Chapter 699: Commander of the Eastern Hemisphere, Urgent Recall to the Blue Planet (III)

In Wujiang City, a street twenty kilometers from Chen Chu’s home had been completely sealed off. Enforcers, soldiers, and martial arts high school instructors were all working together to evacuate civilians.

"Everyone, remain calm! Evacuate according to the instructions! There is still time!"

"People, don't push—"

As countless people fled in panic in all directions, Hong Zetian, the teaching director at Nantian Martial Arts High School, stood atop a commercial building, his expression grim as he gazed ahead.

A rift over three hundred meters long had appeared, exuding powerful energy fluctuations. Worse yet, it was still expanding, as though something was forcing its way through.

"This is troublesome. The energy intensity from this rift is already approaching level 9, and it’s highly stable—enough for that level 8 beast to pass through."

As he spoke, Hong Zetian turned to look at the Sixth Heavenly Realm instructors behind him, as well as Li Hao, Lin Xue, Lin Yu, Xia Youhui, Bai Mu, Liu Feng, and the others.

Due to the new student orientation ceremony, everyone had returned, joining the commotion.

"When that beast emerges, Li Hao and I will take the offensive. The rest of you focus on containing the battle's aftershocks and evacuating civilians to minimize casualties."

"Understood." With solemn expressions, Lin Xue and the others nodded, their faces tense.

Xia Youhui sighed. "If Ah Chu were here, that level 8 beast would be slapped to death in an instant."

Li Hao smirked excitedly. "No worries! I’m here. Today, I, Li Hao, will dominate the battlefield and crush that beast head-on."

He wore spiked battle armor, and on his shoulder rested a ten-meter-long, half-meter-thick black iron pillar. His excitement was palpable.

Roar!

The rift, now expanded to over four hundred meters, trembled violently. A savage roar echoed from within, and moments later, a massive colossal beast descended from the sky.

Boom!

The thirty-meter-wide street shattered beneath its impact, houses on both sides collapsed, and a violent shockwave sent debris, rubble, and smoke billowing through the air.

At the heart of the destroyed street stood a hundred-meter-tall colossal beast, covered in scarlet scales and resembling a feral Rampage Ape as it radiated a savage aura of bloodlust.

However, the four-armed level 8 colossal beast looked somewhat battered—its ferocious face and massive body bore deep, gaping wounds, some even exposing bone, with blood gushing uncontrollably.

Roar!

Sensing the thin transcendent energy in the air and the unfamiliar environment, the colossal beast let out a roar of dominance, its blood-red eyes locking onto the distant, crowded masses of civilians.

For colossal beasts, consuming prey while injured accelerated their recovery, especially in environments lacking transcendent energy.

Yet before the Rampage Ape could move, two immense auras erupted from the distance.

"Li Hao! Attack with full force—kill that beast on the spot!" As Hong Zetian spoke, he let out a long battle cry, his late-stage Eighth Heavenly Realm aura exploding as he shot into the sky.

Boom!

In an instant, Hong Zetian appeared hundreds of meters above the colossal beast. In his grip, a three-meter-long black battle sword surged with energy, forming a hundred-meter-long black sword qi.

Roar!

The Rampage Ape roared savagely at the descending sword qi. Its scarlet energy exploded outward, expanding over two hundred meters and forming a domain.

This was the difference between colossal beasts and humans—a level 8 beast could already manifest a domain. Though still small and in its embryonic stage, it was immensely powerful.

As soon as Hong Zetian’s sword qi entered the scarlet domain, its speed suddenly slowed, as if restrained by a heavy force.

Boom!

With a single swing of its four arms, the Rampage Ape shattered the black sword qi. Its blood-red eyes flickered with cold brutality and a hint of mockery.

"You think I became a teaching director for nothing?" With a calm voice, Hong Zetian formed a seal, and the shattered black sword qi instantly reassembled, transforming into dozens of black sword lights that swept outward.

Slash! Slash!

The razor-sharp black sword qi sliced through everything in its path, ripping apart the scarlet energy field and weakening the domain’s suppression.

At the same moment, the other aura in the distance flared further. "Your opponent is me."

Li Hao launched from a rooftop, which collapsed from the force. As he soared, his body expanded, growing into a thirty-meter-tall titan surrounded by swirling black and red murderous aura.

The black iron pillar in his grip expanded alongside him, stretching to a hundred meters. Rolling waves of black energy surged as he swung it down, causing the very atmosphere to explode.

Roar!

The Rampage Ape, unable to evade in time, crossed all four arms to block.

Boom!

The colossal beast’s body sank under the crushing force, driven deep into the ground by dozens of meters. The streets around it exploded into rubble, sending countless fragments and debris soaring.

The shockwave rippled outward, forming a destructive blast wave that shattered windows within a kilometer.

"Block it!" Lin Xue’s true power exploded outward as she and the others positioned themselves to shield the remaining civilians from the deadly energy waves.

Even the shockwave of an Eighth Heavenly Realm battle was strong enough to send people flying and crush them to death.

At the very moment Li Hao’s iron pillar slammed down upon the Rampage Ape, Hong Zetian became one with his sword, transforming into a hundred-meter-long streak of sword light and tearing through the atmosphere.

Slash!

Under the unparalleled sharpness of the sword light, the Rampage Ape’s scales shattered, and both of its left arms were severed. In an instant, scalding blood gushed out like a fountain.

With a miserable shriek, the Rampage Ape was sent reeling. The black iron pillar that it had barely managed to block now knocked away its remaining arms with a deafening boom, before crashing down on its skull. The monstrous impact tore apart its head scales, causing flesh and blood to explode.

Roar!

The Rampage Ape let out a savage bellow, its scarlet energy surging explosively once again. The ground shook violently, and in an instant, dozens of blood-red spikes, each over a hundred meters long, shot out and pierced through the air with extreme sharpness.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Li Hao furiously swung his pillar, sweeping out waves of black and red murderous aura that shattered all of the crimson spikes in his vicinity. The sheer force of his strikes caused the very space to tremble, sending gale-force winds howling in all directions.

As Li Hao destroyed the scarlet spikes, Hong Zetian had already appeared a thousand meters above the Rampage Ape, his gaze cold and sharp as he murmured, "The way of the sword lies in the heart, in the soul. With my body as the blade—let the world of swords be summoned!"

Boom!

A burst of sword qi erupted from Hong Zetian, causing transcendent energy to violently surge. Hundreds of black sword lights, each over a hundred meters long, descended like falling monoliths, burying the four-armed Rampage Ape beneath their relentless assault.

The entire street was obliterated by the overwhelming attack. Over a dozen buildings collapsed, and thick clouds of dust rose into the sky in an utterly cataclysmic scene.

This was the full-force strike of a late-stage Eighth Heavenly Realm powerhouse.

"Damn! Our teaching director is insanely strong!" From a distance, Xia Youhui, who had initially expected a drawn-out battle, was visibly stunned by the sheer devastation as he swallowed hard.

Lin Xue spoke calmly as she sheathed her flaming sword. "Director Hong fought on the frontlines, and even infiltrated deep into the Purgatory Clan’s base as a special forces soldier. Of course he's powerful."

Spatial rifts tore open across the land as the Blue Planet trembled under the invisible impact of the mythical world’s resurgence. Meanwhile, forty thousand kilometers away from human territory, within the Purgatory Clan’s rear base, massive demon fortresses loomed over the desolate landscape.

Above dozens of these fortresses, in the depths of space, four powerful wills converged.

"You all sense it, don’t you? This shock is the prelude to the mythical world’s once-in-ten-millennia resurgence. As the world revives, the internal world of humanity will be devoured at an accelerated pace.

"They will undoubtedly try to stop it, and would have to divert forces back to suppress the upheaval. That is why... we go to war."

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Instantly, three demon-god-level auras erupted above the Purgatory Clan’s base, causing the entire region to tremble.

The vast land below, spanning thousands of kilometers, was filled with hundreds of elite demon and alien legions. At that moment, tens of millions of high-level beings knelt in reverence.

"We bow before the Supreme Demon Gods!"

A majestic and icy voice echoed from above. "Mobilize the army. Annihilate humanity."

"Kill! Wipe out humanity!"

"Charge!"

As if responding to a battle hymn, demon castles mobilized, accompanied by millions of flying mutated beasts and colossal creatures. Under the rising moonlight, a new War of Civilizations began.

The Purgatory Clan’s movements were immediately detected by a human spy, and Sky Battlefield command swiftly reacted.

Meanwhile, the Yunxiao No.1 fighter jet approached the Thirtieth Legion of the Expansion Division. At that moment, a communication request appeared on the cockpit screen. The next second, a projection of the Primordial King emerged, his expression grim.

"Chen Chu, the war at the Sky Battlefield is about to begin again."

Already?

Chen Chu’s murderous aura surged, and he asked solemnly, "Sir, do you need me to head there now?"

The Primordial King shook his head. "No need. The Sky Battlefield is a special environment with limited capacity. I’m telling you this because it relates to your next mission.

"You’ve noticed the anomalies, haven’t you? That was the prelude to the second mythical surge. This shockwave caused over ten thousand spatial rifts to appear across the Blue Planet.

"Most of these rifts are temporary and will fade soon. However, some are stable and persist, allowing mutated beasts and alien entities to cross over. The strongest energy surges from these rifts even reached level 11 and 12.

"Five king-level powerhouses have already returned to the Blue Planet, but it's not enough. We need at least two king-level powerhouses stationed on the eastern and western hemispheres to ensure that any invading mythical beast is immediately neutralized.

"You are being assigned as the Eastern Hemisphere Commander of the Blue Planet. You will command all military forces across the eastern hemisphere, and your mission is to suppress every invading creature and eliminate anything hostile to humanity."

Chen Chu responded with a firm voice. "Sir, rest assured—I will protect the Blue Planet at all costs."

After a brief pause, the Primordial King added, "There were two rifts detected in Wujiang City, along with a level 8 colossal beast, but it has already been dealt with. However, there is a situation regarding your brother that requires your decision."

Chen Chu blinked in surprise. "Little Hu? What happened?"

The Primordial King chuckled. "It’s not a bad thing—he’s just grown up."

"Grown up?"