Chapter 1030: War of Extinction, Advancement Opportunity (I)

While the colossal beast legion began racing at full speed, crossing dangerous territories filled with forbidden zones and spatial rifts...

Near the human territory, at the Greeta Battle Demon Empire, thousands of main legions of true demons had gathered, accompanied by vassal alien legions. Each legion numbered from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands, their total exceeding five hundred million.

Every legion was commanded by top-level true demons at the Ninth Demonic Mark. Over ten legions surrounded each demon king castle, forming battle arrays stretching tens of thousands of kilometers.

Besides these affiliated legions of over a hundred races, countless demonized monsters roared viciously among the billion-strong army. Some monsters resembled giants hundreds to thousands of meters tall with two or three heads, while others were demonized colossal beasts, roaring ferociously and brutally.

The overwhelming number of true demons emitted dark demonic qi that resonated with each other, shaking heaven and earth. Endless demonic qi circled over three hundred demon king castles, forming dark vortices spanning thousands of kilometers. They condensed into massive pillars tens of thousands of meters thick, rising skyward.

In the skies, thousands of kilometers above, eighteen demon gods stood towering upon the dark-red clouds, which had accumulated to a thickness of a thousand kilometers. They were led by two great demon gods, Tyretis and Cardeos, and beneath them were the four rulers of the empires, each revealing their imposing true forms ranging from tens to hundreds of thousands of meters tall. Apart from these six strongest demon gods, Constantine, who guarded the Ancestral Court, and Tarorya, who had just ascended to demon god status, were also present.

𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Flanking these eighteen demon gods stood five pinnacle great demon kings, their formidable auras rivalling ordinary demon gods, exuding a terrifying presence. Additionally, beneath them, standing atop the rolling demonic clouds, were more than sixty great demon kings, each manifesting their colossal true forms several thousand meters tall. Around them circulated the profound brilliance of dark laws, creating an utterly horrifying scene.

It felt as though the abyssal demonic realm itself had been summoned, ready to destroy the world. In such a scenario, even mythical-level demon kings lacked the qualifications to stand here.

Currently, the Purgatory Demon Clan had only eighteen demon gods, slightly over sixty great demon kings, and around three hundred demon kings. It was an oddly skewed ratio.

The cause of this imbalance was the recent brutal wars. Previously, in the Heavenly Feathered and Faerie Battlefields, during the desperate counterattacks following the destruction of two racial territories, the demon kings and great demon kings of the six demon empires had suffered catastrophic losses.

After all, compared to the demon gods who ruled the empires, these demon kings and great demon kings were mere cannon fodder. If not for many peak true demons and some demon kings at the peak of the mythical level breaking through in succession to fill half of the gaps following those battles, the numbers would have been even fewer.

As for the two demon empires that had fought against humans for over two decades, their elite forces, including demon kings and great demon kings, had already been decimated in the previous battle.

High atop its throne crafted from the skeleton of a gigantic black creature, Tyretis' eyes burned with crimson flames. Its terrifying gaze swept across the gathered demon gods, and a deep, thunderous voice echoed through tens of thousands of kilometers. "This war has only one goal: Exterminate all life in the human alliance. Whether an ordinary true demon warrior, a demon king, or a great demon king, anyone who retreats or sows doubt on the battlefield shall be executed without mercy. Fight to the end. No retreat, no surrender. For the glory of the great Purgatory Demon Clan, slaughter all humans. Slaughter every living being in the alliance!"

On the ground, billions of true demons and demonized aliens howled in frenzy. They all raised their heads and gazed fervently toward the sky through the gaps pierced by the demonic pillars, where the demon gods stood tall.

Sensing the battle madness spreading through the heavens and earth, Tyretis nodded in satisfaction, then turned to look at Cardeos. Compared to Tyretis, Cardeos sat lazily upon its throne. Its gaze swept casually over the demon gods beside it as it said in an indifferent tone, "I have nothing to add. Just follow the plan. Set out."

Boom!

Dark demonic qi, tens of thousands of kilometers high and millions of kilometers wide, roared as it shook the heavens. A massive dome of darkness capable of obliterating all began advancing toward its target, more than three million kilometers away. In comparison to the dome’s scale, it seemed slow, but its movement was astonishingly swift.

Amid the surging demonic qi, billions of Purgatory Demon Clan members shouted madly. Some sprinted across the land, others flew through the air or dove beneath the ground, riding on waves of qi. They looked like countless flickering points. Resonating with the demonic qi that filled the world, they began drawing together an increasingly more ominous force.

As the source of all demons, the demonic qi blanketing billions of kilometers was an extension of the Primordial Ancestor’s principles. Normally, this power was dispersed so finely into the demonic qi that it was imperceptible and uncontrollable, offering only a slight passive enhancement.

Now, however, guided by billions of demons, demon kings, great demon kings, and demon gods, that power had begun to condense.

Quickly, at the rear of the legions spread across tens of thousands of kilometers, the swirling demonic qi compressed, forming a towering phantom of a demon that reached from earth to heaven.

Boom!

In that instant, the aura of every demon surged upward. Even the strength of the demon gods, including Tyretis, rose by a full tenth. This was the enhancement of the dark abyssal principle granted by the Primordial Ancestor.

Watching the vast, sweeping dark dome devour forests and mountains as it advanced tens of thousands of kilometers, the heavenly king concealed deep within spatial rifts narrowed his eyes. After taking one last deep glance at the dark dome, he turned decisively and left the rift. Soon, news of the Purgatory Demon Clan’s army mobilizing reached the Forbidden Zone Battlefield.

Within the planar world, after three days of seclusion, Chen Chu slowly opened his eyes and looked at the shattered moonstone before him. "So it’s finally come."

As he spoke, the space before him shattered, forming a black rift. On the other side lay one of the Base Cities. The moment Chen Chu stepped out from the planar world, he saw tens of thousands of long-range energy bombers taking off, their engines roaring as they flew toward their designated bases. Over a hundred thousand flying colossal beasts were roaring into the skies, under the control of cultivators, to protect the Celestial Satellite System overhead.

Even more frequent were the transport ships that constantly rose and landed. This scene had persisted for half a month. Within the vast city, millions of logistics personnel transferred from the Sky Battlefield worked tirelessly. Between towering skyscrapers, the sky was crowded with flying crafts. Everyone understood the critical importance of this battle.

Ten thousand kilometers above the sky, a massive white mech head hovered silently, hundreds of kilometers wide, exuding a cold and solemn presence. Inside the God Defense System's platform, a spacious, brightly lit white hall, Chen Chu silently appeared within the access-authorized area.

First Councilor Qian Tian, the Primordial King, and Heavenly King Zhenwu were already present. Upon seeing Chen Chu, they all smiled, and Qian Tian asked, "Chen Chu, how’s your recovery?"

Chen Chu shook his head. "Just minor injuries, nothing worth mentioning. What’s the current situation?"

In the previous battle, he had only exhausted too much power, and his true form had been slightly overstrained, resulting in a light wound that meant little to him. If he burned his origin, he could recover instantly.

In the air, a three-meter golden cube rotated slowly, radiating the Celestial King’s deep, aged voice. "In this period, I’ve completed the foundational deployment. Three waves of apocalyptic nuclear weapons have been fully installed at the designated coordinates. Moreover, the legions of the four civilizations arrived at their respective bases yesterday, forming five layered fronts with the forbidden zone battlefield as the center. Now, we only need to wait for the Purgatory Clan to arrive. Then it will be a fight to the death."

As the Celestial King spoke, a massive projection tens of thousands of meters wide appeared before them, displaying a full map of the battlefield. It showed mountain ranges stretching from thousands to tens of thousands of kilometers, rivers dozens to hundreds of kilometers wide, forests, ordinary forbidden zones, and danger zones.

Relying on the forbidden zones and hazardous regions around the central area, the four civilizations had built over a hundred thousand bases and artillery points, forming a passage nearly one hundred thousand kilometers wide and hundreds of thousands of kilometers long.

Compared to the true demons, whose unified power system allowed them to harness infinite dark demonic qi and receive the reinforcement of principles, the Human Alliance was at a disadvantage in every aspect. Their transcendent legions combined totaled just under twenty million. The human power system was also different, making large-scale principle reinforcement impossible.

Thus, the best strategy was decentralized combat, tightening defenses and shrinking the battlefield. Divine-king-level powerhouses would use the Nine-Heaven Palace as the core to pin down the opposing demon gods. Beneath them, heavenly kings and chief gods would lead their legions, leveraging human technology to wear down the enemy.

Therefore, outside the human-occupied forbidden zones, clusters of skull-like black dots were marked. Each black dot represented an apocalyptic nuclear weapon powered by dark matter. Even along the ten-thousand-kilometer-long entrance to the forbidden zone, over ten black skulls were marked.

According to the plan, once half of the Purgatory Demon Clan’s forces entered the battlefield, the Celestial King would detonate those nuclear weapons, killing large numbers of demons and destroying the entrance. The bases constructed on the mountain ranges near the forbidden zone entrance were merely decoys, containing only unmanned mech legions.

For this battle, the Celestial King had run hundreds of thousands of simulations, factoring in the strength of both sides, numbers, geography, and timing. Gazing at the streaming data on the map, which showed the personnel, firepower, and endurance of each base, Chen Chu nodded slightly.

Thanks to the completion of the God Celestial Computation System the Celestial King’s signal, now infused with principle power, could ignore interference from transcendent energy and spread across the entire battlefield.

Simply put, the Human Alliance now had a god's-eye view of the battlefield. The Celestial King could precisely coordinate firepower and deploy forces, pushing overall combat power to two hundred or even three hundred percent.