National Fate: Eight Yin Generals Guard China from Their Sleeping Coffins

The flames covered a radius of two kilometers in front of the Huaxia City Gate.

A net of bluish-white light wove together, sealing off every inch of space.

Eighty thousand Shadow Assassins crowded the sand.

Under the light, they lose their ability to hide in space.

Black scales fell off, and green blood flowed through the gaps in the bones.

The assassin beast changed direction and charged towards the base of the city wall.

There are several angles created by misaligned stone bricks there.

Several assassin beasts crouched low and burrowed into the shadows deep within the corner.

Above the sky, dozens of paper figures carrying lanterns sank down in unison.

The paper figure's wrist flips.

The four lanterns should be aligned with the corners of the stone bricks below.

A burst of bright white flame erupted from inside the lampshade.

The beam of light reached straight to the bottom corner, illuminating every grain of sand.

The assassin beast, which had burrowed into half of the body, stopped moving forward.

The black slime on their bodies was boiling.

The skin and flesh were cracked, and the skeleton was carbonized.

They opened their barbed jaws and let out a piercing scream.

A few seconds later, the sound disappeared.

All that remained was a pile of blackish-gray powder emitting white smoke.

Ji Yuan stood in the center of the position.

Bring your right index and middle fingers together to change to a different hand seal.

The thousands of paper figures suspended in the air dispersed rapidly.

They formed ten circular formations, surrounding the remaining Shadow Assassin Beasts.

The paper figure's feet didn't touch the ground; it moved horizontally in the air.

They stretched their arms forward, their lanterns close together.

A hemispherical dome made of flames was placed over the sand dune.

The encirclement continued to shrink.

The assassin beasts huddled together, tearing at and trampling each other.

They frantically dug into the sand, trying to burrow underground to escape the light.

The flames pierced through the sand layer, reaching as far as thirty meters underground.

The monster that had just burrowed into the sand pit was burned to death, and the stench of burning permeated the entire wasteland.

The sky was divided into multiple screens.

.............

Bald Eagle Country's position.

David slammed his knees onto the scorched earth.

Support yourself with both hands on the ground.

The flames spewing from his palm were only two meters wide.

Two Shadow Assassins roamed along the edge of the flames.

Their claws were covered in bits of meat.

The white newcomer was lying behind David.

The newcomer's throat was broken, his eyes were wide open, and blood soaked into the soil.

The venom spread along the wound on David's thigh.

The calf muscles completely dissolved, leaving the white bones directly exposed to the air.

The poison gas entered the heart.

He was breathing heavily, his vision blurred.

David looked up at the light projection hanging in the sky.

At the center of the light screen, the Huaxia split screen was brightly and glaringly bright.

Ji Yuan stood safely beneath the city gate.

Paper figures carrying lanterns chased after the monster.

No Shadow Beast could get within 100 meters of the Huaxia City Wall.

David's veins are prominent on the back of his hand.

He pounded the ground with his fist.

The nail broke, and blood mixed with mud and sand.

He was not reconciled.

The United States has invested hundreds of billions of dollars in research and development of gene-based drugs to create extraordinary warriors.

He survived hundreds of life-or-death eliminations to finally stand here.

"What's this?"

David forced out a hoarse sound from his throat.

A shadow assassin beast charged in, its body ablaze with flames.

A sharp bone spur pierced David's neck.

His vision went completely dark, and his body fell heavily to the ground.

..........

The Russian bear's position.

Ivan lay on his back in the wind and snow.

Its enormous body shrunk back to normal human size.

More than a dozen long black thorns were stuck in its back.

The skin around the wound had a dark green tinge.

He closed his eyes, and the rise and fall of his chest grew weaker and weaker.

The recruits raised their rifles and fired wildly into the darkness.

The muzzle flash caused more spatial ripples.

Ghostly assassins darted out and instantly severed the necks of the recruits.

.........

White Elephant Kingdom's position.

Ah Jie lost both legs and relied on four phantom arms to support his remaining body.

The rest of his arms were completely shattered.

There were eight corpses of his compatriots lying around him.

Countless sharp claws emerged from the shadows, grabbing the phantom's arm and pulling it downwards.

Ah Jie's face was covered in blood, and his eyes were glazed over.

In the global live stream room, the number of bullet comments exceeded the server's load limit.

[The Bald Eagle Kingdom has also been wiped out! David was killed with a single blow to the throat!]

[Ah Jie is doomed! All the new recruits from the Russian Bear Country are just feeding kills!]

No, look over there in China!

That was a massacre! A one-sided massacre!

Eighty thousand shadow beasts were chased and burned by several thousand paper figures. The monsters didn't even have a chance to fight back.

[So this is how you can use light magic!]

This is not a superpower!!

[China's capabilities are too overpowered! This is unfair! Why don't we have this?!]

[Grandpa Ji is awesome! The paper-making profession is simply unbeatable!]

I'd like to see which foreigner dares to say that China lacks cultural heritage!

Not only do we have the foundation, but we also have the ability to clear the level with zero casualties!

If we do this a few more times, we can achieve the same level of fighting power!

[...]

Black Palace, Bald Eagle Country.

Underground command center.

General Smith slammed his fist on the control panel.

The titanium alloy panel is recessed downwards.

The red alarm light is flashing.

He looked at the zero-loss display of China on the main screen.

Ji Yuan stood in the light, adjusting her sleeves with her clean fingers.

The surrounding area was filled with the ashes left by the monsters' deaths.

Smith was breathing rapidly, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

He turned to look at the president.

The president leaned back in his chair, his tie askew, his eyes staring blankly at the screen.

All the officers in the hall remained silent.

"Sir, our east coast has just been attacked by 120,000 Shadow Beasts. The National Guard is in complete retreat."

The communications soldier took off his headset and reported the situation.

His voice trembled.

Smith drew his pistol and fired a shot at the glass partition next to him.

The glass shattered.

He grabbed his hair with both hands.

"Why? Why can they win just by folding a few sheets of paper?"

Smith's voice was hoarse.

He knew that the defense system built on global hegemony by the United States was meaningless in the face of these mysterious forces.

The Chinese front.

The encirclement narrowed to the last hundred meters.

The remaining thousands of Shadow Beasts had nowhere left to retreat.

They piled up into a small mountain.

The monsters on the periphery let out desperate roars, pushing their companions aside as they broke through the encirclement.

Ji Yuan raised her right hand, then flipped her palm and pressed it down.

Thousands of paper figures opened their faceless mouths, emitting a silent mockery.

The sky lanterns reached their peak brightness.

The flames transformed into a massive white beam of light, crashing down upon the horde of monsters.

There was no sound of collision.

The white light engulfed everything.

The Shadow Beast's body dissolved directly into the light.

The black resentment evaporated completely.

Chen Xiao stood beside the black wooden coffin.

He patted the layer of fine sand off the coffin lid.

Guan Shan removed his right hand from the hilt of the Blood-Patterned Iron Blade.

He flexed his wrists.

"Sixth Brother's control of the heat is really precise; not even a single grain of sand was burned."

Chen Xiao looked at the empty sandy land in front of him, his tone indifferent.

"He has always been very detail-oriented."

Guan Shan said.

He watched Ji Yuan's thin figure from behind.

Ten minutes passed.

The flame gradually weakened.

A shallow crater with a diameter of 200 meters was left in the center of the battlefield.

There were no remains left in the pit, only a thin layer of white ash.

Eighty thousand Shadow Assassins, plus five hundred Ghost Assassins, were all killed.

Ji Yuan lowered her right hand.

Disperse the magic formula.

The paper figures in the sky stopped spinning.

The flame inside the lantern went out.

The paper figure lost its support and returned to a flat state.

Thousands of sheets of yellow paper folded in mid-air, transforming into yellow paper cranes, which flew towards Ji Yuan with the wind.

The paper crane landed in Ji Yuan's palm.

He stuffed the entire stack of yellow paper into his pocket.

The city walls of China stand tall.

There were no additional scratches on the dark blue brick surface.

The live stream room was once again flooded with comments.

[Twelve minutes! Only twelve minutes!]

[There wasn't even a single hand-to-hand combat incident throughout the entire event!]

Not a single brick fell from the Huaxia stronghold!

I'm right here on the border, let's see who dares to let refugees in!

Let those foreigners see what it means to be a guardian of China!

[Senior Ji's move was absolutely divine!]

While other countries are shedding blood, we're just drinking tea and watching the show.

I don't even know how to praise this anymore, I can only watch from my knees.

Eight gatekeepers, each more ruthless than the last. If the ancestor in the wooden coffin awakens, how can this game continue?

[It is strongly recommended that the system increase the difficulty for China, otherwise it is unfair to other countries!]

[Get out of here, you foreign internet trolls! Don't blame others for being better if you're just bad at the game!]

Ji Yuan, clutching a silk handkerchief, walked toward the black wooden coffin.

He sat on the left side of the coffin, resting with his eyes closed.

The entire position fell silent again.

The campfire crackled and popped.

The eight goalkeepers remained in their positions.

Above the sky, the huge countdown numbers reached zero.

The split-screen displays on the celestial screen gradually went out.

Only the image of China remains bright.

A monotonous, mechanical voice resonated simultaneously in the minds of people around the world.

[The second round, third wave of monster siege has ended.]

[Nations that failed to defend their cities this round: Sixty-three.]

[Monster descent procedure initiated.]

[Current surviving defenses on Earth: Thirty-two nations.]

[Rewards are being calculated and settled.]