A war base more than five hundred meters long stood at the point where the river met the Atlantic, looming like a ferocious beast.
The evening sun shone down from above. In a bunker below, five American soldiers sat cross-legged on the floor, gambling.
Most of the time, there was no fighting at the war base. When battle did break out, people often died, so the higher-ups usually let the soldiers gamble in their free time.
"Good God!"
Suddenly, a shrill alarm blared, echoing throughout the entire war base.
The war base, which had been relaxed just moments earlier, sprang into action as if wound up. Countless soldiers rushed to their stations, ready for battle.
It was a monster over 180 meters long, shaped like a lion. Its body was covered in black scales, each one as large as a house.
The edges of the black scales were as chillingly sharp as blades. It also had a pair of wings spanning nearly two hundred meters, covered in black scales and seemingly forged from steel.
Golden patterns coiled around its black horn. The intricate markings spread from the horn to its neck, then across its back and all the way to its tail.
It looked as if it were clad in black-and-gold armor. Most chilling of all were its dark golden eyes, brimming with savagery and brutality.
"A King-level monster in the air? Is it looking to die?"
"Blast it with the laser cannons!"
Suddenly, Heaven and Earth went dark.
"Roar!"
In an instant, the space around the monster's mouth warped. The entire war base lifted into the air and flew toward its jaws, shrinking rapidly as it went.
The war base had originally been larger than the monster itself, but it shrank until it was less than five meters across. The soldiers inside, tiny as ants, cried out in terror.
The war base vanished!
On the ruined skyscrapers in the distance, the soldiers at the laser cannon emplacements stared at the sight, their faces deathly pale as if they had seen a ghost.
Two equally enormous sea monsters burst out of the water. They were none other than the two Beast Emperors of the ocean.
The waters churned as countless sea monsters surged out. They gazed at the mysterious, unknown monster as if it were a god.
The two Beast Emperors roared, their voices shaking the heavens, as if announcing its arrival!
The roars sent shockwaves in every direction. Below, countless sea monsters surged along the river, invading the inland regions where humanity lived.
At the Limit Dojo headquarters, in a suite on the top floor.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
The pounding on the door was so fierce it seemed about to smash through the metal.
In the training room, the brilliant golden light that had blazed like the sun faded away. Li Qingxu opened his eyes, looking annoyed.
Before entering seclusion, he had already told them to wait until he came out if anything happened. They weren't to interrupt his cultivation without good reason.
In an instant, Li Qingxu vanished from the room.
The next moment, he appeared in the hallway outside the suite.
"Stop banging. You're going to break the door."
Li Qingxu called out to Inspector Wang, who was hammering on it.
The metal door already had a clear, fist-sized dent in it.
If Li Qingxu hadn't come out, the man might really have smashed his way in.
Hearing a voice behind him, Inspector Wang spun around and said in alarm, "Councilor Li! Something terrible has happened!"
"Oh?"
Li Qingxu's eyes narrowed.
He hadn't yet checked how long it had been since he entered seclusion, but there weren't many things on Earth that could rattle a Planetary Level fighter this badly. The Golden Horned Beast must have appeared.
"The Dojo Master ordered me to wake you at all costs. Please enter the War God Palace immediately," Inspector Wang said quickly.
"Understood. I'm going now."
Li Qingxu nodded. His figure vanished, then reappeared in the Audio-Visual Room inside the suite.
He glanced at the dark blue helmet on the sofa. A golden light appeared between his brows and shot into the consciousness-sensing helmet.
He didn't need to put on the helmet to enter the War God Palace. For him, a single divine thought was enough.
The moment Li Qingxu silently appeared in the meeting room on the top floor of the War God Palace, he found it in an uproar.
The video on the big screen was still playing footage of a mysterious black-and-gold monster, a hundred meters long, devouring a steel war base.
"Councilor Li!"
At the cry, the noisy meeting hall fell silent. Nearly everyone present turned to look.
A young man in white, seemingly untouched by the dust of the world, stood with his hands behind his back, gazing alone at the big screen.
After the incident on Mist Island, all the Councilor-level fighters on Earth had gained a new understanding of Li Qingxu.
Powerful!
So powerful he seemed unfathomable!
Hong was the world's strongest because he had proven himself in battle. Everyone had witnessed his strength.
But Li Qingxu's strength was like an endless ocean. No one could say just how powerful he was.
On Mist Island, the mere appearance of that golden ocean had left every Councilor-level fighter powerless to resist.
To them, that made him seem far stronger than Hong.
"What do you think? Are you confident you can handle this Starry Sky Behemoth?" Hong approached, his eyes lighting up. He stood beside Li Qingxu and asked, his expression grave.
Before this, a European Union researcher had already identified the mysterious monster.
It was a Devourer Beast, a kind of Starry Sky Behemoth. They were extremely rare, and any Starry Sky Behemoth that reached adulthood could attain Universe Level and easily destroy a planet.
According to the researcher, the Devourer Beast was nearly 180 meters long. It was probably Planetary Level Eight or Nine, or perhaps even Star Level.
Li Qingxu didn't answer Hong's question. Instead, he considered the matter in silence.
With his current Dao Palace Fourth Heaven cultivation, bolstered by the Nine Secrets and various Emperor Scriptures, killing this newly advanced Star Level Golden Horned Beast would be as easy as lifting a finger.
The problem was that if he killed the Golden Horned Beast, Luo Feng would lose the most important opportunity of his life.
He needed to think carefully about how to handle this so Luo Feng could still take over the Golden Horned Beast's body, just as he had in the original story.
Seeing Li Qingxu fall silent, his brows slightly furrowed, Hong's heart sank.
The man who had defeated him with a single move wasn't confident against that Starry Sky Behemoth. Was there really no hope?
"Ah..."
Hong let out a deep sigh.
Then his gaze hardened. Perhaps it was time for him to risk his life.
With his current Fourfold Domain, he refused to believe he couldn't kill the Starry Sky Behemoth.
Hong's sigh struck the quiet meeting hall like a boulder thrown into a still lake.
In an instant, disappointment spread across everyone's faces.
If the two strongest people on Earth couldn't handle the Starry Sky Behemoth, what chance did the rest of them have?
"Is there really nothing we can do?"
"Old Li, don't you have high-yield nuclear bombs? Could they kill it?"
"If it's Planetary Level Nine, they might have a chance. But if it's Star Level, the odds are no more than one in ten."
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