Chapter 1673

The fluctuations of the primordial laws within the basin had not yet dissipated.

Xu Jingming immediately pulled up his system interface.

【Name】: Xu Jingming

【Level】: Eternal Stage One (+)

【Ability】: Sunlight Divine Thunder (T1)

【Divine Power】: 1861 points (+)

【Divine Sense】: 1156 strands (+)

【Skills】: Spear Intent (Advanced+), Furious Thunder Storm (T2, Perfect)......

【Body Cultivation】: Star-Core Lei Gang Body (T0, Fourth Stage+)

【Spirit Cultivation】: Ninefold Refining Spirit Method (T0, Fourth Stage+)

【Primordial】: Thunder Primordial Acknowledgment (First Stage+), Destruction Primordial Acknowledgment (First Stage+), Life Primordial (Fifth Stage+)

【Genes】: Source Core Secret Scripture (Fourth Stage)

【Bloodline】: Void Demon (Purple Nightmare Demon Scripture T0, Sixth Stage+)

【Essence Points】: 13475

"Thirteen thousand plus essence points!"

Xu Jingming's eyes blazed with brilliance, his face unable to hide his delight.

And the "+" symbol after his level was clearly visible.

This meant his accumulated essence points had broken the ten-thousand threshold for the first time—enough to support a level upgrade!

"Hahaha, indeed!

Killing the insect race is the fastest way to accumulate! This batch was a goldmine!"

Xu Jingming couldn't help laughing out loud.

"The military merits exploded too."

The succubus little girl Vera floated out, blinking her big eyes with excitement:

"In this battle alone, we accumulated over 35 billion military merits!

Our account total has surpassed 39 billion!"

As a soul entity, she could now only reside within Xu Jingming's body.

She was usually bored, and any change in the numbers stirred great interest in her.

"Good."

Xu Jingming nodded in satisfaction.

The military merit system was stingy.

But that was only for ordinary alien races.

For the Insect Queen and countless Eternal-stage warriors, each one was a walking treasury of military merits.

"Jing... Su Chen, are you hurt?"

A cool voice, laced with concern, rang out.

Lin Qianxue glided to his side, her exquisite face marked with faint worry.

She gently brushed away a smudge of charred ash on Xu Jingming's shoulder armor, her movements tender.

"A little wound.

But only about 1% of my divine body was obliterated—it'll recover soon."

Xu Jingming smiled.

Compared to the injury, the real issue was the exhaustion.

Although the entire battle lasted less than half an hour,

he had used nearly all his strength, save the Chaos Pearl.

Now that he had relaxed, a faint weariness surged through his limbs and bones.

This was the sign of depleted divine power.

"Thank you, Elder, for saving my life!"

Accompanied by reverent thanks,

two streaks of light flew in from the basin's edge—it was Kola and Ailin.

They landed before Xu Jingming, bowing deeply with humble postures.

Kola's usually stern face was now filled with awe.

Ailin's sharp eyes held only fear and gratitude.

Come on!

They had witnessed a single man annihilate a massive insect army, including an Eternal Stage Six.

Who would dare treat this man as an ordinary Eternal Stage One?

In their hearts,

Xu Jingming must have concealed his true strength.

He was surely a super senior at least at Eternal Stage Eight!

Displaying only the aura of Eternal Stage One was just the usual tactic of pretending to be weak.

In the Outlands Battlefield, such ancient monsters were not rare.

"No need to thank me for saving you."

Xu Jingming waved his hand casually, his tone calm, "Actually, I used you."

"Senior, you flatter me!"

Ai Lin quickly shook her head, hatred flashing in her eyes:

"If not for Senior, we would already have fallen to the traitor Luo Nan's poison!"

Her gaze flickered toward a nearby spot.

Luo Nan's corpse lay sprawled in the charred earth, a piercing blood hole through his brow, life long extinguished.

This teammate, enslaved by the insectoid race, had been casually slain by Xu Jingming with a single shot during the chaos.

"Indeed."

Kola also bowed deeply, her tone sincere:

"Senior has saved our lives."

Though we two are low in strength, we have our own connections."

"Should Senior require anything, simply send a message through the Virtual Universe—we will spare no effort to assist!"

Ai Lin nodded immediately, her gaze resolute.

Xu Jingming smiled faintly, saying nothing.

His gaze swept over the ruined battlefield, then suddenly furrowed his brow:

"We'll deal with this later—this place is no longer safe. Let's leave."

Though the insectoid race lacked a universe-spanning communication network like the Virtual Universe, they still possessed regional transmission methods.

The earlier battle had shaken the heavens.

The fluctuations of cosmic laws had spread over tens of thousands of kilometers—surely already drawing the attention of nearby insectoid elites.

"Yes! Let's go quickly!"

Kola and Ai Lin's expressions changed instantly; they understood at once.

Without a word, they actively helped Xu Jingming gather the battlefield loot.

The insectoid queen's World Ring, carapace, divine crystals, fragments of shattered weapons...

Their movements were swift and practiced—they had clearly long roamed the Outer Domains battlefield.

In moments, all valuable items were collected.

Not a single thing was kept for themselves; all were handed over to Xu Jingming.

Xu Jingming no longer delayed—he waved his hand and summoned the Star Scar.

The silver-gray ship's streamlined hull unfolded, its hatch sliding open silently.

"Until we meet again."

He gave Kola and Ai Lin a slight nod, then merged with Lin Qianxue into streaks of light that vanished into the cabin.

The Star Scar's engines hummed low.

In an instant, it became a slender silver thread, tearing through the sky and vanishing beyond the horizon.

Kola and Ai Lin watched the ship depart.

They exchanged glances, each seeing relief in the other's eyes.

"That Senior... is terrifying." Kola murmured softly.

"We were lucky—if not, we'd already be dead."

Ai Lin drew a deep breath. "Let's go—the insectoid reinforcements will be here soon."

The two also became streaks of light, entering their own starships and fleeing swiftly in another direction.

Half an hour later.

The space at the center of the basin suddenly twisted, a black fissure tearing open.

Three figures with overwhelming auras stepped out of the rift.

Leading them was an insectoid queen over twelve meters tall!

She wore dark golden biological armor.

Her compound eyes were like abysses, radiating a terrifying pressure of Peak Immortal realm!

"You Tong and Xue Yi... both dead?"

Her gaze swept over the devastated battlefield, her voice cold as ice frozen for ten thousand years.

The two insectoid queens behind her, both Immortal Eighth Stage, wore Solemn expressions.

"There are still survivors here!"

The left queen suddenly sensed something and raised her hand to grasp.

Hum!

The void rippled.

A faint, slender figure was forcibly pulled forth—it was Hai Li disguised as 'Xi'!

Her aura was weak, her divine body dim.

A grotesque, piercing wound marred her abdomen, as if she had just endured a brutal battle.

"Royal bloodline?"

The Immortal Ninth Stage queen's gaze fixed on Hai Li, her compound eyes narrowing slightly.

"My lord..."

Hai Li lifted her head weakly, her eyes revealing just the right mix of post-battle terror and righteous fury:

"It was a human! A Supreme Immortal Eighth Stage!"

He disguised himself as an Immortal First Stage and struck suddenly!"

Sister You Tong and the others had no time to react!"

I used a royal secret technique barely to escape death...

Her voice trembled, her performance utterly natural.

"Eternal Stage Eight?"

The dark gold empress's eyes flashed with sharp light. "What does he look like? What weapon does he use?"

"His face is ordinary; he wields a battle knife."

Healy struggled to recall. "His lightning power is extremely strong—he gained the acknowledgment of the Lightning Origin..."

"The Lightning Origin? A human warrior wielding a battle knife?"

The dark gold empress repeated softly, her killing intent gradually boiling.

She suddenly raised her hand.

A vast torrent of spiritual force enveloped the entire basin, meticulously sensing the lingering fluctuations of cosmic laws.

Moments later, she withdrew her spiritual force, her eyes blazing with icy radiance:

"Indeed, there is the aura of a top-tier Lightning Origin—and also an immensely powerful will of destruction!"

"Issue orders!"

She whirled around, her voice exploding like thunder across the surrounding void:

"All insectoid races of the Fourth Star Zone, heed my command.

Hunt down a human suspected of being Eternal Stage Eight, skilled in wielding lightning!

Those who provide definitive traces shall be rewarded with ten million divine crystals!

Those who personally slay him shall be granted one royal blood purification!"

"Yes!"

The two empresses behind her responded in unison, bloodthirsty gleams flashing in their eyes.

The dark gold empress turned again to Healy, her tone slightly softening:

"Since you are of the royal bloodline, accompany me back to the main base to heal."

"Your courage in standing your ground in battle is commendable."

"Thank you, my lord..." Healy bowed her head, posture respectful.

Deep in her eyes, however, a faint, nearly imperceptible sneer flickered.

You think you can find my master with these false clues? Dream on!

But I must send word of this to my master.

She stirred her thoughts, beginning to transmit information through the Soul-Eroding Mark.

The Soul-Eroding Mark is a T0-level soul enslavement technique of the succubus race.

And soul enslavement, unless the enslaved willingly reveals it, is virtually undetectable.

Especially a T0-level enslavement technique.

Hence, she dared to transmit information right beneath the nose of this Eternal Peak insectoid.