Chapter 32 - 30: Spiritual Tide, Golden Body Achieved!

Chapter 32: Chapter 30: Spiritual Tide, Golden Body Achieved!

Liu Zimo felt no fear in the face of the impending Beast Tide. His thirty years of combat experience in the Post-Apocalypse had long since forged his mind as hard as steel, leaving him entirely ignorant of what fear even was. Furthermore, in the Early Stage of the Demon Disaster, perhaps because the Transmission Passage was not yet stable, the Outer Realm Demon Beasts that managed to descend upon Earth were generally not very powerful. The strongest among them were mere Warrior Level Demon Beasts, equivalent to Copper Skin Realm Martial Artists. With Liu Zimo’s current Iron Bone Realm strength, he could crush them with ease.

His only worry was his father, his youngest uncle, and his younger brother, who were far away in Luozhou. He wondered if they had made it home in Time and whether they could survive this first wave of Demon Beast attacks.

"Advisor Liu, are those Outer Realm Demon Fiends descending?"

Hearing the beastly roars echoing from the void and seeing the black smoke continuously spreading through the air, Wu Songyang’s expression slightly shifted as he couldn’t help but ask Liu Zimo. Even now, he found it hard to believe that Demon Beasts would truly fall from the sky. However, the deafening roars that had just erupted from the void passage, accompanied by the sky-shaking chorus of ten thousand beasts, left him no choice but to believe it.

Liu Zimo replied in a deep voice, "Yes, they are already here. Have the Warriors light the torches and prepare for battle!

"If we want to preserve Shangjing City, we must slaughter all the Demon Beasts that descend into the city in the shortest Time possible. After that, we must use the city walls as a boundary to carve out an ironclad defense line capable of withstanding the invasion of Demon Beasts from outside the city!

"Otherwise, once the beast horde outside the city forms up and surges into the city all at once, the entirety of Shangjing City will be plunged into extreme peril!"

This was absolutely no exaggeration. In his previous life, at the very beginning of the Demon Calamity, over ninety percent of cities had directly turned into dead, ruined cities simply because they couldn’t build defensive lines in Time to resist the impact of the wilderness Beast Tide. Sanyuan City, where Liu Zimo had been back then, was one such example. The city was instantly transformed into a pasture for Demon Beasts, and its residents became their prey. People lost their lives to the maws of beasts at almost every waking moment. By the Time the nearby military and the surviving local factions finally united to establish a defensive line and completely exterminate the Demon Beasts within the city, half a year had passed. By then, the entire city had become nothing more than bloodstained ruins.

"Rest assured, Advisor Liu. If it truly is as your master predicted—that the initially descending Demon Beasts mostly possess only Body Refining Realm strength—we have absolute confidence that we can wipe out the Demon Beasts that fall into the city in a short amount of Time!"

Wu Songyang was actually quite confident. Even though Shangjing City’s defense system had completely collapsed, they still had firearms and artillery at their disposal. That was more than enough to deal with Demon Beasts that were only in the Body Refining Realm.

"I hope so," Liu Zimo nodded slightly, not saying anything more.

At the beginning of the Post-Apocalypse, firearms and artillery were indeed incredibly effective. They were the foundation and reliance that allowed many cities to retake control from the Demon Beasts. However, as Time went on, Wu Songyang and the others would soon discover that their armory’s ammunition reserves were merely a drop in the bucket against the countless Demon Beasts. With electricity, communications, and transportation all completely paralyzed, attempting to produce and replenish ammunition would undoubtedly be a pipe dream. Once the ammunition reserves in the warehouses were depleted, the firearms in the soldiers’ hands would become useless decorations, too heavy even to be used as clubs.

That was precisely why, in the future, the Federation would exert Dali to promote the Martial Dao, enhancing the citizens’ personal Martial Arts Power and allowing them to jointly resist the invasion of the Demon Beasts.

THUD!

THUD!

BANG!

The sounds of heavy objects crashing to the ground rang out everywhere. Illuminated by the firelight, the silhouettes of Demon Beasts emerged in the clearings around the camp, on the rooftops, in the grass, and in the pools. Some Demon Beasts even landed directly on or next to some Warriors, launching ferocious attacks before the Warriors could even react.

"Prepare for battle!"

"Kill!"

The battle erupted instantly. The sounds of gunfire, artillery, and beastly roars rose and fell, blending together into a chaotic symphony. Liu Zimo didn’t stand idle either. The moment he sensed Demon Beasts falling nearby, he dashed out. With every punch and palm strike, he rapidly reaped the lives of all the Demon Beasts that appeared before him. Before Wu Songyang and the guards behind him could even flick their safeties off, all the Demon Beasts within a hundred-meter radius had already been killed.

Wu Songyang couldn’t help but marvel, gaining a preliminary understanding of Liu Zimo’s Martial Arts Power as well as the general strength of these Demon Beasts.

He thought, "Indeed, it is just as Advisor Liu’s master predicted. Although these Demon Beasts are tall and sturdy, with bodies like tigers and bulls, their strength is not as formidable as imagined. The firearms and artillery in the Warriors’ hands are enough to deal with them.

"However, Advisor Liu’s strength is somewhat beyond my expectations!

"Looking at his clean and efficient methods of slaughtering these Demon Beasts, and his decisive, seasoned combat style, he doesn’t seem like a young man in his early twenties at all!"

A moment later, Liu Zimo retreated back to the General Staff Office, no longer participating in the ensuing battle. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to continue, nor was it because all the Demon Beasts in the camp had been slain. Rather, Wu Songyang had called him back.

"The Warriors in the camp are not sheltered flowers. They also need these Demon Beasts to accumulate the necessary combat experience." Those were Wu Songyang’s exact words.

Liu Zimo deeply agreed. Back in the day, it was precisely through accumulating experience and tempering himself bit by bit in such battles that he had gained his current strength and courage. In the Post-Apocalypse, whether one was a soldier or a civilian, they had to be prepared to encounter Demon Beasts at any given moment. No one could protect you perfectly all the Time. No matter the situation, people had to learn to rely on themselves!

With the continuous descent of an overwhelming number of Demon Beasts, the concentration of Spiritual Energy in the air was sharply rising. After about ten minutes, when the global concentration of Spiritual Energy reached an absolute threshold, the first Spiritual Tide that Liu Zimo had been eagerly anticipating arrived right on schedule.

WHOOSH!

Spiritual Energy swept over like a tidal wave! The Spiritual Power energy, as thick as water mist, continuously washed over, permeated, and improved the life characteristics of all living beings on Earth. Be it animals, plants, or humans, they were all able to achieve immense leaps and advancements during this baptism.

Liu Zimo circulated the Extreme Breathing Technique, greedily absorbing and applying Refinement to the dense Spiritual Energy that actively surged into his body, rapidly converting it into his own Qi Blood Inner Breath. At the same Time, the system prompt sounds that had been silent for a long Time began to ring continuously in his ears:

[Your Good Brother Lou Yuchen underwent the Spiritual Energy baptism. His qi erupted, reaching Great Success in cultivation. He broke through to the Iron Bone Realm in one fell swoop, triggering the ’Heaven-Stealing’ Talent Attribute. The opportunity is shared equally, acquiring half of his cultivation increase. Martial Arts Talent +2, Martial Arts Cultivation +15, Lifespan +5.]

[Your bestie Yang Sisi underwent the Spiritual Energy baptism. Her qi erupted, reaching Great Success in cultivation. She broke through to the Copper Skin Realm in one fell swoop, triggering the ’Heaven-Stealing’ Talent Attribute. The opportunity is shared equally, acquiring half of her cultivation increase. Martial Arts Cultivation +10, Lifespan +2.]

[Your Good Brother Zhao Jiajun underwent the Spiritual Energy baptism. His qi erupted, reaching Great Success in cultivation. He broke through to the peak of the Iron Bone Realm in one fell swoop...]

In an instant, countless streams of incredibly pure Inner Breath cultivation boiled and churned within Liu Zimo’s Dantian. His Martial Arts Cultivation and Martial Dao realm also rapidly elevated at a visible rate.

Initial-stage Iron Bone Realm, mid-stage Iron Bone Realm, peak Iron Bone Realm!

Immediately after, without even pausing at the peak of the Iron Bone Realm for half a second in Time, the Inner Breath around Liu Zimo’s body burst forth from within. Radiating a brilliant golden light, he directly stepped into the higher-tiered Golden Body Realm!