Chapter 1438: Red Glow Below

The Xuan Yu Domain.

The aerial base, suspended high in the sky for centuries, plunged towards the ground with a deep roar.

Every structure of the base disintegrated in mid-air. Countless walls, pipes, equipment, parts, and even human figures plummeted chaotically from high altitude, like a localized storm of civilization raining down, falling into the very center of the domain.

At that moment, everyone was stunned.

Boom, boom, boom—

As the countless fragments of the base crashed thunderously into the earth, sending up rolling clouds of dust, the deafening roar finally jolted everyone back to their senses.

Since its establishment, the Xuan Yu Base had always hung high in the sky. Even after the entire Xuan Yu Domain expanded beneath it, it remained like a magnificent and mysterious totem of faith, etched into the high heavens of the domain. The moment the Xuan Yu Base publicly disintegrated, an unprecedented fear gripped the hearts of all the people.

“The Xuan Yu Base… it fell?”

Jian Changsheng, who was still battling the calamities of the Illusory Mountains on the battlefield, widened his eyes in disbelief at the sight.

Jian Changsheng’s reaction was merely shock, but the other Mystic Sect figures nearby were completely dumbfounded. After a brief mental paralysis, the same panic seized their hearts!

Their bodies trembled uncontrollably.

The Xuan Yu Base had fallen…

This meant they couldn’t summon the Xuan Yu Lord.

If that was the case… who could stop Xizai, the creature whose wings spread to blot out the sky above the Xuan Yu Domain??

As if sensing the fear of the Xuan Yu Domain, the colossal skeletal dragon hovering above the domain slowly opened its terrifying maw. With a flap of its wings, the surrounding air was compressed and exploded, and a deafening dragon’s roar echoed through the clouds!!

ROAR—!!!!!

A world-ending pressure raged unrestrained throughout the domain, as if declaring that this domain, now devoid of the Xuan Yu Base, had become its territory.

Just as Jian Changsheng stood there in shock, a hand reached out from beneath the ground and tugged at his pant leg.

Jian Changsheng looked down, slightly startled.

“Plum Blossom?”

Jiang Xiaohua, with half her head poking out of the ground, looked at him seriously. “Spade… Diamond says the Xuan Yu Domain is finished. He told you to find a chance to leave the battlefield quickly. We need to make a run for it.”

Jian Changsheng: ???

Jian Changsheng was about to say something when a cry of alarm came from beside him!

“What is that?!!!”

Everyone’s gaze followed the person’s pointing finger.

A flush of red spread from beyond the firmament. High in the unreachable sky, a crimson meteor with a long trailing tail, like a scarlet streak from deep space, was hurtling straight towards them…

It was like a source of pollution with extremely strong radiation. As it approached, the redness in the sky grew denser and denser. In just over ten seconds, an eerily beautiful red glow had already obscured the entire firmament!!

Its radiation had already reached the Earth’s surface.

“Zzzzt… zzzzt…”

At this moment, all electromagnetic communications across the domains were completely cut off. Streetlights throughout the domains extinguished simultaneously, power generators came to a complete halt, and even the steam-powered cars that were still functional on the roads completely malfunctioned. As the meteor drew closer, more and more creations of human civilization gradually failed.

Meanwhile, those on the battlefield were completely oblivious to these changes. Their most direct perception was that…

The calamities had entered a state of near frenzy!

The calamities from the Illusory Mountains, the moment that red glow obscured the sky, seemed to have their deepest instincts of fear triggered. From low-tier, second-rank calamities to terrifying, eighth-rank entities, all began to tremble violently. A dying panic and urgency completely overwhelmed their bodies!

ROAR! ROAR! ROAR! ROAR———!!

Successive roars and howls erupted from the wave of calamities, and they began to assault the domain's defense line with even greater desperation.

“It’s the Crimson Star!! The Crimson Star has returned!!”

“Damn it, it looks like it’s heading straight for Earth this time!!”

“These calamities are acting like mad, I can barely hold them back!”

“It’s over… everything is over.”

The appearance of the Crimson Star not only sent the calamities into a frenzy, but also threw humanity itself into chaos.

Huai Mang, whose eyes were red with battle rage as he fought the frenzied calamities on the battlefield, had just torn a Leather Gray Rat in half when he felt a hand on his shoulder from behind. His eyes already bloodshot, he spun around fiercely, and an invisible longsword instantly swept back to strike…

The next second, the longsword’s tip stopped just before Tian Huai’s throat.

“...Brother?”

“Xiao Mang, come with me.” Tian Huai’s face was filled with exhaustion, but his gaze at Huai Mang was unwavering.

Huai Mang looked somewhat bewildered. “Brother, the calamity attacks are getting more and more ferocious now. I can’t just…”

Snap—!

As Tian Huai snapped his fingers, Huai Mang’s body instantly stiffened, as if bound by invisible threads, unable to move even an inch.

Huai Mang’s eyes were filled with disbelief; he didn’t know what Tian Huai intended. Tian Huai, after a complicated glance at him, simply hoisted him onto his shoulder and sprinted in the opposite direction, towards the safe zone behind the defense line!

Tian Huai’s speed was astonishingly fast. In just over ten seconds, he had crossed the battlefield and arrived before a massive workshop…

Dark tracks extended outwards from within the workshop. On the tracks, a domain train was already prepared.

Beneath the firmament surging with red light, figures bustled about on the domain train, checking the status of this last vehicle. Many were already lining up to board, but there were still plenty of empty seats inside the carriages.

Upon arriving, Tian Huai released his control over Huai Mang’s mouth. Before he could say anything, Huai Mang’s eyes widened, and he shouted:

“I don’t want to leave the Xuan Yu Domain!!”

“Xiao Mang!!” Tian Huai’s voice was equally stern. “There’s no hope left for the Xuan Yu Domain. No matter what, you must get out of here alive…”

“Then why only me? Everyone else is fighting to the death on the front lines. I don’t want special treatment, I can’t be a deserter!”

“Do you think I let you board early just because you’re my brother??” Tian Huai said gravely,

“No… I brought you here because you are Huai Mang, the owner of the Heaven-Reaching Star Position! You are humanity’s future, a key focus of our cultivation! This train was set up for you in the first place…”

Huai Mang froze on the spot.

“We, the Mystic Sect, cannot all die here… one of us brothers must at least survive and leave.” After Tian Huai finished speaking, he pushed Huai Mang into the train carriage, his eyes filled with immense complexity.

He turned his head and called out to the front of the train, “Drive!”

The roar of steam filled the air as the train slowly began to move outwards, powered by its engines…

Huai Mang, his body still bound by threads, stood stiffly inside the carriage, his eyes wide as he stared at Tian Huai, tears streaming down his face!

However, just as the train had traveled less than a hundred meters, a dull thud resonated from the front!

The next second,

The train slowly came to a halt beneath the vast red glow.