They were scattered across different celestial bodies, each commanding a vast region of low-level Heavenly Demons.
Chen Hao withdrew his Divine Sense.
Seventeen at the Nirvana Stage. Five years ago, they would have taken some effort.
Now, with his Dao Venerable True Body and two Ways in one body, dealing with the Nirvana Stage was little different from crushing ants.
But he did not move.
Because he had noticed something else.
At the outermost edge of the swarm of Heavenly Demons, on the side facing away from the Solar System, there was a faint trail.
It was fresh. The spatial disturbances left by the Heavenly Demons' movements had not yet dissipated.
They were still coming.
From outside the Solar System.
In an endless stream.
Chen Hao looked in the direction of that trail.
Deep space.
True deep space.
The trail extended beyond even the reach of his Divine Sense.
These Heavenly Demons were not remnants stationed in the Kuiper Belt. They had a source.
Somewhere outside the Solar System, something was continuously sending them this way.
Even if he wiped out this batch, more would come.
Chen Hao stood in the void, watching the trail disappear into deep space.
His brow furrowed slightly.
No rush to act.
First, watch how quickly their numbers grow. See what lies at the other end of that passage.
Once enough have gathered, deal with them all at once.
If the source keeps sending them, I'll have to find it.
Chen Hao turned.
In the darkness behind him, a pair of enormous compound eyes flashed in the distance.
They belonged to a Nirvana Stage Heavenly Demon. It had noticed Chen Hao's presence.
But it did not approach.
Those compound eyes watched him from the darkness for a few moments, then slowly turned away.
It was