Chapter 569: The Foolish Woman

On the same day, two Tenth Realm cultivators were born! This is the heavenly prosperity of my Lan Xing!

"Hahaha, now who can still be our opponent in the East?"

That day.

The entire East was filled with jubilation.

Other countries on Lan Xing were happy, some were worried.

For example, the Western countries.

They were falling further and further behind.

And after Lu Xun and Yun Shuoyue both broke through to the Tenth Realm, Lan Xing officially became a Second-rank Spirit Star.

"Has the Astra Star stopped?"

On Lu Xun's side, he learned of a situation through communicating with Barbara via their heart-bond.

The Astra Star currently stopped outside the Heavenly Ox Domain, and did not enter the Heavenly Ox Domain.

Because the Heavenly Ox Domain is extremely dangerous, it contains a large number of civilizations.

Spirit Stars lack the Tenth Realm; recklessly entering would result in being plundered by those powerful civilizations.

In the starry sky, ancient route nodes like the Heavenly Ox Domain are not many.

Barbara was still competing with Adel to see who could break through to the Tenth Realm first.

Even though the Astra Star is powerful, over a dozen years have passed and neither woman has managed to break through.

Barbara's cultivation showed no movement.

But Lu Xun knew for sure that she was using the "Abyssal Echo" spell.

Once she shows any movement, it will definitely mean she can break through.

"The harvest is indeed not bad!"

After Lan Xing reached the Spirit Realm where the Ancient Immortal Cave is located, Lu Xun entered the Ancient Immortal Cave once again.

Lan Xing's arrival here was a bit earlier than Lu Xun had previously anticipated.

Mainly because after Lu Xun returned, he accelerated Lan Xing's speed.

Nevertheless,

The dark energy chunks inside the Ancient Immortal Cave also piled up like mountains.

After Lu Xun cleared a wave of alien starry beasts, the dark energy here became far more than before.

Over a dozen years, it accumulated tens of millions of cubic units of dark energy.

Thus, the previous starry aliens indeed consumed a large amount of dark energy, causing the dark energy inside the Ancient Immortal Cave to decrease.

As for this Ancient Immortal Cave, Lu Xun intends to continue staying here.

As for Lan Xing, it continues on its journey.

"Wait until Barbara breaks through to the Tenth Realm before we talk."

After Lan Xing reached a node before the Heavenly Ox Domain, Lu Xun decided to wait for Barbara to break through to the Tenth Realm.

As for Yao Xing,

it also came to a stop.

Gu Yao also prepared to wait until breaking through to the Tenth Realm before entering the Heavenly Ox Domain.

"Is Barbara about to break through?"

One month later, Barbara told Lu Xun that she was about to break through, hoping he would come over to guard her.

Thus, Lu Xun reached the Astra Star again via the Six-pointed Star Array.

Now the two Spirit Stars are not particularly far apart, both located before the Heavenly Ox Domain.

"Barbara~"

"Lu~"

Seeing Lu Xun, Barbara happily flung herself into his embrace.

After not seeing each other for over a decade, Barbara missed Lu Xun greatly.

After spending an intimate night together, the adorable cat-eared girl Barbara leaned in Lu Xun's embrace, her fingers lightly drawing circles on his chest.

The two began to talk.

Barbara has been cultivating for over a decade.

Adel has not fallen behind either.

However, Adel seems to have encountered a problem, so she might cooperate with the forces of the Heavenly Ox Domain in order to stop Barbara from breaking through to the Tenth Realm.

Once Barbara attempts to break through to the Tenth Realm, someone will come to interfere, causing her to fail.

This pair of sisters truly love and hate each other.

"Barbara, leave it to me."

Lu Xun played with Barbara's tail, admitting.

"Mm!"

Barbara gently nodded, her face full of shyness and sweetness.

A few days later.

Barbara got herself ready, preparing to assault the Tenth Realm.

For a mage, advancing from the Nine Realms to the Tenth Realm involves no tribulation, but the difficulty is not small.

Moreover, the process of breaking through is extremely perilous and must not be disturbed.

That is why Barbara summoned Lu Xun to come and guard her.

After making all preparations, Barbara began to draw upon the cultivation stored in the Abyssal Echo.

Her cultivation, however, grew frenziedly.

Starting from the fifth layer of the Nine Realms, she broke through the sixth, seventh, eighth layers… all the way up to the Tenth Realm.

Then,

Babala began to assault the Tenth Realm.

This assault made Astela tremble.

"It's Babala—she's actually this fast!"

Adela sensed the disturbance, her face drastically changed.

Over the past decade or so, she had tried many times, all ending in failure.

Babala had shown no movement, yet now she suddenly began her assault.

"She won't succeed!"

Adela did not panic.

She felt Babala would not succeed.

But as time passed, Adela increasingly felt something was amiss.

Babala was advancing toward success at an astonishing speed.

"We must stop her!"

Adela steeled herself.

She did not want to invite outside interference.

But now, if Babala succeeded first, she would have no chance whatsoever.

"Babala, don't blame me—you forced me to this!"

Adela took out an object and crushed it.

Half a month later, a mighty fleet swooped down on Astela.

"Finally here… why are there so many?"

Adela sensed the disturbance, flew into space, and then saw that the opposing side had quite a few people.

Originally, she had only contacted a half-step into the Tenth Realm.

Who knew the other side would directly send a fleet.

This fleet is no ordinary one—its warships are extraordinarily huge.

These warships are ineffective against strong cultivators, as the cultivators are too agile for the warships' weapons to hit them.

But for assaulting a spirit star—striking its great protective formation and such—they are extremely formidable.

After the fleet appeared, large numbers of strong cultivators flew out from it, each greedily eyeing Astela.

"Tenth Realm!"

Adela's face changed.

Among these strong cultivators, there are those of the Tenth Realm!

"Teslu, what do you mean?"

Adela flew out.

"What do you mean? Are you truly stupid or just pretending? You know how valuable a quasi‑second‑tier spirit star is, don't you?"

The half‑step Tenth Realm cultivator named Teslu laughed.

Adela's expression sank: "Don't forget, we have a contract between us!"

"Indeed there is a contract, so I will help you fulfill it—stop her from breaking through the Tenth Realm; other matters are none of my concern."

Aslu spread his hands.

"You!"

Adela was furious.

She is actually not stupid, but she isn't particularly smart either.

As a royal princess, although she had schemed against Babala, her understanding of human treachery is far inferior to that of strong cultivators who rose from the lowly ranks.

Her current cultivation is also due to having schemed against Babala and obtaining that drop of divine blood.

Of course, mainly it's because she too desperately wanted to stop Babala and also yearned for the contract.

"What's the point of talking to her? Take this spirit star!"

The leading Tenth Realm cultivator said coldly.

"Don't even think about it!"

Adela tried to stop them.

But the incoming strong cultivators were too many—one of the Tenth Realm and a whole bunch of Nine Realms cultivators.

They are not a single race, but a combination of strong cultivators from various races.

These,

In the Heaven Ox Domain, they also have another name.

Spirit Star Hunters.

Specifically hunting spirit stars.

Adela could be said to have brought this upon herself.

Although Astela is extremely strong, facing so many strong cultivators, she was beaten back repeatedly.

"Heh, foolish woman."

Lu Xun did not rush to act.

In Lu Xun's eyes, Adela is truly both stupid and wicked.

Of course, it's not completely bad.

After all, she didn't directly take Barbara's life at first.

In that case, let her suffer a bit first.