# Chapter 1052: The Moment of Universal Attention! (Bonus Chapter)
After ten intercontinental ballistic missiles bombarded the area, the two platinum-level spirit ruins finally quieted down considerably!
The spirit beasts weren't stupid either!
With such massive casualties—every single one that charged forward had been blown to bits—they grew afraid and weren't so eager to rush out anymore!
At this moment, Jiangnan seized the opportunity to lead his people in clearing out the beast horde that had surged outside the spirit ruins!
The citizens in the shelter all looked invigorated, unable to hold back their cheers!
They had really weathered this through, Southern God was awesome!
And at this moment, not only was the battle in Qing City fierce, but the other attacked cities weren't faring much better either!
Ling City, Qing Province, Eastern District!
A space gate opened wide, and tens of thousands of spirit beasts charged out as if possessed!
The Dragon Abyss defensive line had already been torn apart, and they were now doing their utmost to kill the spirit beasts!
But too many spirit beasts were pouring out, and the evacuation of the Eastern District was far from complete!
A Dragon Abyss squad leader, covered in blood, could only watch helplessly as the beast horde rushed toward the city center!
The sounds of beast roars and mournful cries echoed in his ears as he watched his comrades fall one by one, fighting desperately to the death!
His eyes were filled with despair and powerlessness!
I'm sorry...
We really did our best, gave it everything!
We couldn't hold the line, I'm sorry!
A crocodile beast opened its massive jaws and lunged at him ferociously!
A flash of determination shone in the squad leader's eyes!
No! I can't give up! Let me take one more with me!
Just then!
A blinding bolt of lightning descended from the sky, carrying with it overwhelming fury!
"Heaven's Punishment!"
"Boom!"
In an instant, the entire Eastern District was engulfed in blazing, dazzling lightning!
The thunderbolt struck the ground with force, electric currents rampaging, carbonizing all the spirit beasts that had rushed outside!
After one thunderous roar, the lightning dissipated!
Ten thousand beasts lay dead, leaving only the blood-soaked Dragon Abyss soldiers standing in place!
Wang Dalei stood there, brilliant lightning swirling around him, his Dao Heaven rank pressure blooming like an enraged dragon!
"Brothers! You've worked hard!"
Tears welled up in the squad leader's eyes. The claw wound on his chest, so deep the bone was visible, didn't even make him frown!
But the moment he saw Wang Dalei, he wept!
His hoarse voice roared out, "Mission accomplished!"
Wang Dalei nodded heavily, then leaped into that platinum-level spirit ruin. A deafening sound came from within!
Blood began to gush out of the space gate like a waterfall—all beast blood. Truly, blood flowed so thick it could float oars!
The people of Ling City raised their hands in cheers!
"It's Lei Daotian! He came to save us? So strong! He's too strong!"
"He charged in alone? My god!"
"T-this... I saw Lei Daotian in Tuo City just before! He massacred his way through the four spirit ruins there!"
"Then he rushed over here without stopping? So fierce!"
As time passed, the rumbling never ceased!
After Wang Dalei went in, not a single spirit beast came out again!
Not long after, another space gate tore open in the Western District, over thirty thousand meters away!
Before the Dragon Abyss soldiers could even catch their breath, they had to get up and rush over there!
But at the space gate, Wang Dalei, covered in blood and radiating murderous intent, stepped out. He wiped the blood off his face and spat out a bloody froth laced with lightning!
"You all rest. I've got this here!"
Then he charged toward the next spirit ruin that had just opened!
...
Le City, a towering tree a hundred meters tall grew on the street!
It was constantly absorbing spiritual energy. Countless vines extended from its trunk, connecting to a giant spirit wood golem a hundred meters tall!
This big fellow stood at the entrance of a spirit ruin space gate, its six arms pounding down like chopping dumpling filling, crushing every spirit beast that rushed out into meat patties. Meanwhile, another space gate was tightly sealed by wooden vines!
Rumbling sounds came from within!
Not long after, the vines opened, and Chen Daoyi walked out, his face pale. He grabbed a piece of durian pulp and stuffed it into his mouth!
His old face flushed from the strain, and then he spat it all out!
(Ugh～ Ugh wa～ Damn it, I'm exhausted!)
Ning City, Guan Tai stood at the center of three space gates!
Transformed into an eighty-meter golden lion, the spirit beasts charging out of the three space gates went nowhere else. They crazily swarmed Guan Tai!
Guan Tai was now covered in blood, his eyes bloodshot from killing. Beneath his feet was a mountain of beast corpses!
He had long since put on his Hat of Forgiveness!
The Dragon Abyss soldiers on the periphery cooperated with Guan Tai in madly killing spirit beasts!
Huang City, a full six spirit ruins!
Shanmao and Liu Mang had also used their Hats of Forgiveness. Now they were overwhelmed by ten thousand beasts, fighting with extreme difficulty!
Zhang San gripped two daggers, madly weaving through the beast horde, reaping lives!
But seeing Liu Mang and the others being crushed so badly they could barely breathe, he was frantic with worry!
He had to share the pressure for them!
Picking up a Hat of Forgiveness, he was about to put it on his head!
Li Si said urgently, "Third Brother! Don't wear it! If you do, even if you die, no one will remember you!"
Zhang San's expression froze for a moment, then his gaze turned ruthless as he placed the Hat of Forgiveness on his head!
"I, Zhang San, am fighting desperately here today not for others to remember me. My mission is upon me, and I cannot retreat half a step!"
"Let me also be the center of universal attention for once! Even if I die and no one remembers, you and Southern God will still think of me!"
"That's enough! I'm always ignored, but this time, I don't want to be!"
As he spoke, he took off the hat and pulled out the green grass on top of his head!
In an instant, Zhang San's passive skill was suppressed. Countless spirit beasts, their eyes red, turned to gaze at Zhang San!
Every hair on Zhang San's body stood on end, his eyes full of madness!
"So this is what it feels like to be noticed? Good! Very good! Haha!"
"Beasts! Today, Third Brother wants to see if you can really take my life!"
With that, he leaped into the beast horde, daggers striking wildly, once again becoming the sugar cube among the ants!
Li Si's eyes reddened: "Third Brother, rest assured! I won't forget! Not even in death!"
Behind him, Li Bing fluttered her angel wings, a pure white light radiating from her body!
"Angel's Blessing! Gift of the Life Goddess! Holy Spring of Revival!"
Beams of light landed precisely on Shanmao and the others, restoring them as much as possible. But in the blink of an eye, they were covered in wounds again!
Li Bing's eyes were bloodshot, filled with determination: "If I let even one of you die today, then I, Ice God, might as well die too! Hold on!"
"Reinforcements will arrive soon!"
...
At this moment, over the Western Frontier, many spirit ruins had also bloomed. One could even see beast hordes roaming the highways!
In the Dick No Man's Land, blooming spirit ruin space gates could be seen everywhere!
At the 001st Forward Headquarters Base, as far as the eye could see, a dark tide of beasts covered the mountains and fields!
Fortunately, the Dragon Abyss and Dark Night soldiers from various outposts had withdrawn to the main base in time!
Zi Yuan was currently directing the warriors to fight the beast tide, holding the main base at all costs!
Artillery fire poured from the walls, and spirit-binding weapons became the trump card against the beast tide at this moment!
Though the situation was critical, they could still hold!
At this moment, the 001st Forward Base was like a single spark in the endless dark night—dim, yet always emitting a faint light!
...
The Dick No Man's Land was in chaos. The surging spirit beasts fought each other over territory, locked in fierce battles!
Some of the abandoned outposts had even become battlegrounds for the spirit beasts!
And a fat orange cat was darting deep into the uninhabited area at an astonishing speed!
Its large eyes were full of worry!
How has it become so chaotic? What will the future be like? I hope my friends are okay!
At the location of Green Vine and Mother Vine, the two vines had no time to fight each other anymore!
They were both slaughtering spirit beasts and madly sucking blood!
Green Vine was even so anxious that it plunged its vine roots into the spirit ruin to kill spirit beasts!
To it, these were all delicious delicacies!
The thirty thousand Dragon Abyss and Dark Night soldiers were dumbfounded. Coordinate? Green Vine didn't even give them a chance to act!
They were directly trapped within the Sky Congealing Force Field!
But being next to Green Vine was also the safest!
At this moment, Igor, dressed in a white robe, walked calmly through the Dick No Man's Land, which was rampant with spirit beasts!
Yet no spirit beast dared to approach him; they all went around!
As the number of spirit ruins surged in the Western Frontier, countless spiritual energies gushed out from the space gates!
At this moment, the spiritual energy in the Western Frontier had reached a terrifying level of density!
Igor was extremely satisfied with this situation, so he began browsing the international news!
"Tsk tsk tsk～ The spirit ruins are blooming quite nicely everywhere. Plenty of people have died, huh? Hmm? What's going on with Huaxia?"
Igor frowned deeply!
It seemed that Huaxia had known about the spirit ruin outbreak in advance and had started deploying defenses over two hours early?
As a result, the spirit ruins that bloomed in those cities were all held back, and not many people died!
"What's going on? The plan shouldn't have leaked. How did Huaxia find out?"
Though it was only a little over two hours in advance, the outcome was vastly different!
They had directly abandoned guarding the frontier and focused all their strength on fighting the beast tide in the cities?
"Though not many people died, the objective was achieved. That's acceptable!"
As he walked, Igor's frown deepened!
Why was there not a single space-type spirit beast outside?
If the spirit beasts from the Void Sea had come out, Huaxia would never have defended so easily!
"What's going on!"
The entrance to the Void Sea was now wide open!
Li Mingshan stood there alone, hands behind his back. All around him were beast corpses. No spirit beast dared to approach him!
At the space gate to the Void Sea, a severing barrier stood there!
Blocking all the space-type spirit beasts that wanted to get out!
The Void Great White Goose and the Soaring Parrot were grinding their teeth nonstop!
The Void-Drifting Dragon Loach stared fixedly at Li Mingshan, murderous intent overflowing!
"Old bastard! What do you mean? Blocking my door again?"
Li Mingshan squinted: "Nothing much!"
Just then, Igor suddenly emerged from the void, his eyes icy cold, his gaze full of killing intent!
"'Nothing much'? What does that mean?"
"I was wondering how Huaxia managed to deploy defenses in advance. You tipped them off, didn't you?"
"Didn't I tell you not to meddle in other people's business? What do you mean by blocking the gate here? Have you lived long enough?"
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