Chapter 1101

After Eva finished speaking, the entire chamber fell into silence.

I originally thought the Molten Fire Beast that destroyed two civilizations was already hard enough to deal with.

Unexpectedly, there's now another peak Star-level beast tribe member!

There's an entire major rank gap between Starlight and Star levels!

If a Starlight Stage One Molten Fire Beast still had a chance of being eliminated,

then the Peak Star Molten Core Blood Dragon brings them nothing but despair!

"Molten Core Blood Dragon! If that day ever comes, I'll see just how mighty a Peak Star beast tribe member truly is!"

Zhou Yuanwu spoke first, his resolute eyes burning with fierce battle intent: "Jingming, I'm leaving this side to you.

News has come from the southern border that the Beast God has appeared—I must go there now.

If you uncover any other new intelligence, just inform me later."

He had actually received the news while still in Heizhou, but Xu Jingming's matter was too critical, so he waited until now to speak.

"No wonder you're a warrior who walked through the early days of Yuan Energy revival.

Your will is firm, unshakable—if any other ninth-rank had heard this news,

they'd have long since fallen into despair and given up entirely."

After Zhou Yuanwu left, Xu Jingming couldn't help but sigh.

Even he, with the System at his disposal, felt some confusion upon hearing the news of the Molten Core Blood Dragon.

Killing the Molten Fire Beasts would awaken the true body—the Molten Core Blood Dragon.

But if they didn't kill the Molten Fire Beasts, the Blue Star's outer membrane trapped them—they couldn't escape.

Unless he possessed the power to slay a Peak Star beast tribe member, this was a dead end.

The Molten Fire Beasts will descend within four years.

Even with the Deep Blue System, he didn't believe such a possibility existed.

Even if he killed every single beast on Blue Star, it wasn't certain he could break through to the Star rank...

"During the late Second Civilization Era, many admirable ancestors emerged.

But times are different now—if the Molten Core Blood Dragon's existence were revealed,

we wouldn't even need the beasts to strike; our own kind would collapse first."

Emers agreed wholeheartedly.

That's precisely why, despite seeing the prophecy of the Molten Fire Beasts' descent with her Eye of Fate,

she never shared the news with other Supreme Beings.

"This information must be sealed—no one, not even other ninth-ranks or Supreme Beings, must know."

Xu Jingming nodded slightly, then turned to Eva: "Eva..."

He had intended to call her Eva as usual, but remembering she was a Peak Star warrior who had lived over a hundred thousand years, such a casual address felt inappropriate.

"Don't worry about the S-rank.

I'm still the same Eva—my past memories are just like watching a movie."

Seeing Xu Jingming's thoughts, Eva giggled, then puffed out her flat chest:

"Of course, if you'd prefer to call me Eva My Lord, I won't mind."

"You little rascal."

Xu Jingming finally relaxed completely and smiled: "Can you open your body's space ring? Are there any useful resources inside?"

"Opening it isn't a problem, but all the pills and resources were already exhausted when I was severely wounded.

The remaining pills and resources are worthless—they can't tip the scales in our favor."

Eva helplessly shrugged.

Her true body could never defeat that Peak Star Molten Core Blood Dragon.

If she had any hidden cards, she'd have used them long ago—she wouldn't have waited until now.

"This is troublesome..." Xu Jingming's expression turned Solemn.

Now it's truly a dead end!

Will we really have to live inside hidden realms like Emers and the others?

As he pondered, the twin-tailed little girl stretched lazily and said calmly:

"A thousand years ago, this might have been a dead end—but not today.

The membrane the Molten Core Blood Dragon laid around Blue Star continuously absorbs Yuan Energy from the universe.

But your star system is a barren region with scarce Yuan Energy, experiencing a revival only once every two thousand years.

Ten thousand years have passed—this membrane may now have cracks through which we can escape."

"Oh?" Xu Jingming and the others all brightened.

"Should we go explore it now?" Emers' pale golden eyes glowed faintly as she softly suggested.

"Good—I haven't seen this membrane yet."

Without hesitation, Xu Jingming recalled Eva into his smart bracer.

He took Emers, Su Qingli, and Ling Shuang into the elevator and rose to the surface.

Then the four of them shot skyward, becoming four streaks of light.

Whoosh—whoosh—

Wild winds howled past their ears.

Black lightning flickered; each flap of the Thunder Dragon Wings lifted Xu Jingming over a thousand meters.

After reaching the upper ninth rank, even without entering the enhancement state,

His flight speed also reached eight times the speed of sound.

From a distance, it looked like a lightning bolt streaking upward!

Seven minutes later,

Xu Jingming's agile figure broke through the atmosphere first and arrived beyond Blue Star.

Looking back below, Blue Star resembled a lapis lazuli woven with blue and white, its continental contours flickering in and out amid swirling clouds.

The oceans refracted sunlight, scattering like shattered mirrors across a river of silver.

"This is Blue Star..."

At that moment, Xu Jingming suddenly felt a flicker of disorientation.

The homeland of billions of lives seemed no more than a speck of dust in the boundless universe.

Turning forward, his vision held nothing—but his spiritual force sensed a vast, transparent membrane spanning the heavens.

It was endless, like a prison cage enveloping the entire Blue Star, sealing off humanity's escape.

Even his spiritual force could not pierce this membrane; it was trapped within.

"Thunder Dragon Art!"

Roar—

A deep dragon roar echoed as a jet-black thunder dragon coalesced violently and slammed forward!

The terrifying thunder-based combat technique, capable of destroying a Grade Earth city, struck the membrane.

Lightning splashed everywhere, thunder snakes writhed wildly—but it caused not the slightest effect.

Even the arcs of Doushen Shenlei could not penetrate or leak through this membrane.

"Beyond line of sight, no other element, attack, or blood qi can pierce through."

"During the Second Civilization Era, Starlight Stage Three experts tried—and failed to breach it."

Aimer also flew up, saying softly,

"The methods of a Starlight Peak beast race are indeed not so simple."

Shaking his head, Xu Jingming called out Eva.

"Indeed, after ten thousand years, this membrane's strength is far weaker than when my original body first perished!"

Eva burst out of her smart bracer, excitedly saying, "But I need to run calculations to know the exact details."

Crash—

The twin-tailed little girl Eva hovered in midair, gazing at the membrane before her.

Countless streams of data flowed through her eyes like a waterfall.

After roughly three minutes, when Su Qingli and Hearing Ling Shuang also flew up,

the data streams in Eva's eyes vanished. She exclaimed happily:

"Calculated! The weakest point of this giant membrane can be shattered with a Starlight Stage Five attack!"