Heaven and Earth Shatter

Eighteen decoy aircraft and one carrying a hydrogen bomb. Nine fighter jets, each laden with an atomic bomb, had already detonated in succession!

The tenth fighter jet!

At this very moment, across Earth, the high-ranking officials of the Huaxia Nation, Meilijian, Soviet Russia, and other nations, along with all planetary-level powerhouses, were glued to the live satellite feed. Every heart was suspended in anxious anticipation. According to the initial strategy, the 'real deal' was projected to be deployed by one of the jets between the tenth and fourteenth.

Night.

The Golden Horn Behemoth's scaled wings beat softly, propelling it swiftly through the air. A flicker of excitement danced in its dark golden eyes. The consecutive atomic bomb detonations had generated intense heat and particle streams, leaving a peculiar tingling and itching sensation on the parts of its colossal body that had made contact.

And it discovered!

This physical stimulation was subtly accelerating its growth! It was akin to human muscle development, where a certain resistance is required for faster gains. The Golden Horn Behemoth had spent so long living in the ocean, never encountering a single threat, and thus its growth had been merely normal.

This slight stimulation...

was proving quite effective!

“Woo!” The Golden Horn Behemoth let out a joyful cry as it watched another triangular fighter jet approach.

This was a dark blue triangular fighter jet, the very king-level intelligent fighter jet that had been Luo Feng's companion for so long.

“Whoosh!”

The fighter jet moved like lightning!

“Whoosh!” The Golden Horn Behemoth swung its powerful, scaled tail with a sense of contentment. The tail's speed far exceeded that of the approaching fighter jet!

“Rumble~~~”

The moment its tail made contact with the fighter jet, the atomic bomb detonated! A 30-kiloton atomic bomb exploded directly on its tail, unleashing a furious burst of fission energy that formed a blinding 'Sun,' engulfing the Golden Horn Behemoth entirely! The shockwave rapidly surged outwards in all directions, causing the very earth to undulate like ocean waves...

Above the Pacific Ocean, a figure streaked through the air hundreds of meters above the surface, moving with astonishing speed.

“Luo Feng, your fighter jet is gone.”

Babata's voice resonated in his sea of consciousness. Luo Feng, his gaze fixed on the communication watch on his wrist, muttered, “It’s gone, then it’s gone. Watch the eleventh.” He stared intently as the display switched to the eleventh fighter jet soaring past—a blood-red triangular aircraft!

“That’s Grand Hall Master Hong’s!” Luo Feng’s heart instantly clenched.

“Luo Feng, I must remind you, you’ve reached the sea area directly above the No. 12 Ancient Civilization Relic,” Babata’s voice chimed.

Whoosh!

Luo Feng rapidly accelerated, then halted above the sea.

“We’ll descend in a moment,” Luo Feng said, his eyes glued to the screen. “This eleventh one… this is the real deal!”

“A 150-megaton hydrogen bomb detonating on its surface… it’s truly hard to say what effect it will have on a Golden Horn Behemoth that has just entered the Stellar level. After all, no one has ever heard of such a thing being attempted.” Babata, too, was brimming with excitement. Unlike him, however, Luo Feng was caught in a maelstrom of tension and anticipation.

And it wasn't just Luo Feng!

At this very moment, Hong, Lei Shen, and other peak martial artists, along with national leaders and high-ranking military officials, watched with bated breath. This was the eleventh! This was the real deal!

Success!

Humanity would have a chance to survive this catastrophe!

But if it failed...

Then humanity would plunge into a nightmare! A nightmare far more terrifying than even the Great Nirvana period!!!

Meilijian, General Command Center.

In Meilijian, at the General Command Center, the dark-skinned President stood with his cabinet members, all eyes fixed on the screen before them. The President himself gripped his daughter's hand, holding it tightly.

“Daddy, it will succeed, it will succeed,” his daughter repeated.

“It must succeed, it must,” the dark-skinned President whispered, holding his breath.

A heavy silence filled the entire room.

All eyes were glued to the blood-red fighter jet on the screen, watching it hurtle rapidly towards the Golden Horn Behemoth.

Huaxia Nation, Wilderness Area.

In the Huaxia Nation's Wilderness Area, vast numbers of troops were rapidly mobilizing on the ground, while a saucer-shaped fighter jet hovered in the sky. This was the forward war base of the Southeast Military Region, having just completed its withdrawal.

Inside the fighter jet.

Commander Li Dawei was staring at the screen of his communication watch.

“It must succeed.”

“It must,” Li Dawei murmured to himself, his gaze magnetically drawn to the watch. Sweat beaded on his forehead, and his entire body trembled almost imperceptibly.

At this very moment, Soviet Russia, India, the European Union, and all 23 Base Cities were simultaneously fixated on this unfolding scene! Everyone harbored a silent, fervent hope in their hearts. In the face of such an apocalyptic catastrophe, even the most deranged, ambitious, or malevolent individuals yearned for this attempt to succeed.

“Thirty seconds until impact with the Devouring Beast.”

Hong and Lei Shen both stared intently at the screen before them, the intelligent system’s voice echoing through the room.

“Twenty-three seconds!”

“Twenty-two seconds!”

As the countdown continued, Hong and Lei Shen’s gazes sharpened to a razor’s edge, as if they could cleave through the screen before them.

“Ten, nine, eight, seven, six…”

Northern Asia.

In Northern Asia, its entire body was as black as ink, save for a single golden horn, adorned with intricate golden patterns, proudly piercing the sky. As the Golden Horn Behemoth flew, it comfortably flicked its tail twice.

So comfortable!

The recent atomic bomb explosion, which had made contact with its tail, had left it tingling pleasantly. Simultaneously, this area was rapidly absorbing the metallic energy within its body.

“Woo!”

The Devouring Beast spotted the eleventh triangular fighter jet—a blood-red triangular aircraft! It immediately let out a joyful cry that reverberated through heaven and earth. After all, in the Golden Horn Behemoth’s potentially vast lifespan, it had only been born a few years ago and was still, in essence, a mere child.

The Devouring Beast spread its massive scaled wings and lunged forward!

It prepared to meet the jet with its scaled belly, eager for that 'tingling' sensation to spread, finding it immensely comfortable.

“Succeed!”

“It *must* succeed!”

“Kill it!”

“God, save humanity!”

“Please, let it succeed!”

At this moment, all of Earth’s high-level elites were gripped by extreme tension. Luo Feng, Hong, and the others were so nervous they barely dared to breathe! When they witnessed the Devouring Beast, instead of using its tail or claws, deliberately present its belly to 'greet' the hydrogen bomb, a surge of suppressed excitement rippled through everyone present!

“Two!”

“One!”

The final countdown echoed through the Extreme Martial Arts Grand Hall headquarters, specifically within Hong’s private chambers.

At this moment, time seemed to freeze!

The Golden Horn Behemoth’s belly and the 'blood-red fighter jet' collided with astonishing speed. Yet, approximately ten meters before impact, the atomic bomb within the blood-red fighter jet had already detonated! This initial explosion instantly triggered the 150-megaton hydrogen bomb—humanity’s most formidable weapon!

The fighter jet self-destructed!

The hydrogen bomb detonated!

Confronted by an explosion immeasurably more powerful than any before, the Golden Horn Behemoth instinctively recoiled, retreating instantly! It had clearly sensed the imminent danger.

But...

The hydrogen bomb had already detonated on its belly. How could it possibly retreat in time?

“BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!!!!!!!!”

It exploded!

At this moment, every screen, including Luo Feng’s, instantly flared white, blinding all who watched!

Huaxia Nation, Jiangnan Base City, main urban area.

The night streets were brilliantly lit.

“Look!”

“To the north!”

“So bright!”

In the distant northern sky, a sun had appeared! It was blindingly brilliant, leaving many on the streets utterly stunned.

“How can there be a sun in the middle of the night?”

“My god.”

Many excited pedestrians on the streets frantically dialed their phones, eager to share the news with friends and family, while others prepared to film with their mobile devices!

“No signal on my phone.”

“What’s happening?! Why is the internet down?!” Young people burst out of a nearby internet cafe.

“Wow, a sun at night!”

“It’s a nuclear bomb, it’s a nuclear bomb, it must be a nuclear bomb.”

The streets erupted into chaos...

At this moment, the entire Huaxia Nation, Soviet Russia, and the European Union all witnessed that blinding sun! The colossal mushroom cloud left onlookers utterly dumbfounded. Furthermore, over half of Earth’s communication networks had been severed. Only high-ranking officials in the Huaxia Nation, European Union, and Soviet Russia, who utilized special dedicated lines, retained the ability to communicate.

Silence!

Across the globe, national leaders, high-ranking military officials, and planetary-level martial artists alike stared intently at their screens. The blinding glare had subsided, but... thick smoke and dust billowed, and the colossal mushroom cloud continued to surge upwards, reaching 100 kilometers above the surface and penetrating the ionosphere.

In Northern Asia, the number of monsters killed in an instant reached an astronomical figure!

Vast numbers of monsters were instantly incinerated into nothingness by the intense heat, while countless more were directly annihilated by the devastating shockwave!

“Did it succeed?”

Above the Pacific Ocean, Luo Feng, standing atop his Duntiansuo, stared nervously at his communication watch. Earth’s high-level elites waited with bated breath...

As if awaiting a verdict.

A verdict that would determine the life or death of all humanity!

Northern Asia.

From within the distant, swirling smoke and dust, a golden streak of light suddenly burst forth, then halted its flight.

Its entire body was covered in obsidian scales, with golden patterns adorning the scales that extended from its neck and back to its tail, resembling black-gold armor! Its head remained held high, and its sharp horn was still as keen as ever! However… a massive wound, over ten meters long, had appeared on its belly. Blood flowed freely, yet within the gash, thick, powerful muscles could be seen rapidly intertwining like tree roots, already engaged in self-repair!

“Woo!!!”

The Golden Horn Behemoth threw its head back and unleashed a furious roar! Noble creature that it was, it had actually been wounded on this planet!!!

Huaxia Nation, Kyoto Base City, General Command Center.

At the General Command Center in Huaxia Nation’s Kyoto Base City, everyone stared, stunned, at the screen displaying the Devouring Beast’s furious, head-thrown-back roar and the colossal wound on its belly.

“This, this—”

A white-haired elder’s eyes widened, his face a mask of anxious shock and bitter unwillingness. “Pfft—”

He immediately spat out a mouthful of fresh blood and collapsed to the ground.

“Commander!” Someone immediately rushed to support him.

But the other leaders were either deathly pale, trembling uncontrollably, or simply unable to comprehend what they were seeing.

“No, this shouldn’t be happening,” Jia Yi muttered, his eyes, clad in a Zhongshan suit, fixed rigidly on the screen.

Despair!

At this moment, among the global high-level personnel, a select few even suffered fatal cerebral hemorrhages or heart attacks. The rest were consumed by a profound anger and bitter unwillingness! They simply refused to accept it! In this instant, regardless of skin color or race, all were united in their despair and defiance!

The Golden Horn Behemoth was alive!

This was tantamount to a death sentence for humanity!!!