Reborn as a lotus, she initially refuses to hand it over to the state.

"Don't be afraid, guys. It's just a mutated beast. The streamer just used a rocket to kill a mutated wild boar. Now watch how the streamer crushes the beast horde."

As viewers kept pouring into the live stream, the number of online viewers reached 100,000 in the blink of an eye, and even surged at an even more exaggerated rate.

Li Ergou chuckled and continued, "Those so-called alien beasts are all no match for the streamer's rocket launcher."

[You're incredibly brave to still be live streaming at a time like this.]

My mom asked me why I was kneeling to watch the live stream, and I said I peed my pants because the streamer was amazing.

[Ten rockets sent! Keep it up, boss! Make sure to protect Nanjiang City.]

The live stream notification showed that "Xerxes II of East Valley" had sent Li Ergou a thousand rockets as a reward. Li Ergou's eyes widened in surprise.

This guy is so generous! He just gave away a thousand rockets as a reward? That's a million dollars! He didn't even blink an eye, he just gave it away.

Li Ergou watched the comments section. He was initially a little scared, but now he felt a surge of excitement and threw all his fear to the back of his mind.

A squad leader nearby kicked him, yelling, "Li Ergou, you bastard, still live-streaming? Hurry up and reload!"

Li Ergou quickly slung the communicator around his neck and chuckled, "Squad leader, I call this boosting morale."

The squad leader was so angry his eyes turned red: "Screw you, encourage me! When the monsters charge, you'll be the first one they bite!"

Li Ergou was about to retort.

Suddenly, a rustling sound came from deep within the ruins ahead.

The soldiers on the position immediately fell silent.

What was that sound?

The squad leader spoke up, and he directly ordered the soldiers to fire a flare.

The flare soared into the sky, its intense white light illuminating the entire street, and everyone's expression instantly changed.

At the end of the road, countless dark figures emerged from the ruins and drainage ditches.

There were snakes, big and small, countless of them.

Some were as thick as buckets, some were coiled on walls, and some were climbing along utility poles. Their scales gleamed with a black, eerie light, their snake eyes were cold, and they flicked out scarlet tongues.

At the very front of the snake swarm, leading the group was a giant black-scaled snake nearly thirty meters long.

Its head was held high, its scales were as hard as iron, and there was a dark red vertical stripe between its eyebrows.

The moment that aura appeared, all the soldiers on the defensive line felt a sense of suffocation.

This giant serpent's aura has reached the peak of the third rank, and it is only one step away from the fourth rank.

Even more terrifying is that it is not an ordinary snake demon.

It is the offspring of the fourth-tier snake king of Crimson Cloud Ridge, the Black Scale Snake King.

It flicked its tongue, its cold, vertical pupils sweeping over the humans on the battlefield. Then, it surprisingly uttered in broken human language: "Humans, bloodsuckers, Nanjiang, return to Chixia Ridge."

At that moment, the viewers watching the live stream went wild.

Holy crap! The snake spoke?!

[This is terrifying! This snake can talk; it's definitely not an ordinary beast!]

[Oh no, this thing looks even scarier than the King of Wild Boars! Streamer, run!]

The smile on Li Ergou's face froze.

He swallowed hard, his legs starting to cramp, and said, "Brothers, something doesn't seem right with this thing."

The squad leader roared, "Fire!"

The heavy machine gun instantly spat out flames, and a dense barrage of bullets struck the Black Scale Serpent King.

Sparks flew as the bullets struck the black snake's scales, leaving faint white marks.

The soldiers were also extremely surprised to see this.

The rocket launcher fired again, and the explosion engulfed half of the Black Scale Serpent King's body.

Just when everyone thought they had succeeded, a ferocious snake head emerged from the flames.

Several of its scales shattered, and black blood flowed out, completely enraging the Black Scale Serpent King.

It opened its blood-red maw and spewed out a cloud of blackish-green poisonous mist.

The poisonous fog spread along the street, and the soldiers standing in front were sprayed with it.

Their faces instantly began to fester as if they had been splashed with sulfuric acid, and they collapsed to the ground, screaming and howling in agony.

In just a moment, the soldier's body turned into a pool of blood, and the air was filled with the stench of decay.

Seeing this, everyone in the live stream was terrified.

The position was thrown into chaos instantly. The Black Scale Serpent King's tail swept across, shattering the sandbag position into pieces.

A military off-road vehicle was overturned and crashed into the nearby rubble.

Li Ergou's live stream camera shook violently, and he was knocked to the ground by the blast wave, his communicator almost flying out of his hand.

The live stream screen spun around, the camera deflected, and the chat was in complete chaos.

[Host! Is the host still alive?]

[Holy crap, the defenses have collapsed!]

Why can't I kill this snake?

Stop filming! Run! Who's going to save them?

A buzzing sound filled Li Ergou's ears.

When he got up, blood was already flowing from the corner of his mouth. A comrade next to him was trapped under the collapsed steel plate, his face full of pain.

"Ergou, give me a hand."

Li Ergou's face turned pale. He instinctively wanted to run, but when he saw his comrade's outstretched hand, he gritted his teeth and cursed.

"Damn it, I really owe you something."

He rushed over and used all his strength to move the steel plate. The live broadcast camera was still hanging on his chest, capturing his ferocious expression as he desperately dragged his comrade away.

The Black Scale Serpent King continued to advance towards the position, and the swarm of snakes behind it surged forward as well.

The defense line was already crumbling, and all the viewers in the live broadcast room fell silent. Just a moment ago, they were still feeling excited, but now, all they felt was despair, because they had witnessed with their own eyes that human firepower was not omnipotent.

Ordinary soldiers would still die in the face of truly powerful beasts, as the Black Scale Serpent King swept them away with overwhelming force.

It keeps attacking humans, but those rockets don't do much damage to it at all; instead, they only enrage it more.

"Blood food, delicious. Humans are a lowly race, ants, only fit to be our food."

After devouring more than thirty warriors, the Black Scale Serpent King's belly swelled up, and it spoke in human language, becoming extremely arrogant.

After the spiritual energy is restored, even some humans who have not cultivated will have surging blood energy within their bodies.

This blood essence is a rare food source for exotic beasts, as it helps them cultivate.

The Black Scale Serpent King went even crazier, constantly leading its horde to attack humans. Li Ergou was terrified; was he going to die?

He carried his comrade as he fled. The Black Scale Serpent King behind him seemed to notice him, but did not rush up immediately.

It was like a cat playing with a mouse, watching Li Ergou escape.

"You beasts, this is a human city, it's not your place to act so presumptuously. Get back here!"

Just when everyone felt utterly hopeless.

Suddenly, a loud shout came from the sky, and the next second, an old figure stepped out from the ruins.

The man had white hair and beard and was dressed in black training clothes.

His blood and energy were burning as fiercely as a furnace.

With each step, spiderweb-like cracks would appear on the concrete beneath their feet.

It was Chen Wuji, the grandmaster of Bajiquan, followed by several experts from the Lingnan Martial Alliance.

They were on their way to the main battle zone in Nanjiang City when they unexpectedly saw the southeastern defense line on the verge of collapse.

Now that Chen Wuji has arrived, he naturally won't just stand by and watch these beasts attack humans.

The Black-Scaled Serpent King raised its head, a fierce glint appearing in its vertical pupils: "Human, your blood and energy are abundant, very nourishing. Obediently submit to me and become my blood food, so I can let you die quickly."

"Whether you can make me your food depends on whether you, you beast, have the ability."

Chen Wuji snorted coldly, stomped his foot, and shot out like a cannonball.

He punched the Black Scale Serpent King's head.

Eight Extremes, Mountain Collapse!

The force of the punch exploded into the air, causing a loud bang.

The punch was too fast; the Black Scale Serpent King didn't even have time to react before its head was struck.

It was sent flying, its massive body crashing into the ruins behind it.

The warriors present were all shaken. So this is an Awakened One? They're too strong.