"Roar~"
A fearsome beastly roar shook heaven and earth.
Eight years had passed, and the spatial wormholes connecting Earth to the Eternal Night world had grown from a scattered few hundred to over a hundred thousand.
Compared to its former image as a beautiful blue planet, Earth now looked riddled with holes. Over a hundred thousand spatial wormholes, large and small, were scattered across the sky, seas, mountains, rivers, and underground. Each wormhole spewed forth dense, dark spiritual energy, shrouding Earth in a perpetual, oppressive black mist.
Every moment, terrifying roars echoed from every wormhole. Countless beasts from the Eternal Night world, seeking to escape their dark confinement and regain the light, descended upon the mortal realm with roars that stirred up bloody winds and torrential rains.
These Eternal Night beasts were devoid of reason, natural killing machines. Among them were formidable creatures from the Shan Hai Jing, like the Zhu Yan. Upon arrival, their strength rapidly inflated, some even breaking through to the Law level, their malevolence boundless.
Fortunately, the Dragon Country, protected by its Fortune Shield and with Wang Shouyi stationed there, did not face insurmountable troubles. However, the Fortune Shield had inevitably dimmed considerably.
Furthermore, the Dragon Country's territory, which had once expanded by nearly ten million square kilometers, had now contracted to its size before the advent of the extraordinary. This was a necessary measure to concentrate the Fortune Shield's energy for border protection, forcing them to abandon the previously expanded lands.
"Kill!"
In a certain valley in the Gāyāo Country, Chen Bo, who had advanced to A-class rank 26, wore a black, form-fitting combat suit. A short dagger, specifically for self-infliction, hung at his waist. He wielded a golden-red Vermillion Bird feather fan, and with each swing, terrifying flames erupted, obliterating the beasts from the Eternal Night world wormholes that appeared below his own rank.
Behind him stood a defensive line composed of Dragon Country extraordinary individuals, ranging from A-class to B-class. They coordinated with Chen Bo, continuously bombarding the beasts emerging from the wormholes.
Chen Bo had now been promoted to Captain of the Sixth Team in the Enforcement Department of the Shenghua Branch in Ning City. He was no longer the immature seventeen-year-old he once was. Standing nearly 1.9 meters tall, his face was resolute, his eyes astonishingly bright. Bathed in blood, he appeared heavily wounded, yet his killing intent surged, his presence commanding.
Behind him, a busty girl with green hair glowed with green light, continuously injecting vitality into him and rapidly healing his injuries.
"Captain, my healing power is running low. Should we retreat?" The busty girl's face was pale from the overuse of spiritual energy. She looked at Chen Bo's back, her eyes filled with admiration.
"Don't panic. I have eight 'Peaches' saved. Take a break and observe the other team members!"
Chen Bo spoke loudly, casually tossing the Vermillion Bird feather fan in his hand. The fan instantly dissolved into countless golden light points. The next moment, he flipped his palm, and a card's phantom flickered and vanished in his palm, transforming into a Green Dragon Crescent Blade that he grasped.
The instant the Green Dragon Crescent Blade appeared, a trace of crimson flashed in his dark eyes. His arm, gripping the long handle of the blade, was influenced by some unknown energy, swelling by a full circle and becoming powerfully muscled.
A dragon's roar echoed. From the Green Dragon Crescent Blade, a thirty-foot-long green dragon flew out, circling around him, its whiskers flowing as if alive in the wind.
"Kill!"
Chen Bo let out a fierce roar. After the people behind him jointly unleashed an attack, he danced his blade, charging directly towards several beasts surrounding the wormhole.
"Chain Link!"
"Booze!"
"Lightning Strike!"
Cards flew from Chen Bo's body, then quickly dissolved into light points. Under the complex gazes of the onlookers, a thick chain emerged from the void, linking together eight beasts that had just appeared from the wormhole.
"Chain Link can only connect two, right? Brother Ying's Chain Link can connect eight! Terrifying!"
"Rule-based abilities are too frightening. He hasn't reached the Law level, but he's already at the rule level. Look at the monsters' heads, their HP bars have appeared!"
"Brother Bo is mighty! Three Kingdoms Kill is mighty!"
...
Just as the crowd discussed, illusory HP bars appeared next to the eight beasts linked by the chain. Seven of them had full HP of three points, while a black, viscous giant beast with a green face and fangs had four points. Their levels ranged from 15 to 29.
As Chen Bo reached the tiger-bodied, crocodile-headed giant beast closest to him, his face, flushed from drinking, turned as red as Guan Yu's. Even his Green Dragon Crescent Blade was imbued with a layer of lightning by the "Lightning Strike" card.
With a downward slash.
Electricity erupted instantly.
Crackling, hissing~!
As the sounds of lightning and the Green Dragon Crescent Blade entering the beast's body echoed, the lightning instantly surged into the first beast's body, then spread along the chain, followed by a lightning explosion.
Boom, boom, boom~!
The eight beasts, hit by the chain-spread lightning explosion, instantly lost two points of HP.
"Roar~"
The numerous beasts let out piercing screams.
"Volley!"
Chen Bo threw another card, and eight sharp arrows materialized in mid-air. The terrifying force distorted the void. The next second, the eight arrows shattered the void as they shot towards the eight beasts.
Upon being struck, the beasts roared to the heavens. Seven of them lost their vitality as their HP was depleted, leaving only the black, viscous giant beast with its full four HP points barely clinging to life.
"Hiss-la-la~"
The viscous beast went completely berserk. The mucus on its body splashed out like it was free, transforming into a black rain that enveloped the crowd.
The black mucus possessed strong corrosive and toxic properties. Wherever it passed, it corroded and pierced the void itself.
A water-elemental ability user and a fire-elemental ability user stepped forward, spitting out mountain floods and seas of fire. However, upon contact with the mucus, they had no effect.
Chen Bo shook his head and, with a hint of reluctance, threw another card.
"Unassailable!"
As the card was used, an inexplicable energy annihilated all the black mucus. Chen Bo stepped forward with his blade and threw another red, attribute-less "Kill" card.
Without "Kill," he could not trigger the enemy's HP display. With "Kill," even a slight poke from Chen Bo could digitize the enemy's health and deal terrifying percentage-based damage.
Thus, after the "Kill" card was attached to the Green Dragon Crescent Blade, it directly depleted the black viscous beast's last HP point. The latter then let out a whimper and fell unwillingly.
"Brother Ying is mighty!"
The people behind him cheered. Most of these individuals, besides the ability users from the Shenghua Branch, were students from Ning City Extraordinary University. They had limited combat experience, hence their excitement.
Chen Bo's expression was calm. "Seal the hole!"
At this moment, after a period of intense combat, the wormhole's spatial energy had been largely depleted, making it the best time to seal it.
As his words fell, an A-class Taoist priest in a silver robe stepped out from the crowd. With a wave of his sleeve, eight formation flags flew out, each heading towards the Qian, Kun, Li, Kan, Zhen, Xun, Gen, and Dui directions. They either pierced the void or embedded themselves into the earth, completely sealing the opening.
"This formation can only seal the wormhole for a week. Zhou Li and Fu Ge, you two are responsible for guarding it. The rest of you will accompany me back to the country for rest!"
"Yes!" Everyone responded in unison, took out their Nuo Yi Talismans, crushed them, and their figures vanished from the spot.