As he dodged at extreme speed, Yang Yu leaped out of the octopus monster's tentacle range and continued circling it at high speed.
He maintained the absolute limit where the octopus monster could neither escape nor strike him.
At last, the people watching the battle through the cameras let out their held breaths.
At first, they had been deeply worried when they saw Yang Yu doing nothing but dodge.
But gradually, they realized that Yang Yu was using his opponent to temper his movement technique and combat skills.
Sure enough.
After finding a gap in the octopus monster's defenses, Yang Yu darted in at high speed and slashed again!
Another tentacle fell with a thud!
"Aoo!!!"
With only four tentacles left, the octopus monster had completely lost all desire to fight back. It desperately flailed its tentacles as it tried to flee toward the River Channel.
Facing the octopus monster, which had completely lost its fighting spirit—
Yang Yu's eyes turned cold as he prepared to finish it for good.
He unleashed the Soaring Dragon Footwork, and the Force Application Technique in his legs erupted fully.
Yang Yu's speed soared to the limit, and he caught up to the octopus monster in an instant.
Borrowing the momentum of his incredible speed, Yang Yu leaped toward the octopus monster's head in a ghostly posture.
At the same time, the War Blade in his hand turned into a sky full of blade shadows, completely shrouding the octopus monster's head.
By the time Yang Yu landed—
The octopus monster, its head thoroughly shredded by the blade shadows, finally collapsed.
When the remaining ordinary Monsters saw their leader slain, they immediately lost the will to attack and scattered in retreat.
Yang Yu picked out several Beast General Level Monsters with decent strength and killed them with swift slashes. He then ignored the retreating Beast Tide.
Only moments later—
The battlefield, which had just been filled with earth-shaking sounds of slaughter, returned to silence.
"Whew... Watching Brother Yu fight is always so thrilling and nerve-racking."
Only after Yang Yu completely killed the octopus monster did Wang Lin finally breathe heavily.
Grandpa Yang and Wang Fei, who had watched the battle alongside him, were the same.
"Old Yang, you really raised an exceptional talent!" Wang Fei said enviously. "With Xiao Yu here, perhaps Jiangnan City truly won't have to be relocated!"
Given Wang Fei's inseparable connections with the Huaxia military's high level leadership, he had learned quite a few inside details in advance.
Among them was the contingency plan to strategically abandon Jiangnan City and relocate as much of its population as possible to inland cities.
But that was the worst-case scenario.
Being able to hold Jiangnan City as they were doing now was the best possible outcome.
After all, once a city was breached by Monsters, far too few of the people inside would survive!
Such losses were simply too devastating. Unless absolutely necessary, Huaxia was unwilling to let that happen.
"Hello, Logistics Department?" After confirming that all the Monsters had retreated, Yang Yu activated his Phone Watch. "You can come out now to clear the battlefield and restore the Defensive Fortifications."
After saying that, Yang Yu hung up. Carrying his War Blade, he walked over to the octopus monster, whose life aura had completely vanished.
As an oceanic mutated creature, there were not many materials on its body that humans could use. Its skin's defense capability was only comparable to that of the Primary Beast General Level Rat King, though it was stronger in strength and agility.
Still, something was better than nothing. If its skin was stripped off, it could make quite a few Special Grade Combat Suits.
The blue blood within its body might also possess considerable research value.
Raising his sharp War Blade, Yang Yu channeled his surging strength and quickly stripped the octopus monster's skin, handing it over to a soldier beside him.
By then, the arriving Logistics Troops had finished clearing the battlefield. After escorting everyone back behind the defensive line, Yang Yu boarded the helicopter that had arrived for him and returned to the Central Command Building.
Jia Yi had also completed his task in another sector and returned to the hall.
"Clap clap clap!"
The moment Yang Yu entered the hall, warm applause erupted.
"Little Yang, we have you to thank for dealing with that octopus monster. Otherwise, the price we paid might have been extraordinarily severe."
Ordinary thermal weapons were already useless against Senior War General-level Monsters. They could only deploy specially made high-yield missiles or nuclear weapons!
But strategic weapons like nuclear bombs could not be used unless it was truly a matter of life and death.
They might be able to wipe out a wave of Beasts in one go, but the radiation they left behind would cause endless harm.
Naturally, it was best if Martial Artists could be dispatched to handle the enemy instead.
"It was my duty, Chief. There's no need to be so polite." Yang Yu waved his hand. "But I do have a suggestion."
"What suggestion do you have, Little Yang? Go ahead! As long as it's within my authority, I'll definitely adopt it."
Wang Ying'an agreed readily.
"It's nothing particularly unusual. I just want to suggest that the Chief encourage the civilians to begin practicing the Martial Way!"
Yang Yu said solemnly, "After these battles, I believe all civilians have gained some understanding of the Monsters' brutality and destructive power. They also won't place as much faith as before in so-called thermal weapons. This is the perfect opportunity to promote the Martial Way. Only when all people grow stronger will we have a chance to block the Monsters and protect our homeland."
Wang Ying'an and the people around him all nodded after hearing this. "Yes, the military has been considering this matter as well. Little Yang, your suggestion coincides perfectly with ours."
After inviting everyone to sit down, Wang Ying'an continued:
"Thermal weapons, once unstoppable, are now difficult to rely on. When we encounter truly formidable Monsters, we still need Martial Artists like you, Little Yang, to deal with them. Moreover, the Monsters are mutating and evolving far faster than humans, while our technological progress cannot keep up. If this continues, humanity's situation will be bleak! We truly need more and stronger Martial Artists to emerge."
"But because we neglected the Martial Way in the past, suddenly promoting it now may not produce ideal results. We can only take it one step at a time."
Wang Ying'an frowned deeply. Jiangnan City's current situation might seem fine, but according to internal information—
In just the first wave of the Beast Tide outbreak, one-third of the world's cities had fallen!
In those fallen cities, there were practically no survivors!
Of course, the cities that fell were mostly small cities with extremely limited defense capability.
The true super metropolises, like Jiangnan City, where heavy forces had been deployed for defense, were still holding firm for now.
But the overall situation remained far from optimistic.
This was especially true for the major cities near the ocean. The sea covered far more area than land, and the number and variety of creatures living within it far surpassed those on land.
That was why the ocean was the truly dangerous place now.
The creatures there mutated even faster!
As a result, those coastal cities had to endure dozens of attacks from oceanic Mutated Monsters every day!
The weapons and ammunition consumed in a single day amounted to astronomical figures!
Furthermore, oceanic Monsters were growing stronger far faster than land Monsters. In the long run, those coastal cities would definitely be abandoned.
They were still holding on now only to relocate the population!
Wang Ying'an, who understood these inside details, knew full well how difficult humanity's situation had become.
As it happened, varying numbers of Martial Artists had emerged throughout the country.
Using weapons made from sufficiently hard materials, they could inflict greater damage on Monsters!
And they were far more efficient!
This caused both the military and the entire country to begin reassessing the traditional Martial Way, once regarded as "dross."
Especially after Yang Yu's sudden emergence today.
Wang Ying'an also sent footage of Yang Yu's battle to the military's highest leadership.
After watching it, they all reached a unanimous decision: "Promote the Martial Way across the entire nation!"
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