Chapter 1515: Eva

After breaking through to the Cosmic Rank, the cultivation techniques one can practice become T3 and T2 level.

Among the combat techniques Xu Jingming currently masters, besides the T2-level Thunderwing, the highest-ranked is the T4-level Lei Guang Annihilation Cannon.

He needs to learn higher-level combat techniques.

So, after leaving the Virtual Universe,

he simply had No. 1 project all the lightning-based combat techniques from the Academy Shangcheng for him to choose from.

He didn't spend long selecting.

The door to the bedroom was gently pushed open.

Yue Ying stepped in, her long, slender legs moving gracefully.

She wore a light, casual home gown, her silver hair loosely draped.

Her eyes, like gray gemstones, glanced at Xu Jingming and smiled lightly:

"Jingming, I found news about Eva."

"Oh? There's news?!"

Xu Jingming's eyes lit up; he abandoned his review of the combat technique list and hurriedly asked:

"What's her situation right now?"

While still aboard the Star Mother Ship,

upon learning Eva had gone missing, he had asked Yue Ying to use Elven clan channels to search for her.

But Eva had never given her planet's coordinates.

And the Elven territory was simply too vast—billions of star systems, countless hidden realms and satellite dimensions.

Finding one person amid the endless sea of stars was like searching for a needle in an ocean.

He never expected results to come this late.

Yue Ying sat beside Xu Jingming and whispered:

"Eva has broken through to the Cosmic Rank.

The planet she's currently on is at war with another planet.

The lord of the opposing planet is a veteran Cosmic Rank One powerhouse; Eva is locked in a brutal struggle.

That's likely why she can't log into the Virtual Universe."

"Can Elves kill each other internally?

A war between planets—that's already a major conflict, isn't it?"

Xu Jingming was puzzled.

"It's a necessary means to maintain the clan's vitality.

The Elven Imperial Court does not interfere in clan members' mutual conflicts or planetary wars.

As long as no innocents are harmed and core clan laws aren't broken, all competition is permitted.

The rule of survival of the fittest, where the strong rise, applies equally within the Elven clan."

She paused, then added:

"Of course, if it's one-sided slaughter or extermination, the Imperial Court will intervene.

But conflicts like Eva's—two planetary lords vying for resources and territory—are left untouched."

"I see," Xu Jingming understood.

Indeed, without competition, there's no drive to advance further.

"Exactly which star region is Eva in? Do you have the coordinates?" he asked next.

"Yes."

Yue Ying raised her hand and tapped the air; a star map projection appeared.

One tiny light point flickered faintly.

"Here, Greenwood Star Region, Elvin Planet.

Eva is the strongest warrior on that planet and currently leads its defense.

If we depart from the Imperial Court, we can reach it in about one day."

Xu Jingming fell silent for a moment, a flash of cold light in his eyes.

He had already been worried about Eva's disappearance; now, anger surged deeper.

Someone dared to bring war to his woman.

"Prepare the ship."

He said grimly, "We're leaving for Elvin Planet at maximum speed."

Yue Ying showed no surprise, nodding obediently: "Alright, I'll arrange it immediately."

Even back on Blood Refining Star, she had already learned of Eva's existence from Xu Jingming.

She was deeply curious about this Elven woman who had accompanied Xu Jingming from weakness to strength.

Greenwood Star Region, Elvin Planet.

Once a jade-green planet, it was now unrecognizable.

The earth cracked open, forests burned to ash, the air thick with the stench of smoke and blood.

The sky was shrouded by a grayish energy barrier—the last remaining fragment of the planet's final defense, the "Emerald Sky Curtain."

Its surface was riddled with cracks; fragments periodically peeled off, becoming burning meteors that plummeted to the ground.

Over thirty percent of the planet's surface had turned to charred wasteland.

On the northern hemisphere, atop the last remaining fortress still resisting,

Eva stood at the highest point, her emerald hair streaming in the wind heavy with the scent of burning.

She wore a tattered silver battle armor, its surface scarred with countless blade cuts.

In her hand, she held a longbow of emerald green, its shaft inscribed with elven runes, now faintly glowing.

Behind her, the last eight thousand elven warriors stood ready.

Most of them were Starlight Rank, with only a few reaching Star Rank.

Each bore wounds, their eyes weary yet resolute.

"Sister..."

A soft voice came from her side.

An elven woman, bearing seven or eight-tenths of Eva's resemblance but far purer and more youthful, stepped beside her.

She was Alice, Eva's younger sister.

When Eva left her homeland for cosmic adventures tens of thousands of years ago,

Alice was only Starlight Rank, a little girl who cried easily.

Now, her face had shed all naivety, leaving only the hardened resolve forged by war.

Her rank had even reached Star Rank Seventh Stage.

"The enemy's scout ships have reappeared on the eastern orbit."

Alice reported in a low voice, her gray-green eyes filled with worry, "This is the third time today... They're likely gathering forces; the next full assault won't be far off."

Eva did not turn, her gaze still fixed on the distant horizon.

There, the enemy's war fortress hovered in midair like a black Shanfeng, its surface shimmering with crimson energy runes.

"I know."

Her voice was calm, yet utterly icy, "Let them come."

Alice bit her lip, hesitated a moment, then couldn't help speaking:

"Sister... why not contact Prince Xu Jingming?

Isn't he a core member of the Eternal Star Alliance?

With his status, just one word from him could end this war, couldn't it?"

During these past two years of her return, her sister Eva had told her stories of Blue Star.

She knew well Xu Jingming's growth and his position.

"Jingming..."

Eva whispered the name.

A rare tenderness flickered in her eyes, but was swiftly buried beneath ice.

"He's only just entered Star Dome Academy, new and unsteady in his foundations."

Eva shook her head, "When we parted three years ago, he was at Starlight Peak. Now, he's barely broken into Star Rank."

His personal strength is still insufficient to intimidate a planetary lord.

To resolve the crisis on Elvin Star, he must call in favors from the Eternal Star Alliance.

I don't want to trouble him.

Besides, this blood feud—I must avenge it with my own hands!"

Her parents had mediocre talent, their rank merely Starlight Seventh Stage.

Long before Eva began her cosmic adventures, they had died of old age.

Other close relatives had met the same fate.

But upon her return, every single descendant of those kin had been slaughtered—how could she not rage?

"But Sister! If we keep going like this, we won't last much longer!"

Alice cried out urgently, yet Eva unexpectedly smiled:

"Don't worry—I've already mastered the T3-tier combat art."

If Krogh dares to come, I will kill him!"

Krogh was the planetary lord of the enemy planet.

Both were Cosmic Rank One.

In previous battles, he had only held the upper hand through superior combat experience.

Now that she had mastered a new combat art, the tide would turn.

Once Krogh died, all enemy fronts would collapse.

"Really?! That's wonderful!"

Alice's eyes lit up in delight.

Just then—

Woooo—!!!

A shrill alarm blared across the entire fortress!

The runes on the walls flared with blinding red light—the highest-level invasion alert!