Chapter 1087: The Final Battle (1)

Inside the Heavenly Crystal War Star, Wu Tie and Jing Jiu sat cross-legged, facing each other in midair.

Inside the Heavenly Crystal War Star, crystal light raged like a violent storm, howling as it washed over one vast internal space after another, madly sweeping through hall after hall, hysterically scouring every passageway until spotless.

All members of the Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan, except Jing Jiu sitting before Wu Tie, were imprisoned by the Heavenly Crystal War Star and unable to move.

The temperature was extremely high; the terrifyingly destructive crystal light frenziedly struck their bodies, slicing their crystal‑condensed divine forms into pieces of various sizes and tearing out their brain cores and heart cores.

After an hour, inside the Heavenly Crystal War Star, aside from Jing Jiu, all members of the Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan… were exterminated!

And half an hour earlier, anyone stationed within the Heavenly Crystal War Star, regardless of divine form hardness or resistance to crystal light, far inferior to the other great divine races of the Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan, was completely wiped out.

Behind Wu Tie, a ring of Merit Golden Light slowly rotated.

Boundless Golden Light Purple Qi surged from the void, quietly flowing into the Merit Golden Light behind him.

Human Path Merit was immense; Boundless Merit piled together resembled an Innate Creation Divine Egg, within which strange changes began to brew.

Wu Tie looked at Jing Jiu and listened to his story.

Several empty wine jars floated beside them; Jing Jiu gulped down the lethal liquor that would be fatal to mortals.

The alcohol content was nearly one hundred percent, and it was blended with a large amount of potent herbs.

This was originally medicinal wine Wu Tie carried for emergencies in special environments, but Jing Jiu took a liking to this strong liquor to an extreme degree… Wu Tie also wondered, how could a body condensed from crystal still drink alcohol? And even develop an addiction?

"Ha… as a 'non‑carbon‑based lifeform' that feeds on brains, drinking isn't good either." Jing Jiu looked at Wu Tie and laughed, "But… drinking to drown sorrow… yet I especially like this verse—'Draw the sword to cut the water, the water flows more; drink to drown sorrow, sorrow grows more.'"

Jing Jiu sighed, "The Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan is actually a terribly uninspired race; the entire Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan lacks not only strategic vision but even tactical acuity, which is abysmal. We possess tremendous power, yet we lack unique wisdom; our civilization is heavily influenced by outside forces."

"People say, 'Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan, you need high‑energy weapons,' so we follow their advice and build high‑energy weapons."

"Others say, 'Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan, you need high‑speed vehicles,' and after they give pointers on shape, speed, defense, lethality, etc., we can quickly build high‑speed vehicles."

"Then someone comes over and says, 'You can't keep living all the time in the crystal caves that nurture you; you must build palaces.'"

"Building palaces is simple; we'll just do it… following the shape of the crystal caves, we construct palaces."

"After that, many people come over to point and gesture."

"This place is too low; we'll raise it a bit."

"This place is too square; we'll make it round."

"This place is too plain; we'll install aurora lighting to make the palace flashy."

"This place is too gaudy; we'll cut the purest monochrome crystal and use it as the palace's building material."

"When the palace is nearly finished, weapons and vehicles are ready, then someone comes and says, 'Someone from the Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan is being insulted… shall we go beat them up?'"

"We'll form a huge army, beat those who insulted us into retreat, then tell those who filed complaints, 'They've already received a brutal lesson; you may go home.'"

"We'll go home, and the land we conquered and the peoples we subdued will become the spoils of those who lodged complaints."

Wu Tie's mouth kept twitching; these Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan members… what pitiful dolls.

It's unimaginable how they managed to reproduce and survive to this day.

Jing Jiu sighed and shook his head. "Later, our clan finally produced a relatively clever half‑step Immortal powerhouse. For the development of the Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan, he established the Eternal Divine Law: no matter what others ask us to do, pay first; no matter what they ask us to do, pay first; no matter what advice they give us, beat them up first, break all their bones, then negotiate."

"Brutal, cruel, violent, bloody—but effective!" Jing Jiu muttered, "Relying on this crude, simple divine law and our race's innate talent, we actually became one of the mightiest divine races in the Gods' Void."

"Thus we gradually realize we have tremendous calculating power and tremendous ability, but our innate wisdom is too low; we lack strategic literacy and tactical vision, so we must act cautiously."

"We absolutely cannot trust outsiders; we can only trust our own kin."

"Blunt, frank xenophobia, absolute xenophobia!" Jing Jiu looked at Wu Tie: "Moreover, our physiological makeup differs from other divine races; we have reproductive isolation with them, making intermarriage impossible."

After a sigh, Jing Jiu murmured, "Thus our extreme xenophobia is an ingrained racial trait etched into our bones."

Wu Tie nodded slowly.

Jing Jiu spoke solemnly, "So, can you imagine—when I fell in love with a human girl… I myself would collapse, and my clansmen… what would they think?"

"So I was demoted to slavery; I deserved it."

"But this does not hinder my revenge against them."

"Back then I begged them, pleading that if they let me go, after I rescued my girl I would take her away forever."

"But they refused; they even let me watch my beloved be burned alive by her own people."

"I swore to exterminate humanity… but I know she would not allow me to do that."

"Her people—your ancestors—took the data I gave her on the Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan's brain‑core derivation technology and burned her to death!"

Jing Jiu downed a jar of wine, then looked at Wu Tie and said, "Humanity, you owe me… without the data I gave her for atonement, your Colossal God Soldier Legion cannot be completed; it would be delayed decades. Thus you have no time, no chance, to devise the final civilization fortress plan."

Jing Jiu pointed at Wu Tie, then at his own chest: "You, you owe me."

Wu Tie stared at Jing Jiu in shock.

Wu Tie thought of Old Tie, and also of those high‑grade Colossal God Soldiers whose crystal‑condensed brain cores were of various colors.

"Yes, yes, the brain‑core technology of the Colossal God Soldiers clearly comes from the Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan."

"Tell me everything about your deal with the lime, then cooperate with me to annihilate the Gods' observation outpost base, and I will release you freely!"

Wu Tie looked at Jing Jiu very seriously.

He suddenly recalled Old Tie; Old Tie had also once loved a girl—could such a thing happen, and does it affect racial continuity?