The intelligence that the Human Emperor's true body had been moved drove the urgency in Chu Tian's heart to its peak. Yet the Return-to-Silence Divine Court's counterattack came faster—and more viciously—than anyone had imagined.
"Heavenly Lord! This is bad!"
Starfall God Son pointed toward the skies above the battlefield beyond heaven, his voice trembling.
In that dim, gray starry sky, the Golden Crow Clan's camp suddenly erupted with a blinding blaze. Nine incomparably massive "black suns," wreathed in pitch-black flames of deathly stillness, slowly rose into the stars!
The moment these nine black suns appeared, the temperature across the entire battlefield beyond heaven instantly soared to a terrifying threshold. In the supply starfields behind the Allied Forces of All Heavens, stars containing spiritual energy and water dried up and cracked at a visible rate beneath the black suns' scorching heat!
"This is the Golden Crow Clan's Nine Suns World-Destroying Formation! They used Silent Abyss's forbidden art to contaminate the Sun True Fire! They want to boil our logistics dry, force us to withdraw, and prevent us from covering the Heavenly Demon Clan's retreat!" Withered Wood Ancient Ancestor's face turned ashen.
"You want to cut off my retreat? Dream on!"
Chu Tian made his decision at once and drew the Hongmeng Human Emperor Sword. "Eldest Sister! Lead the Slaughter Army and immediately escort Yao Xuan and the tens of millions of Heavenly Demon Clan members back to the Divine Pass! I'll personally crush those nine black coal balls!"
"Be careful, little brother!" Chu Yunshang did not waste another word before immediately departing to carry out the order.
Alone, Chu Tian transformed into a violet-gold meteor. Facing the horrific heat that even Creation Realm experts would avoid like the plague, he surged upstream and shot straight toward the core of the nine