Setting Up the Formation, Clearing the Sea Monsters

Thirty thousand meters beneath the sea, in a deep trench on the ocean floor, the headless Golden Horned Beast lay quietly coiled in the darkness.

Li Qingxu flicked his sleeve, casting the corpse of Luo Feng beside the Golden Horned Beast.

Strange golden patterns, dancing like dragons and snakes, spread out from beneath his feet, gradually coalescing into an array.

He had altered the course of events; to prevent anyone from secretly hunting for the corpse of the Golden Horned Beast, he simply used the Origin Heaven Divine Technique Array to conceal and seal this location.

To the naked eye, the area appeared empty, as if nothing existed there at all.

Should anyone attack this location, the Origin Heaven Divine Technique Array would automatically activate, shifting the Golden Horned Beast and Luo Feng's corpse to a seabed ten thousand meters away.

Only when the array sensed that the threat had passed would it rotate and teleport them back to their original position.

Unless someone else was also proficient in the Origin God, they would never detect the anomaly.

Inside the conference hall at the apex of the War God Palace, the two phantom images representing life signs on the screen vanished completely.

Only a single signature remained in that location, and it was rapidly moving away.

"Those two signatures have completely dissipated!"

"We won! Humanity has won!"

Many people in the hall cheered with joy.

After all, in the face of that Devourer Beast, human military bases were like mere food; if they could not kill it, humanity would ultimately face extinction.

"Luo Feng and the Devourer Beast perished together."

Yet, some others sighed with heavy expressions.

Especially Hong, the Dojo Master of the Limit Dojo.

As the former strongest individual on Earth, he could only watch helplessly as Luo Feng, who was far younger than him, traded his life for the beast's, while he himself had achieved nothing.

Feelings of self-reproach, loss, and unwillingness welled up within his heart.

"Wait, look!"

Following an exclamation, the scene on the large screen shifted to a stretch of the Pacific Ocean, where a monster as massive as an island suddenly broke the surface.

Its head, as large as a small mountain, was blasted apart by a suddenly appearing golden fist, and beast blood erupted like a waterfall.

"It's that Octopus Beast Emperor! Councilor Li has slain the Octopus Beast Emperor as well."

"Could this Councilor Li be taking revenge for Luo Feng's death?"

Watching the fleeting figure of Li Qingxu on the screen, some could not help but speculate.

"Everyone, go and kill the monsters, especially the King-level ones. Not a single one is to be spared."

"If any of you dare to play tricks and hold back, I guarantee you will meet the same end as the monsters."

Hong's cold voice echoed through the hall, his eyes, filled with killing intent, sweeping over every councilor present.

Before the Great Nirvana, he had been an assassin, and now, following the battle with the Devourer Beast and the fall of Luo Feng, his killing intent had reached its peak.

Had he not been concerned that killing certain councilors would be detrimental to humanity, he would have long since dealt with those who acted in the shadows.

Now, Hong was giving those people a chance; if they fought desperately to hunt the monsters, he would let bygones be bygones.

But if they dared to slack off even slightly or fail to give their all, then they would have no reason to continue living.

"Hong's intent is my intent as well."

Thor stood beside Hong, his icy gaze likewise sweeping across the other councilors in the hall.

"Understood, First Councilor, Second Councilor."

In an instant, everyone in the conference hall lowered their heads and replied.

"Go!"

At Hong's command, everyone exited the War God Palace.

January 14th was destined to be a day of madness.

Across the five continents inhabited by humanity, countless sea monsters were advancing along the riverways; because of the distance, most had not yet reached the base cities.

However, the King-level monsters had already begun peak-level duels with the councilor-level powerhouses, and every nation and base city had simultaneously initiated nationwide broadcasts.

Every battle held the attention of countless people.

The collective concern of the entire global population generated an intangible aura.

Perhaps because they were performing before all of humanity, or perhaps because of Hong's words in the War God Palace, every councilor-level powerhouse was fighting the King-level monsters with their lives on the line.

Weak against weak, strong against strong; the councilors were clearly divided in their duties.

War is always bloody.

Among the King-level monsters, there were strong and weak ones; the weak were comparable to Planetary Level 1, while the strong were comparable to Planetary Level 3 or 4.

The only advantage human Planetary Level powerhouses possess is the Black God Set, which results in a lower mortality rate for them compared to King-level monsters.

Yet, no matter how low that rate may be, Councilor-level powerhouses still fall.

After all, monsters possess one greatest advantage: sheer numbers.

There are far more King-level monsters on land than there are human Councilor-level powerhouses.

And the number of King-level monsters in the seas is even more staggering.

Although there are nearly ninety human Councilor-level powerhouses, in this single day alone, nearly a thousand King-level monsters have flown out from the oceans.

And this is only a fraction of them.

Two Councilors, perhaps seeing the global live broadcast, decided to specifically hunt down King-level monsters weaker than themselves.

After these two joined forces to kill five or six King-level monsters without sustaining a single injury, they were suddenly pierced through the body by a black beam of light and died on the spot.

Hong, dressed in black and wielding a long spear, appeared abruptly above their corpses.

People watching the live broadcast across the globe were baffled as to why Hong, the world's strongest, would take the initiative to kill humans, especially since those two had also slain several monsters.

But Hong offered no explanation, his figure once again transforming into a beam of light as he charged into a swarm of dozens of King-level monsters.

This peak confrontation between the human and monster races also brought many mysterious human powerhouses to the attention of countless people worldwide.

The most dazzling among them was a young man in white robes with black hair flowing in the wind.

He was none other than Li Qingxu, a Councilor-level powerhouse from the Limit Dojo.

At this moment, above the East Sea near the Huaxia Nation.

Li Qingxu unleashed the Battle Saint Method, forming the Mountain and River Seal with his hands.

A massive mountain manifested above his head, covered in ancient forests, birds and beasts, and cascading silver waterfalls.

The momentum was immense, as if a real, towering mountain stood high in the sky, majestic and grand, with birds and beasts running and great rivers surging.

Looking down at the nearly one hundred King-level monsters and the countless low-level sea monsters below, he held the Mountain and River Seal and struck directly downward.

"BOOM!"

The world turned upside down; a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering roar rumbled across this stretch of the sea.

The extremely intense energy shockwave reached out to a range of nearly a hundred kilometers.

Every monster within this radius was instantly vaporized.

The very surface of the sea was even split apart by this terrifying energy, momentarily forming a massive entrance to the seabed.

"My god, is this the strength of Councilor Li!"

"Is that mountain that suddenly appeared something a human can manifest?"

Surrounding this sea area, other Councilor-level powerhouses of the Huaxia Nation were also locked in battle with the King-level sea monsters.

But when they saw the commotion in the distance, they were all stunned.

They hadn't been able to fully grasp how strong Councilor Li was through the images in the conference hall.

Only now, experiencing it firsthand, did they truly understand how terrifying Councilor Li was.

Li Qingxu remained silent, driving the Battle Saint Method as the Mountain and River Seal appeared once more.

His figure, moving as if by teleportation, appeared above another dense cluster of sea monsters.

"HUM!"

The towering mountain seemed to tear through time and space, rushing forth from the ancient past to suppress the sea below.