In a clash of hands, a mere tenth of a second was enough to decide the outcome. Moreover, since his opponent had slowed down, Hao seized the opportunity to once again draw out the Flame Sword, using the “Slash” technique to strike the wall with full force. Indeed, the material of the ancient spacecraft was no match for his flying sword. Soon, Yang Hao had carved out a path leading to another cabin door.
Yang Hao, having successfully launched a surprise attack, quickly activated his techniques and rushed toward the outer areas. Along the way, he continuously released his true energy. He intended to fill the entire spaceship with a gas containing aphrodisiac properties, causing all the deities aboard to become mentally disoriented.
Speaking of which, although Yang Hao launched a relentless attack, he still felt a bit fearful inside. He was no longer fighting against humans, but against the terrifying gods who made people shudder at the mere mention of them. He himself didn’t know from where he had drawn such great courage, enabling him to keep slashing his way forward and simultaneously deploying biological weapons.
When Yang Hao had broken through five cabins and knocked out nearly dozens of people, he finally rushed into the core control cabin of the entire spacecraft. As he surged into the control cabin, Yang Hao was instantly stunned, so much so that he couldn’t even react in time to use his techniques, and his figure materialized in mid-air.
Fortunately, the control cabin was completely unoccupied, so their presence was not detected. Yang Hao felt as if he were submerged in a high-tech ocean. The control cabin was filled with the flickering lights of intelligent computing brains. In a room dozens of meters high and hundreds of meters wide, stacked layers of brain branches towered like mountains. The dazzling computational lights were as densely scattered as stars in the night sky.
“Who would have thought that a spaceship appearing so run-down from the outside could possess such an advanced AI system?” Yang Hao had seen the AI system on his own battleship before, but the “Doomsday,” at least a hundred times larger than this alien spacecraft, was still outmatched a thousandfold in terms of its AI scale. This clearly showed how incredibly advanced the intelligence and technology aboard this ship truly were.
“Strange, too strange,” muttered Huan Yuanzi repeatedly, though he didn’t explain exactly what was so strange.
“Now what?” Yang Hao had broken into someone else’s control core, but he was at a loss about what to do next.
“No half-measures,” sneered Hunyuanzi. “They’ve resorted to kidnapping and threats; they’re clearly no good. Let’s just sabotage their spaceship and be done with it.”
“Alright!!” Normally, Yang Hao might not necessarily follow Hongyuanzi’s words, but now that he has already confronted the other party, if he doesn’t go all out, he might end up captured again. If it were merely a threat to his own life, Yang Hao wouldn’t be so angry. However, the fact that his family and friends were also involved was the most unacceptable thing for him.
Outside the control room, hurried footsteps could be heard, clearly indicating that some people had already snapped out of it. Although Yang Hao’s aphrodisiac true qi was potent, it was, after all, an ordinary substance. It could confuse people in a sneak attack, but the opponents were God Clan members, who could quickly regain their senses. If this group managed to storm in, considering their power to manipulate planets, Yang Hao would have no hope of surviving.
In a desperate situation, Yang Hao gritted his teeth and channeled all the energy within his body into the Flame Sword. By this time, Yang Hao’s power had become extraordinary; within his inner elixir, strength flowed endlessly. Under such powerful infusion, the Flame Sword emitted a brilliant radiance, even shooting out a sword beam over dozens of meters long.
This sword light stretched endlessly, covered with fire dragons, making the surrounding air sizzle with intense heat.
“Severing Character Technique!!!” Yang Hao roared furiously. He leaped high into the air, and suddenly, five blazing fire dragons extended from his body. These radiant, brilliant dragons coiled around Yang Hao’s form before converging at the Baihui acupoint on his head. Eventually, it seemed as if a heavenly gate had opened from the top of his head, unleashing a powerful beam of light upward. An even more intense and violent force surged forth, flowing into the Flame Sword.
The flaming sword transformed once again, its entire blade sprouting dragon-like horns and a fierce head, as if it were a true dragon. With a roar of fury, the sword descended like a divine warrior from the heavens, mercilessly slashing down upon everything around it.
“Five Dragon Slash!!!” Yuan Zixuan cried out in shock. In this situation, Yang Hao had focused all his attention on delivering a powerful strike, yet Yuan Zixuan was even more astonished than he was.
No wonder the thousand-year-old ghost could hardly suppress his astonishment, for “Five Dragon Slash” was indeed one of the supreme sword techniques of the Dan and Ding dual cultivation sect. However, Huan Yuanzi had never taught it to Yang Hao. This was not because Huan Yuanzi was unwilling to teach, but rather because he himself did not understand it.
In the Dual Cultivation Sect of the Alchemical Cauldron, there exists a revered treasure known as the “Five-Word Mantra.” However, according to the sword masters within the sect, each word of the mantra possesses three deeper variations, which only manifest naturally as one’s cultivation and swordsmanship advance. Although Hunyuanzi was considered a genius within the sect, his expertise lay in alchemical refinement rather than swordsmanship. As a result, he never managed to uncover the so-called additional variations.
But who would have thought that, at the critical moment, Yang Hao, without any guidance, independently evolved the “Zhanzi Jue” into the legendary “Five Dragon Slash.” To the naked eye alone, the increase in power was surely more than fivefold. Hun Yuanzi never expected Yang Hao to progress so rapidly.
That’s why I was so surprised, since I myself didn’t understand the subject matter.
But this was actually quite normal. Yang Hao’s current experiences were simply unparalleled. Not only were his opponents growing stronger one after another, but he had even witnessed the clash between the two legendary figures of the present age, Hede and Situhai. These battles had greatly contributed to Yang Hao’s cultivation and refinement of his sword techniques. Therefore, at this moment, Yang Hao had fully grasped the true essence of the “Cleave Formula,” skillfully and thoroughly executing its deeper evolution—the “Five Dragon Cleave.”
The “Five Dragon Slash” carved through the air, followed by the sound of several dragon roars. The fire dragon on the Flame Sword actually separated from the blade. It spiraled once in the air, then transformed into an even larger and more massive blade, slashing directly toward the vital core of the entire control chamber.
With a deafening roar, like the explosion of a star, beneath a brilliance more dazzling than fireworks, the divine spacecraft—the very vessel that had once single-handedly decimated the entire imperial fleet—was split in two by Yang Hao’s devastating strike.
All the artificial brains collapsed at the same time, and the control room was split apart. Every protective shield inside the cabin had already ruptured, and the entire spacecraft slowly began to plunge deeper into space. Even more terrifying was the rapid loss of oxygen and pressure escaping through the severed openings into the vacuum of space. No matter what it was, no matter how many layers or how securely fastened within the cabin, everything was inevitably sucked out of the spacecraft, drifting into space as orbital debris.
Of course, Yang Hao was no exception. Before he could even react, it felt as though a powerful force had grabbed him and pulled him out of the cabin, beginning his drifting journey.
This outcome was something Yang Hao hadn’t anticipated. Originally, he had merely intended to destroy the enemy’s artificial intelligence core, causing chaos aboard their spaceship. However, he never expected that the “Five Dragon Slash” would possess such immense power, capable of slicing the entire spacecraft in half in one strike.
When Yang Hao was sucked out of the spaceship, he knew he was doomed. He was now in the vastness of space, without the protection of the spacecraft cabin. Even though humanity had entered the post-cosmic era, the human body still could not freely wander in space. Ordinary people needed at least a spacesuit to provide oxygen and protect against cosmic radiation. Imperial officers, however, possessed unique anti-gravity uniforms that could retain oxygen around their bodies, offering them slightly more freedom.
However, Yang Hao was not prepared at all and was directly sucked out of the spaceship. The outer space might seem calm, but it was actually full of hidden dangers. There was no oxygen essential for human survival, and it harbored deadly cosmic rays and particle streams capable of destroying all forms of life. Additionally, there were high-speed flying space debris and the scorching heat of stars. Any one of these threats alone could have killed Yang Hao multiple times over.
Of course, Yang Hao had no desire to die, but the situation left him no choice. The enormous pressure difference between the inside and outside of the spacecraft made him as light as a leaf. Within seconds, he was pulled into space, drifting far away from the ship, which was now undergoing a chain reaction of explosions.
“Dead, dead, dead!” Yang Hao shouted in terror, closing his eyes tightly and cursing his bad luck. “How unfortunate! I had to die, and not just anywhere—dying in space! Even if I become a ghost, I won’t be able to reincarnate.”
“You definitely can’t transform into a ghost,” Hunyuanzi said calmly. “Without cultivating to the Yuan Ying realm, it’s impossible to become a ghost.”
“So even becoming a ghost requires qualifications?” Yang Hao regretted deeply in his heart for not cultivating seriously before. Now, after dying, he couldn’t even become a ghost—it was just too pathetic.
“What do you think?” Hunyuanzi finally seized the opportunity. “Your master here has been cultivating diligently for years, just to barely become a ghost with some authority. Yet you keep calling me ‘old ghost, old ghost,’ showing no respect at all. Now you understand how difficult it is to be a ghost, right?”
What’s the use of knowing now? As Yang Hao thought of how soon he would vanish into the silent void of space, and recalled the whereabouts of his master Mingyuan and his friends, sorrow welled up within him. He burst into loud sobs: “How unlucky I am! Why did I leave my peaceful life as a pharmacy owner in the spring city to become this great leader? Now I’m going to die a fragmented death. If only I had stayed on Leimon Star, perhaps by now I would have had a house full of wives and children, and gold filling my vats. My life is truly a tragedy, a tragedy, tragedy, tragedy…”
“Enough already!” Yuanzi was getting a splitting headache from Yang Hao’s crying and singing at the brink of death. He had no patience left to watch his apprentice make a fool of himself and snapped, “If you were really going to die, you’d already be dead! Do you really think you have time to talk so much? You’re starting to sound like you’re at a concert! Do you think this is the Hong Kong Coliseum or something?”
“Uh… there,” he muttered, slightly opening his eyes, and saw that his limbs were intact and his head still attached to his neck. In the distance, the alien spacecraft erupted in a dazzling light, beginning to break apart in a fiery explosion. The massive shockwave slowly pushed Yang Hao in one direction.
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