Golden Horned Beast Appears

Connected to the Atlantic Ocean, a war base over 500 meters long crouched over the river like a hideous monster.

The sunset's afterglow shone in from above, and in a bunker below, five American soldiers sat cross-legged on the ground, gambling.

Because there was no combat most of the time in the war base, and people often died whenever a battle did occur, the military high command did not bother with the soldiers gambling in their downtime.

"My God!"

Suddenly, a piercing alarm blared, echoing throughout the entire war base.

The previously relaxed war base was instantly wound up like a spring, and countless soldiers immediately rushed to their posts, preparing for battle.

It was a monster over 180 meters long, resembling a 'lion,' its body covered in black scales, each one the size of a house.

The edges of the black scales were as sharp as blades, chilling to behold, and it possessed a pair of wings that spanned two hundred meters, covered in black scales and seemingly forged from steel.

Golden patterns were coiled around its black horn, and these complex golden markings spread from the horn to its neck, then to its back, all the way to its tail.

It looked as if it were draped in a suit of gold-and-black battle armor, and most chilling of all were its dark golden eyes, which were filled with cruelty and brutality.

"A Wang-level monster in the air, it's courting death."

"Blast it to pieces with the laser cannons!"

Suddenly, the world went dark.

"Roar!"

In an instant, the space around the monster's mouth distorted, and the entire war base actually lifted off the ground, flying toward the monster's maw; as it flew, the war base shrank rapidly.

The war base, which had originally been larger than the monster's entire body, shrank to less than five meters in length and width, and the terrified screams of the soldiers, who were like ants inside, rang out one after another.

The war base vanished!

On a dilapidated skyscraper in the distance, the soldiers at the laser cannon outposts turned pale, staring at the scene as if they had seen a ghost.

Two equally massive sea monsters broke through the water, and these two were clearly the two Emperor-level monsters of the ocean.

The waters boiled, and countless sea monsters began to break the surface, looking at the mysterious, unknown monster as if it were a god.

The two Beast Emperors let out heaven-shaking roars, as if announcing its arrival!

The roars formed shockwaves that rippled in all directions, and the countless aquatic monsters in the ocean below quickly advanced along the river, slaughtering their way into the inland regions where humans resided.

Limit Dojo headquarters, a suite on the top floor.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The violent knocking sounded as if it were about to smash the metal door open.

Inside the martial arts hall, the brilliant, sun-like golden light vanished, and Li Qingxu opened his eyes with a look of annoyance.

Before entering seclusion, he had already stated that whatever the matter was, it should wait until he emerged; he was not to be disturbed during his cultivation.

In an instant, Li Qingxu's figure vanished from the room.

The next moment, he appeared in the corridor outside the suite.

"Stop knocking, you're going to break the door."

Looking at Inspector Wang, who was still banging on the door, Li Qingxu shouted.

At this moment, there was already a clear, fist-sized dent in the suite's metal door.

It seemed that if he hadn't come out, this fellow really would have smashed the door down.

Hearing the voice behind him, Inspector Wang turned around instantly, his face full of terror as he said, "Councilor Li! A major disaster has occurred!"

"Oh?"

Li Qingxu's gaze sharpened.

Although he hadn't checked how much time had passed since he began his seclusion, on Earth, the only thing that could make a Planetary Level powerhouse lose his composure like this must be the appearance of that Golden Horned Beast.

"The Dojo Master ordered me to wake you at all costs; please enter the War God Palace immediately."

Inspector Wang said quickly.

"Understood, I am going now."

Li Qingxu nodded, his figure vanishing on the spot and reappearing in the audio-visual room inside the suite.

Looking at the deep blue helmet on the sofa, a golden light instantly emerged from between his brows, shooting into the consciousness-sensing helmet.

As for needing to wear the helmet to enter the War God Palace? For him, it was completely unnecessary.

A single strand of consciousness was enough.

In the conference room on the top floor of the War God Palace, when Li Qingxu appeared silently, the place was already in an uproar.

On the large screen, the video was still playing the footage of the mysterious hundred-meter-long black-and-gold giant beast swallowing the steel war base.

"Councilor Li!"

Following an exclamation, the noisy conference hall instantly fell silent, and almost everyone present turned their gaze toward him.

A young man dressed in white, as if unstained by dust, stood with his hands behind his back, looking alone at the large screen.

After the battle at Mist Island, all the Councilor-level martial artists on Earth gained a new understanding of Li Qingxu.

Strong!

The kind of strong that was unfathomable, even.

Hong's status as the world's strongest was earned through real combat, and everyone had witnessed his strength with their own eyes.

Yet, Li Qingxu's strength felt like an endless, boundless ocean; no one could truly gauge just how powerful he was.

Back at Mist Island, the mere manifestation of that golden ocean had left every Councilor-level powerhouse without the slightest ability to resist.

In their hearts, this display made him seem far stronger than even Hong.

"How are you feeling? Do you have any confidence against this Starry Sky Behemoth?"

Hong's eyes lit up as he walked over, standing beside Li Qingxu and asking with a grave expression.

Prior to this, a researcher from the European Union had identified the mysterious monster.

It was a Devourer Beast, a type of Starry Sky Behemoth; they were extremely rare, and any one of them could reach the Universe Level upon maturity, capable of easily destroying a planet.

Furthermore, according to that researcher, this Devourer Beast was nearly 180 meters long, estimated to be at the eighth or ninth rank of the Planetary Level, or perhaps even the Star Level.

Li Qingxu did not respond to Hong's question, instead lost in his own thoughts.

With his current cultivation at the fourth layer of the Dao Palace, bolstered by the Nine Secrets and various Emperor Scriptures, killing this Golden Horned Beast—which had just entered the Star Level—would be as easy as turning over his hand.

But the crux of the matter was that if he killed this Golden Horned Beast, the most important opportunity in Luo Feng's life would be gone.

He had to carefully consider how to maneuver things so that Luo Feng could still possess this Golden Horned Beast, just as he did in the original story.

Seeing Li Qingxu remain silent with a slight frown, Hong's heart sank.

If the man who could defeat him in a single move had no confidence against this Starry Sky Behemoth, was there truly no hope left?

"Sigh."

Hong let out a deep, heavy sigh.

Then, his eyes instantly turned resolute; perhaps it was time for him to risk his life.

With the augmentation of his fourth-layer domain, he refused to believe he couldn't kill this Starry Sky Behemoth.

Hong's sigh echoed through the quiet conference hall like a boulder crashing into a calm lake.

In an instant, a look of disappointment appeared on the faces of everyone present.

If the two strongest men on Earth had no solution for this Starry Sky Behemoth, what hope was there for the rest of them?

"Is there really no way?"

"Old Li, don't you still have super-high-yield nuclear weapons? Could those kill it?"

"If it's at the ninth rank of the Planetary Level, there might be a chance, but if it's at the Star Level, the probability is at most ten percent."