Chapter 869: Starlight City

The people of the Lingtian Sect were dumbfounded.

Just like that, he left?

Without even a word—so decisive.

Ling Tianzi wanted to say something, but at this moment, the words were stuck in his mouth, with no chance to speak.

Ahem!

At that moment, Ling Tianzi gave a light cough, then turned around and said with a serious expression.

“See, this is what a true expert is like, a lofty figure. He showed our Lingtian Sect immense kindness, yet said nothing. That’s doing good deeds without leaving a name.”

“But our Lingtian Sect is not ungrateful. We must remember the Human Emperor’s kindness. From now on, no matter who encounters the Emperor outside, they must bow and worship him.”

“Yes, Sect Leader.”

The disciples who had barely escaped with their lives now shouted loudly. They had walked a circle around the gates of hell, scaring them half to death.

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Earth!

A desolate place, now turned into a desert. On the yellow sand, skeletons lay one after another, dried by the wind and buried deep beneath the sand.

Hum!

The void trembled, and a crack appeared.

A man and a chicken appeared in this stretch of sky and earth.

“Damn, we finally made it. I didn’t expect Earth’s barrier to be so strong. Good thing I’m awesome and just blasted it open.”

Back on Earth, Lin Fan was a bit excited, but not really that emotional.

But the scene before him now seemed off.

Earth was such a beautiful place, but now it looked like a hell on earth.

Lin Fan extended his divine sense, instantly covering the entire Earth.

Many people were still alive, but they were scattered far apart, and their numbers had drastically decreased. There used to be nearly eight billion people; now there were about four billion—almost half had died.

“So weak.”

Lin Fan found that the insect race invading Earth was very weak in strength. The strongest were only at the Great Heaven Stage Great Perfection. Wasn’t this just ridiculous?

But what surprised Lin Fan was that among humans, almost all had some cultivation, yet the strongest humans numbered only thirty, all at the Great Heaven Stage Great Perfection.

The rest were still very, very weak.

Boom!

Just then, in the distant horizon, a mushroom cloud rose, followed by another.

Bang!

Bang!

The tremendous sound shook heaven and earth. It looked like nuclear weapons had been detonated.

“Cock-a-doodle-doo! Bro, the spiritual energy here is so thin, I can barely breathe.” Chick took a deep breath, then coughed heavily a few times, and with a flick of its beak, spat out a clump of dust.

“Bro, look, I just took one breath and got so much dust. There’s no spiritual energy at all—it’s like eating dirt.” Chick complained.

“Enough, so much nonsense. If I took you to the capital to breathe some smog, you’d choke to death.” Lin Fan said with a laugh.

Now, the surface of Earth was almost entirely covered by yellow sand, and the natural ecology had been completely destroyed.

But somehow, Lin Fan felt that Earth was strange, as if a mysterious force was supporting it.

If Lin Fan’s cultivation hadn’t reached this level, he probably wouldn’t have noticed.

When crossing Earth’s barrier, Lin Fan didn’t feel anything wrong, but Chick seemed to be repelled.

It seemed that because its strength was too great, it couldn’t enter.

But putting Chick into the backpack solved all the problems.

“Let’s go check what’s happening over there. After we deal with things, we’ll see what secrets Earth holds.”

“A tiny Earth can restrict strong beings from entering—that’s just not scientific.”

Whoosh!

For Lin Fan, Earth was too small. He could circle it in less than a second.

The insect race invasion had been going on for five years.

For humanity, it was an unavoidable natural disaster. Countless giant insects descended on Earth, catching humans off guard.

By the time humans reacted and prepared to face them, the entire Earth had fallen.

And it was at that moment that countless legendary immortals appeared, powerful, flying through the sky, and drove back the insects.

Thus giving humanity a chance to catch their breath.

At that moment, a new world arrived.

Under the organization of these strong beings, one city after another was born, eventually forming an alliance.

These cities were massive attack fortresses capable of resisting the insect race, and these strong beings also published cultivation methods, allowing every human to cultivate.

At the same time, they established strength levels.

SSS, SS, S, A, B, C, D, E.

These levels were set by those legendary immortals, and the entire world adhered to this strength classification.

3S was the strongest; those immortal-like beings were 3S-level.

Starlight City.

This was one of the top ten strongest cities in the world.

Whether in terms of cultivators or equipment, it was the most formidable.

The combination of martial arts and technology, like a chemical reaction, unleashed immense power.

Every time a sea of insect races invaded, nuclear bombs were used to clear the weaker insects.

Then the stronger insects were left to the experts.

But this time, Starlight City faced the greatest threat in its history.

Woo…

Starlight City had a population of thirty million, already a top-tier city.

At this moment, alarm bells rang throughout the city. Above the city, a light curtain enveloped the entire city—a combination of martial arts techniques and technology.

It could withstand attacks from A-level insect races.

Starlight City had one 3S-level expert stationed there, with countless SS and S levels below.

However, because humans used scientific aids in cultivation, their cultivation improved quickly, but when facing insect races of the same level, humans needed five or even more to defeat them.

This was an unsolvable problem for humanity.

At the battle assembly square.

Teachers and students from several academies in Starlight City all joined the battle.

The insect race they faced this time was far, far stronger than any before.

The sole 3S expert stood on a high platform, his expression grave, but since things had already happened, they had to face it.

“The insect race has launched a full-scale attack. This is the most severe and dangerous time. If you don’t want Starlight City to be taken over by the insects, you must give your all and fight them to the end.”

“If we lose, these tens of millions of people will become food for the insects, and everything we protect will die before our eyes.”

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“The insect race has broken through the defenses.”

“The protective barrier’s energy is dropping; it won’t hold much longer.”

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“All forces, move out.”

Rustle!

In an instant, countless humans, their morale high, rushed toward the city walls.

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