Global Awakening: I'm the Only One Ready

Chapter 344. Looming Dark Clouds, Fearless, Killing Intent

Thunder rumbled across the heavens.

Endless black clouds rolled in, carrying overwhelming pressure. The vast, majestic force bore down like a mountain, as though it could crush everything beneath the sky.

Everyone in the Celestial Court knew that the fully assembled Outer Cosmos beings stood behind that majestic power.

Despite the situation, there wasn't a hint of fear on anyone's face. All of them stood at the South Heaven Gate, their gazes resolute.

Even if they knew what was about to happen, they did not choose to retreat. Instead, they regarded it as a trial. After all, the Celestial Court held the heavy responsibility to protect the living beings of this world.

If they were to flee at a time like this, how could they have face to remain in the Celestial Court after this ordeal?

Elder Ji, Elder Yun, and the others were among them as well. In truth, as high-ranking figures, they only needed to command from the rear. Yet, neither of them chose to do so. They stood alongside their subordinates, through thick and thin.

Rumble—

Soon enough, as time ticked by, another surge of powerful force descended from above. A terrifying aura swept out and instantly formed a massive storm.

Then, the entire sky darkened, as though night had instantly fallen.

Endless black clouds gathered overhead, heavy as lead, as though they meant to drag everything into darkness.

"It's coming."

Elder Ji narrowed his eyes slightly at the sight.

He knew this time was different from before. This was a joint move by two superpowers from the Outer Cosmos.

Compared to previous opponents, the current was no longer a disorderly mob, and could be considered powerful.

There was no way the Celestial Court could deal with them alone.

At his words, the people around him grew tense as well.

The same phrase suddenly came to everyone's mind. [1]

Black clouds press down on the city; the city seems ready to fall.

At this moment, those gathered at the South Heaven Gate were basically all members and Celestial Generals of the Celestial Court.

As for the students from the Trials Academy, they were instructed to stay indoors for the time being and were not allowed out at all.

After all, they were all seeds for the future. The current situation would be difficult to handle, and even if they came out, there was nothing they could do.

Just as everyone was growing tense, a voice rang out, steadying their hearts.

"Merely some Outer Cosmos beings. No need to take them to heart."

It was Lu Yuan.

His figure was tall and slender, his expression calm and no different from usual. Even though he knew powerful enemies had arrived, they still could not disturb his state of mind.

He remained as confident as ever.

Instantly, everyone settled down.

To them, as long as King Lu was here, any crisis could be resolved.

Behind Lu Yuan stood the strongest members of the Celestial Court's younger generation, represented by Zhu Qingyu. They were the true backbone of the Celestial Court.

They were here as well, their eyes without any trace of fear as they stood together with everyone else.

Screech!

At that moment, another cry rang out from midair.

Everyone raised their heads, and one after another, their expressions turned excited.

It was the beast kings led by the Peacock King and the Golden-Winged Great Peng. There were more than twenty of them in total.

Nearly all of them had reached the Sage Realm.

More than twenty Sages had gathered and that itself was already an extremely terrifying force.

Though all of them were mutated beasts, the Celestial Court and the mutated beasts now belonged to the same camp, and all of them obeyed Lu Yuan's command.

The sight made Elder Ji sigh inwardly. He knew very well that if not for King Lu, the mutated beasts and humans would have waged battle after battle against each other. Both sides would have continued wearing each other down.

The human side, in particular, would suffer the greater loss because humans evolved far more slowly than mutated beasts.

If under such circumstances, the Outer Cosmos beings had interfered as well, then humanity, and even the whole of Huaxia, would be drowned in rivers of blood.

Fortunately, King Lu had appeared.

At this moment, because of Lu Yuan and the beast kings' arrival, the confidence of the Celestial Court forces soared.

Everyone believed that under King Lu's leadership, this crisis would be no different from any of the crises before it.

As for Lu Yuan, he merely smiled at everyone's reactions. Then, step by step, he walked forward until he reached the very front.

Strictly speaking, this might be the first time he, the so-called master of the Celestial Court, had led his subordinates to face an enemy together.

Rumble—

Waves of thunderous roaring once again echoed through the sky.

Soon, one figure after another appeared overhead. They looked down from above at the South Heaven Gate below.

In the distance, countless auras were still surging over.

Of course, everyone knew that only those standing in the sky were the true enemies because they were the most powerful of the lot.

As long as those enemies were dealt with, this crisis would be completely resolved.

Boom!

Finally, those figures drew close.

There were men and women; Some resembled humans, some resembled beasts, and some were neither fully human nor fully beast.

All of them were beings of the Outer Cosmos. The fact that they could stand in the air meant their strength was at least at the Golden Body Realm, or even the Venerable King Realm.

As for those at the front, there were five of them, including members of the Celestials, the Yin Sparrow Race, and others.

Of course, the strongest among them naturally was an Eternal, to be more specific, Yu Xiong.

"I didn't expect everyone to be gathered here already," a young Celestial spoke, his wings beating as arcs of lightning coiled around them.

This person was also a Ranker. In the past, no matter where he appeared, he would have been a core figure who drew everyone's attention. But now, with someone from the Eternal Race present, he naturally could not compare.

"Looks like we won't have to waste time hunting them down one by one."

A smile appeared on Yu Xiong's face. Then, he turned his gaze toward the person standing at the front below, Lu Yuan, and slowly said, "Lu Yuan of the human race, you should already know why we have come.

"In the Yellow Mountain Immortal Cave Secret Realm, you went on a killing spree and slaughtered a hundred Sages, including members of my own clan. Do you admit your crime?"

He had no desire to waste time, so the moment he spoke, he directly condemned Lu Yuan.

At Yu Xiong's words, the other Outer Cosmos beings beside him all glared downward in fury.

Their clansmen had died in that event as well.

"If you want to fight, then fight. What is the point of all this nonsense?"

Lu Yuan spoke, unwilling to waste words with them. They had gathered such a large force and come all this way for one purpose, hadn't they?

To start a war.

So why bother with all these grand justifications?

They clearly wanted to make an offensive move, but they still wanted to take the moral high ground.

At this moment, Lu Yuan had no desire to argue with them at all. In the end, it was nothing more than a battle.

"Such boldness!"

Yu Xiong was so furious that he laughed.

Then, he spoke again. "It seems you still don't understand the situation you're facing. You have offended the various races of the Outer Cosmos. Do you really think you can rely on your own strength to resolve every problem, just like before? Wishful thinking."

Yu Xiong made a slight gesture with his hand.

Behind him, everyone released their auras at once.

Their killing intent outpoured and drowned out the skies.

1. This famous line is from Yanmen Pass Song (《雁门太守行》, a Tang dynasty poem by Li He. ☜