Chapter 1206: Crisis! Shocked Lu Yunji!

In the depths of the universe, Lu Yunji piloted an ice-blue spacecraft.

She raced toward Xu Jingming's location at maximum speed.

Rarely, a flicker of anxiety showed in her crimson eyes.

"Smartbrain, how long until we arrive?"

Lu Yunji asked urgently.

Although her ship's radar could scan for vessel signals tens of millions of kilometers away, it could not show the scene there.

Thus, after Xu Jingming and the others retracted their ships, she no longer knew what had happened on that side.

"Estimated arrival at target zone in 1 minute 23 seconds."

The smartbrain replied.

One and a half minutes... I hope it's not too late!

Lu Yunji clenched her red lips tightly, her long fingers unconsciously gripping the control stick.

She knew well that if Xu Jingming truly suffered any mishap, it would be a massive loss for the Noah Sacred Land.

A true disciple chosen by the Immortal of Eternal Life, a peerless genius who had condensed a T7-level Law Form.

If he were to perish at the hands of cosmic pirates, this would be no joke!

"Faster!"

The ice-blue spacecraft had entered maximum motion mode; its tail flames surged, and its speed increased again.

Meanwhile, millions of kilometers away in the starry void.

Xu Jingming stood suspended in midair, surrounded by black Lei Guang.

Before him, the Skull Team's captain, Xuejiao, knelt in the void.

"So, you don't know who hired you to kill me?"

Xu Jingming's voice was icy, his purple eyes brimming with murderous intent.

"Y-yes......"

Xuejiao swallowed hard:

"He paid us ten million universal cosmic credits to strike after you left Noah's homeworld.

The information about your departure from Noah's homeworld was also sent to us by him.

But all such communications were anonymous, so we don't know who he really is."

Ten million universal cosmic credits?

Xu Jingming's eyebrows lifted.

He knew the exchange rate between universal cosmic credits and Noah credits was 1:1000.

Even Eva's main body's bank card held only one hundred million universal cosmic credits.

Though most of Eva's money had already been spent, she was still a Star Peak-level powerhouse.

Now, the employer had offered ten million cosmic credits—clearly, the man had no shortage of funds.

So the question arose:

Who had no shortage of money, held a grudge against him, and was willing to hire assassins to kill him?

Slowly, a name surfaced in Xu Jingming's mind—Prince Di'er, the Ninth Prince!

Upon arriving at the Sacred Land, apart from Ke'en and Di'er, he had made no enemies.

Ke'en was merely the crown prince—he clearly couldn't afford to pay ten million cosmic credits to assassinate him.

"Di'er!"

Xu Jingming's gaze turned chillingly cold.

Hiring assassins to strike at him meant the man had already decided to kill him.

Having endured countless trials on Blue Star, he understood this well.

To deal with such a person, if you don't kill him, you'll face endless troubles!

"Even if I'm powerful and he can't touch me,

he'll target my family and friends—even... Blue Star!"

Xu Jingming thought of the worst possibility.

A life-bearing planet meant nothing to a figure like the Ninth Prince.

"Back on Blue Star, because of Hu Jinyu's actions, the Tianming Sect invaded the residential district.

If I hadn't left behind the plant life, Qiu Yun and the others would already be dead, and I would have regretted it forever.

But now, before Prince Di'er, I have no means to protect them.

If Di'er wants them dead, they will die.

Even if Di'er doesn't have this thought now, I can't guarantee he won't later..."

Crisis!

Xu Jingming sensed an unprecedented sense of crisis!

And the solution to this crisis was simple: eliminate the source completely.

But Prince Di'er's rank was Star Level One.

Even if he were a spoiled brat, he was still a Star-level powerhouse.

With his current strength, even if he gave his all, he had no chance of victory.

Of course,

there were other options.

Lei Fu!

It can temporarily boost his strength to Star Level.

But this has the same problem: the Thunder Talisman in his hand was made by his teacher Lu Wen.

Once he uses it, he will likely expose his identity as a result.

You should know that the other party is royalty of the Noah Empire.

The best solution is to find another way to raise his strength to Star Level.

Then silently kill Di Er...

"The universe is vast and full of wonders—there must be items similar to Thunder Talismans."

Xu Jingming silently pondered this in his heart.

Prince Di Er must not be left alive—this is certain.

But how to kill Di Er without being discovered requires a more meticulous plan.

Fortunately, Di Er has only just developed murderous intent toward him and has not yet targeted his family—he still has time to prepare.

A thousand thoughts flashed through his mind; Xu Jingming turned to Xue Jiao and said:

"One last question: besides you, are there any other assassination teams?"

"This... I'm not sure..."

Xue Jiao shook his head hesitantly, then pointed toward the nearby Poison Snake spaceship, his eyes filled with hope:

"If you let me go, the bank card and the spaceship are yours!"

As for the bank card password, give me a communication method.

Once I've escaped tens of thousands of kilometers away, I'll send it to your account immediately!"

This was the plan he'd come up with—otherwise, if he gave the password now,

Xu Jingming would surely kill him instantly.

"No need. I only want the spaceship."

Xu Jingming's gaze turned icy; the Consuming Sun Doushen Shenlei erupted violently!

Cut the grass and root it out—he never liked leaving behind future threats.

"No!!"

Black lightning pierced through the void.

Amidst a horrific scream, Xue Jiao's body turned instantly charred in the furious lightning, his life force completely extinguished.

"Too weak—even with a higher rank.

If your Manifestation and Domain can't keep up, you'll still be reversed and killed by me across tiers."

Shaking his head, Xu Jingming was about to collect the spoils.

Suddenly, he sensed a powerful aura rapidly approaching.

He turned to look and saw an ice-blue spaceship hurtling toward him at astonishing speed.

"Is it Senior Lu?"

Xu Jingming raised an eyebrow—he hadn't expected her to arrive so quickly.

Shhh—

The spaceship halted not far from him.

The hatch opened, and a slender, fiery figure shot out like a flame, blazing brilliantly against the blackness of space.

"Xu Jingming, you're alright..."

Lu Yunji's mental voice cut off abruptly.

Her crimson eyes were filled with shock.

She had expected to see Xu Jingming under siege, barely surviving—she'd even prepared to intervene and rescue him.

But what she saw now was completely beyond her expectations.

Xu Jingming stood there unharmed, surrounded by Lei Guang, his aura terrifyingly powerful.

Around him floated several charred corpses—clearly the attackers from moments ago.

Most shocking of all: Xu Jingming's aura had already reached Star Radiance Sixth Stage!