Martial Arts Promotion

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 of a distance where the Octopus Monster could neither escape nor hit him.

The people watching the battle through the cameras finally let go of their worries.

At first, seeing Yang Yu do nothing but dodge had left them deeply concerned.

But later, everyone gradually realized that he was using his opponent to hone his footwork and combat techniques.

Sure enough.

After Yang Yu found a gap in the Octopus Monster's defenses, he darted in at high speed and slashed again!

Another tentacle immediately fell to the ground!

"Awooo!!!"

With only four tentacles remaining, the Octopus Monster had completely lost any will to fight back. It desperately flailed its tentacles as it fled toward the river channel.

Faced with the Octopus Monster, which had completely lost its fighting spirit,

Yang Yu's gaze turned cold as he prepared to finish it for good.

He unleashed the Soaring Dragon Footwork, and his legs fully erupted with the Force Application Technique.

Yang Yu's speed soared to the limit, and he caught up to the Octopus Monster in an instant.

Borrowing the momentum of his extreme 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 enveloping 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 all desire to attack and fled in every direction.

Yang Yu picked out several Beast General Level monsters whose strength was fairly decent and killed them with swift strokes of his blade. He then ignored the retreating Beast Tide.

Only moments later,

the battlefield, which had just echoed with deafening sounds of slaughter, fell silent once more.

"Phew... Watching Brother Yu fight is always so thrilling and nerve-racking."

Only after Yang Yu had thoroughly killed the Octopus Monster did Wang Lin finally gasp for breath.

Grandpa Yang and Wang Fei, who had watched the battle with him, were the same.

"Elder Yang, you truly raised an outstanding talent!" Wang Fei said enviously. "With Xiao Yu here, perhaps Jiangnan City really won't need to be evacuated!"

As someone with inseparable ties to the High Level leaders of Huaxia's military, Wang Fei had learned quite a few insider details in advance.

Among them was a 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.

The best outcome was naturally to hold Jiangnan City as they were doing now.

After all, once a city was breached by monsters, far too few people within it 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 fled back, Yang Yu dialed 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, which had completely lost its Life Aura.

As a marine Mutated Creature, there were actually not many materials on its body that humans could make use of. Its skin's Defense Capability was even only comparable to that of the Rat King at the Primary Beast General Level, though it was stronger in terms of strength and agility.

Still, it was better than nothing. Its hide could be made into quite a few Special Grade Combat Suits.

The blue blood inside its body might also possess considerable research value.

Raising his sharp War Blade, Yang Yu circulated his surging power and quickly skinned the Octopus Monster, then handed its hide to the soldiers beside him.

By then, the Logistics Troops that had arrived 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 finished 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 that Octopus Monster. Otherwise, the price we paid could have been exceptionally severe."

Ordinary thermal weapons were already useless against a Senior War General-level monster. They could only deploy specially made high-yield missiles or nuclear weapons!

But strategic weapons like nuclear weapons could not be used unless humanity truly stood at the brink of life and death.

They might be able to wipe out a Beast Tide in one go, but the radiation they left behind would bring endless harm.

Being able to send out Martial Artists to resolve the threat was naturally the best option.

"It was simply my duty, Chief. There's no need to be 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 isn't anything particularly special. I simply want to suggest that the Chief encourage the Civilians to start practicing martial arts!"

Yang Yu said solemnly, "After these battles, I believe all Civilians have come to understand the monsters' brutality and destructive power. They also no longer place as much hope in so-called thermal weapons as they once did. This is the perfect time to promote the Martial Way. Only when everyone becomes stronger will we have a chance to stop the monsters and protect our homes."

Wang Ying'an and the others around him all nodded after hearing this. "Yes, the military is considering this matter as well. Little Yang, your suggestion aligns perfectly with ours."

After inviting everyone to sit, Wang Ying'an continued:

"Thermal weapons that were once invincible can no longer bear such a burden. When faced with truly formidable monsters, we still need Martial Artists like you, Little Yang, to deal with them. Moreover, monsters mutate and evolve far faster than humans do, while our technological progress cannot keep pace. If this continues, humanity's situation will be dire! We truly need more and stronger Martial Artists to emerge."

"But because we never valued 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 might appear to be doing well at present, but according to internal reports,

one-third of the world's cities had already fallen in just the first wave of the Beast Tide outbreak!

There were almost no survivors in the fallen cities!

Of course, the cities that had fallen 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 grim.

This was especially true for major cities close to the ocean. The ocean's area vastly exceeded that of the 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 assaults by mutated marine monsters every day!

The weapons and ammunition consumed in a single day were astronomical!

Furthermore, marine monsters grew stronger far faster than land monsters. In the long run, those coastal cities would inevitably be abandoned.

They were still holding out now only to relocate the population!

Wang Ying'an, who understood this insider information, knew full well how difficult humanity's circumstances were.

It just so happened that varying numbers of Martial Artists had now emerged across the country.

When wielding weapons made from sufficiently hard materials, they could inflict greater damage on monsters!

And they were more efficient!

This had also led the military and the entire nation to reexamine the traditional Martial Way, once regarded as "dross."

Especially after Yang Yu's sudden emergence today.

Wang Ying'an had also sent footage of Yang Yu's battle to the military's highest command.

After watching it, they all reached a unanimous decision: "Promote the Martial Way across the entire nation!"