Chapter 1427: Pursuit

Heavenly Pivot Realm.

Boom—!

A long, dark spear of killing intent pierced through the surging tide of calamity, instantly tearing open a path. Large numbers of skeletal calamities were swept away by the spear's lingering energy, shattering into countless bone fragments on the spot.

After piercing through the tide, the spear of killing intent automatically changed direction in the air, arcing across the sky before returning to the hand of a woman wearing an enforcer's trench coat.

Her fiery red long hair fluttered in the wind, and Hongxiu’s gaze was as cold as frost.

"The situation is still under control, so why the long face?"

A voice came from nearby. Lu Liangren, carrying a giant brush on his back, walked out, his voice tinged with a hint of confusion.

"Still under control… really?" Hongxiu retorted.

"The devices buried beneath the Ascending Heaven Tower are very effective. These calamities from the Mourning Wasteland can't fly, and as soon as they touch the ground, they almost 100% trigger the traps, significantly reducing our pressure," Lu Liangren said, pointing to the Ascending Heaven Tower behind him.

"Plus, with Mr. Han, the leader of the Divine Medicine Path, holding the line, his domain can keep the injured in a 'near-death' state, meaning we can greatly reduce casualties and maintain our combat strength… While the situation isn't exactly clear, it's at least not too bad."

"The South Sea Realm was just as optimistic before it was breached."

Hongxiu's single sentence left Lu Liangren speechless.

"And don't you find it strange? It's been so long, and yet Calamity of Thought hasn't shown up."

"Even if Calamity of Thought appears, its threat would be limited, right?" Lu Liangren said hesitantly. "After all, we have a Nine Monarch at full strength stationed here."

"…Perhaps."

Hongxiu's few words made Lu Liangren increasingly uneasy. Just as he was about to say something, a roar suddenly erupted from the edge of the sky!

A streak of ink, like a blade mark slicing through the sky, instantly traversed from south to north. The moment it appeared, the light between heaven and earth dimmed slightly… A phantom rapidly flew through this ink streak, moving at an incredibly fast speed!

A mighty ninth-tier demigod aura swept through the air. Its presence was so immense that the entire Heavenly Pivot Realm felt its existence.

"A demigod of the Divine Calligraphy Path?" Hongxiu paused, seemingly surprised. "Is that Pu Guizong? Wasn't he guarding the South Sea Realm?"

"Wait a minute…"

Lu Liangren seemed to sense something. "No… his aura…"

Lu Liangren wasn't the only one who noticed the abnormal demigod aura. Almost simultaneously, a terrifying aura erupted from the Ascending Heaven Tower, and a figure in white training attire soared into the sky!

Monarch of the Mortal Realm, Su Zhiwei!

The Nine Monarch's aura surged above the Heavenly Pivot Realm. Su Zhiwei's eyes were fixed on the strange entity that simultaneously emanated both human demigod and world-destroying calamity auras. Her brows were tightly furrowed, seemingly filled with apprehension and doubt.

This was the first time such a bizarre phenomenon had been observed in the human realms. Su Zhiwei didn't know what had happened to Pu Guizong, but logically, Pu Guizong couldn't easily leave the South Sea Realm, and now the South Sea Realm had been conquered by a world-destroying calamity… His appearance here in such a state was absolutely abnormal.

Standing above the Heavenly Pivot Realm, Su Zhiwei's aura surged. With one hand, she directly reached out towards "Pu Guizong" in the streak of ink!

The next second, a storm of thoughts exploded directly from the entity's body!

Boom—!!

This storm of thoughts not only enveloped Su Zhiwei but also covered half of the Heavenly Pivot Realm.

Everyone on the battlefield who looked up at the sky witnessed a terrifying storm, almost solidified, sweeping across the firmament. Hollow eyes were outlined within the storm, and simultaneously, an abyssal maw, as if it would swallow the entire Heavenly Pivot Realm, suddenly opened!

"—Get out!!!"

In that instant, everyone's thoughts were disturbed. Even Su Zhiwei, who was about to attack, paused for a moment.

It was this brief pause that allowed Calamity of Thought to rapidly shift from the ink streak, leaving the skies above the Heavenly Pivot Realm right before everyone's eyes, moving straight north without a backward glance.

The people within the Heavenly Pivot Realm were somewhat bewildered…

The sudden appearance of Calamity of Thought had put everyone on edge, expecting a fierce battle. But they never imagined that Calamity of Thought would simply pass over the Heavenly Pivot Realm… There was no conspiracy, no trap, leaving their emotions in a rollercoaster.

"Is it just my imagination?" Lu Liangren mused. "Why do I feel like… it was a bit desperate?"

Before everyone could recover from the appearance of Calamity of Thought, an aura even more terrifying than that of Calamity of Thought descended from the south!

Hum—!!!

A large red paper umbrella flashed across the sky like a meteor, moving more than three times faster than Calamity of Thought. Simultaneously, countless red papers, like a crimson haze emerging from the horizon, instantly stained the entire firmament!

"Calamity of Scorn?!!!!"

If the sudden appearance of Calamity of Thought had only shocked and alarmed everyone, the arrival of Calamity of Scorn now directly sent tremors through their hearts and made their faces turn pale!

But because Calamity of Scorn was faster than Calamity of Thought, before anyone could react, the crimson haze had already streaked across the sky above the Heavenly Pivot Realm, leaving behind only its terrifying world-destroying aura reverberating within the realm—a testament to the passage of the King of World Destruction.

"I must be dreaming… To think I'd see Calamity of Scorn chasing after Calamity of Thought…"

"What exactly happened in the South Sea Realm?"

Not just the humans within the realm, but even the calamities from the Mourning Wasteland, who were fiercely attempting to attack, paused for a moment before resuming their assault.

With the disappearance of the two world-destroying auras, everything returned to its original state, as if neither Calamity of Thought nor Calamity of Scorn had ever appeared… But that strange scene just now veiled everyone's hearts with a thin layer of doubt.

"Cheer up! Guard the Heavenly Pivot Realm well!"

On the battlefield of the Heavenly Pivot Realm, a stern voice rang out. The traps on the realm's edge, like grinding stones, continuously harvested the lives of the calamities.

Time passed, minute by minute.

After an unknown amount of time, the ground suddenly began to tremble!

At the same time,

Another terrifying world-destroying aura erupted eerily from beneath the earth!

Having witnessed the passage of Calamity of Thought and Calamity of Scorn, everyone's first reaction was: "Is yet another world-destroying calamity going to pass through here?" But they quickly realized… This time, the world-destroying aura wasn't bypassing the Heavenly Pivot Realm from above; it was truly present beneath the Heavenly Pivot Realm!

This world-destroying calamity was heading straight for the Heavenly Pivot Realm.

The many practitioners of the Divine Craft Path who were controlling the underground traps at the realm's edge suddenly felt their connection to all subterranean devices severed. Immediately afterward, extremely thick roots burst forth from the ground, directly detonating hundreds of traps!