The job change is a bizarre and calamity; the nation begs me to tone it down.

Three figures streaked across the Northern Alliance sky at near-sonic speeds.

Wherever it passed, the snow on the ground was blown away by the blast wave, and trees were uprooted.

The entire land trembled under the crushing pressure of the three source-level auras.

We are less than 800 kilometers from the northern border of Sheikha.

700 kilometers.

600 kilometers.

500 kilometers —

"Buzz—"

Just then, a voice rang out in their ears.

【warn.】

[We have entered the territory of the Divine Xia Empire.]

[All unauthorized high-level energy entities, halt immediately.]

If they continue to get closer—

The Divine Sherman Empire will consider this an act of war.

No second warning will be given.

[A direct counterattack.]

The mechanical noise dissipated.

All that remained in the air was the whistling wind created by the three people as they flew.

Andrei's face turned extremely gloomy.

He heard it.

Of course he heard it.

He also knew that Sherlock was already prepared.

But he couldn't stop.

The two dragon kings behind him wouldn't give him a chance to stop.

If he slows down, two source-level attacks will come crashing down on him from behind.

Whether you die here or die ahead—it's all the same.

But if we keep running forward, there's at least a glimmer of hope.

No matter how much the Shenxia people hate him, they wouldn't just sit idly by during a Source-level war.

After all, once the flames of war reach their borders, they can't ignore it even if they want to.

Better to die for your fellow Daoist than for me.

Andrei gritted his teeth and did not slow down.

Keep going.

Behind him, Cross and Olivia also heard the warning.

Klose didn't even raise an eyebrow.

Olivia chuckled softly.

"A direct counterattack?"

Her tone was as if she'd heard a funny joke: "What are we going to fight back with? Their demigods?"

Klose didn't respond.

He doesn't need to respond.

Because the answer was too obvious to him.

A demigod of the human race?

Even ten tied together wouldn't be enough for him to pat with one hand.

In the eyes of the two dragon kings, the so-called warning was no different from an ant's protest against a boot.

The three figures continued south.

Four hundred kilometers.

Three hundred kilometers.

……

Inside the command post of the Zhurong Legion's base on the northern border of Shenxia.

Qin Lie, the commander of the Zhurong Legion, stood in front of the holographic projection platform.

The three red dots on the projection table are rapidly approaching the border line.

He was in his early forties, with a square face, high brow bones, and eyes that revealed the decisiveness and coldness unique to soldiers.

The Zhurong Legion has been stationed in the northern frontier for many years.

He knows every inch of this border line like the back of his hand.

"Reporting to the Legion Commander, three source-level energy reactions have entered the final interception zone. They are 280 kilometers from the border."

"One of the energy responses was relatively weak, and it was determined to be a human source-level unit."

"The other two... have extremely high energy levels and are classified as alien source-level."

Qin Lie's gaze lingered on the projection table for two seconds.

Then he looked up and pressed the communicator.

"minister."

Longjing. Headquarters Decision-Making Room.

Li Weiguo responded almost instantly.

"I saw it."

"Minister, the other side is ignoring warnings and continuing to approach. Requesting instructions—should we deploy the Spine of God?"

There was a silence on the communication channel for about a second.

one second.

For those present, that second felt like it had been stretched tenfold.

Then, Li Weiguo's voice came through.

Only two words.

"Use it".

Qin Lie's eyes instantly turned extremely murderous.

He put down the communicator and turned to the launch control panel behind him: "Order received."

"The Spine of God - Release the Seal".

"Target locked—an incoming source-level energy entity from the north."

"emission."

There is no countdown.

There is no confirmation process.

The command is executed.

The technicians at the control panel pressed the start buttons on both sides simultaneously.

The dark golden light of the sealing runes on the black metal box behind the defensive line suddenly became dazzling.

Cracks began to appear on the surface of the box—not from damage, but from being unsealed.

"Bang—"

The box split open in the middle, and a pure white beam of light shot into the sky from the crack.

After the beam of light rose into the air, it suddenly bent—heading north.

It moved toward the three approaching red dots at a speed almost imperceptible to the naked eye.

It shot out with a roar.

In an instant, the entire northern horizon was illuminated.

When that white light pierced the night sky, everyone within a hundred kilometers saw the same thing—a straight white band of light shooting from the southern horizon toward the north.

Wherever the light streaked across, the air was split in two.

The vacuum band slowly closes up after the light band disappears.

It emitted a deep, muffled sound that made the earth tremble.

"Boom!"

With this deafening roar, the night sky in northern Shenxia was completely torn apart.

The moment the white light appeared, the entire planet fell silent.

However, this quiet is not a metaphor...

It is quiet in the literal sense.

The pure white band of light that shot out from the northern border of Shenxia carried high-dimensional energy fluctuations that spread across the globe in a completely irrational way.

The speed of light, no, even faster than the speed of light.

From east to west, from south to north, it provides comprehensive coverage without any blind spots.

……

Shenxia Empire, Longjing.

3:47 a.m.

There were hardly any pedestrians on the street.

But all the citizens who were still staying up late scrolling through their phones to keep up with the frontline situation looked up at the same time.

Because it's bright outside the window.

The light was like white light pouring down from the sky, as if someone had lit a searchlight tens of thousands of meters in the air, covering the entire city.

It lasted for about three seconds.

Three seconds later, the white light dissipated, and night once again enveloped the city.

But everyone's heart skipped a beat in those three seconds, and they couldn't help but exclaim in their hearts, "What the hell?!"

However, in everyone's sight, there was nothing in the sky.

The night sky was spotless, with hardly a cloud in sight.

But he could feel—an indescribable tremor in the air.

It felt like the ground beneath my feet was humming at a very low frequency.

"Holy crap... have they started fighting?"

"My goodness? Is the country really going all out? They must be using some extremely valuable tools, right?"

"My eyes are about to go blind, brothers! Are you really going to do it?"

"Holy crap! How dangerous was that! What kind of props did they use to create such a phenomenon?!"

It's visibly clear that the entire homepage has been overwhelmed with traffic.

The entire Sherlock, and even the entire world.

It was completely boiling over.

……

Amid all this noise and tension, there was one person—completely unaware of what was happening outside.

Inside the core space of the Cloud Realm's Mysterious Domain.

Gu Xu closed his eyes and sat cross-legged directly beneath the red sphere.

At this moment, he rested his hands on his knees, in a casual posture as if he were taking a nap on a park bench, his consciousness completely immersed inside the sphere.

The assimilation process has progressed to a point that's making us incredibly impatient.

Assimilation progress: 87%...