The Grand Nirvana Arrives!

But there were far too few people like that!

Before the boundless Beast Tide, there were still vast numbers of Monsters that had reached Beast General Level.

These human Martial Artists could only avoid their edge for the time being.

Even Hong and Thor had played a very limited role in the early stages of the Grand Nirvana. Being able to protect their families had already been quite an achievement.

Let alone saving Huaxia during the initial phase of the Grand Nirvana.

Only after their strength had risen later on—after reaching War God level, Invincible War God level, then breaking through to Planetary Level, and after large numbers of human Martial Artists had emerged—

Could humanity gain a foothold on land.

But that would have to be measured in years.

Before the tide of the times, an individual's strength seemed so insignificant.

But that was only temporary.

Once Yang Yu cultivated Xingyiquan to the Grandmaster realm, raised his Physical Fitness to War God level, and further improved his Fist Technique, Blade Technique, and movement techniques, it would be time to slaughter Lord Level Monsters!

That would be when Yang Yu truly displayed his strength. In the early stages, tempering his Martial Way was extremely important.

Yang Yu believed that no matter how quickly Monsters evolved, they could not possibly outpace his Spiritual Force.

Only by laying a solid foundation could he have an easier time comprehending Domains and Origin Laws later on.

Otherwise, relying on the strength of a Spirit Reader might allow him to do quite well in the early stages, but it would become insufficient later.

After all, in the world of Swallowed Star, only Law Comprehension was fundamental.

After making his plans, Yang Yu trained even harder.

By then, it was already August 2015.

Yang Yu no longer went out to train. Every day, he stayed home chatting with Grandfather, teaching him boxing, Breathing Techniques, and the like.

Because the environment outside had already become extremely harsh!

The Grand Nirvana did not suddenly erupt when September arrived. Signs had already appeared during the preceding months.

Before the truly large-scale Beast Tides struck human settlements, scattered Monster attacks of a certain scale had already begun appearing around the world.

Some well-informed people had already moved their homes to the largest cities, where facilities and military forces were the most comprehensive.

Although the residential complex where Yang Yu and the others lived was near the outskirts, it was still within the protection range of Jiangnan City's military forces.

Moreover, after several months of cultivation, Yang Yu's Physical Fitness had now fully reached Senior War General level.

His control over Spiritual Force had also grown increasingly proficient, and he could even achieve Quad-tasking Technique!

In other words, Yang Yu could now be regarded as possessing the Combat Power of four Intermediate War Gods!

Although this Combat Power could not reverse the current situation between humanity and the Monsters.

Protecting Grandfather and ensuring his own safety would not be a problem.

Once the Beast Tide truly erupted, after helping Jiangnan City endure the initial difficult period and settling Grandfather somewhere safe, Yang Yu would carry out the next step of his plan!

He would completely eliminate the Monster threat!

As his Physical Fitness steadily improved, Yang Yu's level in the Martial Way had instead begun to lag behind somewhat.

This was also because he lacked a suitable Opponent. Training behind closed doors was ultimately too slow for progress.

The tense days passed by once more, and over half a month went by.

On August 25.

Yang Yu and Grandfather watched the news while eating.

They finally saw cities along America's Pacific Ocean border beginning to suffer invasions from vast numbers of mutated marine creatures!

On the live television footage.

Dense, endless schools of fish, arthropods, mollusks, cnidarians, and other Mutated Creatures emerged from the ocean and began assaulting human coastal cities!

Captured by America's high-definition satellites, Yang Yu clearly saw those Mutated Creatures ruthlessly charge into the seaside cities, massacring and devouring humans!

Human weapons appeared utterly powerless before the overwhelming mass of Mutated Creatures.

With no other choice.

America could only abandon all its coastal cities, transferring vast numbers of surviving people inland and urgently constructing survival zones around several super-sized inland cities.

Seeing the horrific scene on television, Grandpa Yang's rice bowl trembled slightly in his hands. "Xiao Yu, the world is changing!"

Anyone who saw that report would have had the same thought.

As for the country's decision to broadcast this footage publicly.

Yang Yu understood.

The Grand Nirvana had arrived!

Humanity's true life-and-death crisis had arrived!

Because seventy percent of Earth's surface was ocean, and marine creatures had the greatest variety and numbers.

When the Beast Tide arrived, the first to bear the brunt were the various Island Nations.

In just three days!

Every Island Nation in the world faced a life-and-death crisis!

The remaining populations began moving toward the world's major powers.

But when faced with immigration requests from Bangzi Country and Benzi Country.

Huaxia's High Level and Civilians remained highly united.

That was to refuse!

They wanted to immigrate to Huaxia?

Not a chance!

Anyone with eyes could see it.

The Island Nations were now suffering a devastating catastrophe. The landlocked nations would be next!

Their own food reserves were already nowhere near enough, and they still wanted to come take a share?

Besides, there were ancestral grudges between them.

If any High Level official or Civilian dared suggest letting them come over, everyone else's spit would be enough to drown him!

And this was not an ordinary crisis.

The enemies they would face next were not humans.

They were cold-blooded, bloodthirsty Monsters!

Monsters that could not even understand human speech!

Anyone who dared show kindness at such a moment truly did not care about the safety of their own people.

Therefore, very few countries were willing to accept surviving populations from those Island Nations.

Most only accepted genuinely highly skilled talent and the wealthy.

And in truth, very few people from the Island Nations were able to escape.

The mutation of marine creatures had made ships completely unusable. If anyone dared force their way out to sea, they would become a buffet for Mutated Creatures before traveling very far.

With no alternative, they could only choose airplanes.

But how many people could airplanes carry?

And Mutated Creatures were not limited to ocean life.

Flying animals had mutated as well!

It was just that the speed and degree of their mutation were not as exaggerated as those of marine creatures, so they could not yet threaten large Civilian Airliners or Fighter Jets.

That was the only reason some people were able to evacuate successfully.

Otherwise, those Island Nations truly would have been buried in the dust of history.

But even so.

For those Island Nation people who escaped.

Their national institutions had completely ceased to exist.

After all, it was already good enough that others were willing to take them in because they had abilities or money.

They still wanted to establish a country on someone else's territory?

Believe it or not, they could be thrown back to their homeland in minutes?

And so.

In just five days.

All Island Nations declared their extinction!

At the same time, countries on the mainland also began suffering large-scale invasions by Mutated Creatures!

As a coastal city located only a little over a hundred kilometers from the sea, Jiangnan City.

Had not suffered an invasion by marine Mutated Creatures immediately.

But five days later.

Those marine Mutated Creatures began swimming upstream along river channels, attacking every living thing they could reach!

Because they had mutated.

Those creatures that had originally only been able to live in the ocean could now survive even in freshwater environments.

Some mutated marine mollusks, arthropods, and echinoderms could even set foot on land!

These marine creatures that had stepped onto land for the first time immediately displayed extremely strong aggression.

They not only attacked humans, but also attacked those similarly mutated land creatures!

At that point, the international community gave these Mutated Creatures a unified name:

Monsters!

Just like that.

A war erupted between humanity and Monsters, and between Monsters themselves!

September 1, 2015.

Jiangnan City experienced its first wave of Monster invasion!