Martial arts have become extinct worldwide, yet I am forced to have a large family.

"Run!"

"Monsters have broken in!"

"My child is still at home, I have to go back!"

Inside Nanhai City, sirens wailed, tearing through the sky.

The screams, cries, and running sounds mingled together.

Just then, a loud voice swept across the entire city, instantly drowning out all the noise.

"All citizens, please remain calm! Do not run around!"

The voice rang in everyone's ears, and an invisible force gradually soothed their inner panic.

On the city wall, Xu Junhao, an eighth-realm Martial Saint, stood with his hands behind his back and spoke again:

"Attention all units, evacuate the public according to the rehearsal plan."

"Martial Arts Association, City Defense Force, follow me into battle!"

Outside the city, a colossal monster was slowly crawling, each step causing the earth to tremble.

Its body is dark green and a hundred meters long. Its bloated body is supported by a dense array of segments, and its head has four huge and sharp pincers.

The Thousand-Legged Demon Lord is a genuine eighth-realm demon!

"Humans..."

"Surrender... and I'll leave you a whole corpse..."

The monster spoke in a hoarse Chinese voice, its four enormous pincers clicking as they opened and closed.

"Dream on!" Xu Junhao stared directly into the monster's compound eyes, his halberd trembling in his hand. "If you want to fight, then fight!"

The Thousand-Legged Demon Lord's compound eyes glowed red: "Stubborn...unyielding..."

Just then, two more figures appeared from two other directions.

"roar!"

With a deafening roar, a jet-black dragon spread its wings and soared into the sky.

Immediately afterwards, an insect resembling a cicada also hovered in mid-air.

"Two more have arrived!"

Xu Junhao felt the two auras that had both reached the eighth realm, and all the muscles in his body tensed up.

If there were only one Thousand-Legged Demon Lord, he could contend with it and even have a chance to drive it away.

But now, three eighth-level demonic creatures...

If I risk my life, I might be able to barely manage to trade one for another.

But what remains is enough to raze the entire South Sea City to the ground.

In the blink of an eye, the space in the sky began to fluctuate violently once again.

Two more equally powerful auras of the Eighth Realm slowly spread out from the spatial rift!

"Five Eight Realms...?"

Xu Junhao closed his eyes, his face extremely pale.

"You...you really think highly of South Sea City!"

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Meanwhile, deep within the Jiang family compound.

"Beep...beep...!"

The monitoring instruments made a rapid and monotonous sound.

Jiang Xingtian, an eighth-realm martial saint, lay quietly on the hospital bed with several tubes inserted into his body.

Although he is already a hundred years old, his face still looks like that of a middle-aged man, only his skin is somewhat pale.

The ground was trembling slightly, but Jiang Hong stood to the side, staring intently at the data on the instrument.

As a seventh-level cultivator, he clearly sensed the five terrifying auras that appeared outside the city.

Each one is stronger than him.

Jiang Hong said in a deep voice, "Continue injecting the blood-burning agent!"

A researcher in a white lab coat operated the instrument, and a pale red liquid slowly entered Jiang Xingtian's body.

However, the elderly man on the bed remained unresponsive, and the fluctuations on the vital signs monitor did not change at all.

Jiang Hong's face grew even more gloomy.

He paused for a few seconds, then continued, "Increase the dosage! Continue the injection!"

"But Chieftain..." The researcher hesitated, "Jiang Sheng's vital signs are already at their limit. If the dosage is too high, his body might collapse. And then..."

"We have no choice!" Jiang Hong shouted.

"The demons are at the city gates; Southsea City has no way out!"

"Now, do as I say!"

Forcibly awakening an eighth-realm martial saint could at least offer a glimmer of hope for a desperate fight.

If I don't wake up, I'll just have to be buried along with this city!

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The back gate of Chengwu University.

"Sister Chen, where is Da Yang...?"

Bai Chuyi's small hand tightly held Assistant Chen's hand.

"Don't worry, Xiao Bai, we'll be there soon..." Assistant Chen forced a smile and quickly led Bai Chuyi out the back door.

Outside the gate, a military off-road vehicle was parked.

A man and a woman stood beside the car, both exuding a calm and composed aura; they were clearly two Martial Emperors at the sixth realm.

They were the ones responsible for escorting Bai Chuyi away.

Escaping to another city amidst the overwhelming encirclement of monsters is no easy task.

There is only a slight chance of breaking through if all the demons above the seventh realm are held back by high-level martial artists.

A sixth-realm warrior's strength is just right; they are not easily noticed by top-tier demons, yet they have enough combat power to deal with the dangers along the way.

"Xiao Bai, they are also Principal Huang's students, so they can be considered your seniors." Assistant Chen stopped and gave Bai Chuyi a brief introduction.

"Hello, seniors." Bai Chuyi nodded blankly at the two of them, her mind completely elsewhere.

"Hmm!" The senior nodded slightly as a greeting.

The female senior was much more enthusiastic, smiling and waving at Bai Chuyi.

"She's the teacher's newest female disciple!"

"Come on, get in the car."

However, Bai Chuyi suddenly stopped.

Just now, through the "love knot" she was tightly clutching in her hand, she clearly heard the voice she had been longing for day and night.

"Sister Chen...it's Da Yang! Da Yang sent me a message!" The girl's tone became excited, and her originally dim eyes lit up.

"Da Yang told me he's already waiting outside!"

"Let's go quickly and call the teacher to bring him in!"

Hearing this, Assistant Chen felt a bitter taste in his mouth.

Yang Xian... came back too late.

But now South Sea City is in complete chaos, with Eight Realms demons attacking the city and the defense line could be torn apart at any moment.

All the high-level combatants in the city were tied up on the city walls, and no one could come to his aid.

Even if Principal Huang wanted to go, he simply couldn't find the time.

"Boom—!"

The ground began to shake violently again, more violently than ever before, and a rumbling sound came from the distant city walls.

Assistant Chen managed to maintain a calm expression and tried to make his voice sound even.

"Okay, Sister Chen, I understand."

"Let's get in the car first! Then I'll inform Principal Huang..."

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outside the city.

Yang Xian put away the love knot and quietly waited for the help from the city.

Elena stood obediently beside him, saying nothing, simply keeping him company.

Time passed by, second by second.

"Strange, it's been so long since I sent the message, why hasn't Xiaobai replied yet?" A sense of unease gradually appeared on Yang Xian's face.

He had already sent a message to Bai Chuyi through the love knot, informing her that he had arrived outside the city, but had not received any reply yet.

This is very abnormal.

To avoid being detected by the demons, the two stayed quite far from South Sea City, but this distance was nothing to a seventh-realm warrior.

However, because of the great distance, Yang Xian could not see the scene inside Nanhai City directly, but could only feel the fluctuations in the distance.

Waiting makes time seem exceptionally long.

The longer Yang Xian waited, the more anxious he became, and the stronger his sense of unease grew.

"Something's not right!" Yang Xian suddenly said. "Let's get a closer look."

"Okay, I'll listen to you!" Elena didn't ask any more questions and immediately followed.

The two quickened their pace and headed towards South Sea City.

As they climbed over a small hill, the dilapidated city walls of Nanhai City finally came into view.

Yang Xian froze on the spot.

On the distant city walls, traces of battle were everywhere, with flames raging everywhere.

Countless monsters surged into the city.

"How could this be..." Yang Xian's lips trembled slightly.

"The city... has fallen?"

P.S.: I tried to think about the later plot and realized that the author simply couldn't handle those big scenes. I suddenly feel like such a failure; the plot is completely different from what I initially envisioned.

After seeing the works of those masters, I thought I could do it too—this darn creative urge! A newbie is still just a newbie (facepalm).

Am I only allowed to write about my daily life? Absolutely not! The road to becoming a master is still long and arduous…

The author still lacked control over the characters and plot, and was devastated.

Sigh... I'll just treat this as practice.