Lin Yuan Takes Action!

Fire!

With the commander's roar.

The entire Shu Capital Defense Line went completely berserk.

Boom boom boom boom boom—

Thousands of heavy artillery cannons unleashed flames of destruction in the same millisecond.

The deafening thunder of cannon fire even drowned out the roars of 150,000 Ferocious Beasts.

Countless shells trailing orange-red flames, like a dense meteor shower, crashed viciously into the dark mass of the Beast Tide ahead.

At that earth-shaking moment, when ten thousand cannons fired at once.

An incredibly abrupt sight appeared in the livestream watched by more than a billion pairs of eyes across the internet.

A figure moved.

It was Lin Yuan!

Bang!

The ground beneath Lin Yuan's feet instantly exploded into a cracked crater two meters wide.

Using that terrifying recoil, he transformed directly into a streak of black lightning and charged toward the 150,000-strong Beast Tide!

This scene utterly stunned the viewers in the livestream.

"Holy shit! What is Colonel Lin doing?"

"He charged in! The shells haven't even landed yet!"

"Come back! You'll get caught in friendly fire!"

"He's gone mad! One person charging into 150,000 Ferocious Beasts? Is he trying to die?"

The comments flooded the screen wildly.

Even ordinary people who had great faith in martial artists felt that Lin Yuan's actions were no different from courting death.

Those were 150,000 bloodthirsty Ferocious Beasts!

And artillery shells filled the sky!

Yet.

What happened next directly overturned all of humanity's understanding of physics.

Rumble—

The first wave of shells exploded before the Beast Tide.

Flames soared into the sky as dirt, severed limbs, and mangled flesh flew everywhere.

Terrifying shockwaves mixed with lethal shrapnel swept through the area like a storm of steel.

Lin Yuan's figure was instantly swallowed by smoke from the bombardment.

"It's over..."

Someone typed despairingly.

But the next second.

Buzz—

An incomparably violent invisible blast erupted from the smoke.

Lin Yuan rushed out completely unharmed!

The True Qi of a Third-Tier Martial Artist had long formed a shield over his body.

The shrapnel that could tear armored vehicles apart only sent ripples across the True Qi shield before falling helplessly to the ground.

With artillery fire raining down from above, he crashed headlong into the front ranks of the Beast Tide!

Die!

A low growl rolled from Lin Yuan's throat.

Surging True Qi flowed through his arms and poured into the 860-pound spear.

Overlord Spear—Army-Sweeping Strike!

Wrapped in True Qi, the dark alloy spear erupted with a dazzlingly cold radiance.

The air was instantly blasted apart, producing a piercing sonic boom.

Pfft pfft pfft pfft pfft—!

The spear swept through.

Not a single First-Order Ferocious Beast could withstand it in the slightest.

More than a dozen Mutant Wild Boars, each as large as a water buffalo, did not even have time to scream before the terrifying force smashed them in half at the waist!

The sounds of shattering bones mixed with the dull bursts of rupturing organs, sending chills down everyone's spine.

The stinking beast blood shot into the sky like fountains, raining down in a torrential shower of blood.

Lin Yuan did not pause.

With a sharp flick of his wrist, the spear turned into countless afterimages.

Overlord Spear—Pear Blossoms in a Storm!

Within a radius of ten meters, countless deadly spear blossoms seemed to bloom in the air.

Mutant Dire Wolves and Mutant Lynxes were shredded into blurred masses of flesh and blood while still in midair.

In just one exchange.

Lin Yuan cleared out an absolute vacuum zone twenty meters across amid the densely packed Beast Tide!

At that moment.

The 150,000-strong Beast Tide strangely paused for an instant.

An intensely human-like fear flashed through countless scarlet beast eyes.

Though they had mutated into Ferocious Beasts that knew only slaughter.

Their instinct to seek benefit and avoid danger still remained.

The human before them made them tremble from the depths of their souls.

In the livestream.

The once despairing stream of comments froze for a full three seconds.

Then.

It erupted in a frenzy like a volcanic explosion.

"Good heavens! What did I just see?!"

"Is that even human? He smashed more than a dozen Mutant Wild Boars apart with one strike?!"

"A Third-Tier Martial Artist! This is what a Third-Tier Martial Artist is!"

"One person intimidated 150,000 Ferocious Beasts? This is insane!"

"This is beyond hype! Colonel Lin is awesome! Dragon Country martial artists are awesome!"

The entire nation erupted.

Across all of Dragon Country.

Whether elderly people sitting before televisions or young people clutching their phones, everyone was flushed with excitement.

Such power completely shattered their understanding of strength.

At the instant the Beast Tide stalled.

Far in the distance behind it.

The ten-meter-tall Ironclad Mad Ape seemed to sense the abnormality ahead.

Brutal fury ignited in its golden vertical pupils.

As the absolute overlord of this region, a Peak Second-Order Stage Ferocious Beast.

It would never allow itself to feel fear.

Roar—

The Ironclad Mad Ape pounded its chest with both fists and released an earth-shaking roar.

The sound waves became tangible, snapping several towering trees beside it in half.

That roar was filled with unquestionable command and pressure.

The next moment.

The Beast Tide, which had been frozen in place, fell into madness once more under that pressure.

The fear in their eyes was completely replaced by bloodthirsty frenzy.

Roar roar roar!

Ferocious Beasts covering the mountains and plains trampled over their companions' corpses and charged at Lin Yuan again.

"Good!"

Lin Yuan laughed wildly, without the slightest fear in his eyes.

His gaze crossed over the heads of countless Ferocious Beasts and locked firmly onto the Ironclad Mad Ape in the rear.

To capture bandits, capture their leader first.

As long as he killed that Peak Second-Order Stage monkey.

The 150,000-strong Beast Tide would be leaderless and crumble into disarray!

Kill!

Lin Yuan raised his spear and fought again.

Rather than retreating, he took the initiative and charged toward the Ironclad Mad Ape.

Wandering Dragon Step was pushed to its limit.

Lin Yuan's movements became strange and unpredictable.

The claws of the Ferocious Beasts swept past his afterimages, unable to even touch the corner of his clothes.

Yet the Overlord Spear in his hand became the most terrifying harvesting machine.

Wherever it passed.

Severed limbs flew, and flesh was crushed into pulp.

Just then.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

The rhythm of the earth's tremors suddenly changed.

Three enormous shadows lunged toward Lin Yuan from three different directions.

They were three Second-Tier Ferocious Beasts hidden among the ordinary beast packs!

One was a Mutant Giant Python over eight meters long, its entire body covered in hard black scales.

One was a Mutant Golden Leopard standing three meters at the shoulder, so fast that it appeared only as a streak of golden lightning.

The last was a Mutant Wild Ox covered in bone spikes, its pair of horns like two enormous scimitars.

They had been lying in wait all along.

They were waiting for the instant when Lin Yuan's old strength had faded and his new strength had yet to arise.

"Colonel Lin, be careful!"

Countless people screamed in terror in the livestream.

Those were Second-Tier Ferocious Beasts!

At the Changbai Mountain Defense Line, four Second-Tier Martial Artists had to join forces just to barely hold back a few Second-Tier Ferocious Beasts.

But now, Lin Yuan had to face a surprise attack from three at once!

Faced with this sudden killing blow.

Lin Yuan's expression did not ripple in the slightest.

"Courting death."

The terrifying explosive power of the Third-Tier Bone Tempering Realm was fully displayed at that moment.

The Mutant Golden Leopard, the fastest of the three, had already opened its bloody jaws and bitten toward Lin Yuan's neck.

Instead of retreating, Lin Yuan advanced, clenching his left hand into a fist.

Broken Rock Fist!

The immense True Qi within him instantly gathered at his fist, stirring up a visible white surge of air.

Bang!

His fist shot out.

It struck the Golden Leopard squarely beneath the jaw.

Crack—

The crisp sound of splintering bone rang out in every direction.

The head of that Second-Tier Mutant Golden Leopard burst apart instantly like a watermelon struck by an iron hammer!

Instant kill!

Before anyone could react.

The Mutant Giant Python's thick tail lashed toward Lin Yuan's waist like a steel whip.

If that strike landed solidly, even an armored vehicle would be whipped in two.

Lin Yuan slid with Wandering Dragon Step beneath his feet.

At an angle that defied human anatomy, he twisted his body in an eerie motion.

The snake's tail brushed past his abdomen and struck the ground, carving out a deep trench.

At the same time.

Lin Yuan exerted force with his right arm alone.

He wielded the 860-pound spear like a staff and smashed it down viciously from above.

Die!

Boom!

The spear struck precisely at the giant python's vital point.

The giant python's hard black scales were as fragile as paper before the 860-pound heavy weapon.

The snake bones shattered instantly!

The giant python let out a shrill, agonized hiss.

Its massive body rolled and thrashed madly across the ground, but it could no longer pose any threat to Lin Yuan.

At that very instant.

The Mutant Wild Ox's pair of scimitar-like bone horns had already reached Lin Yuan's chest.

They were too close.

He could not dodge.

Lin Yuan simply chose not to.

He planted his feet in a horse stance, and the bones throughout his body crackled like popping beans.

Third-Tier Bone Tempering Realm.

His bones were tougher than the hardest alloy in the world!

He stretched out both hands and actually seized the Mutant Wild Ox's two bone horns.