City Lord Qin Yueshan's command to slay the demons thundered like a lightning strike across all of Muddy Bay.
He stood on the river with saber in hand, churning waves of blood behind him and the enormous, still-floating corpse of the Bone-Forging Realm Red-Backed Dragon Catfish beneath his feet.
Demon blood slid down the blade, drop by drop.
It dripped into the river, sending out rings of crimson ripples.
At that moment, the martial artists whose resolve had wavered beneath the demon tide felt as though a fire had been rekindled in their chests.
The Dragon-Tiger Guards present, in particular, all began to breathe harder.
The Divine General Legacy!
Those words held an irresistible allure for every young martial artist who had entered the Martial Temple system.
This was no ordinary martial art, but an ancient martial legacy left behind by a Heavenly General.
It was the qualification to pursue higher realms of martial cultivation.
Originally, many Dragon-Tiger Guards had wanted only to survive this demon tide and scoop up some resources.
But things were different now. With a single declaration, Qin Yueshan had turned Muddy Bay into the battlefield for the Dragon-Tiger Vanguard Selection.
Slay demons, climb the rankings, fight for the legacy!
Li Tai stood on a broken section of a ship's railing. At the words "Divine General Legacy," his eyes lit up.
Then he slapped his thigh and burst into laughter.
"Hahahaha!"
"Who would've thought! Who would've thought!"
"Even I, Li Tai, get a chance to fight for the Divine General Legacy!"
His laughter was full of exuberance.
Under the rules of previous years, anyone over twenty could not participate in the Dragon-Tiger Vanguard Selection.
But now that the demon tide had struck, an opportunity had fallen from the heavens, giving Li Tai, who was nearly forty,