The massive pyramid-shaped Zangre Nest, soaring over ten kilometers into the sky, suddenly let out an ear-splitting screech from within its dazzling golden sea of radiance.
“Shaaa!”
The high-pitched, shrill sound waves caused the densely packed golden Zangre warriors to roar instantly. These golden warriors came in two main forms. One resembled a humanoid figure, approximately thirty meters tall, with a body seemingly composed of countless plates of armor. It had beetle-like wings and compound eyes like those of a dragonfly.
The other form was more “slender,” standing nearly one hundred meters tall. Their bodies were slightly bent, almost hunched, with hundreds, even thousands of eyes covering their heads and bodies. Their backs were lined with over a hundred pairs of wings.
Both types of Zangre warriors were entirely golden.
The aura radiating from their bodies caused the surrounding space to tremble.
As the piercing sonic waves erupted from the Zangre Nest, both types of warriors instantly let out a unified battle cry. First, the humanoid golden warriors opened their mouths wide, each revealing a razor-sharp, tubular proboscis approximately thirty centimeters in diameter—which abruptly unleashed a blinding flash of white radiance.
Thousands of golden Zangre warriors simultaneously opened their mouths and extended their proboscises.
“Chi!”
“Run!”
“Flee! All of you, flee now! Hurry, hurry, hurry!!!” Jiujunzhu, the Ninth Army Commander aboard the Yenmo Star, was no longer calm; panic and urgency filled his voice as he frantically shouted at the control panel, broadcasting to the other thirty interstellar warships. All thirty warships had already powered up, attempting to accelerate and escape.
But…
How could the acceleration speed of warships possibly match the terrifying speed of these powerful Zangre warriors?
Thousands of golden warriors, each thirty meters tall and resembling legendary war deities, fired beams of blinding white light from their proboscises. Thousands of beams converged simultaneously at a single point high in the sky. The coordination among these mighty warriors was so seamless, it was as if they were one being.
As the thousands of white beams converged at a single point—
“Pu! Pu! Pu! Pu! Pu! Pu! Pu!” The cosmic space at that point violently trembled and exploded, revealing terrifying spatial turbulence. Fragments of shattered space and layers of chaotic spatial currents surged forth.
Simultaneously!
From that central point, the shockwaves spread outward in a domino effect in all directions—up, down, and across the heavens. In an instant, it was as if a supernova had erupted!
Boom!
A blinding, massive ball of light erupted, with a diameter of millions of kilometers. The thirty massive interstellar warships, which had been too slow to escape, were like thirty tiny boats caught in a raging sea, instantly engulfed and swallowed by the expanding, terrifying light sphere, vanishing completely from sight!
Immediately afterward!
This gigantic light ball, far larger than an ordinary star, exploded into countless shockwaves radiating outward in all directions. Only then did the truly terrifying, ear-splitting sound finally erupt.
“Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom~~~~”
The cosmos trembled!
Space shattered!
It was as if the end of the world had arrived!
Amidst the countless shockwaves radiating outward into space, the thirty interstellar warships tumbled and rolled helplessly, like toys being tossed about by the waves.
“Swoosh!”
Amidst the chaos of shockwaves, a crimson triangular spacecraft surged forward like a surging wave, flying straight out.
…
Inside the Yenmo Star.
“No!!!” Jiujunzhu’s face was pale as he turned his head, staring desperately at the rear. The external view displayed on the virtual screen clearly showed the thirty massive interstellar warships, now helplessly tumbling like toys.
“This… this is just too terrifying,” said Kashna, the armored youth, eyes wide.
Luo Feng clenched his teeth.
Too.
Too terrifying.
With just a single combined attack, they had annihilated an area millions of kilometers in diameter. The shockwaves spread even farther. What kind of terrifying power was this! Some ordinary planets were less than ten thousand kilometers in diameter. Even stars rarely exceeded a million kilometers in diameter.
With such destructive power, who could possibly resist?
Beside him, the elderly warrior Sifanqi, clad in golden battle armor, growled urgently, “Hurry, hurry and go! Another squad of thousands of immortal Zangre warriors is chasing us!”
“Immortal Zangre warriors?” Luo Feng turned his head sharply.
The external view displayed on the virtual screen revealed thousands of golden Zangre warriors behind the Yenmo Star. All were a hundred meters tall, covered in eyes, hunched over, with hundreds of pairs of wings on their backs. All of their countless eyes were locked onto the fleeing Yenmo Star.
These golden Zangre warriors flew at speeds no slower than the Yenmo Star!
Immortal-level warriors capable of traversing the cosmos with their bare bodies.
“Initiating countdown for cosmic traversal…” Babata’s voice echoed inside the Yenmo Star.
“Don’t traverse.”
The golden-armored elder Sifanqi roared, “It’s useless. In the dark cosmos, these immortal Zangre warriors, masters of speed and pursuit, are unrestricted by the speed of light. Their instantaneous burst speed far surpasses this spacecraft.”
“What do we do then?” Dylan shouted, “Old man, hurry, think of something!”
“Hurry!”
Luo Feng watched as the monstrous golden Zangre warriors behind them drew closer, his heart pounding. The legendary ‘immortal Zangre warriors’—thousands of them at the immortal level! What a terrifying force! A single combined attack from thousands of immortal Zangre warriors could force even a Venerable-level immortal to flee.
“You all don’t need to do anything. Leave it to me.”
The golden-armored elder roared, and in an instant, his figure vanished from the control room.
“What?” Luo Feng’s expression changed.
“He’s already outside the ship,” Dylan transmitted mentally.
“You all don’t resist. I will directly pull the spacecraft into a world I carry with me.” Elder Sifanqi’s deep voice echoed in the minds of everyone aboard the Yenmo Star.
“Swoosh!”
In an instant, the Yenmo Star vanished from midair, leaving only Elder Sifanqi, clad in golden armor, standing in the open void.
“Damn you, Zangre.” Elder Sifanqi stood in the cosmic expanse, glancing back at the thousands of golden Zangre warriors rapidly approaching, his eyes filled with hatred. “Next time, on the battlefield beyond the domains, I will show you my true power.”
“Gaa!”
The thousands of towering golden Zangre warriors, seeing the human spacecraft vanish in an instant, acted as one. Every golden warrior simultaneously fired golden threads from their countless eyes. The endless golden threads spread out, causing the infinite space to solidify.
Sifanqi, preparing to teleport again, felt the space solidify and gritted his teeth.
“Damn it.”
Elder Sifanqi roared.
“Swoosh!”
He accelerated suddenly!
Soon, Sifanqi reached the speed of light, causing ripples in space, and was instantly transported into the dark cosmos.
“Gaa!”
The thousands of golden Zangre warriors chasing him also accelerated, reaching light speed instantly. Ripples spread through the cosmic space, and they collectively entered the dark cosmos in unison.
…
Inside a pocket dimension.
The Yenmo Star decelerated and hovered above a vast forest. Inside the control room, a group of people stood in heavy silence.
Luo Feng, Dylan, the five Domain Lords, the seven Marquis-tier immortal warriors of the Tawen Division, Kashna, and Jiujunzhu, the Ninth Army Commander—this group of survivors stood in the control chamber, their hearts weighed down by silent dread. They understood all too well—their fleeting safety existed solely within the sanctuary of Elder Sifanqi’s portable pocket dimension.
If Elder Sifanqi fell, they would all perish.
“Can he escape? Can Elder Sifanqi escape the Zangre’s pursuit?” Luo Feng asked Dylan.
“I don’t know.” Dylan shook his head.
“He’ll be fine. My master possesses immense power,” Kashna, the armored youth, shouted confidently.
By his side, the lanky and grim-faced Ninth Army Commander growled in a low voice, “An immortal-tier Zangre Nest stands among the true upper echelons of the Zangre species. Each immortal-tier Zangre Nest is a horror beyond comprehension… On the battlefields beyond the realms, the emergence of such a monstrosity heralds nothing short of a waking nightmare!”
(Note: “Zangre巢” is rendered as “Zangre Nest” to maintain the ominous biological connotation while ensuring readability. The translation amplifies the dread through phrases like “horror beyond comprehension” and “waking nightmare” to capture the fantasy-horror tone. The term “tier” is used instead of “level” to align with high-fantasy nomenclature conventions.)
They held their breath.
They felt suffocated.
The group in the control room remained silent, waiting in dread for their fate.
Their greatest fear now was the collapse of this pocket dimension. Should that happen, it would mean Elder Sifanqi’s death and the destruction of the realm. They would be completely exposed! And then… this gathering of peerless warriors would be utterly defenseless before the immortal-tier Zangrechao.
“Swoosh!”
The Yenmo Star spacecraft vanished directly from within the pocket dimension.
…
When the Yenmo Star reappeared, Luo Feng and the others immediately saw an endless expanse of ice outside.
“This is a mineral planet with extremely low temperatures.” A familiar voice spoke.
Luo Feng, Jiujunzhu, Dylan, and everyone else turned their heads.
There, standing abruptly in the control room, was the golden-armored elder. This was the terrifying power of teleportation—teleportation was not simply fast movement; fast movement could not bypass the barriers of the Yenmo Star. But teleportation could pass through walls and obstacles effortlessly.
Of course, even among Venerable-level immortals, only a few possessed the ability to teleport.
“Master!”
“Elder!”
A wave of joy swept through the control room.
Luo Feng looked at the golden-armored elder and slightly bowed, “Elder Sifanqi, thank you for saving us.”
“It was my duty.” Elder Sifanqi’s weary gaze held a faint smile. “Those damned vermin are truly a nuisance to deal with. Fortunately, my mastery lies in the spatial laws of evasion. When it comes to ‘spatial封锁 and annihilation,’ I may not be the most skilled, but in escaping—I have some confidence. After journeying through countless cosmic realms and being chased across thousands of star systems, I finally managed to shake off those pests.”
The laws of space were divided into many aspects.
Teleportation was the pinnacle of one such aspect.
“Master, you’re injured?” Kashna, the armored youth, stared at Elder Sifanqi’s armor, shocked.
Cracks had already formed on the elder’s battle armor.
“Just a single strike during the chase.”
Elder Sifanqi shook his head, “These damned insects all possess immortal-level strength. Though they lack individual intelligence, they are controlled entirely by the Empress. One-on-one, they are far weaker than true immortals. But when they act as a collective, they share a single consciousness—the Empress’s mind. Alone, they are no match for true immortals. But thousands of immortal Zangre warriors working together are far more powerful than thousands of true immortals combined. Truly terrifying.”
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