manynovel Chapter 437: Reopening the Space Passage, Returning to Blue Star
Chapter 437: Reopening the Space Passage, Returning to Blue Star
Five meters...
Three meters...
One meter...
The four Monarch-level members of the Alien Race held their breath, carefully guiding the crystal toward the most intricate groove in the very center of the platform.
"CLICK."
The crisp sound of it locking into place echoed across the silent platform.
A perfect fit!
This was the moment!
Without a moment’s hesitation, Chu Sheng whipped out the God-devouring Needle and plunged it viciously into the most sensitive nerve cluster behind the ear of the void toad beneath him!
Then, instead of absorbing its Qi Blood, he injected it with Divine Dao True Flame!
"SCREEEEEE—!!!"
The void toad, which had been floating quietly, suddenly let out an ear-piercing shriek.
Its massive body convulsed violently, and it began to thrash about wildly in mid-air.
This sudden development startled all the members of the Alien Race below.
"What’s going on?!"
"Get it under control! Stop it from thrashing around!"
The Monarch-level members of the Alien Race paled, rushing to pacify the frenzied beast.
The scene instantly devolved into chaos.
And in that fleeting moment of chaos, a minuscule black shadow shot off the void toad’s back and vanished into thin air.
When he reappeared, he was already at the central groove.
The Top-Grade Crystal had just slotted into place, but the Array had yet to be fully activated.
It was still missing the final step: the injection of activation Energy.
...
Chu Sheng landed on the enormous purple crystal.
He didn’t absorb the Energy within. Instead, he began to pour the surging Power of Space Origin from his own body into it as if it cost him nothing!
BOOM—!!!
Stimulated by a power of the same origin, the purple crystal instantly erupted in a brilliant light!
A purple column of light, a full hundred meters thick, shot into the sky without warning, piercing the clouds!
Immediately after, the entire forest of rocky peaks began to shake violently.
The earth cracked, and fierce winds howled.
A terrifying aura, as if from a primordial age, burst forth from the pillar of light.
"Who?! Who activated the Grand Array?!"
"Not good! The tunnel is opening!"
The members of the Alien Race below finally reacted, looks of terror on their faces.
Opening the tunnel without the Demon Lord’s order was a crime punishable by death!
Worse, the commotion was so great it was impossible to conceal.
At that moment, Chu Sheng was pressed flat against the crystal, feeling the wildly distorting Spatial Power all around him.
’Faster! Go faster!!’
He screamed frantically in his mind.
Although the pillar of light had erupted, the spatial tunnel still needed a few more seconds to fully form.
To him, these few seconds felt longer than a century.
He could already feel an utterly terrifying aura, thick with endless killing intent and fury, approaching from the tallest mountain peak!
It was the Purple Nether Demon Lord!
’I have to leave before he gets here, or I might not be able to leave at all!’
Chu Sheng stared at the slowly opening spatial tunnel, his heart pounding with anxiety.
’Hurry up.’
’Hurry the fuck up and open for Lord Mosquito!’
Finally!
The spatial tunnel slowly cracked open.
Without a moment’s hesitation, Chu Sheng fully activated his Boundless Wings and slipped through the narrow gap that had just opened!
A mere 0.001 seconds later, the Purple Nether Demon Lord’s figure appeared on the platform.
His sharp gaze swept across the area.
Yet even he couldn’t find the reason why the spatial tunnel had suddenly opened.
’An accident?’
’It wasn’t impossible.’
He stared into the depths of the spatial tunnel, his thoughts unreadable.
Then, with a casual wave of his hand, the newly opened spatial tunnel began to slowly close.
...
「Inside the spatial tunnel.」
It was the same despairing darkness and chaos as before.
Violent spatial turbulence, like countless invisible blades, slashed wildly at him from all sides.
But this time, Chu Sheng didn’t have that hulking member of the Alien Race to act as a meat shield.
He could only rely on himself.
VMMMM—
He unleashed his Power of Space Origin completely!
A faint, silvery film of light covered his body, shielding him from the deadly turbulence.
It flickered precariously, but it held.
Chu Sheng shot through the pitch-black tunnel at extreme speed.
He was moving even faster than on his way in.
’The tunnel could close at any moment. It would be a disaster if I got trapped in here!’
’Damn it.’
’This time, Lord Mosquito has really risked it all!’
...
「Meanwhile, at the Northern Domain’s First Defense Line on Blue Star.」
A piercing alarm, like a sharp knife, shattered the quiet.
"WEE-OOO! WEE-OOO! WEE-OOO!"
A Level One combat alert!
"What’s going on?! The Alien Race is back?!"
"I thought they’d been quiet lately?"
Soldiers on break dropped their bowls of food, grabbed their weapons, and rushed to the city walls.
In the command room atop the city wall, Luo Zhan shot to his feet, his black cloak billowing around him as if stirred by an unseen wind.
"Report, Commander! We’re detecting intense energy fluctuations from the Demon Eye!"
"The Alien Race’s spatial tunnel... it’s opening again!"
Luo Zhan’s pupils contracted.
’The Alien Race hasn’t attacked in over ten days. A sudden assault now can’t be a simple one!’
Without a moment’s hesitation, he smashed through the window and, in a flash, appeared atop the highest beacon tower.
He looked up. Thousands of meters in the sky, the black rift that had been sealed was now twisting violently.
An immense, heart-stopping pressure faintly seeped through the spatial barrier.
"All personnel, to your battle stations!"
Luo Zhan’s voice boomed across the entire defense line:
"Activate the Defense Grand Array! All Spiritual Energy cannons, charge!"
"Hold the line to the death!!!"
The tension was palpable.
Tens of thousands of pairs of eyes were glued to the sky.
Everyone gripped their weapons, their hearts a mix of fear, courage, fighting spirit, and unease.
They prepared for the worst, ready to face the tide of the Alien Race’s army that was sure to pour out.
One second... two seconds... one minute...
The rift twisted ever more violently, as if some behemoth were about to burst from a cocoon.
"Here it comes!" someone exclaimed.
The rift suddenly gaped open.
"Prepare to fire!!"
The artillery commander’s hand was raised, ready to bring it down with force.
However, in the next second, everyone froze.
There was no sky-blotting army from the Alien Race.
No terrifying beam of Energy.
From the enormous rift, with a soft "POP," flew out a tiny black dot.
The black dot was so small that, compared to the massive Demon Eye, it was more insignificant than a speck of dust.
You wouldn’t have even noticed it if you weren’t looking closely.
After emerging, the black dot didn’t attack. Instead, it wobbled through the air for a couple of loops, looking a bit dizzy.
Immediately after, the massive rift in the sky, as if it had lost all support, rapidly closed and vanished.
The once-violent Energy fluctuations instantly subsided as well.
The sky returned to its previous calm.
All that remained was the solitary little black dot, hovering in mid-air.
"Wh... What is this?"
The soldiers on the wall looked at each other, utterly bewildered.
"Was that it? All thunder and no rain?"
"What’s the Alien Race playing at? Did they just show up to fart and then leave?"
As the crowd murmured in confusion, the little black dot began to descend.
As it got closer, some High-Tier Martial Artists with exceptional eyesight finally made out what it was.
"Wait... Is that... a mosquito?"
Suddenly, as if remembering something, someone’s eyes shot wide open and they cried out:
"Holy shit! That’s the Divine Mosquito!"
"It’s Gu Yuexi’s Contracted Beast!!"
That name struck everyone like a bolt of lightning.
Many in the Northern Domain had already heard the legends about this particular mosquito.
But!
Why did this mosquito, of all things, emerge from the Alien Race’s spatial tunnel?
Could it be one of the Alien Race, a disguised Outer Realm Fierce Beast?
Or... had it defected?!