Calamity of Tomorrow

In the north of the canyon where the laboratory was located, about ten kilometers away under a mountain rock, trails of black Heavenly Demon Sect members were constantly writhing and changing within the rocks, resembling monsters lurking underground.

At the center of this monster, Wolf Head and his group were pierced through their limbs and chests by dark metal spikes, locked onto the ground. Among them, two cultivators had already fallen into pools of blood, having lost their breath.

In front of them, Xu Dela and Gorinich's metallic heads had burrowed out from the ground, looking at them with a face of cruelty.

Although Zhou Bai had tried his best to delay time for Wolf Head and others before he fled, creating an opportunity, this place was ultimately a territory occupied by the Heavenly Demon.

Facing Xu Dela and Gorinich, who could summon tens of thousands or even over a hundred thousand Heavenly Demons at will, Wolf Head and the others did not have Zhou Bai's means of escape and were ultimately captured by Xu Dela.

Moreover, Xu Dela did not capture them at the beginning but had been secretly tracking them all the way to the laboratory canyon before he made his move. He simultaneously interrogated them while waiting and sent out millimeter-sized Heavenly Demon reconnaissance robots to explore both inside and outside the canyon.

Then they coldly watched several groups of people enter the laboratory gates one after another. He still sat back calmly, seemingly with no intention of making a move.

For him, this place was like bait. He just needed to wait outside, waiting for more and more humans to bite.

However, beyond that, he wanted to understand exactly what this place was and what it represented to humans. Hence, there were a large number of reconnaissance robots and the present interrogation.

Beneath the rock layer at that moment, a snake tail slowly swept over a young cultivator as Xu Dela's sinister voice echoed, "Take a good look for me, what exactly is this place? It doesn't quite resemble the 'laboratory' you mentioned."

At this point, in front of Wolf Head and his group, dozens of large screens displayed scenes from both inside and outside the canyon and the laboratory gates.

Seeing the pavilions, Cloud Palace, Wolf Head, and his companions all showed expressions of shock, as they too had not expected to see such a place upon entering the gates of the laboratory.

Hearing what Xu Dela said, Wolf Head turned to the young man, "Chang Ming, don't be afraid. Even if we die today, others will surely succeed. Even if the other three teams fail, one day the Heavenly Court will succeed."

The young man called Chang Ming, however, turned a deaf ear, his body trembling with fear, his eyes scanning over the bodies of his companions from time to time, shaking even more violently.

Xu Dela chuckled darkly, "Death isn't so simple. Electric shocks, poisons, and neurotoxins... Hehehe, it truly hurts."

As he spoke, his voice changed as if playing a recording. In the recording was a male cultivator's voice, continuously crying out in pain.

It was the wailing of a companion before his death, which made Chang Ming even more terrified, the fear in his eyes deepening.

Meanwhile, Xu Dela shifted his tone, "But if you are willing to cooperate well, not only will you not need to die, but I can also transform you into a Heavenly Demon, granting you immortality and invincibility. Isn't that much better than your hard-earned cultivation?"

Wolf Head yelled, "Chang Ming, think about how we got here, these guys are our enemies! Our parents died on the Heavenly Demon Battlefield, don't be afraid of them! Death is the worst that can happen! What are you afraid of!!"

Chang Ming's hands still shook continuously. Looking at the images on the screen, he slowly said, "This place... this place somewhat resembles the old Heavenly Court."

"Oh?" Xu Dela's gaze brightened slightly.

On the other side, the Wolf Head angrily said, "Chang Ming..." but the next moment, his mouth was blocked, and his Primordial Spirit power had already been sealed by the drug, rendering him unable to make any sound.

Xu Dela's snake tail slowly swept over Chang Ming's shoulder, "Continue, what was the previous Heavenly Court all about?"

Chang Ming swallowed and, not daring to meet the Wolf Head's gaze, continued, "It is said that during the great battle between humans and demons, the Heavenly Court also stood on the side of humans. There were incidents where demon immortals and Evil Gods attacked the Heavenly Court, and a bloody battle ensued in the Heavenly Court."

"That battle left the sun and moon without light, mountains crumbled and lands sank, and the Heavenly Court was completely destroyed. The later Kunlun Heavenly Palace and the current Miluo Heavenly Palace in Central City were all rebuilt afterward."

"It is said that the Heavenly Court before the great human-demon battle was divided into four major heavenly gates: east, west, south, and north. The scene we see now seems very similar to that."

"Oh? Is that so?" Xu Dela and Gorinich beside him were surprised at the situation. The human-demon battle occurred before the appearance of the Heavenly Demon, and obviously, the practitioners of the Heavenly Court knew much more about the various secrets and backgrounds than the Heavenly Demon did.

At this moment, a black line streaked across the sky in the scene, it was Zhou Bai using Sword Control arriving, flying toward the laboratory's location.

Seeing the scene on the screen, the Wolf Head seemed to brighten up slightly, and Xu Dela also got a bit excited, his tail wagging as he wished to immediately set out to capture Zhou Bai.

However, he heard Gorinich speaking over the communication network, "Don't take action. Didn't you hear the purpose of these humans? They will fight among themselves. Let them fight internally now while we wait outside, and catch whoever comes out, securing an invincible position."

Convinced by the words, Xu Dela, though he very much wanted to rush in and capture Zhou Bai to humiliate and torture severely, managed to restrain his impulsiveness and quietly observed the situation on the screen.

He then saw Zhou Bai, turned into a soaring sword, enter the laboratory's gate, arriving at the position of the Northern Heavenly Gate, where he was caught bare-handed by a cultivator.

The sight startled the Wolf Head, "Crap! It's Gu Lan! Does he intend to take the Sword of Slaying Immortals? If a fight breaks out and they both get injured, the Heavenly Demon will benefit."

Having watched the Heavenly Demon Sect's surveillance footage for so long, the Wolf Head had some understanding of the situation behind the laboratory gates.

Although he didn't know why entering the laboratory gate led to such a heavenly palace, the Wolf Head saw several groups of people enter and understood that upon entry, one would be randomly sent to one of the four heavenly gates.

And Gu Lan, like him, was a cultivator of the Plague Department, and he was very aware of the other's strength.

That was a great cultivator of the Seventh Realm who followed the axe diagram route. In the seventh realm, he had cultivated the Azure Dragon diagram exclusively supplied by the Heavenly Court and refined the preserved Dragon Blood of the Azure Dragon. After ten years of hard work on his Primordial Spirit and physical body, he was at the peak of the seventh realm in terms of Taoist transformation, Primordial Spirit power, physical strength, and martial arts.

Among the batch of Plague Department cultivators that had arrived, Gu Lan's strength was the top, and he was the only cultivator in four small teams who was on his own.

Moreover, Gu Lan was ruthless and cruel, deemed a favored weapon by the true monarchs of the Plague Department, having dealt with countless human experimentation cultivators and mutations. His combat experience and will surpassed that of the Wolf Head.

'Damn it, the defensive power displayed by the Sword of Slaying Immortals during our encounter, none of the eight of us could break through — it seems to be above the Seventh Realm? But with no one to refine it, who knows how much power remains.' The Wolf Head was extremely anxious, "But even if Gu Lan suppresses the Sword of Slaying Immortals, his strength will inevitably be damaged, which will be detrimental for the upcoming situation."

As he thought, the Wolf Head stared intently at the screen, worried about the development that would follow.