Chapter 1081: Control and Exclusion (3)

Wu Tie launched a sudden attack, causing great harm to Gongsun Yao and his group.

After occupying the crystal square where the teleportation array was located, Gongsun Yao took out a fist‑sized black crystal ball. Amidst flickering faint light, the crystal ball projected a three‑dimensional map with a diameter of a hundred zhang.

Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan, the full three‑dimensional map of the Observation Outpost's Heavenly Crystal Battle Star!

The high‑ranking human civilians and countless elite human warriors exclaimed in unison—how could humans possibly possess such a marvelous object?

"Our human race always has forebears who endure humiliation and bear burdens for our human race…… pressing forward." Gongsun Yao's tone became extremely solemn: "Some years ago, a stunningly talented forebear of our human race voluntarily offered himself as a sacrifice, voluntarily sent to serve the extraterrestrial fiends as a slave."

"They…… paid a huge price to finally grasp the full picture of the so‑called Observation Outpost of the extraterrestrial fiends."

"We only need to follow the map, strike straight at the heart, kill the five great leaders of the extraterrestrial fiends on this crystal star, seize control of this crystal star, and we can destroy the entire Observation Outpost!"

Gongsun Yao's tone gradually became high‑spirited and impassioned, his mind also filled with various inconceivable thoughts.

Simply…… invincible.

The Heavenly Crystal Battle Star's overall map even marked the most secret mechanism pathways. Such an overall map must be a top‑secret of the Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan; outsiders could never obtain it.

As Qingning said, just what price and sacrifice did those human forebears pay for this map!

"Heaven blesses our human race!" The high‑ranking human civilians participating in the battle all praised, their gazes at Gongsun Yao also gaining a solemn depth—this truly is heaven blessing the human race! Gongsun Yao, truly the one chosen by heaven and earth's fortune!

"We will follow this main road and thrust straight into the Heavenly Crystal Holy Hall." Gongsun Yao pointed fiercely on the map: "All Heavenly Crystal fiends along the way, we will slay them at the fastest speed, giving them no chance to react!"

As Gongsun Yao had just traced a line on the map, the interior of the Heavenly Crystal Battle Star suddenly trembled lightly.

The Heavenly Crystal Battle Star's shell remained unmoving, yet its interior was like a hundred‑step Rubik's cube, countless modular space blocks rapidly turning and shifting, passageways between them closing or opening; after a dozen breaths, the interior structure of the Heavenly Crystal Battle Star had become completely unrecognizable.

Then, the internal environment of the Heavenly Crystal Battle Star began an extreme change.

All along, because outsider deities constantly came and went, the internal environment of the Heavenly Crystal Battle Star had been maintained at the level of a "basic universal environment."

The so‑called "basic universal environment" means that here the environment basically allows all deity clans guarding the Observation Outpost to maintain their basic activities and basic livelihood.

Temperature, humidity, brightness, energy radiation, the proportion of heavenly‑earthly primal energy, the blended structure of the Great Dao's patterns, etc., were all kept at a level that everyone had explored and could accept.

For example, for the Magma Giant God clan, their most comfortable survival temperature is above thirty thousand degrees; for the Ice Spirit God clan, their most comfortable survival temperature is around minus two hundred degrees; while for other god clans, their optimal survival temperature is above ten degrees and below a thousand degrees.

Another example: the Dark Soul God clan dislikes light, while the Light God clan favors extremely strong light, preferably with a dozen suns blazing overhead.

And so on, the survival environment inside the Heavenly Crystal Battle Star combined the conditions of all god clans, maintained at a level that nobody found particularly comfortable but everyone could barely endure—coincidentally, this environment is exactly what feels most comfortable to the human race!

But this time, the Heavenly Crystal Holy Hall sealed off, the entire interior space of the Heavenly Crystal Battle Star was rapidly scrambled, and the internal environment of the Heavenly Crystal Battle Star, in an extremely short time, became the primordial environment in which the Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan feels most comfortable and can unleash its greatest combat power.

Tens of thousands of standard atmospheres, hundreds of times standard gravity, temperatures near ten thousand degrees, extreme near‑saturation humidity, countless invisible yet terrifying energy radiations filling the void, in an instant numerous radiation shocks of varying frequencies burst forth……

The many human elites present all let out a muffled groan in unison.

The surrounding environment instantly became so terrifying that each moment's energy radiation impact they endured was comparable to a full‑force strike of a first‑level deity realm expert!

Every human warrior's armor burst out with blinding light.

The armor flickered violently, indicating that they were under constant frenzied attack.

This is the Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan's most comfortable survival environment, and also the primordial environment in which its first‑generation members were nurtured.

A Ji clan Elder cried out hoarsely: "Why is this? Is it a trap?"

Gongsun Yao stared blankly at the surroundings, hoarsely saying: "No, no, impossible…… absolutely impossible…… it must be, it must be that something else has changed. Don't panic, don't panic, we, we should scout ahead— as long as we can find the Heavenly Crystal Holy Hall……"

The four walls of the crystal square suddenly flashed with piercing red light, and a sharp alarm sounded from all directions.

A high‑pitched, hard, sword‑like shrill voice echoed in the air, hoarsely broadcasting the alarm in the Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan's native tongue with a deathly tone.

Among the high‑ranking humans present, many understood dozens, even hundreds of deity languages.

After all, for countless years deities have been observing and studying humanity, while the high‑ranking humans—those with sufficient wisdom and power—have also been frantically studying these deities.

They all heard that the Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan was hoarsely warning all its members inside the Heavenly Crystal Battle Star: "Strong enemy invades, Heavenly Crystal Holy Hall under attack, hold your posts, slay any intruding alien race!"

"Who? Who invaded the Heavenly Crystal Holy Hall?" Gongsun Yao looked somewhat panicked at the surrounding high‑ranking humans.

The high‑ranking humans exchanged glances, unable to speak.

They didn't even have a map of the Heavenly Crystal Battle Star; they merely trusted Qingning, were frenzied about achieving merit, and felt obliged to repay a favor, which led them to stake everything on following Gongsun Yao into the Heavenly Crystal Battle Star.

As for what to do after reaching the Heavenly Crystal Battle Star…… they actually had no pre‑made plan, just figuring things out step by step.

On the vast crystal square, above the dome‑shaped arch, countless crystal spires a hundred zhang long slid out silently.

The crystal spires began to flash with piercing light; strands of deep‑purple radiant gloom condensed on the spires, thousands of crystal spires locked onto the gathered human army, and then strands of deep‑purple high‑energy radiation shot out silently.

The armor of several thousand human warriors suddenly heated up, then vaporized.

On these warriors' bodies, forged through countless hammerings, large blisters rapidly formed; soon they began bleeding from all seven orifices, their flesh began to disintegrate, their five viscera and six bowels were directly cooked in the high heat, and then they collapsed to the ground.

"Enemy attack, defend!" a Gongsun clan warrior leader shouted hoarsely.

Gongsun Yao was a little disarrayed in his formation.

Why did this happen?

Following his mother's plan, they secretly infiltrated the Heavenly Crystal Battle Star, taking the transport route pointed out by Qingning; with just a moment's effort they could storm the Heavenly Crystal Holy Hall, and tens of thousands of venerable experts joining forces could easily overwhelm the heavily wounded Xuanwu and the others!

Slay Xuanwu, seize the Heavenly Crystal Battle Star's control core, use the secret incantation Qingning gave him to mimic the Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan's soul fluctuations, and he could command the entire Heavenly Crystal Battle Star, then use it to destroy the strongholds of all other god clans, thereby wiping out the whole Observation Outpost.

This would be an unprecedented feat, enough to let Gongsun Yao ascend the Human Emperor's throne!

But how could this happen?

Who stole Gongsun Yao's fruit? Who?

Who triggered the Heavenly Crystal Battle Star's defense mechanism, turning what was once a thoroughfare into a terrifying slaughter trap?

"Let's withdraw!" a human elder muttered lowly: "We've already lost the chance for a surprise attack, we……"

Gongsun Yao drew a deep breath, his voice sinking: "Wait, wait…… there is still a backup plan, there is still a backup plan!"

Gongsun Yao recalled Qingning's words—if they were discovered by the gods upon entering the Heavenly Crystal Battle Star, they would at most need to endure for a moment, and the interior of the Heavenly Crystal Battle Star would surely undergo a great change……

There would be an insider‑outsider collaborator to help them open the passage to the Heavenly Crystal Holy Hall, and they could still charge straight to the heart!

Gongsun Yao knew that inside the Heavenly Crystal Battle Star there was an insider arranged by Qingning!

This is great, this is great, this really is very good!

"A moment, at most hold out a moment!" Gongsun Yao hoarsely cried: "A moment, I only need everyone to hold out another moment!"

At the same time Gongsun Yao let out a hoarse roar, Xuanwu and the others were also struggling for their lives!

Yes, we are struggling for our lives!

They had estimated that anyone daring to break into the Heaven Crystal Sacred Hall would definitely be very strong.

But they never dreamed that Wu Tie could be this strong.

Five grand presidents, five supreme divine artifacts, and thousands of God-King-level experts.

Unexpectedly, they were suppressed by Wu Tie alone!

Even though Xuanwu and the others were already heavily wounded, with their essence blood and divine souls depleted by ninety percent, their combat power reduced to less than one percent, they were still solidly God-King-level existences.

Present were the five great divine clans, plus thousands of God-King-level experts!

But Wu Tie……

His fists were hard to an unbelievable degree.

Chikui clashed fists with him, and his fist was shattered by a single punch.

Xuanwu clashed head-on with him, and a single punch pierced his chest.

Yizun spat a mouthful of his natal magma fire at him, but Wu Tie returned a mouthful of Samadhi true fire, almost burning Yizun's head to ashes.

Youzu's White Dragon Cold Qi was even vaporized by Wu Tie's solar true fire, unable to harm a single hair on him.

As for Xupo, there's no need to mention.

His Book of Life and Death was ruthlessly suppressed by the Haotian Mirror; wherever the mirror's light reached, countless strange figures within the Book of Life and Death turned to ash and smoke, and Xupo himself was burned by the mirror's light, spewing countless black smoke and evil qi, his body rapidly shrinking.

The other thousands of God-King-level experts, meanwhile, wailed and howled under the four-colored sword light, with tens or even hundreds of divine spirits being slain by the murderous weapons in each breath.

And with each God-King-level divine spirit's flesh and soul devoured, the power of the four murderous weapons grew a bit stronger, and their foundation a bit deeper.

Especially, as Wu Tie's frenzied slaughter continued, the golden light of merit behind him became ever more intense and thick.

And the more his human-path merit accumulated, the tighter his connection with the Golden Relic Pagoda above his head became.

The closer his connection to the Relic Pagoda, the greater the power it erupted with, and the more powerful the support and protection Wu Tie received.

After just a few breaths, Wu Tie stood in place, letting Xuanwu and the five others bombard him wildly, yet he could not even be scratched.

Moreover, the recoil force of the Relic Pagoda had left Xuanwu and the five others with five labors and seven injuries, their five viscera and six bowels nearly shattered, their divine power more than half depleted, near exhaustion.

"Xuanwu, no, this bastard, this bastard……" Xupo, beaten to the utmost misery, screamed hoarsely, unable to speak properly.

"We, retreat……" Youzu let out a low groan: "The human race has a saying: 'As long as the green hills remain, there's no worry about running out of firewood.'"

Xuanwu's whole body flickered with an intense, unstable high-frequency flash, and he hoarsely said: "No, no, no, you can retreat, but I, but I……"

Before he could finish, a blood-colored sword light sliced past beside Xuanwu.

Just one strike, Xuanwu's hundred-zhang-tall body was cleanly severed into two parts.

Wu Tie's aura kept rising.

Human-path merit continually entered his body.

The Wu clan's clansmen, plus the countless subjects of Wuguo, and even the countless human commoners saved by Wuguo, their power of belief continually flowed into Wu Tie's body.

Within Wu Tie's body, a force far stronger than his own cultivation was gestating, awakening.

His bloodline boiled, rapidly returning to its ancestors.

Behind him, moreover, a faint wolf-like shadow appeared—this was the blessing of the wolf spirit that Grey Master had sacrificed himself to bestow upon Wu Tie back then.

This is a pure auxiliary bloodline divine ability that sacrifices oneself purely to benefit others.

Under the bolstering of the terrifying human-faith power condensed on Wu Tie, Grey Master's bloodline divine ability increased Wu Tie's strength by about a terrifying fold.

Wu Tie's own combat power was already terrifying, and on top of that it doubled……

This wasn't the final straw that broke the camel's back; it was smashing a mountain onto a camel already on the verge of being crushed!

Wamu's low prayer echoed within Wu Tie's body; Wamu had once used the Wamu clan's secret art to bless and empower Wu Tie…… these seemingly illusory powers now all burst forth.

Every punch, every kick, every thunder technique, every divine ability Wu Tie unleashed seemed heaven-sent, all striking Xuanwu and the others at their weakest points.

The five supreme divine artifacts radiated divine light that flooded the heavens, their power boundless, yet after all they were water without a source!

They were the treasures hidden away by the forefathers of the five Xuanwu; they brought these five supreme divine artifacts to the observation outpost, because these five artifacts did not belong to them, and they could not, nor dared, use their divine souls to refine and subjugate them.

They could only borrow the power of these five divine artifacts, and they could not possibly exert their full power.

The five divine artifacts were suppressed, crushed, and then overwhelmingly and destructively subdued by the ever-growing might of the Relic Pagoda.

Sword light fell like rain, incessantly slashing down.

After ten breaths, the thousands of divine spirits within the Heaven Crystal Sacred Hall were completely slain.

The five supreme divine artifacts were swallowed whole by the Relic Pagoda and suppressed within its body. Wu Tie's whole body radiated divine light like a great sun, hovering before the dying Youzu and the four others.

"Xuanwu?" Wu Tie walked up to Xuanwu, holding a golden holy sword, placing it on his neck.

"Do you have anything to say to me?" Wu Tie looked at Xuanwu with a smile.

Xuanwu shook his head, silent.

Wu Tie backhanded a sword; the golden sword light like a silk ribbon sliced Xupo and Youzu in one strike, their divine spirits also cleaved away into smoke and mist.

Xuanwu's broken half-body stiffened, then he desperately nodded, nodding madly!

"I, surrender!"