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When Lu Chen appeared in the star field where the War Dragon Army and the Heavenly Demons were fighting, he clearly felt the power of the Heavenly Demons spreading in the void.

Lu Chen frowned slightly. Where did such a dense Heavenly Demon power come from? The Heavenly Demon strength must have already reached the Returning Void Realm.

The Heavenly Demons of the Returning Void Realm are already capable of going toe-to-toe with Saints. Fortunately, the Thirteen Legions brought Black Gold with them on patrol.

wrong……

Lu Chen suddenly realized something.

Black Gold can indeed cause some damage to Heavenly Demons, but it won't kill a Heavenly Demon in the Returning Void Realm so easily. The Heavenly Demons he saw on the starship video were all shot down by a single shot from the War Dragon Army's starships. Clearly, those Heavenly Demons were not strong enough to reach the Returning Void Realm.

If it were a Guixu Realm general on a starship who were to deal with a Guixu Realm Heavenly Demon, there wouldn't be much of a problem. However, it would be quite unusual for a Guixu Realm Heavenly Demon to be wiped out in one go using black gold cannonballs.

Let alone a celestial demon, even low-level demons might not be completely immune to the effects of black gold. Black gold originates from the body of a celestial demon, and there must be some resistance to black gold within the body of a celestial demon, so the killing power of black gold against a celestial demon is naturally very limited.

Lu Chen then released his divine sense to investigate the situation in the nearby star field again, and soon he discovered that something was wrong.

He seemed to sense the power of the Great Dao of Creation.

What's going on?

Just then, some black mist appeared out of thin air in the distant void. The black mist spread very quickly, covering a distance of half a light-year in less than a quarter of an hour.

Lu Chen then realized that the Heavenly Demon power still existing in the star field was not left behind by the previous Heavenly Demon, but rather a new Heavenly Demon had been born.

The strength of these next Heavenly Demons is all at the Void Return Realm.

At this moment, the commander of the 13th Army Corps, seeing the sudden appearance of a large patch of black fog, hurriedly ordered the fleet to prepare for another attack.

Lu Chen glanced at the black mist but did not make a move immediately. With his strength as an emperor and his cultivation of the Chaos Demon-Slaying Technique, he could easily annihilate these demons.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Chen returned to the starship of the Thirteenth Legion. Upon seeing Lu Chen's return, the commander of the Thirteenth Legion immediately came to Lu Chen's side.

"Your Majesty, shall we launch an attack?"

Xu Tianlei saw Lu Chen standing in the void without making a move, and he felt that the Heavenly Emperor must have other thoughts. Perhaps he wanted to see what these Heavenly Demons looked like, so he did not order the fleet to attack, but waited for the Heavenly Emperor's order.

Lu Chen said, "This time, a Heavenly Demon of the Returning Void Realm has appeared. You should attack with the Black Gold Cannon first. If you can't deal with it, then let the Nascent Soul Realm soldiers who have cultivated the Demon Burial Technique take action themselves."

Xu Tianlei instantly understood Lu Chen's meaning; the Heavenly Emperor was testing their ability to deal with the Heavenly Demons.

After all, the Heavenly Emperor cannot always be by their side. With the Heavenly Demons appearing on a large scale now, their numbers will only increase in the future, and the Great Xia Dynasty's War Dragon Army will face more battles against the Heavenly Demons.

We are only in the early stages of the appearance of the Heavenly Demons, so we should definitely focus on training our troops now.

Once Xu Tianlei understood that Lu Chen was training the troops, he immediately said, "Understood, I will do it right away."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Tianlei returned to the starship's command center and directed the starship to launch an attack on the spreading black mist.

As black gold cannons exploded one after another within the black mist, the expansion of the black mist ceased, and the celestial demons within it gradually became visible.

Those celestial demons were incredibly huge, and had all sorts of forms. Some celestial demons resembled animals, some resembled insects, and some were in human form.

Upon seeing these celestial demons, Lu Chen's expression became extremely serious. With the birth of these celestial demons, he discovered that the Path of Creation of the universe had also automatically opened, and the power of the Great Dao of Creation was being used invisibly.

Furthermore, the fact that these celestial demons appeared out of thin air suggests that they were likely created by the universe itself.

Lu Chen's initial guess was that the Heavenly Demons were an invasive alien species, and the universe indiscriminately exterminated all life in the universe in order to eliminate the Heavenly Demons. This was the origin of the Great Cataclysm.

But now it seems that his conjecture was completely wrong. The Heavenly Demon is not an alien species at all, but a kind of creature that evolved from the universe itself.

What was the purpose of the universe creating so many celestial demons before the beginning of the Great Cataclysm?

Could it be that they intend to use these demons to annihilate all life in this universe?

If the goal is to annihilate life in this universe, then simply initiating a Great Cataclysm would suffice; there's absolutely no need to create some celestial demons.

While Lu Chen was pondering why the universe created the Heavenly Demons, those Heavenly Demons were also charging towards the starships of the Thirteenth Legion.

"Food! It's the smell of food!"

"I, the demon, have finally been resurrected! Humans, I will tear you to pieces!"

"Hahaha, the great calamity of the era has begun again, and our time has arrived!"

The demons in the void were incredibly excited, as if the starships of the Thirteen Legions were just pieces of pastry in their eyes.

Soon, the demons rushed to the front of the Thirteenth Legion's fleet. Just as they were about to "open the box," the hatches of some starships opened, and hundreds of War Dragon Army soldiers above the Nascent Soul Realm flew into the void.

Seeing those people voluntarily emerge from the "box," the demons became even more excited.

"You ants, are you already eager to become my food?!"

"I will enjoy you all, devour you completely, and leave nothing behind."

……

Just as the Heavenly Demon was about to rush forward, Xu Tianlei personally led the soldiers to meet him.

It would be impossible for them to feel no fear at all, after all, this was a Heavenly Demon that even the Black Gold Cannon couldn't kill.

They had previously seen those Heavenly Demons easily annihilated by the Black Gold Cannon and assumed that all Heavenly Demons were like that. Now it seems that those Heavenly Demons were just minor characters.

However, the soldiers of the War Dragon Army also understood that the more fear they showed in front of the Heavenly Demon, the stronger the Heavenly Demon would become, so they were all trying to suppress their inner fear.

At this moment, Xu Tianlei transmitted his voice to all the soldiers who had left the starship, saying, "This is our first direct battle against the Heavenly Demon. His Majesty is watching from behind. We absolutely cannot let His Majesty down!"

Upon hearing Xu Tianlei's words, the soldiers finally realized, "That's right, we have the Heavenly Emperor backing us up. The Heavenly Emperor is the nemesis of all evil spirits and heretics. What do we have to worry about?"

Moreover, as members of the War Dragon Army, they had all cultivated the Demon Burial Technique, which could suppress demonic energy and the power of heavenly demons, so they had no need to be afraid.

Upon thinking of these two points, the fear in the hearts of the Zhanlong Army soldiers instantly dissipated.

When the demons saw the War Dragon Army soldiers charging forward without showing any fear, they were all completely dumbfounded.

What's going on?

As cultivators, shouldn't they be most afraid of the Heavenly Demons?

Why did they show no fear when they charged forward?

Something's wrong. When those humans emerged from the iron boxes, they still carried an aura of fear, but suddenly that fear vanished. (End of Chapter)