Calamity of Tomorrow

As the Supreme Heavenly Venerate's thirty-three skies unfolded, the bombardment by the Heavenly Demons was swallowed en masse into the different space-time, even reflecting back towards the Heavenly Demon army through the openings of the different space-time.

Faced with the bombarding assault, the formation of the Heavenly Demons underwent a change.

"Defense troops, advance and activate the electromagnetic shields."

A large number of Heavenly Demons descended rapidly, and at the same time, the super-powered electromagnetic shields were deployed, deflecting all the reflected bombardment, transforming them into countless sparks that burst open in the vastness of space.

Three massive shadows loomed above the Heavenly Demon legion, immensely vast, blotting out the sun, resembling three enormous floating continents.

Even on their pitch-black bodies could be seen innumerable bristling, assembled lesser Heavenly Demons continuously emerging.

These three super-gigantic Heavenly Demons were the three Heavenly Demon Kings, one of which was the Heavenly Demon King 'Ji' to whom Xing Jun belonged.

At this moment, from outer space to the atmospheric layer, then to the insides of Central City, and even beneath Central City, countless Heavenly Demon devices enabled the Heavenly Demon Kings to monitor the entire battlefield effectively.

Upon seeing the thirty-three skies unfold, Ji immediately issued a new command, "Guidance troops, shift consciousness. Launch Anti-Spirit Missiles."

Countless missile silos opened, and with tens of thousands of light spots flickering, thousands upon thousands of Anti-Spirit Missiles were launched towards the ground. Simultaneously, the consciousness of countless Heavenly Demons had already been transferred to the missiles, personally controlling their flight.

They were seen circumventing the unfolded thirty-three skies and attempting to bombard the heavenly palace below from the flanks.

With a flash of purple light, a formidable Primordial Spirit force reached for these missiles, trying to crush them on the spot.

But as the missiles exploded, turbulent spiritual pulses spread, immediately consuming a significant amount of Primordial Spirit force.

Thus, the Supreme Heavenly Venerate no longer used Primordial Spirit force but instead controlled the different spaces unfolding with the thirty-three heavens, transforming them. The sky was ablaze with all sorts of colors, like different space-time mouths opening and closing, swallowing the Anti-Spirit Missiles.

The Heavenly Demon King 'Ji': "The Anti-Spirit Missiles are effective."

The Heavenly Demon King 'Ai,' belonging to Xu Dela, sighed, "These were secret weapons specially prepared for the Heavenly Court; to think they are being used now. For Zhou Bai's sake, is it worth it?"

The Heavenly Demon King 'Ji': "Are you questioning the Empress's choice?"

Ai: "I am merely expressing regret. These cultivators seem unable to compare with us, and their regular troops are no match for ours. But...

Once they become immortal gods, their space technology far surpasses ours, and those at the pinnacle of their Taoist Body system are particularly troublesome."

"Supreme Heavenly Venerate and the Haotian God Emperor alone can resist the bombardment of billions of Heavenly Demons. Based on the situation over the past few years, we had the upper hand. If we gradually turned all the resources we occupied into weaponry, victory was only a matter of time.

But to initiate the grand decisive battle without being utterly sure of their eradication seems unwise. It's not easy to create weapons specifically against their abilities."

Ji: "The Empress's choice must have a profound significance beyond our imagination. Moreover, now… at least we have temporarily held back the Supreme Heavenly Venerate."

She watched the relentless bombardment being perfectly defended by the thirty-three skies against all the Heavenly Demons' long-range bombing. However, it also meant that the thirty-three skies were temporarily caught in this long-range bombardment; should they withdraw, it would mean that the entire Miluo Heavenly Palace and Central City would face direct bombardment.

Ji: "This time, the bombardment troops consist of over nine billion Heavenly Demons, carrying enough ammunition to bombard the entire surface of the earth. According to our calculations, even if the Dutian Divine Evil Formation in Central City were fully activated, it couldn't withstand a saturation bombing by nine billion Heavenly Demons for even a minute."

At the moment, the sky above Central City was being bombarded with billions of blasts per second from plasma cannons, electromagnetic cannons, and anti-Spirit missiles, raining down like an unprecedented torrential downpour.

The entire sky appeared as if it were ablaze, a rumbling roar between heaven and earth, like billions of thunderclaps continuously exploding.

Giant storms whipped up, heat relentlessly spreading in all directions, and even though it was being devoured by the different space-time of the thirty-three heavens, the small amount that leaked out slowly raised Central City's temperature, giving a scorching sensation.

The terrifying scenes unfolding seemed as though the whole world had arrived at its apocalypse.

Ji said, "Once the thirty-three heavens are removed, both Central City and the Heavenly Palace will undoubtedly be utterly destroyed. The Supreme Heavenly Venerate would never do such a thing."

Ai lamented, "We have indeed held him off, but the cost is a massive depletion of our missile reserves. If this bombardment continues for an hour, our stockpile of ammunition from over the years will be nearly exhausted."

Ji said, "As long as we can fulfill the Empress's wish, then everything is worth it."

As they conversed, nine immense shadows tore through the dark space of the cosmos, hurtling toward Earth, toward the location of Central City.

The nine shadows slicing through the dark vacuum were nine asteroids, each over 20 kilometers in diameter, accumulated by the Heavenly Demon King after colliding, dragging, and aggregating along the asteroid belt for this great decisive battle.

These nine asteroids were now closing in on Earth at a speed of seventy kilometers per second and would enter Earth's atmosphere one after the other within an hour.

Any one of them striking Central City would bring catastrophic disaster to humanity, let alone all nine.

Ji said, "With this turn of events, even the Divine Emperor must intervene."

At the center of the Heavenly Demon army, a cyan gate suddenly appeared, looking ornate and majestic like the entrance to a royal palace.

As the gate opened, wisps of white auspicious clouds floated out, seemingly leading to a wildly peaceful and blissful paradise within.

A dignified man in a cyan robe and a tall crown stepped out, eyeing the Heavenly Demon in front of him.

Wherever his gaze landed, the Heavenly Demons disintegrated, dropping dead wherever he looked.

It was at this moment that words appeared on countless Heavenly Demons.

"Divine Emperor, are you sure you want to entangle with us here?"

"Nine asteroids, each over 20 kilometers in diameter, are continuously approaching Earth."

The Divine Emperor didn't speak but simply formed a Taoist hand gesture, and suddenly nine cyan shadows flew out from him.

In the next moment, three Heavenly Demon Kings, including Ji and Ai, simultaneously enveloped him.

Those nine streaks of cyan light soared to the other side of the outer atmospheric space and materialized as nine dignified men in cyan robes, identical to one another.

They sat cross-legged in the vacuum, changing hand gestures continuously.

In their midst, clusters of starlight, Bagua, and Tai Chi symbols pulsated; they were calculating the positions and trajectories of the nine asteroids.

Moments later, a cyan gate opened, one of them entered and vanished from sight, while the remaining eight continued their calculations.