66: With my flesh and blood, I will build the Tianxing Great Wall!

Lu Sheng and the other four felt their bodies tremble violently. When they looked at the Golden Body statues standing in the plaza again, their gazes had already changed.

"Our Star Academy was established forty-five years ago. You... will be the forty-fifth class of students at our Star Academy!"

"In these forty-five years, our Star Academy has recruited a total of two hundred and eighty-eight students. Including former teachers and deans, that's a total of three hundred and seventy-two people!"

"Within these forty-five years, our Star Academy has been stationed in Tianxing City, protecting the Great Xia Territory. In these forty-five years, not a single Otherworldly Demon has been allowed to step into our Great Xia Territory!"

"One hundred and twenty-two students have died in battle, thirty-six teachers, two vice deans, and one dean!"

"Among them, nineteen Golden Body Realm experts died in battle. The Golden Body statues in this plaza are of the Golden Body Realm experts who died in battle from Star Academy!"

"As for those students and teachers who did not Cultivate to the Golden Body Realm, their remains have already sunk into the Otherworldly Demon Battlefield!"

Old Li's deep voice suddenly echoed through the plaza.

Lu Sheng and the other four silently looked at the plaza before them, Old Li's words resonating in their ears.

For some reason, even though Lu Sheng was not from this world, upon hearing these words, his chest felt as if it was blocked by something.

Lu Sheng's gaze fell upon the nineteen Golden Body statues.

"Tu Feng: Sixth-term student of Star Academy, in Great Xia Year 60, he slew three Golden Body Otherworldly Demons and died in battle in Tianxing City!"

"Wang Congyun: Ninth-term student of Star Academy, in Great Xia Year 72, he slew one Devil King and died in battle in Tianxing City!"

"Xia Qingtian: First-term teacher of Star Academy, in Great Xia Year 49, he slew nine Golden Body Otherworldly Demons and died in battle in Tianxing City!"

"Wu Ke: Second-term teacher of Star Academy, in Great Xia Year 58, he slew six Golden Body Otherworldly Demons and died in battle in Tianxing City!"

"Ye Zhan: First Vice Dean of Star Academy, in Great Xia Year 63, he slew nine Devil Kings and died in battle in Tianxing City!"

"Zhu Neng: First Dean of Star Academy, in Great Xia Year 69, he slew one Devil King and died in battle in Tianxing City!"

"..."

Below each Golden Body statue, lines of small characters were carved, detailing the past deeds of these fallen senior students, teachers, and deans of Tianxing City.

Lu Sheng read them one by one, feeling his heart grow heavier.

Lu Sheng involuntarily recalled what happened in Yun City more than a month ago.

The opening of the Gate of Summoning, the Demon Cult forcibly opening the dimensional rift, intending to use the entire Yun City as bait to kill Kong Yunchang.

But in the end... Kong Yunchang, at the cost of severe injury and unconsciousness, forcibly prevented that catastrophe.

If not for Kong Yunchang... perhaps he himself, along with the common people of Yun City, would have been reduced to bones in that catastrophe!

"Demon Cult... Otherworldly Demons..."

Lu Sheng gazed at the Golden Body statues before him, muttering, his fists involuntarily clenching at this moment.

At the beginning of his Transmigration, Lu Sheng didn't feel much about the existence of Otherworldly Demons.

Just as Old Li said, perhaps he, and even his predecessor, had stayed in the rear of Great Xia for too long, so much so that they couldn't feel the threat of Otherworldly Demons at all.

In this world, while it's true that the strong prey on the weak, the existence of Otherworldly Demons is like a sharp sword, hanging over the head of every Great Xia Human Clan member.

If they are not careful, when that sword falls... the Great Xia Human Clan will also completely disappear into the river of time.

When Lu Sheng witnessed the scenes in Yun City, arrived in Tianxing City, and looked at the Golden Body statues before him, Lu Sheng realized that his mindset also seemed to be changing little by little.

From his previous go-with-the-flow attitude, a hint of worry was gradually added.

"Some say that becoming a student of our Star Academy is not a good thing, because the death rate of our Star Academy students is too high!"

"Others say that Star Academy occupies the title of the First Martial Arts Academy, which is truly hogging the latrine without defecating. Although the entire academy has less than two hundred people, the resources the Martial Alliance allocates to our Star Academy each year are several times that of other academies!"

Old Li's voice sounded again.

Lu Sheng and the other four's gazes also shifted from the statues to Old Li.

Old Li's expression was calm, but faintly, one could also sense the suppressed Qi in his heart.

"But who knows that our Star Academy has been stationed in Tianxing City for forty-five years? In forty-five years, not a single Otherworldly Demon has entered the Great Xia Territory from our Tianxing City!"

"Who knows that among the Nine Cities of Great Xia, only our Tianxing City has the highest death rate! The frequency of Otherworldly Demon invasions is also the highest, and the Otherworldly Demon experts we face are also the strongest!"

"Yet despite this... not a single student, teacher, vice dean, or dean from any previous class of our Star Academy has ever complained!"

"Because every Star Academy member knows very well that our existence is to prevent slaughter from reappearing in Great Xia!"

"A hundred years ago, the Human Race was weak. It was the Martial Artist predecessors, with their flesh and blood, who forged the current Nine Cities of Great Xia!"

"The Nine Cities stand tall, preventing the myriad Otherworldly Demons from entering the Great Xia Territory by even half a step!"

"And the mission of our Star Academy will always be only one!"

Saying this, Old Li slowly turned around, his expression suddenly becoming incredibly serious.

He stared intently at Lu Sheng and the other four, and said in a deep voice.

"If one day, Great Xia is on the verge of collapse, Star Academy members shall be the first to charge!"

"Perhaps we will not see the dawn of the Human Race's victory, but we will absolutely not see the day of Great Xia's demise!"

"Because on the day of Great Xia's demise, all faculty and students of Star Academy will sacrifice their lives... to resist the final invasion of the Otherworldly Demons!"

Boom!

Lu Sheng and the other four only felt as if a bomb had suddenly exploded in their minds at this moment.

Their bodies trembled violently. When they looked at Old Li again, there was an extremely faint glimmer of light gently flickering in their eyes.

And this glimmer of light was something even they themselves had not noticed.

"Now... swear with me!"

Old Li's hunched figure suddenly became incredibly tall and straight.

Lu Sheng and the other four also unconsciously straightened their chests, mimicking Old Li, placing their right fists over their right chests.

"The dark night is coming, I will become a twinkling star in the darkness, with my light, I will ignite the long night!"

Old Li's voice slowly sounded, and Lu Sheng and the other four also repeated Old Li's words.

"The dark night is coming, I will become a twinkling star in the darkness, with my light, I will ignite the long night!"

"I will use my flesh and blood to forge the Tianxing Great Wall!"

"I will use my flesh and blood to forge the Tianxing Great Wall!"

"Protect the Great Xia Territory, guard the people of the world, and defend... the lights of ten thousand homes!"

"Protect the Great Xia Territory, guard the people of the world, and defend... the lights of ten thousand homes!"

Ancient, youthful voices echoed through the plaza.

A gentle breeze swept through, rustling the trees, and the nineteen Golden Body statues standing in the plaza also seemed to glow with strands of golden light at this moment.