Calamity of Tomorrow

Hearing Shi Fa's words, the Heavenly Demon Snake laughed contentedly, "Rest assured, we naturally wouldn't provide you with a weapon that reveals its true form the moment you step onto the stage. I've also put a great deal of effort into studying how to disguise our weapons in the human world."

"Although the directions of technological development between us and you humans are different, in the end, whether it's your Taoist techniques or our armaments, all are merely replications of various natural phenomena in this universe. No one can create phenomena that do not exist in nature."

As it spoke, the two eyeballs of the Heavenly Demon Snake lit up, projecting two beams of light directly in front of Shi Fa.

What first appeared were several dark, dull spherical beads.

The Heavenly Demon Snake explained, "These are plasma bombs, deliberately made to resemble your Yin Thunder Pearls and Heavenly Demon Pearls and other magical treasures like that. They can generate a plasma attack with temperatures reaching tens of thousands of degrees. Combined with your Tathagata Heart Seal, it is enough to kill a person unseen."

"If you're willing to use these, we can supply you with as many as you need, by the hundreds or thousands."

Next, the projection changed, displaying an object resembling a bodysuit that continuously changed colors as the camera angle shifted.

The Heavenly Demon Snake introduced, "Nano protective suit, capable of adapting to your body as tightly as a second skin, so light and thin it's hard to detect. Despite its thinness, its defensive power should not be underestimated. For instance, those plasma bombs earlier, it would take at least a hundred to penetrate this nano protective suit. It can transfer all damage into thermal energy for storage, which is then converted into High Energy Beams and released."

The projected nano protective suit withstood various attacks like impacts, piercings, explosions, high temperatures, and electrical shocks. After fending off each one, it released high-energy beams that melted human-shaped alloy targets into molten metal.

Shi Fa just stood by, watching the array of weapons appearing in the Heavenly Demon Snake's projection. On the surface, he appeared calm, but inside, his heart was a tumult of worries.

"The might of the Heavenly Demon's weapons seems to have grown even stronger than before. It seems that their technology has been continuously advancing over the years."

"Looking at humanity on the other hand, our strength has not increased and has even regressed."

"Now we're still internally consumed by the arguments over purebloods, mixed bloods, and the relationship with Daluo Heaven."

The more he thought about it, the deeper Shi Fa felt the sense of crisis.

"If things continue this way, even if Zhou Bai falls by my hand, the human crisis is still far from being lifted. The Heavenly Demon is truly terrifying."

Although he realized this, Shi Fa was at a loss. This was not a problem he could solve alone.

All he could think of was to record this information, then hand it over to the human higher-ups and to the Heavenly Court later, hoping it could play some role.

"The Heavenly Demon remains a serious threat, but dealing with Zhou Bai is the immediate priority."

"I hope that after Zhou Bai's death, the information I submit about the Heavenly Demon will draw the attention of the Heavenly Court. I would like them to set aside their prejudices temporarily. Hopefully, immortals, gods, and humans can join hands to counter the threat of the Heavenly Demon."

After listening to all of the Heavenly Demon Snake's introductions, Shi Fa exchanged information with it for over two hours, learning about the various capabilities of these weapons, while also trying to extract information from the Heavenly Demon.

Two hours later, feeling that the exchange had been sufficient, Shi Fa selected a few types of weapons, and then chose a location in the wilderness over five hundred kilometers from Central City to proceed with the transaction with the Heavenly Demon.

"I will await your grand arrival at the designated location. Rest assured, we have no interest in taking your life. Killing Zhou Bai is our goal."

Leaving behind a pile of text written in black liquid, watching the Heavenly Demon Snake transform into a puddle of sludge to exit the door, Shi Fa looked back at the writing on the ground to find that it had disappeared without a trace.

After scanning the surroundings of the room with Primordial Spirit power and sensing no presence of the Heavenly Demon, Shi Fa immediately sat down and swiftly began writing with paper and pen rolled up by Primordial Spirit power.

He wrote down all the information related to the Heavenly Demon that he had gathered in the past two hours. With his cultivation level, it was easy for him to remember everything he saw with perfect clarity.

Looking at the content he had written down, Shi Fa thought for a moment, then folded the page and casually cast a spell seal. The page disappeared from the desk.

This concealment spell would last a full day and night. If he didn't return, someone else would surely discover this piece of intelligence.

After making these preparations, he left the room and arrived in a gobi desert over five hundred kilometers away an hour later.

With his cultivation and strength, this distance was easily covered within an hour.

The Heavenly Demon had no intention of ambushing him and handed over a large number of Heavenly Demon weapons to Shi Fa at this location.

Looking at these Heavenly Demon weapons, identical in size and make, neatly arranged in front of him according to different codes, Shi Fa's brow deeply furrowed.

He clearly understood what this represented; it meant that the dangerous weapons he had selected could now be mass-produced and manufactured on a large scale by the demons.

And the fact that they were able to deliver these weapons five hundred kilometers from Central City revealed just how deep the Heavenly Demon's infiltration ran.

With deep worries in his heart, Shi Fa began to try out these Heavenly Demon weapons.

After testing each type of weapon, he grew more knowledgeable about the Heavenly Demon's arsenal.

"Simple, easy to use, and powerful—that must be the defining traits of the Heavenly Demon weapons."

"As long as they're trained, even ordinary people could use these weapons, and when it comes to the might of the weapons, it doesn't make a fundamental difference who wields them."

"With these weapons, coupled with my Dragon Elephant Kasaya and Tathagata Heart Seal, I now have an eighty to ninety percent certainty of killing Zhou Bai. However..."

Shi Fa was highly confident in killing Zhou Bai with the astonishing power of these weapons, but he also felt the threat of the Heavenly Demon more acutely.

He silently thought to himself, "After I kill Zhou Bai, I must find a way... it'd be best to keep a batch of weapons to turn over to the Heavenly Court for research."

...

After eating with Zheng Wentian, Zhou Bai was taken by Yun Chonghe to a secret chamber on the bottom floor of the building.

As the door to the secret chamber opened, a chilling air rushed at them, as if flashes of blade light and sword shadows swept through the air.

Looking into the chamber, Zhou Bai could see dense sword marks on the walls, floor, and ceiling.

A flying sword hovered in the center of the chamber, its surface gleaming brightly, radiating a dazzling aura.

Whenever a sharp fluctuation came from the sword, another sword mark would appear on the surrounding walls.

Yun Chonghe bowed towards the flying sword and said, "Heavenly Sword Elder, I have brought Zhou Bai."

An ancient voice came from the flying sword, "You go on with your tasks, I have some words I wish to speak with Zhou Bai alone."

Only Zhou Bai and the Heavenly Sword Elder were left in the chamber.

Accompanied by a period of silence, the air seemed to become somewhat oppressive.

Zhou Bai didn't like this heaviness, and looking at the flying sword in front of him, he said, "Elder, would you consider this to be the Nine Realms Flying Sword? Can I touch it..."

The Heavenly Sword Elder ignored Zhou Bai's question and asked directly, "Zhou Bai, someone told me that only a pure-blooded human can gain the recognition of the Emperor's Sword. Is that so?"