Chapter 1287: The Terrifying King of Alien Beasts

Guiyuan Tianzun had spoken to this extent; if Lu Yang were to decline further, it would seem affected.

"Then I thank the Patriarch."

Lu Yang clasped his hands in a bow, performed a blood oath to recognize the master, and became the owner of the black-canopied boat.

"Then I will go with you seniors to the outside world in two days?" Lu Yang felt somewhat embarrassed; he could now go directly to the outside world, but having just accepted the gift, turning around and leaving immediately would be too impolite.

For cultivators of their level, two days passed in the blink of an eye.

Guiyuan Tianzun smiled and waved his hand: "I give you a gift—how could it become your restraint? You may leave directly now; no need to consider our feelings."

Lu Yang bowed again to Guiyuan Patriarch and the three seniors, then boarded the boat and flew toward the outside world.

After the black-canopied boat reached light speed, everything around seemed to freeze; then it leapt through space, and in an instant Lu Yang arrived at the starting point of the return.

Originally, this journey would have taken him more than ten days to fly, but now with this black-canopied boat, it was merely the blink of an eye.

"What a fine thing."

Lu Yang couldn't help but praise it; most importantly, the black-canopied boat can be mass-produced, meaning all cultivators exploring the outside world need not worry about the journey, and exploration time has greatly increased.

During the black-canopied boat's flight, Lu Yang was not idle; he took out a canvas, and each time he passed a star system, he drew its appearance, recording the route.

This is also what all outside-world exploration cultivators do; to them, the outside world is completely unknown, and the universe is vast and boundless—carelessness easily leads to losing direction.

Although the White Horse Dynasty's "Star Observation Chart" is rough and full of loopholes, why is it still sought after by cultivators? The reason lies here.

Tired from rushing, Lu Yang occasionally let the black-canopied boat rest near a star; then he transformed into a giant, flicked his fingers to play with the stars, which in his hands seemed like marbles—quite amusing.

"Immortal Maiden, won't you try?" Upon encountering something fun, Lu Yang did not forget the Immortal Maiden.

The Immortal Maiden of Immortality snorted disdainfully, waved her hand, and refused: "No, it's too childish."

These are things she grew bored of playing with in ancient times.

Although the Immortal Maiden of Immortality called it childish, Lu Yang found it novel and remained delighted by it.

After playing with the stars, Lu Yang carefully returned them to their original orbits and continued the journey.

In the blink of an eye, over a month passed; Lu Yang finished today's cultivation, bored and yawning.

"So long a time—how come I haven't encountered a single life-bearing star? Could it be that this direction has none?"

"Just keep searching slowly."

The Immortal Maiden of Immortality was not bored at all; being with Xiao Yangzi, how could she be bored?

Suddenly Lu Yang's eyes lit up; he pointed to a star not far away, and his divine sense detected signs of life activity: "That star seems to have life?"

Lu Yang quickly had the black-canopied boat slow down; otherwise, it would be easy to overshoot.

"Indeed, it is a life-bearing star."

This life-bearing star seems to have extreme polarization: one side lush and verdant, full of vitality; the other side bald and barren, scarcely seeing any green.

Lu Yang urged the black-canopied boat toward the lush side, casually found a spot, and moored.

After landing, Lu Yang found the environment somewhat like the Demon Realm—everywhere towering trees reaching the clouds, blocking the sky and sun, dense and windless, humid and stifling.

It was practically a tropical rainforest.

"There seem to be traces of human activity here?"

Lu Yang walked just a few steps when he discovered human structures, long abandoned and wrapped in vines.

"What exquisite architecture." The Immortal Maiden of Immortality said; this structure was neither wooden nor stone, its structure highly complex—she had never seen anything like it before.

"Indeed exquisite, like the architecture from before my transmigration." Lu Yang stroked the abandoned building, feeling slightly moved; the architectural style resembled that of Lanxing, extremely "modern."

"Ah? Could this not be the star you originally came from?"

"Impossible."

"Why?"

Lu Yang pointed to the sign at the building's entrance: "Because I have never seen the characters on it."

"Judging by appearances, the technology on this star is quite advanced; it's just unknown why this place lies abandoned."

Just as Lu Yang was about to use his divine sense to examine this star, suddenly he heard a roar.

Roar—

A striped fierce tiger several zhang tall strode over; its tail like a long whip, lightly sweeping, could snap a towering tree at the waist—its force terrifying to the extreme.

Lu Yang startled: "Are the tigers here this large?"

Lu Yang tried to converse with this tiger, but it was merely huge in size, not yet having developed spiritual intelligence—just a ferocious beast.

The tiger roared again and lunged at Lu Yang.

Lu Yang sighed softly: "How come I'm attacked as soon as I arrive on this star? How unfriendly."

He flicked his finger casually; sword energy pierced the tiger's skull, extinguishing its life.

"Speaking of which, the wild beasts on this star are quite numerous—just casually bumping into a tiger this big."

Not a single error, one shot, one hit, one inside, one contained, one in one look!

……

Fully armed, the salvation squad moved stealthily through the jungle.

"How far is the Beast King's position?" they whispered, fearing detection by the target.

"According to the gathered intelligence, the Alien Beast King is still five hundred meters away."

The squad leader nodded, saying nothing more.

Each of them had resolute eyes, viewing death as homecoming.

Now, thirty years have passed since the great catastrophe; during these thirty years, alien beasts have occupied half the land of this star, and human territory has been shrinking day by day.

If this continues, humanity will surely perish!

For this reason, the high echelons of humanity summoned seven of the ten greatest experts, forming the salvation squad to eliminate the most troublesome Alien Beast King.

The squad leader is called Zhan Po; he is the top-ranked among the ten greatest experts in this chaotic age, rarely speaking, but his every word and action influence the entire squad—he is truly the worthy elder brother.

The child of Zhan Po died in the chaos of the alien beasts, so he swore to kill every alien beast!

The deputy captain is Shi Lingyun, the youngest and most talented among the top ten masters in the chaotic era; although his appointment as deputy captain was controversial, after he defeated another of the top ten masters, no one questioned his position.

Shi Lingyun had the worst grades in school, but by a chance encounter, he came into contact with the strength-enhancing agent, which originally had side effects; however, Shi Lingyun's innate constitution made him immune to those side effects, which caused the human high command to take great notice of him.

However, his fiancée is the daughter of a certain high-ranking human official, very beautiful; before Shi Lingyun became one of the top ten masters, many people sought trouble with him because of this.

One of the team members is named Yuan Xing, who often jokes and laughs to liven up the team's atmosphere, but once, in the dead of night, Shi Lingyun saw Yuan Xing holding a photo and gazing at the sky, his expression sorrowful, clearly harboring some unknown past.

Another team member is Su Tianxing, whose father was one of the former top ten masters; to prove himself, he relentlessly trained and eventually became a new top ten master; he often argues with Shi Lingyun, but after they jointly repelled a beast tide, they became inseparable friends.

The Alien Beast King is extraordinarily mysterious—its species is unknown, only that this alien beast is immensely powerful and can command all alien beasts.

After the human high command paid countless heavy prices, they merely managed to ascertain the Alien Beast King's location.

"Lingyun, if this battle fails, we will cover your retreat," said Captain Zhan Po.

"Captain!" Shi Lingyun exclaimed, somewhat agitated.

Zhan Po pressed down on Shi Lingyun's shoulder, his tone firm: "Listen to me—I know you're not afraid of death, but no one knows just how strong the Alien Beast King truly is; if the battle fails, you are humanity's last hope, and no matter what happens to us, you must not come to harm!"

"Enough, don't say more—we've arrived."

The life detectors of the seven showed life signs ahead.

They exchanged glances and pressed forward—the Alien Beast King lies ahead!

They pushed aside a cluster of leaves and saw the corpse of a striped ferocious tiger, as large as a small hill.

And atop the small hill sat a youth in strange attire.

Their expressions were solemn; they had never felt such pressure before, and an indescribable terror spread among them.

The Alien Beast King is actually humanoid!

(End of chapter)