National Star Sea Era...

Chapter 844 [The Traitor]

The warp drive of the Shenxia Jiuli ship hummed, ripples appeared in the space around the ship, and it disappeared from the spot the next second.

When they reappeared in stable space, the view outside the porthole was completely different—chaotic air currents surged and churned in the void like a rushing river.

"The Star Demon's arrival was suspicious, as if they had predicted our jump trajectory."

Inside the ship's cabin, Ferdinand frowned as he spoke.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yuan retrieved the spatial fluctuation records from earlier.

"Their interception network energy nodes are distributed in a very orderly manner, unlike a temporary deployment."

Ying Yi's brows were also furrowed:

"The various forces on the Chaos God Continent are deeply intertwined. Although our route is encrypted, there's no guarantee that there aren't traitors among the other three sides who might leak information. The Abyss Demons just left, and the Star Demons are already here. It's hard not to be suspicious."

As they were talking, the Shenxia Jiuli suddenly trembled violently, and the ship's alarm once again shattered the silence inside the cabin:

[Warning! Super Chaos Storm Detected! Intensity Index Continues to Surge!]

The chaotic airflow outside the porthole instantly became violent, and the originally streamlined airflow suddenly twisted into countless sharp vortexes, like countless spinning giant blades, cutting towards the hull of the warship.

Even more bizarrely, the surrounding space began to overlap, and the distant stars were sometimes clear and sometimes blurry, as if the entire world was being kneaded by an invisible giant hand.

"It's a spacetime worm!"

Jiang Yuan's voice carried a hint of solemnity.

"These special creatures are best at hunting by using their super-strong spacetime abilities and relying on the terrifying destructive power of the powerful chaotic air currents. Is it just a coincidence, or is there some alien race that doesn't want us to reach the Origin Star smoothly?"

Before the words were finished, a gray tentacle as thick as a bucket suddenly emerged from the void, carrying a ghostly light that corroded everything, and lashed fiercely at the hull of the Shenxia Jiuli ship.

The surface of the tentacle was covered with barbs, and each barb was filled with energy capable of causing space to collapse.

The divine power at the mythical level granted Jiang Yuan unparalleled reaction speed. In an instant, an eleventh-order divine soul phantom appeared around the Shenxia Jiuli ship. Coupled with the double protection of the warship's own level 120 seven-colored energy shield, the rapid lash of the gray tentacles caused violent ripples, but failed to cause any damage to the Shenxia Jiuli ship.

Before the joy could even begin, more tentacles emerged from the chaotic air currents from all directions, densely packed like a torrential rain, completely surrounding the Shenxia Jiuli.

Between the tentacles, one could vaguely see pairs of eyes flashing with greedy red light; these were the true forms of the mythical spacetime worm lurking deep within the chaotic storm.

"We can't get entangled with it. This creature's tentacles can continuously devour energy, and the longer it drags on, the more troublesome it will become."

As Jiang Yuan maneuvered the Shenxia Jiuli ship into the air, she simultaneously activated the [Boundary-Breaking Blade] on the bow of the ship.

A golden blade of light, a billion kilometers long, shot out from the bow of the ship, cleaving the tentacles in two as easily as cutting butter.

Taking advantage of this opening, the Shenxia Jiuli ship used the same trick again, its engines roaring loudly, and the warship instantly transformed into a streak of light, rushing towards the weakest point of the chaotic storm.

The severed tentacles writhed in the void multiple times before being quickly swallowed up by the chaotic storm. But more tentacles came chasing after them from behind, like maggots clinging to bones.

[Three minutes to reach the next jump point!]

The ship's intelligent system issued a notification.

Song Chi, staring at the relentlessly pursuing tentacles outside the porthole, suddenly spoke up and suggested:

"Quickly, let's try a salvo from our main naval guns!"

As they spoke, all the captains, who quickly realized what was happening, summoned their own flagships.

laugh--

The hatch on one side of the Shenxia Jiuli suddenly opened. Under the even stronger shrinking field of the Mythical Immortal Ship's mothership, the millions of warships gathered in the engine room did not feel crowded at all. They all gathered at the open hatch of the Shenxia Jiuli. In the moment that Jiang Yuan took the initiative to control the Shenxia Jiuli to turn slightly to the side, the millions of Firewood warships that had already completed their energy charging suddenly erupted.

【Light of Order】· "Light of Order"

The Scepter of Heaven – “Judgment of the Holy Light”

【Blood Erosion Annihilation Cannon】· "Blood Erosion Annihilation Ray"

【Star Emperor Spear】· "Starry Sky-Splitting Strike"

……

Terrifying beams of light, some dark red, some blazing white, some azure, and some pitch black, shot out from the flanks of the Shenxia Jiuli. Wherever the beams passed, the gray tentacles behind them exploded one after another, not only greatly reducing their speed of pursuit, but also reducing the number of tentacles by more than half.

"It works!" Ying Yi's eyes lit up.

Jiang Yuan didn't waste any time. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Shenxia Jiuli increased its speed again, showing no intention of getting entangled with the spacetime worm behind it. He firmly controlled the warship and soared straight into the sky.

It's not that we're really afraid of this spacetime worm. With the combat power of the Shenxia Jiuli, we can't say we can easily cripple a mythical spacetime worm of the same level that has an environmental advantage, but we are confident that we can hold it off for a while and eventually make sure we can escape unscathed.

However, Jiang Yuan's mind was not on this at the moment; she only wanted to reunite with the wizard civilization as soon as possible.

The unique system of the Firefly Warships does indeed give the newly promoted tenth-tier [Divine Summer Nine Li] combat power that is no weaker than those old mythical creatures, but what time is it now?
Countless mythical beings from all the myriad realms gathered on the Chaos Divine Continent. Not to mention ordinary tenth-order mythical beings, even eleventh-order mythical beings were at risk of perishing. Moreover, the things they had experienced before were too suspicious. Under these circumstances, only by joining forces with the other dominant civilizations as soon as possible could they ensure sufficient safety in the future.

Buzz!
The Shenxia Jiuli successfully entered warp state again. Once the warship stabilized, the surrounding chaotic airflow became much calmer.

Everyone in the cabin breathed a sigh of relief, but before they could recover, the ship's AI issued another alarm:

[Large-scale energy gathering detected! 300 light-years from the warship!]

Overhead, a dark fleet was rapidly approaching, its hulls covered with skull and crossbones symbols.

At the center of the fleet, a colossal black space fortress, far larger than any ordinary tenth-tier mythical creature and with a streamlined shape, stood out. A ghostly blue flame burned within the black skull at the fortress's front, emanating a chilling aura.

"It's the Black Skull Eternal Space Fortress of Lord Blackbone Rule Wizard," a ninth-tier superdimensional captain said with a hint of joy.

Since it's the [Black Skull Space Fortress], it naturally means that the wizard civilization's team has already arrived at the rendezvous point ahead of them, which is good news.

However, a shadow of double pupils flashed in Song Chi's eyes as he looked beyond the fleet above towards the far end of the sky, where a mechanical fortress, even larger than the [Black Skull Eternal Space Fortress], was confronting a god-like figure.

"That's... the Chaos Demon Ape!"

"No, it's not an ordinary Chaos Demon Ape, it's that 12th-tier Transcendent Ape God from the Chaos Demon Ape clan."

Compared to him, who had just grasped this point, Jiang Yuan, being a mythical being, clearly noticed it much earlier.

The Divine Summer Nine Li beneath their feet rapidly ascended, quickly merging with the [Black Skull Eternal Space Fortress] above.

"what happened?"

"In the past, the Chaos Demon Ape dared not make any major moves in your [Human Emperor City War] extension because of the Sand Spirit Clan's restraint. Now that the Origin Star has fallen, both races have shifted their focus, and the Chaos Demon Ape Clan can no longer hold back."

Upon hearing the Black Bone Rule Wizard's explanation, Jiang Yuan felt a chill run down her spine.

If this is true, it would undoubtedly pose a tremendous threat to the entire Civilization of the Flame.

It should be understood that the [Shenxia Jiuli] is currently carrying more than 70% of the peak combat power of the entire Xinhuo Civilization. If anything happens to it, it will undoubtedly be the end of the world for the entire civilization.

However, Black Bone's next words made everyone breathe a sigh of relief.

"However, what has descended this time is merely a projection of that twelfth-tier transcendent ape god. Moreover, there's another point: such blatant targeting of our shattered star-sea overlord civilization will surely be stopped by someone!"

As soon as he finished speaking, boundless spatial ripples suddenly appeared in the sky above his head. A moment later, a projection whose size was no weaker than that of the transcendent ape god slowly emerged.

"As a transcendent being, you personally attacked my shattered star-sea overlord civilization. Jin Yan, you have crossed the line!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the newly formed super god-demon projection suddenly raised its hand, and countless chaotic energies gathered in the sky. These chaotic energies eventually formed a huge chaotic fist imprint. Without any other means, the chaotic fist imprint slowly pushed towards the transcendent ape god projection.

However, this Chaos Fist Imprint, which advanced at an incredibly slow speed and seemed so easy to dodge, appeared terrifying to the Transcendent Ape God projection. For a moment, it neither actively dodged nor activated any countermeasures, and simply stared blankly as the Chaos Fist Imprint continued to approach.

"The Titan Civilization - Titan God-King".

At this moment, Song Chi finally recognized the identity of the second divine and demonic projection, and all the doubts in his heart before turned into sudden realization.

The Titans, synonymous with the ultimate power of the shattered star sea, only need a pair of iron fists to sweep away everything.

However, at this critical juncture, spatial vortices with diameters of tens of light-years began to emerge on the surface of the vast and ancient star above. These vortices churned with chaotic air currents and emitted a vast amount of primordial energy, which was the initial form of the vortex passage for entering and exiting the Origin Star.

Although it will take several months before it is fully formed, the location of the vortex passage is already fixed. Usually at this stage, the various forces will begin to choose the vortex passage they want to occupy.

"Consider yourselves lucky, huh!"

After letting out a cold snort, the Transcendent Ape God Jin Yan stopped entangled with the Titan God King, and its divine and demonic projection quickly dissipated.

As for the Titan God-King, after accepting the gratitude of the eleventh-order rule wizard Mel, he also withdrew the projection.

In the Chaos God Continent, the fleets belonging to the Wizard and Fire civilizations were stationed in the void. While waiting for the arrival of the subsequent Creation Mechanical Civilization and the Emperor Barbarian Civilization, they looked up at the majestic star above them.

Even after falling into the Chaotic Divine Continent, Origin Star is still shrouded in a thick layer of chaotic mist. Through this mist and the light membrane of rule energy, one can vaguely see the outlines of huge mountains and rivers within it. An ancient and majestic aura emanates from the planet's interior, inspiring instinctive awe.

Gazing at this legendary planet, both the wizard and the captain of the Fireship were filled with anticipation and excitement, but also with fear and worry about the unknown.

As time passed, two months later, just before the vortex passage on the surface of the Origin Star was about to take shape, the last of the Imperial Barbarian civilization teams finally reunited with everyone.

However, somewhat surprisingly, both the Imperial Barbarian team and the Creation Mechanical Civilization team had suffered significant losses when they arrived.

After inquiring, it was learned that, like the Shenxia Jiuli, they had encountered numerous attacks and interceptions by unfamiliar forces along the way.

Based on this, it can be concluded that their previously planned action plan was most likely leaked, which explains this situation.

As for the mastermind behind this, there's probably no other possibility besides the Chaos Demon Ape.

Regarding the issue of a mole within the team, the leaders of the four civilizations held a secret meeting and each made certain responses. Even if they were unable to identify the specific person in the future, they would never again let such crucial information be completely leaked like this time.

……

Outside the outer reaches of the Origin Star, beyond the stellar shield formed by the endless chaotic air currents and primordial rule energy, large numbers of living beings gather at varying intervals.

What they have in common is that the area where these creatures of different forms gather must have a special spatial vortex that is constantly changing.

As for the differences, most of these areas are extremely chaotic, with various races of beings gathered there fighting each other frantically, some wanting to occupy the entire spatial vortex alone, and others wanting to be among the first to enter after the spatial passage is formed.

However, a very small number of areas remained calm, without any fighting, and were quietly waiting for the passage to be completed.

The area occupied by the four groups—the Firebringer, the Wizard, the Creation Machine, and the Imperial Barbarians—is one of them.

With seven mythical beings jointly overseeing the situation, including an eleventh-tier mythical powerhouse, it's naturally difficult for any other force to come looking for trouble.

In the beginning, there were a few stubborn mythological forces that came to cause trouble, but they were quickly and easily driven away, and there were very few forces that came to bother them afterward.

On this day, all the vortex channels finally condensed and took shape. A huge vortex with a diameter of tens of light-years slowly rotated on the surface of the star. Each vortex emitted different regular fluctuations—some were as blazing as fire, some were as cold as ice, and some were as distorted as spacetime rifts.

However, these are obviously not important, because the only purpose of the vortex passage is to allow external beings to freely enter and exit the Origin Star.

"As planned, the four teams will enter in an orderly manner. All mythical combatants are not allowed to enter the Origin Star in their true form, but will guard the passage with me. Their clones are not restricted!"

Mel Rule Wizard's voice echoed in the four civilizations' joint communication channel.

(End of this chapter)