After I stopped trying, a rich woman trained me into a demon emperor.

The cultivation level of the early stage of Void Refinement was suppressed beneath the surface of the body and not released outwards, but the light of the seven background patterns on the Taihuang Black Blade flickered in the dim corridor.

"It's broken?"

Xiao Hongli straightened up, and the tension in her voice finally eased a little.

"It's broken."

Chen Ya's tears fell onto the military register with a thud. She quickly wiped them away with her sleeve, pretending nothing had happened.

Lin Qingxue did not speak.

She looked into Zhou Ran's eyes, and a glimmer of remaining spiritual light flashed deep within them.

She scanned it.

The silver rule fragment that was digested in Zhou Ran's sea of ​​consciousness was a residual trace after the judgment data was invoked.

The corners of her mouth curved into a smile.

The amplitude was extremely small, but Zhou Ran saw it.

He was about to say something.

Outside the Nine Nether City, the world changed color.

On the leaden sky, a scarlet crack began to spread from the eastern horizon, from which a dense, almost solidified demonic aura surged forth, mixed with an intense, nauseating stench of blood.

At the same time, the western sky was cleaved open by a jet-black blade, and from the gap in the blade, countless phantoms of Asura warriors covered in scars surged out.

In the north, the imperial court's black-gold beam of light pierced through the celestial barrier once again.

Three forces, each capable of destroying the world, simultaneously pressed down on the city from three directions.

The protective array of Nine Nether City emitted a mournful cracking sound.

The first layer of protection at the core of the formation exploded under the combined force of the three parties, and the fragments turned into a shower of light that fell on the city wall.

The defenders on the city wall were in a state of unease.

The flags of the 300,000-strong allied army waved violently beneath the billowing, eerie winds and blood-red clouds.

Ming Cang's voice boomed from the military register, trembling noticeably.

"Your Majesty! The Allied Forces of the Three Realms have arrived ahead of schedule!"

It was eight days faster than the estimated ten days!

The vanguard of the Heavenly Demon Emperor has crossed the first line of defense on the eastern front...

The swords and weapons of the Asura Realm surged forth from the ley lines in the western earth...

The Imperial Court's warship, the fourth hull, has already appeared on the northern front!

Zhou Ran stood at the end of the corridor, the seven rays of light reflecting on his face, revealing a pair of extremely calm eyes.

He gripped the Taihuang Black Blade tightly.

"Good timing."

The defensive array of Nine Nether City is now reduced to its last two layers, barely clinging to life.

Pressure came in from three directions at the same time.

The demonic aura in the east dyed the sky crimson, the Asura Blade Intent in the west cut a deep, bottomless rift in the earth's veins, and the black-gold pillar of the Imperial Court in the north nailed to the celestial barrier layer, shaving away a layer of the array's foundation with each rotation.

Some of the soldiers guarding the city wall are already vomiting blood.

The combined pressure of the three world-destroying forces was so intense that even demonic soldiers below the Nascent Soul stage couldn't stand up and could only slide down the battlements while holding onto the ramparts.

"Emperor!"

The second line of defense on the eastern front has been breached by the Heavenly Demon Vanguard!

Mingcang's message burst from the military register, his voice trembling.

"The enemy vanguard numbers no less than 80,000, all elite demon soldiers at the Nascent Soul stage or above. The aura of the Heavenly Demon Emperor leading them is still pressing in the rear, but the demonic domain he alone has covered the entire eastern plain!"

Zhou Ran stood at the highest point of the city tower, the Taihuang Black Blade resting at his feet.

The seven stripes of light flickered in the leaden skylight, reflecting off his graying temples and his extremely quiet eyes.

The perception of someone in the early stages of the Void Refinement realm allows them to take in the entire battlefield.

On the eastern front, the vanguard of the Heavenly Demon Realm stretched as far as the eye could see.

The demonic energy was so dense that it solidified into a tangible form, enveloping every demon soldier, with flowing blood-red armor covering them from head to toe.

On the western front, the Asura Realm's swordsmen poured out of the earth's vein fissures in an endless stream. Each one was a six-armed war machine wielding a blade, leaving no grass growing on the ground they trampled.

On the northern front, the fourth sub-body of the Imperial Court stood at the bow of the black gold warship. Its figure was even taller than that of the third sub-body, and the black gold vortex on its face spun faster, emitting a regular fluctuation that made the air groan.

The total amount from all three sources combined is no less than a million.

"Zhou Ran!"

The voice of the Heavenly Demon Emperor rolled in from the east, carrying the hoarseness and arrogance unique to the demon race, piercing through dozens of miles and striking the city wall of Nine Nether City.

"The Imperial Court promised me a 30% share of the land's resources. How much is your wretched place worth?"

"If you know what's good for you, commit suicide now to atone for your sins, and I'll grant you a complete corpse!"

The soldiers guarding the city wall were pale-faced, and many of them were trembling.

Zhou Ran did not respond to the Heavenly Demon Emperor's call.

He turned his head and his gaze fell on the side hall below the city gate, which had been temporarily converted into a command room.

The palace door was half open, and Xiao Hongli's clear voice could be heard from inside.

"The fourth batch of Soul Abyss Stone ammunition has been loaded, and all twelve heavy artillery formations are in position."

"Intelligence has confirmed that the coordinates of the enemy's densely populated area on the eastern front have been determined, with an error of no more than ten zhang."

Chen Ya's voice followed closely behind.

"I have already locked onto the frequency of the western space teleportation array."

Lin Qingxue's voice was weak but steady.

"They will launch a space jump attack on the south wing in a quarter of an hour. The teleportation anchor point is an abandoned mine thirty-seven miles southwest of Jiuyou City."

No one in the Sixth Heaven had ever seen this kind of warfare.

On the third day after taking over the Blood Navy's supply system, Xiao Hongli rewrote the entire firepower allocation logic of the Four Domains Allied Forces.

She doesn't understand formations, but she understands supply chains.

She meticulously calculated the Soul Abyss Stone consumption, range coverage radius, and cooldown interval for each heavy artillery array using the pen she brought from Blue Star, and filled it in on a three-zhang-long ore slab.

After Chen Ya connected the intelligence and supply ledgers, every enemy movement could be transmitted to Xiao Hongli's control console within two breaths.

Although Lin Qingxue's Dharma Eyes only have one source left, with the affinity of the death energy of the Nine Nether Abyss, her perception accuracy of spatial frequency bands is even more focused than in her prime.

She can't see the whole picture, but she can see the "points".

The precision of these three "points" is enough to make all enemy attacks, flanking maneuvers, and infiltrations a joke.

Zhou Ran took the military register handed to him by Ming Cang. It was densely marked with the fire coverage area planned by Xiao Hongli and the dense enemy coordinates after cross-verification by Chen Ya.

He closed the military register.

"Pass on the order."

Zhou Ran's voice wasn't loud, but his early-stage Refinement Realm cultivation ensured that every word reached the ears of everyone in Nine Nether City.

"Execute according to General Xiao's plan. The first round of salvo will target the densely populated area on the eastern front."

Below the city wall, twelve heavy artillery arrays were activated simultaneously.

These arrays were rearranged by Qin San's men over three days, according to the layout drawn by Xiao Hongli.

She integrated the originally chaotic defensive firepower into three overlapping fan-shaped firing arcs, each with three layers: main guns, secondary guns, and supplementary fire.

The Soul Abyss Stone ammunition was compressed to its maximum density; this was an idea Xiao Hongli borrowed from the ammunition science of Earth...

If a single shot isn't powerful enough, then make up for it with density.

"put!"

The twelve arrays fired simultaneously.

The pale blue beams of Soul Abyss Stone did not shoot out in all directions as before, but instead struck the dense formation of the Eastern Front Heavenly Demon Vanguard with breathtaking density.

On the eastern plains, a bluish-white light curtain rolled out across the sky.

Dense beams of light tore through the enemy ranks, leaving gaping holes of flesh and blood. The Nascent Soul stage demon soldiers in the front row didn't even have time to release their demon armor for protection before being riddled with holes by the high-density Soul Abyss Stone energy.

After the first salvo ended, dozens of gaps were torn open in the eastern vanguard formation, resulting in over 10,000 casualties.

The Heavenly Demon Emperor's laughter stopped.

"What is that?!"