Calamity of Tomorrow-Chapter 240 - 239 Hidden Heavenly Demon

As the sacrifices grew larger, the gods’ willingness to fight against the Heavenly Demon weakened more and more, and among them there was always a voice proposing to abandon Earth and no longer confront the Heavenly Demon. They recruited talented individuals as well, but generally did not place much importance on them; instead, they focused more resources on cultivating divine beings.

Compared to the gods, the Immortals were even closer to humanity, continuously recruiting human talents and meticulously cultivating them, hoping to explore new paths for human ascension.

Zhou Bai asked curiously, "Why are the thoughts of gods and Immortals so different?"

"I don’t know," Zhao Shouyi sighed. "This might involve the mysteries of the divine and immortal, whether they are Immortals or gods, they seem to be hiding something from humans, unwilling to tell us why."

"Hiding from humans?" Zhou Bai’s curiosity intensified, "Why hide from humans? Is it the same for Immortals and gods with different stances to hide something from us? It feels so strange."

Zhao Shouyi continued, "Zhou Bai, I know that more and more forces will want to recruit you, especially the official gods of the four divisions and four armies in heaven, but they are not good options.

That’s why I had you stay at Dao School until your strength is sufficient enough. Then you can go to heaven for cultivation, where there will be Immortals who are friendlier to us to look after you."

Zhou Bai nodded, "I understand, Principal; don’t worry." With that, he thrust his sword into the sphere in front of him, igniting it instantly.

Zhou Bai then asked, "By the way, Principal, what if I want to leave Donghua City?"

"Leave Donghua City? Where do you want to go?" Zhao Shouyi asked, "The fact that you’ve learned the Tianhe Star Explosion has already been known by many forces; it’s too risky and too dangerous for you to go out now."

"What about an internship outside the school?" Zhou Bai asked, "I want to find an opportunity to fight the Heavenly Demon in real combat. I can’t always hide in Dao School, right?"

Of course, Zhou Bai was making excuses; his real target was still the original Daoist scripture 03. After studying it further, an internship from Dao School proved to be the best opportunity to obtain the original Daoist scripture 03.

Zhao Shouyi reassured, "Don’t worry, we’ll arrange internship opportunities and real battle opportunities against the Heavenly Demon for you. You don’t need to rush.

Right now, the most important thing for you is to practice diligently, strive to enhance your strength. It’s less than four months until the four schools’ competition, and the talents from the other three schools are not so easy to deal with."

In his heart, Zhou Bai secretly thought, "If I can’t get it through the Principal, I need to figure out a way to get the original Daoist scripture 03 on my own."

After a heartfelt conversation, Zhao Shouyi left, and Zhou Bai continued to work diligently alone.

...

Meanwhile, in a basement of a civilian area in Donghua City.

A number of black, humanoid figures stood in the basement; they were the disabled practitioners who had attended the last gathering with Xiao Pei.

Standing motionless, Kong Zheng’s entire body was covered in a black metallic layer, his once-missing arms had regrown, shining with a metallic luster.

The next moment, Kong Zheng’s eyes snapped open, revealing a pair of pure white eyes, his mouth gaping open in surprise as he looked at his own body.

Then, his body’s surface undulated, turning back to human skin color, making him look indistinguishable from a human.

Looking at his own hands, Kong Zheng said, "Have I... transformed into a Heavenly Demon?"

"Of course," Xing Jun’s voice echoed in his mind, followed by another fluctuation of Kong Zheng’s body, first turning into a black metal appearance and then sprouting various types of weapons like blades, clubs, and spears, before returning to his human appearance again.

Kong Zheng suddenly knelt on the ground, looking at his own body and exclaimed, "What have I turned into?"

"Do you not like it?" Xing Jun’s voice laughed in Kong Zheng’s mind, "This is a stealth form specially designed by the Heavenly Demon Empress for you guys. Your bodies can transform into biological tissue, taking on the appearance of humans to avoid most detections.

It can also change into a metallic form, turning into various types of weapons."

While he was speaking, numerous disabled practitioners around them began to awake, then looked at their fully healed bodies with faces full of surprise.

"My hand! My hand has grown back!"

"Hahaha, I’m standing up, I can stand up now!"

"My back is fine, I finally don’t have to lie in bed anymore!"

Xing Jun watched this scene with a pleased smile; he could see every scene through the visual organs of these people.

Through the Heavenly Demon tissue inside their bodies, he collected data from each person’s transformation and remotely controlled the changes in their bodies.

He then saw their bodies, under his manipulation, rise and change, all turning into figures cloaked in black and bristling with weapons, before swiftly reverting to human forms.

They could even change their outer skin, height, and physique, completely taking on the appearance of another person.

"Feel your new bodies," he said, "They are far more powerful than the strength you struggled so hard to attain through training. I have already uploaded the method of using them into your brains."

A Heavenly Demon raised his arms, and as they transformed, they turned into black blades. Then the blades vibrated at high speed, already emitting a nebulous glow.

Xing Jun explained, "Your bodies can turn into Shock Blades, vibrating at a rate of twenty thousand times per second, enough to cut through most substances in this world."

Another Heavenly Demon looked at his palm, which morphed into a dark hollow cannon muzzle, with incandescent flames flickering inside of it.

"Your right hand can turn into a flamethrower, and when the released flames are mixed with the burning agent, even the special alloys of Donghua City can be ignited."

Kong Zheng’s back undulated ferociously as swords over a meter long suddenly burst forth, their tips gleaming with an electric light.

"Any part of your bodies can turn into cold weapons, and they are charged with a high-voltage current strong enough to paralyze a third-sphere Body Refining Practitioner."

Kong Zheng clenched his fist and threw several punches forward; accompanied by air bursts, several meters away, the wall was directly marked with visible cracks.

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Xing Jun laughed, "Your physical qualities have also been enhanced. Even practitioners of the third realm in Body Refinement, their movement speed, strike resistance, and static output can’t match yours. A non-Body Refining practitioner of the fourth realm would also be overwhelmed by you in terms of physical strength."

"And this is still just the stealth form; if needed for battle, you can release your bodies and transform into the true Heavenly Demon form."

Kong Zheng couldn’t help but let out a gasp of amazement, "Is this the strength of the Heavenly Demon? I couldn’t have reached this level even if I trained for another three years. And now I soar to heaven in a single bound?"

He clenched his fists tightly, feeling a tumultuous power surging within him as the peak version of himself appeared in front of him; even if he turned into a beast later, he would probably be blown away by his current self with one punch.

’No, not just me, even that Zhou Bai, with my current strength, I could crush him. Is this the technology of the Heavenly Demon?’

Kong Zheng laughed excitedly, "I truly didn’t make a wrong choice, only the strong can dominate this world, and the Heavenly Demon is the absolute strong."