What had to come, came.
Jun Changxiao was cornered in a cosmic dead-end by the Heavenly Demon Emperor’s subordinates.
When he chose to contend with them and consecutively destroyed several fleets, this scene was bound to appear sooner or later—it was just a matter of time.
“The ship delivery has arrived!” The system said.
“…”
Jun Changxiao took a moment to build up his emotions, then roared: “This is a delivery?!”
At this very moment, surrounding the Eternal were fully a thousand warships, not to mention the terrifying aura they emanated—the visual alone was frightening enough!
If there were only a few dozen, Dog Sheng would still have confidence to take them down, but now he only felt completely trapped with no escape.
From this, you could see the Heavenly Demon Emperor was very cautious. He didn’t send his subordinates to die and give away loot batch by batch. Even if it was just to eliminate a fly, he would spare no effort to grind it to dust!
“Sect Master!”
Shangguan Xinyao said: “What do we do?”
“Run!”
Jun Changxiao definitely wouldn’t fight head-on—after all, that didn’t fit guerrilla warfare strategy.
Besides, with so many warships, how many soldiers must be hidden inside? If they used human wave tactics, they’d definitely be finished.
“Whoosh—”
Shangguan Xinyao transformed into an expert driver, operating the controls and executing an extreme cosmic drift to change direction, charging toward the weakest point in the encirclement.
Because it was so sudden, and the warship’s momentum was so great, Jun Changxiao’s entire face smashed directly into the wall.
Everyone’s eyes filled with heartache.
They felt bad not for the Sect Master, but for the wall that got hit.
“Whoosh!”
In the cosmic starry sky, under Shangguan Xinyao’s extreme maneuvering, the Eternal flew at maximum speed and the most cunning angles toward the currently vulnerable area.
Have to say.
Every disciple in the Eternal Sect was talented!
There was Jing Zhixiao with maxed-out battle mech talent, and Shangguan Xinyao with maxed-out spaceship piloting skills!
If they weren’t disciples named after readers, he’d almost want to ship them as a couple, but thinking carefully—a disciple who cleaned toilets, did he deserve it?
“Sect Master Jun!”
From within the main warship came a sinister voice: “Today you have no escape!”
“Crack crack!”
“Crack crack crack!”
With those words, the thousand-plus warships suddenly revealed cannon-like weapons, all locking onto the rapidly fleeing Eternal.
“Fire!”
“Boom boom boom boom!”
Various streams of light and shells instantly pressed in from all directions, the momentum shaking space itself.
“Beep beep beep!”
“Beep beep beep!”
Over a thousand streams of light appeared on the star map.
These represented shells and light streams, covering densely like a blanket.
Shangguan Xinyao remained very calm. One hand pressed on the control panel, she gently closed her eyes, the star map image appearing in her sea of consciousness, beginning rapid calculations.
“Whoosh!”
Her right hand moved.
The Eternal shifted to one side, successfully avoiding the light stream bombardment.
“Whoosh!”
“Whoosh!”
Piloting with her eyes closed, Shangguan Xinyao, with her powerful computational ability, successively found openings in the streams of light and shells. The seemingly clumsy Eternal danced like an elegant sprite through the hail of bullets.
“Too amazing!”
Su Xiaomo and others exclaimed.
Little Duo, hidden among the disciples, couldn’t help but sigh: “The more outstanding Shangguan Xinyao performs, the more it shows how unworthy Jing Zhixiao is.”
Jun Changxiao steadied himself, looking through the window at the light streams brushing past, a smile forming at the corner of his mouth.
True skill.
Only showed itself in actual combat!
“Boom—” Just then, the warship suddenly shook violently because of a mistake—the tail section was hit by bombardment.
Not a big problem.
The hull itself had barrier protection.
As long as it wasn’t subjected to massive bombardment, it could maintain normal operation.
“Smack!”
At this moment, Shangguan Xinyao, taking advantage of the Eternal’s tilt, slapped the acceleration button. The energy drive system instantly erupted, the turbine engine’s roar sounded, and blinding light shot from the tail as they flew toward a certain area at extreme speed.
How fast?
In the blink of an eye, they broke through the encirclement.
“How is that possible…” The main warship’s captain’s expression gradually became dazed.
The Eternal was clearly modified from their own type of warship—he knew its performance and speed best. But that acceleration just now completely exceeded his understanding!
Why was it so fast?
Don’t ask. If you ask, it’s Taixuan Elder’s modification.
In short, whenever warships and mechs suddenly had god-like performance, it was definitely inseparable from this Supreme Elder’s contributions.
Truly worthy of the Eternal Sect’s strongest “Bug Patch King” title.
“Chase!”
“Don’t let them escape!”
“Whoosh! Whoosh!”
The thousand-plus warships instantly changed direction.
Too late—because the Eternal had already disappeared into the endless cosmos, even vanishing from the specialized star map’s light points.
“Captain!”
“That warship is gone!”
“Boom!”
The captain slammed his hand on the armrest, his eyes full of fury.
Honestly, he’d discovered the Eternal quite early. To avoid alerting them, he’d remained hidden in the shadows until he’d gathered sufficient forces to corner them in a dead-end.
He thought they had no escape, but… they still got away!
The captain calmed his emotions and ordered: “Immediately notify Lord Heavenly Demon Emperor that the Eternal Sect’s warship has been modified with performance far exceeding our warships. Capturing them may require some time.”
“Yes!”
His subordinates began contacting headquarters.
The captain looked at the outer starry sky, puzzled: “The warship running fast is one thing, but how did even the signal disappear?”
Being able to track the Eternal, they must have had some special method, but it seemed ineffective now.
…
Within the Eternal Realm.
Jun Changxiao plopped down in the great hall, wiping sweat from his forehead: “Too dangerous, too thrilling!”
When Shangguan Xinyao broke through earlier, activating ultra-performance mode, though they managed to escape and distance themselves from the enemy, it exhausted all energy reserves, which needed time to replenish.
Dog Sheng made a snap decision and stored the warship in the Eternal Realm.
So.
It wasn’t that the Eternal’s performance was super strong, flying a hundred thousand miles in the blink of an eye and escaping the star map’s surveillance, but rather secretly merging into another world.
If he’d been a step slower, the enemy would definitely have caught up.
“Sect Master.”
Taixuan Elder said gravely: “The enemy must have some special method to detect the Eternal.”
He’d already done excellent work on the warship’s overall aura concealment, yet they were still silently surrounded by so many warships—this meant the enemy had even stronger reconnaissance technology!
“Then quickly research new anti-reconnaissance concealment technology!” Jun Changxiao said.
“…”
Taixuan Elder was speechless.
Great, when you say it like that, my Array Hall can just do it? No need for funding, talent, or technology?
…
“Buzz!”
Several days later, a tiny grain of sand existing in the cosmos trembled slightly, and the Eternal appeared out of nowhere.
“Can’t stay here long!”
Jun Changxiao said: “Leave quickly!”
“Whoosh—” The Eternal shot out light, speeding through the cosmos, its surface covered with visible flowing light, representing that higher-level anti-reconnaissance array barriers had been developed.
Result?
They got cornered in the starry sky again.
This time the Heavenly Demon Emperor’s side was even more cunning—a thousand warships distributed irregularly, seemingly chaotic but actually locking down every possible breakthrough direction!
“Sect Master!”
Shangguan Xinyao opened her eyes: “No openings. Very difficult to break through!”
“…”
Jun Changxiao shook his head.
He stood up and flew out of the Eternal.
One person sat on the ship’s prow, casually lighting an electronic cigar: “When will the cycle of revenge end.”
From his angle, he could see ahead densely gathered large warships, with more and more experts and soldiers flying out.
Truly, no escape!
“Sect Master Jun.” The main warship’s captain said coldly: “Playing hero in a cosmos where might makes right—they all end up dying miserably. And you…” He paused: “Will be no exception.”
“Is that so?”
Jun Changxiao scratched his head, then very casually spread his hands. In his palm was something wreathed in lightning: “The path I walk, no one can stop. If there’s no path, I’ll hack through thorns and bramble to forge one.”
“Swoosh!”
Standing up, he pointed the lightning-wreathed object toward the warships blocking the way ahead, chanting like a priest: “The holy light will guide you to heaven.”
“Buzz buzz!”
From the needle point wreathed in lightning, ten thousand bolts of lightning suddenly erupted.
“Crackle crackle crackle!”
“Crackle crackle crackle!”
“Boom—” A massive electromagnetic energy wave shot from the Eternal’s prow, carrying earth-shattering power as it surged forward.
“Hm?”
At the same time, martial artists in different areas of the Cangyun System in various warships successively noticed an anomaly, standing with mouths agape looking toward one direction—toward that lightning that appeared like pitch-black night yet seemed to pierce through heaven and earth, through sun and moon.
“Grandpa!”
“What kind of power is that!”
Within the Guixu Realm, Jian Xiaohong’s eyes widened.
Jian Guixu’s gaze was exceptionally focused. After a moment, he answered: “Not sure.”
“Clang!”
Just then, in the distant bamboo grove, Zhou Hong, who had been slicing all the scattered leaves into shreds, sheathed his sword, his expression calm: “This is my Sect Master’s power.”
“Certain?”
“Certain.”
“…”
Jian Guixu fell into silence.
After a moment, with considerable interest: “This old man grows increasingly interested in this Sect Master Jun. If there’s an opportunity, disciple, perhaps you could introduce us.”
“…”
Zhou Hong shook his head: “Master, it’s best you don’t meet the Sect Master.”
“Why?”
“Afraid you’ll end up taking the blame.”
“Ha ha ha!” Jian Guixu laughed heartily: “Though your master has been retired from the martial world for many years, I still have some influence in the Upper Cosmos. Unless your Sect Master pokes a hole in the sky, what blame can’t this master shoulder?”
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