139: Chapter 135 Skeleton: If the sky falls, it'll only hit me!

Principal Wu Long's figure vanished from where he stood in an instant, reappearing high above the academy.

He gazed toward the direction of the Kyoto city walls, his expression grim.

"This alarm..."

"It's an S-Tier war alarm!"

"Ten times more severe than the previous beast horde!"

Lu Yuan walked out of his villa and looked up at the horizon.

He saw pillars of black smoke rising into the sky from the direction of the Kyoto city walls.

And deep in the wilderness further beyond, countless scarlet beast eyes were dense and packed, blotting out the sky.

There were ten, a hundred times more than yesterday!!!

General Yuan Muzhi's figure appeared in mid-air, his voice amplified by magic, resounding throughout all of Kyoto.

"All troops, listen!"

"S-Tier war status activated!"

"All professionals, regardless of rank or status, assemble at the city walls immediately!"

The entire Star Academy had descended into chaos.

Students looked panicked, teachers wore grave expressions, and everyone was sprinting toward the direction of the Kyoto city walls.

"Hurry! S-Tier war status, all professionals must assemble immediately!"

"How could an invasion happen so suddenly?"

"It's over, it's over. Can Kyoto really hold against a beast horde of this level?"

Lu Yuan didn't waste words and called out.

Celia and Bai Zhi drove out that silver-white steel beast, the TK3000.

Having been waiting at the entrance, they immediately opened the door when they saw Lu Yuan emerge.

The engine roared, and they sped off.

"Young Master, the situation is critical!"

"My Lady already knows the news and is on her way!"

Lu Yuan nodded and floored the accelerator.

The steel beast tore through the streets of Kyoto like a streak of silver lightning, racing toward the city walls.

When Lu Yuan arrived at the city walls, the sight before him made his pupils shrink.

The top of the wall was packed densely with soldiers of the Demon Suppression Army, as well as professionals who had rushed over from everywhere.

But every face was etched with gravity and fear.

Lu Yuan followed their gaze, and then, he saw it.

Beyond the city walls, over the wilderness.

Black.

An endless, boundless black.

That wasn't the night, but monsters.

Millions of monsters, like a black tide, surged from the edge of the horizon.

Goblins, werewolves, trolls, ogres, shadow leopards, corrupted dragons...

All kinds of monsters mixed together, forming a torrent that would destroy everything.

And at the very front of that torrent were dozens of giant monsters over a hundred meters in size.

Each one radiated the terrifying aura of a Monarch Tier BOSS!

Further away, in the deepest part of that black tide, several massive figures blocking out the sky were faintly visible.

Their aura was even more terrifying than Monarch Tier.

Those were Sovereign Tier!

Or even... Emperor Tier?!

"Hiss..."

Lu Yuan gasped.

With this number of monsters, and this quality of BOSS...

Could Kyoto really hold?

General Yuan Muzhi stood at the very front of the city wall, clad in heavy armor and wielding a war blade, his silhouette desolate and heroic.

He looked back at his soldiers, his voice hoarse.

"Brothers, this is the moment we have been waiting for."

"Behind us are hundreds of millions of citizens!"

"Before us are millions of monsters."

"We have nowhere to retreat!"

"Kill!!!"

"Kill!!!"

The soldiers' roars shook the heavens and earth, but Lu Yuan could tell.

There was despair in those roars!

Just then, hum!!!

A violent roar of an engine came from the sky.

A pitch-black, menacing intelligent fighter jet, like a streak of black lightning, tore through the clouds and descended above the city wall.

The hatch opened slowly.

An elegant and dignified figure stepped out of the fighter jet.

She wore a fitting white dress, her face exquisite as a painting, her temperament noble and gentle.

But at this moment, her face was full of anxiety and worry.

"Yuan'er!"

Li Muyao spotted Lu Yuan on the city wall at a glance, her figure flashing as she appeared before him instantly.

She grabbed Lu Yuan's hand, her voice trembling.

"Come with Mom!"

"A beast horde of this level is no longer something you can participate in!"

"Everything has been arranged; the fighter jet can take you out of Great Xia immediately to a safe place!"

Lu Yuan looked at his mother's anxious face, and a warm current surged in his heart.

But he shook his head.

"Mom, I can't go."

Li Muyao became anxious: "Why?!"

"Do you know what a beast horde of this level means?"

"It's S-Tier! A nation-destroying disaster!"

"Even a Legendary Class professional could fall on this battlefield at any moment!"

"You are the only heir of the Lu family. If something happens to you, what do you want your father and me to do?"

Her voice carried a sob, and her eyes were red.

Lu Yuan was silent.

He looked at his mother, then slowly turned his head to look at his classmates on the city wall.

Ouyang Yao, Lei Ting, Fang Yu, Xiao Yan, Zhou Suo...

These youths who were drinking and fighting together just yesterday.

At this moment, they all gripped their weapons, standing on the city wall with firm eyes.

They were clearly afraid, clearly trembling, too.

But not a single person retreated.

He turned his head again to look behind the city wall.

That was Kyoto.

It was the capital of Great Xia.

It was the home of hundreds of millions of citizens.

There were bustling streets, warm lights, and countless families living safely under their parents' protection, just as he once had.

If he left.

What would happen to these people?

"Mom."

Lu Yuan spoke slowly, his voice calm and firm.

"If I leave, what about them?"

Li Muyao was stunned.

"I am the only heir of the Lu family, but I am also a citizen of Great Xia."

"My classmates haven't left, the soldiers of the Demon Suppression Army haven't left, and hundreds of millions of citizens haven't left."

"If I were to flee?"

"Then, if the Lu family faces a crisis in the future, would I flee then too?"

"Do you and Dad want that kind of Lu Yuan?"

Li Muyao opened her mouth, wanting to retort, but found she couldn't speak.

She looked at her son's firm eyes and fell silent.

Her son had truly grown up.

He had things he wanted to protect.

He had the resolve not to retreat even when facing death.

Li Muyao's eyes moistened.

She reached out, gently stroking Lu Yuan's cheek, her voice choked with emotion.

"You... you've really grown up."

"Mom is proud of you."

"But..."

She took a deep breath, trying hard to squeeze out a smile:

"You don't need to worry too much either."

"Because..."

"Even if the sky falls, it will only crush the tallest one."

Lu Yuan was stunned, then immediately laughed.

"Mom, you're right."

"If the sky falls, it really will only crush the tallest one."

Lu Yuan smiled!

Summoning Magic Pet.

"Mom is right. If the sky falls, the tall ones need to hold it up."

Little Skeleton: ???

The sky falls, and it will only crush me?!