The Night Demon is about to awaken... there's no time...

The Master of Silicon was in a panic.

The original plan to act at dusk was so that Xu Lingjun would have fewer opportunities to escape... if they couldn't kill him, then he should have no means of escape and end up dead at the hands of these Night Demons.

But who knew that their backup plan would turn into their last resort instead.

Or perhaps this was their best chance...

"Let's go!"

The Master of Silicon shouted, "Let's leave first, leave Xu Lingjun here. The nearest safe point is thousands of miles away, he is doomed to die at the hands of the Night Demon."

Having said that, he turned without hesitation, fleeing toward the warship hovering in mid-air in the distance.

Along with Yi Shiqi and others who were seriously injured, they fled even faster, heading toward the distant void warship... leaving behind dozens of elite Mysterious Clan experts to block Xu Lingjun's path.

Clearly... if they couldn't kill him, they'd let him be overwhelmed by the enemy's vast numbers.

The Night Demon would move at night, and then, with no village in front and no store behind, he was as good as dead.

During the escape, they thought Xu Lingjun would do anything to hinder them.

But Xu Lingjun was neither alarmed nor panicked...

He shouted: "Xiaoya."

"Yes!"

Behind him.

The massive Deus Ex Machina Mecha appeared.

All the firepower aimed directly at the micro warship...

With a booming sound.

A huge airwave surged behind the Deus Ex Machina Mecha, the powerful recoil almost made it sit down, while the scorching firepower instantly blasted to the outer side of the warship's energy chamber.

The Master of Silicon, at the forefront, hurriedly stopped his steps and dashed into a deep pit.

The void warship ahead erupted in a surging blaze, then exploded completely in front of everyone, the incandescent firelight radiating in all directions, like the final rays of a setting sun.

This time, even Yi Shiqi and others couldn't help but stop.

Almost dazed as they watched the warship destroyed by Xu Lingjun's single strike...

They really hadn't expected this, the warship's defense system seemed like a mere decoration to the Deus Ex Machina Mecha, directly blasted at its weakest point.

The Master of Silicon was stunned.

He turned back, staring intensely at Xu Lingjun, gritting his teeth, "It seems you're intent on perishing with us?"

Isn't it so...

In a radius of thousands of miles, at night, this area is almost all Night Demon territory.

And the only flying tool was just completely destroyed by Xu Lingjun... he thought he would desperately want to get on that warship, so he specifically left experts to block his path.

Unexpectedly, he played entirely out of line.

This time, those about to fall into the Night Demon's circle... include not only Xu Lingjun but also them.

Even someone as strong as the Master of Silicon doesn't have full confidence in crossing thousands of kilometers to reach a safe zone within half an hour.

Though he spoke this way, the Master of Silicon was secretly lamenting the miscalculation.

He never thought Xu Lingjun had such a hidden trump card... such a powerful mecha, much stronger than the ones they've seen on the battlefield before.

It seems these humans haven't yet exerted their full strength on the battlefield, they still hold back a trump card.

At this moment, the Master of Silicon was both shocked by humanity's strength and more determined than ever that Xu Lingjun must not escape in this mecha.

Xu Lingjun, however, appeared extremely calm.

He looked up at the impending darkness.

At night...

The Empire of Baoxue belongs to the Night Demon.

An odd smile appeared on Xu Lingjun's face, "Master of Silicon, you went through so much trouble to kill me... but do you know why I dared to come here alone, knowing it's a trap?"

He pronounced each word clearly, "I'll tell you now, my trump card!"

Saying this...

Xu Lingjun slowly raised his hand, "Sword, come!"

As the words fell, he suddenly turned his hand.

Several were simultaneously startled... feeling the ground rumble like an earthquake.

Fast, extremely fast.

In just moments, the ground beneath Xu Lingjun's feet cracked wide open, then the fissure spread wider, creating a deep pit that could swallow a man by his side.

In the center of the deep pit...

A menacing sword blade with a hilt embedded with skulls emerged slowly from the ground.

The sword hilt rose of its own accord, flew into Xu Lingjun's palm, and was grasped by him.

Xu Lingjun enunciated each word clearly: "This sword is my trump card!"

"You actually buried the sword here in advance?"

The Master of Silicon exclaimed: "You foresaw that we would attack you here?"

"No... this sword has been by my side ever since I left the Secret Realm."

Xu Lingjun said calmly: "So now, are you ready to meet your death?"

"It's just another sword, there's no need to fear him!"

The Master of Silicon gave a signal to his companions...

Suddenly, everyone realized the situation.

With the Night Demons emerging, the land for a thousand miles around would soon become a land of death.

But there was a glimmer of hope—the armored vehicle Beliya had driven earlier was their only chance for survival.

However, only one side could board this vehicle... meaning it's really do-or-die this time.

Determination flickered in their eyes.

This time, they really couldn't afford to...

"Just a sword?!"

Xu Lingjun laughed heartily and said: "Then let me show you the power of this sword!"

As the words fell, he fiercely plunged the sword into the ground beneath his feet.

The sharp blade.

The blade went in up to the hilt.

Xu Lingjun let out a long howl: "Come forth!"

As the words fell.

The Master of Silicon and his comrades' expressions changed slightly as they felt the ground beneath them trembling violently. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

Even the Dadi seemed to panic with fear...

From beneath the rugged and layered terrain, from the depths of countless bottomless pits.

Accompanied by Xu Lingjun's long howl.

One by one, eerie, white skeletons and monsters with rotting flesh clinging to their bodies emerged... even gargantuan beasts comparable to Titan Giant Beasts...

Night Demons!

The Night Demons instantly filled the Master of Silicon and his comrades' vision.

As night fell, the Night Demons emerged.

Then, as Xu Lingjun pulled out the long sword, these Night Demons spread out from all directions, their numbers seemingly infinite, an endless sea in eyesight.

Their numbers were in the hundreds of millions...

Now, these Night Demons encircled everyone.

Behind Xu Lingjun, the Night Demons lay on the ground like the most loyal servants, as if venerating their deity.

The Mysterious races of the heavens were stunned.

Watching as Xu Lingjun summoned all the Night Demons with just one sword...

"You want to assassinate me? On the territory of the Baoxue Empire?"

Xu Lingjun caressed the sword in his hand, saying: "You attempted to assassinate me on my own terrain, unaware of what my trump card was? Now you should know... my trump card is these tens of millions of Night Demons. Master of Silicon, you said that the thousands of miles around were Night Demons' territory, and even with great power, I couldn't escape. Now, I return those words to you, Master of Silicon. The radius of thousands of miles is my domain. Even with your immense power, you've walked into my trap. Let's see how you escape!"

Everyone: " "..................

The Master of Silicon had long been too shocked to even maintain his stoic facade.

He exclaimed in horror: "You... you actually cultivated these Night Demons?"

For two years, these Night Demons had caused them so much trouble.

They initially thought these Night Demons were merely twisted creatures created by nuclear explosions, but they never imagined these monsters were man-made.

"Don't misunderstand, I'm just leveraging what's at my disposal."

Xu Lingjun stroked the Frost's Sorrow in his hand.

When the Night Demons first reawakened, Xu Lingjun had captured some living ones for research and discovered that the Night Demons were more like phantoms under sinister Spiritual Qi than science-induced mutants.

Especially against the Vast Righteous Qi of the Heavenly Mirror, they would disintegrate instantly, rendering them as indistinguishable from the undead.

Then, Xu Lingjun thought of Frost's Sorrow.

It didn't even require much Source Value...

He easily imbued the weapon, then buried it beneath the Baoxue Empire, where it has been absorbing the undead aura of the Night Demons over the years.

Frost's Sorrow could imprison the undead slain by the sword within itself.

But in fact...

By placing Frost's Sorrow in close proximity to these Night Demons, the overflowing aura of death seemed to attract the Night Demons.

Two years of day-and-night corrosion were enough to unknowingly control these Night Demons!