Chapter 178: Li Haotian Discovers the Underworld Army Has Resurrected!

As expected.

The heavenly screen shifted.

One morning.

Li Haotian rode his motorcycle alone to the wasteland outskirts where he had originally buried the summoner.

He crouched beneath a dead tree and dug into the soil with his hands.

The soil turned over.

The iron box underneath was exposed.

Li Haotian opened the iron box.

It was empty.

The Xingtian Armor Summoner that had been inside had vanished without a trace.

Boom!

Li Haotian felt a thunderclap explode in his mind.

He sprang to his feet, his body involuntarily swaying.

"It's gone..."

Li Haotian's breathing grew ragged, cold sweat beading on his forehead.

He was utterly panicked.

That magic cube sealed all the Underworld Demons; if someone else took it, the consequences would be unthinkable.

Li Haotian forced himself to calm down.

He began searching the surroundings for clues; chaotic small footprints marked the soil.

Following the trail, he traced the footprints and nearby village surveillance to a child who often played around there.

The scene shifted.

Inside the fast-food restaurant.

Li Haotian bought a large table of chocolate cream cake, hamburgers, fries, and fried chicken, pushing them toward a sniffling little boy.

The boy ate the chocolate cake while playing with a plastic toy sword in his hand.

Li Haotian struggled to suppress his inner anxiety, putting on a gentle smile:

"Little friend, did you dig up a strangely shaped box under that tree?"

The boy stuffed a mouthful of fries, speaking indistinctly:

"I found it. The box glowed red—it was fun to play with."

"Where did you throw it?" Li Haotian pressed.

The boy shook his head: "I won't tell you unless you buy me more tasty stuff!"

Li Haotian, helpless, had no choice but to keep spending.

These foods, he'd normally never splurge on; today he felt thoroughly fleeced.

After eating and drinking his fill,

the boy then slowly said:

"The thing I dug up together with Xiao Shunzi, I left at his house."

"But lately Xiao Shunzi hasn't come to play with me for days; still, I can take you to his house."

Li Haotian's heart sank.

The summoner had been taken by the boy named Xiao Shunzi.

And there had been no word for several days.

An ominous premonition rose.

Traces of the Underworld Demons?

Li Haotian tossed down a few big bills and, together with the boy, dashed out of the fast-food restaurant.

The motorcycle engine roared like a beast; Li Haotian sped all the way, heading straight for Xiao Shunzi's home.

The boy went to knock on the door, but Xiao Shunzi directly refused him entry.

He was momentarily at a loss.

"He... how did he become like this? He's practically a different person from before!"

Li Haotian keenly caught the key point in the boy's words.

"Two people?"

"Underworld Demons?"

Thus, the two split up to act.

The boy blocked the front door while Li Haotian sneaked in through the side door.

Finally,

Li Haotian found the truly maltreated Xiao Shunzi inside the room.

Meanwhile, the boy outside had already been throttled by the Xiao Shunzi that had transformed into an Underworld Demon.

Li Haotian burst through the door, brandishing the summoner to freeze the moment!

In an instant,

Xiao Shunzi was immobilized in place, after a series of lights flashed.

An Underworld Demon slowly rose to its feet.

He was covered head to toe in heavy gray armor, with sharp barbs sprouting from his shoulders and wrists.

Shagula

But the oppression he felt was much stronger than before.

Li Haotian's eyes narrowed.

Without a word of nonsense, he directly pulled out the summoner from his waist and inserted the card.

"Punishing Heaven Armor, combine!"

The red-and-white striped armor quickly covered his whole body.

Li Haotian summoned the Flame Punishment Sword, exerted force with his legs, and charged straight at the Netherworld Demon.

Clang!

The Flame Punishment Sword chopped onto the Netherworld Demon's chest armor.

A burst of dazzling sparks exploded.

Li Haotian's pupils constricted.

Before, this slash was enough to make any Netherworld Demon retreat several steps.

But now, the armored Shagula didn't budge at all!

"Too weak!"

The armored Shagula let out a low, mocking laugh.

It fiercely swung its weapon.

The blade's edge kicked up a violent gray gust of energy, slamming straight into the chest of the Punishing Heaven Armor.

Boom!

Li Haotian was directly blasted away by this huge force, smashing through a red brick wall.

Broken bricks fell.

The chest of the Punishing Heaven Armor sputtered with sparks of electricity.

Li Haotian knelt on one knee, propping himself up with the Flame Punishment Sword. The alarm inside the armor blared wildly.

"Got stronger..."

Li Haotian panted, "At least it's increased twofold."

Shagula stepped closer step by step.

"General Lufa granted us rebirth! Today is your day of death!"

Li Haotian stood up.

He knew that under normal conditions, the Punishing Heaven Armor could no longer fight these strengthened monsters.

He cannot lose.

If he dies here, Earth will truly be over.

All of this was caused by him alone; he must make up for it himself.

Li Haotian clenched his fists, and his mental energy surged wildly.

Red light burned on his body, and the surrounding air began to twist.

He raised his right hand and quickly operated on his belt.

"Punishing Heaven Armor, upgrade!"

Boom!

A red pillar of light that pierced heaven and earth descended.

Within the light pillar, the form of the Punishing Heaven Armor underwent a drastic change.

The shoulder guards extended, the chest armor thickened, golden patterns crawled all over his body, and the eye guards became sharper.

"War God Xingtian!"

Li Haotian swung both arms.

A red halo of mental energy exploded beneath his feet.

Shagula roared, lifting his long blade and chopping down like Mount Tai pressing down.

Li Haotian did not dodge or evade; he sharply raised his left hand.

"Barehanded Blade Catch!"

Smack!

The left hand of War God Xingtian firmly caught the descending blade.

Shagula strained with all his might, yet could not press down even a bit.

Li Haotian's right hand made a grasping motion in the air.

"Flame Punishment Quick Gun!"

"Lightning Strike!"

Two ranged weapons appeared and combined together.

【Flame-Electric Gun】

Whoosh!

Boom!

A red flame-electric explosive bomb was fired.

Shagula's heavy armor was as fragile as paper before the Flame-Electric Gun.

Sparks flashed, and Shagula screamed as he retreated several steps.

Li Haotian gave him no chance to catch his breath.

"Even if you revive again, I will personally send each of you down one by one!"

The crimson certain-kill light explosive bomb sliced through the air,

Precisely hit Shagula's body.

Boom—

A violent explosion sent up a small mushroom cloud.

Shagula was completely shattered, turning into a mass of genetic code, then reformed into a gene cube, which fell to the ground.

Li Haotian landed.

Absorbed the genetic code.

Armor disengaged.

Although we won the battle,

But Li Haotian's mood became extremely heavy.

This was only one of them.

Lu Fa's entire legion, all of them, revived in armor.

And now the armor squad is fragmented, utterly unprepared.

Clouds blocked the sun.

The sky began to drizzle with a light pattering rain.

Li Haotian took out his phone from his pocket, his finger lingered on the screen for a long time, and finally pressed the call button.

The call connected.

From the other side came the welcoming voice of Huan Huan, the teppanyaki shop owner:

"Hey? Xiao Tian? What's up this late?"

Li Haotian took a deep breath, and rainwater dripped down his hair.

He spoke in an extremely hoarse voice, full of deep fatigue:

"Welcome. Something happened."

"The Netherworld Legion... has revived again."

From the other end of the phone came the sound of a cup falling to the ground and shattering.

Li Haotian lifted his head and gazed at the pitch‑black night sky.

"A new storm is approaching again."

The sky‑screen image froze on Li Haotian's silhouette.

A huge suspense hook clenched tightly around the hearts of the audience from myriad worlds.

The enemy grew stronger across the board, while the armor squad was a loose mess.

How is Li Haotian supposed to clean up this monumental mess he himself brewed?

What direction should Earth's fate take?