Calamity of Tomorrow

Zhou Bai had already created incredible achievements many times over, so this time he strongly persuaded Jiaojiao to fly towards the heavens, even to the point of leaving the protective reach of the Celestial Star Formation of Donghua City. After some consideration, Jiaojiao decided to trust Zhou Bai once again.

Even after severing support from the Celestial Star Formation, her combat strength would plummet by at least thirty percent, and she might even struggle to unleash the fusion of the five Divine Skills. Despite this, she resolved to trust Zhou Bai once more.

It was because Zhou Bai had achieved so many impossibilities, even eradicating the Power of Deformation within her body, that Jiaojiao subconsciously felt that perhaps the other party indeed had a way to harm the vast and noble Heavenly Monarch.

Her body hesitated for only a moment before Jiaojiao shot towards the sky, rapidly increasing her altitude.

Li Zhengdao, witnessing this scene, was slightly surprised but followed without hesitation. His enormous beastly claws tore through space one after another, with fierce strength and a sky full of azure flames attacking Jiaojiao.

One could see the two of them expand in size over and over, stirring up wild gusts of wind, shattering clouds and sky alike, with the azure flames raging violently. They were like two meteors, emitting blinding light over and over as they soared swiftly towards the higher heavens.

Li Zhengdao thought in amazement, "What is Zhou Bai trying to do? Escape into the heavens? If he keeps fleeing like this, he's going to leave the range of the Celestial Star Formation. Where can he possibly escape to?"

For the moment, Li Zhengdao couldn't comprehend the reasoning behind it, but adhering to the idea that the strangest phenomena eventually destroy themselves, he intensified his assault, planning to take Jiaojiao down once she was weakened by leaving the Celestial Star Formation.

"Can you escape, Zhou Bai?"

Then, in the Luotian Realm shrouded in clouds and mist with incessant wind and rain, Li Zhengdao began hand-sealing techniques, continuously channeling his Primordial Spirit energy into the immense shadow before him.

"After leaving the formation, strike with all your might. This time, even if I have to chase to the ends of the earth, I will capture Jiaojiao."

Within the thick clouds and mist, the enormous shadow appeared intermittently, moving through the clouds, with glimpses of scales and armor fleetingly visible.

And as Li Zhengdao abruptly injected more Primordial Spirit power, the giant shadow before him began to shake violently, letting out a heaven-shaking roar as it tilted its head back.

Accompanied by waves of visible air ripples emanating outwards, the air itself seemed to boil and explode, dispersing and blowing away the surrounding clouds and mist, revealing the silhouette of a gigantic dragon.

This great dragon was completely bound from head to tail by numerous mist-transformed chains, and despite its current struggle, it couldn't break free.

Moreover, seven giant spikes were embedded within the dragon's body, as if nailing it firmly to this realm of space.

Li Zhengdao slowly stepped onto the dragon's head, his hands forming seals and continually pouring Primordial Spirit energy into the dragon's body. As he did so, the dragon's struggling movements gradually became less and less.

The dragon opened its mouth wide, letting out mournful howls, its enormous dragon eyes filled with resentment and venom: "Li Zhengdao! You'll never succeed in making me your Externalized Body!"

Li Zhengdao responded coolly, "Cang Long, your will is indeed somewhat unexpected. However, at this point, my demands are hardly excessive. As long as you can be used, that is enough."

Cang Long lamented, "Zhu Long will never let you go!"

Li Zhengdao brought his hands together, forming a complex seal and pressing it onto the dragon's head forcefully; immediately, dense clusters of black runes appeared.

"Zhu Long..." Li Zhengdao's tone was full of disdain: "His plan is meaningless, and his purpose is laughably naïve. Defy the heavens? You all don't even know what the heavens are; you're as ignorant as Zhou Bai."

"I have said it many times before, even your so-called defiant actions are a part of the Heavenly Dao. What do you have to defy with? From the very beginning, your failure was destined."

"And I will forever stand on the side of the victor."

As he spoke, the dragon before him convulsed violently, and in the next moment, a red glare filled its eyes as the power within its body erupted like a tsunami.

At the same time, within the Material World, as Jiaojiao's figure sprang out of the coverage of the Celestial Star Formation, a gigantic dragon tail suddenly appeared, sweeping towards Jiaojiao's side.

Jiaojiao, "Is it really a demonic body?"

Staring at the dragon tail that seemed to loom down like a mountain, Jiaojiao was startled and managed to point out hastily, lighting up the sky with starlight.

Genesis Galaxy Collapse!

Jiaojiao's attack, the Galaxy Collapse, was clearly more powerful than Zhou Bai's, as the scorching torrent of light completely enveloped both figures, like a great sun illuminating the sky, casting blinding light over half of East China City.

But before the destructive heat wave from the Galaxy Collapse burst forth, the dragon tail directly vanished, and only after the Galaxy Collapse weakened slightly did it reappear behind Jiaojiao, smacking down viciously like a maggot to bone.

Jiaojiao knew that if she used powerful moves like the Galaxy Collapse, the opponent would probably not engage with her at all and would instead directly retreat to the Luotian Realm to dodge.

And compared to the consumption caused by attack moves like the Collapse of the Galaxy, the energy spent on healing herself with the Time Rebirth Technique was actually less.

Therefore, Jiaojiao gritted her teeth and slapped her palm out, the small hand and the mountain-like dragon tail colliding fiercely, her palm instantly bursting, and even Jiaojiao herself being crushed to a bloody pulp in an instant, then healing instantaneously.

After being swept by the tail, Jiaojiao shot out like a meteor, and after her body healed, she continued to break through the air, flying towards the stratosphere.

Following that was wave after wave of continuous dragon claw and tail attacks, and Jiaojiao, in order to save her strength and mitigate the growth of the Power of Deformation, chose to take the hits with her physical body directly.

The physical strength of the dragon claws and tail was so unbelievably strong that even Jiaojiao, with her profound cultivation and her body tempered through countless trials, was like a child in front of the opponent, being beaten and thrown about, her muscles torn and bones shattered, yet continuously healing.

"Zhou Bai! How much higher do we need to fly? Aren't you ready yet?" Jiaojiao couldn't help asking in her heart, "If this continues, even I won't be able to hold out indefinitely."

Zhou Bai said, "Fly a little longer."

Jiaojiao bit her lip, let out a fierce shout, and her entire being turned into a fiery thunderbolt, flying heedlessly towards the high sky, directly enduring all attacks from Li Zhengdao with her body without attempting to counter.

Then one saw her being struck away again and again, slapped until her body burst with blood, yet she always paused slightly before accelerating again towards the high sky.

In the blink of an eye, both parties were chasing and fleeing at high speeds, already reaching tens of thousands of meters above the ground.

From the 2000 meter level of the ground in East China City, Li Xiuzhu watched Jiaojiao accelerating upwards, gradually shrinking to a dot, frowning deeply, "Why is Zhou Bai making Jiaojiao leave the city?"

Next to her, Qian Wangsun expressed his doubts, "Wasn't Zhou Bai still in the lead just now? How come Li Zhengdao has suddenly disappeared?"

"That's Luotian Teleportation." Li Xiuzhu briefly described Luotian Teleportation, then covered her mouth and coughed a few times, her complexion growing even paler, "I didn't expect Li Zhengdao to have reached such a realm; even if he doesn't have 140% synchronization with the Dao, he's very close, probably relying on something to execute Luotian Teleportation."

"At this stage, Zhou Bai can only try to endure until the opponent is unable to strike anymore. Or perhaps there are some special means that can harm the opponent during the clash of blows."

"The Blood Transformation Divine Sword can do just that."

Li Xiuzhu pondered for a moment, and with a light leap, her Primordial Spirit power was already executing the Dao Skill, turning into a whirlwind, wrapping around her as she flew towards the sky.

"Annie, rest well here, Qian Wangsun, you come with me."

Annie weakly said, "It's too dangerous for you to go now given your condition, your physical state is too poor."

Both she and Li Xiuzhu had used the second hexagram to heal their injuries, losing half of their physical constitution, severely affecting their combat capability.

Li Xiuzhu insisted, "Zhou Bai had finally managed to suppress Li Zhengdao head-on by using Jiaojiao's power. Now, if we can find a way to use the Blood Transformation Divine Sword to restrain Li Zhengdao, we have a chance to kill him. This is an opportunity we absolutely cannot miss."

"Conversely, if we don't go and Li Zhengdao wins, the human race will once again suffer a great loss of war power."

"We must go."

Saying this, Li Xiuzhu had already grabbed Qian Wangsun and rushed toward the direction from which Jiaojiao had flown away.

At the same time, on the other side of the top floor of Donghua City, Wan Xing True Monarch and Zhu Yan were looking at the departing figure of Jiaojiao.

The recent battle between Jiaojiao and Li Zhengdao had indeed been too grand, almost as if thousands of bombs had been detonated in the sky, drawing the attention of countless people.

However, most people lacked the vision to discern the combatants involved.

But as one of the four Celestial Deities, Wan Xing True Monarch saw it all very clearly.

Wan Xing True Monarch sighed, "The five Divine Skills are indeed formidable; when combined and executed together, even the Heavenly Lord did not dare to resist that attack directly."

Zhu Yan replied, "So what? Once the Luotian Teleportation is used, with the status of a Celestial Deity and the existence of the Luotian Realm, the gap between their realms is there. To Li Zhengdao, fighting Jiaojiao is like pouring boiling water on ants. It's a dimensional gap, an innate position of invincibility."

Wan Xing True Monarch nodded in agreement. As a direct subordinate of the vast Heavenly Lord, he had no idea that Li Zhengdao's cultivation had recovered to the extent of mastering Luotian Teleportation. At this point, the majesty of the Celestial Deities of Heaven truly manifested, rendering mortals almost powerless before them.

"The Heavenly Lord is indeed unfathomable and impeccable. He didn't let any information leak beforehand," Wan Xing True Monarch thought, then slowly began to float upwards: "Let's follow and take a look."

Zhu Yan nodded, indicating agreement. Although he disliked fighting to the death, with Zhu Yan's experience in battle over more than a thousand years, grappling in such a sure-win situation and in the presence of a leader fighting had its many benefits.

He secretly thought: 'Now, it's only a matter of time before Li Zhengdao defeats his opponent. If we don't show up now, even fools will know we're slacking. Later, rushing in and crossing a few blows with Zhou Bai, especially taking some injury, would leave a good impression on Li Zhengdao, and I might even receive a reward.'

Thus, the next moment, two figures also soared into the sky, chasing toward the direction Jiaojiao had left.

Elsewhere, while flying at high speed, Jiaojiao surged into the sky, pursued relentlessly by Li Zhengdao. Blood stained the sky as her aura gradually plummeted.

At that moment, Zhou Bai said, "Alright."

Jiaojiao inquired, "Alright? What do you mean 'alright'?"

Zhou Bai just smiled. "Look up."

Jiaojiao looked up and saw the entire sky covered by a blinding light.

Like a meteor shower, luminous points fell from the sky, seemingly enveloping every inch of space within a kilometer radius around Jiaojiao.

In the face of this pure torrent of destruction, the whole sky seemed to tremble and ignite.

"A Heavenly Demon's artillery bombardment?" Jiaojiao was shocked and quickly looked toward the ground. Thankfully, the ongoing exchanges with Li Zhengdao had rapidly moved them far from the bounds of Donghua City. Even the Heavenly Demon's artillery barrage, if it were to fall, wouldn't strike Donghua City.

Although the Heavenly Demon's artillery was extremely powerful and perhaps even surpassed the combined power of Jiaojiao's five Divine Skills in terms of sheer destruction, duration, and range of attack, Jiaojiao still shook her head, thinking to herself: "It's useless, Li Zhengdao can completely hide within the Luotian Realm and avoid coming out. It can't hurt him."

Zhou Bai said indifferently, "Take a look what else is there."

Jiaojiao concentrated and saw that not far above their heads, within the target range of the artillery strike, there was a spherical object slowly floating.

Zhou Bai smiled and said, "Point at it."

Although Jiaojiao was puzzled, she still pointed a hand in the direction of the sphere.

Inside the Luotian Realm, Li Zhengdao watched the artillery strike descending from the sky with a sneer, having no intention of going out to face it.

"To think they're trying to deal with me by relying on the artillery strike from the Heavenly Demon? Ridiculous."

Just then, he noticed Jiaojiao extending her hand.

"What kind of trick are they trying to pull?"

Following the direction of her finger, he saw a strange spherical object floating in the sky.

The next moment, the spherical object suddenly transformed, and beams of light shot out, accompanied by a huge atmospheric projection that appeared above them, with a line of large letters visible from miles away.

"Li Zhengdao! Borrowing a hair!"

Watching this, Li Zhengdao was momentarily stunned, and the next moment he could no longer control himself from leaving the Luotian Realm, grabbing a lock of his own hair and rushing towards the odd sphere releasing the projection.

This strange sphere was, in fact, one of Zhou Bai's mechanical followers, which had also shared in the Poverty Disaster ability.

And Zhou Bai's standards for modifying such followers were simple: loud enough screams, large enough projections, fast enough speed.

At this moment, as it was releasing the projection, streams of particle flames were already shooting out from underneath the spherical body, and in a matter of seconds, it broke through the atmosphere and flew toward the direction of the artillery strike.

Li Zhengdao followed all the way, all the while thinking, 'What's going on? Why am I following this sphere?'

'No, that's not it. I have to give him my hair... but why should I?!'

Although conflicted, hesitant, and irritated in his mind, his body moved as swiftly as thunder, rapidly approaching the sphere and also swiftly moving toward the widespread artillery strike set up by the Heavenly Demon.

Within this dense assault, there were plasmas at tens of thousands of degrees, electromagnetic cannon projectiles moving at multiples of the speed of sound, and Anti-Spirit Missiles that could detonate electromagnetic pulses, and even twelve mini hydrogen bombs.

While Li Zhengdao was charging at the artillery, Jiaojiao also made her move.

Zhou Bai said, "Jiaojiao! Use your most powerful move to hit him!"

Though she didn't know why Li Zhengdao suddenly appeared, chasing after a sphere, Jiaojiao's response was quick. After hearing Zhou Bai's words, she raised a hand to summon a sky full of stars, initiating the Genesis Galaxy Collapse, while with another hand she ignited soaring black flames, launching the Great Black Flame Fire Dragon Formation.

Having left the Celestial Star Formation, her strength wasn't enough to use the fusion of the five Divine Skills again, so these two moves were her most powerful techniques at the moment.

The Great Black Flame Fire Dragon Formation, as one of the five Divine Skills, was named an array diagram, but it was actually imbued within her own body so she could activate the array's power anytime, anywhere. The Black Yan Dragon it summoned possessed effects of aging, decay, and chaos, and could even directly reduce an opponent's lifespan.

At this instant, the brilliance of the Genesis Galaxy Collapse, mixed with black fire dragons, surged towards Li Zhengdao. Almost in a blink of an eye, it collided with the Heavenly Demon's artillery barrage against Li Zhengdao's body.

A white-hot glow mixed with starlight and black fire, triggering a violent explosion.

Jiaojiao launched her strike and then rapidly retreated, breaking the sound barrier in an instant and, like black lightning, flew to a position several kilometers away.

She turned her head to look at the sky and saw the dense saturation bombing by the Heavenly Demons—countless points of light, ammunition, and explosions combined together, resembling a pillar of light piercing through heaven and earth, falling straight from outer space down to the ground.

Because it was saturation bombing, the area being bombarded, spanning about one kilometer squared, was showered with an enormous amount of ammunition.

The ground could be seen trembling apart, countless strata of rock burst open, kicking up clouds of dust, and layers of soil were stripped away. Almost all vegetation was turned to ash by the high temperatures in the first instant, and hundreds of tons of earth were sent flying into the sky amidst the explosions.

The terrain on the ground below was permanently altered by this barrage, with mountains collapsing and plains turning into valleys.

And at the location where Li Zhengdao was directly bombarded, a huge fireball now enveloped it. The detonation of twelve consecutive hydrogen bombs created an intensely burning globe that expanded rapidly, its dense plasma bombardment illuminating tens of kilometers around dazzlingly bright.

Watching the continuing tumult of explosions in the sky, Jiaojiao felt a lingering fear at the sight.

Immortals are very powerful, but their greatest strength lies in the various Daoist arts and martial skills, their understanding of the Heavenly Dao, and the various Arrays, Immortal Artifacts, Luotian Dao Skills, and the current Weapons of Deformation they developed in the past.

But when it comes to pure defensive strength... there clearly is a limit.

After all, destruction is simpler than defense, and even within the path of immortality, the destructive power of Daoist arts always surpasses defensive power.

Especially when it comes to the physical body, which inherently needs to accommodate thinking, memory, cultivation, movement, and other abilities.

By contrast, creatures like demons tend to have inherently robust bodies and possess various innate Divine Skills, which make their physical resistance to impacts far surpass that of humans.

Jiaojiao looked at the still-spreading fireball, guessing that the temperature inside must have already exceeded several hundred thousand degrees. The intersecting shockwaves and various streams of light were powerful enough to reduce even ninth-realm armors to scrap.

Watching the scene, Jiaojiao sighed softly—such was the formidable nature of the Heavenly Demons, able to stack quantities of attacks to elevate any assault to an inconceivable level.

Moreover, the light cannons and explosions themselves possessed extremely strong destructive power—when their numbers increased, the effect became even more remarkable.

Jiaojiao thought to herself, 'Li Zhengdao didn't use the Luotian Dao Skill to withstand this blow. This time, he's probably not dead but must have lost a layer of skin.' She couldn't help but wonder, 'Speaking of which... Zhou Bai can now command the Heavenly Demons to strike from such a distance? What exactly is his relationship with the Heavenly Demons?'

Elsewhere, Li Xiuzhu and Qian Wangsun also watched the scene in astonishment.

Qian Wangsun, "Is that the Heavenly Demons' barrage? The power is immense. Although the range is not as wide as that time in Central City, its power is no less inferior."

Li Xiuzhu, "The key point is that Li Zhengdao took it head-on, didn't use the Luotian Dao Skill, but resisted with his body?" He turned his head to glance at Qian Wangsun, "Could he be dead?"

Qian Wangsun shook his head, "I don't know; I'm still watching."

In another direction, Wan Xing True Monarch and Zhu Yan were also stunned by this spectacle.

Zhu Yan, "Why did the Heavenly Lord choose to withstand the bombardment of the Heavenly Demon directly?"

Wan Xing True Monarch naturally didn't know why, but what worried him most now was the safety of Li Zhengdao. If something happened to him, they would all be in trouble.

And if Li Zhengdao was seriously injured, should they go to rescue him? But going to the rescue would mean facing Zhou Bai, a terrifying existence.

For a moment, Wan Xing True Monarch felt confused, torn between advancing and retreating, truly unsure of what to do.

As everyone was looking in the direction of the explosion, trying to figure out what to do next.

With the gradual dissipation of the blast's firelight, an incomparably huge figure emerged.

It was a dragon, massive as a mountain range. The dragon coiled upon itself, seemingly having protected Li Zhengdao's body by wrapping around it during the recent battle.

At this moment, the dragon's body looked pitifully wretched, its scales had fallen off in many places, its flesh was marked by extensive burns, and in large patches, the wounds had turned to charred flesh. In some areas, even the scales and flesh had melted together, and elsewhere, bare dragon bones were direly exposed, presenting a harrowing sight.

Clearly, the gigantic dragon had sustained serious injuries while shielding Li Zhengdao from the attack.

But in the next instant, accompanied by the violent writhing of its flesh, the flesh began to regenerate and layers of scales also grew back; the entire dragon was rapidly healing.

Wan Xing True Monarch exclaimed in shock, "Is this... the Ancient Azure Dragon? The same Ancient Azure Dragon that ascended with Heavenly Monarch?"

Zhu Yan was also surprised, "This old dragon is still alive? Wasn't it said that after Heavenly Dao twisted, he forcefully practiced the Immortal Dao and became deformed and died?"

Wan Xing True Monarch mused, "This dragon seems much stronger than it was a hundred years ago..." A thought suddenly surged in his heart, 'Could it be that Heavenly Monarch has been secretly cultivating this dragon body all these years?'

Meanwhile, the dragon in the sky slowly opened its eyes, revealing the gaze of Li Zhengdao.

At this moment, he felt as if he had acquired an additional body. The form of this Azure Dragon before him was under his command as easily as his own flesh and blood.

Li Zhengdao looked in the direction of Jiaojiao and Zhou Bai and let out a cold laugh, "Zhou Bai, thank you for arranging this ambush. It finally helped me refine away the last trace of the Ancient Azure Dragon's spirit through an attack from inside and out."

"Your abilities are indeed unpredictable, but next time, I will not be caught off-guard."

By now, Li Zhengdao had also realized that Zhou Bai's current abilities could even twist one's mind through written words.

Jiaojiao, observing the gigantic dragon, thought to herself, "So it was Li Zhengdao who was controlling this dragon body to attack me? He could even use the bombardment from the Heavenly Demon and my Divine Skills to refine the soul of this Azure Dragon..."

With this thought, Jiaojiao felt a chill, "Such talent, improving even during combat and soul refining through spells, is truly terrifying."

Just then, with a thunderous roar, everyone looked up only to see dark clouds appearing out of nowhere in the sky, and a giant vortex emerging within their spinning, signifying the arrival of a heavenly tribulation.

Ensconced by the dragon's body, Li Zhengdao, controlling the dragon, smiled slightly and summoned a mirror-like artifact. Inside the mirror, the scenery from outside was reflected, albeit with a layer of hazy mist.

Li Zhengdao was planning to indirectly observe the battlefield through this artifact named 'Heaven's Mirror,' where all visuals and sounds would be processed to prevent him from falling prey to Zhou Bai's abilities again.

Initially, Li Zhengdao was following information provided by Xiang Tiandi, thinking that just not believing Zhou Bai's words would be enough, but now he had taken an extra precaution.

The next moment, the dragon's body swayed, and within a twist, it had already entered the Luotian Realm and vanished from everyone's sight.

But as he disappeared, the heavenly tribulation in the sky did not. It continued to brew and hover, within the dark cloud vortex, accumulating bolts of purple lightning, becoming increasingly bright and numerous.

Seeing the gates of the Luotian Realm not even opening and Li Zhengdao controlling the dragon's body to disappear in a twist, Li Xiuzhu's heart sank with a thud, "No good, this guy has not only refined a soul by using spells but also made a breakthrough in battle. The Luotian Teleportation has become more perfected, coupled with this dragon body..."

"Be careful!" Li Xiuzhu's figure flashed as he rushed towards Jiaojiao, taking Qian Wangsun with him to provide support.

Wan Xing True Monarch and Zhu Yan exchanged a glance, realizing that the situation was decided and there was no more hesitation in their hearts.

They both flew towards Li Xiuzhu to intercept him, and in the blink of an eye, they were embroiled in a fight, with the crimson light from the Blood Transformation Divine Sword and their combined Primordial Spirit power striking against each other hundreds of times in midair.

The Primordial Spirit power was slashed into flesh and blood by the Blood Transformation Divine Sword time and again, scattering large patches of fresh blood, drifting across the sky.

On the other side, the moment the Ancient Azure Dragon disappeared, Jiaojiao was already on extreme alert.

But the opponent's movements were faster than they had imagined; with a whooshing sound, the dragon claw flashed into existence, ripping three long gashes into Jiaojiao's back, tearing apart her flesh.

Jiaojiao groaned, using the force to propel herself forward, but the intense whooshing in the air went unnoticed as her body was torn to shreds by the dragon claw.

Jiaojiao was shocked beyond belief, "He broke through during the battle, the speed of Luotian Teleportation has increased."

Jiaojiao struggled to resist the attack that seemed to come and go without a trace, repeatedly using the Time Rebirth Technique to heal her body, yet the heavier her heart sank as the battle progressed.

Ever since Heavenly Dao became distorted, the cultivation of the divine beings plummeted, their Immortal Artifacts were damaged, and their power had fallen to an all-time low, allowing humanity's top combatants to unprecedentedly draw near to the gods.

Especially after Jiaojiao suppressed the Power of Deformation, for a long time, she possessed the power to contend with divine beings, securing many favorable conditions for the human race, hoping they could seize the opportunity to develop.

Regrettably, under the oppression of the Heavenly Demon, the humans barely clung to survival, while the cultivation of the divine beings steadily recovered, inching closer to their original state.

At this point, the Dao incarnation level of the powerful Heavenly Being in front of her was infinitely close to 140%. The flaws in Luotian Teleportation were minuscule, it was as if they had opened up an insurmountable chasm from mere mortals.

Bang!

The power of the dragon's tail smashing into Jiaojiao's back was like the weight of Mount Tai bearing down on her, sending her flying thousands of meters, with large swaths of blood mist bursting from her body.

Li Zhengdao's voice came intermittently from all around, as if he was omnipresent in this expanse of sky, "Aren't you going to surrender? Zhou Bai, next, I may just kill Jiaojiao."

The next moment, the dragon claw was wrapped in strands of lightning that circled Jiaojiao from above and below; her complexion tightened, and she sighed in her heart: 'Cang Long... Cloud Formation and Rainfall, Controlling Thunder.'

After Luotian Teleportation had improved, it was clear that Li Zhengdao was no longer satisfied with merely using the dragon form and their innate azure flames to attack; he had even begun to use Spells and Divine Skills, crossing boundaries to assault.

Boom! Thunderbolt after thunderbolt struck Jiaojiao alongside the dragon claw, the ferocity of the attack was more than ten times fiercer than before.

Jiaojiao could only activate the Supreme Mysterious Divine Thunder Breath, transforming into lightning itself, colliding against the thunderbolts, using offense against offense, constantly depleting her own power.

Just then, a figure traced a long black line across the sky, rapidly approaching Jiaojiao.

Just as Jiaojiao was about to respond, Zhou Bai's voice reached her ears, "It's the Mysterious Lady, I asked her to come to help you, grab her hand."

Jiaojiao hesitated for a moment, already dropping the Supreme Mysterious Divine Thunder Breath, and reached out her right hand to grasp the palm extended towards her by the Mysterious Lady.

In the next instant, the two figures flashed, directly breaking through space, appearing hundreds of meters away.

It was the Mysterious Lady who had activated her power, starting to dodge Li Zhengdao's assault.

Perceiving the two holding hands, flickering non-stop to evade the lightning, Li Zhengdao snorted coldly, his voice thundering from all directions, echoing for miles.

Li Zhengdao, "A futile struggle."

Suddenly, white clouds appeared seemingly out of nowhere in front of the Mysterious Lady, exploding upon arrival and spreading out over hundreds of meters, engulfing the teleportation range of both the Mysterious Lady and Jiaojiao completely.

Jiaojiao's heart sank once again as she realized that Li Zhengdao was employing wide-scale attacks to deal with teleportation.

Xuan Nu could only use her five-second duration of nullification ability once more to reduce the time she and Jiaojiao were wounded.

Jiaojiao, holding onto Xuan Nu, said, "Go, you should leave me behind and escape by yourself. It's better for one person to die here than for both of us."

Xuan Nu looked at Jiaojiao and shook her head, "Zhou Bai asked me to protect you."

Jiaojiao said angrily, "Is now really the time to talk about that? You're barely able to protect yourself, staying here means dying with me!"

Xuan Nu shook her head, "Zhou Bai is on his way, he'll come to defeat Li Zhengdao."

Annoyed, Jiaojiao said, "With Li Zhengdao at this level now, it's very difficult to deal with him without the Luotian Dao Skill!"

Xuan Nu shook her head again, "If Zhou Bai says it's possible, it definitely is. You're his retainer, you should believe in Zhou Bai."

Jiaojiao grew even angrier, "You idiot!" But in her heart, a sliver of hope and conflict unavoidably rose.

On the other side, a weakened Li Xiuzhu and Qian Wangsun tried time and again to break through the blockade of Wan Xing True Monarch and Zhu Yan, but after seeing Li Zhengdao's breakthrough, they fought wildly as if possessed, completely disregarding their own exhaustion and injuries, desperately fending off the attacks of the Blood Transformation Divine Sword.

Even several times, they didn't hesitate to get injured just to attack Li Xiuzhu and try to snatch his sword, thankfully prevented by Qian Wangsun's foresight ability.

After all, in Wan Xing True Monarch and Zhu Yan's view, Li Zhengdao's strength was overwhelming, with a terrifying aptitude. They saw him close to suppressing Jiaojiao and knew they had to cling to this powerful ally.

It was then that a twisted, weird, and eerie whisper began to drift from the sky, causing everyone to unintentionally slow down.

"Zhou Bai..."

"Zhou Bai... Zhou Bai..."

The crowd looked up to see an airship that had somehow arrived overhead.

The ship was infested with thick swarms of octopus-like creatures, their tentacles twisting in some peculiar rhythm while they called Zhou Bai's name and beat on the hull of the ship, emitting an irritating, piercing noise.

On the surface of the ship, shadowy, elongated figures crawled about, apparently struggling to break through some dimensional constraint, occasionally shuddering violently and emitting a long, monotonous shriek, causing onlookers to feel chills and their limbs to quake with fear.

The ship itself was also bizarre in appearance, with dark red blood visibly flowing through it, even the cannons twisted and formed faces resembling Zhou Bai, which cackled insanely.

Wherever the ship went, there seemed to be a nauseating stench spreading through the air.

Within the chaotic and twisted spectacle of the ship, enveloped by Madness Disaster and eroded by the void, mechanical retainers in the form of octopuses, insects, fish, and even humans writhed together, forming a throne imbued with madness and the absurd.

Zhou Bai sat atop it, the Void Crown circling him, and said indifferently as he watched the battlefield, "Li Zhengdao, come out and face your death."

The next moment, a giant dragon claw descended from the sky with peals of thunder and green flames, smashing towards Zhou Bai's location like a formidable mountain.

In the face of the descending claw, the Void Crown actively met the blow. Amidst a fierce collision, the electromagnetic shield and Phase Transfer Shield shattered in succession, 108 layers of the Defensive Field were more than half broken, but at last, it was Tang Ruhai's stardust ability that warded off the claw.

And to the crowd's amazement, the dragon claw that approached the ship was far from unharmed as well; it trembled violently, and a muffled groan was heard in the air.

Suddenly, dragon scales shockingly transformed into the likeness of Zhou Bai, bizarrely peeling off the claw themselves, spraying plentiful blood.