Chapter 1003

In the Star Ruins starfield, the Dark Flame Star Island garrison commander Xia Liyang was sitting cross-legged inside his starship, his face solemn.

Because this garrison commander of theirs had such a solemn face, his host of True Person subordinates also had expressions that were incomparably solemn.

But in reality, the things they were worried about were completely different.

What Xia Liyang worried about was the issue of the Imperial Monarchs; although he had witnessed with his own eyes the Great Sage's feat of slaying the Small Forbidden Imperial Monarch, could the Great Sage arrive in time?

Was it possible to slay another Imperial Monarch?

If the Great Sage did not come, how should he respond?

He could be certain that if his own side lacked an Imperial Monarch to act as a counterweight, the alien races on the opposite side would absolutely stir up trouble in secret.

As long as one was schemed against by an Imperial Monarch-level powerhouse, the outcome would be death and the dissipation of one's soul.

Yet his True Person subordinates thought the Garrison Commander was worried about the previous battle results; in the recent star surges, there had been both wins and losses, but they hadn't opened a single star boundary fragment in a full three months.

Most of the time, they were just shattered.

The kind where nobody gets anything.

But there was no helping that; after all, the alien powerhouses weren't pushovers.

Suddenly, the garrison commander True Person Xia Liyang, who had been frowning in deep thought, had his expression change; he had received a special transmission from the Great Sage.

Almost simultaneously, Xia Liyang stood up abruptly, starlight exploding from his eyes as he operated the secret star-signal technique to sense toward the depths of the Star Ruins, and then he sensed a star-signal like a bright lamp.

The direction?

The Great Sage had already arrived at the star surge chaotic void area and even marked the location of the star boundary fragment for him?

So fast?

He hadn't left the star island for very long, had he?

"The Great Sage shouldn't be joking with me, right?"

After pondering for only a breath, Xia Liyang gave some brief instructions, then followed Xu Jin's earlier orders and rushed toward the marked location at his fastest speed alone.

The star surge chaotic void area.

At this very moment, Xu Jin was already sitting cross-legged at the center of a freshly minted star boundary fragment, directly beginning to absorb the massive amount of primordial star power contained within it to rapidly raise his cultivation base.

As for Zhu Linxiao and Ning Yuchan, they were picking up treasures within a range of twenty to thirty thousand miles around the star boundary fragment, occasionally receiving pointers from Xu Jin.

With Xu Jin's current strength, even if an Imperial Monarch were to kill their way here, he could arrive in an instant.

A few breaths later, a smile appeared in Xu Jin's eyes.

The third one.

He had already picked up the third Taiyin Star Essence Seed today; this was equivalent to having another one and a half first-class merits in hand.

Luck wasn't bad.

He had also obtained two innate treasures, and other small gains weren't even worth mentioning.

There was no helping it; this was the benefit of being the first to arrive. Xu Jin arriving at the first opportunity was equivalent to pioneering the land.

Others had extremely limited divine sense sensing ranges, but Xu Jin's Bright Thousand Touches combined with the Chaos Sword Heart was like a radar, clearly marking where the treasures were for him; he couldn't help but have a large harvest.

After more than half a quarter of an hour under time acceleration, the massive amount of primordial star power contained within this medium-sized star boundary fragment had already been refined and absorbed by Xu Jin, and he had simultaneously comprehended three new law avenues.

The next instant, Zhu Linxiao and Ning Yuchan, who were picking up treasures in the distance, vanished from their spots simultaneously, both using spatial displacement to return.

This was a little trick Xu Jin had recently invented.

Within the sensing range of the Bright Thousand Touches, Xu Jin could only sense and could not convey any information, but combined with the Chaos Sword Heart, he could slightly trigger a tiny bit of fluctuation, which could be used to transmit messages through this special fluctuation.

As for the spatial displacement of Zhu Linxiao and Ning Yuchan, that was because space was also a secondary cultivation for both of them.

Spatial star arts were highly auxiliary but very difficult to cultivate.

But Xu Jin's Star River Practice Arena multiplied this difficulty down, naturally allowing the two women to cultivate them; not only did their combat power soar, but their speed was also greatly enhanced.

In the time of two or three breaths, the two women arrived one after the other.

"You two comprehend the law avenues here; I'll go find that alien Imperial Monarch! If any aliens come, just kill them.

If Xia Liyang comes, after you finish comprehending, hand this star boundary fragment over to him," Xu Jin instructed.

"Rest assured, Husband."

After giving his instructions, Xu Jin left.

As for safety, Xu Jin wasn't worried in the slightest.

Both of them had life-bound spiritual treasures and life-bound suppression vessels forged from chaotic primordial materials, as well as defensive treasures, and their combat power was super strong.

Zhu Linxiao herself could easily kill a Nine Tribulations True Person in seconds, and Ning Yuchan, whose cultivation had just broken through to Star Governing Monarch, also had the power to fight if she encountered a mid-tier True Person.

With the two of them together, there was no danger.

As for Xu Jin himself, he wandered around the star surge chaotic void area while searching for the alien Imperial Monarch.

His plan was already perfected.

Of course, this plan of Xu Jin's was full of loopholes and couldn't withstand deep scrutiny.

But it didn't matter; Xu Jin's purpose in doing this was just to give those Imperial Monarch commanders an excuse.

Xu Jin had long discovered that these Imperial Monarch powerhouses were even more afraid of death than he had imagined.

Imperial Monarchs would not easily start a mutual slaughter mode.

As long as they could save face, they wouldn't start one.

Because if the Small Forbidden and Mid Forbidden Imperial Monarchs started killing crazily, it would immediately be the turn of the Great Forbidden Imperial Monarchs to fight to the death.

No one was willing, and the Imperial Monarchs themselves weren't willing either.

Therefore, Xu Jin had to give them a plausible excuse.

After a hundred breaths, Xu Jin found the vanguard scout of the alien star island in this area, a Space Eight Tribulations True Person, who was moving rapidly through the star surge chaotic void area, exploring and searching for traces of star boundary fragments.

Xu Jin appeared silently behind them, and the moment they turned around, the Moon Eclipse and the Heavenly Punishment Divine Eye were activated simultaneously.

Instant kill!

Without any suspense!

And just at the moment Xu Jin had finished collecting the True Person Blood Crystal and Sumeru space of this Eight Tribulations Space True Person, a majestic aura carrying the pressure of the Great Dao was rapidly approaching from the void in this direction.