They Had to Come Now!

Castorice's gentle kiss and the words "Let's go home" were like the sweetest honey, washing away all the fatigue and bloodshed that Luo Li had accumulated from days of fighting.

He held the soft body in his arms, feeling her unreserved dependence and joy, and felt his chest filled with an emotion called "happiness".

The Seven Deadly Sins, the SSS+ level threat, the chaotic fragments of the future... all of these were thrown to the back of his mind at this moment.

He just wanted to hold his Castorice tightly, to confirm that this tangible warmth was real.

"Castorice..." He lowered his head, his forehead touching hers, his voice hoarse with a suppressed longing.

"When we get back... we..."

His unfinished words were full of implications, Castorice's face instantly turned bright red, even her ears turning an alluring pink.

She didn't flinch, but buried her burning cheeks deeper into the crook of his neck, humming softly, her small hands unconsciously gripping the combat uniform on his back.

This silent consent was like a spark igniting dry tinder.

Luo Li's breath hitched, and the arms around her waist tightened suddenly, almost as if she wanted to meld her into her own body.

He could clearly feel each other's accelerated heartbeats and the sudden, ambiguous, and intense atmosphere in the air.

go home...

Let's go all out...

Those passionate, tender moments, those memories that belonged only to the two of them, churned uncontrollably in his mind.

Just as he was about to lose control and do something even more "outrageous" downstairs in the dormitory building—

Buzz--!!!

A deep, long sound, as if from the depths of the earth or from beyond the heavens, resounded without warning throughout the entire "Ironwall" fortress.

This bugle call was unlike any alarm sounded before.

It possesses a penetrating power that strikes straight to the soul, filled with antiquity, savagery, and a chilling will to destroy.

Almost at the same instant the horn sounded, the [Eyes of the Time Abyss] that Luo Li had just acquired and had not yet fully mastered began to operate uncontrollably.

What the left eye [Tracing Causes] captures are countless chaotic, bloody fragments of the past filled with desperate screams, surging like a tide—the accumulated death and resentment that this fortress has endured for thousands of years.

What the right eye [Peering into Secrets] saw was no longer scattered points of light, but an overwhelming, viscous, suffocating crimson! It was the only, desperate ending formed by the forced contraction and collapse of countless future possibilities—the fortress was breached, mountains of corpses and seas of blood, and the Core Flame of civilization was extinguished in the boundless darkness and bloodlust.

The scale is unprecedented.

Just as he had vaguely sensed—these damned vampires had been lying low for a while, gathering their strength to launch a massive offensive that would tear humanity's defenses apart in one fell swoop.

"Damn it!" Luo Li's pupils shrank sharply, and he abruptly raised his head to look outside the fortress.

The sky, which was originally just a dark red, now looked as if it had been splashed with thick blood, becoming viscous and grotesque.

The thick, Blood-Erosion Clouds surged wildly, as if countless enormous shadows were writhing within them.

At the horizon, a black tide of countless vampires, stretching from heaven to earth, surged toward the "Ironwall" fortress with overwhelming force.

The quantity... is so great that it's impossible to count.

Low-ranking Bloodthirsty Beast swarmed across the land like locusts, while mid- to high-ranking predators, blood knights, and night nobles mingled among them. One could even vaguely sense several terrifying auras belonging to A-rank or even A+ rank, like lighthouses in the darkness, guiding the torrent of destruction.

"Enemy attack--!! High alert! All personnel! To combat positions! Repeat! All personnel! To combat positions!"

The piercing broadcast shattered the brief silence, and the entire fortress, like a startled beast, instantly entered a state of maximum combat readiness.

The energy shield shone with unprecedented brightness, humming as it enveloped the entire fortress.

Countless gun emplacements rose from the bunkers, their muzzles flashing with deadly light as they charged.

Soldiers and superhumans surged out of the various passages like a tide, rushing to their respective defensive positions. Shouts, footsteps, and the clash of weapons filled the air, a chaotic yet resolute determination to fight to the death.

"Luo Li!"

Castorice also felt the overwhelming pressure, a hint of fear flashed in her purple eyes, and she subconsciously gripped his arm tightly.

Luo Li took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the raging anger and killing intent surging within her like a tsunami.

He cupped Castorice's face in his hands and pressed a forceful kiss onto her cool lips. The kiss was brief, but his gaze became sharper and more resolute than ever before.

"Castorice, go back to the dorm, activate all defenses, and wait for me!"

His voice was unquestionable.

"Don't come out! Unless I come to get you myself!"

Looking into his eyes, which seemed to burn with silver flames, Castorice sensed the undeniable resolve within them. She knew this was not the time to be willful.

She nodded vigorously, her purple eyes filled with worry, but without any hesitation. "You... be careful."

Luo Li gave her one last deep look, as if trying to etch her image into his soul, then suddenly turned around and rushed towards the Zone C dormitory like an arrow released from a bow.

His speed was extreme; he used [Space Folding] almost continuously, leaving afterimages in the crowded and chaotic flow of people.

The anger in his heart burned like lava in his internal organs.

You absolutely have to come now!

Just as he submitted his rotation application, just as he made a promise with Castorice to go home, just as he was beginning to grasp the possibility of ordinary happiness.

These damn monsters!

They were determined to drag his hard-won hope back into this boundless sea of blood and war.

He rushed back to the dormitory in Zone C, where Kong Yan'er, Qingqiu Ze, and Yang Shan were already fully armed and waiting with solemn expressions.

"Li Zi! Something's wrong! This time it's on a much larger scale!" Kong Yan'er's face was devoid of its usual playful smile, replaced only by a cold, murderous glint.

"Family members! The moment to witness history has arrived! This may be my last live stream in Qingqiu Ze..."

Qingqiu Ze spoke into the device, his voice trembling, yet he still didn't turn off the live stream.

Yang Shan patted Luo Li's shoulder heavily, his eyes resolute. "Brother, let's go side by side!"

"Walk!"

Luo Li let out a low growl, grabbed the Bloodblade Enma, and rushed out of the dormitory first.

Following the pre-arranged plan, the squad charged toward the third section of the city wall defense zone assigned to them.

When they stepped onto the towering, war-scarred city walls, the sight before them made even the battle-hardened Kong Yan'er gasp in shock.

A truly boundless black tide.

From the foot of the city wall, it stretches to the horizon, merging with the thick, blood-red sky.

The roars of Bloodthirsty Beast, the shrieks of predators, and the mental pressure emanating from high-ranking vampires blended into a symphony of destruction, assaulting everyone's eardrums and nerves!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The fortress's energy cannon fired first, and the thick beam of light fell into the vampire horde like divine punishment, instantly clearing out a large area. But more vampires immediately filled the gap, seemingly endless.

The battle instantly intensified.

The area where Luo Li's team was located was soon hit by a tidal wave of attacks.

Kong Yan'er's Clone and main body crisscrossed the city walls, and the energy blades condensed by [Trickster Hands] were like invitations from the Death God, precisely reaping the vampires that tried to climb up.

Qingqiu Ze stood in the relatively safe rear, his sound waves acting like an invisible wall, shaking swarms of low-level vampires off the city walls or interfering with the movements of mid-level vampires.

Yang Shan stood at the forefront, his heavy shield as solid as a rock, blocking the incoming bone spikes, venom, and energy attacks.

Luo Li, on the other hand, became the most active killing storm on this section of the city wall.

Bloodblade Enma transformed into a dark red whirlwind of death in his hand.

[Time Retardation] made the attacking vampire's movements seem to slow down, allowing him to easily cut them down.

[Space Folding] allows him to appear like a ghost in any corner where support is needed; with a flash of blade, a vampire will surely be beheaded.

His eyes, the [Eyes of the Time Abyss], were working frantically!

The left eye, [Tracing Causes], continuously analyzes the vampire's attack patterns and energy flow, searching for the most effective path to kill it!

His right eye, [Peering into Secrets], detects potential fatal attacks within the next few seconds, allowing him to narrowly avoid or intercept them in advance!

He was like a tireless killing machine—efficient, precise, and ruthless.

However, the power of an individual appears so insignificant in the face of a war of this scale.

There are just too many vampires.

Kill one, and ten more swarm up! Kill ten, and a hundred swarm up!

The city wall's energy shield fluctuated violently under the intense attack, its light dimming at a visible speed.

Soldiers and superhumans were constantly being dragged off the city walls by the vampires who had breached the defenses, screaming in agony as they were devoured in an instant.

The smell of blood was so strong it was nauseating.

"This can't go on! The shields are about to give way!"

Yang Shan, bracing himself against the shield, had arms that trembled slightly from enduring too many attacks.

"Damn it! Did all these bastards come out in full force?!"

Kong Yan'er wiped the blood splattered on her face, her breathing somewhat disordered.

Qingqiu Ze's sonic attack frequency also began to decrease, and his face turned pale.

Luo Li cleaved a B-rank predator that was trying to ambush Yang Shan in two with a single slash. His gaze swept over the seemingly endless black tide below the city wall, and then he looked up at the direction of the central command tower of the fortress.

He could "see" that the command tower was under several times the pressure they were under, with at least three A+ level auras frantically assaulting the defenses there.

Commander-in-Chief Chen Zihan... is probably also entangled!

Is it... really impossible to hold on?

No!

No way!!!

An extreme Wrath, a mixture of obsessive protectiveness and destructive desire, erupted from the deepest recesses of his heart like a volcano suppressed for millennia.

"Ah--!!!"

He looked up and let out a roar like a wounded beast!

The [Spacetime] Path power within his body was circulating wildly at an unprecedented speed, surging and roaring.

The Bloodblade Enma in his hand seemed to sense its master's anger, emitting an excited buzzing sound, and the dark red blood light on the blade surged, almost becoming tangible.

Centered on Luo Li, the space within a radius of tens of meters suddenly became distorted and blurred.

Time seemed to have been paused, or perhaps accelerated to its extreme.

The vampire lunging at him froze in mid-air, like a flying insect trapped in amber.

The incoming energy attacks slowed down significantly upon entering this area, and their trajectories became clearly visible.

His own speed, however, seemed to be blessed with divine speed, so fast that he was only a faint shadow!

[Ding! Host's emotional threshold has been exceeded, significantly enhancing understanding of the nature of "Spacetime"!]

[Congratulations, host, on mastering the advanced application of the "Spacetime" Path— "Spacetime Domain"!]

The system notification sound seemed to come from a distant heaven.

But Luo Li had no time to care about that.

He hovered in the center of the domain, his eyes turning completely into a burning silver-white.

He slowly raised his hand and gently clenched it towards the dense, frozen-frame-like horde of vampires before him.

"Broken."

Click--!!!

Like the crisp sound of shattering glass, the sound spread outwards in a fan-shaped area from him.

Within the area, all vampires affected by the "Spacetime Domain," whether they are D-rank Bloodthirsty Beast or B-rank predators, have their bodies instantly cut, twisted, and disintegrated as if by an invisible force.

There was no blood splattering, no screams.

They simply vanished silently, turning into the finest specks of dust in space, completely annihilated.

One strike!

All vampires within a 50-meter radius were cleared out.

A brief vacuum appeared on the city wall.

Kong Yan'er, Qingqiu Ze, Yang Shan, and all the nearby guards stared in disbelief at this scene, as if they had witnessed a miracle.

Luo Li slowly lowered his hand, hovering in mid-air. His silver-white pupils coldly swept over the still boundless black tide below, as well as the terrifying beings in the distance that exuded A+ grade aura.

Bloodblade Enma pointed towards the outside of the city, its tip locked in from afar.

His voice, cold and devoid of any human emotion, resounded like thunder across the battlefield:

This road is blocked.