182: The grand martial arts show begins!
New Era 2024, October 1st.
The first ray of morning sun pierced through the clouds, shining on the Dragon Flag fluttering in front of the Forbidden City.
The usually bustling streets were, today, uncharacteristically empty.
Unlike the quiet city,
the remote area on the nation's border was now a hive of activity.
Amidst the impassioned national anthem sung by countless Citizens of Huaxia, the China Dragon Flag gradually rose along the flagpole until it reached the very top.
The next second.
"Big brother, give me a bowl of savory tofu pudding. I need to eat my fill to have the strength to go to the battlefield!"
"Move aside, move aside, freshly baked meat buns, be careful not to get burned!"
"Comrades who haven't received their food, please wait a moment. Our cooks will be here to deliver food right away. Everyone will get a hot meal!"
Everyone sat on small stools, feasting while chatting and laughing with fellow People they didn't know, completely devoid of the tension of going to the battlefield.
This was the Huaxia border.
Here, there were crowds of people.
Almost all Huaxia residents, after receiving the news, rushed to their local Military Region and came to the nation's border via teleportation arrays, preparing to fight the beast tide to the death.
Saying 'almost' was no exaggeration at all.
Except for children who hadn't started elementary school yet and were forcibly kept inland, even elementary school students who hadn't fully grown their hair were carrying Ten Soul Banners to the battlefield.
Behind everyone was a huge screen.
On the large screen was a real-time satellite image of the beast tide and its distance from Huaxia.
Although everyone usually chased Vicious Beasts that fled all over the mountains, facing a beast tide composed of over 3 billion Vicious Beasts still made their hearts somewhat uneasy.
Were they afraid?
At first, perhaps a little.
Whether it was the endless beast tide or the overwhelming flying Vicious Beasts, both could give people an extremely strong visual impact.
However, looking at the fellow People standing all around them, everyone felt no fear at all.
It was just a beast tide, what was there to be afraid of?
1.4 billion People were guarding the border!
Even if the Satan of the West came today, if he dared to invade Huaxia territory, they would pin him to the ground and slap him hard several times!
Besides, he also had the Nine Provinces Heavenly Demon Armor.
Even if he stood still and let the Vicious Beasts attack, it would take them a lot of time to break his defense!
Thinking of the combat skills he had just learned, the vast People immediately felt at ease.
Everyone had actually always had doubts about what Cultivation Technique they were Cultivating.
Cultivation required blood, Magical Artifacts were flags made of human bones and beast skins, and Cultivators even constantly emitted black smoke...
Any Huaxia resident who had read Cultivation novels, combining all these signs, could mostly guess the type of Cultivation Technique of the Huaxia Cultivation Method.
Could this Cultivation Technique be a Righteous Path Cultivation Technique?
Yes, it was a Righteous Path Cultivation Technique!
His ability to Cultivate early, the nation's far-ahead lead, and Huaxia's current glorious prosperity were all brought about by the Huaxia Cultivation Method.
How could such a Cultivation Technique not be a Righteous Path Cultivation Technique!
As for the 'Demon' character on the Nine Provinces Heavenly Demon Armor's cloak, everyone tacitly avoided mentioning it.
What could a single 'Demon' character represent?
There were many words with 'Demon'; magic was also 'Demon'!
Even if he explained it as a magic cloak, it would be very reasonable, wouldn't it?!
As long as the nation had no intention of explaining, he would just Cultivate with peace of mind.
Anyway, the nation wouldn't harm him.
........................
As time passed minute by minute,
under the gaze of the entire world,
the live broadcast push from Huaxia Television forcefully dominated the mobile phone screens of people in various countries.
The moment the push was received,
large numbers of People from overseas countries, long-awaiting Huaxia immigrants, and even high-level officials from various countries, all flooded into the live broadcast room at this moment.
The live broadcast room was instantly filled with a barrage of comments.
"What time is it? Huaxia isn't properly preparing to deal with the beast tide, yet they still have the mind to broadcast some grand martial arts demonstration online!"
"I am incredibly glad I decided to immigrate to the United States earlier. If nothing unexpected happens, Huaxia will most likely not survive this calamity."
"Didn't Huaxia's grand martial arts demonstrations always take place at the Forbidden City gate? This sudden change of location, could it be that Huaxia is moving its capital?"
Looking at the completely black live broadcast room,
people from various countries in front of their phone screens had no idea what Huaxia was up to.
At the same time,
seeing the screen's image suddenly switch, the vast People at the Huaxia border immediately stood up and quickly found their positions.
As an important part of this grand martial arts demonstration,
the participating People attached great importance to their actions. To avoid finding the wrong position, they even specifically planted a Ten Soul Banner on the ground as a marker before leaving their spot.
At this moment,
along Huaxia's border, at every fixed distance, stood a People.
Everyone stood beside their Ten Soul Banner, their eyes fixed on the large screen, awaiting orders from above.
At this moment of widespread attention,
the live broadcast screen suddenly changed.
Bai Yang, along with the Three Elders, and the Huaxia High-Level Officials behind them, slowly walked onto the Forbidden City wall and slowly stood in front of the microphone.
"Today is Huaxia's seventy-fifth anniversary, and also a day of national celebration."
"Although a beast tide is about to strike from outside, for the current Huaxia, even a Vicious Beast frenzy cannot pose a threat to Huaxia!"
"Here, I announce—"
"Huaxia's Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Grand Martial Arts Demonstration!"
"Begins now!"
In the camera's view,
a black cloud, from who knows where, carried everyone into the air, flying towards the sky outside the Forbidden City.
The screen full of bullet comments suddenly froze.
No, what's going on?
Huaxia High-Level Officials... flying into the sky on black clouds?
Before people from various countries could react,
the camera's view instantly switched.
A formation of 3,600 Golden Core Cultivators stood in the Void Realm, wearing neat dark green military uniforms. No matter from which direction, horizontal or vertical, they looked like a taut straight line!
"All forces, take your positions!"
Cold Front, standing at the forefront of the formation, held the China Dragon Flag and said loudly:
"Flight formation, commence!"
Under the stunned gaze of people from various countries on Blue Star, the Golden Core formation flew forward in perfect order, both hands holding a Thousand Soul Banner entwined with black mist.
The passionate voice of the commentator also quietly sounded at this moment.
"Now flying towards us is Huaxia's Golden Core Cultivator formation!"
"As Huaxia's core fighting force, the Golden Core Cultivators of the Dragon God Special Operations Group have always fought on the front lines, an insurmountable wall for Vicious Beasts!"
In the live broadcast.
The 3,600 Golden Core Devil Cultivators stood as straight as pines, their faces resolute, with surging Devilish Qi sweeping in all directions, as if a Great Army of Demon Gods from the Nine Heavens had descended!
At this moment,
the people of various countries were in utter collapse.
Was this reasonable?
Only a month and a half had passed since the Ling Qi Revival, and they still hadn't figured out how to Cultivate, yet the People were already flying in groups in the sky!