Langhuan Holy Land.
When the human world's planet trembled, it too quivered in sync. This trembling woke the Blood Ancestor. His consciousness swept over the scarred expanse of the holy land, recalling the ti Long Tianji, a re rogue, had strutted in and wreaked havoc.
Hmph! The Underworld's invasion is beginning, which ans your death is finally at hand!
He already knew Long Tianji was not dead, but he lacked the power to pursue and kill him. He had been waiting for this very day.
I must go and greet a few old comrades from the Underworld, then assess the situation and plan for the long term… I wonder if They still rember …
Clearly, he was not joking. He truly planned to defect from the human world and join the Underworld's camp.
「Blessed Life Holy Land」
The Earth Immortal behind it also regained a sliver of consciousness. He imdiately released nurous magical flasks, bestowing them upon the inhabitants of the holy land.
"Go," he commanded. "Secretly collect the souls of all who are killed or wounded in this great war. Whether they are surface humans or Underworld beings, gather them all. The more, the better…"
This Earth Immortal planned to remain neutral. He would help neither side while covertly trying to exploit the situation for his own gain.
In truth, with a human population of nearly ten billion, hundreds of thousands of people die naturally every day. Why did he not send people to collect them on a regular basis? The reason was simple: souls collected on ordinary days were of no use to him. Souls could not be stored for long; they had to be fresh. The Underworld's invasion and the rging of the two dinsions created a special state. This state was beneficial to Ghost Immortals, Earth Immortals, and deities alike. The souls of living beings were at their most nutritious during this ti. This was a truth they had discovered over a vast, long period of observation.
「Abroad」
The trembling of the human world's planet, like a tily alarm clock, startled the deity behind Skull Holy Mountain awake. Within his horrifyingly mad eyes, a glimr of lucidity appeared.
Phew! I've finally… finally taken this opportunity to regain my composure! Only with composure am I truly alive… Hmm? Who? Who dared destroy my Skull Holy Mountain while I fought against my madness? My followers, my descendants, so many have been killed? AAARGH! HE DESERVES TO DIE! TO DIE!
In a fit of rage, he was nearly consud by madness once again. He certainly had more contingencies in the human world than just Skull Holy Mountain, but it was undoubtedly the largest one. The loss was significant. He imdiately contacted the followers of his other assets to learn what had happened.
The perpetrator is Central Earth National Master Long Tianji? Good, very good. I will crush you, then burn your soul for a thousand years…
His gaze flickered. He decided he had to do sothing while he was still lucid.
Besides him, the Lord of Luofu, the Shadow Master, the Eye of Truth, the Mushroom God, the Lord of Delight, the Gu God, the Demon Spirit Ancestor, and many other deities and Earth Immortals all felt a premonition. They knew the Underworld's invasion had officially begun.
So sided with the righteous camp of the human world, while others stood with the nefarious camp of the Underworld. Still others remained neutral or sought to play both sides, hoping to fish in troubled waters. In short, they were all like chess players before a board, beginning to position their pieces.
"When the Underworld invades, the realms rge, creating a siphon effect perfect for us to accelerate our approach… Soon, soon, my true body will finally return to the human world!" the Mushroom God murmured.
The Eye of Truth took advantage of its lucid state to cast its gaze upon the human world's planet. Long Tianji, you had better not disappoint . Don't die in this Underworld invasion. Otherwise, when I return, where will I find the Yin Yang Mirror that should be mine?
There were quite a few deities who shared this sentint. They were determined to obtain the Yin Yang Mirror and watched Long Tianji like tigers stalking their prey.
「...」
If one viewed the Underworld space as a massive sphere, then their vanguard was like a spearhead pointing outward from within it. The very tip of the spearhead was the first to pierce the spatial fabric of the human world. Swarms of Underworld beings surged out from the opening.
Their landing point—the Eerie Cave of Central Earth's Luofu City!
That's right. It was the very sa place where the first batch of Soul Hooking Envoys from the Underworld had appeared. Back then, they had opened a small passage. Now, that passage had been ripped open, forming a massive cavern hundreds of ters wide. The entire mountain was swallowed in an instant, not even a single pebble remaining.
"KEKEKE—"
"So this is the human realm, huh? It looks truly delightful! Even the air is so sweet!"
"Wow, I sll humans, lots and lots of them! This is great! I could eat for three days without stopping!"
"I rember Camron's squad of Soul Hooking Envoys was completely wiped out at these coordinates. While we're here, we should find their killer and avenge them!"
"I sense a city in that direction with a huge population. Brothers, follow !"
Once a giant transportation array solidified, Underworld monsters with scaly, lizard-like skin began to appear above it, dropping down one after another like dumplings from a pot. Most of them were under two ters tall, but the few leading the charge were each more massive and imposing than the last.
The most formidable of them all was a five-ter-long beast resembling a dinosaur. Its thick legs were like great pillars, and a long tail trailed behind it. Each ti the tail swung, it sent ripples of fine cracks through space, which looked like black fireworks. Its forelimbs were tipped with sharp claws that looked as if they were made of tal, incredibly sturdy. The strangest part was the pair of small, short wings on its back. They looked rely decorative and utterly useless. Yet, with just a slight flap of those wings, its massive, heavy body soared into the sky, leading the charge toward Luofu City!
"YAHOO!"
"YAHOO!"
The Underworld throng followed, screeching like a torrent, a vast and mighty flood.
"What rotten luck!"
Not far from the Eerie Cave, a light flashed, and several figures appeared. Among them was Zheng Sanjie, the very man Lin Tang had once spared.
That was right. The nearby city was called Luofu City because it had so connection to Luofu Palace. The space where Luofu Palace resided was also linked to this place. Like Yaochi Heavenly Palace, it housed a large number of humans. The entire population consisted of warriors, and masters were nurous.
But compared to this vanguard from the Underworld, they were hopelessly outmatched, like an egg against a stone.
Therefore, they did not hesitate… to chicken out. They did not dare leap out at the first opportunity to block the path of these Underworld beings.
"What do we do? Just stand by and watch as they're about to ravage the human world?"
"What else can we do? Our great Lord of Luofu hasn't even awakened. And even if he did, it would only be a fraction of his consciousness, allowing him to send down an avatar. But if his main body can't move, a single avatar can't possibly eliminate so many Underworld beings right now…"
"If even the Lord of Luofu is helpless, what chance do the likes of you and I have?"
"Alas, you're right. We can only watch them go for now. Afterwards, we'll have to gather our effective forces, regroup with the followers of the other great existences, and then figure out a new plan."
"Old Zheng, didn't you say there was an incredibly powerful big shot in the human world now? Shouldn't he be able to stop this attack? Where is he?"
"This…" Zheng Sanjie was about to say that no matter how powerful Long Tianji was, he was still just one person. He could not possibly take on so many Underworld beings single-handedly.
Suddenly, he froze.
"Look, quick, that's…"
"It looks like…"
"Not good!"
"Retreat, now!"
The faces of Zheng Sanjie and the others changed drastically as they hastily activated their teleportation disc. At the sa ti, streams of light creating sonic booms converged from several directions, landing precisely in the middle of the Underworld army.
The five-ter-tall leader, Si Dele, was the first to spot them.
Are these the so-called missiles created by human technology?
Although Lin Tang had previously wiped out that group of Soul Hooking Envoys, preventing them from sending vast amounts of information about the human world back to the Underworld, the Underworld had not only sent that one group. They had also dispatched others to various suitable locations in foreign countries. Those groups had wreaked havoc, harvesting many lives and causing all sorts of tragedies. However, the news was suppressed by the respective countries, keeping the public in the dark. Those envoys successfully returned to the Underworld, bringing back a great deal of information. Therefore, the Underworld was not entirely ignorant of human technology.
How could this little iron lump have any real power… Si Dele smirked arrogantly. With a flick of his tail, it instantly shot out over a hundred ters, wrapping around one of the missiles. He intended to pull it closer for a look.
"Quick!"
"Detonate them now!"
"Destroy them!"
「Miles away, at a military base」
Elite soldiers boarded armored vehicles and tanks, ard with guns and ammunition, and began to deploy. At the sa ti, in the command center, leaders and experts stared intently at a giant screen while rapidly operating computers. They remotely controlled the supersonic missiles, launching an imdiate volley.
Seeing the missiles successfully reach their targets, they all held their breath, desperately hoping for a decisive victory. For a mont, ti seed to freeze.
BOOM!!!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The first missile exploded! The second, the third… they all detonated in a chain reaction! The entire screen was filled with a blinding, incandescent light. The deafening roar nearly fried their headsets.
At the scene, Zheng Sanjie and the others glanced back as they teleported away. They saw invisible shockwaves radiating in all directions. A massive wave of light and heat followed, expanding rapidly up, down, left, and right. The oxygen within a radius of several hundred ters was instantly consud, replaced by intense heat, flas, howling blasts, and sharp shrapnel.
The Underworld vanguard was caught completely off guard. Most of them did not dodge in ti. By the ti they tried to flee, it was too late. Engulfed by the flas, they were either instantly vaporized or blasted into charred husks without even managing a grunt. The sight of them dying in droves made them seem so pathetically weak.
A few seconds later, the force of the explosion began to fade, and the fires weakened. Zheng Sanjie and his group had already teleported away, so they did not see what happened next.
Back at the military base, however, they saw everything clearly on the big screen. Seven or eight out of every ten Underworld beings were dead. The rest were scattered on the ground, bloodied and mangled, with bones exposed. They appeared to have completely lost their ability to fight.
"Excellent!"
"Fantastic!"
"Hahaha!"
"Who was it that said the Underworld beings were immortal? That modern firearms were just a joke against them and couldn't be fought?"
"I knew that was an exaggeration!"
"Under a barrage of firepower, all life is equal!"
"Looks like our elite soldiers won't need to risk their lives after all. Tell everyone to stand down!"
"Send a victory report to the Supre imdiately!"
The leaders and experts all cheered and applauded. So of them even sneered inwardly. To think the country elevated that so-called State Preceptor, Long Tianji, to such a high position. And this whole 'Martial Arts for All' initiative... How ridiculous. It's completely unnecessary! Martial arts and all that are nonsense. Modern firearms are what's truly powerful! Even if more and more Underworld armies like this show up, we can just carpet-bomb them with more powerful artillery. This so-called Great Calamity is nothing special!
Just as they were considering whether to hold a celebration banquet, they failed to notice sothing happening near the Eerie Cave. The heaps of shattered limbs and shredded flesh were silently stirring, writhing like worms as they began to converge in a single direction…
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