"What?"
"You're saying a Demon God has appeared among the sea demonic beasts? How is that possible?"
"Impossible! How could a Demon God be born among the sea demonic beasts?"
For a moment, disbelief appeared on the faces of all the powerhouses who had received the emergency communication.
Humanity on Xuanhuang Star had a history stretching back millions of years. Throughout that long recorded history, Martial God-level powerhouses had occasionally emerged among humans, but not a single Demon God-level powerhouse had ever appeared among the demonic beasts!
It was precisely because of this that humanity had been able to gain the upper hand on Xuanhuang Star's landmasses, even killing all the powerful demonic beasts on land.
But now, when humanity had no Martial God to stand guard, a Demon God had been born among the sea demonic beasts!
If this was true, it would undoubtedly be an enormous catastrophe for humanity.
"Old Chu, what exactly is going on?"
Since the emergency message had come from Chu State's grand marshal, Wei Changsheng looked straight at Chu Zhongtian and asked, "How did a Demon God suddenly emerge among the sea demonic beasts? Did Demon Saint Zhu Kun break through?"
"I'm not sure yet either!"
Chu Zhongtian quickly said, "How about this? I'll contact them right away and ask!"
With that, Chu Zhongtian willed it, and several virtual projections immediately appeared before him. The emperor, grand marshal, and other important figures of Chu State appeared in them.
With Xuanhuang Star's current technological development, creating a virtual space like Earth's War God Palace in the original work was still impossible, but conducting real-time communication between multiple people through projections was very simple.
At this sight, everyone around them fell completely silent, quietly looking toward Lu Qingshan and the others.
"Little Seven!"
Chu Zhongtian looked straight at the screen showing Chu State's emperor and asked, "What's going on with that Demon God?"
"Reporting to you, Ancestor!"
Chu State's emperor immediately answered, "Demon Saint Meng Qi broke through to the Demon God level. He just destroyed our Chu State's Jiujiang Base!"
"That's impossible!"
Hearing the Chu State emperor's words, Chu Zhongtian immediately shook his head. "Three years ago, Demon Saint Meng Qi led the sea demonic beasts in an attack on Jiujiang Base, and I fought him myself. Although he was slightly stronger, he was probably only an eighth-rank Demon Saint. How could he have broken straight through to the Demon God level?"
"Exactly!"
Wei Changsheng spoke up beside him as well. "Among the five great Demon Saints of the seas, Demon Saint Meng Qi ranked third at best. If anyone was going to break through, it should have been Demon Saint Zhu Kun. How could he have reached the Demon God level?"
"I don't know about that!"
Chu State's emperor shook his head and answered, "But that Demon God is definitely Demon Saint Meng Qi. We can be absolutely certain of that. I've already sent you the battle footage!"
"Demon Saint Meng Qi is probably heading toward Wulin Base now to continue his destruction. We need to come up with a solution as soon as possible. Otherwise, once the frontline bases fall, those sea demonic beasts will be able to follow the rivers straight into the heart of our Chu State!"
Hearing this, Chu Zhongtian willed it, and a video began playing on a translucent screen before him.
The video opened on Jiujiang Base, which spanned an enormous river. Although many martial artists and troops were stationed inside, the base as a whole was extremely peaceful.
Just then, however, a phantom suddenly burst out of the water with astonishing speed, far exceeding even Lu Qingshan, the world's current strongest powerhouse.
Once the phantom stopped above Jiujiang Base, it quickly resolved into a winding figure resembling a giant serpent, fully a thousand meters long, its body covered in densely packed scales, with six membranous wings on its back and a single black eye on its head.
"It really does look like Demon Saint Meng Qi. But why has his body grown so much?"
"Yes! Demon Saint Meng Qi used to be only a little over three hundred meters long. How did he suddenly grow to over a thousand meters? And he even grew wings?"
"What exactly happened to Demon Saint Meng Qi?"
Seeing Demon Saint Meng Qi suddenly appear, everyone around them began discussing him.
After all, everyone present was an important figure on Xuanhuang Star. Most had seen images of Demon Saint Meng Qi before, and some of the powerhouses had even fought him!
But while everyone was discussing this, Demon Saint Meng Qi in the video merely swung his serpentine tail, sending several streaks of white light hurtling toward Jiujiang Base below.
Rumble!
The instant those streaks of white light struck, the entire Jiujiang Base shattered. The martial artists and troops stationed within were thrown into chaos, while everyone at the center of the explosions died outright.
"What?"
"Jiujiang Base is one of Chu State's highest-grade war bases. It could hold out for a long time even against Demon Saint Zhu Kun. How was it destroyed in just one strike?"
After that, Demon Saint Meng Qi...
No, Demon God Meng Qi began slaughtering the countless martial artists and troops inside Jiujiang Base.
With his terrifying strength, Demon God Meng Qi slaughtered every martial artist and soldier inside Jiujiang Base in mere moments. Not a single person escaped!
Only after finishing all this did Demon God Meng Qi fly rapidly off in another direction.
"Demon God Meng Qi is extremely powerful. Even the highest-frequency laser cannons can't harm him at all!"
When the video finished playing, Chu State's emperor immediately continued from the screen, "Even the sturdiest bases, the bravest troops, and countless powerful martial artists have no ability to resist him!"
"Jiujiang Base had eighteen Martial Saints, the strongest of whom had already reached the fourth rank, yet they couldn't even escape with their lives!"
After hearing the Chu State emperor's words, everyone present fell silent. For a time, no one spoke.
"Ancestor, King Yongning, Director Wei!"
Chu State's emperor looked at Chu Zhongtian again. "Demon God Meng Qi is now heading toward Wulin Base. At his current pace of destruction, I'm afraid it won't take him even a day to completely destroy all twelve great war bases within Chu State. What should we do now?"
"Demon Saint Meng Qi's strength already far surpasses ours!"
After a brief silence, Wei Changsheng quickly said, "Based on some of the data our Wei State possesses, his strength has indeed reached the Martial God level!"
"Although we don't know how he broke through, now isn't the time to consider that. What we need most right now is a way to deal with Demon God Meng Qi. Otherwise, humanity certainly won't last long under his wanton slaughter!"
"How do we deal with him?"
Chu Zhongtian immediately spoke up beside him. "Aside from a few special varieties, sea demonic beasts aren't affected at all by fighting on land! According to our Chu State's records, a Martial God is ten times stronger than a ninth-rank Martial Saint, and a Demon God must be the same. The strongest among us are only eighth-rank Martial Saints. Even if we all attacked Demon God Meng Qi together, I'm afraid we wouldn't pose any threat to him!"
" Nuclear bombs!"
"Nuclear bombs are our best bet for dealing with Demon God Meng Qi!"
At this point, Wei Changsheng quickly turned his gaze toward Zhao Gang and asked directly, "Young friend Zhao Gang, how powerful is the strongest nuclear bomb your Academy of Sciences has developed? Could it inflict fatal injuries on Demon God Meng Qi?"
"Well..."
Hearing Wei Changsheng's question, Zhao Gang quickly looked toward his teacher, Lu Qingshan.
Only after seeing Lu Qingshan nod slightly did Zhao Gang say, "Senior Wei, if the strongest nuclear bomb our Academy of Sciences has developed unleashes its full power, it could theoretically pose a tremendous threat to a Demon God-level powerhouse!"
"But against powerful demonic beasts, a nuclear bomb's most effective threat is the powerful explosion at its core! With Demon God Meng Qi's defenses, which allow him to easily withstand the highest-frequency laser cannons, a nuclear bomb would have to detonate close to his body to pose a sufficient threat!"
"And Demon God Meng Qi is extremely fast. On top of that, he's fought humanity for centuries and knows a great deal about our methods. I'm afraid he won't easily give us that opportunity!"
"If Demon God Meng Qi simply detonates the nuclear bomb with a ranged attack, even our strongest nuclear bomb won't pose any threat to him!"
Hearing Zhao Gang's words, everyone around him froze slightly.
"Then find a way to make the nuclear bomb explode right beside him!"
Wei Changsheng quickly shouted, "I refuse to believe that with thousands of Martial Saints and weapons of mass destruction like nuclear bombs, humanity can't deal with a single Demon God who has only just broken through!"
And so, under the orders of national leaders such as Lu Qingshan, Wei Changsheng, and Chu Zhongtian, humanity quickly sprang into action.
Half a day later, having set traps in advance while Demon God Meng Qi destroyed the preceding military bases, humanity planted its strongest nuclear bomb, with its terrifying explosive power, as he destroyed the seventh military base.
Unfortunately, before the strongest nuclear bomb could unleash its full power, Demon God Meng Qi still managed to escape the core of the explosion through his astonishing burst of speed, ultimately suffering only some injuries.
At this point, humanity finally understood that nuclear bombs simply could not eliminate Demon God Meng Qi.
To continue trying to eliminate him, humanity's top powerhouses would have to put their lives on the line.
But with the enormous gulf in strength between a Demon God and a Demon Saint, even Lu Qingshan, the world's strongest powerhouse, could never possibly withstand Demon God Meng Qi!
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