The Golden-Horned Giant Beast Appears! A World-Annihilating Crisis!

In the American state of New York, formerly New York State.

Just as China's Demon Sea connects to the East China Sea, New York connects to the Atlantic Ocean. Therefore, America had built a war base over 500 meters in length not far from here.

Multiple laser cannons were stationed here, along with several War Gods on guard, making it difficult for even an ordinary King-level monster to escape unscathed.

At this moment, the peaceful night passed without incident, seemingly like most other nights.

Most soldiers were resting or entertaining themselves in the camp.

Suddenly, a colossal creature over 180 meters in length appeared before the war base, approaching at an astonishing speed.

Its body was covered in scales the size of houses, and it had a pair of wings spanning 200 meters, covered in black scales.

What was most striking was the black unicorn growing from its head, entwined with golden patterns that spread from the horn to its neck and across its entire body.

What chilled the heart most was its pair of Dark Gold Eyes, indifferent as a god, looking down upon all things in the world.

Facing this monster clearly of the "King" rank, the American war base activated its laser cannons without hesitation.

But to their despair, even three laser cannons at maximum power couldn't harm it in the slightest, not even leaving a mark.

Suddenly.

The monster opened its mouth...

With a deep, muffled roar, the sky and earth darkened. In an instant, the space around the monster's mouth twisted, and the entire war base lifted into the air, flying toward its maw!

As the war base neared its mouth, it continuously shrank, until the base over 500 meters long was reduced to less than five meters.

The monster closed its mouth, swallowing the war base whole!

Meanwhile, in China's East China Sea, Hong, easily defeated by Thunder God, found it hard to believe!

The main issue was that the defeat was too clean and swift, almost seamless.

From start to finish, he had little ability to resist, constantly suppressed, forced into passive defense without even time to counterattack, and then he lost.

"Uh..." As for this result, to be honest, Thunder God himself hadn't expected it.

He naturally knew his own strength well. After this year-long period of cultivation, although he had some confidence in defeating Brother Hong, he hadn't expected it to be so simple.

This made him wonder if Hong had gone easy on him.

"Brother Hong, did you deliberately hold back?" Thunder God rubbed his bald head.

"No." Hong shook his head indifferently and said, "You seem to have been staying at Zhou Ze's place this whole year?"

"Yeah, I didn't have much to do anyway, and when something came up, it was mainly to find you..." Thunder God nodded with a smile, suddenly understanding:

"And I feel Zhou Ze's teachings are really good, so I just camped out at his place."

"Every day, besides practicing the Fallen Ink Star martial artist secret techniques, based on Zhou Ze's suggestion, I spent most of my time on Body Amplification training."

Thunder God chuckled, "Brother Hong, you have to admit, Zhou Ze's approach to Body Amplification is truly unique. Do you know what my Force Emission has reached now?"

A hint of curiosity flickered in Hong's indifferent eyes: "How much?"

"15 times Body Amplification!" Thunder God blurted out, eagerly awaiting Hong's reaction.

And as expected, Hong's pupils sharply contracted, clearly shocked.

"How is it that high?"

Hong found it hard to believe. He knew he also valued Body Amplification, but after a year, he had only increased it by one times.

That meant his current Body Amplification was a full six times less than Thunder God's, whereas before, the gap between them was only one times.

Thunder God put his hands on his hips and laughed, "I knew you'd ask that!"

Thunder God didn't intend to hide anything: "After joining Fallen Ink Star, have you been practicing their secret saber techniques all along?"

Hong looked at Thunder God and said, "You seem to have practiced them too. Your saber technique is completely different from before."

Thunder God smiled, "Of course I practiced Fallen Ink Star's saber techniques, guidance methods, and body movements... well, I still like calling it Force Emission... but when it comes to Force Emission, I learned from Zhou Ze."

Hong fell silent.

Thunder God rubbed his bald head and laughed, "I might not overthink things like you guys. You probably think that since we received the inheritance of an Immortal God-level powerhouse like Fallen Ink Star, everything should revolve around their secret techniques!"

"But I simply think that learning Zhou Ze's Force Emission method suits me better and improves faster!"

"Brother Hong, his unique Force Emission method is perfect for those of us who've achieved some success in mind cultivation. With the mind's observation, nothing in the inner world can hide!"

"According to Brother Zhou Ze, so-called Force Emission, Body Amplification, is about activating inner potential and awakening dormant lazy cells."

"For ordinary people to learn his Force Emission method is impossible—the threshold is terrifyingly high! Entry almost requires the First Level of Mind Realm!"

Hong remained silent. In truth, he had valued Zhou Ze earlier than anyone, but Zhou Ze was simply too extraordinary, practically a miracle!

Thunder God said excitedly, "Brother Hong, let me tell you, according to Brother Zhou Ze's cultivation theory, as long as your mind realm reaches the First Level, practicing his Force Emission is like cheating!"

"I've never admired anyone but you, but even though Brother Zhou Ze's strength is far below ours, I damn well respect him. He's too amazing!"

Hong was speechless. Just then, a special alert tone suddenly rang out.

Hong and Thunder God exchanged a glance almost simultaneously.

Trouble is coming!

On the other side.

In Bright Moon District, Zhou Ze received a top-level meeting notice from the War God Palace.

At this level of meeting, all global Councilors, Speakers, high-ranking government officials, and some War Gods with special status would be in attendance.

Zhou Ze's expression was calm. This day had finally arrived.

Facing this kind of world-annihilation crisis, to be honest, no matter how high one's state of mind, it was impossible to avoid inner turmoil. But turmoil was turmoil—it wasn't something unacceptable.

"Regulate all thoughts, undisturbed by internal or external distractions."

This phrase meant that a high state of mind didn't mean having no emotions or being completely unshaken like a robot. Rather, no matter what happened, one could adjust in time and maintain the best condition.

"The Golden-Horned Giant Beast... one of Luo Feng's most important early cheats..." Zhou Ze's gaze was calm.

"Still, I want to see just how strong the world's correction force in Swallowing Starry Sky really is."

Thinking back on Luo Feng's life, even with his interference, things always ended up returning to the original point.

So a saying came to mind: "Minor trends can be changed, but major events cannot be reversed."

Since he wanted to verify his own results, Zhou Ze wouldn't hesitate or overthink things. A martial artist still needed a sharp edge—once decided, stay the course.

"Babata, forget it..."

Zhou Ze thought for a moment and decided to just use the helmet.

Putting on the helmet, whoosh, Zhou Ze appeared in a room of the War God Palace, dressed in a long robe.