Supreme Zhang spoke only one sentence before leaving the front of the assembly.
He did not wish to say more, nor did he need to. As the strongest among all nations, Supreme Zhang bore the heaviest burden... The Law Realm guardians did not complain, continuing to watch in silence.
The screen split into six or seven sections.
At the center, a Gifted Supreme's feed appeared, displaying Arthur Rook's grave face. He first surveyed the Law Realm guardians, Titled Sequence elites, and government leaders from every nation.
This was an unprecedented assembly!
Those standing at the very peak of the world had all gathered here. Arthur Rook spoke in a deep voice.
"Everyone."
"Now, all the world's forces are gathered here... Although Supreme Zhang has addressed this, I must explain this crisis in detail: if we cannot overcome this calamity, humanity will be annihilated."
The word 'annihilated' hung heavy in the air; silence fell over all.
Immediately after, Arthur Rook's face faded from view, replaced by satellite imagery—resolution so high that even Antarctic animals atop the snowy glaciers could be seen clearly.
What is the maximum resolution achievable by satellite imagery?
Few people ever pay attention to this... In fact, modern advanced satellites can capture images with a margin of error less than one meter, allowing you to read the text on a newspaper and make out individual faces!
Everyone, please take a look.
Arthur Rook's image faded, but his voice lingered.
The first image displayed Antarctica in the height of polar day—an endless expanse of pristine white snow, with a glacier at the very center shimmering with black mist, so striking that it drew every gaze.
Snow blanketed the land, with snowy mountains and glaciers stretching as far as the eye could see.
"That should be the center of Antarctica," Andrew Han thought silently as he watched.
On the screen.
Supreme Zhang and Arthur Rook had just arrived at the scene.
They saw black smoke erupting from a fissure in the glacier. No one could see how the smoke emerged, but in the end it formed a monstrous face—three rhombus-shaped black holes for eyes, no nose, and a gaping mouth split to the edges of the face.
Just seeing this, everyone was shaken to their core!
Never in the history of Earth had such a bizarre entity appeared—the black smoke face hung silently in midair, distorting the air and trembling the glacier.
Most importantly—
Beneath that face, legions of ghosts and fiends knelt—including Netherfiends, even upper-class Netherfiends whose power rivaled Supreme Saints!
What kind of monster is this?
Is this the being from the mythic Creation-Gods Era, the one that led to its destruction and turned it into dust?
A monster above Netherfiends?
Those present whispered in low voices, their expressions varied, but everyone wanted to see what the black smoke face would do next, and why Supreme Zhang was so cautious, even using the words 'death-struggle.'
Supreme Zhang was calm and reserved by nature.
Even when Law Realm guardians descended and full-scale war broke out, Supreme Zhang would only call it a bloody battle.
But—!
A bloody battle and a death-struggle are entirely different!
But in the next moment, the scene on the screen stunned everyone—chilled them to the bone, as if struck by lightning, each person frozen like a statue.
Low-level humans, you have come.
To answer your doubts—I am called Lurian. I crossed three hundred and nineteen star systems to reach this planet.
The black smoke face spoke earth-shattering words!
Hiss!
The entire assembly was terrified, no one made a sound.
The black smoke face seemed to fade a little: "By this planet's day-night cycle, I have been sealed for fifty thousand years, and my lifespan is only ten million years."
I am very angry.
So, humans as insignificant as dust—either keep me sealed, or join my Nether Kingdom! Hahaha!
It was utterly brazen, directly declaring the fate of Earth's humanity!
This being named Lurian even openly invited all humans on Earth to use every ounce of strength to prevent its escape.
Madness! Insanity!
Fury! Brutality!
This was a way of thinking humans could not comprehend—perhaps like Law Realm guardians viewing ordinary tigers and leopards, letting them gather in groups, but what difference does it make?
Arthur Rook's voice sounded again: "Lurian's words are simulated by my Gifted Power. It didn't actually speak, but transmitted information through energy waves."
I can't describe the exact words.
Only by facing it directly can one feel its eerie and terrifying aura.
Everyone was shocked again—sure enough, it wasn't an Earth lifeform. Its communication didn't rely on sound. But thinking about it, that's logical; sound needs a medium to travel.
Outer space is a vacuum—without a medium, sound cannot travel.
Andrew Han remained silent, his brows tightly furrowed.
Everything matched his suspicions—the source of the ghosts came from beyond Earth, even outside the solar system.
But—
It crossed over three hundred star systems just to arrive at Earth and be sealed? Impossible. It must be searching for something... and only Earth has it!
Andrew Han pondered deeply, feeling the truth was right before his eyes.
But no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't figure out what precious treasure Earth held that would drive a cosmic lifeform to cross hundreds of star systems.
Earth is but a speck of dust in the vast universe.
Next, the scene shifted, returning to Arthur Rook's weathered face.
Fellow compatriots.