Villain: After I died, all the heroines cried themselves to sleep.

The highest level of alarms blared throughout the entire East City.

A massive army of demons from the horizon swarmed in, crashing madly against the steel walls of the human defenses, resulting in a fierce battle.

The army commander stood guard at the high walls, repelling the demons' attack.

However, they were also slowed down by the demons.

Meanwhile, in the eastern part of the city, the dark, dense forest continues to expand, having already encroached on nearly a third of the urban area.

All the extraordinary martial artists in the eastern city were alarmed and appeared at the perimeter of the domain to observe the situation.

Among them are many Martial Grandmasters of the seventh rank.

There was even an old man with a white beard who faintly exuded the aura of an eighth-level Martial Venerable.

"Principal Lin, I didn't expect you to come too."

Many extraordinary martial artists greeted Principal Lin upon seeing him.

"How could I possibly stand aside in this situation?"

Principal Lin stroked his beard as he spoke, turning his gaze to the ever-expanding forest territory.

After a brief observation, his expression gradually became serious.

"This is no ordinary open domain. Not only is it constantly expanding and strengthening, but it can also interfere with spacetime. Once you enter it, you may lose your way and find it difficult to escape."

"Is that so? No wonder no one has been able to leave this realm yet."

The others suddenly understood.

Several highly skilled and daring individuals had previously ventured into the area to investigate.

They still haven't been able to come back.

"So what should we do now? At this rate, in just a few more hours, the entire East City will be completely swallowed up by the domain. If we break through to the ninth rank, it will be too late."

"There are two common ways to deal with a domain: one is to use a domain to counteract another domain, and the other is to kill the domain's owner."

After a moment's thought, Principal Lin spoke slowly.

"My domain is damaged and cannot expand, but I can set up a special spirit array to create an equivalent domain to offset the current open domain. However, this can only slow down the expansion of the domain."

"To completely break the domain, unless Lu Teng comes to help, the domain's master must be killed from within."

"..."

Everyone was speechless.

The "Little Lu" that Principal Lin mentioned is the Army Chief, who is currently fighting on the front lines.

As for killing the domain master from within the domain, that's simply impossible.

Only a domain can deal with a domain.

The master of a domain is virtually invincible within their own domain.

Otherwise, Principal Lin would have already taken matters into his own hands.

Principal Lin's meaning was very clear: either set up a domain on the periphery to buy time, or go all out and charge into the domain to fight the domain master to the death.

"Then let's set up a perimeter to buy time. I recently requested support from the central government."

The mayor of Dongcheng spoke up.

Ultimately, they prioritized stability and dared not take risks.

As for those trapped within the domain, they can only hope that other extraordinary martial artists who are also trapped will step forward and persevere.

……

Rumble...

Panic is spreading through the dark, dense forest.

Eerie howls and pitiful cries could be heard intermittently.

Countless deformed monsters emerge from the forest, traversing between tall buildings and old trees, searching for and hunting down the hiding humans one by one.

Many residents managed to take refuge in underground shelters, but many more were unable to escape.

The whole family huddled together, shivering in their home, praying not to be discovered by the terrifying monster.

If they are unfortunately discovered, they can only flee in panic through the streets.

At that moment, a group of people were secretly crossing the intersection.

Despite their best efforts to be as stealthy as possible, just as they reached the middle of the road, several enormous, deformed monsters emerged from behind the distorted shadows of the surrounding trees.

"Meow!"

The deformed monster roared and charged toward the group.

"Slay and vanquish the heavens!"

Lin Du made the first move, and a huge beast claw appeared in the void, forcefully swatting one of the monsters away.

On the other side, Song Haitang launched herself forward and used a set of close-combat techniques, unleashing a series of whip kicks at the second monster, sending it flying.

But the two of them couldn't stop the remaining monsters in time.

In the critical moment, a figure suddenly darted out of the darkness and killed the monster with lightning speed in a single move.

Before anyone could react, another massive phantom sword pierced through the air, directly piercing through the remaining two monsters.

"The Twelve Earthly Branches - Ox".

Luo Chuan gave a soft shout in mid-air.

Looking down at the fleeing crowd, everyone stared at him and Ye Ling in surprise.

……

Luo Chuan led Lin Du and the others to the temporary shelter.

This is a large hospital in the eastern part of the city, which has now gathered tens of thousands of refugees, becoming the largest temporary shelter in the dark forest.

"I never expected that it would be you who sent the contact signal."

Chen Mubai looked at Luo Chuan in surprise.

The reason they crossed the intersection was that, despite the interference with signal strength, their cell phones miraculously received a signal.

That's why they tried to follow the signal to this place.

"To be precise, I'm a member of my Darkmoon Sword guild."

Luo Chuan explained simply.

He had Hsu Hsiao-chin try using SkyNet to connect to the cell tower, and they actually succeeded in establishing a small-scale area network.

By broadcasting through this local area network, people who receive the signal spontaneously gather here.

It developed into what it is now without us even realizing it.

"You guys are among the last to arrive."

Luo Chuan led the group to the large conference hall on the top floor of the hospital.

Upon entering the conference hall, I looked around and saw that it was already filled with extraordinary martial artists.

Among them were members of the Extraordinary Management Bureau, including Yan Nan and Xiao Zhao, as well as demon hunters from different guilds, and a group of teachers and students from the five schools exchange program.

It can be said that almost all the extraordinary martial artists in this area, from the official level to the common people, are here.

The only regret is that Ms. Kobayashi was not in it.

"Please find a place to sit down."

Luo Chuan gestured for Lin Du and the others to take their seats.

He then walked directly to the front of the podium.

Xu Xiaojin was standing on one side of the podium, and Wen Zhinian was also there.

Ye Ling followed behind Luo Chuan like a bodyguard with a sword.

Luo Chuan stood in front of the podium, meticulously smoothing out the wrinkles on his clothes.

Looking up, everyone in the conference hall had their eyes on him.

Normal third-tier martial artists, faced with the attention of so many extraordinary martial artists, would have been terrified and would have wanted to leave the stage as soon as possible.

Luo Chuan remained completely calm.

Everything seemed so natural.

[The serious and unsmiling personality (Rhodes) is in effect.]

"Formal introduction: I am Luo Chuan, the leader of the Dark Moon Sword Guild, and the one who brought everyone here."

"Many of you may never have heard of me or the Darkmoon Sword, but that doesn't matter, because from now on you will remember the Darkmoon Sword."

"Getting back to the main point, we are now in a realm of disaster, completely cut off from the outside world. Instead of blindly waiting for outside help, we should try to save ourselves."

"I have gathered us all here for our own salvation, to pool all our strength, and to strike at the root of this calamity..."

Luo Chuan calmly delivered his speech on stage, frankly revealing his battle plan.

After he finished speaking, the meeting room fell silent.

Soon, an S-rank Witcher stood up and stared at Luo Chuan.

"Putting aside your ability to pinpoint the source of the calamity, you're only a third-tier martial artist. Why should we believe you have a way to break through this calamity's domain?"

"Trust me? No, you don't need to trust me."

Luo Chuan calmly shook his head.

"We are all caught in the torrent of disaster, and whether we like it or not, all we can do is go with the flow or fight to the death."

The number of deformed monsters in the Dark Forest is increasing, and their average rank is also getting higher.

Those trapped within the area had no choice whatsoever.

Without fighting, there is no way to survive.

Thus, Luo Chuan's plan was approved.

Xu Xiaojin connected with the forbidden object and sensed the location of another forbidden object.

The others split into two teams.

One team stayed behind at the shelter to draw the attention of the deformed monster.

Another elite force, following Xu Xiaojin's instructions, launched a surprise attack on the source of the disaster.