Chapter 1108: The Start of the Battle
Zhang Lie commanded, "Pair up and handle each threat. I'll deal with the king of keys."
"If you think I'm that easy to deal with, Zhang Lie, you're underestimating me!" the king of keys replied. "I prepared a few small gifts to deal with you, Zhang Lie. I hope you'll enjoy them."
As the king of keys spoke, the countless worlds under his control continued to rotate. Ten million genetic lifeforms rushed out from within those worlds, each above disaster-grade.
Zhang Lie's eyes widened.
The king of keys smiled and explained, "It's all thanks to your pet that I was able to amass such an incredible force."
The planet-headed figure elaborated, "Although neither I nor his majesty was able to tame your golden mantis, we analyzed it carefully and learned of a technique for rapidly cultivating a strong beast corps. For that, you have our gratitude."
The king of keys roared in laughter. "To have come up with the idea of cultivating these beasts using a superior world's energy is a genius and exorbitantly wasteful idea—one that's almost designed specifically for me. The countless worlds under my control are filled with beasts, and I can directly produce large quantities of superior world's energy."
To others, a superior world's energy was precious indeed, but for existences like the king of keys and king of chaos, it was as ordinary and commonplace as a regular world's energy, as was demonstrated when Nightdemon handed over ten superior worlds' worth of energy as a welcoming gift.
Anyone else would have gone crazy to get that much superior world's energy, even superior kings of antiquity like the solar king and the ice queen. Even so, it was but a trifling quantity for the king of keys and king of chaos.
The king of keys, whose body was superior worlds made manifest, could easily produce superior world's energy in bulk and hence cultivate ten million disaster-grade lifeforms, and ones close to breaking through to monarch-grade at that.
The farming approach Zhang Lie had devised wasn't particularly complicated or difficult, but hardly anyone would waste a superior world's energy on feeding these genetic lifeforms.
The superior kings of antiquity tended to invest any superior world's energy they came across straight back into their worlds to elevate it. In the past, the hunters of the Milky Way were far from strong enough to have come into contact with the superior worlds, and within the third realm, only Zhang Lie and his cohort currently had that ability.
As he glanced at the hordes of disaster-grade lifeforms, so densely packed they looked like ants, Zhang Lie's face turned dark.
Even Zhang Lie would have been hard-pressed to deal with a beast horde of such magnitude—and there were five other enemies nearby, too.
Hong Xi volunteered, "Let me handle the beast horde. All of you can focus on your respective fights."
Zhou Ying smiled gently. "Let me help as well. I'm good at large-scale battles."
Zhang Hanxiang announced, "I'll support Hong Xi!"
Yang Ze stated, "Let me deal with that Wilbow, then."
Li Feng added, "And I'll handle his brother."
Sun Mengmeng stepped forward. "Leave that planet-headed fellow to me. For abducting Gold Comet, I'll make him pay!"
Sun Xiaowu glanced around. "In that case, Fang Yi and I will handle Ghroth."
Fang Yi called out, "Captain, you can focus fully on the king of keys!"
"Very well!"
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The hunters of Team Zenith got to work immediately after establishing their targets.
"[Syzygy]!" Hong Xi's eyes glowed. Her left eye morphed into a black sun, and her right eye into a silver moon. To her back, a pitch-black sun and a silver moon rose into the air.
The black sunlight and silver moonlight illuminated the battlefield. They were linked by a golden thread, which brought the two of them into proximity with each other. The black sun and silver moon began to merge. The black sun turned a deep red, and the silver moon a rusty red.
The black sun and silver moon merged perfectly, forming a bright-red wheel of fire, as their corresponding energies combined as well. The wheel of flame shone with light. Energy coalesced behind Hong Xi's back and formed a crimson sun.
The red light was as bright as blood, a shade distinct from Zhang Lie's when he used the corresponding copy of that technique. The light scattered with Hong Xi as its center, enveloping the disaster-grade lifeforms.
Even the disaster-grade lifeforms were affected by the technique, and their strength dropped dramatically. In contrast, Hong Xi's own strength soared.
She had volunteered to deal with the ten million genetic lifeforms with a plan in mind. Although her blood moon's aura couldn't envelop all the lifeforms, she was easily able to capture at least a third within it.
The power she leeched from all those lifeforms, from three million of them, was a tremendous buff.
As everyone watched on in shock, Hong Xi flew into the air, brimming with scarlet flames. The void cracked around her. Even the most ancient king, the king of keys, was surprised by the aura emanating from Hong Xi, which was far beyond that of an ordinary superior king.
Hong Xi herself was shocked. That shock was accompanied by pain. Hong Xi's body was unable to handle power of such magnitude. Blood leaked out of her orifices, and her internal organs were crushed. Cracks appeared all over her body.
Tremendous strength was forcing its way out from within; Hong Xi's body could explode at any moment.
The king of keys laughed coldly. "What a surprise, what a surprise. I have to admit that you've gathered some talent around you, Zhang Lie, to have shocked me so early into the fight. However, it looks as though she's about to explode."
Wilbow shook his head. "If you give up now, you can save her. She looks like she's determined to suffer through this misery, but she has no chance of survival!"
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