Chapter 1518

The walls and grounds were utterly silent.

Both the defenders of Elvin Star and Krogh's soldiers stared in stunned disbelief.

One strike.

No, it wasn't even a technique—just a casual wave of the hand.

And he completely erased a planet lord who was also a Cosmic Stage I cultivator!

What kind of terrifying power is this?!

Eva couldn't help but widen her eyes.

After returning to Elvin Star, she had kept in touch with Xu Jingming.

But the battles had been too frequent, so they never had much time for deep conversation.

She never imagined that Xu Jingming, who had merely been at the peak of Starlight Stage three years ago,

Now had reached the Cosmic Stage!

And he could casually slay Kroel, who was also a Cosmic Stage I cultivator!

This growth rate was simply horrifying.

Xu Jingming paid no heed to the shock around him; his gaze turned to another figure.

Daryl.

The Cosmic Stage VII powerhouse who had remained silent throughout.

"What about this man? How should we handle him?" he asked.

Eva shook her head, frowning: "I've never seen him before. He's some ally Krogh pulled in from who knows where."

Hearing this, Xu Jingming's eyebrows lifted slightly.

Cosmic Stage cultivators aren't common vegetables.

Generally, an entire star region has only one Cosmic Stage cultivator.

Especially one as powerful as a Cosmic Stage VII.

Before this, he shouldn't have been completely unknown.

And yet, how could such a powerful cultivator willingly lower himself to aid Krogh in attacking an ordinary planet?

At that moment, Della, who had been standing silently beside them, suddenly spoke:

"Your Highness, he's not an elf—he's human."

Daryl was entirely shrouded in his battle armor, his face hidden.

But to a Supreme Immortal at the peak of immortality, identifying his identity was effortless.

"Oh?"

Xu Jingming's gaze sharpened.

Almost the instant Della finished speaking, Daryl moved!

Without the slightest hesitation, he shot backward at blinding speed.

A stream of dark-gold light streaked toward the horizon, fleeing desperately!

His speed was so great it nearly tore through space!

Yet—

"Want to run?"

Della's calm face showed no emotion.

She simply raised her right hand and closed her fingers gently toward the direction Daryl fled.

Hum!

The space within a hundred li instantly froze solid!

As if an invisible giant hand had sealed off this entire realm, crushing all laws and rules beneath its weight.

Daryl's body froze midair; no matter how hard he pushed his Yuan energy, he couldn't advance an inch.

"No—!"

He let out a furious roar, his body erupting in brilliant golden light as he tried to shatter the confinement.

Within the light, a faint, ancient talisman's silhouette emerged, radiating immense protective power.

"SS9-grade survival artifact? Interesting."

Della's eyes flickered with surprise, but then she shook her head.

"Too bad—in the face of absolute power, external tools are still just external tools."

She clenched her fingers.

Crack!

The talisman's silhouette shattered instantly!

The golden light around Daryl dimmed at once; his entire body was bound by invisible chains.

He plummeted from the sky, crashing heavily onto the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

Della raised her hand, drawing him levitating before her.

Daryl was now a wreck—his dark-gold battle armor was riddled with cracks.

His faceplate shattered, revealing the pale, terrified face of a middle-aged man.

"Who sent you?" Xu Jingming stepped before him, his voice cold and indifferent.

Daryl clenched his teeth, saying nothing.

"Won't talk?"

Xu Jingming didn't care; he turned to Della: "Can you make him speak?"

Della smiled faintly: "Your Highness, rest assured, the Elven Court not only excels in the Law of Life, but has also deeply studied the realm of spiritual force."

She extended her Bai Xi fingers and gently touched Dariel's forehead.

A thread of emerald light seeped in.

Dariel's body convulsed violently.

His face twisted in excruciating pain, eyes bulging, veins swelling.

After a moment, Della withdrew her finger, her brow slightly furrowed.

"Your Highness, his memories have been tampered with."

"All traces of the mastermind have been erased, leaving only an order to cooperate with Krogh and kill Eva."

"Memory erasure?"

Xu Jingming's gaze turned cold.

Erasing the memories of a Universe Rank 7 powerhouse is no feat any ordinary faction could accomplish.

And specifically targeting Eva...

"Is this aimed at me?"

The thought flashed through his mind.

Three years ago, Eva left Blue Star.

It took her a year to return.

Before that, she had followed him closely, with almost no contact with the outside world.

The only possibility was that she was caught in the crossfire of his enemies.

So the question arises: who had he angered during this time?

In an instant, Xu Jingming's mind flashed a name—Colt.

A year ago, Colt's son, Collins.

Was investigated for colluding with the Demon Clan, setting a trap on Meteorite Star to obtain demon materials.

Just days ago, the Star Dome Academy's Beast Hunt had just ended.

The Enforcement Team had already captured Collins.

The verdict was simple: death.

The Universe Human Race has never tolerated collusion with alien races.

Thus, in grief over his son's death, Colt acting in rage is entirely plausible.

As a Supreme Immortal at the peak of Eternal Life, secretly mobilizing a Universe Rank 7 assassin is no great feat.

As for why he chose Eva...

The solar system where Blue Star lies is packed with dense defensive satellites.

Moreover, the elite fleet of the Noah Empire patrols it year-round—hard to strike.

But Eva, far away in the Elven Realm, was a newly returned planetary lord.

Her defenses were relatively weak, making her the easiest vulnerability to breach.

"All this elaborate effort, just to make me lose what I love..."

Xu Jingming's gaze was icy beyond measure.

He never needed concrete proof to suspect someone.

If there was even a possibility, it was almost certainly their doing.

Colt, the Supreme Immortal at the peak of Eternal Life, was unquestionably the strongest enemy he had ever faced.

But so what?

A sharp, icy glint flickered deep in Xu Jingming's eyes.

He had the Deep Blue System—given enough Source Points, he could break through endlessly.

The peak of Eternal Life was never an insurmountable barrier.

"Colt..."

Xu Jingming silently mouthed the name, killing intent sharp as a blade.

The road ahead is long, but this debt, he would remember.

"Your Highness, shall we eliminate him?" Della asked.

Xu Jingming glanced at Dariel.

The man's eyes were filled with despair and pleading, yet bound by soul control, he could not even speak a word of begging.

"Kill him."

He said coolly.

Since he couldn't extract anything, keeping him was useless.

Della nodded; a flash of green light darted from her fingertip.

Dariel's body crumbled like a sand sculpture aged a thousand years, dissolving silently into the air.

Another Universe Rank 7 had fallen.

Having finished this, Xu Jingming turned to Eva, his face once again wearing a gentle smile:

"Let's go. Show me your home."

Eva nodded vigorously, her green eyes brimming with unprecedented curiosity:

"Yes, tell me how you ended up in our Elven Clan."

She was truly curious—how had Jingming managed to win over the Elven Crown Princess?