Calamity of Tomorrow

Under a barrage of electromagnetic cannon fire, plasma flame ejections, and attacks from fists as large as mountains, the Heavenly Demon organization on Xu Dela's body was continuously bombarded, torn apart, and perforated. It crumbled and fell like raindrops, and the volume of his body kept shrinking.

As the ten-plus minutes passed, Gorinich's luck was also being continuously absorbed by Zhou Bai, and the laser cannon that Xu Dela spat out began to land on Gorinich.

The entire scene increasingly resembled Gorinich and Xu Dela attacking each other, with Zhou Bai ruthlessly beating up both of them. Xu Dela and Gorinich were so distressed that it felt like death, yet they found themselves out of options.

By the time the Wolf Head frantically arrived at the scene, what he saw was the Zhuxian Sword battling against two large Heavenly Demons, with the two Heavenly Demons instead fighting each other and being driven back by the Zhuxian Sword.

'So strong!' exclaimed Wolf Head. 'Is this the power of the Zhuxian Sword? It can actually make Heavenly Demons fight one another? How is that possible? With this ability, couldn't one person face an army of Heavenly Demons and turn defeat into victory?'

Wolf Head watched excitedly and eagerly as the Zhuxian Sword flickered back and forth, slashing at the large Heavenly Demons: 'If we could request the Zhuxian Sword back to the Heavenly Court, it would be a great achievement. This Nine Realms Flying Sword could possibly change the course of the war against the Heavenly Demons.'

As Wolf Head was closely watching the great battle, 'Ai,' who had been paying attention to the two large Heavenly Demons, said through the communication network, "No, you must have been affected by Zhou Bai's abnormal ability. Try attacking one at a time. Xu Dela, retreat, and Gorinich, go on the offensive."

Following the command issued by the Heavenly Demon King, the autopilot system changed its strategy, controlling Xu Dela to retreat and Gorinich to battle Zhou Bai alone.

Instantly, the battle underwent a dramatic change.

Waves of plasma flames forced Zhou Bai to desperately dodge, while over ten arms brought a force like overturning seas and mountains, bombarding him. The shockwaves raised by the fists alone were enough to blow a common man away.

Under the attack of a level 7 Heavenly Demon, each hit Zhou Bai sustained required him to expend hundreds of laziness points to heal.

"No, in a head-to-head duel, I'm still no match for a level 7 Heavenly Demon." The thought had barely crossed Zhou Bai's mind when his flying sword shot out. He wanted to close in on Xu Dela's position, but found that Xu Dela simply turned around and fled instead of fighting him.

Thus, Zhou Bai was seen chasing Xu Dela, with Gorinich tailing behind Zhou Bai.

The three of them chased and fled, quickly disappearing into the sky, leaving behind a battlefield in disarray like that of a magnitude eight earthquake.

After a while, Zhou Bai sensed something was wrong.

'No, continuing this pursuit, I'm getting deeper into Heavenly Demon territory, and I might end up being led into an encirclement.'

'I can't keep chasing.'

With that thought, Zhou Bai maneuvered his Sword Flight in a sharp turn, already breaking away from the two large Heavenly Demons and fleeing towards the lands of humanity.

The two large Heavenly Demons changed forms, once again becoming two flying shuttles. Their thrusters constantly accelerated, like two missiles chasing after Zhou Bai.

The three of them engaged in a high-speed flight through the sky. Zhou Bai, to cover for Wolf Head and the other monks, intentionally flew for a while before using Laziness Acceleration.

This was Zhou Bai's first time using Laziness Acceleration while in Sword Flight.

Zhou Bai's Primordial Spirit, carrying the flying sword, suddenly broke through to seven times the speed of sound. The surrounding scenery changed rapidly, the air grew tougher and harder. With each inch he advanced, he had to withstand immense pressure.

But indeed, this speed surpassed Xu Dela and Gorinich, and in an instant, he shook off the two large Heavenly Demons, disappearing into the horizon.

The two large Heavenly Demons watched Zhou Bai disappear with a look of dejection, feeling a bit helpless.

Xu Dela: "No good, we're too massive. We can't accelerate any further."

Xu Dela: "If we continue to accelerate, we'll need to discard the Heavenly Demon organization to reduce weight."

Gorinich: "Even if we catch up that way, we won't be able to capture Zhou Bai alive."

Xu Dela: "Damn, this Primordial Spirit Emergence is too troublesome; it's too fast, and conventional methods can't catch it at all."

Xu Dela reached out to the Heavenly Demon 'Ai' through the communication network, "My lord, I've failed again..."

"It's okay, although you've failed, the problem isn't with you," Ai said, "After the Primordial Spirit Emergence, Zhou Bai's mobility is even more terrifying than I anticipated. While he can't do much against you, if he decides to leave, you can't stop him."

"We may have to deploy a batch of high-speed flyers next time to catch him, let it go for this time."

Having said that, Ai mentioned another point, "Right, go find those human cultivators who appeared with Zhou Bai, and figure out why they came here. These humans must have some important purpose to come all this way, risking danger."

The two great Heavenly Demons turned in the sky, tearing through the air currents, already heading towards the previous battlefield to hunt for the wolf-headed ones and others.

"Just as well to return to the battlefield, I can also collect the damaged parts of the Heavenly Demon organization," Xu Dela thought as he returned to the recent battlefield and was taken aback.

Xu Dela: "Why are all the Heavenly Demon organizations gone?"

Gorinich: "It's Zhou Bai. This guy seems to be able to devour parts of our bodies."

Looking at his own body, which had shrunk back to half its size, Xu Dela grew frustrated, "Not even a fragment left? Fighting this bastard is too much of a loss."

...

On the other hand, Zhou Bai flew along, and upon seeing that the great Heavenly Demons weren't catching up, he stopped the Laziness Acceleration.

Then, while flying, he reflected on the recent battle, "Level seven Heavenly Demons; I can't kill them one-on-one. Moreover, they are becoming increasingly accurate in their intel on me, and they have found ways to counter both the Catastrophe Domain and the Ultimate Catastrophe."

"Although I can't kill them, if I'm focused on escaping, they can't catch me either."

Thinking of this, Zhou Bai felt relieved, "Thankfully, it wasn't my physical body that came, but my Primordial Spirit carried by the Sword Flight; I can fight and run. If I had come in the flesh, even with Time Reverse, I might not have been able to escape."

"This battle was not without gain, I did manage to turn a small profit." Zhou Bai looked at the luck he had harvested from the great Heavenly Demon (Gorinich), which was enough for him to raise the potential of his Primordial Spirit by more than 100, reaching 5445 points.

Counting also the Laziness points, including what was spent, he made 20,000 to 30,000 through selling parts of the great Heavenly Demons' bodies that were struck down, reaching 880,000 points.

With that in mind, Zhou Bai became even more eager to enhance his strength. Although he could now beat level six cultivators in the third realm, and even level seven Heavenly Demons couldn't kill him—a cross-level strength that was unprecedented.

But in the chaotic times of the Heavenly Demons, those powers were still not enough.

'I wonder if the wolf-headed ones can escape; after all, it's the Heavenly Demons' turf, and they might not be able to get away if discovered.'

'What on earth is in that lab? Why has the Plague Department made such an effort to send people to look for it?'

'Should I just return to West Mountain City first, then bring people over to raid it?'

As Zhou Bai thought this, a Taoist suddenly appeared in front of him like Instantaneous Movement, reached out and transformed into a giant blue hand, firmly clutching the self-operated Geng Metal Flying Sword.

Zhou Bai was startled, 'Who is this person? How did he suddenly appear before me? With my speed, how could he do this? It's like Instantaneous Movement?'

Looking at the Flying Sword in hand, Ming Yue's disciple, Xiao Hun, who was following the Plague Department to search for the lab, burst into hearty laughter, "What a nice Nine Realms Flying Sword, to think I could encounter it here. Others might truly not be able to catch up with you, hold onto you, but who asked you to meet me? It must be fate that this item and I are meant to be together."

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Recommendation for "The Splendid City 13's Ji En," a hardcore cyberpunk work with already 2.3 million words; it's ready for carving.