Chapter 2044: Chapter 1605: Your Holiness, Let’s Talk About the Star Mover
Gemez Fortress is not an experienced Celestial Star, as he grew up in an isolated world with no elder Celestial Stars to aid him. All his abilities are either innate or self-taught.
It’s not like the outside world, where the void is filled with Celestial Stars. Before the Time-Space Ancient Dragon and Exotic Ghosts appeared, nearby Celestial Stars would communicate with each other, like when a new Celestial Star emerged, the surrounding stars would flicker with starlight to convey their congratulations.
If the new Celestial Star had any doubts, they could also consult their predecessors nearby.
If instead a native Celestial Star was born directly in the outside world, they would receive even more care and assistance. Many senior Celestial Stars are willing to teach these newborn stars firsthand how to become better Celestial Stars.
Because he grew up in a closed world, Gemez Fortress doesn’t have many offensive strategies. He originally thought that upon approaching, he could easily crush Ange and the others with his Star Soul. Unexpectedly, he couldn’t even pass the first level.
The Star Soul couldn’t overwhelm them, and the giant spider was ineffective. On the contrary, their pollution left him helpless. After much thought, it seemed like mutual destruction was the only viable option.
Thinking of this, Gemez Fortress said, "I can’t leave you alone, split a plant onto my clone."
By "clone," Gemez Fortress was not referring to the giant spider, but to a Dark Star that he had split off eleven years ago. This Dark Star followed Mei Lania and other Dark Stars to build the Star Bridge, accelerating its journey here, and successfully escaping after being intercepted.
It’s because of the existence of this Dark Star Avatar that Gemez Fortress could use it as an anchor point, accelerating his journey here, shortening a journey of sixty years down to eleven.
With a Dark Star Avatar as a fallback, self-destructing the main body is not entirely unacceptable. Detonating one’s main body can shatter the Boundless Wall, and now an additional term can be added—mutual destruction!
When Gemez Fortress charged towards the Little Fireman Divine Star without regard for anything else, everyone except Ange panicked because they hadn’t expected Gemez Fortress to choose such a mutually destructive tactic.
"Gemez Fortress, are you crazy? What do you want to do?" Anthony shouted loudly.
"You? Aren’t you supposed to be the Wise Man among you? Can’t you see what I intend to do?" Hearing a hint of panic in Anthony’s tone, Gemez Fortress’s Star Soul was instantly delighted.
Since encountering Ange and the others, he had been on the receiving end, whatever he planned to do, they could stop him or even interrupt him midway, infuriating him to the point of expending great energy to come from the other end of the Land of the Infinity.
Now, it’s your turn to panic.
"Is it necessary? In the Land of the Infinity, there are only you and the Little Fireman remaining as Celestial Stars. If you collide, you’ll be destroying the last two Celestial Stars in the void," Anthony questioned.
He, of course, sensed what Gemez Fortress intended, which is why he panicked. Why are Celestial Stars so reckless, either self-destructing or opting for mutual destruction at the slightest provocation?
Outside, Dis had detonated himself, unleashing an Information Storm. Although his intentions weren’t pure, an explosion is an explosion.
The Sixth Divine Star also showed signs of self-destruction; although he had begun to decline, thinking of self-destructing at the onset of decline was too reckless.
Gemez Fortress was even more reckless. As a full-grown Celestial Star, he constantly attempted to detonate the Little Fireman Divine Star. When he couldn’t manage against Ange, he immediately considered mutual destruction. Is it really necessary?
Even if we concede ten thousand steps, it’s far from reaching a dead-end now. Gemez Fortress still has many choices, such as retreating.
As long as he retreats to a certain distance, Ange won’t pursue him for sure. Ange cannot stray too far from the Triangle Gap; otherwise, the Stacked Clone in the outside world will become unstable.
Once at a certain distance, Shamara and Luna could actually be expelled. If absolutely necessary, he could split off another clone, establish an Energy Channel, and slowly transfer the Star Flame over.
If Shamara and Luna dared to follow through the Energy Channel, he could simply sever it, trapping them above, to eliminate them at will.
Besides these methods, many other ways could expel them, such as materializing small spider clones, dispersing them evenly within, progressing steadily until filtering them out.
That’s why Anthony invited Little Angel; if Gemez Fortress dared to use such a move, Little Angel would knock them out.
On reflection, many methods indeed exist, yet Gemez Fortress decided to bypass them all, fast-tracking to mutual destruction. He’s truly a madman.
"There are countless Celestial Stars outside. I just want to leave here, but you insist on stopping me. In that case, we might as well all be destroyed together," Gemez Fortress said angrily.
"You lunatics, if you want to leave, just leave. Why target our Celestial Star? You intended to explode the Little Fireman Divine Star, so we stopped you. Don’t twist right and wrong," Anthony retorted angrily.
Gemez Fortress hesitated, realizing it was indeed he who targeted their Celestial Star, prompting their stoppage...
"No, that isn’t your Celestial Star. It’s a masterless Celestial Star without a Star Soul. It’s my freedom to do what I want with it," Gemez Fortress rebuked.
"No Star Soul? Can’t you see his Divine Light? Look at his Divine Light and say again whether he has a Star Soul or not!" Anthony pointed in the direction of the Little Fireman, exclaiming loudly.
After a pause, Gemez Fortress muttered softly, "When I arrived, he didn’t have self-awareness."
"No, when you arrived, he already had a Star Soul. But because of the Parasitic Vine, he couldn’t control his body. He entrusted us to help him regain control. Moreover, even if he was a masterless Celestial Star, we claimed him, so he belongs to us. You’re trying to take what is ours and blame us for stopping you?" Anthony replied.
Gemez Fortress, at a loss, didn’t know what to say, so he said nothing and accelerated toward the Little Fireman’s direction.
Anthony laughed bitterly: "Oh, playing deaf now? But Gemez Fortress, have you considered that you can leave the Land of the Infinity without detonating the Little Fireman Divine Star? Have you heard of the Star Mover?"
Gemez Fortress’s heart moved slightly, his speed slowed down a bit, but he didn’t respond.
Anthony directly spoke toward the direction of the Star Mover, "Esteemed Star Mover, are you still there?"
The Star Mover sent out a message: "I am here."
Gemez Fortress glanced in the direction of the Star Mover. He had noticed the Star Mover’s existence earlier, having dodged initially. Afterward, he found it to be a Dark Star and didn’t care much. The other was actually the Star Mover?
Should he listen to Anthony’s plan? If there was truly a Star Mover capable of directly breaking through the Boundless Wall, there would be no need for mutual destruction as his goal was to leave the Land of the Infinity.
If only one Dark Star Avatar left, it would merely become prey in the outside world.
But before he could decide, a Star Flame suddenly shot over from the right side of the Little Fireman Divine Star, striking Gemez Fortress.
However, that was just the beginning, the second, the third, the hundredth... A continuous stream of Star Flame Arrows fired relentlessly, forcing Gemez Fortress back repeatedly, finally stopping after reaching a certain distance.
Upon inspection, he was shocked to find that the onslaught had eroded one percent of his main body’s strength. At this rate of Star Flame Arrow barrage, he couldn’t approach the Little Fireman Divine Star at all.
Realizing this, Gemez Fortress dared not hesitate anymore, turning to Anthony and saying, "Your Excellency Pope, let’s discuss the matter of the Star Mover."
