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Chapter 276 The Kunmo Clan's Helplessness, Huge Military Merits (5.2K)

Then, Lin Yi took a deep look in the direction where Salis had disappeared, and then his gaze was fixed on the golden-gray streak that was about to disappear at the edge of his perception.

"Heh, trying to run away?"

Before he finished speaking, the spatial rules began to ripple around him once again.

At this moment, Balotelli had already pushed his speed to its limit.

To an ordinary star core, all one could see was a fleeting flash of golden-gray light.

However, in Lin Yi's eyes, it was a golden-gray streak of light, leaving a straight and long trail in the starry sky.

"Faster, faster!"

Balot was internally screaming, "We'll be out of the level two battlefield soon, and we'll be saved!"

However, before the thought could fully form, a ripple appeared in the starry sky in front of it.

Then, a dark silver figure, as if it had been standing there from the beginning, silently blocked its path.

Lin Yi pointed his Rending Sky Spear diagonally, the tip of the spear flashing with a cold light, instantly locking onto Balot.

"you"

Balot was terrified and abruptly stopped his charging figure. The enormous inertia caused the blood-red aura around his body to sway violently.

A bitter feeling welled up inside it.

It seems that I'm the one who's unlucky.

"Why, you want to leave?"

Lin Yi's voice was not loud, but it clearly reached Balot's perception.

Balot did not reply.

It knew that begging for mercy was useless, and compromising was a joke.

"Roar!!"

In dire straits, Balotelli unleashed his final ferocity.

It roared, and the remaining essence and blood in its body erupted like an oil depot that had been ignited.

The rules of gold, death, and blood merged and burned with unprecedented intensity. Its battle armor, covered with blood-red death totems, shone brightly and even developed cracks, a sign that the power had exceeded its limit.

Then, it crossed its two blades in front of its chest and swung them forward with a sudden thrust.

This move, unlike the simple and efficient thrusts or slashes used in previous battles, transformed into an overwhelming golden-gray wave as soon as it was unleashed.

Within this wave, not only were countless vengeful spirits wailing, but also countless sharp auras swirling and cutting, accompanied by a rich stench of blood.

This strike was Balotelli's final act.

Faced with this overwhelming tide of death, Lin Yi simply raised his left arm, which was still wreathed in destructive energy.

He wasn't going to use that arm to block; instead, he spread his five fingers and gently clenched them towards the void in front of him.

hum!
Centered on his left palm, the starry sky in front of him seemed to be kneaded and distorted by an invisible giant hand.

A constantly rotating spatial vortex suddenly appeared.

The edge of the vortex flickered with unstable silver lightning, emanating a terrifying aura that seemed to devour everything.

Meanwhile, Balot's "Ten Thousand Souls Burial" wave, fueled by burning his life force, crashed headlong into this spatial vortex.

Immediately, the terrifying tide of death, upon touching the spatial vortex, vanished like a mud ox sinking into the sea, completely swallowed by the chaotic void.

Only a few scattered energy turbulences escaped from the edge of the vortex, but they no longer posed any threat.

"The Rules of the Upper Class"

Balot watched helplessly as his most desperate attack was so easily neutralized, his crimson compound eyes filled with despair.

It stopped moving, but Lin Yi wouldn't stop.

Lin Yi flashed, as if he had been detached from Balot's own shadow, and appeared silently behind it.

The cold tip of the Rift Spear was already pressed against the core node of its back armor, and the triple power of the rules contained in the spear tip instantly locked away all its life force.

Balotelli was instantly terrified, his boiling blood seemingly frozen in an instant.

It could even clearly "hear" the teeth-grinding friction sound when the spear tip made contact with its armor.

Without wasting words, Lin Yi launched a fatal attack the instant he appeared with the Rift Spear.

"puff!"

The dark golden spear tip easily tore through Balot's blood-red death armor, which was covered in cracks.

Balot's body stiffened abruptly as he looked down at the huge hole in his chest, feeling his life force and the structure of rules being frantically crushed and annihilated by the triple power of rules contained in the gun.

"I am not reconciled"

However, Balot was, after all, a battle-hardened prodigy. In the instant before his consciousness completely succumbed, a destructive intent rose from his remaining core.

"Let's destroy each other together!!"

Lin Yi's eyes sharpened. Without hesitation, he vanished in an instant.

Then, in the next instant.

“Boom, boom, boom!!!”

Balot's body suddenly exploded.

A sphere of destructive light, a mixture of three kinds of power, expanded rapidly. The terrifying energy shockwave swept outwards like a tsunami, vaporizing and annihilating nearby small meteorites and some defensive fortifications around the space station.

However, at the instant the destructive energy completely exploded, Lin Yi's figure became blurred. He directly merged into the surrounding spatial structure and performed a short-distance spatial traversal.

Lin Yi was like someone standing behind a glass window in a raging storm, able to clearly see the scene of destruction outside and even feel the heart-pounding energy fluctuations. However, the violent energy impact and fragments of rules passed right through the space he was in, without harming him in the slightest.

Then, Lin Yi's figure solidified again and appeared at the edge of the self-destruction area.

After a while, the energy from Balot's self-destruction gradually subsided, leaving only a brief energy vacuum in the starry sky.

He glanced at the void gradually being filled with cosmic background radiation, confirming that Balot had been completely annihilated, leaving not even a trace behind.

"It's a pity the self-destruction was too thorough; there were no spoils left."

Lin Yi shook his head slightly, his tone tinged with regret, but his eyes remained calm.

For him, killing the enemy was the greatest reward.

Then, Lin Yi turned his head and cast his gaze in the direction in which the last Kunmo clan prodigy had fled.

In my perception, that aura belonging to the distorted rules had already escaped the area defined by the secondary battlefield.

"Running too fast."

Lin Yi snorted coldly and turned his gaze to the still chaotic battlefield below.

While Gragu was being killed and Salis and Balort were fleeing for their lives, the commander of the Kunmo army had obviously received the news or witnessed the scene through other means.

At this moment, the Kunmo tribe's army, which was besieging the Kanski base, was retreating like a tide, its formation appearing quite chaotic and filled with a sense of panic.

But a large army retreating is not so easy.

Especially when they are facing a human prodigy whose killing intent has not subsided and who has the ability to clear the field.

Lin Yi's eyes turned cold, and with a swift movement, he descended once more above the battlefield.

He didn't use any fancy techniques; he simply overwhelmed people with brute force.

The vast golden domain, like an invisible millstone of death, instantly covered a large portion of the retreating Kunmo tribe's flank.

Within the domain, an invisible, sharp aura raged. Those Stardust-level Kunmo Clan members with weaker defenses were as if thrown into a meat grinder. Their shields shattered like paper, and their bodies were silently cut and disintegrated, turning into clumps of cosmic dust.

Those who were relatively stronger, although they barely survived in this vast domain, were like being stuck in a quagmire, their speed greatly reduced, and blood constantly gushing from their bodies as they were continuously weakened by the power of the domain.

Lin Yi, like the Grim Reaper wielding his scythe, moved along the edge of the retreating Kunmo tribe army, reaping a large number of enemy soldiers with each expansion of his domain.

Efficient, yet ruthless.

He was using this method to further demoralize the Kunmo tribe, relieve pressure on the garrison at Kans Space Station, and expand the gains.

However, Lin Yi always kept a lingering thought in mind.

The circulation of internal energy deliberately retains a reserve of nearly 30%.

Not only does the injury to his left shoulder require continuous energy consumption to heal, but this is also a habit he has developed over the years: no matter how smoothly the battle goes, he always leaves himself some room for maneuver in order to deal with any unexpected situations that may arise.

After all, no one knows if the Kunmo tribe has any hidden tricks up its sleeve.

Under his rampage, the Kunmo tribe's retreat became even more chaotic. Only when the remaining troops escaped the secondary battlefield and returned to the huge biological warship parked at the edge of the battlefield did Lin Yi give them a cold look and stop the pursuit.

Lin Yi did not go to the space station; instead, he used space travel to return to the "Shadow Shuttle," which was quietly hovering at the edge of the battlefield.

Stepping into the familiar cockpit, the door closes, isolating the outside world from coldness and deathly silence.

Lin Yi let out a long breath, and his tense nerves relaxed slightly.

He sat in the driver's seat and set the automatic navigation route back to Border Legion Fortress No. 93778.

With a slight tremor, the "Shadow Shuttle" silently glided into the hyperspace channel, embarking on its return journey. Inside the cabin, Lin Yi closed his eyes and began to fully activate the life rules, coordinating with his own source energy to expel and purify the persistent mixed energy at the wound on his left shoulder.

The emerald green life radiance fiercely clashed with the gray, gold, and red energies, emitting a faint "hissing" sound. The damaged flesh and bones were slowly and steadily repaired under the nourishment of the life energy.

Although the process was painful and exhausting, Lin Yi felt calm and even a little expectant.

"Two Kunmo clan prodigies, and both of them are at the temporary level of the third realm."

Lin Yi silently calculated, "This military merit should be enough for me to exchange for that item, or... accumulate it for a while longer and try to access higher-level resources."

Although the hunt resulted in some minor injuries, the gains were undoubtedly enormous.
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Meanwhile, the Kunmo Clan K-series Starfield War Zone Supreme Command.

The Crack Claw King's body, covered in thick, dark gold bone armor, remained frozen on the throne like a sculpture.

"Useless! Three useless people!!"

With a roar that was suppressed to the extreme, a terrifying pressure spread out uncontrollably.

The Kunmo tribe generals standing below trembled, almost prostrating themselves on the ground.

"Burning their life essence, a temporary triple strike! Three against one! Before the secret technique even ended, two were killed and one fled!! They've utterly disgraced our clan!"

The Crack Claw King's crimson compound eyes burned with raging fury, a mixture of murderous intent toward Lin Yi and dissatisfaction with the behavior of Gragu and the others.

It went to great lengths, even alarming the Lord, to invite these three prodigies, thinking that at the very least they could force the opponent to retreat, but instead they became the stepping stones for the opponent to gain power.

How can it explain this to its superiors?

How to deal with the doubts raised by other factions within the clan?
The furious roar lasted for a moment, and then the entire command post fell into dead silence.

King Claw also knew that scolding wouldn't solve the problem.

It forcibly suppressed its anger, its huge bone claws pounding irritably on the armrests of the throne.

After a long silence, it finally activated the blood rune that connected to a higher being.

Once the mental link was established, that vast will descended once more.

"result."

The voice remained concise and devoid of any emotion.

With a forced smile, King Claw gave a brief report on the battle, emphasizing the difficulty and ruthlessness of Lin Yi's spatial rules, and that although his three prodigies had tried their best, the gap in strength was too great, and ultimately, they failed.

After the report was completed, a long silence fell on the other end of the communication line.

The silence, like an invisible mountain, pressed down on the Crack Claw King's heart, making it feel suffocated.

After a long silence, the cold voice rang out again, its tone devoid of emotion: "So be it. Gragu and Barot are dead, and Salis has fled with serious injuries. My clan has at least had its due."

King Claw felt a slight sense of relief. Judging from the Lord's words, it seemed that he did not intend to investigate its responsibility further.

However, the Lord's next words made its heart, which had just settled, jump again: "I will contact the 'Skeleton Lord' of the Corruption Clan regarding this matter."

Upon hearing this, King Crack Claw's spirits lifted.

The Eclipse Clan!
If the Eclipse Clan is willing to send their prodigy, then no matter how strong Lin Yi is, he will surely die.

After all, the prodigies of the Eclipse Clan are far superior to those of the Kunmo Clan.

But after waiting a moment, it heard nothing more.

An eerie silence fell once again on the other end of the communication.

After a long while, the Lord's thoughts returned. This time, his cold voice carried an unusual hint of helplessness and anger.

"Lord of the Abyss is perhaps in seclusion and has not responded."

"what?!"

King Crack Claw was taken aback at first, and then an indescribable rage suddenly surged from the bottom of his heart.

Retreat?

As a supreme being, seclusion and cultivation are common occurrences for them.

But this is wartime!

Moreover, it is a war against the human race. Your Erosion Clan is the leader, and my Kunmo Clan is just a vanguard that was forced to participate!
Haiyuan, the Lord of the Shi Clan responsible for liaising with the Kunmo Clan, actually went into seclusion at such a crucial moment.

They don't even respond to basic communications?

This is blatant contempt!

They completely disregarded the sacrifices and plight of the Kunmo tribe.

In the eyes of the Eclipse Clan, the Kunmo Clan might just be a useful pawn, or even cannon fodder that can be discarded at any time.

A sense of humiliation mixed with anger almost drove the Crack Claw King mad.

However, it dared not reveal too much in front of the Lord, and could only suppress it, its huge bone claws trembling slightly from the force.

At both ends of the communication, the two top figures of the Kunmo clan fell into an awkward and angry silence.

The cold rules of the starry sky seem to reflect the powerlessness and insignificance of the race.

After a long while, King Crack Claw finally spoke in a hoarse voice, asking the most crucial question: "Great Lord, what should we do with that human Lin Yi? Should we just let him continue to slaughter our race on the level two battlefield?"

The Lord's will flickered, and that trace of helplessness and anger seemed to be covered by a deeper layer of coldness.

“It’s alright.” Its answer surprised King Claw. “Since we can’t deal with it for the time being, let’s just avoid it for now.”

"Avoid?" King Crack Claw found it hard to accept.

Because this would mean handing over its operational area, specifically a secondary theater of operations, to another country.

"Yes," the Lord affirmed. "Even if the Lord of the Skeleton Abyss goes into seclusion, it's impossible for it to last too long. At most, he will emerge before the next Skeleton Abyss Competition begins."

"The Abyss Race."

King Claw's compound eyes flickered, indicating his agreement with the statement.

"At that time," the Lord's voice carried a cold certainty, "all the advantages that the human race has gained so far must be returned to me with interest."

King Crack Claw remained silent.

It understands that this is the only option at present.

We should endure this anger for now and wait for the Devouring Clan to make their move.

Although it was humiliating, this was the way to survive.

"Yes, Your Majesty's command."

King Crack Claw responded in a low voice.

Immediately, that vast will vanished silently, just as it had come, leaving only the Crack Claw King sitting alone on his throne, his dark golden bone armor reflecting a cold luster in the dim light.
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Ten days later, the "Shadow Shuttle" quietly glided into the exclusive berth of the Border Legion Fortress No. 93778.

The hatch opened, and Lin Yi stepped out. At this moment, apart from the irreparable damage to his battle suit, the area on his left shoulder had been completely repaired.

"Captain."

Irelia was already waiting outside the berth. She quickly stepped forward, her emerald eyes scanning Lin Yi's entire body. Only after confirming that he was unharmed did the worry in her eyes quietly disappear. "You're back."

"Ah."

Lin Yi spoke calmly, as if he had simply completed a routine hunting mission.

Just as Irelia was about to speak, Xuanji's phantom quietly appeared beside Lin Yi, bowing slightly: "Master, General Luger is here to pay his respects."

Upon hearing this, a look of understanding flashed in Lin Yi's eyes.

He had barely returned to the fortress when Ruger arrived at the appointed time, his purpose obvious.

"Please be seated in Reception Room Number One."

Lin Yi gave the order, then nodded to Irelia, "We'll talk about it later. Let's go see the general first."

When the two entered the reception room, Ruger was already seated in the guest seat.

Upon seeing Lin Yi enter, the fortress's highest-ranking officer actually stepped forward to greet him, smiling as he said:
"Commander Lin, you've done something truly remarkable this time! Now, throughout the entire K-77 star system, and even in the adjacent war zones, everyone knows that you, Lin Yi, single-handedly defeated three top prodigies of the Kunmo Clan."

Upon hearing this, Lin Yi gave a humble smile.

He led Luger back to his seat, then sat down beside him, saying casually, "General, you flatter me. It's just an insect that forcibly advanced to the third level using a secret technique; it's nothing serious."

Luger was no ordinary person; he immediately understood the hidden meaning in Lin Yi's words.

He laughed and pointed at Lin Yi with his finger, "Don't worry, as for military merits, you'll get exactly what you're owed. I'll never let you suffer any losses."

Then, his expression turned serious. "I have already convened an emergency meeting of the legion's staff and reported to the military headquarters. Regarding the two Kunmo clan prodigies you killed, given that they did indeed briefly possess the strength of a triple-realm through a secret technique while in combat, posing a deadly threat to our defenses..."

Luger paused, looking into Lin Yi's calm and unwavering eyes, and continued, "Therefore, the Legion has decided to apply for your merits in this battle according to the Triple Domain standard. Although it is the lowest Triple Domain standard, the preliminary assessment is that each person will be approved for 8000 million military merits!"

Although he had expected it, Lin Yi was still delighted to hear the exact number.

As expected, no one gets rich without unexpected wealth. These two Kunmo clan prodigies alone are worth 160 million military merits!

　It seems like posting in batches will be smoother. From now on, I'll change the update time to around 10 PM every night. If I add extra chapters, I'll post them all at once.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)