Chapter 395: The Battle Settled, the 'Ring Grandpa' Awakens

Meanwhile, outside the underground shelter.

Seven hundred li southwest of Yuyao No. 1 Middle School.

A 'Meteorite,' trailing a long tail of flame, plummeted from the sky and slammed into the ground, kicking up boundless waves of dust.

Boom boom boom!

The billowing smoke and dust swallowed everything around it; for a time the entire land kept trembling, and finally could bear it no longer and cracked apart!

Within those waves of dust, one could see massive, ferocious giant beasts, each like a mountain range, appearing and disappearing intermittently.

"Roar!"

Like the combined furious roars of a thousand beasts, the dust that had risen high swelled up violently like a balloon being inflated.

Once it reached its limit, it directly 'poured' outward in all directions.

In an instant, dust veiled the clouds and covered the moon, murky fog bewildered the sky, and everything within hundreds of li became a hazy blur.

And in the very center, within the inwardly collapsed deep pit, several different terrifying creatures—some like lions or tigers, some like dragons or snakes, some with wingspans of hundreds of meters—roared toward the heavens.

As if pieced together from parts of various mythical beasts, they were bizarre yet incomparably ferocious.

The only thing they shared was the layer of pitch-black scales on their bodies, and the purple ghostly light flickering on and off between the scales.

All were biological weapons on par with Jin Dan; without cultivators at Jin Dan or above to stop them, they could slaughter every life on a planet within half a day.

Soon, a bizarre bird-shaped biological weapon with seven heads spread its wings and took flight; its scales reflected no light at all under the moonlight, as if a black hole that could swallow everything.

Its blood-red eyes locked onto a direction, directly detecting the dense life signatures hiding within.

Screech~!

With a single cry, its massive size in no way hindered its terrifying speed; it was like a black arrow, about to rush over and wipe out all the humans hiding underground!

Hum~!

A thread of sword light came soaring from afar, crossing paths with the bizarre bird biological weapon!

The bizarre bird biological weapon stiffened violently; its seven heads were severed clean from its body and fell toward the ground.

On the massive carcass, the cut surface was incomparably smooth, emanating a chilling cold.

The remains crashed toward the ground, snapping countless Lin Mu!

And that thread of sword light, after slaying the bizarre bird, did not stop; only when it reached the front of those several biological weapons did it thunderously slash out a sword light as bright as a new moon!

Whooo~

One only felt the cold wind whistling; the sudden drop in temperature caused a layer of Bai Shuang to form on the scales of those biological weapons.

Zhang Yunlu followed right behind the new-moon sword light, sword in hand pressing toward the several biological weapons; her expression was calm, but the excitement in her eyes burned fiercely.

This past year, cultivating the 'Shi Mie Sword Canon,' obtaining the Nine-Turn Immortal Jin Dan, and further filling in her shortcomings in swordsmanship and divine abilities, her realm reached Mid-Golden Core.

Compared to when she had just 'comprehended the Dao,' she could almost be said to have been reborn anew.

Now facing several biological weapons on par with Jin Dan, she crushed through them like dry weeds, directly slaughtering the foremost one that resembled three male lions.

The deputies who had followed her, as well as the other Jin Dan cultivators, all clicked their tongues in secret awe at this sight.

That is seriously over the top!

At this moment, they finally understood the feeling those Soul Transformation cultivators had when they saw Chi Jiuyu single-handedly blocking the enemy in the starry sky.

Before they could be shocked for long, soon several more 'Meteorites' trailing tail flames came falling down.

Everyone came back to their senses and rushed toward the direction where the biological weapons were about to fall.

They were the last line of defense; they had to hold out until reinforcements arrived!

……

……

At this moment, outside the star system

The battle between the star-system guardian Feng Tianrui and the two Return-to-Void realm biological weapons had also reached a white-hot stage.

Of course, Feng Tianrui was at a disadvantage……

These are Return-to-Void realm!

And it's a one-versus-two; even those absolute prodigies of the Xian Sect, once they reached Return-to-Void, could at most fight across one minor realm to a draw.

And he still had some gap compared to those 'absolute prodigies of the Xian Sect'……

Around the two Return-to-Void realm biological weapons, a strange, thick gray fog constantly emanated, affecting and distorting all information trying to be transmitted outward.

However, after an intense battle, the gray fog was no longer as thick as before.

'The information should have been transmitted; even if it wasn't, the star-system guardian my lord should have noticed the anomaly by now.'

Feng Tianrui thought to himself.

Return-to-Void is the guardian of a star.

And Dao Merging is the guardian of a star system.

A true, genuine great figure who commands a domain.

'Next, I can fight while retreating; best to fall back into the formation and use its power to keep these two beasts occupied.'

It's a one-versus-two!

If I keep stubbornly holding on, I might die here, and then the entire Yuyao star system would be finished!

Thinking of this, he no longer hesitated: "Everyone fall back into the formation; use its power to keep the biological weapons occupied!"

A transmission of divine soul spread out through the cosmic void.

One of the biological weapons seized the opportunity and viciously bit a chunk out of his Dharma Aspect!

Damn it!

The Dharma Aspect was damaged, and the searing pain from his divine soul made Feng Tianrui start cursing inwardly nonstop.

He did not retreat; instead he stepped forward, and amid the rolling surge of profound thunder, he slammed down toward the ferocious giant beast before him!

They had to hold on first, wait for everyone behind them to retreat into the formation!

At this moment, the second line of defense.

Chi Jiuyu, fighting five alone, had already slain one; the remaining four Soul Transformation-level bio-weapons had also been beaten by her until they were on their last breath.

Hearing Feng Tianrui's soul transmission, she did not retreat either, and pressed forward a bit.

Among the Soul Transformation cultivators here, her combat strength was the highest, so she also had to fight for the chance for those behind her to retreat into the formation!

Not only her—the other Soul Transformation cultivators thought the same way, fighting for time to let the Nascent Souls retreat into the formation first.

In this kind of situation, once anyone panicked, it would be a total rout.

Moreover… because Chi Jiuyu alone had blocked off so many, their pressure actually wasn't that great. At the very least, there was no danger to their lives.

Among them, the only one who wanted to leave as quickly as possible was You Hao at the edge of the battlefield.

But unfortunately, he couldn't do it.

Because his position was too marginal, the other Soul Transformation cultivators found it hard to spare attention to support him; he could only face one alone.

Let alone breaking free, even just resisting was extremely difficult.

Damn!

Fucking hell, how did he get so unlucky!

You Hao fumed inwardly. The giant tiger with bone spurs on its back seized the chance, and with one pounce bit off his Dharma Form's right hand.

Just like that, after barely dragging things out for a little over half a minute, all the Nascent Soul-stage cultivators had already retreated inside the Yu Yao Heng Star System's protective formation.

Seeing this, the Soul Transformation cultivators also began gradually retreating inward.

It was at this moment that a few people, seeing You Hao's situation seemed rather dire, freed their hands and hurried over to help him resist together.

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Without the slightest hesitation, You Hao turned and fled toward the depths of starry sky, leaving the two Soul Transformation cultivators who had come to help completely dumbfounded.

No, you—

But, the very next instant after You Hao escaped!

Hum~!

The entire Yu Yao Heng Star System, and the starry sky around it, completely froze; everyone's movements were entirely suspended.

The shattered scales and flesh, and the scattered light from the destroyed Dharma Form bodies.

Everything was frozen solid within the cosmic space.

Like a drop of clear spring water, a crisp "ding-dong."

A pure-white feather of light was seen drifting down, as if falling onto a still lake, rippling out in circles, especially eye-catching in the frozen starry sky.

The ripples kept spreading in all directions; wherever they passed, all the bio-weapons—be it Return-to-Void or Jin Dan—shattered into the tiniest particles the instant they were touched.

Only after all the bio-weapons had been completely destroyed did the frozen starry sky flow once more.

The pure-white feather of light suspended in cosmic space emitted a faint glow, from which a hazy humanoid figure of light manifested.

Only the size of an ordinary person, not conspicuous before the towering Dharma Forms.

But that intense presence—bright as the sun and moon, distinct as the stars in their courses—still made all the cultivators on the battlefield look toward her at once.

Yuling Zhenjun.

A Dao Merging great power of Ling Yin Fang, the guardian of this star system, and also the founder of the Yuling Interstellar Hotel!

Her identity surfaced with absolute clarity in everyone's mind.

"……"

Once she herself reached Dao Merging in the future, she would definitely use this kind of stylish entrance!

Although she had decided to take the approachable route…

But she was, after all, the Sect Master of the Sword Sect—style points were definitely required!

Chi Jiuyu said silently in her heart.

Then she withdrew her Dharma Form and returned to her ordinary appearance.

At the edge of the battlefield, You Hao also stopped at this moment.

Looking at Yuling Zhenjun in the center of the battlefield, his heart was as dead as ashes.

………

Several hours later.

The bio-weapon attack, with Yuling Zhenjun's intervention, finally came to an end.

But what was surprising was that after the incident ended and casualties were tallied as usual, it was found that in the affected areas this time, not a single person had died.

How strange.

Logically speaking, a bio-weapon attack of this scale would definitely have caused casualties…

Such an uncanny matter even piqued Yuling Zhenjun's interest a little; she sent an incarnation into the Yu Yao Star System to investigate.

Of course, this matter was far too remote for the vast majority of people on Yu Yao's fourth planet.

After Gu Wangjun emerged from the underground shelter, he rushed home at once.

And his younger sister was already home; after confirming she was safe and sound, he was finally able to set his mind at ease.

It was already late, so the two siblings chatted briefly and then rested.

Back in the bedroom.

Gu Wangjun sat on the bed, gazing out the window; the clear breeze stirred the curtains, and bright moonlight spilled into the room. His mind was filled entirely with what had happened earlier in the underground shelter.

Was that really his own hallucination?

That senior said he would help make up the deficit, but right now he didn't feel any different at all…

"Might as well try cultivating!"

This was the best way to verify his current state.

No sooner said than done. Gu Wangjun sat cross-legged, calmed his mind and focused his spirit, preparing to cultivate the Basic Qi Refinement Method.

After a pause, he opened his eyes again, took off the jet-black ring hanging around his neck, and set it aside.

Hoo~

Hee~

Just as he was breathing in and out to cultivate, the ring beside him trembled slightly, and intricate, elaborate golden patterns surfaced on it.

It seemed something within was awakening. (End of chapter)