Outside Earth's outer space, Pula and the others were hidden beyond the Solar System, awaiting the arrival of family reinforcements.
With a third of their hundred-plus elites now gone, everyone's faces were filled with dejection and worry.
The Nolan Mountain Family's stability within the Kaluo Empire stemmed from Nolan Mountain's power and the family's strictness.
This defeat meant they would likely face even harsher treatment.
More than ten days passed in a flash, and Bai Kaluo and Dewen led the Nolan Mountain Family's elites to the edge of the Solar System.
"Report on Earth's situation," Dewen said coldly to Pula.
Previously, Pula was a promising junior favored by Nolan Mountain, with potential to become the family's next Universe Rank.
However, after the defeat, Pula's standing in the family plummeted rapidly.
"Earth is surrounded by a planetary defense system.
Our spacecraft has been destroyed, with over 50 casualties.
The planetary defense system is initially assessed as C-grade, capable of eliminating Astral Rank experts, but its threat level to Universe Rank experts is unknown," Pula explained the analysis after the defeat, also attempting to justify his failure.
"Hmph, you couldn't even take down a small aboriginal planet.
No matter how strong a C-grade planetary defense system is, it has a reaction time," Dewen said sternly.
"You actually caused the family to lose over 20 elites."
While Astral Rank experts are not as rare as Universe Rank experts, cultivating an Astral Ninth Rank consumes a significant amount of resources.
"This time, Bai Kaluo and I will act directly to destroy Earth's defense system, giving you a chance to atone for your mistakes.
If you fail again, you should know the consequences," Dewen said, then turned and entered the spacecraft.
Pula led the surviving Nolan Guard, closely following, and entered the spacecraft.
On Earth, Qin Hao, Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God cultivated on the spacecraft, simultaneously awaiting the enemy's arrival.
"It's been over ten days.
When will they return?" Thunder God asked first.
"The time should be near.
Earth has its coordinates concealed by Hu Yanbo's secret method of space.
They don't know the path, so they can only fly little by little, not exceeding the speed of light, which will take longer," Qin Hao replied.
He no longer remembered what it was like in the original work, but now, for the first time, there were hundreds of Astral Rank elites, with at least a Universe Rank leading them from behind, or even Nolan Mountain himself might have arrived.
After all, Earth concealed many good things, a fatal temptation for a Universe Rank.
"A spacecraft has entered the Solar System, heading towards Earth," Babata said.
"How do we fight next?" Luo Feng asked, looking at Qin Hao.
"Wait until I deal with the Universe Rank, then you can make your move.
All of you have Domain blessings, so even an Astral Ninth Rank can be contended with.
It's a good opportunity for real combat," Qin Hao said, walking to the hatch.
The hatch opened, and Qin Hao flew directly out, standing in the air, awaiting the enemy's arrival.
The planetary defense system could resist Territory Lord Rank attacks, but only head-on assaults.
After all, a Territory Lord Rank wouldn't engage in a head-on confrontation, and coupled with a Territory Lord's Domain, these were not something a simple planetary defense system could defend against.
Furthermore, it couldn't even defend against some Universe Rank experts.
However, there was no choice.
It was like a country's defense line, capable of resisting powerful armies, but some illegal immigrants might find a loophole and cross the border directly.
In Earth's outer space, a massive spacecraft advanced rapidly, soon reaching Earth's outer space.
The spacecraft docked near the Moon, and the hatches at various positions on the spacecraft quickly opened.
Astral Rank experts flew out of the spacecraft, quickly gathering in front of it, standing in neat formations.
At the forefront of the formation, Dewen and Bai Kaluo looked at everyone with satisfaction.
After a slight nod, they turned to look at Earth in the distance.
"It's not a C-grade planetary defense system; it's D-grade," Bai Kaluo said to Dewen, his eyes sparkling as he looked at Earth's defense system.
"However, this D-grade planetary defense system is the lowest level, with many loopholes, and it's only effective against ordinary Universe Rank experts," Bai Kaluo showed no hesitation; instead, he confidently evaluated Earth's defense system, ready to attack at any moment.
"Then let's act directly and resolve it quickly, so as not to cause trouble for the family," Dewen said.
After all, attacking a planet with an owner violated the Black Dragon Mountain Empire's constitution.
Only by acting swiftly and resolving the battle quickly could the Black Dragon Mountain Empire's army be unable to track them, even if they were to try.
With that, Dewen and Bai Kaluo flew rapidly towards Earth.
After entering Earth's planetary defense system, the surrounding railguns began to glow continuously, rapidly gathering energy and continuously attacking the two.
Each railgun attack reached the limit of the Astral Rank, but it had no effect on the two, not even hitting them.
After the first round of attacks, the two were already approaching Earth's atmosphere.
However, they were not careless.
As they entered the atmosphere, nine even more powerful attacks targeted them.
The power of the nine attacks all reached the Universe Rank, but they could not cause much impact on the Universe Rank Dewen and Bai Kaluo.
Having breached the planetary defense system, the two entered Earth's atmosphere and began to descend rapidly towards Earth, in the direction of Ruin No. 1.
As the two descended, a figure appeared in front of them in mid-air.
"Stop right there," it was Qin Hao speaking.
At the same time, a yellowish-brown light rose from Qin Hao's body, rapidly enveloping the surrounding thousand meters.
As the yellowish-brown light expanded, a powerful gravitational pull in the surroundings drew Dewen and Bai Kaluo towards Qin Hao.
"Earth Domain," Bai Kaluo and Dewen quickly recognized the Earth Domain, released with the powerful force of a Universe Rank, and their figures quickly stabilized.
"I didn't expect an Astral Third Rank to have such a strong Domain.
Now I finally understand why Master wanted to capture you," Bai Kaluo looked at Qin Hao, greatly surprised.
As the strongest disciple of Nolan Mountain, Bai Kaluo possessed the strength of a Universe Rank Eighth Rank and had also mastered the power of Domain.
However, the Wind Domain he had mastered was not as powerful as Qin Hao's Earth Domain before him.
"It seems you really are from the Nolan Mountain Family, and Nolan Mountain should have also arrived," from Bai Kaluo's words, it was confirmed that this time it was indeed the Nolan Mountain Family.
"Kid, you know quite a lot, but since you know, then we can't let you go.
Originally, if we hadn't met you, you might have had a chance to live, but now you've directly appeared before us.
I'll capture you for the family patriarch first," saying that, Dewen directly attacked Qin Hao.