**Chapter 407: He's Calling for Me**
Rocket Raccoon lay on the smooth top of the Spaceship, attaching a Ring-shaped Instrument to the Spaceship's hull. Immediately, a string of Data Code appeared on the Ring-shaped Instrument's Display Screen.
Rocket Raccoon mumbled to himself while rapidly tapping on the Ring-shaped Instrument's Virtual Control Screen, cracking the Spaceship's security system.
"I am Groot!"
Groot's Vines spread out, grabbing onto some protrusions on the Spaceship's top to prevent them from sliding down onto the Ground from the smooth surface. He looked around, keeping watch for Rocket Raccoon.
From their practiced movements, it was clear this wasn't the first time they had engaged in such activities.
Meanwhile, while Rocket Raccoon's fingers flew across the Virtual Screen, on the Ground Battlefield, the Dark Predator was locked in a hard fight. The Golden Armor on Tiger-man Tagar's body was of unknown Material, incredibly durable. At the same time, he was clearly equipped with a Personal Force Field Generator. Although a shot from the Dark Predator's Shoulder Cannon blasted him away, it didn't cause much damage, instead enraging the Tiger.
The Tiger-man, modified through Genetic Modification, possessed astonishing Strength and Speed. If an Ordinary Tiger's forepaw Strength could reach one ton and Speed twenty to thirty meters per second, Tagar's Strength and Speed, after Genetic Modification, could reach dozens of times that of an Ordinary Human.
Especially his burst Speed on flat ground, which even the Shoulder Cannon's Intelligent Fire Control System couldn't Aim at in time.
Often, the three red dots of Aiming light would lock on, but by the time the Energy Beam fired, it would only hit his Afterimage. The Whiplash in the Dark Predator's hand was the same. Although the Predator are universally recognized as the most excellent Hunter Race in the Universe, the Physical Quality of an Ordinary Predator is not considered strong among the various races in the Milky Way Galaxy, only about two or three times that of an Ordinary Person.
Therefore, although Dark Iron Blood had the boost from the Predator Helmet, his vision could keep up with Tagar's Speed, but his hand movements couldn't keep up with the Tiger-man's Attack. With no other Method, he could only Control the Hundred Steps Flying Wheel to contend against this Tiger-man.
"Clang clang—"
Amidst the sound of metal clashing, sparks flew everywhere. That was the sparks erupting from the high-speed rotating Flying Wheel colliding with the Flail Hammer in Tagar's hand. The Hundred Steps Flying Sword Refining Method transmitted back by Shadow Storm to the Predator Clan was very simple: take a Cold Weapon of good Mass, carry it on one's person, never leave its side, and daily smear it with Blood mixed with Special Medicinal Liquid. Then, use a unique Breathing Technique to make it form a compatibility with oneself, allowing one to Control the weapon with Willpower to kill enemies.
Scientists from the Dark Predator Clan once tried to analyze this special Method. They suspected that this mysterious Medicinal Liquid could cultivate one's own Blood into a type of Activated Microorganism. This Activated Microorganism could form a compatibility with the Host Body through a specific Breathing Rate, thus allowing Remote Command of the parasitic host of this Activated Microorganism, which is the selected weapon.
However, regardless of the principle, the Flying Wheel controlled by Mental Power could indeed keep up with the Tiger-man's Speed. But as the Flying Wheel constantly collided with the flail in the Tiger-man's hand, under the sharp Flying Wheel, the Hammer Head and Chain of the flail gained many rice-grain sized nicks. However, the several-ton heavy Flail Hammer smashing onto the Flying Wheel caused the Dark Iron Blood to feel his Qi and Blood surging. The Hundred-Step Flying Sword that Shadow Storm exchanged for using Contribution Points within the Tang Group was actually a Blood Sacrifice Sword Refining Method. With Medicine/Drug assistance, quick success is very fast. However, the biggest flaw of this quick success Method is that once the cultivated Flying Sword (Flying Wheel) is damaged, the User's Mind will also suffer Severe Injury.
Therefore, this quick success "Hundred-Step Flying Sword" Method has always been regarded by the Cultivators of the Jambudvīpa World as an Unorthodox Side Gate.
Compared to this Blood Sacrifice Method, there is another type of Hundred-Step Flying Sword, which is the kind practiced by Yondu. He Tempers the Flying Sword (Yaka Arrow) with his True Qi. Although the Cultivation Speed is slow, it is an orthodox Sword Immortal Method.
Even if the Yaka Arrow is destroyed, Yondu would at most suffer True Qi damage, but it would not cause damage to his Mind. As for why Shadow Storm didn't transmit the orthodox Hundred-Step Flying Sword back to the Clan, it wasn't that Boss Tang didn't allow it. It was simply that, even within the Dark Predator Clan, there was no Free Lunch. If you wanted better Cultivation Methods, you had to exchange them with Contribution Points.
This is also the Reason why Shadow Storm's Summon on the Predator Network caused hundreds or thousands of Predator Spaceships to rush towards this Star Zone. Spread throughout the Milky Way Galaxy, the Virgo Supercluster, and even the entire Universe, few Planets have the same obsession with becoming stronger as the Predator.
"Ding!"
Amidst a crisp sound of metal clashing, the high-speed rotating Flying Wheel, controlled by the Dark Iron Blood, after clashing with the flail in the Tiger-man's hand once again, seized the opportunity and precisely cut through the gap at the flail's Chain. At the cost of one gear breaking, accompanied by a burst of sparks, the watermelon-sized angular spiked Hammer Head, as the Chain broke, was directly flung away.
The Dark Iron Blood forcibly suppressed the uncomfortable feeling of his Qi and Blood surging and his head exploding. Forcing out the last bit of Spirit, he controlled the Flying Wheel to slash towards Tagar's Neck. The high-speed rotating Flying Wheel was like a disc like a bright moon flashing with Cold Light, slashing towards Tagar's Neck. Its Speed was so fast that the Tiger was startled.
"Puff puff puff—Ding—"
At the moment of Crisis, over ten Energy Beams descended from the Sky. The Flying Wheel's flight path trembled slightly amidst the exploding Energy Shockwave. Tagar seized this opening, prostrated himself, and pounced forward—
The Flying Wheel almost flew past his cheek, leaving a shallow dent on his golden helmet.
"Tagar, you owe me a life!"
A lazy Voice sounded in mid-air. A trace of lingering fear, anger, and gratitude mixed together showed in Tagar's tiger eyes. He glanced at the Dark Iron Blood, who was shaking and swaying, almost unable to stand, then looked up at the Pig-man overhead: "Bolgar, this time I owe you one!"
A smug smile appeared on Pig-man Bolgar's face. Just as he finally seized this opportunity and was about to say something... Suddenly, he saw Tagar's expression change drastically, and he roared at him: "Bolgar, dodge!"
Before Bolgar could react, an Energy Beam thicker than his Body instantly swallowed him. Right before Tagar's eyes, Pig-man Bolgar, who had just saved his life, was instantly blown into a pile of pork paste. This scene stunned even the High Evolutionary, who had walked into the Sand Pit and was carefully observing the fallen Flying Wheel. He stared at the Spaceship overhead in astonishment.
The Ship Cannon's Gun Port, flashing with Blue Light and recharging once again, told him that, yes, his own Spaceship had blown the pig he raised into pork paste!
"Well done!"
In the Spaceship's Main Control Room, Rocket Raccoon, who had landed a perfect shot with the Spaceship's Shoulder Cannon, tilted his head smugly and gave Groot a look. Groot extended his Palm and high-fived Rocket in celebration.
"There's still one more, deal with him, and we'll fly the Spaceship to settle the score with the High Evolutionary!"
Rocket Raccoon set all the Spaceship's Ship Cannons to firing mode. His little paw extended and retracted on the Virtual Screen in front of him, quickly locking onto Tiger-man Tagar on the Ground. So, one after another, Blue Light Beams like meteors descended from the Sky, smashing down towards Tagar with a roar. Tagar could only rely on Speed to quickly dodge, but the attack range of those Ship Cannons was really too wide. One Energy Cannon shot could often blast a Giant Pit hundreds of meters wide on the Ground! With dozens of Ship Cannons firing in unison, Tagar, weaving through the Artillery Fire, finally remembered to ask for help from Cow-man Bova on the Main Ship after almost being turned into tiger paste several times! "Bova, Control of Ship Four has been seized, Bolgar is dead, I'm currently under Attack!"
Cow-man Bova on the Main Ship had just been inspecting the Experimental Area. He never expected such a big incident to occur in such a short Time. Bolgar, who he had been with for decades, both being New Men, was actually dead! This shocked him greatly, turning him pale. He quickly ordered the Main Ship's Artificial Intelligence to destroy Ship Four Detachable Ship.
But before the Order could be executed, a piercing Alarm Sound rang out from the Main Ship once again.
"Alarm, Alarm, Spaceship is under invasion!"
"Alarm, Alarm, Spaceship is under invasion!"
"Alarm, Alarm, Spaceship is under invasion!"
"What's going on?" As Bova asked, the picture outside the Spaceship Cabin was projected in front of him. He saw that at the Spaceship's hull, dozens of Xenomorphs with wings like Pterodactyls were circling the outside of the hull, spraying saliva at the hull using Highly Corrosive Saliva.
The thick green liquid had already melted a Hole the size of a human head into the surface of the Composite Metal Hull.
"Activate the defense force field, don't let them break in, release the Sovereign Drones, take them out! Activate the Ship Cannons, destroy Ship Four!"
Although overwhelmed by a series of incidents, Bova still calmly commanded. His Order was quickly relayed.
In one of the Main Ship's Cabins, hundreds of golden Sovereign Drone Fighters flew out, circling around to the other side of the Main Ship. They launched an Attack towards those flying Xenomorphs. Energy Beams rained down from under the Drone Fighters' wings, instantly blowing dozens of flying Xenomorphs into Shattered pieces!
Just as Bova breathed a sigh of relief watching the invading Xenomorphs being eliminated on the Surveillance Screen, he completely failed to notice that just as he turned off the Spaceship's Alarm System to make a call, some Cloaked Xenomorphs clinging to the Spaceship had already used their Blood to melt another Hole dozens of meters deep into the Spaceship! Shadow Storm gripped a Magic Weapon War Blade tightly with both hands, sharp enough to cut metal and jade, and even capable of cutting Secondary Adamantium Alloy, constantly expanding the hole made by these Xenomorphs. Soon, under this invincible Battle Blade, Shadow Storm dug in dozens of meters and finally reached the deepest part of this weak hull section.
As he inserted the Battle Blade into this Metal Plate, he used force with both hands. The scorching hot red blade drew a circle three meters in diameter on the Spaceship's hull. With a clang, the last half meter of Alloy hull plate fell directly—
Inside the Spaceship Cabin, a Sovereign Woman wearing a white isolation suit was hurrying towards the Sample Storage Room, pushing an Experiment Sample Sealed Box, following instructions after hearing the Alarm. Suddenly, she noticed that the Spaceship's hull seemed to have an extra section of something. Before she could see clearly what it was, a huge suction force suddenly sucked her towards the hull wall, towards that suddenly appearing Hole!
"Rip!"
From the Hole, a sharp Xenomorph Triangular Tail Spike suddenly shot out, directly piercing the chest of this Sovereign Woman and flinging her away. Then countless Xenomorphs crawled in along this Entrance, and a slaughter began to unfold on this Spaceship. Shadow Storm walked into the Spaceship holding a Battle Blade upside down in his hand. He didn't immediately participate in the killing Game of those Xenomorphs. Instead, he opened the Personal Computer on his wrist and issued the Attack Order to the Predator Spaceships that had long been ambushed several Light-years away.
"Detach the invaded Cabins, use the Ship Cannons to destroy them!"
In the Spaceship's Main Control Room, looking at the several outer Cabins in chaos on the Surveillance Screen, Cow-man Bova's face was completely pale. He couldn't for the life of him figure out where these Xenomorphs had sneaked in from. Watching the tall figure on the Surveillance Screen holding a Battle Blade and easily cutting open the Spaceship's connecting Hatch, Bova knew this was no time to hesitate! He quickly gave the Order to separate the invaded Spaceship hull sections and at the same time, dispatch the Armed Forces within the Spaceship to nearby hull sections to prepare to engage the Enemy.
But before the Spaceship hull sections here had separated, the Alarm Sound once again echoed throughout the entire Spaceship. Bova opened the Spaceship's Detection System. He saw that dozens of Butterfly-shaped Ships had appeared in Space at some unknown time and were launching an Attack towards them!
With Enemies both inside and out, and companions on the Ground waiting for his Rescue, Bova felt at a loss for the first time.
"Dr. Wyndham, where on earth did you go?"
"Boom boom boom boom—"
Dozens of Ship Cannons fired several rounds of roaring beams, an Attack powerful enough to completely level a Mountain Range, smashing onto a high-grade transparent wall, turning into light waves and scattering in all directions, kicking up a strange and massive Scarlet Sandstorm in this Desert.
"Doctor!"
Tagar looked at the nearly Illusory Figure standing in front of him. Having followed the High Evolutionary for so many years, he naturally knew that Dr. Wyndham's Soul could leave his Physical Body, and that this Doctor possessed power almost like Gods and Devils.
"Doctor, Bolgar is dead, something must have happened to the Main Ship too!"
"I know!" The High Evolutionary looked up at the Sky. He clearly saw the dozens of Predator Spaceships that were attacking his Spaceship.
Tagar heard the displeasure in the High Evolutionary's tone and quickly closed his mouth, standing behind the High Evolutionary without saying a word.
Boom boom boom boom—
At this moment in the Sky, Ship Four continued to relentlessly Bombard the area below.
After rounds of Shelling, Rocket Raccoon's complexion in the Spaceship's Main Control Cabin also turned ugly. He magnified the Surveillance on the Spaceship and finally saw clearly the Figure blocking Tagar.
"High Evolutionary!" Rocket Raccoon's Voice was full of hatred. "Diversion, a very good idea. Unfortunately, in the face of absolute Strength, everything is just futile!"
The High Evolutionary's Gaze swept over the surrounding Xenomorphs. A powerful Psionic Power instantly erupted from his Body. Over a hundred surviving Xenomorphs, along with thousands of Fiend Goblins, were directly turned into Ash by this powerful Cosmic Psionic Energy.
He gave Tagar a look back, signaling him to bring the unconscious Dark Iron Blood.
Tagar stepped forward and picked up the Dark Predator.
The High Evolutionary looked up at the Gun Port overhead pointing at him. The next second, he took Tagar and the Dark Predator in his hand and appeared at a High Altitude a thousand meters up, outside the Spaceship's Main Control Room. Through the dozens of meters thick Spaceship hull, the High Evolutionary's Spirit body seemed to see a familiar Figure inside the Spaceship. Instantly, the High Evolutionary's anger disappeared. A trace of Surprised and pleasant surprise flashed across his somewhat Illusory face.
"Rocket! Long time no see! Is this Heaven's affirmation of my manufacturing of Perfect species?!"
The High Evolutionary placed his somewhat Illusory Palm on the Spaceship's hull. The next second, the entire Spaceship instantly turned into Shattered pieces like foam.
Rocket Raccoon and Groot lost their footing and instantly fell towards the Ground.
"Ahhh—"
Rocket Raccoon felt himself falling towards a High Altitude ten thousand meters up. While Screaming, he loudly called for Rescue from someone: "Tang, help! Boss, Boss, help!"
"Little guy, are you calling for me?" The High Evolutionary extended his hand, and Rocket Raccoon and Groot immediately stopped their downward momentum.
The High Evolutionary looked at Rocket Raccoon, whom he hadn't seen in a long time. This was his creation, and also Heaven's Grace bestowed upon him, a Helper to help him create Perfect species.
Although he was over ten years late, luckily, this little guy finally returned to his side.
"He's calling for me!"
Just as the High Evolutionary was controlling Cosmic Spiritual Power, pulling Rocket Raccoon to his side, and was about to pat his Head, a Voice suddenly sounded behind the High Evolutionary.
(end of chapter)