Chapter 1427: King-rank Alien Species

sc「Boom boom boom! Boom!! 」

The piercing, dense whistling sound and the buzzing of spatial rules instantly boomed across the entire death battlefield.

Like a nest blown up, a huge number of Alien Species frenziedly flew toward this most inconspicuous conversion core.

From all directions.

If the previous crisis merely mobilized the surrounding Alien Species plus a King-rank existence, then now, when the core encountered trouble, the Alien Species of the entire death battlefield realized how terrifying the problem was.

For the Alien Species, although there are many conversion cores, theoretically a single core is not important.

But at this moment, this devoured conversion core is like the first infected when the Apocalypse broke out, the source of the virus.

If left unchecked, their centuries of sacrifice will be destroyed in an instant!

Such a loss is enough to make them spare no expense to stop it!

Watching the sudden flight of a huge number of Alien Species.

The General still stood there, somewhat bewildered.

Not only him, a large number of mutants continually rushing from the war hub also stood dazed, faces full of surprise as they watched the "retreating" Alien Species army.

What the hell is going on!?

The originally dense, fearless flesh-and-blood defense line is now empty, with only the wind howling.

Everything happened too fast, too abruptly.

The situation instantly reversed.

In this situation, the mutants could easily take the opportunity to hunt them down, or follow and charge into the Alien Species' territory.

The former would let them reap huge battle results, "biting to death" a large batch of Alien Species solely focused on fleeing.

The latter could seek out Lin An, which is exactly what they have always wanted to do.

But..

"What on earth is going on...!?"

The giant eye rolled, rotating like a spinning star within the eye socket.

The General stared at everything before him, utterly unable to comprehend what had happened behind the Alien Species lines.

In his imagination, even if Lin An had devoured several Alien Species Overlords, it wouldn't have led to this situation.

Whatever could cause the Alien Species to panic like this must be an unimaginably huge event!

No matter how you look at it, this doesn't seem like something Lin An could do!

Even if Lin An revealed his identity, it wouldn't be like this...

Even after the General repeatedly pondered, even if Lin An's identity were exposed, provoking the Alien Species of the death battlefield to want to hunt that guy, they would instead have to hold the Frontline more firmly!

The Alien Species would also fear that these mutants "helping" Lin An, and at the very least would want to ensure the corpse ends up in their own hands.

"General, should we continue pursuing them!?"

"These monsters, could there be an internal problem!?"

Not knowing what had happened, a hulking mutant whose stature resembled a mountain gate spoke in a muffled voice, his eyes involuntarily locking onto the direction where Lin An last left traces.

Pursuing now would be the best opportunity!

Especially since it appears that the direction where Lin An last left traces and the direction the Alien Species are now returning to are not on the same line.

Hearing his subordinate's question, the General unusually hesitated.

For some reason, looking at the wild wind kicked up by the Alien Species' escape, he felt it resembled an impending superstorm.

In the distant dark sky, under the drive of massive high-speed airflows, it gradually gathered into a chaotic vortex. Ionizing collisions, flashes of lightning flickered in and out.

「Boom-crack! 」

Thunder swept across, the wind howled.

Go? Continue pursuing?

Theoretically, the Alien Species' escape could not have been caused by Lin An.

Most likely, it was just a coincidence...

But..

Why? Why do I feel uneasy?

After staring fixedly at the distant embryonic storm for a few seconds, the General took a deep breath and then made up his mind.

"Pursue!"

"Watch out for King-ranks! If a King-rank appears, we will withdraw immediately!"

The mutants' King-ranks approach far slower than the Alien Species.

If we pursue and cannot find Lin An's traces in a short time, he still plans to withdraw first; waiting for the mutants' King-ranks to arrive before deciding is not too late.

In fact, having been held up by the Alien Species for so long, the General now hardly hopes to find Lin An.

Waiting for the King-rank to arrive with those few special mutants, perhaps there is still hope to relocate Lin An's position.

「Bang! 」

「Bang! Bang! 」

Above ten thousand meters, the frenziedly accelerating King-rank Alien Species, like teleporting, repeatedly used their mastery of high-level spatial rules, like a pulse shockwave, to accelerate onward.

Their form flickered in and out; each instantaneous appearance sufficed to cross tens of thousands of meters.

Fixing his gaze on the distant red light pillar, his eyes were full of killing intent, his cold vertical pupils brimming with extreme fury!

He was angry that the Alien Species in this area were utterly useless—failing even to guard the core—and angry at the devoured core's energy.

That was their race's painstaking effort! The hope bought with countless lives!

If the core really had a problem, he wouldn't know how to explain it to the Emperor!

He could clearly feel that the core light pillar connecting to other regions had dimmed considerably, obviously having been "siphoned" of a huge amount of "energy"!

I don't know if killing them will replenish the energy... If not, we'll have to start another death battle.

Although I can't understand how they managed it.

But right now he just wants to rush past as fast as possible and kill that damn thief!

As the distance closed rapidly, at this range he could already see the interior condition of the core.

However, since the Alien Species naturally lack psychic detection, despite his immense strength, for the moment he could only observe with the naked eye.

In his dark red vertical pupils, circles of storms were reflected, blurred and indistinct.

Damn it!..

I can't even see what's inside!

"Pfft!"

He drew two bone spurs from behind backhanded, and Nu Ya gripped them alternately, using them directly as weapons.

He resembled a double‑blade warrior half human, half snake.

The long, curved bone spurs gleamed with icy cold light; under bone hardness strengthened to the ultimate high level, these two scythe‑like bone spurs could rival Epic Tier Equipment!

Unlike most Alien Species below King Rank, upon reaching or advancing to King Rank, the Alien Species' original scales, through repeated strengthening, eventually become a bone‑like material structure.

The top‑level Sovereign is fully ossified, protecting itself like an exoskeleton armor, with every joint capable of serving as the sharpest combat weapon.

Below the Sovereign, the King Rank instead strengthens the bone structure it excels at.

Such as a foot blade or horn...

This self‑evolved white bone weapon can greatly enhance their combat power!

One could say this weapon is essentially their ultimate trump card against the Aberrants—a deadly weapon capable of piercing the Aberrants' terrifying defenses!

Charge!

Without hesitation, after long‑range sensing yielded nothing, Nu Ya simply plunged down!

Taking out weapons for close‑quarters combat rather than a patterned bombardment is purely out of concern for the core's importance!

He would not destroy this place unless absolutely necessary!

Moreover, he is confident in his strength, believing no accident could possibly occur!

The violent air waves outside the light pillar might be enough to tear apart low‑rank Alien Species, but to him they feel no different from a gentle breeze!

He wants to see what these damn Aberrants have sent!