In the blink of an eye, more than a day had passed.
In the Supreme Council Hall of the War God Palace, just as Hong and Thunder God were preparing to fight to the death, Luo Feng suddenly stood up:
"Everyone, I'm confident I can kill the Devourer!"
"Zhou Ze, I've repaired the B6-class Laser Cannon. Hahaha... I, Babata, am incredible! A Laser Cannon that hasn't been used for over eight hundred thousand years, and only I, the great Demon Babata, could get it working so quickly. Praise me! Come on, praise me!"
Babata was brimming with pride.
"I doubt this Laser Cannon can kill the Golden-Horned Giant Beast," Zhou Ze said calmly.
"How is that possible? This is a B6-class Laser Cannon! Even a Stellar Level Seven warrior would be hard-pressed to survive a direct hit!" Babata protested.
"Are you deliberately underestimating me? That's going too far. I've been working for your Earth for a whole day and night!"
Zhou Ze shook his head. "No. There's a good chance it won't kill the Golden-Horned Giant Beast. Make sure Luo Feng has the robot shoot its body and inflict as much damage as possible."
Babata's pupils shrank as he immediately understood.
"You mean its Life Core?" Babata exclaimed.
"Isn't it obvious?" Zhou Ze spread his hands. "To kill a Domain Lord, you have to destroy their Life Core. And a Life Core can be anywhere in the body..."
"It could be in the sea of consciousness in the head, in the dantian, or even in an arm, the chest, or any other location..."
"Didn't you say the Golden-Horned Giant Beast had the pinnacle bloodline? That it could naturally grow to Realm Lord-level without any bottlenecks. If so, wouldn't it have the same Life Core ability as a Domain Lord?"
Babata touched his chin with his right index finger. "You know, you might actually be right..."
"Since shooting it in the head won't kill it, a Stellar Beast like this would usually hide its Life Core in the center of its body," Zhou Ze said seriously.
"Sigh. Should we tell Luo Feng? His hopes have been dashed so many times already. I don't know if he can take it," Babata sighed.
"Just tell him. If he can't even handle this, how's he ever going to become a strong warrior?" Zhou Ze said, then stopped paying Babata any attention.
On the other side, after hearing Babata's words, Luo Feng's heart lurched. He immediately called Zhou Ze to ask, and when Zhou Ze confirmed it, he felt as if the world had fallen apart. For a moment, he couldn't accept it.
After a long while, he finally calmed down. "Whatever happens, I'll do everything I can and leave the rest to fate!"
Luo Feng immediately relayed Zhou Ze's words to Hong and Thunder God. Their expressions changed drastically, too, but their mental fortitude was exceptional, and they composed themselves in the next instant. Then they called Zhou Ze.
"Yes, that's right. Hong, Thunder God, I'm afraid you'll have to fight with everything you've got..." Zhou Ze said briefly, then ended the call.
Zhou Ze stood and looked east. "If things still get corrected this time, then I can finally relax."
As soon as Zhou Ze hung up, Babata appeared and protested:
"No! I won't allow it! Hong and Thunder God are both disciples of Fallen Ink Star. If they burn their souls, then even if they kill the Golden-Horned Giant Beast, they'll fall into a deep slumber on the soul level. Even immortals would have a hard time waking them from that kind of slumber..."
"What good is protesting? You can't stop them. Just relax..." Zhou Ze waved his hand.
Compared to the original timeline, Babata hadn't cared much about Hong and Thunder God sacrificing themselves at this point. But now that they'd become disciples of Fallen Ink Star ahead of time, Babata treasured them like precious jewels.
After all, both Hong and Thunder God had comprehended a Domain while still at Planetary-level. Almost any force in the universe would value talents like them immensely. Even at its peak, Fallen Ink Star might not have been able to recruit such geniuses.
"Damn that Golden-Horned Giant Beast..." Babata's blue-silver eyes were almost red.
Now she felt just like Earth's leaders.
Heaven had let her find four gifted disciples on Earth, but before they'd even left the starting village and ventured beyond Earth, she was about to lose two of them.
"Aah... This is all your fault, you awful Zhou Ze!" Babata was furious. He flashed over to Zhou Ze, hoisted him up by his tail, and gave him a thorough beating. Since no one could die in the consciousness space, Babata didn't hold back at all.
"You're all bark and no bite. If you've got the guts, go after the Golden-Horned Giant Beast! You're an inheritance from an immortal, yet you can't even deal with a little Stellar Level One brat. How embarrassing..."
Zhou Ze threw out one last taunt, then quickly cut off the connection the old-fashioned way.
After all, he wasn't a masochist.
Above the Pacific Ocean.
All of Earth's leaders watched this place intently.
To them, everything was about to be decided: survival or death!
At that moment, the Metal Robot was holding the B6-class Laser Cannon, 1,200 kilometers from the Golden-Horned Giant Beast, and steadily approaching it.
Hong and Thunder God hovered not far from it, ready to burn their souls and fight the Golden-Horned Giant Beast to the death.
Once the Metal Robot had reached the right distance, its red crystal eyes suddenly blazed. A signal was transmitted straight into the Laser Cannon!
In that instant!
An incredibly dazzling, brilliant white beam shot from the Laser Cannon's five-meter-wide barrel, streaking across the sky above the Pacific Ocean.
In the blink of an eye!
The white beam had reached its target—the Golden-Horned Giant Beast, 1,082 kilometers away!
In the night sky above the Pacific Ocean, the Golden-Horned Giant Beast's wings were slightly raised as its dark-golden eyes gazed down at the ocean below.
And at that very moment!
It felt a deadly threat lock onto its Origin Core!
It shifted!
With a single thought, its Origin Core moved from the center of its body to its head!
At the same time, in the next instant, it felt the white beam pierce its chest, passing straight through it!
The brilliant white beam, after shooting through the Golden-Horned Giant Beast, pierced the atmosphere in an instant and shot into the starry sky, filled with glittering stars.
Time seemed to freeze in that moment!
The entire Earth erupted in celebration! Everyone was overcome with excitement!
"Brother Hong!" Thunder God exchanged a glance with Hong.
Without the slightest hesitation, they burned their souls and charged at the Golden-Horned Giant Beast. Although it wasn't moving at all, they could clearly sense that it was still alive.
Even an Apprentice-level warrior could sense that unmistakable life force, let alone them.
"It really didn't die! It's been so badly injured. Shouldn't I have listened to my teacher and aimed at its head instead?"
Watching this unfold, Luo Feng found himself unable to keep his thoughts from racing under the pressure of humanity's impending destruction. Regret washed over him, and he felt he shouldn't have listened to his teacher. But in the next instant, he argued with himself:
"My teacher was so certain, and Babata thinks so too. Besides, we prepared a three-step plan long ago! Calm down, calm down..."
As he charged forward, Hong sent a telepathic message: "Thunder God, we have to stop it from destroying the Laser Cannon!"
"Right. We might still be able to kill it!" Thunder God replied fiercely.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
The two of them streaked along two curved paths, charging at the gigantic Golden-Horned Giant Beast from opposite directions.
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