Declaration of War

"He wants to... slaughter us all?" "Damn it, that's pure evil! What does he take human life for?" "Everyone, I hate war, but if we must fight, then let's fight! Everyone unite and kill Yu Xian!" "Madman, madman, madman! How could such a lunatic exist?! No, no, he's no lunatic—he's an executioner, an utterly depraved butcher! We have to resist!" "Gong Yinhu, you're spewing demagogic lies! What are you really after? A single Yu Xian—how could he... how could he possibly defeat all of us? Does he really think everyone under heaven is just offering their neck to the blade?!" "I have some very unfortunate news to share with everyone: the *Avenger*, dispatched by the Fish-Slaying Alliance, was completely wiped out upon reaching the Baihe Continent. The strongest among them was Xiao Zhouxuan." "I am Shark of the Fish-Slaying Alliance. I can attest that Mr. Gong harbors no selfish motives! Everyone, unite! If we don't stand together and fight back, the future awaiting us will be the exact scene you just saw!" "Anyone willing to resist, tie a red cloth around your arm! Let us band together—even if we die, we'll strike back with everything we've got!" After the prophetic footage finished playing, the entire audience fell dead silent for a full minute. Only then did an explosion of discussions erupt, countless voices chiming in all at once—some believed it, while others naturally found it impossible to swallow. Gong Yinhu kept his face set in a grim expression. After a moment, he spoke: "I know this is hard to believe, but I swear on my honor that the images you just saw are the exact future I foresaw. There has been absolutely no alteration or fabrication. I implore every last one of you to join the fight against Yu Xian. This is not the business of one or two people; it concerns our entire world and every single living soul." "He's telling the truth, you know. Go ahead and try to fight me. Tomorrow, I will launch my attack, just as that vision showed. If you can put up even a little fight, I'll be quite pleased." —Shining Youth. Many people had still been skeptical of Gong Yinhu's claims, but then Yu Xian's message suddenly appeared. This comment was even pinned in bold, glowing letters, impossible to miss. What was more, many class users recognized Yu Xian's ID—there was no mistake. The world fell dead silent once again. Staring at Yu Xian's comment, the class users blew their tops in a flash of blind rage, furiously unloading a barrage of vitriol and curses upon him. Unfortunately, Yu Xian had already logged off and couldn't see their cursing at all. …… …… Baihe Continent. Upon the back of the Astral Black Tortoise, Yu Xian kept his eyes closed, dismissing the endless stream of notifications. Boring. When others learned about him, he naturally learned about them as well. Right now, countless people were looking up his information, inspecting his attributes through the recording of Xiao Zhouxuan's final moments. In turn, this meant the attributes of countless people were laid bare before him. Even Gong Yinhu's stats and skills were completely exposed, holding no secrets whatsoever in Yu Xian's eyes. Moreover, since Gong Yinhu had used his class abilities to peer into a future tied to him, Yu Xian had likewise caught a glimpse of Gong Yinhu's future. The two sides had always remained on equal footing regarding information, which was precisely how he had known Gong Yinhu was hosting a livestream and had dropped by to take a look. "Big Bro, is it starting tomorrow?" Little Nora hopped out of the room, draped its paws over Yu Xian's chair, and looked up at him. Yu Xian nodded. "Yeah. Preparations are just about done. It's time to make a move." "Then does that mean we'll get to see Little Huangquan and the others soon?" Little Nora asked happily, missing everyone quite a bit. Yu Xian smiled and nodded. "That's right. We'll be reunited with everyone soon." Though their reunion wouldn't last very long before he sent Nora and the others back into the Zhen Realm to level up. And this time, there would be no more bullies picking on the weak, because every class user in the entire Zhen Realm would be purged clean by his hand. Everyone entering would start from the exact same starting line. This was the gaming environment he intended to forge for Nora and the rest. …… …… A sleepless night. Class users across the entire Zhen Realm mobilized. Legions assembled and coordinated, moving mountains and filling seas to reshape the terrain, transforming entire continents into fortresses and hazard-laden death traps. Countless others opened up battlefields across the ocean, constructing myriad floating fortresses while freezing vast swathes of the sea into glacial islands to serve as the vanguard against Yu Xian's summoned beasts. When the morning sun slowly crept over the horizon the next day, all class users stood at full readiness. Countless powerhouses braced themselves for combat, waiting only for the enemy to appear. "He's here!" Suddenly, a scout spotted a tiny black dot appearing in the distance and immediately sounded the alarm. The black dot expanded at blinding speed. To everyone's shock, it was Chi Feihong—and not a summoned beast Chi Feihong created with Yu Xian's power, but the genuine Chi Feihong in the flesh. "I've been suffocating in there!" "I've been holding back for over a hundred bloody years! Are you lot ready?!" Chi Feihong's eyes gleamed with excitement as he glared at the glacial islands ahead, roaring at both the frozen seas and the floating fortresses in the sky. In the next moment, he clenched his fist and steadily gathered his strength. Yu Xian was not a stingy master; when Chi Feihong had asked to learn, Yu Xian had genuinely taught him. This punch was the culmination of over a century of unrelenting practice. Although it still fell leagues short of Yu Xian's own strike, backed by his current attributes, the punch had begun to look like the real deal. "Attack!" "Everyone, fire at will!" The class users opened fire in unison, unleashing a dense storm of diverse skills. In an instant, sky and sea were dyed in dazzling hues as radiant beams converged upon Chi Feihong's position. "Bring it on!" Facing the overwhelming barrage of light, Chi Feihong threw his fist forward. The atmosphere shattered. Starting from the epicenter of Chi Feihong's punch, the sky and the sea instantly pulverized every obstacle in their path. The class users' attacks collapsed into nothingness, followed by the glacial islands and floating fortresses disintegrating one after another. As if struck by an unimaginable tempest, everything was wiped clean from existence. Yet this was not the end. Having blasted through every barrier, the momentum of Chi Feihong's strike carried the shattered debris straight into the continent, obliterating the city walls and barriers reinforced by countless defensive skills with an earthshaking blast. This single punch utterly broke the spirit of countless class users, crushing their confidence to dust. "Hahahaha..." "Indeed... nothing more than sheer devotion!" Seeing the devastation wrought by his fist, Chi Feihong hovered in midair and laughed boisterously, now thoroughly awed and convinced by Yu Xian. The Great Dao truly lay in simplicity, and Yu Xian had already guided him through the gate. "Not bad," Yu Xian posted in Chi Feihong's stream. Right then, a colossal bone dragon materialized out of thin air over the distant mainland. The sheer impact of its descent crushed countless class users into paste, followed by an earth-shattering roar that flattened countless structures. The surviving class users struggled to counterattack, but their spells failed to leave so much as a scratch upon the bone dragon's frame. And this was merely the beginning.