Chapter 1357: Chapter 1102 What did you do?
Black Star, this name was chosen to correspond to Ruosha’s Whitestar. Though both planets were actually constructed by Simu, their significantly different colors still make them very easy to distinguish.
On the one hand, with Little Zi on the golden battleship, Long Yi was not worried, on the other hand, Long Yi attempted to rescue all the Leviathan Worms from Black Star.
Since no one expected Long Yi to appear so quickly, neither the golden battleship nor Black Star were ready for teleportation, and this timing allowed Long Yi to seize them and rush into Black Star at the highest speed. At this time, Simu dared not deploy her strongest Leviathan Dragon Beast, since those beasts also faced a huge problem—they had no combat power in front of Long Yi.
At Simu’s command, all the Leviathan Worms contracted and entered the core of Black Star. Simu had even prepared to abandon the outer shell of Black Star. Deep inside Black Star was a real planetary core, hosting all her secrets. As long as it existed, she still had a chance to fight! But she would not make such a decision until the last moment, as this place was her everything.
Being unable to use the Leviathan Worms didn’t mean Simu was helpless against Long Yi. Since learning that the Leviathan Worms were ineffective against Long Yi, she had already started to forsake her research on the Leviathan Worms. Hiding here, Simu and several Divine Worms had been exchanging various pieces of information. She traded her now-abandoned Leviathan Worms for some useful technologies, created a kind of faux Leviathan Worm by mimicking their properties, and used these worms to enhance her own Dragon Beasts. Then she used technology from the golden battleship to further enhance the mechanical parts of her Dragon Beasts, making the mechanical parts smarter, no longer reflective of the Leviathan Worms’ thinking ability.
With continuous enhancements, Simu’s Dragon Beasts were even more powerful than before! And their size had been greatly reduced!
Thus, when Long Yi rushed into Black Star, these newly born Dragon Beasts formed the first and only line of defense waiting for him.
About ten meters tall, these Dragon Beasts seemed much smaller compared to the previous massive creatures. However, the threat they posed to Long Yi hadn’t diminished much, and most importantly, the surrounding muscle tissues were not made of Leviathan Worms. This meant Long Yi couldn’t use cheat-like methods to secure a half victory anymore.
"But do I need to cheat to exterminate you?"
Long Yi sneered, his body suddenly inflating into a ten-meter-tall Giant. This was not the Fine Gold substitute, but Giant Magic he had learned from a Mage in the Lower Plane.
As his body grew, the Cosmic Stone Greatsword grew as well, forming a massive blade of energy. The instant the blade burst forth, it severed the forearm of a Dragon Beast!
"Oh? It seems their defensive power has indeed decreased," Long Yi laughed.
The reduction in size inevitably led to insufficient defense, and without the energy support of the Leviathan Worms, the defense was bound to decrease even further.
However, it seemed that Simu was opting for a strategy of quantity over quality. These smaller Dragon Beasts were weaker in both defense and offense, but compared to having just one Molten Beast at a time, this method seemed to have some utility.
Severing the arm didn’t stop the Dragon Beast; the ferocious beast still roared as it charged towards Long Yi. Following the momentum of the first strike, Long Yi turned around and accelerated with another slash, cleaving the Dragon Beast in half to reveal its core.
Clang!
The core was pierced by the sword blade full of destructive waves, shattered, and one Dragon Beast immediately stopped moving.
"The efficiency is a bit low," Long Yi muttered to himself.
After some thought, Long Yi quietly said,
"Divinization."
This was a spell Long Yi had invented himself. Since dispelling the Divine Law, wherever he went, inexplicable knowledge and rules would always flood into his mind, which was uncomfortable. Thus, he devised a way to shut off this state, dubbing it ’Normal Human Form.’ When he needed the aid of Divine Power, naturally, it became the ’Divinization’ form.
Divine Status manifested, golden hues around the Giant’s body faintly revealing a white robe and hood that covered Long Yi’s body, while Divine Texts flowed around him.
At this moment in Long Yi’s eyes, all the strengths and weaknesses of the Dragon Beasts were laid bare. The weak points and specially reinforced areas were all directly visible to him.
"This is so convenient!"
Clang!
A sword strike, the fragile neck of the Dragon Beast was severed.
Crack!
The Greatsword plunged directly into the neck opening, destroying the Dragon Beast’s core.
Then Long Yi turned to dodge an attack from another Dragon Beast at his back, took advantage of the moment the beast showed its back due to inertia, and his Cosmic Stone Greatsword directly penetrated the seam of the back armor, destroying the Dragon Beast’s core in one strike.
At that moment, Simu was monitoring every move of Long Yi. She was well aware that the defense of these smaller Dragon Beasts would inevitably decrease. However, she believed they could still greatly drain Long Yi’s energy and delay enough time. When Long Yi destroyed the first Dragon Beast, she still thought so. But as soon as Long Yi divinized, she immediately realized she had been rather naive. Long Yi was killing the Dragon Beasts at an unimaginable speed, virtually one with each strike.
But, that still didn’t matter.
Simu told herself.
The Dragon Beast was destroyed, but as long as it was produced, that was enough. Now, the only thing she had to do was to stall Long Yi!
However, this was no easy feat.
Simu wanted to stall Long Yi, but how could Long Yi not be aware of that? Whenever there was any chance, Long Yi would speed up towards the interior of Black Star. To allow these ten-meter-tall Dragon Beasts to move freely, the interior of Black Star was extremely spacious. Long Yi had plenty of room to maneuver, and he would immediately sprint whenever there was a slight opportunity. In fact, this interior was filled with energy interference; otherwise, Long Yi would have already directly torn through the space to reach the center.
As Long Yi continuously got closer, Simu’s brows furrowed deeply. Her hand was placed on the teleportation switch, ready to press it. If she did, the core of this planet would immediately teleport away. But that meant she would no longer have the means to confront Long Yi again. Despite the core holding all her secrets, the factories for making the Dragon Beasts and various weapons were located on the periphery. It wouldn’t be easy to make a comeback under Long Yi’s watch.
But, once life was lost, it meant losing everything!
Simu was about to press the button when she saw someone rushing in front of Long Yi!
"Enough!"
The person yelled, and Long Yi also paused, instinctively stopping.
That person was Ika.
"Octopus? I remember you!"
Long Yi reverted to his original demeanor, but his face was filled with rage!
"Hehe, I knew you must have seen me back then," Ika said with a smile.
"How dare you covet my belongings! You’re asking for death!" Long Yi yelled, and the serpent glowing with light charged directly towards Ika.
"Stop!" Ika yelled, and a burst of red light exploded, causing Long Yi to pause, and the serpent disappeared.
"Stop? Bastard! What did you do!" Long Yi roared.
"Nothing really, only that at that time you were battling with my kin, and since I was passing by, how could I not meddle a little?" Ika said with a smile.
Boom!
This time the serpent charged out without warning.
"Stop!" Ika yelled again, and Long Yi paused once more, the serpent vanished again.
"Interesting." The fury on Long Yi’s face disappeared, replaced by a curious smile.
"Interesting, right? If you like, we could play this stopping game all day long. But perhaps we could make a deal instead? You let us leave, we act as if we never saw each other, and I’ll undo this suggestion for you," said Ika.
"See, I’m very patient. If you plan to keep playing this game with me, I don’t mind. But you want me to leave?" Long Yi sneered, "Then you better show me some real skills!"
Ika looked somewhat helpless, looked around, and then sighed, "Actually, I didn’t intend to let my kin witness this. But since it has come to this, to save my life, I have no choice."
As Ika spoke, a force hundreds of times stronger burst forth, and at this moment, Long Yi’s eyes even emitted a red glow!
"You! What have you done!" Long Yi seemed to walk forward involuntarily.
"Last time I encountered you, I took advantage of your confusion to leave a strong psychological suggestion. I was planning to use it secretly at some point, but now, come on, the Divine Worms you’ve swallowed now all belong to me!"
Simu, monitoring the situation, watched in surprise as Ika’s power swelled continuously, while the red glow all over Long Yi’s body kept shrinking!
"Don’t stand there stunned, take advantage of the moment he’s suppressed by me, quickly eject him and then teleport away immediately!"
Ika’s voice came through, and then Simu snapped out of it, and a Dragon Beast burst out from around her, grabbing Long Yi and accelerating crazily. In a blink of an eye, it reached the periphery of Black Star! Then, Black Star immediately activated the long-prepared Teleportation Array and, amid a severe distortion of space, Black Star completely disappeared.
"That bastard!" Seeing Simu’s Black Star vanish, Turun inside the golden battleship was furious beyond measure. He hadn’t expected Simu to be so resolute in activating the teleportation, and she hadn’t even told him where they were going before activating it!
At that moment, outside the golden battleship, his Golems were battling the Nightmare Knights. The Nightmare Knights were tremendously powerful, and his Golems were merely absorbing the blows with their numbers. For as soon as Long Yi entered Black Star, he had also received the news. He was unwilling to just leave like this; he wanted to see what trump card Simu still had. And indeed, he saw it! Ika was able to influence Long Yi! Although this influence wasn’t enough to change the course of the battle, it could buy them some more time! And most importantly, this was the first time the Divine Worm had successfully countered Long Yi! This was definitely not a simple matter!
The Dragon Beast carrying Long Yi rushed out, and within seconds, Long Yi had recovered and immediately dismantled the Dragon Beast. Looking around, Black Star was gone, but the golden battleship was still in sight! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it with recommendations and monthly tickets at QiDian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)
