Chapter 133: Frontline Situation Critical

The more you explain, the worse it gets.

Mo Mo Bu Yu wanted to cry but had no tears—he'd accept it if he'd really done something, but the problem was he hadn't! Looking at his uncle's terrifying gaze.

Ssshh~ Wait!

Could Uncle be thinking I'm deliberately seeking revenge?

"Enough, we'll discuss this later!"

Though they'd concealed it, passersby still sensed something odd about them, but such matters were never suitable for public display.

Immediately, Liu Yu waved his hand; except for Liu Yang, who was also in the Union with the Dao Realm, the others vanished outright.

"Hmph!"

Liu Yang's face darkened; he let out a cold snort, then stepped forward and vanished as well.

Second floor of the tavern.

Xu Xing and Xiang Yuanjun sat across from each other, drinking; the Nine Mist Cup in the jade flask was already half-empty, yet both remained expressionless, showing no sign of effect.

Just a bit of wine—it could hardly affect either of them.

"It seems their entanglement won't be resolved anytime soon," Xu Xing said.

Karmic entanglement isn't fixed; it constantly adjusts subtly based on the experiences of those involved.

Like Mo Mo Bu Yu and Liu Yingying—after this incident, their karmic bond grew even tighter.

If things continue this way, either they'll eventually become Dao companions, or Mo Mo Bu Yu must wait until he reaches the Union with the Dao Realm to sever his karmic ties with Liu Yingying himself.

"Brother seems quite concerned about this matter."

"Merely interesting," Xu Xing shook his head slightly. "But it ends here."

This is merely a small diversion to lighten the mood on this journey; the main goal remains about Yuan.

But once this journey's objective is fulfilled, it wouldn't hurt to give Mo Mo Bu Yu and Liu Yingying a small gift.

…………

In the starry void.

Western Star Region, Huiyu Star System, Hui Ming Third Star System.

The biological weapon serpent and the Jin Guang manifestation still fought; Chi Jiuyu, to avoid their battle's residual waves from reaching them, used the starship's engraved teleportation array for multiple short-range teleports.

Now, their starship is over twenty light-years from the Hui Ming Third Star System.

A perfectly safe distance.

Gulu gulu!

The red oil in the pot churned relentlessly, its intense aroma stimulating the taste buds.

Chi Jiuyu grabbed a large helping of her favorite fish slices, plunged them into the boiling oil, swirled them for mere seconds—the paper-thin slices cooked in under three seconds—and swiftly fished them out, dipped them in the oil sauce, then crunched them in her mouth.

Originally, they'd planned to relax and rest on the fourth planet of the Hui Ming Third Star System.

Unexpectedly, an incident occurred—so they'd just have to make do on the starship.

Zhang Yunlu sat across from her, bowl in hand; between them boiled the hot pot, its edge piled with various ingredients, almost none of them vegetables.

Because Chi Jiuyu didn't much care for vegetables.

She glanced over at the Jin Guang manifestation still locked in fierce combat with the biological weapon serpent—massive scales, mixed with flying golden light, shot in all directions like tiny asteroids.

They'd been fighting for hours.

The serpent's tail had been severed halfway, one fang broken, its scales reduced to a small fraction; its crimson, still-wriggling flesh was blackened by lightning and fire, purple threads writhing beneath its skin.

The Jin Guang manifestation fared no better—its two heads and four arms had become one head and three arms, and its radiance had dimmed considerably since the start.

Even the spherical outer shell artifact surrounding the star system had shattered by more than half.

"..."

They're fighting so fiercely over there, yet here we are, hot potting.

"Hurry up and eat!" Chi Jiuyu's rosy lips glistened with oil. "We can't help anyway, so just relax—this isn't the front line, nothing bad'll happen."

In space, the closer you are to the Central Continent, the safer you are—one of the basic rules.

The Hui Ming Third Star System isn't far from the Central Continent. Zhang Yunlu stared for a while.

"Didn't we teleport farther out? Why hasn't the image changed?"

"Hmm! You mean this?" Chi Jiuyu pulled out a tissue and wiped her mouth. "The image we're seeing isn't captured by the starship—it's from the 'Virtual Projection Observation System,' directly linked to the Sword Sect's battle network."

"So this is real-time footage observed by the Ancestral Sword, then broadcast to us via the network."

Chi Jiuyu turned her head toward the battlefield; every detail was crystal clear, as if she were right there.

Thanks to the new module installed—old models never had this clarity.

But the key lies in the Ancestral Sword; only an artifact of its caliber can monitor such vast star regions.

Hmm…

One day, my sword will become this powerful too! Chi Jiuyu thought to herself.

"How long until we reach our destination?" Zhang Yunlu asked again.

Without hesitation, Chi Jiuyu replied: "If all goes well, same as always—three days is enough."

Three days…

The itinerary hasn't changed due to this incident—my original plan doesn't need adjusting. "I'm full."

Zhang Yunlu set down her bowl and stood up, preparing to go train.

But the moment she rose, the starship lurched violently; luckily, she was agile, stepping back a few paces to steady herself.

Chi Jiuyu moved faster—unaffected, she seized the instant of the ship's lurch and stowed the hot pot and everything else.

Before Zhang Yunlu could even understand what had happened—

"Reinforcements have arrived!"

Hm?!

She turned her head to look, and saw that on the battlefield, the biological weapon giant serpent and the Jin Guang dharma-phase had both stopped fighting at the same time.

Immediately, the Jin Guang dharma-phase rapidly retreated backwards, its body continuously shrinking, as if about to withdraw from the battlefield.

And the biological weapon giant serpent raised its head to gaze upward, continuously letting out roars from its mouth, terrifying ripples layering upon one another, and some of the stellar debris that had already gathered together shattered once again.

At this moment!

Where it gazed upward, infinite radiance descended with a momentum that nearly swept everything aside horizontally, like the breaking of the mythological Buzhou Mountain, crashing down with a thunderous boom.

That was a finger…

A terrifyingly unmatched finger that surpassed the size of the third star system of Radiance!

Compared to it, the biological weapon giant serpent with its terrifying size could almost be said to be worlds apart.

The starship shook violently once again.

Still without any sound, the fingertip had not yet touched the biological weapon giant serpent, but that terrifying pressure was like the sharpest divine blade in the world.

Scales, flesh, blood, bone — all were being annihilated bit by bit beneath this pressure.

Like crushing an ant to death, from beginning to end the giant serpent was unable to put up any resistance, and was easily flicked to death.

Dao Merging!

In the starry sky, when a Return-to-Void cultivator unfolds their dharma-phase it is already the size of a star system, let alone Dao Merging above that?

A so-called star system is nothing more than a single finger of theirs.

This! This is what a great power truly is!

However, after flicking the giant serpent to death with one finger, the Dao Merging cultivator who had come to provide support did not leave.

A starry-sky giant eye, seemingly gathered from stars and likewise the size of a star system, opened and looked toward the location of the starship.

Zhang Yunlu's heart chilled — she actually felt that the gaze of that starry-sky giant eye had passed through the "Virtual Projection Observation System" and landed on her.

In fact, it wasn't just her; Chi Jiuyu also had this feeling.

"By order of the garrison commander of Cangfeng, to quell the disturbance and see the two of you off. The front-line war is intense — you two complete your mission as soon as possible and return to the Central Continent!"

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