"Boss, what do we do? Should we leave?"
"Fall back!" A muscle twitched in Tom's cheek. "We've held out this long. Our mission is more or less complete. I'm not dying here!"
The soldiers withdrew at a run. They had barely pulled back when a horde of monsters surged forward and swallowed the spot where the barricade had stood.
By then, Tang Changsheng had arrived outside the Heavenly Court.
Security was tight throughout the Heavenly Court. Countless troops marched in and out under a pall of Killing Intent.
But when Tang Changsheng arrived in a streak of light, every Heavenly Soldier bowed his head. "Greetings, True Person!"
Tang Changsheng nodded slightly and continued straight into the great hall.
The two Imperial Lords and the Protector King Divine General came out to greet him, startled and delighted. With the storm breaking around them, Tang Changsheng's return was a tremendous boost to their strength!
"It's wonderful that True Person Tang made it back in time!" Great Chu Taizu said with a smile.
Tang Changsheng's gaze flickered. The Imperial Lords wore armor and were fully armed. "What exactly is happening? Wasn't the Black Hole Mirror under the Heavenly Court's control? How did these forces from the Outer Regions get in?"
At that, the Founding Ancestor's face darkened with anger. "Those Long-Haired Bandits weren't wiped out after all. They'd been hiding in Australia and worked with the enemy to let some of the Purple Dusk Demon's forces in!
"Fortunately, this world's Laws have changed. Technology now holds sway, and supernatural powers are heavily suppressed. Otherwise, this world would be in danger!"
"The Long-Haired Remnants?" Tang Changsheng was taken aback. He had thought they had all been cleared out. He had never imagined some were still around, much less that they could cause such a