Chapter 695: Lyman's Explosive Potential! A Heaven-Defying Counter-Kill?

When subjected to the attack, Lyman had already filtered through many suspicious personnel in his mind numerous times.

The most likely was The Forerunners, followed by some crazy guys, and he even put Terror Lifeforms on the list.

But the possibility of Li Yu being the suspect was very low on the list, even considered basically impossible.

Even though Dragon Sovereign had a criminal record of attacking the person in charge of operations of other civilizations, Lyman still did not increase his level of suspicion.

Although the matter of the A-Tier Alliance and Dragon Sovereign colluding with Terror Lifeforms was making a massive uproar On the interstellar stage, in essence, it was just a clash of methods.

There was absolutely no need to attack him; the loss outweighed the gain, or rather, the cost-effectiveness was not high.

Wanting to use Lyman as a threat to force the Star Glory Empire to submit, this was something fundamentally impossible.

Aside from the higher-ups of The Forerunners needing to vent their anger, Dragon Sovereign had no need to carry out an attack at all.

But now, the scene appearing before his eyes filled Lyman's heart with bewilderment.

The [Symbiotic Colonization Armor] covering his body surface receded. Li Yu revealed his true face. Looking at the completely bewildered Lyman, he said:

"Even now, you still don't say it's a frame-up. It seems you still think there's a possibility of leaving my hands?"

He could roughly guess Lyman's thoughts. Even if he was captured, Lyman still believed his life was not in danger.

It was nothing more than wanting to use his Identity to accomplish some things, so he couldn't reveal any flaws to avoid weakening the natural bargaining chips he possessed.

Lyman guessed that their current conversation might be recorded. If he really admitted to any framing, then this Recording would soon appear In interstellar space.

Needlessly causing the upcoming confrontation to lose its bargaining chips.

His thoughts weren't actually wrong, but he would probably find it hard to guess Li Yu's true thoughts.

The System couldn't be deceived. He couldn't execute a fake Lyman and then return the real one to the Star Glory Empire.

This method might be able to deceive ordinary Interstellar Citizen, but unfortunately, it would be ineffective against the System.

This also meant that Lyman's death was a foregone conclusion.

"You don't need to be so rigorous. Some things will happen next that will naturally clear my name."

Li Yu shook his head. Once he captured Lyman and the news of the public execution spread, the frame-up on him would naturally dissipate.

Although most Interstellar Citizen easily followed Public Opinion, it didn't mean they had no brains.

They couldn't imagine a person who truly colluded with Terror Lifeforms capturing the candidate successor of The Empire, and then using execution to prove their innocence.

This was too crazy!

Being accused of colluding with Terror Lifeforms, others could punish Li Yu, but executing Lyman, the Star Glory Empire definitely wouldn't let it rest.

It was like a certain interstellar citizen being framed for stealing something, and finally killing the Civilization Leader to prove their innocence.

Regardless of what kind of punishment the latter would face, at least everyone wouldn't believe the former's accusation.

"What exactly do you want to do?" Lyman frowned slightly, suddenly having a rather bad premonition, feeling that things might not develop in the direction he anticipated.

"The benefits you can squeeze out of me are limited. Once you initiate negotiations with the Star Glory Empire, my Status will plummet, and my value will be greatly discounted." Lyman said in a deep voice, suppressing the irritability in his heart.

The predicament he was facing now was the same as what Loyd faced back then.

Once the news of his capture was known by the High Echelon of The Empire, he would instantly turn from a candidate successor of The Empire who might become The Emperor into an Imperial Noble with a capture record.

So he wanted to try his best to avoid this situation from happening.

"I can promise you, remove the charges on you and let the A-Tier Alliance gain a period of safe development time."

This was the price he could offer, and he believed this price was already very generous.

Lyman said in a deep voice: "If you negotiate with The Empire, what you get in the end won't even be as much as I can give you."

Li Yu sized up Lyman. These candidate successors of The Empire were still relatively outstanding, able to quickly make relative responses based on the current situation.

Unfortunately...

He shook his head and said: "No, I don't need your promise. The charges on me and the matters of the A-Tier Alliance have nothing to do with you anymore."

Lyman took a deep breath, and the suppressed anger in his heart began to gush out. Blood vessels covered his pupils, and he said angrily: "Are you crazy? The Star Glory Empire is not one person, and The Emperor is not an ordinary father."

"It's impossible for him to pay a huge price for me!"

"You thought wrong." Li Yu shook his head: "My target was never the Star Glory Empire, just you. Hmm... you can understand it as, I have a reason that I must catch you."

An indescribable sense of absurdity rose in Lyman's heart, just like when his good Elder Brother Loyd heard this statement.

He was a candidate successor of the Star Glory Empire, with a vast future. Even if he couldn't become The Emperor, he would become a pillar of the Star Glory Empire in the future.

A reason that he must catch him?

What kind of thing is this!?

I am a candidate successor of The Empire!

Boom!

A blazing Violet Energy Column rose from Lyman's body, soaring straight into the clouds, and the dimensional power suppressing his body was violently bounced away.

Li Yu was somewhat stunned. Feeling the surging Aura close at hand, he said somewhat incredulously: "Evolution?"

Yes, an Aura at the A5 Level erupted from Lyman's body. His emotions had been subjected to extreme oppression and humiliation.

Under these circumstances, his Superpower, which was on the verge of Metamorphosis, completely evolved, stepping into the top tier of the Interstellar.

"The Villain talks too much, the protagonist temporarily Experiences Explosive Potential, and finally achieves a Heaven-Defying Counter-Kill..." Li Yu murmured words with an unclear meaning.

Bang!

A figure violently rushed out from the Violet Energy Column. Li Yu's eyes focused slightly, raising his hand to block. A majestic, immense force blasted over, exploding a terrifying Shockwave all around.

Boom!

Li Yu lashed out backhandedly, shattering layers of barriers, like swatting a fly.

He directly swatted Lyman flying, like a falling meteor, smashing out a large crater like a Ring Mountain with a bang.

The Shockwave burst open. With Lyman at the center, cracks appeared on the pale Earth, extending all the way to the end of sight.

Pfft!

Blood seeped from every pore on Lyman's body, instantly dyeing his clothes red.

Severe pain swept through every nerve. Before he even had time to catch his breath, he saw light shining in the sky.

Lyman hurriedly bounced up and retreated. The next moment, a thick Light Beam fiercely plunged into the pale Earth.

The Ground instantly cracked and bulged, like a mountain range being pulled up from the flat ground, and then shattered with a bang!

Rumble!!

The surging aftermath rapidly spread. Even though Lyman had generated layers of Shield, the Shockwave still blew him away.

He had just flown into mid-air when he was smashed back to the ground by Li Yu's pursuing punch, breaking an unknown number of bones.

Although Lyman had stepped into the A5 Level, unfortunately, he had just stepped into it. At most, he had a Combat Power Level of over a hundred million, which was still too low.

In front of Li Yu with full firepower, he was as weak as a child, completely powerless to fight back.

The situation was a complete crushing. Lyman could only be Eking out a miserable existence while being one-sidedly beaten!

Lyman dragged his injured and exhausted body, struggling again and again, but was completely suppressed by Li Yu.

Like a pitiful person subjected to cruel torture, trying to crawl out of the room time and time again, but never reaching the door, constantly being grabbed by the heels and dragged back.

The gap in Strength was too huge; Lyman couldn't stir up any waves.

As several beams pierced through his chest, Lyman could no longer hold on, crashing onto the devastated pale Earth. Blood gurgled out, quickly pooling into a puddle of blood.

Li Yu slowly landed beside Lyman, only to see that Lyman hadn't given up his desire to live.

He dragged his Riddled With Holes body, wriggling and crawling, dragging an eye-catching red trail on the ground. He struggled to raise his head, glaring viciously at Li Yu.

"...Stop wasting your effort."

Li Yu shook his head and sighed, bending over to grab Lyman's neck, lifting his entire body up.

Lyman's feet left the ground, already powerless to struggle. He stared dead at Li Yu, strong unwillingness revealed in his eyes.

He was a candidate successor of The Empire, with boundless prospects. He was full of expectations for the future.

He still had a bright future, looking down upon the Starry Universe, limitless!

But all this seemed to be turning into nothingness, vanishing into thin air.

He even became a Tier A5 Lifeform in this predicament, yet still couldn't change anything.

He couldn't accept it, let alone be resigned to it!

A Violet Energy Column bloomed from his whole body, and his Energy began to go out of control.

Li Yu's eyes moved slightly, and he slowly raised his other hand. Lyman then felt his own Energy, as if being slowly drawn away by a Miniature Water Pump, and was quickly depleted.

"Almost forgot my Superpower..." Li Yu raised his hand, and the purple Energy, like a small sun, was directly tossed into his mouth as physical reserve.

Li Yu casually tossed Lyman away. A Cage suddenly appeared on the empty ground not far away, looking very ancient.

It was just that as soon as Lyman entered it, he felt his own power subjected to an invisible suppression, making it difficult to exert.

"Can you tell me what exactly you plan to do with me." Lyman said in a low voice, an Aura called decadence exuding from his body.

"Not for now, but rest assured, you will know very soon." Li Yu smiled.

Capturing Lyman was only the beginning. Next, he still needed to build momentum to meet the requirements of the Execution Ritual.

Although Lyman brought his own traffic, if he wanted to push it to the extreme, preparations and groundwork were still indispensable.

.........

"Lyman's escort fleet has lost contact, they've all disappeared?" The Emperor's eyes were filled with golden flames, and his body involuntarily dispersed an incredibly terrifying Aura.

"Yes..." In front of him was Loren's Virtual projection. He frowned slightly and said: "In a section of the Taroff Route, support was dispatched immediately when the fleet was found to have lost contact."

"The nearest Legion took only ten minutes to arrive, but there was nothing there anymore."

An escort fleet of Lyman's level was constantly linked with The Empire's highest intelligent system. The moment they lost the signal connection, emergency response measures had already been activated.

He added: "Lyman's Bodyguard is Shield Mountain Talai, with a Combat Power Level close to fifty thousand. To not even be able to delay for a few minutes, the level of Strength the opponent deployed is probably very high."

"Are there no clues at all? What about the Mirror of Omniscience?" The Emperor asked.

"Mirror of Omniscience..." Loren hesitated for a moment before saying: "That area seems to have been reset. The Mirror of Omniscience can't even find any traces of battle."

"Reset..." The Emperor repeated these two words.

Loren nodded: "Yes, since we detected a weak Space-Time Distortion range, the time in that area should have been disrupted before."

"Assemble the others." The Emperor had already restored his calm, his eyes like an Ancient Well Without Ripples.

Soon, the highest eight-person group of the Star Glory Empire gathered again, and a new Morgan had been born.

He didn't look young. Unlike his predecessor, he didn't speak much and mostly observed.

"Lyman has disappeared, he should have already been captured by someone." The Emperor looked around and announced this bombshell news.

Except for Loren, the expressions of the other Noble Controllers instantly changed, all showing a hint of astonishment.

They knew that convening an impromptu meeting meant there must be an emergency, but they didn't expect it to be this kind of matter.

Subsequently, Loren stood up and roughly explained the situation.

"The Forerunners?" Talarama frowned: "I'm afraid only they would be this crazy."

Mozambique echoed: "Very high probability. We envisioned this before, but we didn't expect them to act so fast. I thought they would continue to Lie Dormant."

"It's uncertain for now..." Loren shook his head: "Everyone should pass down the order to search the routes along the way first, and block all Stargate. They shouldn't be able to escape so easily."

"Hard to say... There is someone who can come and go freely." Morgan suddenly spoke, causing the venue to fall silent instantly.

"Dragon Sovereign?" Loren's expression didn't change: "Insufficient motive for the crime, the possibility of him taking action is less than 10%."

Morgan didn't refute; he was just offering such a possibility. Analyzing carefully, Dragon Sovereign indeed had no need to take action.

"Should we make this matter public?" The weak Sissoko asked. He looked to be in very bad shape, like he could drop dead at any moment.

Loren's voice was calm: "I suggest not to for now. This was an attack launched within The Empire's territory. If it spreads out, I'm afraid the impact will be very bad."

Sissoko shook his head: "Can't hide it for too long..."

"Delay as long as we can."

The Emperor spoke slowly: "Go investigate. No matter who it is, at all costs, the other party must pay the price!"

(End of Chapter)