Thousand-Headed Blood Leech Queen, Outer Scenery Teacher

As the news anchor's commentary came through, the image on the large screen in the Martial Arts Classroom switched from the studio to a live aerial shot.

A massive rift, filled with chaos and distortion, was expanding with a thunderous roar.

Beneath this rift, countless creatures from a Mythical World, drenched in blood and darkness, kept emerging.

The most numerous were humanoid beings, sluggish as zombies, their bodies covered in bloody scabs and bone calluses, with white bone spurs growing from their joints, and faint green will-o'-the-wisps flickering in their eye sockets.

The aerial footage helpfully displayed the name, level, and abilities of these creatures.

[Virus Corpse Demon (Servant-Level): Emits infectious blood virus, slow-moving, but will suddenly leap and pounce when approached, attacking with bone spurs and biting.]

Because of the sheer number of these Virus Corpse Demons, from afar they looked like a surging black tide, a truly visually striking sight.

But whether it was Li Xijun or any other person from Bocheng, none of them showed fear; instead, they had a feeling of "you again."

The reason was simple.

Back in the early days of the Great Cataclysm, the first creatures to invade and wreak havoc on the continent were from this Mythical World.

The Mythic Rift east of Bocheng happened to connect to this same world.

Every time the rift fluctuated, these weakest Mythical creatures were the easiest to slip through.

Coupled with their massive numbers but combat power only comparable to Apprentice-level high school students who had trained for a few years, the Virus Corpse Demon was, for the people of Bocheng, an old, familiar friend. When elementary school students visited the Great Cataclysm History Museum, students from almost every province would see its specimen.

But right after this sea of corpses came monsters with skinless, dark red muscle surfaces covered in pulsating blood vessels, their tongues evolved into four barbed tentacles, and a cross-shaped mouth split open on the back of their skulls, looking overall like Lickers.

[Abyssal Blood Predator (Ferocious Soldier-Level): Movement speed comparable to a Mortal Shedding martial artist, tongue tentacles can pierce steel, attack speed is extremely fast, climbs silently, and has extremely acute hearing.]

These were Mythical creatures that could match Mortal Shedding martial artists. Though they lacked the ability to spread viruses, they gained terrifying speed and hunting prowess.

Finally, fewer in number, a massive creature like a meat mountain emerged, composed of hundreds of tombstone fragments fused with a colossal mass of flesh. Its left arm had mutated into a tombstone giant shield, and its right arm was a three-pronged bone blade splitting from the elbow, its aura truly fearsome.

[Tombstone Meat Mountain (War General-Level): Contains a vast amount of flesh life within, recovers quickly, strength surpasses most Intent Realm Martial Warriors, moves rather slowly for its realm, difficult for Intent Realm Martial Warriors of the same level to kill, laser weapons recommended.]

Up to this point, Li Xijun hadn't felt particularly tense, and Zhang Haifeng beside him was the same.

Most people in Bocheng, watching the livestream on their phones, also had a relaxed, chatty feeling.

After all, these beings could basically be killed with electromagnetic and laser weapons. Though numerous, they weren't really a big deal.

That was until an unnatural blood-red color grew thicker and thicker in the sky above the rift, eventually coalescing into a monster the size of a small hill, a mass of fleshly aberrations with heads, arms, and toes constantly emerging and melting, forming a female silhouette.

But its head wasn't that of a beauty; instead, it was a gaping maw, covered in countless tentacles, each tip bearing a human face. Its lower half was a sea of blood formed by a dense mass of leech-like entities.

The moment it appeared, the entire sky and earth for over fifty li changed color!

All the trees outside the city withered instantly. Every human outside the city walls and every wild animal had their blood drained dry, like mummies.

Even the once fertile earth cracked inch by inch, like a natural disaster!

An endless expanse of crimson filled the space between heaven and earth, dyeing everything in that blood-red hue, blotting out the sun, as if the most terrible calamity had arrived.

The continuously fired electromagnetic cannons and lasers were instantly corroded into pools of molten iron.

All technological weapons failed completely under her faint, hissing sound.

The city's outer walls, made of new high-grade alloys, were torn apart like paper.

Even through the screen, Li Xijun could feel the overwhelming pressure and despair rushing toward him.

Beside him, Zhang Haifeng, built like a black bear and an Intent Realm Martial Warrior, clenched his teeth and squeezed out two words with a grave expression:

"Outer Scenery!"

At the same time, everyone watching the livestream suddenly changed color. The female host, usually calm, had a rare tremor in her voice.

"Emergency situation. Security alert level raised from one to two. All Bocheng citizens, please be cautious."

"Next, I will introduce the source of this level-two alert: the Overlord-Level Mythical creature, the [Thousand-Headed Blood Leech Queen]."

"Thousand-Headed Blood Leech Queen, Overlord-Level. Strength, speed, and control over heaven and earth's spiritual energy all far surpass Outer Scenery Martial Artists of the same realm."

"Possesses an extremely powerful undying ability beyond its current realm; as long as one blood leech survives, it cannot be completely killed."

"Has a very strong mental contamination ability, can release mental shockwaves, and devours and assimilates the vast majority of flesh-and-blood creatures."

"Possesses a Pseudo-Domain. The power of its attacks, drawing on heaven and earth's spiritual energy, exceeds Outer Scenery Killing Moves used by Outer Scenery Martial Artists."

"All martial artists below Outer Scenery, immediately leave Bocheng East High-Speed Rail Station."

"It is recommended that five or more Outer Scenery Experts engage in a siege battle."

Generally speaking, an Overlord-Level Mythical creature is equivalent to an Outer Scenery Martial Artist.

But clearly, Mythical creatures of this level are usually stronger in combat than the vast majority of Outer Scenery Martial Artists.

Especially an Overlord with a Pseudo-Domain, which can suppress the heaven and earth's spiritual energy within a radius of several dozen li, significantly reducing the power of an Outer Scenery Martial Artist's Outer Scenery Killing Move that draws on the power of heaven and earth.

While such a being might not be enough to destroy a city, it was as terrifying as an earthquake or tornado constantly moving toward a city in the old era.

The crisis and urgency brought by this kind of Mythical creature, even knowing there were enough Outer Scenery Experts to deal with it, still inevitably stirred fear from the depths of one's heart.

Even Li Xijun tensed up for a moment, then instinctively glanced at his Grand Luo Mark.

Oh, he could just hop worlds and run away. No problem then.

Somehow, the urgency drained away in an instant, and he was already thinking about what flavor of Pin Hao Fan to order for dinner.

"Close one, close one."

Zhang Haifeng, who had been just as tense a moment ago, seemed to relax all at once as the screen switched to a different scene.

"Several high school principals from the city went today, along with the Prevention Bureau director and the mayor himself."

"And—"

Zhang Haifeng looked at the high-speed train on the news screen, which still had a banner reading [Welcome All Teachers to Our City's High Schools for Guidance].

Then he saw the doors open, and several people stepped out, wearing ancient-style clothes and carrying swords and blades at their waists.

A grin split his face, and he couldn't hold back a laugh:

"This Thousand-Headed Blood Leech Queen that got out this time? She couldn't have picked a worse time."

Li Xijun, standing nearby, was momentarily stunned. But then he realized—because of the "Ten-Year Cultivation Plan," several Outer Scenery Experts were coming to Bocheng High School as guest instructors.

Which meant that in this high-speed rail station, just outside the city near Bocheng's eastern wall, there were nearly ten Outer Scenery powerhouses right now.

This...

Li Xijun, trained by the big A to be deeply suspicious, didn't find it as coincidental or amusing as Zhang Haifeng did.

Instead, he instinctively started with doubt, then doubted again.

'Is it really that coincidental? Or is there another reason?'

Before he could think it through—

The next moment, A figure in purple shot up from the crowd. A long blade left its sheath with a clear ring, and a cold, domineering blade-light flooded heaven and earth.

In an instant, Thunder roared across the sky. Violet lightning wove together, silver serpents danced wildly, and everyone's vision was filled with endless arcs of purple electricity.

Only the descending blade struck down from above—thunder exploded, violet lightning raged, like divine punishment itself—and the entire blood-red sky was split open with one slash!