Chapter 1739

Star battlefield.

"Pfft!!"

Turning into a kilometer‑sized destruction sword, after a single swing that rends a spatial rift a hundred meters wide, everything around the rift instantly lets out a sharp, vacuum‑like howl.

At an altitude four thousand five hundred kilometers above the fortress, Lin An slowly sheathes his sword; his originally swollen, giant‑sized massive body also gradually shrinks back to its original size.

Gazing at the War Star Level being cut in two by himself, Lin An seemed utterly indifferent, turning and leaving without even a glance.

At the same time, an extremely respectful voice suddenly rang out from afar.

"Your strength truly opens our eyes, Emperor Lin."

"Such a clean, swift battle, with not even the slightest loss, is truly admirable like an art."

"Yes, watching your strike just now, I feel I have gained a deeper understanding of the rules."

"Being able to follow you, to be fortunate enough to walk behind you in this mission, is a great blessing for our Natural Alliance!"

Flattery came one after another.

Fawning with a smiling face.

The Chimera Emperor, who had rarely squeezed out a smile in his lifetime, now bared his teeth like a lizard and trotted toward Lin An with his massive body.

Since Hei Di showed he had given up, he also simply dismissed all thoughts, deciding to honestly be a dog and just get by to the end.

Although it was flattery, speaking frankly, as Lin An's attacks increased, the Chimera Emperor's fear grew deeper.

Flattery, too, contains a hint of genuine awe.

Although so far, they have never seen Lin An unleash a Star‑Shattering Level rule.

But when killing War Star Levels, it is indeed like killing dogs.

That precise use of power, wasting not a single bit, is another kind of might in his eyes!

Especially since Lin An can cleave space with a mere gesture, yet uses no rules at all, it constantly gives him a suspicion.

"This freak, the more he shows a lack of ability in something, the more likely that very thing is actually his strongest!"

Lin An, perhaps the truly hidden rule is the spatial rule!

In the Chimera Emperor's mind, he always felt Lin An was essentially a psychological freak, deliberately not using even a bit of spatial rule just to make everyone let their guard down!

The first time this monster pretended to arrive at the fortress at the last second, it was acting to the extreme!

Otherwise, he simply couldn't fathom how someone could rely on their flesh to cleave space yet understand nothing about spatial rules.

Who would believe that if said aloud?

"Keep searching; inform me once you find it."

He ignored the Chimera Emperor, who came running up to him, panting and flattering, seeking credit.

Lin An at once saw a long spear clutched in the Chimera Emperor's claw.

A War Star Level spear.

It was obtained by the Chimera Emperor when he killed a War Star Level while pursuing the third batch of Fifth Stage.

"Emperor Lin, you don't want this..."

The Chimera Emperor startled, somewhat bewildered, gripped the spear in his hand and looked at Lin An.

"A War Star Level weapon, to be frank, giving it to Lin An would pain him a little. Don't look at the fact that he and Hei Di are both Star‑Destroying Level, yet neither possesses a Fifth Stage weapon on their person."

Although they could produce dozens or even hundreds of points, each point represents safety time, so they truly hate to exchange them.

That a Fifth Stage individual possesses a weapon surprises even him.

"Not needed."

"I've said before, following me in my work, you'll surely reap benefits."

Feigning indifference, Lin An snorted, glanced at the War Star Level spear as if looking at trash, then flew off just as before.

Without heeding the Chimera Emperor's stunned expression, Lin An hurried even more to return and destroy the Black Lock.

Of course, this attitude is not because he has so many points that he doesn't care about anything.

And he looks down on it, finds it unusable.

"A War Star Level spear wouldn't boost his strength much anyway; equipping it, he could die just to show the Chimera Emperor!"

"Hei Di... this..."

"Emperor Lin really doesn't want our things?"

Watching Lin An leave again, after a full few seconds the Chimera Emperor finally snapped back to his senses, instinctively looking toward Hei Di, who had flown to his side.

The Fifth Stage individuals pursued in the third batch were not many, so he feared Lin An would be dissatisfied and therefore did not privately keep this weapon.

But he never expected Lin An would truly not want it.

After all, a weapon is worth at least dozens of points...

"Put it away, Chimera."

"Who needs what, you still don't get it?"

Hei Di spoke calmly, gazing thoughtfully at the distant corpse cleaved in two. Upon close inspection, this slain War Star Level corpse was simply his own body that had collided with the rift.

"You mean... points?"

"No.."

"It's the living..."

He subconsciously denied himself.

Upon recalling Lin An's strange request, the Chimera Emperor instantly understood Hei Di's meaning.

From initially thinking Lin An might be lacking many points, to now twelve hours having passed, he suddenly realized that what Lin An truly needed seemed to be living Fifth Stage individuals.

Clearly Lin An could have let them kill those War Star Levels and then turn in the points to him.

But in fact, each time Lin An must bring back a batch of living Fifth Stage...

This is unreasonable.

The fifth-stage that were captured took part in the battle, meaning they will also get a large share of the final points.

On the surface, the Lin Emperor meant to let them have some soup, but in reality he also sensed a strange meaning.

He glanced at the Chimera Emperor, and Hei Di let out a low laugh, but had no intention to discuss.

It was as if he just mentioned it casually.

"Then Hei Di, should we continue hunting others?"

"No matter what that person needs or what they're up to, I always feel we don't need to seriously search anymore."

There was some worry in his tone.

As for the Chimera Emperor, he can honestly be a dog, but that doesn't mean he is a loyal one.

Many fifth-stage have already died at their and Lin An's hands.

As time passed, although the Star Battlefield was shrinking, there weren't that many fifth-stage who hadn't defected to other star-destroyers; moreover, even scattered war-star teams basically had spatial abilities.

Pursuing them is extremely difficult.

He understood the Chimera Emperor's hint, but contrary to the Chimera Emperor's expectation, Hei Di would also tacitly slow down the search.

Only seeing Hei Di wave his hand to summon a War Star Level corpse, then, contrary to his usual manner, he shook his head:

"No."

"Since I have already decided to serve the Lin Emperor, I naturally must be more earnest."

"Kill, kill more..."

"This is far from enough..."