Meanwhile, outside the Liu Family residence.

Dozens of military off-road vehicles emitted harsh screeching brakes, executing a brilliant drift and steadying themselves on both sides of the street.

The doors opened, and over a hundred fully armed imperial capital city defense soldiers filed out swiftly, well-trained.

They quickly gathered in front of the main gate of the Liu Family residence, pulling up a long cordon to keep the onlookers who came hearing the commotion far away.

Both sides of the street were already packed with people.

The commoners craned their necks, pointing and discussing animatedly at the brightly lit mansion.

"What is going on? What happened to the Liu Family?"

"Didn't you hear? That noise just now was like thunder! Something big must have happened inside!"

"I heard today is the ninetieth birthday of the Liu Zhenxiong, how could such a huge commotion break out?"

Just at this moment, a black command vehicle sped over.

The door opened, and a stalwart middle-aged general with general stars on his shoulders stepped out quickly.

He looked at the team gathered at the door but delaying action, his facial muscles twitching as a wave of fury surged straight to his crown.

"A bunch of trash!"

He rushed to the front of the team in a few strides, unleashing a fierce scolding right in the faces of the leading captains.

"What the fuck are you all standing here for? Enjoying the moon? The inside is about to turn upside down, why aren't you charging in for me!"

A captain looked troubled, bracing himself to step forward.

"General, it's not that we don't want to go in..."

He pointed at the open vermilion-painted gate, a trace of helplessness in his voice.

"It's really... really impossible to get in."

"Can't get in?"

The general furrowed his brows, full of suspicion.

"Could someone have set up a Formation barrier?"

The captain gave a bitter smile and explained no further.

He simply made an offensive gesture toward several bold soldiers behind him.

Those soldiers looked at each other, seeing a trace of determination in each other's eyes.

They let out a roar and charged fiercely toward that gate!

However, the exact moment their toes stepped across the threshold.

A sudden change occurred!

Hum—!!!

The buzzing sound, which was originally just annoying, suddenly amplified a thousand times at this moment!

Like hundreds of millions of cicadas screeching in the ears simultaneously, stinging everyone's eardrums with pain!

The next second, inside the residence, the originally brilliant lights were instantly swallowed by an extreme darkness!

Endless Shadow Demon Insects, like a breached black flood, surged crazily from every corner of the courtyard!

They blotted out the sky, converging into a living black tsunami that wrapped the entire Liu Family residence tightly, without leaving a single leak!

Those soldiers who had just rushed in couldn't even let out a single scream before they were forcibly pushed out by the terrifying Insect Tide!

The alloy armor on their bodies was gnawed pitted and bumpy by those sharp mouthparts, sending sparks flying everywhere!

If they hadn't retreated quickly, they probably would have been torn into pieces by now!

The City Guard general looked at the apocalyptic scene before him, freezing in place entirely.

He subconsciously drew in a cold breath, his wide-open eyeballs filled with disbelief.

"What... what the fuck is this thing?"

Good grief!

So many Shadow Demon Insects!

Looking out, it was a pitch-black mass, completely endless!

The quantity was at least several hundred thousand!

Within the imperial capital, how could such a scale of Insect Tide appear out of thin air?

No wonder these kids didn't dare to go in for so long.

The City Guards who came to support upon receiving the news now numbered less than a hundred people; rushing in like this wouldn't even be enough to fill the gaps between these bugs' teeth!

Just as this general was burning with anxiety, not knowing what to do.

The Insect Tide, like a black iron curtain, unexpectedly and spontaneously pulled open a gap on both sides without warning.

The gap wasn't large, just enough for one person to pass through.

Following closely, figures in luxurious attire but utterly disheveled rushed out of that gap, crawling and scrambling.

Their faces were pale one by one, their eyes unfocused, and their bodies stained with blood and dust.

Some people even screamed hysterically while running, as if some terrifying demon was chasing after them from behind.

They were precisely the guests who had come to attend the birthday banquet.

Rushing out of the encirclement of the Insect Tide, when they saw the fully armed City Guard at the door, it was as if they saw their savior.

Their legs went weak one by one, collapsing to the ground with expressions of rejoicing over surviving a catastrophe, panting heavily.

Seeing this, the City Guard general hurriedly stepped forward to support a middle-aged man who looked relatively calm.

"What on earth happened inside?"

The middle-aged man was still shaken, his lips trembling for a long time, but not a single word could come out.

Just at this moment, a young woman wearing an evening gown, crying tears like pear blossoms drenched in rain, stumbled over.

She grabbed the general's arm, her nails digging deeply into his flesh due to the force.

"General! Save us! Please save us!"

Her voice carried a crying tone, trembling beyond recognition.

"Someone... someone attacked the Liu Family's birthday banquet!"

"He said... he said he will eradicate the Liu Family tonight!"

"Dead... so many people are dead! The people of the Liu Family... are almost all killed!"

"I beg you, go save them quickly!"

Hearing this, the City Guard general felt his heart tighten, and the expression on his face became unprecedentedly solemn.

But when he raised his head to look at the slowly writhing black Insect Tide exuding an endless aura of death, a deep sense of powerlessness welled up in his heart.

Save?

How the fuck is anyone supposed to save them?

He clenched his teeth and roared at the communicator beside him.

"Immediately contact the Military Department! Request heavy firepower support!"

"Say that a large-scale Insect Tide has appeared at the Liu Family residence, the situation is extremely critical!"

While speaking, three figures had already flown over from afar like shooting stars.

They tore through the night sky, their speed reaching the extreme.

Looking at the black Insect Tide below that tightly wrapped the entire Liu Family residence, the three of them did not hesitate in the slightest and plunged right in!

At the head was a burly man holding a giant mountain-splitting axe, his muscles knotted and Baleful Qi compelling.

He let out a roar, swinging the giant axe in his hand in a full circle, whipping up a destructive energy storm.

Wherever the storm passed, thousands of Shadow Demon Insects were instantly shredded into pieces!

On the left was a female mage with ethereal movement; as her staff danced, frost and flames intertwined into a movement of death.

Large swaths of insect swarms were frozen into ice sculptures under her spell, and in the next second burned to ashes by the flames.

On the right was a stern-looking middle-aged swordsman wearing an ancient longsword at his waist, the sword remaining un-sheathed.

He simply pointed his fingers like a sword, slashing through the air.

Invisible sharp Sword Qi crisscrossed horizontally and vertically, cutting all the Shadow Demon Insects that dared to approach into two halves.

The City Guard general couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The three of them cooperated tacitly, their attacks fierce, actually carving out a bloody path through that airtight Insect Tide!

Clearly, three legendary Classer above level seventy had come to support.

The three of them were unstoppable all the way, quickly landing safely inside the courtyard.

For some reason, after the three of them landed, those bugs that were originally fearless of death stopped chasing.

Like receding seawater, they quickly flew back, continuing to blockade the entire Liu Family residence airtight.

The leading middle-aged swordsman looked at the devastated courtyard, his brows tightly furrowed.

The air was filled with a rich stench of blood and a nauseating burnt smell.

The three of them didn't have unnecessary nonsense, exchanged glances, and quickly hurried toward the direction of the banquet hall.

As soon as they reached the door of the banquet hall, that unresolvable stench of blood rushed straight at them, like a substance, hitting the three of them fiercely in the face.

Even though the three of them were seasoned in battle, at this moment their stomachs couldn't help but churn violently.

Upon entering, even though they were mentally prepared long ago, they were still completely stunned by the scene before them.

The ground was no longer smooth marble, but a sticky, dark red swamp.

Severed limbs, remains, and distorted heads were scattered all over the floor.

Not a single complete corpse could be found.

The entire banquet hall had long been completely stained red with blood.

Yasuo stood quietly in the center of the corpses and pools of blood.

He lowered his head, using a white silk scarf to leisurely wipe the still-dripping tachi in his hand.

As if what had just been completed was not a massacre, but an insignificant piece of artistic creation.

Not far away, Liu Zhenxiong was struggling to support himself leaning against a cicada-wing-thin energy barrier.

The old man's hair bun was disheveled and stained with blood and dirt, his luxurious Tang suit having long been torn into rags.

His cloudy eyes lost focus, leaving only endless fear and bewilderment.

The energy barrier in front of him was covered in spiderweb-like cracks, flickering uncertainly as if it would shatter completely at any moment.

He had already reached the end of his tether.

Seeing this scene, the three of them felt their hearts beat wildly, a chill shooting straight from the soles of their feet to their crowns.

They had thought something might happen to the Liu Family, but they had never imagined it would be such a tragic and bloody ending.

The Liu Family, one of the top aristocratic families in the imperial capital, had actually been wiped out by someone tonight?