I transformed into a cute girl and lived a carefree life in the apocalypse.

Yan Ziming nodded slightly, understanding the meaning in his eyes—didn't you say that the sequence level would never appear? What's going on now?

"It's now almost certain that it is indeed the Black Calamity! And its target... is right here!"

"Level 1 combat readiness activated, maximum alert, nuclear weapons ready for launch!"

The Black Calamity is different from the SSS-class monsters on the ground; it's a huge flying creature, rendering Sky City's advantages meaningless in its presence.

And this is a black calamity!

The former number one in the sequence still firmly holds the second place, second only to the Mirage Dragon!

A few years ago, when they besieged the Mirage Dragon, ten ninth-level experts plus Yan Shan were at a complete disadvantage. How many people will it take to stop the Black Calamity this time?

"Let's go out too."

Luther took one last look at Yan Ziming, and the holographic projections all dissipated. Except for the people from the Chinese camp, everyone looked at her with ambiguous eyes.

Yan Ziming remained seated without saying a word, showing no intention of moving at all.

"Yan Zimo?" Luther's gaze turned slightly serious.

Andrei sighed and advised, "I know you're unwilling, but we now face a formidable enemy together..."

"Don't worry, I'm not the kind of girl who holds a grudge, but since you don't believe me... well, I'll just have to witness it for you with my own eyes."

Yan Ziming casually patted her skirt and followed the others outside.

Almost as soon as they stepped out of Sky City, the void more than ten kilometers in front of them trembled violently, then tossed about like a tattered rag in the wind, and finally shattered completely. A calamity-inducing demonic shadow that brought boundless darkness emerged from the shattered void, and the howling wind blew against everyone's faces, bringing a stinging sensation.

"This is... the Black Calamity..."

I have never seen this magnificent being so close before. Its feathers are like the wings of a fallen angel, its crimson eyes are like two red moons, and its wings spread wide, blotting out the sky. The surrounding air is compressed and scattered by its aura, forming gusts of wind.

Overwhelmingly powerful.

A few drops of cold sweat trickled down Su Yuchen's forehead, and a sense of powerlessness filled his heart.

Last time it was a tyrant who gave him this oppression; this time, it is a black calamity.

His arrogance had vanished; in this world, there were many beings far more powerful than him...

However, the great sage felt a little strange; this aura seemed strangely familiar.

After the black calamity appeared from the void more than ten kilometers away, its gaze immediately locked onto them, and everyone's skin tightened at that moment.

"roar...--!!!"

The dragon's roar shook the heavens, and with a flap of its black calamity wings, the spatial turbulence surged like a boiling sea, pressing down on them with the force of annihilation!

"Ready to fight!!!"

With a loud shout, Luther appeared behind him a golden, glassy figure, much larger than the Black Calamity, soaring into the sky and stretching out its massive hand to strike down upon the Black Calamity.

The black calamity treated it like it had just farted, ignoring it completely, and continued its straight charge. When the glass hand touched the spatial turbulence around it, it instantly felt like a piece of rusty iron that had been dried for thousands of years, peeling off a lot of rust, and the hand collapsed in an instant.

"Ugh!!!" Luther was sent flying backward, and the others quickly followed suit, throwing out all their most powerful attacks.

However, none of this mattered; all attacks were blocked by the spatial turbulence around it.

Its momentum grew stronger and stronger, its surroundings were tinged with a dark black light, leaving a long trail, like a super-sized meteorite falling from the universe. Gradually, it gained an overwhelming and unstoppable force. Among so many ninth-level beings present, not one of them could stop it!

【Wow... Si Mo is really angry, isn't she?】 Yan Zimo clicked his tongue slightly.

Well, she really did feel wronged. Let's make it up to her when we get back...

The next instant she was thinking these things, Si Mo had closed to within a hundred meters of them and was about to crash into the Sky City's protective shield.

Once it falls, it will be an apocalypse!

"Roar--!!!"

Suddenly, the black calamity let out a slightly fearful roar from its throat. With a flap of its wings, its body, which was moving at more than ten times the speed of sound, instantly defied the laws of physics and was pushed backward, rising into the sky at a height of ten thousand meters. The sky was completely dark at this moment!

Then, a blue-purple light, emanating from the dawn, rose from within the Sky City, tearing through the boundless darkness in a fraction of a second and disappearing into the high heavens.

Blood rained.

78. The Crimson Beginning

The moment that beam of blue-purple light ascended into the sky, those present even thought it was ascending to immortality, it was too powerful and mysterious. The viscous, water-like pressure brought by the black calamity was torn apart in front of it, and an irresistible thought instantly enveloped the sky.

"Roar--"

A dragon's roar came from the sky, but this roar no longer had the majesty of before; instead, it carried a trace of painful sorrow.

Whew whiff whiff whiff...

A brief shower of blood rained down from the sky, which had been completely shattered by the violent energy storm, leaving a chaotic scene from which nothing could be seen.

"Watch out!" someone warned, because a small black dot was gradually appearing above.

boom!

The sound of a heavy object hitting the ground caused the ground to tremble violently three times. Waves of dust spread outwards, and the crowd cautiously surrounded them, each of them having condensed their own domain to its limit.

"This is...?!"

When the smoke cleared, what appeared before everyone's eyes was a pair of jet-black, magnificent wings. They seemed as light as a feather, yet they pressed down on the ground within a thousand meters, causing it to cave in.

Furthermore, these magnificent wings were stained with blood, appearing eerie under the sunlight and exuding a faint sense of oppression.

Everyone was shocked. Those wings looked so familiar! They looked just like the dragon wings on the Black Calamity!

Looking up again, the sky was still chaotic, but the oppressive atmosphere was gone, and the shadow of the black calamity had disappeared.

"Who was behind this?!"

The crowd was horrified, recalling the scene of their siege of the Snow Woman in Africa. This time, the shock was no less than that.

That being is actually within the community of shared future for mankind?!

For a moment, many people broke out in a cold sweat.

Doesn't this mean that both of their attacks were carried out right under this person's nose?

Thinking about this, they felt their backs were soaked with cold sweat. This was truly like pulling teeth from a tiger's mouth, courting death...

What shocked them even more now was that the Black Calamity, ranked second in the sequence, had one of its wings torn off by that being in a single encounter, its blood splattering across the sky, stunning everyone, including all the SSS-class beings.

"..."

The SSS-class ships in the distance remained silent, and two of them even left one after another, fearing that they would get too deeply mired in this quagmire and lose their lives in vain.

The tyrant's gaze was as dark as could be; even so, he wouldn't dare to easily start a war with humanity if negotiations failed.

It's an unspoken rule that Liu Mengxian and many other ranks cannot take action, but with this powerful figure currently looming over them, they still feel somewhat insecure.

In short, the possibility of them initiating a war has now been reduced to a minimum. As for the possibility of humans provoking a conflict... it's not impossible, but it's so low as to be negligible.

Those guys who only know how to hide in their shells and remain closed off all day, and whose number of strong individuals is far less than theirs, really don't seem like the type to actively start a war.

I doubt they would dare risk destroying the city and starting a war with us.

At the very least, the most powerful weapon known to the tyrants—nuclear bombs—cannot be used too close to the front lines. If used carelessly, even one's own people could be killed. This is the tyrants' Achilles' heel, and the most important reason why the tyrants, as well as the Sequence-class beings, judge that humanity dares not start a war.

Moreover, even if humans were to launch a nuclear attack right in their faces, they could avoid or respond to it based on their innate sense of crisis, so it wouldn't be a particularly difficult tactic to defend against.

Without the deterrent power of nuclear weapons, could humanity, even if it gathered all the ninth-tier beings in the world, defeat them?

It might be possible, but it would be a Pyrrhic victory, with nine-tiered beings falling one after another. They absolutely dare not take that risk.

Individuals who reach the SSS level are no less intelligent than humans, especially the Tyrant, whose intelligence is quite high, having thought of almost everything imaginable.

In conclusion, the tyrants believe that the situation is basically settled and will end in a resounding victory for them.

..........

"Now, you don't doubt what I said, do you?"

Yan Ziming looked at Luther and the others with an almost mocking expression. Everyone who was looked at by her felt embarrassed, either feeling guilty or ashamed, and turned their eyes away.

Luther was silent for a moment, then asked, "Why didn't you say so sooner that the person was right here?"

"If you had said so earlier, wouldn't some of these local scoundrels have been too afraid to cause trouble?"

"Could it be?! The energy field that appeared in the Community of Shared Future for Mankind just now... Could it be that you brought the Black Catastrophe here?!"

Luther looked sharply at Ozawa.

"So what if it is?" Ozawa said indifferently, turning his gaze away.

“…Good, good! You young people are truly formidable!” Luther nodded with difficulty, completely impressed by them.

This is an act of extraordinary skill and audacity, daring to include even the Black Calamity as part of the plan. This is a high-stakes gamble, utterly audacious!

However, despite all his calculations, he didn't anticipate that Si Mo was actually in cahoots with Yan Zi Mo and the others. Otherwise, Yan Zi Mo wouldn't have had the courage to send a Sequence-level creature to help them.

Yan Ziming looked at him with a smile, "Then what were we talking about just now?"

"On behalf of the United States, I agree to implement a strategy of total annihilation against them!"

Luther snorted unhappily, as if he was annoyed at being outmaneuvered, but he still had a sense of the bigger picture. With a flick of his sleeve, he turned and left.

Yan Ziming then looked at the EU representatives. Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Lansenk could no longer persist and had no choice but to nod in agreement.

Next up is the Odyssey.