Chapter 593: Ended?

Istrala's massive mechanical head exploded from the middle, various fragmented and twisted Mechanical Parts scattered across interstellar space.

Istrala had a total of seven mechanical tentacles, controlled by a unified Intelligent Node. At this moment, they had essentially all stopped moving, suspended in the Starry Sky, occasionally twitching, with Electric Arcs skimming across their surfaces.

As a large Mechanical Body, its overall toughness failing to keep up was one of its weaknesses.

But at the same time, because the mechanical body was processed by intelligent cores, it wouldn't easily die just because some parts of its body were damaged.

The residual data processing nodes were still functioning, but it was difficult to support the overall operation of the massive machine. The occasionally twitching mechanical tentacles had already lost their resistance.

"Did... did you see that?" A journalist grabbed their cameraman's arm, stuttering Speechless.

Not far from them, a Spaceship from the "Magic Horn Daily" had already exploded. A thick data transmission cable had pierced through the ship, causing a huge explosion, and the journalists aboard were blown to smithereens.

And they were relatively lucky, escaping a disaster.

"I saw it, I saw it, it's all recorded..." The cameraman's throat bobbed.

Most of the Turrets and energy Weapons on its surface had Fizzled Out, clearly making it difficult to continue attacking.

At the same time, an astonishing piece of news was spreading at an extremely fast speed on the Interstellar Network.

"Terrifying! Li Yu was actually ambushed by the Leader of the Abyss Research Institute, suspected to be at the end of his rope!"

Not much time had passed since the news of this rising interstellar star being ambushed broke out, and the follow-up had already arrived.

This caused the Interstellar Citizens, who had been waiting for a long time, to act like sharks smelling blood, constantly pursuing the source of the news.

"It was actually the Abyss Research Institute that did it. Having failed last time, they obviously accumulated a lot of anger."

"Yeah, there's finally some big fun to watch. I'm really tired of reading about those Scandals and whatnot."

"What's the follow-up? I want to know the follow-up!"

Wanting more information, they crazily flooded into this news channel, named—Old Black's Universe Chat.

"Damn it, why was it founded by a Black Ape? Looking at it makes me want to vomit..."

"Racial discrimination, huh? What's wrong with Black Apes? They're cheap and good...cough cough..."

"..."

Every minute and every second, tens of thousands of comments scrolled past. The terrifying heat left the host somewhat bewildered, taking quite a while to recover his senses.

Based on the brief news summary, many Interstellar Citizens already knew the general situation, but they wanted more information.

"Where's the follow-up?"

"Why did it stop after the Black-Robed Figure appeared? What happened next? Did they start fighting?"

"Where's the live combat video?"

"Fuck, no wonder the Black Ape is cheap. It's just a fucking few minutes of a short video, and you have the nerve to bait me into clicking..."

As a normal Independent Media, when had Old Black ever encountered such a terrifying wave of popularity?

While excited, he was also somewhat panicked. The number of private messages in his Backstage was soaring, mostly asking for his asking price.

The Black Ape race once served as a synonym for cheap slaves. It was only later, with the introduction of interstellar laws and the tightening of the Slave Trade, that they were gradually emancipated.

Black Apes, treated as typical low-class slaves, were freed and slowly integrated into Interstellar Society. However, the impression of the vast majority of Interstellar Citizens remained stuck in their slave phase.

Moreover, because they indeed had shortcomings in certain aspects and an extremely high racial crime rate, their reputation wasn't very good.

"Hello everyone..." He temporarily started an interstellar live broadcast. The number of viewers instantly soared, increasing by hundreds of thousands every second.

"...Due to certain reasons, I only captured these videos. The follow-up is still being investigated, please wait a moment..."

He suppressed the excitement in his heart, believing his choice was correct. Just this wave of popularity alone could cause his number of followers to skyrocket.

If he stayed there to take risks and something unexpected happened, then all of this would just be a pipe dream.

"Damn, so he's a coward. No wonder other large Interstellar Media don't have much information; their journalists should still be on the battlefield..."

"Let's go, let's go. Waste of time. There's still a huge gap between these Independent Media and large Interstellar Media."

"..."

After figuring out what was going on, the number of live broadcast viewers began to plummet.

Although he had anticipated this scene, after it really happened, watching the terrifying viewership numbers drop at an extremely fast speed, Old Black's mentality still underwent some changes.

How about... I go back and take a look?

This thought surfaced in his mind.

And the truly large media didn't care about this guy who suddenly popped up.

They had prepared all their measures, just waiting for the news from their own frontline journalists.

Then they could organize the text at the fastest speed and release it to the public.

It was just that the news brought by Old Black still stirred some people's thoughts.

Return Star...

Klein's expression was icy. In front of her were three projections, representing Return Star's three A5 Level lifeforms.

Bolvar from the Return Star Royalty, Rudolf from the Gold-Blood Clan, and the mysterious Conrad.

Lifeforms at their level generally wouldn't participate in the management of the civilization, acting only as the civilization's combat power and trump card.

They would only be dispatched when facing foreign invasion or facing equivalent enemies.

"Li Yu is my Return Star's Honorary Duke. Now that he's been ambushed, shouldn't you all go and support him!?" Klein suppressed her anger and questioned.

"Klein, you know Li Yu's exact situation better than we do." Bolvar's tone was indifferent:

"Given that he indeed made some contributions to Return Star's stability, it was fine when you used the civilization's resources to support him before."

"But under the current circumstances, this already belongs to his personal grudge. We have no need, nor will we go to support him."

"What's more, doesn't he still have people behind him? Why do we need to take action? You're overly worried."

Bolvar's attitude was very tough. The Gui Xing High Command could all see that on the surface, Klein was the Controller, but if Li Yu beckoned, their Empress would obediently crawl over.

This situation made them dare to be angry but not dare to speak, especially after Klein heavily purged dissidents following the defeat of the Abyss Institute last time.

Everyone was choosing to Play It Safe, not daring to criticize anything at all.

Bolvar saw all this and was anxious inside.

But the Other-Dimensional Camp had once saved Return Star, occupying the moral high ground to some extent.

And the other party's Strength was tyrannical, so he didn't dare to show it.

But now that Li Yu was ambushed, wanting him to provide support was clearly impossible.

"Empress, by the time we rush over, the battle will probably be over." Rudolf also shook his head. Unless it endangered the survival of Return Star, he generally wouldn't take action.

And Conrad didn't speak, but his opinion was already very obvious.

"Good, very good..." Klein stared at these three Old geezers. she had settled most of the middle and High Echelons, but she couldn't really do much against these three Old geezers in front of her.

This was the confidence brought by individual Strength.

………

On the other side of the battlefield, the Abyss Sovereign's four eyes flickered, cursing inwardly. Fighting to this point, his heart was already numb with shock.

He just wanted to cut open Li Yu's body to see exactly how he was built, how he could burst again and again.

No matter how much you burst, there must be a limit, right? But this Crazy Bastard seemed to have no limit, just shooting straight up.

The intensity of that Energy Ray just now made even him feel an extremely strong sense of danger.

If the target wasn't Istrala but himself, he didn't even know if he could take it.

Maybe he could, maybe he couldn't!

It was just that, subsequently... his eyes moved slightly, noticing something amiss with Li Yu.

After that Energy Ray, Li Yu's Aura suddenly plummeted sharply.

"That's more like it. Burst Techniques must have a limit. Whether it's consuming life or squeezing out potential, it can't possibly last forever."

He secretly sighed in relief, erasing the slight emotion of fear that had sprouted earlier.

Only then did he remember that the other party ultimately relied on Burst Techniques to reach his current combat power.

But he didn't need to consume any price. As long as he dragged out the time, victory would belong to him sooner or later.

Now, he could basically be certain that the Death Star was indeed unable to support the other party at this moment.

Otherwise, Li Yu wouldn't have used that Burst Technique earlier to forcibly eliminate Istrala. He clearly didn't want to fall into a state of being besieged either.

Having figured this out, the Abyss Sovereign retracted his Aura, no longer emitting a strong sense of presence, while simultaneously probing:

"You shouldn't be able to hold out for much longer..."

Li Yu let out a long breath. His heart pumped boiling plasma, and mist sprayed out from his pores, turning into dense energy, making him look exceptionally murderous.

Hearing this, he couldn't help but laugh: "What, the dignified Abyss Sovereign is planning to stall for time?"

"Other people won't remember the process, they will only remember the result." The Abyss Sovereign didn't develop any abnormal mentality because of Li Yu's words.

To him, as long as he could get the result he wanted, any method was acceptable.

"Actually, you should have chosen me as the target for that attack." The Abyss Sovereign didn't mind saying a few more words to delay more time: "If you eliminated me, facing Istrala, your pressure would be greatly reduced."

"Merely eliminating Istrala hasn't removed your threat."

Li Yu shrugged: "I originally wanted to eliminate you too, it's just that I didn't have 100% certainty, so I decided to eliminate Istrala first."

"Then next..." The Abyss Sovereign's gaze was deep: "Then how do you plan to face me next? You can't hold out for much longer, right."

"Exactly, so I plan to let it come!" Li Yu extended his palm, and without any warning, a massive Humanoid Machine appeared beside him. It was precisely the Death Star!

The Abyss Sovereign's eyes instantly bulged out. Unable to hold back any longer, he started Cursing Loudly: "Are you fucking sick in the head?! Why didn't you summon it earlier!?"

He was completely Speechless. He simply couldn't understand; since Li Yu could still summon the Death Star, why did he carry the burden alone earlier?

The main thing was that because Li Yu fought alone earlier, it gave him the illusion that the Death Star wasn't present, and he still had a chance to take Li Yu down.

Now that this illusion was torn to shreds, the Abyss Sovereign suffered a Mental Breakdown.

Li Yu chuckled but didn't respond.

If he had summoned the Death Star right from the start, not only would he not be able to eliminate the Abyss Sovereign, but after Istrala arrived, he wouldn't have the buff from [Lone Wolf] either, and it really wasn't certain he could instant kill Istrala.

If the time dragged on and his stamina was mostly consumed, then he'd be in trouble.

This was his original plan too. Taking advantage of the enemies not knowing his true capabilities, he would forcibly reduce the enemy numbers. After causing an imbalance in combat power, he could at least remain undefeated.

Now that Istrala was dead, leaving only the Abyss Sovereign as a single enemy, he could naturally summon the Death Star to fight together against him.

"You want to make me stay now?" The Abyss Sovereign's expression was Moody, and the thought of retreating had already sprouted.

"Your Excellency came from afar to ambush me. Wanting to leave without leaving something behind, aren't you looking down on me too much..." Li Yu stared at the Abyss Sovereign with a smiling face: "For example, the coordinates of your Headquarters or something like that."

"Since you want it, come take it yourself!" The Abyss Sovereign's Mental Fluctuation was exceptionally cold. He merely gave up the idea of taking Li Yu down.

But if he wanted to leave, Li Yu would also find it difficult to make him stay.

It was just that thinking of this made him feel somewhat depressed again. Before coming, he was thinking about how to To torture Li Yu.

The result was that now it became "You can't stop me if I want to leave."

If word of today's event got out, then he would probably become an interstellar laughingstock for a very long time to come.

Although he didn't care too much about other people's evaluations, otherwise he wouldn't have directly retracted the outer tentacles of the Abyss Institute and turned into a Coward, it was ultimately still somewhat displeasing.

The Forerunners were truly fucking trash. What the hell was this Istrala, gone in an instant, fuck!

Li Yu also knew his side's current situation. Both the Sword of Deathly Silence and the Shield of the Fierce Sun were on him.

The Death Star had lost its divine gear. Trying to confront the Abyss Sovereign head-on would probably be somewhat difficult.

What's more, the Abyss Sovereign's preparations this time were also very sufficient, with divine gear in hand, knowing when to advance and retreat.

And his stamina was also mostly exhausted. Wanting to thoroughly defeat the Abyss Sovereign, or even make him stay, the difficulty was uncommonly high.

Glancing at the occasionally twitching Mechanical Octopus, this ambush couldn't be considered completely fruitless. Bringing this thing back for a major overhaul and then Enlightening it into a Transformer would mean yet another powerful combat asset.

Not only did he not suffer any losses, but he also picked up a powerful enforcer for free.

Of the sixteen star systems infected by Bloodlust, nearly two had already been destroyed. Having witnessed the Abyss Sovereign and Istrala, he would definitely be panicked for a while.

His overall goal had been achieved. Ending it now might not be a bad choice.

Meanwhile, in a corner of the battlefield, Lu Neng, the Minister of Defense of the Benfir Civilization, pointed at the massive Humanoid Machine in the Starry Sky. Every angle and Metal Part on its body proved without a doubt that this was a machine of war.

Trembling, he couldn't speak. His eyes rolled back, and he finally fainted spectacularly.

(End of Chapter)