Chapter 1649

The four divine stars led by Loswein quickly arrived beside the sixth divine star, gathering together, and only with a reference did they realize just how large the sixth divine star truly was.

As expected of a giant divine star, Loswein and the others appeared before it like a few grains of millet beside a watermelon. Anthony and Nai Ge Li Si and others finally truly understood what a giant divine star meant.

Nai Ge Li Si said with some regret: "It's such a pity—if we could reinject additional mass to halt its decline, how wonderful that would be."

The sixth divine star had not participated in the test of the Azure Divine Star's main body, and upon hearing this, it couldn't help but ask: "What does injecting additional mass mean?"

How is additional mass injected?"

Nai Ge Li Si explained: "Ange is attempting to inject brightening energy into the aging divine star's body to halt your decline and restore your youth."

The sixth divine star trembled violently, excitedly asking: "Has it succeeded? Has it succeeded? How is it done?"

"It hasn't succeeded, but it's not a failure either—it's just too slow. Like you cultivating a giant divine star, replacing one-third of your mass would take at least several million years," Nai Ge Li Si said.

"Only several million years?" The sixth divine star became excited, speaking incoherently: "What should we do? How do we do it? Can several million years really halt my decline? How exactly should we proceed? My lord, what must I do? As long as I stop declining, I am willing to pay any price."

Ange scratched his head and said: "Currently, I am seeking a method."

"Good, good, good—my lord, please find a method, and rescue me immediately. I only have one hundred million years of lifespan left. Spending just several million years could restore my youth, and I am willing to pay any price. My lord, you must save me."

Nai Ge Li Si spat blood, exclaiming: "Only one hundred million years of lifespan left? Is that even considered 'remaining'?"

If one has one hundred million years of lifespan, then several million years is indeed not long—just several million years could restore the divine star's youth and regain several hundred million or even several billion years of lifespan—truly a great gain, isn't it?

However, Ange currently has no better method; the Azure Divine Star's body is merely an experiment, not yet a perfected and viable solution.

As they chatted, Loswein and the other divine stars began to orbit the sixth divine star.

"What are they doing?" Nai Ge Li Si asked, puzzled.

Morlania replied: "They are counteracting the sixth divine star's gravity, maintaining distance with minimal effort. Otherwise, they would have to continuously exert outward force to avoid falling onto the sixth divine star, which would consume enormous energy."

While orbiting the sixth divine star, Loswein opened his crust and fired a blue beam of light toward its surface.

The blue beam struck the starflame, visibly lowering its temperature; the starflame solidified and quickly condensed into blue crystals.

The three divine stars following Loswein immediately lowered their orbits, then extended gravitational tendrils toward the divine star, lifting those crystallized starflames!

"What—what is this technique? Can it actually freeze starflame?" Nai Ge Li Si asked, shocked.

Not only was he shocked, but Dali Suo was equally astonished, having never seen another divine star use such a technique.

In the eyes of Anthony and others, divine stars are rather weak—they possess no techniques or skills, and the sole standard for measuring strength is comparing mass.

Morlania's mass is three hundred thousand times that of a small fire person, so Morlania is the branch lord; the sixth divine star's mass is sixty thousand times that of a small fire person, so it is a giant divine star.

Beings like Morlania, with only eight times the mass of a small fire person, are merely small Karami—even the branch lord has ordered they may be freely devoured.

Thus, seeing Morlania with so many followers and having created the Meteor Legion, searchlights, and the like, everyone found it novel, grew fond of him, and thus spared him.

Now, another divine star has unveiled a unique attack method—actually capable of freezing starflame.

"Silent Cold Light, as previously mentioned," Morlania said.

"Is this the Silent Cold Light? You said it could detonate divine stars?" Nai Ge Li Si asked.

"Yes—if a divine star loses one-quarter of its heat, frozen into such crystals, its power becomes unbalanced and it will explode. But he is now orbiting the divine star, uniformly freezing the starflame and promptly retrieving them. This 'onion-peeling' method avoids power imbalance, so the divine star won't explode. It seems he intends to consume the entire divine star," Morlania said.

The three divine stars following behind continuously gathered the frozen crystallized starflame, then hurled them onto Loswein's orbital path; when he completed another loop, he collided with these crystals and swallowed them into his body.

After several such orbits, Loswein's entire form grew larger by one full circuit.

Nai Ge Li Si clenched his fists and asked: "What now? Should we go attack him now?"

Anthony nodded: "Everyone prepare—first, focus fire on that Loswein."

Loswein, possessing Silent Cold Light, should be the most threatening among these four divine stars and also the most valuable for study. Defeating him would leave the others as common fare—throughout the void, they are.

Just as they prepared to act, the sixth divine star hurriedly interjected: "Wait, wait—I can still feel my starflame."

"What do you mean?" Nai Ge Li Si asked.

The sixth divine star said: "The starflame swallowed by Loswein—I can still control them; he hasn't had time to refine them yet."

Anthony asked, puzzled: "And then?"

The sixth divine star said: "If he exercises restraint, taking only one-third or one-half of his own power, then forget it—you may go attack him. But if he lacks restraint, taking more than his own body's mass, then I can seize control of his body, expelling his star soul."

Everyone outside the divine stars widened their eyes, staring at each other. Really? If too greedy, absorbing too much of another's power, could one instead be overtaken—like a magpie taking over a dove's nest?

Nai Ge Li Si turned to Morlania and asked: "Can this really be done?"

Morlania said: "Under normal circumstances, this wouldn't happen, because no one would devour a divine star still possessing a star soul—before devouring, one would surely destroy its star soul. But in this case, Loswein doesn't know the sixth divine star's star soul remains, so he will indeed be deceived."

Anthony put himself in Loswein's position and immediately understood: from Loswein's perspective, the sixth divine star's star soul has already entered the Boundless Realm, completely severed from its body, so the body now is ownerless.

He can not only seize it with confidence, but must do so quickly—delaying risks having it taken by another.

Due to the foreign realm spirits, other divine stars dared not immediately target the sixth divine star's body. Now that the foreign realm spirits have entered the material cloud, this place is naturally empty. Once other divine stars react, he will have to contend with a host of divine stars.

Therefore, he must seize the largest possible fragment before other divine stars react.