Versatile Mage: I Awakened Nine Stars

Chapter 370 A once-in-four-thousand-years event!!!
Located on the eastern side of the Andes Mountains, at the border between Argentina and Chile, the Sant'Ojos University is transformed by winds from the western Pacific Ocean into one of South America's most romantic white sand beaches.

But it is not most famous for its stunning scenery that everyone longs for, but for its world-renowned education and its unique status that stands apart from other countries in the world.

In terms of education, countless renowned magicians graduate from this academy every year, surpassing even the most powerful imperial academy in the entire country.

In terms of status, it is an independent kingdom that stands apart from all others. Its students' student IDs have similar legal effect to the identity cards of citizens of other countries. Even if students of the Holy Academy of Ohos commit crimes in other countries, they will be tried by the laws formulated by the Holy Academy of Ohos itself.

With such domineering and overwhelming power, its standards for recruiting students are naturally extremely demanding. Without exception, every student who can enter this academy is a genius among geniuses.

Xu Shen had originally thought that since he was already there, he might as well stop by this legendary university on his way to Chile. He never expected that the beautiful young woman who stopped him was actually a student at this university.

Now, he was somewhat surprised, staring at the graceful girl in front of him as if he had seen something rare, his eyes filled with scrutiny and curiosity: "A student of the Holy Academy of Ohos?"

Shaja nodded, took out her shoulder bag, and handed over her student ID with both hands.

The material of this card is not rare, but the array engraved on it cannot be faked. Xu Shen glanced at it a few times and returned it, saying, "Did you need something?"

"Are you a six-star hunter master?"

Seeing that Xu Shen remained silent, Shaka quickly added, "I didn't investigate you; I just happened to be there when you changed your badge in the Hunter's Alliance."

Xu Shen stroked his chin: "A request?"

Shaka's pretty face turned serious: "Yes, S-rank."

"Let's go find a quiet place to talk in detail, preferably with some grilled steak."

"it is good."

Saga was no stranger to the city and quickly found an elegant restaurant.

While the three chatted on the way, Xu Shen introduced himself and Bai Tingting to Sha Jia.

Of course, he wasn't telling the truth.

Their names are fake, their identities are fake, and their reason for coming here is always their honeymoon.

Whether Shaka sent a letter or not is unknown.

Anyway, Tingting was all cuddled up and down the whole way, and would giggle every now and then. Her eyes were practically dripping with tenderness as she looked at Xu Shenshi.

She definitely believed it.

The three of them sat down.

Shaka revealed the purpose of her mission: to stop the siren invasion.

Xu Shen's pupils contracted, and the water glass he was holding trembled, almost falling.

"what happened to you?"

Shaka was somewhat puzzled.

"It's nothing," Xu Shenqiang chuckled. "Are you referring to the siren invasion of the Americas when you say siren invasion?"

Thinking Xu Shen didn't believe her, Shaka took out her phone and handed it to him, saying, "Look, this is the joint investigation report from St. Ohos Academy and the Temple of Freedom. Although this information is still top secret, a Hunter Master like you is qualified to know. I've been staking out the Hunter Alliance these past few days, hoping to find as many strong individuals as possible to help us. I know my approach is a bit foolish, but my current strength is only..."

Xu Shen held his phone, his fingers swiping unconsciously for a long time, then sighed and said, "Alright, stop talking."

The threat of sea monsters has existed since ancient times.

The reason why the 20,000-mile coastline strategy proposed by Speaker Shao Zheng has encountered so much resistance is that most people in China do not believe that the threat of sea monsters will be that serious.

Just like the ebb and flow of the tide, in their minds, the so-called sea monster invasion was nothing more than the sea monsters taking advantage of the rising sea level to plunder and then retreat. Therefore, as long as the population of the coastal areas was moved inland, they could overcome this difficulty.

After all, sirens can't survive on land.

However, Xu Shen had obtained the ancient king's collection of books in the Sha Yuan, and had also seen the even more ancient scrolls of Fan Li.

He knew that in ancient times, there had been a war between sea monsters, so fierce that it even reshaped the landscape of China.

In ancient times, humans were scattered throughout the world in small tribes, barely surviving in a world surrounded by demons by relying on their respective totems or ancient gods, until the arrival of the mighty Xuanyuan.

During the Xuanyuan era, the human race had already mastered some ancient Qi cultivation techniques.

Xuanyuan even researched the secret arts of Yin and Yang, created the method of dual cultivation, and broke through to the level of Emperor in one fell swoop.

This is the first emperor and powerful ruler recorded in the history of China.

Xuanyuan, with the totem Yinglong, unified the Divine Land, enabling the human race to be the first to enter the era of tribal alliances. Yinglong also became the first sacred totem of the Divine Land. Such a powerful being naturally unwilling for the human race to remain subservient to the totem.

Therefore, Xuanyuan came up with the plan of "killing three warriors with two peaches".

He established a totem arena to select four sacred totems based on their strength.

In this battle, hundreds of totem beasts from various totem tribes participated. The weakest of them were all at the monarch level, while the strongest were even comparable to Yinglong.

Without a doubt, Xuanyuan's plan was successful.

As the saying goes, people die for money and birds die for food.

Totem beasts are essentially demons; in order to seize more faith power from humans, they are willing to disregard life and death.

The totem arena eventually transformed into a totem burial ground. Apart from the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise, which ultimately emerged victorious and became the sacred totems of humankind, all the other participating totems perished.

From then on, apart from the Four Sacred Totems, the only ones that survived were the weak totems of small tribes that had not participated in the war.

Since then, humanity has, to some extent, escaped the fate of being enslaved by totems.

But that battle also sowed the seeds of disaster for China.

Thousands of years later, during the reign of Emperor Shun, sea monsters invaded the land of China.

At this time, due to the large-scale loss of totems, the continent and the ocean were completely out of balance.

In this battle, Yinglong perished, along with its totem vessels, and from then on, Yinglong completely withdrew from the stage of history, its fame fading into obscurity.

The other four sacred totems were either dead or injured, and to this day, apart from Mu Ningxue's little white tiger, which is suspected to be a descendant of the white tiger, there is no trace of them.

The totem beasts suffered such a devastating defeat that the human race was not spared either. Eight or nine out of ten humans in the land perished in this war against the sea monsters, and the ancient civilization was nearly wiped out.

Fortunately, the land was blessed, and in the darkest hour, a hero appeared out of nowhere.

When King Yu rose to power, he married a fox spirit from the Tushan clan and, with the help of the Kunlun Demon Kingdom, forced back the sea monsters.

In this battle, both the totem and the siren suffered heavy losses, and the human race completely broke free from the totem's shackles.

After the war, King Yu convened a meeting at Tushan, cast the Nine Tripods, and pacified the land.

Since then, China has continued uninterrupted for four thousand years.

However, other places during the same period were not so lucky.

That sea monster invasion did not only affect a corner of China.

However, most of the powerful demons on land were tamed into totem beasts by the Shenzhou human race, and then all of them were destroyed by Xuanyuan.

And so, the whole world wailed in despair as the sirens ravaged the land.

Apart from Shenzhou, almost all human civilizations in other regions were wiped out.

Xu Shen was somewhat dazed.

In his past life, during the years he was a hunter, sirens invaded and the city of Modu fell.

Then, humanity retreated again and again until he was trapped in Time Town and did not know how the battle ended.

Since his rebirth, he had always felt that although this siren invasion was not to be underestimated, it was only the kind of event that happened once in a hundred years, and that the siren would leave when the tide receded.

Even after he had seen Fan Li's scrolls and read the ancient royal collection, he still held onto that wishful thinking.

However, Speaker Shao Zhengda overruled objections and established a 20,000-kilometer coastline strategy.

At the same time, he also tasked Jiang Shaojun and others with searching for lost ancient totems.

Is this just a coincidence?

Now, Shaka's news has completely woken him up.

He was forced to admit that what he had been trying to avoid and refuse to acknowledge all along was the truth—this siren invasion was a global invasion on the scale of the one four thousand years ago, an invasion that could almost wipe out human civilization!
But now, there is no longer any totem to protect them.

Humans will be the first to be affected!

Humanity must take up the banner of the final battle against the sea monsters!
　Sorry, I've been traveling a lot for work lately and the workload is extremely high, so updates are still not guaranteed. I expect to be able to resume normal updates around mid-September.

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