"This is a new type of material made with Divine Runes inscribed on Blossom God Crystal Stone. This material is unbreakable; if torn apart, it will automatically restore itself.
Moreover, the Undying Spider contains a type of poison, and anyone struck by it will be poisoned and die." Ji Yuan knew everything there was to discuss.
Divine Rune? Ding Huan looked toward Qi Xinyue.
Clearly, Qi Xinyue did not understand what Divine Runes were.
"What are Divine Runes?" Ding Huan asked again.
Ji Yuan shook his head, he did not know either; that was something only a Divine Rune Master could do.
Worried that Ding Huan might not be satisfied, he explained, "Each Divine Rune on the Undying Spider is inscribed by a Divine Rune Master, which is why outsiders don’t know about them.
The study of Divine Runes is very complex. Even our captain doesn’t understand it."
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"Ting Ti, Ji Yuan, what is the exact situation with the ’Seeking God’? Why haven’t we received any communication yet?" an authoritative voice came through the spaceship, now renamed Blue Star.
Ji Yuan looked at Ding Huan, who pointed to the microphone.
Ji Yuan quickly said, "Captain, the ’Seeking God’ has suffered considerable damage, and Ting Ti and I plan to repair it, but the repairs will take some time."
"No need for repairs, come back immediately," the captain’s voice came again.
Seeing Ding Huan raise a hand, Ji Yuan instantly understood and hurriedly said,
"It will only take up to five days. Ting Ti has already opened the startup cabin, and if we don’t fix it before closing it, it will waste more time."
The captain paused for a few moments before saying, "Alright, speed it up."
"Yes," Ji Yuan replied, then turned off the microphone.
"Can this spaceship transmit image information?" Ding Huan asked.
"Yes, but it consumes a lot of Blossom God Crystal Stone, so we usually just use voice contact," Ji Yuan carefully answered.
Ding Huan, apparently satisfied, continued to inquire, "What is the weakness of the Undying Spider?"
"It’s the destruction of the Divine Rune. The Divine Runes are located under one foot and on top of the head of the Undying Spider. Only if both are destroyed simultaneously will the Undying Spider die," Ji Yuan answered.
Ding Huan frowned, "If that’s the case, then why wouldn’t blowing the Undying Spider to pieces kill it?"
Ji Yuan shook his head, "That’s useless. The Divine Rune of the Undying Spider is wrapped in a very durable material, even if the Undying Spider is blown to bits, it can still recover.
Even if its legs are cut off, the Undying Spider can find and reattach them immediately; it’s just a question of how much Blossom God Crystal Stone it consumes."
"Very good." After saying this, Ding Huan raised his hand, and a Wind Blade sliced Ji Yuan’s neck, followed by a kick that sent Ji Yuan flying out of the Blue Star.
Before Ji Yuan’s body hit the ground, a Fireball enveloped him.
"Ah..." Qi Xinyue yelled in shock as she saw Ding Huan decisively kill Ji Yuan.
She had thought that since Ji Yuan obeyed, Ding Huan might spare his life, but to her surprise, right after Ji Yuan finished speaking, Ding Huan killed him.
Ding Huan looked at Qi Xinyue and said, "If we don’t kill him, he could very likely kill us directly or indirectly in the future. Remember, showing mercy to an enemy means you shouldn’t step out here because eventually, you will die by your own hand."
"Yes, brother," Qi Xinyue replied, feeling she couldn’t be as decisive as Ding Huan in killing.
After taking control of Blue Star, Ding Huan first opened the Energy Cabin to inspect.
Upon opening the Energy Cabin, there were 127 pieces of Blossom God Crystal Stone.
"Didn’t the Seeking God have over ten thousand pieces of Blossom God Crystal Stone? Why are there so few here?" Ding Huan was puzzled.
Qi Xinyue explained,
"The Seeking God was on a lone mission; it’s a single ship. Blue Star came out with the Blossom God Battle Disc, and most of the Blossom God Crystal Stone providing energy wouldn’t be kept on Blue Star but on the main battle disc."
"I see." Ding Huan nodded and then found the communications device of Blue Star.
As long as he carried the communicator, he could sense anytime if Blue Star was under attack.
"What is this?" Ding Huan picked up a crystal box filled with thousands of gel-like substances.
"These are energy granules, taking one can keep you from feeling hungry for several days. Although Shi Keling was the housekeeper, he did not cook every day, only a few times a month.
Most of the time, we eat these energy granules as our staple," Qi Xinyue explained.
"Then this is good stuff. The energy granules must have been taken by Shi Keling from the Seeking God," Ding Huan figured, realizing there were none aboard the Seeking God else Zhong Chi would have mentioned it.
"Yes, in the universe, energy granules are even more important than Blossom God Crystal Stone," Qi Xinyue explained.
Ding Huan nodded and casually closed the door of Blue Star, "Xinyue, let’s cultivate here, I need to advance further."
After saying this, he handed Qi Xinyue five Blossom God Crystal Stones.
"Okay." Qi Xinyue understood that the stronger Ding Huan was, the better.
The people from the Zhan Shen Continent each were ruthless killers; the only way to reason with them was to be stronger than them.
Both armed with Blossom God Crystal Stone, Ding Huan naturally did not hold back in his cultivation and cultivated without reservation.
Ding Huan hoped within five days he could advance to a Ninth-level Gene Cultivator, for he feared not achieving his target without aggressive cultivation.
On the Western Asia Battlefield, countless blasts were pouring down on the Zhan Shen Base relentlessly.
Federation Commander Gu Zhong anxiously watched the distant Blossom God base; his past several contacts in minor battles had made him realize this civilization that had come to Earth far surpassed Earth itself.
This time he planned to use concentrated attacks, and if the opponent could still fend them off, Earth was truly in danger.
After all, these were merely the vanguard of the opponents’ forces.
If Earth couldn’t even defeat the enemy’s vanguard, what chance did it have of stopping an alien civilization’s invasion?
No matter how many shells were fired, they seemed to be blocked by a dome of sky. The dome flickered continuously with white light, and the shells simply couldn’t penetrate it.
The concern in Gu Zhong’s eyes deepened.
If they couldn’t break through, he would have no choice but to let the Martial Arts masters and gene cultivators take the Penetrating Burst Arrow Cannons into close combat.
Using nuclear missiles was the last resort, but looking at the frightening energy barrier, could nuclear weapons even break the enemy’s defenses?
What worried him the most was that the opponents hadn’t even started to counterattack yet.
As if to confirm Gu Zhong’s fears,
the Blossom God base fired beam after beam of light, which, as if possessing eyes, accurately destroyed one artillery and missile launcher after another.
These beams were terrifyingly lethal; anything touched by them, be it missile launchers or the missiles themselves, was destroyed.
Earth also had laser weapons, but by comparison, they were laughably primitive.
As for humans, merely approaching would get them shot.
Gu Zhong’s hands were trembling slightly.
He was well aware that these beams were not the enemy’s most formidable weapons; the aliens still had field weapons.
The missiles couldn’t make it through, very likely blocked by these field weapons.
That was why he dared not order his soldiers to charge; once inside the enemy’s field weapons’ kill range, no matter how many soldiers, it would be suicide.
Federation soldiers were shot down in rows by the beams, an utterly unequal engagement.
A million Federation troops had so far not even killed a single enemy.
And the enemy’s field weapons and Undying Spiders hadn’t even shown their full capability yet.
"Commander Gu, let us go. I’ll take the Penetrating Burst Arrow Cannons, and I don’t believe we can’t tear through their barrier," Zhu Qijiang said, veins bulging on his forehead, his fists clenched tighter than Gu Zhong’s.
The one-sided slaughter was making him so angry he felt like vomiting blood.
Gu Zhong shook his head, "Going now is tantamount to suicide. We need to retreat further and prepare for a concentrated nuclear attack."
As soon as he finished speaking, tens of thousands of Undying Spiders suddenly surged forward.
"Retreat, do not engage," Gu Zhong quickly ordered the retreat.
Having fought numerous minor battles with the Undying Spiders at the Blossom God base, he knew too well that they simply could not be killed.
Engaging the Undying Spiders would only lead to more Federation soldiers dying in vain.
...
Five days had passed in a flash when Ding Huan was suddenly roused from his meditation by the captain’s voice coming from the Blue Star.
He was still far from being a Ninth-level Genetic Cultivator; even without any bottlenecks and with sufficient Divine Crystal Stones, he optimistically estimated it would take at least another couple of weeks.
Forget it, he thought. Training up to a mid-Level 8 gene cultivator should be enough to take down those alien scum.
"Captain, we’ve repaired the Shen Shen, and we expect to return tomorrow," Ding Huan replied, imitating Ji Yuan’s voice.
"You’ve wasted too much time; return immediately." The captain hung up, clearly dissatisfied with Ji Yuan and Ting Ti.
"Brother Ding, are we going to deal with those War Discs?" Qi Xinyue was getting to know the way Ding Huan operated.
In some ways, Brother Ding was also very cautious, sometimes even more than Shi Keling.
The difference was that when Brother Ding wasn’t cautious, he could only be described as reckless.
"Of course, otherwise I wouldn’t have bothered cultivating here. Hey, that guy..."
Ding Huan was about to say that Zhong Chi surely hadn’t returned to Pu Hai when he saw Lao Liu following along beside Zhong Chi, and he knew that not only had the guy returned to Pu Hai, he had rushed back in a hurry.
Zhong Chi was also anxious; he had been worried that Ding Huan would no longer be at Bioko Island.
If Ding Huan wasn’t at Bioko Island, he wouldn’t even know where else to look for him. In Zhong Chi’s view, Ding Huan was the only one who could take on those Alien UFOs.
When Zhong Chi reached the outskirts of the Federation International Museum and saw what was in front of him, he froze. A fully intact alien spaceship, just like those displayed inside the museum.
Zhong Chi was certain that this ship was not from the museum.
The only possibility was that one of those four alien ships had shown up here, definitely searching for Shen Shen.
Zhong Chi quickly retreated, aiming to hide behind a nearby billboard.
But just as he had taken a few steps back, he heard Ding Huan’s lazy voice: "Lao Zhong, no need to hide, come on up."
"Brother Ding?" Zhong Chi was stunned and then overjoyed, rushing forward.
"Ha ha ha ha…" Even before he reached the Blue Star, Zhong Chi was laughing, "I knew you were here! Those alien monkeys coming here is just like delivering us food, and now they’ve really delivered a spaceship."
Even he, slow as he was, had realized that it must have been Ding Huan cultivating here when the alien spaceship came to inspect Shen Shen and got slaughtered by Ding Huan.
Lao Liu, quite dissatisfied, glanced at Zhong Chi. What’s with calling them alien monkeys? What have monkeys ever done to offend you?