We Will Meet in Hell

This change came extremely suddenly.

But

the next instant, the eleven Heavenly-Derivation Orbital Cannons deployed on the city wall of Heavenward Continent and concealed by "haystacks" fired in unison, their blazing beams of light slamming violently into the sky under the guidance of the Peace Sculpture.

Only two of the Heavenly-Derivation Orbital Cannons had been placed out in the open.

The remaining nine Heavenly-Derivation Orbital Cannons were all hidden in the shadows.

Even though the incident happened suddenly.

Heavenward Continent still intercepted them completely.

If that previous scene were rewound and played back in high-speed slow motion, it would be clearly visible that the fission of the Mortal Domain Sky-Piercing Pillar and the appearance of Heavenward Continent's eleven Heavenly-Derivation Orbital Cannons occurred at almost the exact same time.

This was not a reaction.

It was anticipation.

Inside the underground conference room of Heavenward Continent, the old man gripped his walking staff tightly with both hands, the veins on his pale fingertips extremely prominent, his eyes filled with madness to the ultimate degree of frenzy.

He knew it!

He had known all along that Mortal Domain possessed a method capable of splitting a Sky-Piercing Pillar into three. He did not know where this method came from—whether it was some dark technology, a Heavenly Dao Blessing Effect of the Sky-Piercing Pillar, or brought by a rare island.

But what he could be certain of was.

Mortal Domain had it.

Since they had it, he would not truly believe that Mortal Domain had only launched three Heavenly-Derivation Sky-Piercing Pillars. He could not afford to gamble; he could not afford to gamble on whether these three Heavenly-Derivation Sky-Piercing Pillars would split. If they really did split, then landing on their native territory would be a catastrophic event.

Therefore, he activated all the Heavenly-Derivation Orbital