Calamity of Tomorrow

The mechanical familiars inside Zhu Ye's body, shaped like little insects, not only could continue to exist by transforming his flesh but also could sever the control of his brain, nerves, and various hormones, directly manipulating his physical form.

At this moment, Li Zhengdao launched the runes he had planted to control Zhu Ye's consciousness and brain, but Zhou Bai took direct control of Zhu Ye's body.

As a result, after a scream from Zhu Ye, his body was completely taken over by the mechanical familiars.

Although his consciousness wanted to resist, his body completely ignored it.

It was like when the little Pei was modified and the Heavenly Demon controlled her body at will.

This was also a technology that the Heavenly Demon had long researched for recruiting human traitors.

Zhu Ye, with blood flowing from all seven orifices, laughed maniacally at Li Zhengdao, "How can an existence as trivial as an ant compare to His greatness?"

"Li Zhengdao, in the face of true darkness and despair, you are but a speck of dust, I now belong entirely to that great existence, you will never control me again..."

Li Zhengdao Wisdom-2

Wan Xing True Monarch Wisdom-8

Gu Lan Wisdom-11

Zhu Yan Wisdom-10

Seeing this, Gu Lan, Zhu Yan, and Wan Xing True Monarch all looked astonished; they hadn't expected that after the Haoran True Monarch launched runes to control Zhu Ye's consciousness, Zhou Bai would somehow snatch it back and it seemed that he mastered Zhu Ye completely.

This was simply a battle between two gods over control of Zhu Ye.

"Hmm?" Haoran True Monarch saw this and slightly raised his eyebrows, seemingly also surprised by Zhu Ye's situation, "Interesting, come here."

Then he saw him strike directly with his palm, and the Primordial Spirit's power transformed into a giant palm that swept toward Zhu Ye.

As the giant palm pressed down, the heavens and the earth converged, accompanied by strong winds and clouds continuously filling in, the giant palm swiftly swelled to the size of tens of thousands of square meters, as if the sky were falling.

...

Watching this scene, Christina said angrily, "This Haoran True Monarch is really showing off; if this keeps up, we're going to get shown up."

Elsa, with her eyes closed and arms crossed, said calmly, "Don't get angry, Tina, in battle, the first one to lose their composure loses half the battle, and that's a losing look."

Christina angrily slapped her claw, "Shut up!"

Zhou Bai sneered, "This guy is probing, but how could I possibly let him probe my true strength? I have to hold on, even if it kills me."

Seeing this, Zhou Bai's eyes narrowed, his flying sword soared, and the heavens twinkled with starlight as his nine thousand points of Primordial Spirit power burst forth, unleashing four sword strikes of 'Genesis Star River Annihilation.'

Propelled by 9000 points of Primordial Spirit power, the 'Genesis Star River Annihilation' reached the peak of Zhou Bai's destructive power since he began cultivating. Not even nine realms of armor could remain unscathed under this strike.

Now it wasn't just one strike, but four consecutive strikes of 'Genesis Star River Annihilation;' Zhou Bai took on part of the pollution himself, and the rest needed to be transferred to the Mysterious Female to endure.

Thankfully, just now, Zhou Bai and the Mysterious Female had used their pollution to attack Gu Lan and Zhu Yan, which allowed them to handle it.

It could be said that the 'Genesis Star River Annihilation' driven by 9000 points of Primordial Spirit power, even over four consecutive strikes, had completely surpassed the limit Zhou Bai could exert with his own solid strength.

And the resulting destructive power far exceeded the limits of mortals, barely reaching the level of celestial deities.

After unleashing these four strikes, Zhou Bai felt the rapidly surging and then swiftly declining pollution in his mind, his face slightly paled, and a hint of burning pain transmitted from his Primordial Spirit.

But seeing the scene on the battlefield, Zhou Bai's complexion changed, and he let out a deep breath as his flying sword hummed lightly. The next moment, he unleashed five consecutive Star River Annihilation Strikes.

The whole flying sword trembled violently as if it had reached its limit.

Zhou Bai's sea of consciousness was also scorching hot, running completely overloaded.

Yet, as he operated at such an overload, increasing the pollution level by hundreds, he finally managed to block that palm strike from the Haoran True Monarch.

Zhou Bai breathed a sigh of relief, "So this is the strength of a True Monarch... ah, his raw power is still much stronger than mine, but I can't let them realize that. I should avoid clashing directly with them as much as possible."

Feeling the surge in pollution levels inside his body and reaching the limit himself and with Xuan Nu, Zhou Bai had no choice but to launch "Stupid Disaster" again, transferring it to someone else.

Besides the pollution level, Zhou Bai could feel that both his Primordial Spirit and flying sword would not be able to perform Star River Annihilation in the short term, as overexploitation beyond its limits would likely result in irreparable damage.

...

Facing the giant palm descending from the sky, Zhu Ye spread his arms wide as if embracing the heavens, his face showing no trace of fear.

And Zhou Bai's voice, light and indifferent, also came from him:

"Li Zhengdao, come and take a sword strike from me."

On the battlefield, a blinding light rose from behind Zhu Ye, as if a sun had risen from the ground, releasing astonishing heat, radiation, and shockwaves in an instant, the blinding light enough to blind someone's eyes momentarily.

The ground shattered, buildings upturned and melted, the mere shockwaves seeming to turn tens of thousands of meters into ruins.

As the force of the four Star River Annihilation Strikes collided with the giant palm from the sky, an explosion at the center generated endless shockwaves, blowing in all directions at hundreds of meters per second.

But the power of the four swords was quickly crushed by the giant palm, seemingly about to be completely scattered.

However, the next moment, the five additional swords Zhou Bai had added were cut down.

On the battlefield, the glow emanating from behind Zhu Ye surged even more powerfully, and the forces from both sides quickly obliterated and neutralized each other, leaving only ruins.

The ground cracked and dipped, empty skyscrapers shattered by the impact and collapsed thunderingly.

Were it not for the proximity to the Forbidden Land, which was devoid of inhabitants, if not for the fact that the forces of both sides were relatively concentrated and counterbalanced each other to a great extent, the strike might have resulted in tens or even hundreds of thousands of casualties.

Seeing his move blocked by the opponent, Haoran True Monarch's expression slightly changed: "Divine level destruction... Zhou Bai's strength is increasing so fast."

He distinctly remembered Xiang Tiandi's report, which had stated that Zhou Bai's raw power hadn't yet reached the divine level.

Elsewhere, Gu Lan and Zhu Yan were also slightly startled. Divine level destruction might not be much, but the fact that it was deployed from afar by someone not even present was remarkable.

Zhu Yan said, "Theoretically, remote deployment of power should result in loss of strength, the greater the distance, the larger the loss."

"But now, Zhou Bai's remote deployment, under that seemingly effortless demeanor, still achieved such power."

Their hearts couldn't help but consider this—if Zhou Bai's true body were here, what level of destruction would be reached?

Fortunately, it was clear that his true body was not present, so Haoran True Monarch held an absolute advantage and there was no real danger.

Thinking this, they couldn't help but feel slightly relieved.

It wasn't that they thought Zhou Bai in person could defeat Haoran True Monarch.

After all, Haoran True Monarch was a celestial True Monarch, his Dao percentage nearing an infinite 140%, his cultivation profound and unmatched by ordinary gods, armed with powerful Taoist techniques and magical treasures.

In Zhu Yan and the others' view, Zhou Bai's abilities were too bizarre and terrifying; if he truly came down to fight Haoran True Monarch, the consequences would likely be far-reaching.