Late in the night, Mark was sleeping comfortably without any occasional baby cries for the past few hours. He was in the middle of a dream where he managed to build a god-killing cannon, which utilizes the power of a star and launches concentrated beams of energy at the enemies.
With the Cosmic Essence Absorption skill, which he got as a reward for completing the mission of killing the Supreme Pontiff of the Church of Doom as a departing gift from the system, he could absorb the energy from the stars, planets, and even black holes to refine it to make his.
Ever since he acquired that cultivation technique, Mark started dreaming of building such a cannon, which could shoot targets from planets away.
He was having a similar dream today too, but it remained incomplete this time as the abrupt knocks on the door woke him up.
As Mark got out to open the door, Alina was seen standing outside.
"Hmm... who is it?" Song Yue asked in her sleepy tone.
"Honey, it's nothing important. You sleep." Mark slowly closed the door and looked at Alina, "what is it?" He asked.
The android answered, "Bad news. Mephisto was dead."
"Mephisto died?" Mark furrowed his brows in seriousness. "He is an immortal realm demon. Even with the world's suppression, there's no force on this planet that could possibly kill him, apart from me. What happened?"
Alina's blue eyes glowed for a second before projecting an image,
"According to the images downloaded from the satellite, it looks like we have a formidable enemy."
The image was kind of blurry, and Mark couldn't see the face of the person or the beast standing beside him, but he did manage to see the golden energy enveloping the large sword the warrior was carrying, which was pointing at the fallen Mephisto.
Alina went on projecting many images but nothing gave away the identity of the attacker.
Mark said, "Pass the message to King Qi about postponing our attack. It's best if I take care of this unknown warrior before thinking of any other strategies. Find out everything about him."
Emperor Shi cast a sidelong glance at the sixth prince and said, "I might have certain wishes to ask but it is a fact that the artifact belonged to my grandson. It is his right."
After exchanging meaningful gazes, the Prince immediately said, "Just one thing. I need you to destroy a facility located on an island. It's Lu Zhen's secret weapon manufacturing facility."
"Huh?" Emperor Shi frowned, looking at his grandson. He was expecting different, like killing Lu Zhen actually. More than the demon invasions or whatever, he was more worried about the southern neighbor that could end his dynasty for good.
"Oh! Tell me about its specs," said Xie Tianyu, suddenly becoming interested in the topic.
The sixth prince explained, "Lu Zhen brought an abomination to this world, Your Grace. I believe you already know about the existence of firearms and his invincible-under-demigod robotic army. Through our information network, we found that it is that mysterious facility located on Fujian Island that is the source of his weapons. We destroy it, we would take off Genesis Federation's limbs."
"Robots? Firearms?" Xie Tianyu's reaction of surprise was out of the prince's expectations. "I seem to have heard of them before. Sss..." He hissed in pain, grabbing his head for a moment as flashes of some blurred memories came to his head.
The Emperor and his grandson couldn't help but exchange glances, wondering what was going on.
"I accept your request." He rose to his feet with a determined face, "Give me the location. I'll destroy it right away before leaving for my destination."
Meanwhile, in another room, in a royal guest room, Xiao Chuhe was explaining his story to whom he considered his friends, "Well, that is how I escaped from the clutches of the righteous sects and ended up in a contract with Brother Xie. However, since I'm neither a demigod nor have a cosmic bloodline like a dragon or phoenix, I can only maintain this human form with his unique sealing method. After that, he went somewhere and I had to live somehow. So, I created this Xiao Chuhe persona and created a nonexistent minor noble family. It's not that I want to come here, but I have no choice but to follow Brother Xie's orders."
Warrior: "..."
Assassin: "..."
Monk: Well, we can understand where you are coming from, but it is a lot to take, Brother Xiao... well, you know, now that we know that you are a bloodthirsty beast of the Nethersect...
Xiao Chuhe: *sigh* forget it. It is foolish of me to think you people are any different.
He left the guest room, closing the door with force.