I Am Unaware That I Am the Peerless Martial God Chapter 1356: Turning the Tide

Within mere minutes.

Deserted isles kept sinking one after another, sending the whole world into frenzy. Should this trend persist, real landmasses would soon follow suit.

Demon Extermination Departments throughout the Xia Kingdom hurried against the clock, sending their top experts to bolster the closest shorelines. Each passing moment held immense value. The hotspot, Hongdu City, had assembled over fifty percent of the nation's elite superpowered forces. The crisis had escalated to utter extremity!

Right now.

The formerly thriving Hongdu City had fallen into total disarray. Despite efforts by multiple organizations to restore calm, the vast populace was gripped by raw fear. Traffic jams clogged the extended roads, and panicking throngs overflowed every space. The turmoil had spiraled beyond any hope of control.

Within the ceaseless wails and shrieks of the masses.

A young child huddled on the pavement, weeping without stop. She glanced around in desperation and confusion, spotting only unknown countenances. In the end, she squeezed her eyes closed and cried out loudly.

"Mommy, Mommy, waaa..."

Her inherent fright defied soothing, and her weak sobs tugged at the soul. Though nearby adults felt their chests tighten hearing her, they lacked the moment to intervene.

A thousand-foot tsunami loomed on the verge of striking land!

Confronted with survival's edge, even compassionate everyday folk struggled to protect themselves, much less aid strangers. Catastrophe had arrived, turning it into a scramble for personal safety. Numerous pairs of lovers had been torn apart by the frenzied mob, let alone outsiders.

Though her mother forced her way through the horde, inching ahead with frantic determination and extending her hand to lift the child, time had run out. How could a delicate lady shove through hundreds of frightened souls?

A short span of several meters appeared endlessly distant right then!

The little girl stood on the brink of being crushed under the stampeding masses, leading to a gruesome catastrophe!

Scorching tears traced the young mother's face. She managed only to shout her child's name in hopeless anguish.

"Nannan! Nannan!"

Precisely then.

A silhouette streaked past like a thunderbolt. Before eyes could register his form, he had snatched the girl mere instants before the throng could overrun her!

Once the mob had rushed by, that disordered spot on the ground lay empty.

Before the mother's gaze appeared a sharply attired youth. With a grave look, he placed the child back into her embrace. He displayed scant reaction to her repeated expressions of gratitude.

As he observed the pair depart, clinging fiercely with tears flowing freely, he released a quiet breath of ease.

A lady approaching from his side creased her brow and quickly pressed him to move.

"Captain Chen!"

"The crisis is at its peak now. The adjacent island country has already sunk. In moments, the thousand-foot tsunami will crash into Hongdu. We must not linger!

"Our Nanzheng Demon Extermination Department carries a vital duty. We must not allow a single individual to hinder the vital mission against the tsunami!"

At her words, the youth inclined his head.

He directed his sight to the eastern shore, his features hardening further. Without speaking, he clenched his jaw, seized the woman, and darted through the human tide with lightning speed!

He understood all too well.

No matter his utmost efforts, the lives he could rescue single-handedly remained few. To safeguard Hongdu's vast population, to impede the doomsday surge as best as possible, and to preserve more souls, he must bear the agony of overlooking the plight mere steps away!

This represented the harsh decision demanded by calamities—unyielding yet powerless!

As the duo raced onward, choppers whirred above to offer aid, while fast-moving cars stirred dust storms in hidden subterranean passages!

Top agents from Demon Extermination Departments in surrounding areas converged nearly simultaneously to assist!

The same frenzy gripped other seaside metropolises nationwide!

In under thirty seconds.

More than a thousand superpowered folk of diverse ages lined the almost barren Hongdu shoreline. The beach lay strangely still that day; save for these elusive figures seldom glimpsed in a lifetime, no civilians remained.

All fixed their stern looks upon the ocean.

Though the dreadful tsunami lingered afar, its daunting presence chilled to the bone. The thousand-foot behemoth swells advanced relentlessly, surpassing any cinematic illusion. Staring at the sky-engulfing deluge, awe filled every gaze, making each feel profoundly small.

Regardless of prior achievements or unique abilities, in this instant, only gravity and strain marked their expressions.

Flashes of lightning and peals of thunder accompanied the wave's ascent like a vast dome across the heavens!

A force of nature like this lay far beyond mortal capacity to halt!

Even with technology's boastful progress, it proved worthless against a mythic aberration. Armored juggernauts resembled playthings before this horizon-devouring flood!

Following brief scrutiny.

Hearts tightened for all. Irrespective of rank or years, most faces betrayed identical dread and hopelessness!

Without striking a blow, the aura of loss already loomed!

Leading the assembly.

A sturdy elder's gaze held equal gravity, showing no hint of falter. His seasoned eyes, forged by decades, retained the piercing vigor of youth!

After observing briefly, he pivoted slowly to survey the group!

"Everyone!"

His resonant tone boomed like a great gong, rousing every superpowered Spirit Hunter on site!

Numerous individuals jolted alert, their stares flashing with awe and respect!

"Elder Feng!"

"That's the fabled Spirit Hunter, Grandmaster Feng, leader of the Hongdu Demon Extermination Main Bureau!"

"He's still standing firm!!!"

Feng Tianci's visage and timbre swiftly galvanized the throng, lifting their resolve. This esteemed veteran Grandmaster Spirit Hunter, famed across the Xia Kingdom, commanded unmatched prowess and esteem. He inspired legions of Spirit Hunters.

Now, as he advanced to guide the stand against the sky-obscuring tsunami, he swiftly anchored their faltering spirits!

Beneath the collective watch.

Feng Tianci's lined countenance radiated unyielding determination, his tone brimming with unbowed spirit!

"With the thousand-foot tsunami nearing impact, our utmost task is to resist it and grant time for evacuations. This immense load exceeds normal limits. We Demon Hunters have reaped boundless support, fulfilling hidden quests in obscurity. To rise now in this dire hour is our sacred obligation!"

"Follow my orders! All divisions, assemble at once. Employ every tool available and exhaust all efforts to lessen the havoc. Behind you lie Hongdu's tens of millions of residents. You alone can battle to shield those myriad family hearths!"

"Today, we confront this cataclysm. Death before surrender!"

The elder bellowed, his commanding cry thunderous and inspiring!

Not pausing for replies, he vaulted ahead, touching down on the shoal past the shore. With gales lashing his silver locks into frenzy, he positioned himself defiantly, sturdy as an ancient fir!

Beholding the veteran's resolve, bureau leaders likewise set their jaws, yelled boldly, and jumped forward!

"Death before surrender!!!"

No further words from Elder Feng were required. Captains organized on their own, grouping into units by their agencies. Powers erupted forthwith. Long-honed synergy merged with the instant's fervor as they hastily and zealously erected a barrier of abilities!

Certain ones wielded vast might, dashing with ease while hauling nearby autos!

Others gripped chill in their palms, freezing ocean waters into icy barriers!

Some moved like bolts, leveraging velocity to channel the brine and sidestep futile clashes!

In scant heartbeats.

Every Demon Hunter poured out their utmost, straining beyond bounds to deploy all acquired skills. Even bodily thresholds shattered. Spanning the coast, a colossal rampart of fearsome scale ascended visibly swift!

In under two minutes.

The gasping leaders from assorted units pressed on without pause. The former shore now stood shielded by an enormous barrier, soaring thousands of feet and extending scores of miles!

Yet still.

Not a Demon Hunter eased up. They relentlessly reinforced the supernatural bulwark, as though ready to consume their essence to guard the folk at their backs and uphold the ultimate safeguard for the Xia Nation's grand seat!

Until a frightful bellow rent the heavens!

"BOOM!!!"

The Demon Hunters shuddered like thunderstruck. The firmament dimmed abruptly, as if oppressed by inky stormfronts, and all halted frozen!

The thousands arrayed along the shore felt a nameless, choking oppression descend all at once!

Shock rippled through as myriad eyes jerked skyward!

Only now did they behold.

A monstrous surge hovered directly ahead, eclipsing the firmament and poised to engulf stars and orb alike!

This instant.

Seeing it up close, all grasped that their laboriously built colossus paled to nothing against such end-times deluge!

Prior to collision, its momentum pressed like a tumbling peak. The wave's peak overhung the barrier vastly, set to devour their toil in a flash!

All remained transfixed, stunned silent, while savage gusts and brine lashed their ashen visages. Even the chief, Feng Tianci, balled his hands into knots.

As the behemoth slammed the lofty wall, a world-shaking detonation that silenced all thundered in their ears!

"BANG!!!"

In one mere inhalation.

The grand structure crumbled to debris. The tsunami roared onward, demolishing all barriers with inexorable might!

This very moment.

Though each was a premier Demon Hunter of the Xia Nation, an unmatched hopelessness and frailty gripped them. As the savage flood bore down, their features drained to ghostly pallor!

It proved overwhelmingly fearsome...

This havoc was outright too overwhelming!

Such devastation lay wholly outside the endurance of puny humans. Before this world-ending ruin, mortal society seemed woefully delicate, fragile as parchment doomed to shred.

Save for divine might, none could avert this apocalypse!

Feng Tianci at last gnashed his teeth and thundered his last, frantic directive!

"Fall back!"

"All of you, rush to aid the populace in fleeing! Rescue whoever possible!"

His rasping call, all but swallowed by the wave's fury, stabbed icy hopelessness into the Demon Hunters' cores. Their deep-seated regret and shame hid behind clamped jaws.

This all-out barrier, forged from their collective vigor, had concluded in utter collapse.

A crushing loss!

As the thousands of Demon Hunters let despair gleam in their stares and readied to forsake their stations.

Abruptly!

A form materialized from nowhere.

He hovered wordlessly over the ruined barricade, clad in a pristine suit and polished footwear, utterly spotless. Neither the roiling waters nor the savage sea blasts stirred a single strand of his hair!

Feng Tianci's veteran eyes bulged in astonishment, and the nearby throng gaped in total incredulity!

Ere they could respond.

The figure gently extended his arms. Boundless, glowing force poured out, hardening instantly into a vibrant light barrier that surpassed the mighty tsunami by a margin!

An act beyond all tales!

The thousands of Demon Hunters stood utterly slack-jawed, quakes intensifying in their gazes. Even Feng Tianci's timeworn eyes flickered. After fixed scrutiny for moments, he stiffened, his stare brimming with sheer amazement!

Beneath thousands of stunned looks...

The doomsday swell that had pushed them to ruin's edge was wholly checked by the light wall!

One lone individual had reversed the doom?!

As the furious billows calmed, the shore fell into hush, a silence bordering on the uncanny. Pupils quivered wildly, as if beholding apparitions!

In fewer than thirty seconds.

The prior bedlam and clamor had plunged into pin-drop stillness. Solely the survivors' deepening breaths resounded, looping in their hearing!