Starting from the Planetary Governor

But if that were all, there wouldn't be any impact.

However, the barrier between Rage Owl Star and the True Realm is especially thin, even capable of creating rare resources like Spiritualized Gas Fields.

The affection and worship people feel for the Rage Owl have thus become powerful, taking root in the strongest living Rage Owl on this planet, making it stronger and more vibrant.

And so, people were even more fond of its formidable and beautiful appearance.

But if that was all there was to it, there would be nothing more; it would merely be the birth of a somewhat mystical beast.

Moreover, this was not unique to it alone; every once strongest Rage Owl on Rage Owl Star had experienced something similar.

Even if its body was infinitely strong and it had some spiritual wisdom, that was all; what else could it do? It could still only stay in a nature reserve.

However, the opening of the Demonic Rift, a global cataclysm, changed everything.

It fell into Hell's Abyss and was accepted by it. The worship it had once received had given rise to a sect on Rage Owl Star, and in Hell's Abyss, it occupied a small space; it was the master of this space.

That meant it had truly become a god.

This was indeed Hell's Abyss, but of course, not all of it. It was just its own unique space as an inferior among inferior Evil Gods; compared to the whole of Hell's Abyss, it was less than a speck of dust.

But here, this was its [Divine Realm].

In the previous cult rituals, it came exceedingly close to the real world, just short of stepping into the Chaos Array itself. Its power, through the array, could already affect the real world so much so that it directly pulled all those who approached this channel-like Chaos Array into its Divine Realm—Matins and others came in this way.

Fortunately, the good news was that it was not strong enough.

When Gu Hang approached the Chaos Array, he was unaffected.

The reason he came in was that he had done so voluntarily.

The warriors here, with just over a hundred of them, could staunchly hold off the assault of many Storm Monsters;

After Gu Hang arrived in person, he even freely used Spiritual Energy, and because he was in the True Realm and deep within Hell's Abyss, his Spiritual Energy abilities were greatly enhanced. He could dissipate a 'Evil God Realm' with a radius of three hundred meters in a thought; he could manifest his will and supply ammunition to his warriors out of thin air in this non-real space...

All these changes, even the Primal Fury Owl, this formidable Evil God in its own home ground, couldn't stop them.

Its majestic body in the distance, taking steps towards the real world, was still being strongly pulled, making its pace very slow...

Of course, one should not underestimate it just because it was an inferior among inferior Evil Gods.

Its strength, although much less than the Great Unclean One that invaded Rage Owl Star a few months ago, Enjoy exclusive chapters from empire

was still that of an Evil God. If it really crossed into the real world and wildly unleashed its power, it could still bring about catastrophic consequences.

Even if it only made a brief journey to the real world, but harvested the souls of one or two million people from The Northlands, even if it was later expelled back, becoming stronger, a more powerful Evil God would undoubtedly cause a second calamity.

Its connection with Rage Owl Star was too deep; the power of Hell's Abyss would continue to infiltrate the real world through this connection, brainwashing people in the shadows. It probably wouldn't be long before a new evil Primordial Wrath Owl Sect emerged.

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After understanding a great deal of relevant information, Gu Hang also had some idea of how to deal with it.

Originally, his worst-case scenario was to evacuate people, withdraw troops, relocate as many people as possible, let the storm rage in The Northlands for two or three months, wait for this Evil God to lose power and be expelled back to its Divine Realm, and then consider the subsequent issues.

But this would mean the loss of a significant number of Northlanders and the production capacity of the Polar Industrial Group. And there would also be severe repercussions, the Primordial Wrath Owl Sect would inevitably resurge, and in a peculiar manner, a considerable number of people on Rage Owl Star would turn into cultists.

If it really came to that, let it happen. If need be, they would solve these problems as their future development continued to improve.

However, now it seemed he had a way to handle it, and there was no need to go that far.

If this second-rate among the lesser Evil Gods is no more than this...

Then Gu Hang didn't mind showing it the shock of mortals.

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Colonel Derek received an order: to assemble his troops, except those necessary to guard the key areas of Polar Industrial City, all others were to head to C7 Zone and prepare for battle.

At first, he didn't quite understand the order and even made a phone call back to ask Commander Tadeusz for clarification.

Tadeusz didn't say much, only instructed him to get the troops ready for pre-battle mobilization, to use all political commissars to explain to the soldiers that they were going to a marvelous place for combat. Under the governor's leadership, they would fight shoulder to shoulder with the interstellar warriors.

Derek was invigorated.

Out of the nearly ten thousand personnel in the 31st Airborne Division, he pulled two battalions, two artillery battalions—over five thousand people. This was more than half of the combat troops, and they arrived at the designated location.

There, he met the major responsible for the defense of C7 Zone from the 10th Brigade.

The major instructed him to arrange his troops into combat formations and be ready for immediate battle. The fight would start in fifteen minutes.

Derek was a bit stunned.

He didn't quite understand what was meant by "the battle would start in fifteen minutes."

Nor did he understand why, of the nearly six hundred people that Commander Matins and others led in the special operations team, now there were only a little more than thirty people guarding C7 Zone.

But time was tight with only fifteen minutes, so he didn't have the time to ask more questions and rushed back to organize his troops.

The paratroopers took out their weapons; the artillery units, which had just been airlifted in a few hours ago, deployed their guns.

Everyone, although they did not understand what was going on, meticulously followed the orders to gear up for battle.

As soon as the fifteen minutes were up, Colonel Derek suddenly felt a ferocious wind pick up, and all he could see was a blur before his eyes. When he regained his senses, he saw a scene that instantly tensed him up.

He and all his soldiers had unexpectedly entered a space filled with dark clouds and thunderstorms, with strong winds whipping around. Not too far in front of them, the governor floated in mid-air, below him, four to five hundred of the federation's most elite warriors were battling with strangely shaped Storm Beasts under the lead of interstellar warriors and Battle Nuns.

In the distance, a towering Rage Owl was furiously roaring skywards, but why did it seem to be raging helplessly?

The sudden change not only left him confused but also caused some panic among his soldiers.

Then, the governor's voice rang clear in each person's mind, "Eliminate those weak Demons, protect our planet!"

The governor's voice seemed to carry a special kind of magic power that instantly dispersed the bewilderment and panic in their hearts.

As the commander, Derek issued orders for combat; officers at all levels commanded their units; the soldiers began to move into action.

The soldiers of the 31st Airborne Division, in terms of individual quality, were definitely far from being on par with the four to five hundred people beside the governor, but their number was ten times greater.

Guns roared, machine guns rained bullets, and the artillery troops directed their firepower to where the Storm Beasts were most concentrated.

Then the infantry charged forward, and after clearing the enemies in one area, they established small defensive positions there. It was just unfortunate they couldn't dig trenches in the stone ground that had been blasted by the storm for who knows how many years, or they definitely would have.

But overall, the men of the 31st Airborne Division established a stronghold step by step, seizing an area and forming a pincer with the governor and his elite warriors, covering each other and even making joint assaults to eliminate all the monsters between them, finally connecting their positions into one continuous line.

Gu Hang, hovering in mid-air, watched with satisfaction.

He then found time to send another message to Tadeusz:

"How much longer until the Northern Frontier Army Group arrives?"

Tadeusz quickly responded, "Guaranteed to reach the target location within thirty-two hours."