Chapter 426 Yamata no Orochi
As Cheng Gan's voice fell, the blood and energy of thousands of new students were instantly ignited.
They drew their standard-issue longswords from their waists and pointed them in unison to the sky.
Thousands of sword blades converged, reflecting a dazzling light under the sunlight, and a soaring sword intent condensed in the sky above the martial arts arena.
"For Kunlun!"
"For China!"
"For 1.4 billion compatriots!"
The roaring shouts, like a mountain collapsing and a tsunami crashing, echoed through the valley, making people's eardrums ache.
The foreign students were deeply shocked by what they saw; they had never seen such a disciplined and powerfully disciplined army.
No, this is no longer an army; it is a legion of cultivators with a shared belief.
On the platform, Lu Changfeng looked at the energetic faces below, his beard trembling with excitement.
"Great! Okay!"
He said "good" twice, his eyes getting a little moist.
He seemed to see the grand spectacle of ten thousand years ago, during the heyday of Kunlun, when all the immortals came to pay homage.
Chen Jianguo, watching from the side, was also filled with excitement. He slapped his thigh and said to Sun Jiuchou, "Jiuchou, do you see this? This is the future of our China!"
Sun Jiuchou nodded with a smile, his gaze passing over the disciples and looking towards the distant horizon.
The spiritual energy in the air seemed to have become even stronger.
Not just Kunlun, but the entire world is slowly but steadily changing.
After the hustle and bustle of the opening ceremony, everything returned to normal.
The disciples of Kunlun Academy began their orderly cultivation, and the "Guardian" task force dispatched by China also arrived at their respective destinations one after another, demonstrating China's professionalism and efficiency in handling extraordinary events to the world.
Everything is progressing smoothly toward a bright future.
Base command center.
Chen Jianguo hummed a little tune as he looked at the various data compiled on the big screen.
"The anomaly on the Pakistani side has been stabilized. Our array masters are really effective; they sealed it off directly."
"There's a bit of trouble in Grizzly Bear Country. It's a cluster of resentful energy, but it's not a big problem. The talisman masters have already started purifying it."
"Our international students at Kunlun Academy are very enthusiastic about learning, but their written test scores are abysmal, which makes Elder Lu furious every day."
“Those international students at Yunlan University study Chinese culture every day, otherwise they wouldn’t understand the meaning of the cultivation techniques.”
He was in a great mood, feeling like he had everything under control, which made him walk with a swagger.
Sun Jiuchou sat to the side, slowly wiping his glasses.
Don't get too excited yet.
"This is just the beginning."
Chen Jianguo didn't take it seriously. He waved his hand and said, "Jiu Chou, you're just too cautious. The situation is already settled. Even the US has backed down. What else could happen..."
He hadn't finished speaking.
Inside the command center, a piercing alarm suddenly blared.
Beep—Beep—Beep—!
A red light shimmered on everyone's face.
A technician responsible for monitoring global energy fluctuations suddenly stood up, his face pale.
"Report! An extremely high-intensity energy eruption has been detected in the eastern waters of Japan!"
"What?"
Chen Jianguo's smile froze instantly, and the central window of the holographic screen switched immediately, showing an image from a space-based satellite overlooking Japan.
Beside a coastal city in the land of cherry blossoms, the sea was churning violently like boiling water.
A massive vortex is forming, and at its center lies unfathomable darkness.
"What's going on? Wasn't there only a Level C reaction there before?" Commander Qi strode to the screen, his expression serious.
"Report! The energy at this anomaly point had been within a stable threshold, but just now, within one minute, the energy reading surged by 30,000 times!"
In the video, the vortex is spinning faster and faster.
Sudden.
A gigantic head suddenly emerged from the center of the vortex.
It was a hideous snake head, with a blood-red fleshy crown on top, and vertical pupils the size of lanterns, devoid of any emotion.
The head alone is as big as a small building.
Then, the second, the third, the fourth...
Eight identical snake heads emerged from the seabed, carrying the salty smell of seawater and the nauseating stench of sulfur, and roared silently to the sky.
Their bodies also surfaced, revealing an unimaginably enormous form. Dark green scales covered their entire bodies, and their bellies were a rotting ochre red. Eight giant tails churned the seawater behind them, creating towering waves.
"Yaqi...Orochi?"
Sun Jiuchou adjusted his glasses and pronounced the name, word by word, a name that only existed in the mythology of the land of cherry blossoms.
The command center was deathly silent.
Everyone stared at the world-destroying monster on the screen, feeling a chill run from the soles of their feet to the top of their heads.
"Quick! Switch to the news signal from Japan!" Chen Jianguo shouted.
A small window appeared on the screen, showing a news anchor from Japan shouting excitedly at the camera.
"A miracle! It's a miracle!"
"Our guardian deity, Yamata no Orochi, has awakened!"
"God bless our great cherry blossom nation!"
On the streets, countless citizens of the Sakura Kingdom did not flee; instead, they knelt on the ground and frantically kowtowed in the direction of the monster.
Inside the command center, everyone watching this scene found it utterly absurd.
"They...are worshipping a monster?" a young staff officer couldn't help but mutter to himself.
Sun Jiuchou's gaze remained fixed on the giant snake.
"It is watching."
"What are you looking at?" Chen Jian asked, not quite understanding.
“Look at its…food.” Sun Jiuchou had barely finished speaking when…
In the scene, the snake head closest to the shore suddenly moved. Its long neck bent, and its huge head lowered, approaching the shore where believers knelt.
The believers became even more excited, thinking that the gods were about to bless them.
Some people even reached out to touch the sacred scales.
The next second.
The snake's head suddenly opened its blood-red maw, and a huge suction force came from it. Hundreds of people from the Sakura Kingdom, along with the ground, cars, and houses beneath their feet, were instantly swallowed into that abyss-like maw, like dust being sucked up by a vacuum cleaner.
The snake raised its head, its throat bobbed, and it let out a satisfied hiss. A hint of human-like...pleasure flashed in its cold, vertical pupils. Then, it looked at the crowd around it who hadn't yet reacted.
"ah--!"
The piercing screams finally echoed throughout the entire city.
Fanaticism turned into extreme fear.
The 'gods' revealed the devil's fangs.
The live news broadcast from Japan abruptly stopped at that moment, and the screen turned into static.
On the holographic screen in the command center, only the satellite's overhead view is visible.
The eight snake heads, like eight highly efficient harvesters, began their gluttonous feast.
Skyscrapers are easily crushed like biscuits in front of them.
To them, the fleeing crowds were nothing more than moving snacks.
In just a few minutes, the city was transformed into ruins and a bloody slaughterhouse.
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