Chapter 109: One-Sided Massacre (Bonus for Alliance Leader Shao Hua Yi Shi | Hong Yan Yi Lao)

This material is made from a new type of substance, inscribed with divine runes, using Zhan Shen crystal stone. This material cannot be torn apart—if torn, it automatically restores itself.

Moreover, the Undying Spider contains a toxin; anyone struck by it will die from poisoning. 」 Ji Yuan spoke without holding back.

Divine runes? Ding Huan looked at Qi Qi Xinyue.

Clearly, Qi Qi Xinyue did not understand what divine runes were.

"What are divine runes?" Ding Huan asked again.

Ji Yuan shook his head—he didn't know either; these were all crafted by Rune Masters.

Worried Ding Huan might be dissatisfied, he explained: "Each divine rune on an Undying Spider is carved by a Rune Master, so outsiders have no knowledge of them.

The study of divine runes is extremely complex. Even our captain doesn't understand them."

"Ting Ti, Ji Yuan—what's the exact condition of the Xun Shen? Why haven't we received any reports yet?" A commanding voice came from the ship, recently renamed Lan Xing.

Ji Yuan looked at Ding Huan; Ding Huan pointed to the microphone.

Ji Yuan quickly said: "Report, Captain—the Xun Shen suffered severe damage. Ting Ti and I plan to repair it, but the repair will take considerable time."

"No need to repair. Return immediately." The captain's voice came again.

Seeing Ding Huan hold up one palm, Ji Yuan immediately understood and hurriedly said:

"We need at most five days. Ting Ti has already opened the activation chamber—if we don't fix it before closing it again, we'll waste even more time."

After a few breaths of silence, the captain said: "Fine. Speed up."

"Yes." Ji Yuan replied, then shut off the microphone.

"Can this ship transmit image data?" Ding Huan asked.

"Yes, but it consumes too much Zhan Shen crystal stone, so voice communication is standard." Ji Yuan answered carefully.

Ding Huan appeared satisfied and continued: "What are the Undying Spider's weaknesses?"

"Destroy the divine runes. The Undying Spider's runes are located on the sole of one leg and the top of its head—only when both runes are destroyed simultaneously does the Undying Spider die." Ji Yuan replied.

Ding Huan frowned: "If that's the case, wouldn't blowing the Undying Spider to pieces kill it?"

Ji Yuan shook his head: "Useless. The Undying Spider's runes are wrapped in an extremely durable material—even if the spider is blown apart, it regenerates.

Even if you cut off its legs, it can instantly reattach them; it's just a matter of how much Zhan Shen crystal stone it consumes."

"Good." Ding Huan finished speaking, raised his hand, and slashed a wind blade across Ji Yuan's neck, then kicked him out of the Lan Xing.

Before Ji Yuan's body hit the ground, a fireball engulfed him.

"Ah…" Qi Qi Xinyue gasped as she watched Ding Huan kill Ji Yuan with clean, decisive efficiency.

She had assumed Ji Yuan's obedience would spare his life; she never expected Ding Huan to kill him immediately after he finished speaking.

Ding Huan looked at Qi Qi Xinyue and said: "If I hadn't killed him, he might one day kill you directly or indirectly. Remember—show mercy to an enemy, and you shouldn't step outside. You'll die in your own hands sooner or later."

"Yes, Big Brother." Qi Qi Xinyue replied. She felt she still couldn't match Ding Huan's ruthless decisiveness.

After taking control of the Lan Xing, Ding Huan immediately opened the energy chamber to inspect it.

Inside the energy chamber were one hundred and twenty-seven Zhan Shen crystal stones.

"Didn't the Xun Shen have over ten thousand Zhan Shen crystal stones? Why are there so few here?" Ding Huan asked, puzzled.

Qi Qi Xinyue explained:

"The Xun Shen was deployed alone—a lone vessel. The Lan Xing sailed alongside the Zhan Shen war disc; most of the energy-providing Zhan Shen crystal stones are stored on the main war disc, not on the Lan Xing."

"I see." Ding Huan nodded, then found the Lan Xing's communicator.

This communicator, when carried, allows constant awareness of whether the Lan Xing is under attack.

"Huh? What's this?" Ding Huan picked up a crystal box filled with thousands of pill-like objects.

"These are energy pellets. Swallow one, and you won't feel hungry for several days. Before, the Shit Beetle was our housekeeper, but he didn't cook daily—only a few times a month.

Most of the time, energy pellets were our staple food." Qi Qi Xinyue said.

"Then these are valuable. The Xun Shen must've had energy pellets too—they were probably taken by the Shit Beetle." Ding Huan thought. The Xun Shen had none; if it had, Zhong Chi would've mentioned it.

"Yes. In space, energy pellets are even more vital than Zhan Shen crystal stones." Qi Qi Xinyue explained.

Ding Huan nodded, then shut the Lan Xing's hatch: "Xinyue, we'll cultivate here. I must advance further."

He pulled out five Zhan Shen crystal stones and handed them to Qi Qi Xinyue.

"Mm." Qi Qi Xinyue knew: the stronger Ding Huan became, the better.

The people from Zhan Shen Continent were all merciless killers. The only way to reason with them was to be stronger than them.

…

With Zhan Shen crystal stones available, Ding Huan no longer held back—he cultivated without restraint.

He aimed to reach Level Nine Gene Cultivator within five days; without frantic cultivation, he doubted he could achieve it.

…

On the West Asia battlefield, countless shells rained down on the Zhan Shen base.

Federation Commander Gu Zhong watched the distant Zhan Shen base with growing unease. Previous minor engagements had shown him that this alien civilization far surpassed Earth.

This time, he planned a concentrated assault—if they still held, Earth was truly doomed.

After all, this was only their vanguard force.

If Earth couldn't even defeat their vanguard, how could it hope to stop an alien invasion?

Yet no matter how many shells fell, they were all blocked by a celestial curtain. White light flickered constantly across it; the shells could not penetrate.

Gu Zhong's worry deepened.

If they still couldn't break through, he'd have to send martial artists and gene cultivators with piercing explosive arrows for direct assault.

Nuclear strikes were the final option, but given this terrifying light barrier, could nukes even breach their defense?

His greatest fear was that they hadn't begun counterattacking yet.

As if confirming Gu Zhong's thoughts—

The Zhan Shen Base fired wave after wave of beams, each beam as if endowed with eyes, precisely destroying one artillery platform and missile launcher after another.

These beams possessed terrifying destructive power; any missile launcher or missile touched by them was obliterated.

Earth had laser weapons too, but compared to these, they were as laughable as children playing house.

As for humans, anyone who came near was immediately shot down.

Gu Zhong's hands trembled slightly.

He knew well that these beams were not the enemy's most terrifying weapon—they still possessed field weapons.

The reason these missiles couldn't penetrate was likely due to the enemy's field weapon blocking them.

This was also why he dared not order his soldiers to charge; once they entered the enemy's field weapon's kill range, no matter how many soldiers, they would only be sent to die.

Rows of Federation soldiers were cut down by the beams—it was a completely unequal battle.

The Federation's million-strong army had not killed a single enemy so far.

Yet the enemy's field weapon and Immortal Spider had not yet unleashed their power.

"General Gu, let us advance! I'll take the Penetrating Explosive Arrow Cannon—I refuse to believe we can't tear through their energy shield!" Zhu Qinjiang's temples bulged with veins, his fists clenched tighter than Gu Zhong's.

This one-sided slaughter filled him with rage so intense he felt he might vomit blood.

Gu Zhong shook his head: "Advancing now is suicide. We retreat farther and prepare for a concentrated nuclear strike."

No sooner had he finished speaking than tens of thousands of Immortal Spiders surged forward in a swarm.

"Retreat! Do not engage!" Gu Zhong immediately ordered withdrawal.

He had fought dozens of skirmishes with these Immortal Spiders and knew well they could not be killed.

Engaging the Immortal Spiders would only cause more Federation soldiers to die—pointlessly.

…

Five days passed in the blink of an eye; when the Blue Star's captain's voice came through again, Ding Huan awoke from his cultivation.

He was still far from reaching Level Nine Gene Cultivator—even without a bottleneck and with sufficient Zhan Shen Crystals, an optimistic estimate required at least half a month.

Forget it. I'll stop here for now. A Level Eight Mid-Stage Gene Cultivator should be enough to deal with those alien bastards.

"Captain, we've repaired the Find God. We expect to return tomorrow," Ding Huan replied, mimicking Ji Yuan's voice.

"You've wasted too much time. Return immediately," the captain said, then hung up—clearly dissatisfied with Ji Yuan and Ting Ti.

"Big Brother Ding, are we going to deal with those alien war saucers?" Qi Xinyue had begun to understand Ding Huan's methods.

In one sense, Big Brother Ding was also cautious—sometimes even more cautious than a dung beetle.

Unlike the dung beetle, when Big Brother Ding wasn't cautious, he could be described as outright insane.

"Of course. Otherwise, why would I be cultivating here? Hey, that guy…"

Ding Huan had been about to wonder whether Zhong Chi hadn't returned to Puhai yet—until he saw Lao Liu trailing behind Zhong Chi, and realized the man hadn't just returned to Puhai, he'd rushed back here in a panic.

Zhong Chi himself was uneasy, fearing Ding Huan wasn't on Bi'ao Island.

If Ding Huan wasn't on Bi'ao Island, he had no idea where else to find him. In Zhong Chi's view, only Ding Huan could handle those alien war saucers.

When Zhong Chi hurried to the outside of the Federation International Museum, he froze in place—what had he seen?

A complete alien warship—identical to the one displayed inside the museum.

Zhong Chi was certain this warship was not the one from the museum.

The only possibility was that one of the four alien warships had appeared here; their purpose could only be the Find God.

Zhong Chi quickly retreated, intending to hide behind an advertisement sign farther away.

But as soon as he took a few steps back, Ding Huan's lazy voice reached him: "Old Zhong, stop hiding. Come up."

"Ding Huan, little brother?" Zhong Chi blinked, then burst into ecstatic joy and rushed forward.

"Hahahaha…" Before he even reached the Blue Star, Zhong Chi roared with laughter: "I knew you were here! Those alien monkeys came just to deliver themselves—and now they've even delivered a spaceship!"

Even if he'd been slow-witted, he now realized: Ding Huan must have been cultivating here, and when the alien ship came to investigate the Find God, Ding Huan had slaughtered it.

Lao Liu shot Zhong Chi a disgruntled glance—what did he mean by "alien monkeys"? What did monkeys ever do to him?