Chapter 1082: Control and Exclusion (4)

Heaven Crystal War Star, Heaven Crystal Secret Hall.

The secret hall, a thousand li in diameter, is perfectly spherical; hundreds of huge crystal balls hover in the air, with extremely fine electric arcs shuttling between them, and even finer currents spray from the four walls, merging with several crystal balls.

Countless divine inscriptions and symbols flow with the currents; everything inside the Heaven Crystal War Star is controlled by these several-hundred-li-diameter crystal balls.

The Heaven Crystal Divine Race has an average IQ not high, somewhat stronger than ordinary people, but only a little bit stronger.

But they are life born of crystal stone; though their IQ is not high, they innately possess tremendous calculating power, and from birth know how to use various crystals to make all kinds of miraculous devices.

This is their innate divine ability, a bloodline talent naturally condensed from the Heavenly Dao.

Such a huge, miraculous Heaven Crystal War Star—if replaced by any other divine race, even the smartest, wisest, most cunning, most deceitful, and most sinister Wisdom Divine Race—could not construct such a miraculous war star.

But the Heaven Crystal Divine Race can do it!

Yet the appearance of this Heaven Crystal War Star is not because the Heaven Crystal Divine Race wanted to do so.

But rather, on some certain year, month, and day, a divine spirit of an alien race unintentionally told the Heaven Crystal Divine Race's highest-status Divine Emperor at that time—'You need a powerful ultimate divine artifact; it should have these, those, such and such functions…'

Then the Heaven Crystal Divine Race built such a Heaven Crystal War Star!

The Heaven Crystal Divine Race never actively discovers problems……but as soon as someone presents them with a problem, they will definitely solve it.

They possess the world's most terrifying calculating power, but their IQ and wisdom are really only a little bit above ordinary people.

Jing Jiu compressed his body to about three zhang tall and hovered silently within this Heaven Crystal Secret Hall.

His whole body flickered with nine different colors of divine light……He is a Divine King–level powerhouse, and he had already broken through to become a Divine King many years ago.

But his name is Jing Jiu; among the Heaven Crystal Divine Race, this is a slave-specific designation.

This means Jing Jiu is a slave, but he is a slave of extremely high rank within the Heaven Crystal Divine Race; among all the slaves of the Heaven Crystal Divine Race, he ranks ninth.

A slave possessing Divine King cultivation.

Jing Jiu hovered silently in midair, his eyes flashing with sharp crystal light, monitoring the changes of the divine patterns and symbols within the crystal balls.

Data streamed like a waterfall; if it were an ordinary person, their brain would have long been blown apart by this data.

But in Jing Jiu's eyes, these data are extremely simple.

These crystal balls are the brain of the entire Heaven Crystal War Star; and he, Jing Jiu, is the soul of these crystal balls.

He was among the Heaven Crystal Divine Race who first participated in designing and building the Heaven Crystal War Star; he was among the first batch to drive the Heaven Crystal War Star in the extermination war; moreover, he was among the first to harvest human race soul crystals and blood essence, breaking through to the Divine King realm as a Heaven Crystal Divine Race member.

But he became a slave!

He was punished, forever stationed to guard the Heaven Crystal War Star, forever maintaining its brain.

Honor has nothing to do with him anymore.

Everything of his has been stripped away.

Everything he once had has been destroyed.

Relatives, lovers, friends, brothers and sisters……

Jing Jiu stared blankly at those huge crystal balls, his mind recalling the splendid, magnificent, sorrowful, and desperate moments of his long past life.

"So, destroying this bunch of brats is really delightful." Jing Jiu grinned.

The Heaven Crystal Divine Race's skin is condensed from crystal stone; they always have a dead person's face, making expressions hard to show. But at this moment, Jing Jiu's face showed a brilliant smile.

He pinched his fingers, beginning to calculate Xuanwu's bloodline inheritance and genealogy.

One generation, two generations, three generations……slowly tracing back……uh, that's right; the Divine Emperor's direct line that made Jing Jiu become a slave, stripping him of everything and destroying everything, was precisely the ancestor of Xuanwu from 1,327 generations ago.

The Heaven Crystal Divine Race finds reproduction difficult.

A lineage of 1,327 generations……what an incredibly long span of time.

"So then, Qingning……you Wisdom Divine Race folks are all no good, but I'd rather be used by you." Jing Jiu crossed his legs, sat silently cross-legged in midair, tilted his head, arms crossed over his chest, and muttered softly: "I won't even talk about revenge; as long as I can make them uncomfortable, I'll feel good."

"Heh heh heh, because of the restriction, I can't personally harm any Heaven Crystal Divine Race brat, but……but……but……"

Jing Jiu's body trembled slightly; he whispered: "Qingning, you promised me they'd all die, right?"

"I've locked onto the coordinates of Wa Island; I've locked onto the coordinates of all human clans' ancestral temples; I've locked onto the coordinates of all human fate fields, battlefields, and hunting grounds—the core nests of human forces."

"Whether it's the Imperial Capital, Divine Capital, or Royal Capital—millions of coordinates, all are locked onto by me!"

"Qingning, if you can't kill these brats, I'll kill you all."

"Even if the Heaven Crystal War Star collapses, I'll drag you all down with me……"

"Of course, if you succeed, then when I break through to the Divine Emperor realm and stand before that damned coward, that damned playboy……I'll smash his skull to pieces alive!"

As he muttered to himself, the Heaven Crystal Secret Hall where Jing Jiu was located flashed with a piercing blood-red light.

A sharp, icy alarm sounded; a huge projection appeared before Jing Jiu, and the spatial structure inside the Heaven Crystal War Star began to twist wildly like a Rubik's Cube, making Jing Jiu's complexion become extremely eerie.

"Qingning, you stupid woman, your people have been discovered……what a fool!"

Jing Jiu's body twitched slightly; the flesh near his spine split open, and countless crystal threads—far finer than a hair by tens of thousands of times—flowed out, carrying a faint gleam as they stabbed toward the surrounding crystal balls.

In an instant, Jing Jiu became one with the hundreds of crystal balls.

His pupils flashed with mad crystal light; his body shook violently, and every bit of information within every inch of space and every part of the outer wall of the Heaven Crystal War Star surged frenziedly into his brain.

"Knock knock knock knock," Jing Jiu's teeth violently clashed; his whole body twitched and shuddered, and this massive data impact nearly burned his brain into a ball of flame.

But Jing Jiu is already a peak Divine King–level existence; he has even set one foot into the Divine Emperor realm.

He barely endured this violent data onslaught; strands of nine-colored mysterious light seeped from within him, flowing along the tens of thousands of crystal threads into the surrounding crystal balls.

"Deprive the main console of all commands; the Heaven Crystal War Star's functions are taken over directly by the Heaven Crystal Secret Hall……oh, oh, all spatial structures return to normal……the Transmission Hall's all defensive seals are closed."

"Human race?"

Jing Jiu gave a strange laugh: "Qingning, this woman, you brought a bunch of humans in? Interesting, too interesting—ah ha, close all internal defensive seals of the Heaven Crystal War Star, open all passage valves……yo heh, Prince Xuanwu, you damned little bastard, I hope you have fun playing with the humans!"

"Hmm, the Heaven Crystal Holy Hall is sealed? Open it, open it, haha, open it!"

"Hmm, Xuanwu used his authority? No problem, no problem; the whole Heaven Crystal War Star is under my control, so your authority, Xuanwu, is useless……"

"Strange, why is there such a strong divine power fluctuation inside the Heaven Crystal Holy Hall?"

"Has someone already broken in?"

No wonder he sealed the Heavenly Crystal Holy Hall; no wonder those brats activated the internal defensive restriction……But all restrictions are closed, all passages opened, all gates opened……Heavenly Crystal Holy Hall, open it for me too!

Huh?

Jing Jiu suddenly let out a strange exclamation: "Who is this guy? You Zu, Xu Po, yo yo, the two highnesses, those little bastards, just like that……doomed?"

Jing Jiu's body trembled, and he burst into hysterical screams: "Hahaha, they're just like that……doomed? Oh dear, You Nie, Xu Po, will you feel sad? Your most beloved son has been killed……Hehe, hehe, so happy!"

Inside the Heavenly Crystal Holy Hall, Wu Tie cut through You Zu and Xu Po with one sword; Xuan Wu stared blankly for a moment, then nodded frantically.

"I'll cooperate with you; no matter what you want, I can give it……but don't hurt me!" Xuan Wu's body trembled violently: "I am already at the peak of the God King; I will soon break through to the God Emperor Realm; if I return to my clan……"

Wu Tie held the holy sword against Xuan Wu's neck.

Xuan Wu took a deep breath, straightened his endless bluster, then tore open his own chest and, from a crystal cavity near his heart, pulled out a crystal ball the size of a water jar.

"This is the core of the entire Heavenly Crystal War Star……refine it, and you become the master of the Heavenly Crystal War Star."

Xuan Wu intently observed Wu Tie's expression: "The most important thing I can produce is only this. I… just want to live."

Inside the Heavenly Crystal Secret Hall, Jing Jiu's eyes flickered with crazy, greedy fire; through the omnipresent war star restriction, he stared fixedly at the war star core hovering before Wu Tie.

But soon he exhaled, shook his head: "So, damn woman, why should I cooperate with you? If not for this damn restriction, if I could refine this core……I could truly merge with the Heavenly Crystal War Star……"

"But since your people have done what you promised, then come!" Jing Jiu muttered lowly: "I'll assist him in refining the war star core. Then you release me, and then you can do whatever you want."

"I only need freedom; as for the rest, what's it to me?"

Jing Jiu gave a grotesque grin: "I just want freedom!"

He lifted his head, looked around: "How many years…? I've been imprisoned in this damned Heavenly Crystal Secret Hall for how many years?"

"Freedom, what a beautiful word."

"I… how long has it been since I last admired those red flowers, green grass, and those lovely, vibrant maidens? Because I protected a human maiden……so I became a slave?"

Jing Jiu's body trembled violently, his whole body emitting the characteristic high-frequency vibration of crystal stone, a "buzz" sound.

"Back then, I must have been crazy."

"Love……damned love……crazy love……"

"A lump of crystal stone fell in love with a foolish woman……a human, foolish woman……"

"The crystal lump, nearly melted, foolish woman……I am the extraterrestrial demon spoken of in your clan……why would you save me?"

"Look, you've stirred up a huge trouble for us!"

"My clan demoted me to slave, while your clan burned you alive……"

"Oh, oh, oh, if this time I still, still can't be free……I really can't endure it anymore……"

"Then let us destroy ourselves together!"

"Boom!"

"Damned Heavenly Crystal God Clan……damned human race……"

"None of them are any good!"

Jing Jiu's body twitched slightly; the spatial restriction within the entire Heavenly Crystal War Star activated, and Wu Tie, Xuan Wu, Chi Yun, Yi Zon, together with the war star core, were simultaneously moved to the Heavenly Crystal Secret Hall.

Jing Jiu stretched out his hand, looking at Wu Tie and said in a low voice: "Are you the person sent by that treacherous, foolish woman Qing Ning? Humph, humph, I'll help you refine this war star core; you release me, you know our agreement, right?"

Wu Tie raised his eyebrows, looking at the hundreds of large crystal balls around, then at the strangely formed Jing Jiu, and slowly nodded: "Hmm, I of course know our agreement……you help me refine this war star core, I release you……freedom!"

Jing Jiu smiled, grinning, and said softly to Wu Tie: "Humans, truly an extinct species."

He let out a heavy sigh: "But I promised her I wouldn't harm her kin……yet after all these years, I can't hold back anymore……"

"I personally witnessed her being burned to death by you foolish humans……"

"If this time I still can't regain freedom, I will surely drag you humans down with me to mutual destruction."

"Even if I cannot kill all humans……but……"

Wu Tie raised his eyebrows, smiled, and said: "Let's first get down to business, shall we?"

Wu Tie was very vigilant, very careful.

Has a human reached an agreement with this bizarre Heavenly Crystal God Clan before us?

Does a human want this bizarre Heavenly Crystal God Clan to assist someone in refining and controlling the Heavenly Crystal War Star's core?

Heaven above, when Wu Tie subdued Xuan Wu, he merely wanted to interrogate some secrets about the Heavenly Crystal War Star——from the mouths of Wu Tou and those who had surrendered to Wu Tie, the reincarnated spirits, Wu Tie knew that the Heavenly Crystal War Star was under Xuan Wu's control.

But Wu Tie never dreamed that, just after subduing Xuan Wu, Xuan Wu would voluntarily offer up the war star core.

He never expected that Jing Jiu would directly use the Heavenly Crystal War Star's restriction to move them to the Heavenly Crystal Secret Hall, and even voluntarily offer to help him refine the war star core!

Wu Tie couldn't help but roar in his heart——Gong Sun Yao, this bastard, how did he manage all this?

Of course, now Wu Tie won't show the slightest fear; he pretends to be Gong Sun Yao, calmly pushing the war star core before Jing Jiu.

"The sooner the better……I don't want the clansmen who came with me to suffer great loss." Wu Tie smiled calmly at Jing Jiu: "The faster, the better——that way you'll regain your freedom sooner."

Jing Jiu gave a cold snort, grabbed Wu Tie's hand, and pressed his palm onto the war star core.

Beside him, Xuan Wu gritted his teeth, glaring hysterical at Jing Jiu: "You damned traitor……you refused my order, yet chose to aid humanity……you are the most shameless traitor of the entire Heavenly Crystal God Clan!"

Jing Jiu coldly looked at Xuan Wu: "So what? I'm a traitor—what can you do about it?"

Jing Jiu laughed gleefully: "Feeling like a traitor is damn awesome!"