Chapter 991: Giant Vine Star (Requesting Monthly Votes)

“BOOM!!”

The Taixinghao slowly rose into the sky, then shot away as a beam of light, vanishing instantly from the sight of Lei Zun and the other two.

The Second Senior Brother Houdun sighed:

“Time really flies—before we know it, our little brother can already hunt down title-level beings.”

“I, as the Second Senior Brother, am no longer his match.”

“Neither in strength nor in wealth can I compare.”

“And this has all changed dramatically in just a few thousand years.”

“This is what a legendary genius looks like.”

The purple-robed Lei Zun smiled beside him: “Some geniuses are simply destined to be different.”

“Let’s wait for good news from Lin Qi.”

“When he returns, he may have gained another title—that of a disciple to the Supreme Being!”

With that, the three left Tianhai Residence and returned to their respective estates.

…

Meanwhile, outside the Tai Chu Sacred Land

“WHIRRRR!!”

The Taixinghao starship traveled through the vast cosmos.

In the control room’s main hall, Lan Huang, tall and clad in silver battle armor, faced a large blue projection screen flickering with torrents of data.

She spoke:

“Our target this time is the Title-Level Cosmic Fifth Realm—Kong E Wang!”

“His homeworld lies in the Black Tide Star Region—a newly acquired domain.”

“It was seized by our human race 1.2 million years ago from the demon races.”

“After its capture, large-scale development began.”

“Most demon race members and their vassal species were exterminated, while many human inhabitants on the planets were officially incorporated into our race.”

“But the star region is too vast, and many demon and vassal species remain uncleaned.”

“This requires immense effort and force to eradicate.”

“Meanwhile, many Cosmic Fifth Realm beings have begun settling in, seeking opportunities for growth.”

“Due to the demon races’ neglect, many human populations on the planets went undiscovered.”

“In this process, Kong E Wang brought his family to the Black Tide Star Region and successfully became master of three star systems.”

“The Black Tide Star Region is among the most remote of our human race’s 108 star regions.”

“As it was newly conquered, infrastructure and oversight remain crude and insufficient.”

“The elite of the Deep Space Academy must garrison each star system and also hunt down remaining enemy remnants.”

“Everything is in disarray, and chaos reigns.”

Lin Qi nodded after listening—now, even if one did something extreme, no one would say a word.

Because every high-level combatant is invaluable.

And with weak oversight, minor transgressions were often ignored.

Sending more powerful beings to the Black Tide Star Region was unlikely.

Because the human race’s territory was too vast.

Other territories still needed to be conquered.

Too many powerful beings could not be dispatched here.

Only time could gradually bring order.

Lan Huang continued:

“Kong E Wang, knowing our Deep Space Academy has little attention to spare for the Black Tide Star Region, has been making constant small moves.”

“Seeing no strong reaction from us, he grew even more reckless.”

“He does whatever he pleases.”

“His actions have grown increasingly outrageous.”

“We sent Deep Space Academy personnel to warn him—but they vanished on their way back.”

“It’s hard not to suspect his involvement.”

“In fact, there are many such beings.”

“But Kong E Wang is the strongest among them—and the most guilty.”

Lin Qi nodded—he had already read this in Kong E Wang’s dossier.

He then asked curiously:

“If I kill Kong E Wang now, what about others like Qiu Long Wang and Xue Mo Wang?”

Kong Ming Zhu Zai smiled:

“Don’t worry—they won’t escape.”

“The Deep Space Academy will gather intelligence; once the threshold is crossed, a mission will form.”

“Then our academy’s genius experts will eliminate them.”

“Upon success, you gain all their spoils—and the Deep Space Academy grants additional rewards.”

“For those from our Tai Chu Sacred Land, the reward is a massive amount of cultivation points.”

“For those from other Supreme Powers, similar currency units exist.”

“The same applies to you.”

“Once you kill Kong E Wang, everything he owns becomes yours.”

“And you’ll receive a large sum of cultivation points.”

Lin Qi’s eyes lit up with a grin:

“Then Kong E Wang has even less reason to live.”

Beside him, Lan Huang sipped her hot tea and added:

“We head directly to the Giant Vine Star System in the Black Tide Star Region—that’s Kong E Wang’s residence.”

“It’s the wealthiest of his three star systems.”

“If we’d arrived tens of thousands of years later, he might have controlled several more.”

Kong Ming Zhu Zai spoke:

“Prepare for wormhole transmission!”

“Relying solely on the starship’s speed through star gates would be far too slow.”

“BOOM!!”

As he spoke, his eyes blazed with brilliant silver light, and endless spatial runes erupted from his body.

Even stronger spatial law energy surged forth.

In that instant, Lin Qi felt as if he stood before an infinite sea of spatial laws—immense, overwhelming.

His teacher, Lei Zun, was nowhere near Kong Ming Zhu Zai’s level.

Even the spatial law energy revealed here was incomparable.

After all, Kong Ming Zhu Zai had fully mastered spatial law, while his teacher Lei Zun remained stuck on the final true meaning of it.

He knew well—the gap between partial mastery and complete mastery was enormous.

“WHIRRRR!!”

“BOOM!!!”

Ahead of the speeding Taixinghao, the starry void shifted—brilliant silver light illuminated the surrounding space.

A massive silver vortex appeared, instantly forming a wormhole.

Space itself was violently churned.

“BOOM!!”

The Taixinghao plunged straight into the wormhole.

The surrounding space twisted; the stars seemed to shrink.

They entered a special passage, traversing countless star regions, and were teleported to their destination.

…

Black Tide Star Region, Giant Vine Star System.

“BOOM!!”

In the dim, silent starry void, brilliant silver light erupted—the flat expanse of space twisted violently, and a wormhole appeared out of nowhere.

“SHHH!”

A black starship, sharp as a blade, shot out, wrapped in silver spatial law runes.

It halted in the starry void.

Behind it, the wormhole silently vanished, its task complete.

Inside the ship.

Kong Ming Zhu Zai retracted his aura, sat back in his seat, and sipped hot tea:

“We’ve arrived in the Black Tide Star Region.”

Lin Qi released his spiritual sense, sensing the source energy concentration in the surrounding starry void.

Slightly higher than he had imagined.

Though not as strong as the Tianyuan Star Region.

Roughly comparable to the Solar Flame Star Region, but far superior to the Milky Way.

It made him feel a pang of envy—if Lanxing were in such an environment, its rise would be much faster.

At that moment, Lan Huang smiled and spoke:

“I’ve also received the data provided by the Deep Space Academy—the Dread King is currently on his way to the Cosmic Arena.”

“It’s one of his hobbies.”

“He enjoys watching bloody gladiatorial battles between slaves in real-time arenas.”

“He goes to watch almost every so often.”

“We can head there right now.”

“Once the prodigy leaves the Cosmic Arena, we can strike.”

Kongming Dominator also chuckled and said:

“This operation isn’t just us—it also includes personnel from the Deep Space Academy’s branch.”

“They are all elite experts transferred long ago from other star regions by the Deep Space Academy’s headquarters.”

“Even experts from vassal races are involved.”

“Once you take down the Dread King, they will simultaneously strike at his power families.”

“We aim to eliminate them all in one stroke, leaving no one to escape.”