155: Are you satisfied with this generous gift?

"No!!"

"Activate the 'Blood Demon Barrier'! Maximum Rank defense! Fast!"

On the flagship, Demon Venerable Chong Lou's eyes nearly split from their sockets as he let out a roar of combined shock and rage.

He never dreamed that a conquest he considered a sure thing would start in such an absurd and bizarre manner. Before even seeing the enemy, his fleet had already lost nearly thirty percent!

This was simply a humongous humiliation!

Along with his command, the flagship, which resembled a moving mountain of bones, erupted with a blood-red light so thick it wouldn't dissipate. Countless hideous demon sigils lit up, and a massive barrier, seemingly solidified from blood, firmly protected the entire flagship.

"Boom—!"

The main part of the Nine-Colored Lightning Sea finally slammed violently into this Blood Demon Barrier.

The flagship shook violently, and the entire warship let out a groan of being overburdened. The surface of the Blood Demon Barrier flickered frantically, being dissolved and eroded at a visible speed. Countless low-Rank demons responsible for maintaining the barrier exploded into blood mist under the energy backlash.

Inside the flagship, all the Demon Generals were thrown off balance, their faces filled with terror.

"Lord Demon Venerable! Energy consumption has exceeded seventy percent! The barrier is about to collapse!"

"What kind of attack is this? Why is there such a pure aura of Heavenly Dao destruction?"

"The intelligence was wrong! This is not a low-level world at all! Retreat quickly!"

Panic spread throughout the flagship.

Demon Venerable Chong Lou stared intently at the gradually dissipating lightning ahead, his crimson pupils shrinking to the size of pinpricks. His face was so gloomy it looked like it could drip water.

As a Demon Venerable of the Integration Realm, he could clearly perceive that although this power was violent, its source was unstable, as if... it had been forcibly diverted by someone.

Who was it?

Just who could toy with the Heavenly Tribulation in the palm of their hand and use it as a weapon?

Just then, as the lightning completely cleared, the scene on the other side of the star gate finally appeared clearly before his eyes.

He saw a frozen wasteland.

On the wasteland, a young man in a green robe stood with his hands behind his back.

Faint arcs of electricity that hadn't yet dissipated still lingered around the man. His aura was climbing at a terrifying speed, steadily stepping from a critical point into a brand-new Realm that even gave him a hint of pressure.

What shook Chong Lou's Soul the most was that the man had an undisguised, playful, and mocking smile on his face.

His gaze pierced through the endless Void Realm and landed precisely on him.

Then, a calm voice with a hint of playfulness crossed the spatial barrier and clearly rang in the minds of all the surviving demons:

"Are you satisfied with this meeting gift?"

In an instant, the entire demon fleet fell into a dead silence.

On the flagship, Demon Venerable Chong Lou's body trembled slightly with rage. He understood; he understood everything now.

This sudden Heavenly Tribulation was simply a 'welcome ceremony' carefully prepared for them by this native!

He had been played!

The dignified commander of the Star-Devouring Demon Clan's expeditionary force, a Demon Venerable of the Integration Realm, had actually been made a fool of by a native of a low-level world in such a way!

Endless rage and humiliation instantly overwhelmed his rationality.

"Roar—!!!"

Chong Lou let out a roar that shook the stars. Terrifying demonic might erupted from his body, instantly turning several Demon Generals inside the flagship who were clamoring to retreat into dust.

"All troops, heed my command!" His crimson gaze locked onto Chu He, his voice chillingly cold. "Charge! For this seat... tear that piece of trash! Into pieces!!"

"I will let him know the consequences of enraging a Demon Venerable!"

Meanwhile, in the distant Northern Ice Field of the Xuanhuang Realm.

The Soul Transformation Ancestors who had hurried from all over the Central Continent and Eastern Continent to watch from a distance were now all as dumbstruck as wooden chickens, their minds completely blank.

What did they see?

They saw the legendary Family Head of the Chu Family, while Undergoing Tribulation, forcefully bend the Heavenly Tribulation and then... fire a shot at the Void Realm?

Immediately after, a brilliant display of 'fireworks' exploded in the Void Realm, and countless shrill screams could be heard.

Although they couldn't see clearly what was on the other side of the star gate, that fleeting, terrifying Devilish Qi that made their Souls freeze was unmistakable.

"He... is he using the Heavenly Tribulation... to attack enemies?" an Arhat from the Western Desert's Buddhist Sect said in a dry voice.

"More than just attacking enemies," the old emperor of the Eastern Continent's Great Yan Imperial Dynasty added with a trembling voice, "it looks like there are quite a few enemies, and... they seem to have been crippled by his one shot."

Madman!

A complete and utter madman!

Using one's own Heavenly Tribulation as a weapon—let alone seeing it, they wouldn't even dare to imagine such a thing!

This Chu Family, this Head of the Chu Family, what kind of monsters are they!

Just as everyone was scared out of their wits by Chu He's god-like maneuver, they saw figures begin to emerge before the starlight gate that had been empty just moments ago.