He paused.
"Then that thing came. Something as large as an entire realm came."
There was no need to explain what "that thing" was. The enormous gray-black figure in the projection hung before them all.
"It didn't attack," Xiao Wuwang said. "It just... approached. As it drew closer, it began sucking in Jupiter's atmosphere. The planet's core energy was draining away. All the spiritual energy on Jupiter was drying up."
His hand clenched on-screen.
"We attacked it. All eleven of us at the Nirvana Stage or above attacked together."
"What happened?"
"It moved once." Something churned in Xiao Wuwang's slit pupils.
"Just once. One appendage swept across us. Of the eleven, eight shattered on the spot. They didn't die. They shattered. Even their souls shattered."
"The remaining three escaped with injuries. Of our Star Moth Clan, only twelve made it beyond Jupiter's gravitational pull."
No one in the office spoke.
"What about the other clans?" Chen Siyao asked.
"The Redfire Python Clan was wiped out. Three Nine-Tailed Spirit Foxes escaped. The Ironclad Centipede Swarm..." Xiao Wuwang shook his head. "Insects can't flee fast enough."
Yang Wanqing turned toward the window.
"Clan Chief Xiao," Chen Siyao asked, "what do you plan to do next?"
Xiao Wuwang answered without hesitation. "The Taiyin Realm. You call it the moon. I plan to take my clansmen there and hold it."
"The moon? Why not come to Blue Star? Its defenses are more..."
"When the nest falls, no egg survives," Xiao Wuwang interrupted her.
"The Gold-Eater Clan's target is Blue Star. If even Blue Star can't hold, it makes no difference whether I'm there or on the moon."
"But if the moon can hold them back for even one day, Blue Star will have one more day to prepare."
Chen Siyao did not try to