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

Just now, Chu Zhou sensed the fluctuations of the Azure Lotus Mark, which was the Azure Lotus Mark within Lin Qingxue's body.

Chu Zhou glanced at the mark and quickly understood what had happened in Nanjiang City: Chen Wuji was injured.

Lin Qingxue is currently using the power of the Azure Lotus to save him.

Chu Zhou sneered inwardly: "Trying to use my power to save humanity? How wonderful!"

Betrayed by humans in his past life, he has no intention of being a savior in this one. Lin Qingxue wants to use the Azure Lotus Mark and Chu Zhou's power to save people.

Chu Zhou naturally wouldn't do as she wished.

With a thought, he directly manipulated the Azure Lotus Mark from a distance.

Meanwhile, Lin Qingxue, far away on the battlefield in Nanjiang City, was gritting her teeth and activating the Azure Lotus Mark within her body.

A phantom of a blue lotus appeared in her palm, and a beam of blue light landed on Chen Wuji's shoulder.

The black poison gas that was spreading continuously was gradually purified under the blue light.

Chen Wuji's originally pale face finally recovered somewhat.

With red eyes, Chen Xueli looked at Lin Qingxue and asked, "Qingxue, how is it?"

Lin Qingxue said with some difficulty, "The Black Scale Serpent King's venom is very strong. I'll do my best."

As soon as she finished speaking, she tried to activate the Azure Lotus Mark within her body again, hoping to use the azure light to purify Chen Wuji's injuries once more.

Suddenly, the blue light in her palm vanished, and the light of the blue lotus mark within her body dimmed instantly.

"What happened?"

Lin Qingxue felt as if all her energy and spirit had been drained away in an instant, and the blue light also weakened instantly. Her expression changed.

Su Wan quickly came over to support her and asked with concern, "Qingxue, what's wrong?"

Lin Qingxue said bitterly, "I'm sorry, with my current strength, I still can't utilize the power within me. This is all I can do to help."

Chen Wuji opened his eyes, looked at Lin Qingxue, and said gratefully, "Child, you have done more than enough. I owe you my life."

Chen Xueli quickly came forward to support Chen Wuji, and asked worriedly, "Grandpa, how are you feeling now?"

Chen Wuji smiled wryly, "I won't die for now, but I need to recuperate first. I should be able to fully recover in no time."

At this point, his expression turned serious, and he looked at Su Wan, saying, "Captain Su, the fight against the beast tide rests on your shoulders for now."

Su Wan said, "Elder Chen, you have just killed the third-tier snake king, buying us time to resist the beast tide. Now it's up to us."

Chen Wuji immediately sat cross-legged on the ground to regulate his breathing. Su Wan didn't waste any words and immediately gave the order: "This beast tide concerns the safety of all residents of Nanjiang City. All awakened combat teams of students, go to the front."

"The medical team is responsible for evacuating the wounded, the earth-type awakened ones are responsible for defense, the fire-type awakened ones are responsible for containment, and the mental-type ability users are responsible for interfering with the flying-type alien beasts in coordination with the warriors."

As Su Wan issued her orders one by one.

Hundreds of students from the Lingnan Awakeners Academy began to take action. Some of them were participating in a battle for the first time. They were shocked to see the mess on the ground and the severed limbs scattered everywhere.

They couldn't help but gag. Chen Ziyang had previously fought in the mountains with Chen Wuji and Chen Xueli.

But having never experienced a beast tide before, seeing the horrific scene made me want to vomit.

Chen Xueli frowned and said in a low voice, "Ziyang, are you scared?"

Chen Ziyang said, "Sis, to be honest, there really is a bit."

Chen Xueli said coldly, "Even if you're afraid, you still have to stand up for me. Grandpa has already fallen once; our Chen family cannot back down again."

Chen Ziyang gritted his teeth and nodded: "Don't worry, there are no cowards in our Chen family."

As the academy students and soldiers regrouped and formed a defensive line, progress was finally made in resisting the beast tide. Meanwhile, the number of viewers in Li Ergou's live stream had exceeded 100 million.

The whole world is watching the battle in Nanjiang City, China, witnessing firsthand how Chen Wuji, the Grandmaster of Bajiquan, crushed the Black Scale Serpent King, a peak Tier 3 beast, with his unparalleled martial arts power.

And the scene of killing the Black Scale Serpent King on the spot has caused a huge sensation around the world.

Countless comments flooded the screen.

[Oh my god, is this the martial arts master from China? He's incredibly strong!]

"Yosh, the Bushido of the Dragon Kingdom is indeed impressive, but our island nation's swordsmanship masters are no slouch either. If one of our island nation's masters were to descend upon Nanjiang City, those so-called exotic beasts would be utterly no match for them."

The audience from China immediately became unhappy, and a bunch of people started cursing.

[A bunch of Japanese devils, calling themselves grandmasters of swordsmanship? In a country like Japan, where you can walk around something even to pee, what kind of grandmasters could you possibly have? They're all just bragging.]

[Get out of the live stream, you Japanese devils!]

Chinese netizens were outraged and unanimously retaliated. Seeing the situation was getting out of hand, the live stream administrators immediately removed all the Japanese accounts from the live stream.

And a permanent ban was imposed.

"Damn it, these damned Chinese pigs dared to block my account!" In a luxurious building in Haicheng, China, Oda Ichiro, the president of a famous corporation, slammed his fist on the table and stood up in anger.

He glared angrily at the screen on his phone; his Douyin account had been banned, which made him extremely unhappy.

The little braid on his head swayed back and forth. Even though he had already entered the late stage of the second tier and was a true Awakener, he still felt extremely aggrieved.

He wanted to vent his anger and had to let those damned Chinese people know how powerful he was. Just then, there was a knock on the door.

"Come in."

Just as Ichiro Oda finished speaking, the office door opened and a tall woman walked in.

Upon seeing the newcomer, Oda Ichiro, who had been angry, suddenly calmed down.

"The family has given us information. The reason why the beast tide broke out in Nanjiang City of the Dragon Kingdom this time is definitely not simple. Our Yin-Yang Master has divined that there is an opportunity in Nanjiang City."

"Now the family has given you a task: at all costs, you must find out exactly where that opportunity lies. As for manpower, the family will send people over soon," the woman said.

Upon hearing the order from his family, Oda Ichiro immediately stood up respectfully and nodded, saying, "Yes, sir!"

"Sir, may I ask who your family has sent this time?" Oda Ichiro asked.

"Baka! Don't ask questions you shouldn't ask."

The woman turned around and glared at Oda Ichiro. Oda Ichiro felt a chill run down his spine from that glare.

He stood up straight and bowed at a ninety-degree angle: "Hi!"

at the same time.

In the center of Heilong Lake, Chu Zhou withdrew his perception of Nanjiang City, no longer paying attention to Lin Qingxue.

Although that blue lotus mark is a seed, it is far from time to harvest it.

Since Lin Qingxue wants to use it, then let her use her own power.

As for whether humans will discover her abnormality, that has little to do with Chu Zhou; in a sense, it is a form of selection.

If it survives, the seed is worth cultivating; if it doesn't, we can simply replace it with another one.

Just then, from the direction of the underground ancient city, the eerie voice of the strange rock suddenly came.

"Lotus Demon, you really are cold-blooded. That human girl has your mark in her body, yet you just stood by and watched her die."

Chu Zhou's consciousness swept across the underground ancient city, and he saw that the giant crimson eye of the strange rock had opened again at some point, with a hint of schadenfreude in its eyes.

Chu Zhou calmly said, "I'm not her father."

The strange rock was taken aback by Chu Zhou's words, and after a moment, it sneered, "You think that if you don't save her, she won't be exposed?"

"Once the Azure Lotus Mark appears in the human world, she will be captured and studied sooner or later. At that time, your seed will be ruined."

Chu Zhou asked, "So?"

Strange Stone sneered, "So you should be panicking now."

Chu Zhou calmly replied, "What do I have to panic about? At worst, I can just change the seed, right?"

The strange rock fell silent, suddenly realizing that this lotus spirit truly didn't care.

Human girls, seeds, exposure—this lotus demon didn't care at all.

Such cold-bloodedness left Guai Shi at a loss for how to provoke him. He failed to anger Chu Zhou, which made Guai Shi feel extremely frustrated.

Chu Zhou asked in surprise, "By the way, Little Stone, why are you suddenly so concerned about humans today?"

The strange stone sneered, "I'm just here to laugh at you."

Chu Zhou asked, "Did you laugh?"

Upon hearing this, the strange rock flew into a rage: "I'll laugh whenever I want!"

Chu Zhou laughed and said, "But you look like you're about to cry from anger."

The strange stone's blood-red patterns flared instantly: "Lotus Demon, are you crazy?"

Before it could finish speaking, it quickly shut up, but it was too late.

A wisp of black-gold primordial energy seeped out along the crack in the stone, and Chu Zhou's roots emerged almost instantly.

The strange rock immediately lost its composure and cursed, "You fucking do it again!"