With Di Hongkun dead, nothing remained in the Lieyang Civilization that could make Shen Jun wary.
"Rohana, report the charging status of the Ceberos's Planetary Purification Cannon."
The ground war had merely been meant to draw out that old fox Di Hongkun. His current realm was only that of a Pseudo-God. Shen Jun could not be certain whether he would become a demigod after the main storyline began twenty thousand years later.
Kiran had advanced quickly, taking only a few thousand years, but that had been achieved with the Big Clock assisting his calculations. Lieyang only had the Heavenly Dao Tower, whose computing power was far inferior to Kiran's. Even twenty thousand years might not be enough.
Yet a demigod-level being was already infinitely close to the Xel'naga, equivalent to an incarnation of one. With the strength of a single person, he could threaten the Protoss. Shen Jun absolutely could not allow another such being to emerge—unless it was a Protoss.
If Kiran had not already taken that final step when Shen Jun met him, Shen Jun would have gone to De Nuo before coming to Lieyang.
"Hierarch, the Planetary Purification Cannon has charged to sixty-five percent. To destroy the intact Lieyang Star, it needs to reach at least seventy-three percent."
The Ceberos's Planetary Purification Cannon possessed the power to destroy a planet in a single shot, but it also required a long charging time. It had begun charging the moment the Golden Armada appeared outside the South Heaven Gate, and less than five hours had passed so far. This battle had been too easy, too swift. Protoss wars in the past had been measured in days.
"Good. Then we'll wait a little longer and let these Lieyang people appreciate the beauty of life a bit more. In their next