the string twanged.
"Buzz~"
After releasing the string, the longbow vibrated. The golden arrow, as it flew, distorted and shattered the void. It quickly reached the A-class Dark Pterodactyl and penetrated its head.
"Boom!"
After the golden arrow penetrated the A-class Dark Pterodactyl's head, a terrifying psychic explosion occurred, blowing apart the Dark Pterodactyl's head, neck, and half of its body, causing it to die instantly.
"Screech~"
The commotion here once again attracted the attention of two more pterodactyls and four Demonic Lions and Demonic Tigers. With a roar of rumbling earth, they rapidly rushed over.
"Everyone, retreat with all your might!"
The A-class psychic-element esper gritted his teeth, nocked another arrow, and shot another Dark Pterodactyl to pieces in the sky.
The remaining Dark Pterodactyls, with a flap of their wings, arrived in an instant along with the four Demonic Lions and Demonic Tigers.
After devouring a lot of human flesh and bathing in light, the intelligence of these Eternal Night creatures gradually increased, and their strength had reached the equivalent of the 15th Divine Rank. They temporarily formed a team, intending to deal with this human transcendent first, and then divide the remaining humans.
"Ultimate Technique: Psychic Blast!"
The A-class psychic-element esper roared, his body floating a hundred meters high. With his limbs spread wide, golden psychic energy surged out, unleashing a terrifying explosion.
Instantly, all the approaching Eternal Night demonic beasts were heavily injured and blown back. He himself, however, was bleeding from his nose and mouth, his head buzzing. Yet, he forcibly took out his longbow and shot down all the heavily injured Eternal Night demonic beasts one by one!
"Screech~"
"Roar~"
Dark spots in the distance rapidly enlarged. New pterodactyls were flying towards this area.
At the same time, further in the distance, the earth rumbled and trembled. A-class sea beasts, carrying beast tides, landed on the ground. As they ran, they evolved into amphibious creatures, crushing all reinforced concrete buildings in their path.
Moreover, Eternal Night demonic beasts like Demonic Lions and Demonic Tigers were also charging forward.
As the demonic beasts and sea beasts moved, Xia Country was also in motion.
In front of the evacuation team, planes flew in, helping to transport the evacuating civilians.
At the same time, dozens of miles away, twenty-odd terrifying auras appeared.
These were the transcendent beings from the Su Bei Province Branch, who, after eliminating the A-class stitched anomaly, were coming to reinforce them with the exploration team that had returned from the Eternal Night secret realm.
This reinforcement team included over twenty A-class transcendent beings, as well as a large number of battle-hardened B-class transcendent beings.
Among the A-class reinforcement teams, several espers were crackling with lightning. This was a rare lightning element, naturally restraining Eternal Night demonic beasts.
"Kill!"
The several A-class powerhouses who had been carrying civilians with their psychic energy, upon seeing the reinforcement team, dropped everyone and immediately turned to charge.
In their eyes, there was unwavering conviction and anger towards the invading alien beasts. United, they each unleashed their abilities, like a sharp sword piercing into the surging tide of alien beasts.
Simultaneously, in the Modu teleportation array, several figures gradually solidified within the light array, emitting terrifying fluctuations. These were the A-class transcendent beings sent later from Kyoto.
Each of these individuals possessed strength above the 30th Divine Rank. Upon appearing, they combined into a solid fist, pushing horizontally towards the left flank of the beast tide.
After their appearance, over a dozen A-class transcendent beings of the 10th Divine Rank or above appeared, following behind them, forming new teams and spreading out to fight on both sides.
The earth trembled, the void continuously shattered and reformed, and the sounds of battle resounded through the heavens, scattering the clouds.
Thermal weapons had lost their effectiveness at this point. Even nuclear and hydrogen bombs, once deployed, would be easily torn through space by A-class or higher alien beasts and banished to other dimensions.
This was a war between species. Transcendent beings were like dragons, heroic and passionate, like the battles between humans and ferocious beasts in the ancient wilderness.
On the ground of Modu, which had been reduced to ruins, streams of people and beast tides collided, engaging in the most primitive of battles.
Meanwhile, on the other side, Yu Zhibo, as the light of Xia Country, after verbally admitting his mistake, was granted live broadcast privileges again due to his good attitude and quickly passed the application from the original owner, Modu.
Then, before heading to the teleportation array, he summoned Timu again, letting it go to the coastal defense line to train and grow. Finally, he stepped onto the teleportation array to Modu.
With a flash of light on the teleportation array, he disappeared from his original location.
The next moment, he appeared in the Modu Branch's teleportation array. The moment he stepped out of the array, fierce shouts and the roar of various skills being cast reached his ears.
Yu Zhibo was stunned for a moment, then controlled the sturdy micro-camera to float and film himself with his psychic energy, while opening his live broadcast room.
"666, the streamer is so diligent today!"
"I'm at the table, just finished throwing up."
"Please, don't show me any more shit. I'm disgusted by my own feces lately, it's all your fault!"
"Where is this? I don't see any iconic buildings. Holy crap, why are there pterodactyls flying in the sky!"
"..."
As soon as Yu Zhibo's live broadcast room opened, countless viewers across the country received notifications and began to flood into the room, instantly exceeding hundreds of millions.
"Thanks to Huiyi Feichou for the hundred rockets!"
Yu Zhibo symbolically thanked the rockets first.
Sensing the sounds of battle from afar, he said with a solemn expression, "Brothers, I am currently in Modu. The situation here is much more intense than I imagined. I am preparing to aid the Modu battlefield, so I may not have time to interact with you all!"
Modu?
Yu Zhibo's words immediately drew the attention of many netizens.
News about Modu was already flooding the internet. It was one of Xia Country's most prosperous modern cities, a global financial center, and the first city in Xia Country to be completely overrun by alien beasts. It was rumored that over a million people had died. This was even before the sea beast tide had fully begun, which was why the government had evacuated over 20 million people.
Modu today was a true meat grinder.
Seeing Yu Zhibo appear in Modu, many netizens became worried.
"Streamer, Modu is now known as a battlefield meat grinder. Even A-class might not be able to save their lives. You carry the national destiny, be careful!"
"Yes, streamer. I haven't awakened yet. If you die, who will electrocute me with their eyes."
"Streamer, even if you're going to fight, you should at least leave an heir for the Yu family. I am fair-skinned, beautiful, and have a great figure and temperament..."
"Pah, I am the streamer's rightful wife!"
"Don't go, come back quickly!"
Yu Zhibo looked at the barrage of comments filled with concern for him, and his heart warmed. He said with a solemn expression:
"The ancients said, a true man born in troubled times should wield a three-foot sword and achieve unparalleled merits. While I am broadcasting now, partly because I want to earn emotional points, it is more to let you know that whether it is sea beasts or other abnormal creatures, in the face of absolute strength, they are like clay and dogs, not invincible!"
"There are many pessimistic remarks online now. Admittedly, many people die every day after the sea beast invasion, but our country has also been doing its best to protect everyone's lives. You have all seen many videos of transcendent beings fighting against the sea beast invasion. Look at the battlefield, has any transcendent being retreated?"
As soon as Yu Zhibo said this, countless viewers became passionate, and the comments were densely filled with "No" and "No regrets to be born in Great Xia, reborn in China."
"Next, prepare to witness the visual feast I bring you!"
Yu Zhibo looked at the dense comments, a smile appearing on his face.
Then, he used the Body Flicker Technique and disappeared from his spot with the micro-camera.