[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-wasteland-s-only-king":3,"chapter-wasteland-s-only-king-wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-266":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Wasteland's Only King",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1594948,2061,"Chapter 266 - 43: The Terrifying Oppression of the Star-devouring Touch! One-sided... Beating! Seventeen-Colored Lotus!","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-266",266,"\u003Cp>Boom——\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rumble——!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Venus is shaking nonstop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Northern Hemisphere is currently immersed in night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the City Lords and subordinates of every Refuge City are still keeping their heads down, mining under the starry sky above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at this very moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone instinctively looked up to the heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wh-what is that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless people, including Tier Eight and Tier Nine City Lords, all widened their eyes, their scalps tingling with fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And behold—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above the planet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thick, massive tentacles waved and swayed without pause.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each of them seemed studded with dazzling starlike points of light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But within those lights was something unsettling; many low-tier Evolvers grew dizzy after just a few seconds of eye contact, almost unable to keep standing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eyes, they’re all eyes!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Exclamations, shrieks, heated debates erupted across Venus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What truly terrified the masses of the Northern Hemisphere was—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What they saw was just the tip of the iceberg.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The main body connected to those countless tentacles was clearly positioned over the other half of the planet—directly above the Southern Hemisphere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Near Dawn Fortress above Morgan City, in the Northern Hemisphere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Ya Naiya and the others, who had just returned to the fortress after finishing their Northern Hemisphere missions, were staring upward at the writhing, seemingly up-close tentacles, looking rather grim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A Star System-Level Mutant Beast!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That Tier...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It could very well be above Tier Fifteen!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Yin Yao made her calm evaluation, she also used her communication mark to contact Yu Jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s your target, President?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It came here as part of your plan too?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait, what do you mean by ’Do you want to try some exotic teppanyaki squid?’\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Yao’s eyes grew wider and wider.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the players from Blue Star such as Chen Gang all looked utterly gobsmacked at the words ’teppanyaki squid.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Naiya from Moore Star, Neil from Alpha Star, and the others all seemed rather confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Teppanyaki squid?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What does that mean?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is it tasty?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What does it have to do with those tentacles in the sky?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naiya’s little face was filled with curiosity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’d once been a homebody, but definitely a full-fledged foodie too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just that on Moore Star, there was no such delicacy as ’teppanyaki squid.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After receiving Yu Jin’s reply—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tension that had weighed on Yin Yao and her party’s hearts completely vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are you kidding?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If even the President\u002FCity Lord says that, already planning to cook up a specialty dish,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then what threat could there be?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forget Tier Fifteen—even if it was Tier Sixteen or Tier Seventeen, it’d still get flattened on the spot!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By the way...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Isn’t this also a perfect opportunity to showcase Dawn Fortress—and especially Lord City Lord’s power?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nasha, who usually couldn’t be bothered with serious business, rolled her eyes with excitement and chimed in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At her words—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Yao and the others froze for a second, then realized with a jolt—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swoosh—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swoosh swoosh—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately after—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Yao and the others led their own armies, howling out into the night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Venus, Southern Hemisphere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to the dark shroud over the Northern Hemisphere, it was daytime here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or rather, it had been daytime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, as the main body of the Star-devouring Touch descended, the once-clear sky was darkening, turning pitch black bit by bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The City Lords and subordinates of the other Refuge Cities in the Southern Hemisphere were panic-stricken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wh-What the hell is that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A Star System-Level Mutant Beast?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Could this be the legendary Star System-Level Mutant Beast?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crystal Mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group from Linglong City, who had witnessed the entire process firsthand, were now too stunned to even speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The main body of the Star-devouring Touch was hovering straight above them!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That crimson head, wreathed in black mist and blotting out the sun, bristled all over with eyes that stared straight in their direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hu...mans...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its voice echoed across the whole planet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had just seen its Splitting Avatar, those kilometer-long tentacles, thoroughly grilled to a charred crisp on a hotplate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had anticipated its Splitting Avatar might run into danger, that’s why it called for help from the main body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It never imagined that in the short time it took to arrive, the Splitting Avatar would already have been utterly destroyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And died such a gruesome death, too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it was the main body or the avatars, the Star-devouring Touch had always loved water and hated fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be roasted alive by flames—there was no crueler torment, period.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yo?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Finally here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above the celestial vault, Light Wings unfurled behind Yu Jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His figure slowly rose into the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had nearly reached the edge of Venus’s atmosphere, now hovering at tens of thousands of meters—eye-level with the Star-devouring Touch’s true body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hiss——!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Down in the valley of Crystal Mountain—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shellshocked Linglong City group just sat there, numb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"B-Boss?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He just went up there?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He’s not scared?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Sheng and the others didn’t get it, but they were absolutely blown away!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though they knew this thing’s appearance was all part of Boss’s plan—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But still...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The main body is obviously way overpowered!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is Star System-level Combat Power already—a terror that could easily wipe an entire planet!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure, this Boss is strong enough to grill kilometer-long tentacles, but facing something this high-tier, even he should be backing off, right...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tier Sixteen!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Star-devouring Touch!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to Gao Sheng and the rest, City Lord Nangong Linglong gritted her teeth and spoke quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This intel had come from the in-game prompts in Wasteland.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Beep Beep——]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[\"Wasteland\" game prompts you——]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[P-8808 Star Realm Dominator, Tier Sixteen Star System-Level Mutant Beast ’Star-devouring Touch’ has descended!]\u003C\u002Fp>",949,"2026-06-06T09:25:00.978Z",1,"novelbin.me","8de7654c9cb5be509d198996462daee0a5f9a16f410546dd4d6d426685f2eeea","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-267","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-265",370,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwasteland-s-only-king-cover.jpg"]