Chapter 1669: Extortion and Polite Expulsion from the Border

Thinking of this, Kaelania's heart tightened, and she hurriedly mobilized all her starflame, chasing and blocking horizontally, trying to drive the king out of her body, while her thoughts continuously struck his soul.

However, the king's soul was as solid as a rock, having endured countless strikes yet showing no change; Kaelania's mental assault was like a mud cow entering the sea, quickly dissolving and vanishing.

As for those continuously surging starflames, they could not hinder the already ethereal king from descending; occasionally encountering a direct surge, he only needed to shed his ethereal state, becoming like a firm stone in a river, cleaving through the violent current, unmoving and resolute.

If the surge came from behind, he would even more so use the momentum to accelerate his descent, like a fish agilely weaving through the current.

Unable to kill by striking, unable to catch by grabbing, unable to drive away by pursuing, Kaelania deeply regretted it; had she known earlier, she would not have accepted this aid, and even if she had to accept it, she should not have allowed the other party to transmit through her.

She should have thrown the Boundless Gate far away, preventing the other party from approaching even when transmitting; now, being drilled into her body, she had no way to deal with him.

"Alright, you've already passed verification, come out." Kaelania ceased all attacks, the starflame within her body returned to calm, her mental assault stopped, and then she spoke slowly.

The king stopped at the halfway point of the Divine Star, glanced at Kaelania, and said: "Verification is already complete? Good, but to deal with your verification, I've expended too much strength; now I can't quite rise, why not give me some increment to help me recover strength?"

"You..." Kaelania was furious—wasn't this extortion?

The king said lightly: "Not good, I'm a bit unable to hold on; without increment, I can't float up."

After saying that, he lay back and slowly sank toward the center of the Divine Star.

Indeed, this sinking speed might take tens of thousands of years to reach the heart of the Divine Star, but it expressed an attitude: without increment, he would not leave.

Kaelania hesitated for a while, then reluctantly compromised; a large amount of increment gathered from all directions toward the king's position, supporting his body as it floated toward the surface of the Divine Star.

The king was very cunning; if it were ordinary starflame, he would remain motionless there, only when increment gathered and lifted him would his form rise.

This forced Kaelania to use excessive increment to lift him, hoping to push this fellow out of her body.

After much struggle, Kaelania expended a huge amount of increment, threw the king out, and then sighed: "Thank you for the aid of the Master of the Forge; the ghost hounds are nearby, I hope you can soon find their traces."

The king laughed heartily: "This time I'll let you off, welcome to try again next time, but next time it won't be this little increment that can dismiss you."

After saying that, the king etherealized and flew away.

Nai Ge Li Si said doubtfully: "He just left like this? This doesn't seem like the character of an old immortal; such a good opportunity, why didn't he slash Kaelania?"

Ursman said: "Perhaps he couldn't slash; Your Majesty's power level is too low; even if he infiltrated the interior of the Divine Star, he couldn't do much."

Anthony nodded: "Indeed, even if Your Majesty infiltrated the interior of the Divine Star, he couldn't do much; he cannot destroy the Divine Star's core, nor pollute the other's starflame; staying there is meaningless; better to extort some increment and then flee."

Nai Ge Li Si thought for a moment and seemed to agree; although he infiltrated Kaelania's body, the king didn't have as many methods as Seeing Ange; Seeing Ange could use Shamaral and Luna to pollute the Divine Star, or use miscellaneous melting fire to add obstacles, but what could the king do?

The other party couldn't do anything to him, and he couldn't do anything to Kaelania; being able to extort some increment was already a great gain.

After a pause, Nai Ge Li Si asked doubtfully: "What method did this old immortal use to etherealize the Stellar Body?"

Anthony said: "Just ask His Majesty; now His Majesty is everywhere searching for our traces."

Thus Anthony and the others also began searching for the king's traces; both sides had the intention to find each other, and not long after, Anthony encountered the Stellar-Transferred Immortal King.

Nai Ge Li Si hurriedly projected over, saying: "Quick, quick, quick, go up and declare your identity, don't let the old immortal beat you."

"No, let me first test His Majesty's strength, see what growth His Majesty has." Anthony whispered.

Anthony was too curious about the strength of the Increment Body; Seeing Ange could reincarnate them into any form, whether black crystal skeletons or shadow-overlaid slices, yet could not reincarnate them into Stellar Bodies, because the essence of the Stellar Body is black crystal skeleton plus increment, and they lack increment.

Now having such a good opportunity to spar with the king, he could fully understand His Majesty's strength.

Thus Anthony rushed forward, struck twice, and then hurriedly shouted: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it's me, it's me, don't!"

The king stopped his own swung Stellar Death Scythe, looked somewhat astonished at the ghost hound before him, and asked doubtfully: "Anthony?"

Anthony, still trembling, looked at the king's giant scythe, embarrassed and said: "It's me, Your Majesty, I am Anthony."

Chibada, this is too terrifying; the Death God's Scythe cannot be swung fast; the larger the Death God's Scythe, the slower its swing, hindered by material limits.

But the king now manifested is a giant Death God's Scythe several hundred kilometers long, and moreover etherealized; one swing can cut several thousand kilometers; if Anthony had shouted a moment slower, his soul would have been hooked away.

Feeling the etherealization of the Stellar Skeleton applied to the Death God's Scythe produces this strange effect; not playing anymore, not playing anymore, hurry to declare identity; any slower and one would truly die.

"Really you? How did you end up here? How did you become a ghost hound?"

The king exclaimed in shock, then thought of something and cried out in surprise: "Could it be that the ghost hounds are you lot? The so-called ghost hound gathering event is precisely because you gathered together?"

Anthony bowed and loudly praised: "Your Majesty is wise!"

The king laughed heartily and asked: "Where is Seeing Ange? Where is Nai Ge?"

"Your Lord is in the depths of the Sixth Divine Star, and Lord Nai Ge is on me." Anthony said.

Just as he finished introducing, Nai Ge Li Si couldn't wait and shouted: "Here, here, I'm here, old immortal, how did you run to the Forge Branch? How did you etherealize the Stellar Body? How did you become a person of Helios, and even sent out as reinforcements?"

The king said: "Forge Branch? Is Helios's branch called the Forge Branch? I haven't become his person; I merely ran onto him and lay down, saying he bumped into me; without increment, I won't get up."

"So he gave me increment, and even coaxed me saying that in the Lania Branch here, a large number of ghost hounds gathered, certainly something strange; I wanted to come see if I could encounter foreign ghost hounds, so I came."

"He was eager to send me away, and then here he says I'm his subordinate? Damn it, in the future when I pass by, I'll slash him." The king said angrily.

Nai Ge Li Si and Anthony exchanged glances, understood, and realized: it was a case of extortion, being politely sent out of the border.