Level One Alert!

"This... th-th-this..."

Inside the Martial Alliance office.

Alliance Leader Yun, his body gone soft with fat, stood on the balcony and stared at the black fissure in the Sky Curtain. Beads of sweat fell uncontrollably from his face.

Then his body began to tremble violently, and a trace of panic surfaced in his eyes.

Even when facing the Demon-Infusing Pill and Kong Xin's questioning, he had never been this flustered. Yet before that savage fissure in the Sky Curtain, this man—one of Cloud City's true rulers...

Was utterly panicked as well!

"The Gate of Reception, a Demon fissure... the Demon King... is descending!!!"

Alliance Leader Yun's voice trembled slightly, brimming with fear.

"Th-this... Cloud City is nothing but one of Great Xia's most remote cities. Why would a Gate of Reception appear here?! What the hell is going on!!!"

Alliance Leader Yun's voice seemed to be shaking, but he quickly came back to his senses.

He charged out of the office in an instant and let out a roar.

"All Martial Alliance personnel, heed my command!!"

"Drop everything at once! Head to the city walls immediately and sound... the Level One Alert!!"

Alliance Leader Yun's voice swept through the entire Martial Alliance building in an instant.

The countless martial artists inside the Martial Alliance building were briefly stunned when they heard Alliance Leader Yun's voice. Then disbelief flooded their faces.

But they swiftly reacted nonetheless, dropping what they were doing and racing toward the city walls.

Cloud City... Military headquarters!

Commander Chen stood within a military camp, staring at the image displayed on a screen. On it was the black fissure that had appeared in the Sky Curtain.

As he looked at the fissure exuding an incomparably sinister aura, Commander Chen's already icy expression darkened until it seemed water could drip from it.

"Damn it, there really are Demonic Cult rats lurking within Cloud City!!!"

Commander Chen's voice carried a razor-sharp chill.

"All personnel, heed my command. Man the walls and prepare for defense!!"

"At the same time, sound the Military's Level One Alert and send a request for aid to the provincial capital!!"

Commander Chen issued order after order with methodical calm.

At once, the Military's soldiers moved like machines, carrying out their orders.

Commander Chen watched the image on the screen, his eyes filled with gravity.

"The Gate of Reception has appeared, and the Demonic Cult has shown itself again. I just don't know which of the Heaven, Earth, and Human lineages it belongs to..."

"But Cloud City is just a remote little city. Why would they place the Gate of Reception here? Could it be aimed at Commander Kong?"

Commander Chen muttered, a trace of confusion in his eyes.

Woooooo!!!

Urgent alarms instantly spread throughout all of Cloud City.

As those piercing alarm sounds rang out, the expressions of countless people still walking the streets changed drastically.

They began running toward their homes, their eyes filled with panic.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!!

Figures shot out from all corners of Cloud City, rushing toward the city gates with solemn expressions.

"A Level One Alert? What exactly is happening? And... what the hell is that fissure in the sky?"

For a time, the entire Cloud City fell into chaos.

Voices of discussion rose through every street and alley.

"No idea, but a Level One Alert is no joke. When it sounds... it clearly means a city-destroying catastrophe!"

"Damn it, Cloud City is only a tiny remote city. Why would a city-destroying disaster happen here?!"

The martial artists' faces were grim, but they still rushed toward the city walls.

The Martial Alliance and the Military had divided their alerts into several levels!

A Level Three Alert meant that Fierce Beasts or members of the Demonic Cult were causing trouble. Everyone had to cooperate with inspections by the Martial Alliance and Great Xia's Military, preventing those people from wreaking havoc within the city.

A Level Two Alert meant that disasters such as a beast tide had occurred, requiring the city's Military and Martial Alliance to join forces against the invading tide!

As for a Level One Alert...

It signified a city-destroying catastrophe. When this kind of alert was sounded, either the defensive line of the Alien Demon Battlefield had fallen and Demons were about to descend upon Great Xia's territory.

Or... a new Alien Demon Battlefield had been born!

No matter which it was...

It was an utterly terrifying disaster for any city, even a provincial capital.

Above the Level One Alert was the Special Alert. When a Special Alert sounded... it meant every defensive line of the Alien Demon Battlefields had completely fallen, and Demons would descend upon Great Xia's territory without restraint.

Countless civilians would die in that great calamity.

Countless martial artists would become the Demons' finest food!

Countless cities would be utterly destroyed!

Since the founding of Great Xia, the Special Alert had been sounded twice in total!

Every time it sounded, it meant all of Great Xia would enter its final desperate struggle. Every ordinary person and martial artist would be placed under the control of the Military and Martial Alliance.

Anyone who disobeyed orders, no matter who they were... would be executed on the spot!

Great Xia... would become an iron barrel!

And now...

With the Level One Alert sounding, all of Cloud City descended into confusion. Fortunately, the Military and Martial Alliance quickly stepped forward.

Some people climbed onto the city walls and prepared for defense, while others appeared throughout Cloud City's streets and alleys, soothing the frightened civilians.

Meanwhile, inside the Martial Arts Training Hall of Jiang City No. 1 High School.

The urgent alarms rang without cease.

Chen Zhen and the principal's expressions immediately turned ugly. The two exchanged a glance, and Chen Zhen then spoke in a low voice to the somewhat panicked Martial Arts Class students before him.

"All Martial Arts Class students, stay where you are! Do not take a single step outside the Martial Arts Training Hall!"

As he spoke, Chen Zhen looked toward Lan Linglong.

Though Chen Zhen did not know Kong Xin, he knew Lan Linglong's identity. She was the second disciple of the Heaven and Earth Dojo's Dojo Master and possessed Viscera Refining Realm cultivation.

At present, Lan Linglong had the highest cultivation in the Martial Arts Training Hall.

Lan Linglong noticed Chen Zhen's gaze. The smile on her face gradually faded, leaving behind only calmness.

Lan Linglong spoke softly, "Instructor Chen, make your own arrangements!"

"As for Lu Sheng... I need to take him away!"

Chen Zhen's brows furrowed slightly. Although Lu Sheng was a disciple of the Heaven and Earth Dojo, he was also a Martial Arts Class student. If possible, Chen Zhen would rather have Lu Sheng remain in the Martial Arts Training Hall.

It would be safer that way. After all, Lu Sheng's talent was exceptional. In a crisis like this, Chen Zhen wanted Lu Sheng to remain under his watch.