Chapter 381: When the City Gate Catches Fire, the Fish in the Moat Suffer - The Unlucky Sovereign
The protective shield on Ego's body surface, which was ten times sturdier than a Tier 3 starship's energy field, exploded into countless fragments. The body originally constructed from energy was directly pierced through, leaving a massive Hole.
"Cough, cough, cough."
Ego lowered his head in disbelief, looking at the massive Hole pierced through his chest, and the palm reaching out from within. The large hand gripped tightly, fingers forming a claw, holding a crystal heart that shimmered with streaking light.
That was the energy core of this clone, a seed he had harvested hundreds of years in advance.
Ego reached out to touch his heart. The next moment, the large hand squeezed tight, and energy dust flew out from between the fingers. "Ah!"
Having lost his energy core, the energy on Ego's body surface plummeted at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Ego, who had previously absorbed the energy of two Habitable Planets and possessed energy so vast it could rival top Skyfathers like Odin, instantly saw his aura drop below the Skyfather level.
The severely injured Ego was finally enraged. With a bellow, the surrounding The Void trembled violently. The energy he had scattered near the Fallen Star suddenly contracted inward rapidly, converging quickly towards the Hole in his chest as the core.
An infinite amount of energy continuously poured into the Hole in Ego's chest.
The empty space in his chest was like a black hole, sucking in the crystal crushed by Kane, and even his own severely damaged upper body. As all the energy converged to the extreme point... "Not good!"
Sensing the restless, heart-palpitating immense energy, Kane, who had succeeded in his sneak attack, formed his hands into claws and swung them forward.
The White Tiger Seven Kill Qi stirred the stellar power of dozens of large stars above his head, condensing several streaks of chilling, grey-white claw marks that tore towards Ego.
Wherever the tiger claws passed, everything along the way was covered in a layer of white, translucent Mystic Ice.
And this was merely the chilling qi brought forth by the swinging tiger claws, condensing into frost. The true force of the White Tiger Seven Kill Claw lay in its indestructible Geng Metal Power.
Wherever the claw wind swung by Kane passed, it even tore several dark cracks in Space. Just as the claw wind swung by Kane was about to tear apart the black hole-like light sphere Ego had transformed into, the energy light sphere, compressed to the size of a sesame seed, exploded outwards.
The entire Fallen Star trembled at this moment. Instantly, the black hole light sphere disintegrated into a powerful red light fire line shockwave, scattering rapidly in all directions with an ear-piercing roar.
Wherever the red light fire line passed, all objects melted into a wisp of smoke... The next moment, the sky-filling red light surged towards Kane, rolling and tumbling. "Can't stop it!"
Kane's eyes, which had turned tiger-like, twitched. A faint wisp of chilling qi emanated from his pupils, and his nostrils twitched slightly. Kane knew that this self-destruct attack from the enemy was not something he could block.
However, facing the self-destruct red light condensed from Ego's exploding body, he did not choose to retreat. If he chose to evade, the spreading energy wave would sweep across the entire Planet, and this Fallen Star, which they had painstakingly managed for several years, would be completely finished! "Big Brother Kane!"
Adam flew to Kane's side, standing shoulder to shoulder with him. At the same time, he used the ability to control Feng Shui, thunder, and rain from his Kui Niu Bloodline, manipulating various energy tides to resist the scattering red light fire line.
"A head-on collision is too much trouble. This Planet will be completely ruined. Use Void Shift. I'll take the lead. Shift this Area out of this Planet—"
Without waiting for Adam's reply, Kane formed hand seals with both hands and waved them repeatedly. Streaks of Energy Crystals inscribed with Restriction Formations were sent out by him, sealing off the area where the red light was spreading.
On the other side, Adam also quickly took out a palm-sized White Jade Token inscribed with a Kui Niu Totem. He poured Magic Power into the token, and instantly the entire Five Elements Chaos Heaven Great Array was under his command.
Tidal wave-like Five Elements Energy was mobilized by him, blocking the spreading fire line. The red light fire line collided with the rolling Green Wood, Giant Stones, Blade Mountain, Tidal Waves, and Lava formed by the Five Elements Energy. Each collision caused an earthquake of magnitude 7 or higher on the Fallen Star. Moreover, as the frequency of collisions between the two energies became more dense, the earthquakes on the Fallen Star almost became continuous.
The entire Planet seemed to be shaking every moment. If this continued, the Fallen Star would likely explode like a ripe watermelon after just a few more times.
Fortunately, at this moment, Kane also completed his Void Shift Array. Ten thousand streaks of golden light rose from the blue Energy Crystals. These golden lights completely enveloped the red light fire line. The red light fire line and the golden light rubbed against each other, filling the sky with sparks and firelight for a moment.
"Rise!"
Kane roared, circulating all his Magic Power. His entire body's muscle tensed, and he used all his strength to activate the Void Shift Array.
Even in the Jambudvīpa World, the Void Shift Array was used for long-distance teleportation of people or things, or for shifting attacks. No one had ever tried shifting an attack like this.
Fortunately, the space intensity of the Marvel Universe was barely satisfactory. Hundreds of miles of Space were directly torn apart by Kane's Void Shift Array, along with the red light fire line erupting within that Space, gradually disappearing into the Shift Passage opened by the Void Shift Magic Array.
However, shifting an area of Space, even with Kane's current strength approaching that of an adult white tiger, required so much Magic Power that it was almost completely depleted within just a few dozen breaths.
But fortunately, Adam arrived in time and released the dozens of Gold Armored Corpses and thousands of Yellow Turban Strongmen he carried in his Five Yin Pouch. They all simultaneously activated a Great Array.
Blue light flickered in the Void Array. With Ego's self-destruct core as the extreme point, all the red light fire line within hundreds of kilometers directly disappeared into the Void Shift Array. "Big Brother Kane, where did you shift these energy waves? Our fleet is in Outer Space!"
Adam took out a Jade Bottle from his Five Yin Pouch, took out a Pill, and swallowed it. After adjusting his breathing for a moment, his Magic Power recovered by sixty to seventy percent. He came to Kane's side and asked somewhat curiously.
The Blood Pill pressed under Kane's tongue, stimulated by saliva, sent streams of chilling qi into his Eight Extraordinary Meridians, nourishing his depleted Magic Power and simultaneously purifying the White Tiger Bloodline within his body.
"I sensed a Wormhole through the Void Shift Great Array, so I threw this shockwave into it. It's very far away and won't affect the nearby Star Zone!"
Clenching his fist, Kane felt that under the nourishment of the Blood Pill, his energy and Magic Power were not only recovering, but his strength was also visibly increasing by a small margin.
Just as Adam nodded in understanding,
Kane turned back to him: "First, let's go back to the East Galaxy Company. You need to explain to me what happened. How did you provoke this kind of enemy just by going out for a stroll!?"
"Big Brother Kane, it's not my fault. He was the one who first showed hostility towards me... You won't tell Father, right?"
"A Skyfather level enemy must be reported to Boss. We need to figure out if he has any other backing or backup plans. Since we've made a move, we must cut the grass by the roots to avoid future trouble!"
"Big Brother Kane, your Chinese is getting better and better. Can we discuss this? Let's not tell Father about this matter! Can't we solve it ourselves?!"
"Flattering me won't work either. Boss definitely needs to know about such a big matter! Moreover, with Boss's Cultivation Base, he might already know about this!"
Approximately 4.2 light-years away from the Fallen Star, next to a Natural Wormhole, a Mothership stretching ten thousand meters had just emerged from a Wormhole Jump. Its hatch was slowly opening, releasing over a thousand golden triangular Fighter Jets from the Mothership. They quickly activated their Space Barriers and Protective Armor, while the high-energy cannons on the Warship also began charging.
Sovereign Homeworld, a massive light screen over two hundred meters wide and long hung from the ceiling of the Sovereign Operations Room. The screen displayed a 3D holographic image of the area near the Warships.
Inside the densely packed oval golden egg-shaped cabins in the Operations Room, Sovereign unmanned Warship Pilots were wearing virtual helmets and remotely controlling these golden unmanned Fighter Jets.
These unmanned Fighter Jets were the formidable attack methods that the Sovereign used to dominate the Milky Way Galaxy. Each Fighter Jet's configuration was no less than that of a Normal Tier 3 Warship.
An attack legion composed of over a thousand unmanned Fighter Jets could even annihilate a normal Tier 2 civilization in less than three minutes. This was one of the sources of the Sovereign's arrogance.
Their Target this time was the Fallen Star, which was also the Headquarters of the East Galaxy Company.
The High Priestess and a group of Regents and Elders of the Sovereign looked at the Fighter Jets emitting a faint golden light on the screen with smiles on their faces.
With just one Wormhole Jump, their unmanned Fighter Jets could break through the Fallen Star's defenses and completely overthrow the East Galaxy Company. At that time, everything would naturally return to how it was before. Their energy batteries would once again become high-quality commodities that various civilizations vied for.
The Sovereign, having regained its energy pricing power, would still be glorious. Even if the East Galaxy Company's energy crystals were good, after their destruction, the lost energy market would still belong to the Sovereign. High-end business battles were sometimes this simple and unadorned... Several Regents standing behind the High Priestess exchanged glances, seeking cooperation for interests.
During this time, the Regents and Elders of the Sovereign often held cocktail parties. The things they discussed at these parties were also very simple.
The issue of profit distribution after obtaining the manufacturing method for the East Galaxy Company's pure energy crystals.
For the sake of profit share, these arrogant Sovereign Elders had almost staged dozens of power struggles filled with scheming and intrigue in the past few days, even nearly resorting to physical fights right in front of the Sovereign High Priestess.
As for whether they could take down the East Galaxy Company, the arrogant Sovereign had never doubted this question.
"What is that?"
Just as the Sovereign High-level Staff and Nobles were looking at the screen, a sharp-eyed Regent saw a red fire line appear in the dark Outer Space.
The fire line continuously stirred up layers of circular red wave patterns. With each wave pattern stirred up, its position would jump a large distance.
With each jump, this red fire line got closer and closer to the area above the Sovereign unmanned Fighter Jet Fleet.
With each jump, the volume of the red flames grew larger and larger, becoming more and more massive, and accompanied by the same space jump wave patterns. When the red flames reached the area above the Sovereign Fleet,
It had already expanded into a terrifying fireball with a diameter of tens of thousands of kilometers.
At this time, the Sovereign Soldiers controlling the unmanned Fighter Jets also noticed the fireball above their heads. Through the Fighter Jets' perspective, they all looked up, staring blankly at the sky.
"What is that...!"
"It looks like flames? Just simple fireworks?"
"Our Fighter Jets have Energy Field Shields. It's just simple flames, it shouldn't be able to break through the protection, right?"
"Is it some kind of cosmic spectacle?"
In the Sovereign Fighter Jet Command channel, over a thousand Sovereign unmanned Fighter Jet Pilots exchanged information. Perhaps it stemmed from the arrogance ingrained in the Sovereign's human bones.
No one actually believed that this fireball would pose a danger.
Mere ordinary flames, it's impossible to cause... Boom!!!
Suddenly, the fireball exploded. The recent red fireball, instantly exploded in all directions. A stream of red fire line light waves directly penetrated the unmanned Fighter Jet Legion's shield and spread rampantly within the Fleet.
The unmanned Warships closest to the fireball were ignited, detonated, and their ammunition depots were successively set off, triggering larger explosions.
The flames were like living beings, frantically darting and spreading within the Fleet.
Neither the Energy Field Shields that the Sovereign were proud of nor ordinary Protective Armor could resist under such force.
The massive Mothership, relying on the thickness of its Energy Field Shield, but only managed to last a few breaths longer than the other unmanned Fighter Jets.
In just a dozen breaths, the entire Sovereign's expeditionary Fleet to the Fallen Star completely illuminated the surrounding large area of Space, like a lit torch.
And after igniting the entire Sovereign Fleet, fueled by the energy of two Habitable Planets, Ego's self-destruct strike naturally did not disappear so easily.
The fire lines scattering in all directions scorched everything in their path. The fire lines were like brilliant fireworks, scattering large areas of red sparks wherever they passed, flying and dispersing in all directions.
Everything touched by the fire lines, whether life, meteorites, or Spaceships, or even a small Asteroid blocking the way, was quickly ignited and turned into a red torch under the effect of the fire lines.
Hundreds of light-years away from the Fallen Star, in a vast expanse of Space, a small Planet with a diameter of only a few hundred miles floated alone.
Although this small Planet was extremely small in volume, when viewed from high altitude, the Planet surface presented a scene of lush plants and trees and vigorous vitality. Various exotic flowers and rare herbs grew on it, like a fantastical Immortal Realm World.
If Boss Tang were here, he would discover that the interior of this Planet contained an extremely rich Life Aura. This Life Aura was so rich and powerful that it was suffocating.
"Damn insects."
Suddenly, the Immortal Realm-like Planet shook, as if some giant creature was turning over inside the Planet. An ancient roar suddenly resounded throughout the entire Planet. The strange thing was, amidst this intense vibration, not a single creature on the Planet surface fled, nor did a single bird fly. This Immortal Realm-like Planet was deathly silent behind one's back.
(end of chapter)