Chapter 264

"We are being blackmailed?"

Whether it was the Demon Star Command Lords or the Reincarnators, at this moment they all realized such an absurd fact.

Don't look at how they were reduced to supporting roles in this Mystic Domain crusade.

But everyone present, in the present world or in other Mystic Domains, had each been a "protagonist" and had majestic moments.

For example, the Taboo Prince; when he was infinitely glorious, he was called the Beauty Prince by countless people.

Or the Thunder General Yang Yang Tiangang; as a Sequence Four, as a genius vigorously cultivated by the Haotian Sect's Thunder God Department, he was a strategic-level weapon in many demon and ghost Mystic Domains. Once he made a move, he would slaughter through everything, and he didn't know how many times he had taken the title of top contributor.

But what is called "different times, different circumstances."

The Mystic Domain stage, everyone has a time to be the protagonist, and naturally, everyone can be reduced to a supporting role.

Now, it was an example.

Because even a powerhouse like Yang Yang Tiangang, after careful consideration, felt that without the Disaster Star Command Lord's protection, the next step would likely be death.

Demons, ghosts, evil things, etc... would be restrained to death by his thunder divine energy.

But a terrifying creation like the Apostle mothership on the technological side would restrain him instead.

If you don't want to die, pay the protection fee.

Everyone in their hearts realized this point.

As for providing free protection?

This was something that a few righteous people would do.

For example, the Goddess from the Earth Mother Sect, the sword cultivator from the Dangmo Sect, the bald donkey from Buddhism, etc.

But now, in front of them, was the number one genius of Wanfu City on the surface.

The "Disaster Star Command Lord" who was notorious even in the land of demons.

Expecting him to do charity?

That would be more realistic than expecting Wisdom Star Command Lord Brother Brother Shang Yang to perish together with the Apostle mothership.

Although everyone felt very unwilling, after all, they were all proud sons of heaven, being extorted, it was really embarrassing.

But, there was no choice.

Everyone gritted their teeth, prepared to agree, and intended to ask about the standard of the protection fee.

Regarding this, Li Yu also saw through it at a glance and kindly gave the answer:

"Everyone rest assured, this is a deal based on mutual consent, and I won't covet your inheritance or life-bound treasures."

"What I crave are secrets and knowledge."

"Transcendent ancient books, little-known heavyweight secrets, secrets involving high sequences, massive amounts of knowledge... these can all be paid as rewards."

"Exchanging information for life, searching the heavens and worlds, there is no one more conscientious than me, right?"

"Fellow Daoists don't need to come over; just transmit the sound to me."

As Li Yu uttered these words, everyone's expressions relaxed.

Although they didn't want to admit it, the fact was really like this.

They originally thought they were really going to bleed heavily this time, who knew it was just this?

Although the cultivation methods and treasures between different path sequences could not be used by most.

But there were still some treasures that could be used immediately.

Moreover, if they couldn't be used, they could be sold, or even recycled to the Demon Star Command.

Now that it had become just handing over knowledge and secrets, it couldn't be better, and several people even felt genuine gratitude toward Li Yu in their hearts.

"It seems the Disaster Star Command Lord is not as terrifying as rumored."

"The Disaster Star Command Lord is also a Ten Thousand Changes God-Chosen; asking for this kind of reward is quite reasonable."

"This voice... seems to be the one who saved us earlier; it turns out the Disaster Star Command Lord once owed a favor to someone in the sect?"

"Rumors may not all be credible; there are good people among the Demon Star Command Lords."

Accompanied by such thoughts, a dozen or so people agreed to hand over the rewards.

Each began to transmit the "secrets and knowledge" they knew across the air.

This included the strongest of both the righteous and evil camps.

The Taboo Prince and the Thunder General.

If ranked according to sequence realm, the most heavyweight secret should have come from Yang Yang Tiangang.

But in fact, it was not!

The secret that truly made the "23rd Truth Bubble" at Li Yu's eye membrane flash and charge wildly came from the Taboo Prince.

This foreign Demon Star Command Lord, whose appearance could be called a blonde male succubus, told Li Yu everything about the secrets and gossip between the gods.

Almost all involved Evil Gods, and there were quite a few that Li Yu also knew.

For example, "Merciful Father," or "Blood God," and the "Lord of Ten Thousand Changes" he had avoided many times.

Although a large part was a bit vulgar and world-shattering.

But the authenticity was unquestionable.

The source was also easy to understand.

"The Taboo Prince has been possessed and micro-managed by the 【Slaanesh God】 all year round, much closer than other God-Chosen."

"When possessed, there is some communication with the Slaanesh God, so it's normal to know these secrets."

"Now, it's cheap for me."

"However, looking at it this way, the strength of these Evil Gods, Merciful Father, Blood God, Slaanesh God, etc., is far from as simple as it looks on the surface."

"In the present world, they seem to be suppressed by the 【Six Great Righteous Gods】 and their sphere of influence is limited to Wanfu City."

"But if you expand your gaze to the entire Spirit Realm, the influence of these Evil Gods is far beyond the Six Great Righteous Gods."

"How was this bizarre pattern formed?"

"Inside, what secrets are involved?"

The questions that followed clearly emerged because Li Yu's curiosity was stimulated again.

He had an intuition in his heart: this involved a very big secret.

Unfortunately, his level was far from enough.

Regarding intimate contact with gods, although he had had several times, he was still not as good as the Taboo Prince who was favored all year round.

A round of blackmail and extortion made Li Yu's originally difficult-to-charge 23rd Truth Bubble progress greatly.

The participants of both camps also felt the loss was not great and could be accepted.

Both sides could be said to be happy.

The tense atmosphere brought by the death crisis was therefore eased.

Time began to pass quickly.

Day after day!

Changes occurred frequently in the starry sky outside the desperate Dead Star, and they had a terrifying impact on the Dead Star.

The most obvious one was the gathering and scattering changes of the 【Solar Black Sail】.

This was the core technology of the Mechanical Apostle race!

It could perfectly achieve the blockade and utilization of the "sun."

When wrapping and blocking the sun, it could easily make all planets in the star system lose sunlight nourishment and fall into eternal night.

At the same time, it could also release solar radiation at high power, allowing planets to enter an extreme high-temperature environment in a short period of time.

More terrifying than the duality of ice and fire.

And in the past few days, the desperate Dead Star had been experiencing these.

The tens of millions of Demi-Humans on this planet had all died, and the originally barren and dead planet was even more desperate and silent. But in fact, there were some other tenacious lifeforms.

Unfortunately, these also died out in the extreme tossing of the past few days.

The only ones who survived!

Were Li Yu, as well as the Command Lords and Reincarnators.

This encounter made them sigh in admiration and emotion:

"Sigh, the survival of the people in this star domain, oh no, all life, is very difficult."

"Extreme, too extreme; I, a Blood God warrior, feel that the Mechanical Apostle race is extreme."

"Originally I was a bit unwilling that I had no gains from this crusade; I often contributed first in past crusades, but now it seems that being able to survive is already not bad, and dying here is also acceptable."

"There is no vitality or way out at all; those dirty and desperate Rat-Men are happier than the life in this star domain... such an environment actually didn't give birth to an Evil God like the 【God of Despair】?"

"Even in the most desperate place, there is vitality; this place is no exception, it's just that I'm afraid we have to wait for the Super-Star Beings, Modifiers, Apostles, Nest Mothers... these terrifying existences and races to decide the winner."

Li Yu didn't listen to the discussions of the Command Lords and Reincarnators; in his mind, Hong Dou's mechanical voice kept ringing out.

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She didn't control the Goddess body for the time being, but as a powerful mechanical lifeform.

Her gaze could also penetrate the sea of stars to see clearly the changes happening on the Apostle mothership, and explain them to Li Yu.

It was just that her explanations were mixed with some strange terms.

"The target has entered the 【Apostle Mothership】 for six hours... the Solar Black Sail has undergone special operations, and quantum data has appeared to fluctuate... all signs indicate that the target has begun to launch an attack on the mothership's intellectual brain."

"The size gap between the two sides is too large; the target dares to launch an attack, initially suspected of implanting related viruses; the target has loaded a subsystem of the 【Sacred Nest Intellectual Brain】, and has the power to pollute the Apostle mothership."

"No change in the mothership's defense layer, no opportunity for a sneak attack!"

"Twenty-four hours... the Black Sail has appeared to have opposite operations... high-power output of solar radiation; this move must come from the target; he has occupied the upper hand and seized part of the mothership's control, intending to use this to kill the master and other participants."

"Forty-eight hours... the Black Sail has unfolded again, the defense layer has partial damage, and firelight has appeared inside the ship body... suspected to be the mothership's intellectual brain regaining control and beginning to wipe out the target's body."

"Can implement a sneak attack on the target, but the success probability is not high, rejected."

"Seventy-two hours... strong divine power detected descending, speculated to be the Evil God 【Ancient Saint】... the Black Sail is fully refracting... control is being fully fallen into the target's hands."

"Cannot sneak attack!"

Although it was a cold explanation, and it was the mortal enemy working hard, Li Yu still felt quite passionate listening to it.

Just imagine!

An outsider, not hesitating to thoroughly change his race, sneaking into a terrifying mothership, then climbing up step by step, implanting viruses, then confronting the intellectual brain and the entire Mechanical Apostle race inside the mothership, and finally seizing the entire mothership.

Just thinking about the process makes one's blood boil.

And Brother Brother Shang Yang, it seems, was about to do it.

At this moment, even Li Yu had to admit:

"This guy Brother Brother Shang Yang is also quite inspirational along the way."

"Even though he was pitted by me many times, his growth speed is still no less than mine, and now he is about to overtake."

"As long as he is given time and opportunity, this guy can really change the world."

"Of course, changing it in a bad direction."

"For the 【Ancient Saint's Great Plan】, this guy really has no humanity and can do anything."

When these few thoughts emerged, Li Yu automatically recalled the scene of Brother Brother Shang Yang killing tens of millions of Demi-Humans earlier.

And just as he was sighing like this, a new accident happened.

Coming from Hong Dou.

And the time had already reached the last few hours of the last day of the survival mission.

Everyone was waiting, waiting for the final decisive battle, waiting for the countdown to end, and they would leave in an instant.

Accompanied by an abrupt mechanical sound, the Mechanical Goddess body also had an abrupt movement.

"Detected 【Ancient Saint Divine Nature】 has retreated... target suspected of fully completing seizure... starting to reshape himself... opportunity for sneak attack has appeared!"

"Retaking control of the body, releasing part of 【Star-Swallowing Ray】."

"Boom!"

These sounds only rang in Li Yu's mind; what the people outside saw.

Was the Mechanical Goddess, who was still moving, suddenly raise her hand, and then, as if it were an illusion, the entire desperate Dead Star trembled, seven-colored rainbow light flashed abruptly, gathering on those giant mechanical arms.

A rainbow galaxy, flowing backward from the Dead Star, shattered the firmament with unimaginable speed and landed on that giant-like Apostle mothership.

The sky lightened up!

Everyone saw clearly at this moment that the huge mothership seemed to have been completely seized by Brother Brother Shang Yang.

The entire ship body began to change.

Visibly transforming into the "Six-Gem Mechanical Brother Brother Shang Yang," just a super-enlarged version.

So huge, it was almost like a mechanical true god.

Just this scene, this change, made people feel the extraordinary ambition and great spirit of this Ancient Saint God-Chosen.

The key was that he was close to completion.

Of course, he also encountered a sneak attack and sabotage.

From the Disaster Star Command Lord!

Just at the critical moment of Brother Brother Shang Yang's awakening and transformation, Li Yu brazenly launched a sneak attack, and very shamelessly attacked the weak points of Brother Brother Shang Yang's body.

Everyone originally thought that mechanical giant against mechanical giant, the scene should be magnificent.

But this picture, this movement, was a bit too shameless.

But thinking about it again: the one who made the move was the Disaster Star Command Lord, so it was reasonable.

Little did they know that Li Yu at this moment also wanted to cry injustice:

"It wasn't me who did it, it was my maid."

"Can't be that Hong Dou also learned the moves by using me as a model..."

Li Yu was still thinking about where Hong Dou learned the moves.

Outside the starry sky, Brother Brother Shang Yang, who was at the critical moment of transformation, had to take a hard hit.

That divine ability called "Star-Swallowing Light" looked beautiful on the outside, but in reality, the energy was purely squeezed from the planet, and after the thermonuclear transformation of the Goddess body, the temperature was immeasurable.

Although the body transformed from the mothership metal had terrifying defense, it was still burned and melted into a leg, and the rear orifice was also blasted out of a large hole.

This scene stunned everyone again.

Although everyone could see through their respective means that whether it was Li Yu or Brother Brother Shang Yang.

The scenes they could create were not really possessing such power.

Both were taking shortcuts.

Likely, they also couldn't take the mechanical giants they were temporarily controlling away from the Mystic Domain.

The facts were indeed so; Li Yu could still enjoy the Goddess body for less than ten minutes through Hong Dou.

And Brother Brother Shang Yang on the other side also had great limitations; he couldn't really return to the present world with the 【Six-Gem Divine Mechanical Body】.

But so what?

At this moment, the power mastered by these two completely crossed two sequences.

Brother Brother Shang Yang, who was shamelessly sneak-attacked, gave a counterattack the next moment, which stunned everyone and made them call out in their hearts that they had fallen for the Disaster Star Command Lord's trap.

Only to see the incomplete divine-dressed Brother Brother Shang Yang suddenly beckon toward the depths of the distant starry sky.

As if there were a rope made of pure gravity, he forcibly dragged out a shocking asteroid and then smashed it toward the desperate Dead Star.

(End of chapter)