Reborn as a lotus, she initially refuses to hand it over to the state.

As countless people gazed at the broken and burning Star Chaser reconnaissance ship above the moon, the despair weighing on their hearts was finally torn open.

It turns out that even these extraterrestrial warships can be destroyed.

The so-called Star Ocean Civilization is not invincible.

However, on Heilong Lake.

Chu Zhou, however, did not relax at all.

Although Star Chaser No. 7 was smashed by the Mountain and River Suppressing Abyss Emperor Seal.

However, the remaining eleven reconnaissance ships are rapidly changing positions.

They no longer flee to the far side of the moon.

Instead, a huge circular formation was formed around the Mountain and River Town Emperor Seal.

Hundreds of black and silver chains extend from the bottom of each warship, intertwining with each other.

From a distance, it looks like a giant, withered tree that has been cut in half.

The eleven reconnaissance ships are like eleven branches growing on a dead tree, the bridge of the Broken Branch ship.

As Theros gazed at the burning Star Chaser 7, the previous contempt vanished from his vertical pupils.

"I underestimated you. Since you coexist with the Jianmu tree, then I'll show you why the Star Sea Hunting Court dares to use the name of 'plant hunting'."

Ceres raised his hand.

A withered wood totem appeared in his palm.

"Order: Eleven ships as branches, Astral Anchor as root, activate the King Hunter Branch Formation."

The Bonewing Commander's expression changed slightly: "Your Excellency, the Hunter King's Broken Branch Formation will burn the Star Chaser's essence. Once the formation is activated, even if these eleven warships are able to return, they will suffer irreversible damage."

Theros's voice was icy: "What does the loss of eleven Star Chasers matter as long as we can sever the connection between that Azure Lotus and the Ancestral Realm? Execute the order."

"Yes, sir!"

The outer edge of the moon.

Eleven Star Chaser reconnaissance ships trembled simultaneously.

A large amount of silver-black spiritual light surged into the chains.

Those chains did not attack the Mountain and River Town Emperor Seal.

Instead, it entangled the twelve lotus wood boundary roots and spread rapidly along the roots toward Black Dragon Lake, where Chu Zhou's main body was located.

Wherever it passed, the dark green wood grain gradually faded.

The connection between the origin of the Azure Lotus and the moon is also gradually weakening.

[Ding! Plant-Hunting Civilization Exclusive Formation Detected.]

[The Hunter King's Branch Formation is under construction.]

This formation can track the main body, clones, domains, and ley line nodes along the root system of spiritual plants.

[Warning! The host's connection with the Yin Source has been disrupted.]

[WARNING! Changbai Mountain, Beishan Mountain, Tokyo Bay, and other key areas are experiencing spatial erosion.]

The image of the Taiyin Green Lotus Dharma Image trembled slightly.

The moonlight that had originally covered half the moon began to shrink.

The sky above Linjiang City.

The illusory image of the blue lotus that reflected the heavens and earth gradually dimmed.

Sky Dome Deep Space Psionic Observatory.

Shen Xinglan looked at the energy curve, and the joy that had just appeared quickly disappeared.

"The Azure Lotus Lord's energy is decreasing; within one minute, the intensity of the interstellar projection has decreased by eleven percent."

"Those chains are severing the connection between the Azure Lotus Lord and the ley lines of Blue Star!"

The global cheers that had just erupted have stopped again.

Everyone can see it.

These eleven reconnaissance ships are not without the ability to retaliate.

This was the first time they had encountered something capable of breaking through the phase boundary membrane.

Now that they've realized what's happening, they immediately resort to methods specifically designed to hunt down the king of spirit plants.

Zhenyuan Ancient City.

The crimson stone patterns on the surface of the strange rock flickered violently: "Lotus Demon, immediately sever those roots. The King Hunter's Branch Breaking Formation is a formation specifically used by the Star Sea Hunting Court to deal with King-level spiritual plants."

"They once used this formation to drag a ninth-tier ancient tree, which was rooted in the entire small world, out of the earth's veins."

"Once the black and silver chains enter your Azure Lotus Cave, your true nature will be exposed to them."

Chu Zhou did not retract its roots.

Instead, they allowed the black silver chains to continue spreading.

The strange stone immediately roared, "Lotus Demon, didn't you hear me?"

Chu Zhou watched as the black and silver spirit patterns on the roots kept getting closer.

"I heard you."

"Then why don't you cut off the roots?"

Chu Zhou's lotus leaves swayed gently: "They want to follow my roots to find their way in, and I also want to know where their energy core is hidden."

The strange rock was startled, and the next moment, it was inside the Azure Lotus Cave.

The two tender leaves of the young tree bud unfurled at the same time.

The black and silver chains that were originally wrapped around the green roots have now passed through space and appeared at the edge of the cave.

The eleven chains were like eleven black venomous snakes.

They burrowed into the chaotic mist.

They headed straight for the young shoots of the Jianmu tree, but just as they were about to touch the tender leaves of the Jianmu tree...

Beneath the young bud of the Jianmu tree, countless tiny roots rise up simultaneously, and the bluish-green wood grain grows in the opposite direction along eleven black and silver chains.

The Hunter King's Broken Branch Formation intended to use the chains to invade the Azure Lotus Cave.

However, the roots of the Jianmu tree silently entered the interior of eleven reconnaissance ships through the same passage.

Deep within the hull of the Star Chaser III reconnaissance ship, a silver-black energy core with a diameter exceeding one hundred meters is rotating.

Hundreds of silver-armored soldiers stood around the energy core.

One of the soldiers suddenly lowered his head.

On the metal floor, a thin, bluish-green wood grain flashed past its feet.

"What is that?"

It was just about to remind others.

The dark green wood grain then penetrated into the energy core.

hum!

Inside the energy core.

A root slowly grows.

The second, the third, and soon, countless dense, verdant roots entangled the entire astral core.

The same scene unfolded simultaneously inside ten other reconnaissance ships.

[Ding! The Hunter King's Passage has been established.]

[Jianmugen.net is undergoing a reverse intrusion.]

[Successfully locked onto the energy cores of eleven warships.]

[Successfully locked onto eleven phase engines.]

[Successfully located eleven bridge control centers.]

[Target's internal spatial coordinates analysis complete.]

On Heilong Lake.

All ten lotus leaves on the Chu boat lit up at the same time.

"We've found you."

Inside the eleven Star Chaser ships.

All the alarms went off simultaneously.

[Warning! The energy core has been invaded by an unknown root system!]

[WARNING! Phase Engine Coordinates Leaked!]

[WARNING! Spatial markers detected inside the ship!]

[Please immediately cut off the Hunter King's passage!]

One of the Hunter's Court captains' expressions changed drastically: "Sever all broken branches and chains, and shut down the Hunter King Formation!"

On the outside of the ship, a large number of black and silver chains rapidly retracted; this time, it was their turn to be unable to retract them.

On each chain, verdant roots and silver lotus patterns intertwined, and the young Jianmu tree, aided by the Hunter King's Branch-Breaking Formation, planted its roots into the eleven reconnaissance ships.

Chu Zhou's voice echoed across the entire bridge: "It's easy to invite me in, but sending me away won't be so simple."

boom!

The Taiyin Zhenjie Pearl trembled once more, and from the depths of the moon, endless lunar white essence surged into the sky.

The ten-petaled blue lotus image has taken root thoroughly in the lunar soil.

Ten lotus leaves spread outwards.

The interplay of moonlight and cyan-silver light transformed into a vast domain covering the outer perimeter of the moon.

[Ding! The Taiyin Origin and the Ten-Leaf Town Lotus Domain have successfully merged.]

[Temporary Domain Opened: Taiyin Azure Lotus Realm.]

Spatial travel is prohibited within this area.

[Within this area, the enemy's psionic energy regeneration rate is reduced by 50%.]

[Within this area, the host can utilize the essence of the moon and stars to unleash a full-scale attack at the King Realm level.]

Eleven reconnaissance ships accelerated simultaneously.

Regardless of which direction they rush in.

A white lotus leaf will appear in the starry sky ahead.

A Starship performed three short-distance space jumps in succession.

As a result, each time it burst out of the space, the ten-petaled blue lotus Dharma image remained suspended directly in front of it.

On Blue Star, countless people watched this bizarre scene, their breaths quickening. The warships were clearly fleeing frantically, yet the distance between them and the Azure Lotus Dharma Image was constantly shrinking.

Shen Xinglan stared at the spatial data, her voice filled with barely concealed tremor.

"It's not that the warships have slowed down; it's that the space near the moon has been altered by the Lord of the Azure Lotus."

"Within that region, He is the very rule of space!"

Bridge of the Zhezhi-class destroyer.

Ceres stared intently at the Taiyin Azure Lotus Realm: "A projection of a King's Cave Heaven... no, it has just entered the King Realm. A Cave Heaven could not possibly possess such complete domain rules."

Theros looked at the center of the Azure Lotus Dharma Image, at that inconspicuous pale green sprout phantom.

It finally understood: "It's the Heaven-Reaching Jianmu Tree; that seed not only coexists with it, but is also perfecting its grotto-heaven!"

For the first time, Seros's voice showed a noticeable fluctuation: "Star Chaser III, immediately destroy the Astral Core! We absolutely cannot allow that Azure Lotus to obtain the complete Phase Engine!"

Inside the Star Chaser III ship.

Upon hearing the order, the captain's face paled slightly. Without hesitation, he placed his right hand directly on the withered tree totem on the control panel.

"In the name of the Hunter's Court, they destroyed their own astral core!"

Deep within the warship.

The silver-black energy core spun wildly.

Cracks began to appear on the surface of the core.

Energy sufficient to destroy an entire warship was compressed to its limit in just a few breaths.

Within the Azure Lotus Cave.

Chu Zhou saw the changes in the core energy source through the roots of the Jianmu tree.

"Want to destroy it? I'll leave one intact."

The Taiyin Zhenjie Pearl rose into the sky above the moon.

A ray of moonlight followed the roots of the Jianmu tree and fell directly into the interior of the Star Chaser III ship.

The astral core, which was about to explode, was instantly covered by moon-white frost.

The cracks that were spreading across the core surface stopped at the last moment.

All destructive energy.

Forcibly frozen inside the core, the captain of Star Chaser III suddenly turned around.

Behind the bridge, space rippled out like water, and a thick, cyan-silver root emerged from the void.

On the surface of the roots, the black gold mountain pattern and the blue wood pattern lit up at the same time.

boom!

The bridge's defensive light curtain shattered on the spot.

Dozens of silver-armored soldiers were flung away by the roots, and just as the captain of Star Chaser III was about to pull out his weapon, a second root pierced through the bridge.

Wrap it up along with the seat.

The outer edge of the moon.

A massive blue-silver portal opened in front of the Star Chaser III.

Behind the gate lies a newly formed grotto.

Nestled amidst verdant mountains, with the shimmering lake, a pale moon hangs in the sky.

Young shoots of the Jianmu tree take root between the mountains and lakes, their two tender leaves radiating a pale blue glow.

All thrusters of the Star Chaser III ship were activated simultaneously.

A blinding silver light gushed from the stern, but it still couldn't shake off the roots of the Jianmu tree. The thousand-meter-long hull was being dragged little by little toward the Qingyin Gate, and the captain struggled desperately.

"You inferior being, do you know what you're doing?"

"The Hunter's Court warship bears the mark of the Main Court. If you dare to seize the Star Chaser, the entire Hunter's Court will hunt you down!"

Chu Zhou's voice echoed across the bridge: "You've already come to my doorstep, and you still expect me to fear your pursuit?"

"I will accept this ship."

Boom!

The Qingyin Portal has been fully opened.

The Star Chaser III ship was dragged into the cave by the roots of the Jianmu tree.

The massive ship swept across the sky above Qinglian Cave.

It crashed heavily onto the other side of the yellow earth mountain.

The moment it landed, the entire cave shook violently.

A large number of silver-armored soldiers rushed out of the hatch, but before they could even organize their formation.

The Emperor's Seal of Shanhe Zhenyuan then fell from the sky.

The black and gold imperial seal hangs above the ship's hull.

Illusory mountains blocked every exit of the warship.

The Taiyin Zhenjie Pearl freezes the core of the astral realm.

Countless silver roots pierced through the ship's hull, dragging each Hunter's Court soldier out of the cabin.

[Ding! Successfully acquired the complete Starseeker scout ship.]

[Full phase engine detected.]

[Complete astral anchor core detected.]

[Starry Night Hunting Grounds basic navigation chart detected.]

[The Hunter's Language Center was detected.]

[732 Hunter's Court lives detected.]

[The Azure Lotus Grotto is currently suppressing the target.]

[Current stability of the grotto-heaven: 81%.]

[Please refine the Astral Core as soon as possible, host.]

[Upon completion of the refining process, the Azure Lotus Grotto will gain spatial attributes.]

Chu Zhou sensed the complete warship within the cave.

The lotus leaves swayed gently.

"I was just wondering how to enter the starry sky in the future, and you guys are so thoughtful, you've taken the initiative to send me a ship."

The strange rock fell silent; it had assumed that Chu Zhou would destroy all the warships.

Unexpectedly, this lotus demon was even bolder, dragging the entire warship, along with more than seven hundred Hunter Court soldiers, into its own cave.

"Lotus Demon, once the astral core of that warship goes out of control, it could easily blast your one-kilometer-long cave into pieces."

The roots of the Chu boat landed on the imperial seal.

The Emperor's Seal of Shanhe Zhenyuan sank again.

The energy that the Star Chaser III ship had just restored was instantly extinguished.

"Once it enters my territory, it cannot be blown up."

The strange rock said irritably, "I'll drive you crazy one of these days."

The outer edge of the moon.

StarCraft 7 was destroyed.

Star3 lost contact.

The remaining ten reconnaissance ships were completely thrown into chaos.

The hull of a ship opened rapidly.

Thousands of silver and black spheres flew into the starry sky.

After those spheres unfolded, they transformed into metal beetles tens of meters long.

The beetle has six pairs of bony wings and its mouthparts are full of black, sharp teeth.

Instead of attacking the blue lotus image, they pounced on the lotus tree's boundary root.

The strange stone's voice was solemn: "These are root-eating worms. They are spirit plant nemesis specially cultivated by the Hunting Court. Once they fall into the ancestral realm's ley lines, they will devour spirit roots and reproduce on their own."

The outer edge of the moon.

Tens of thousands of root-eating insects gathered into a black and silver swarm, pounced on the green roots, and frantically tore at them with their mouthparts.

Some of the smaller root-eating insects, however, crossed the roots and headed straight for the blue planet.

The ten lotus leaves of the Chu boat rotated simultaneously.

"Since you feed on spiritual roots, then let me see if you can stomach them."

A blue-silver lotus leaf fell from the Dharma image.

The lotus leaf flew into the swarm of insects, but did not explode.

It did not release any powerful spiritual pressure; it simply unfolded slowly among tens of thousands of root-eating insects.

The next moment, moon-white flames ignited on the surface of the lotus leaf.

The Moon White Lotus Fire spread rapidly along the mental connection between the Root-Eating Worms.

The first root-eating worm hovered in the air, followed by the second.

One hundred, ten thousand—the Hunter's Mark within all the Root-Eating Worms was simultaneously ignited by the Taiyin Lotus Fire.

The metal insect's body was undamaged.

The core of their souls, which could control them, burned out in just a few breaths.

Tens of thousands of root-eating worms went out of control.

Like a black rainstorm, it crashed down on the moon.

[Ding! Successfully purified the Hunter's Root-Eating Worm swarm.]

[Gained Evolution Points: 9.2 million.]

[The young shoots of the Jianmu tree absorb the essence of the damaged spiritual plant.]

[Current awakening level increased to: 0.02%.]

Within the Green Lotus Cave.

The tip of a young shoot of the Jianmu tree.

The third tender leaf slowly emerged.

Three pale green leaves swayed gently.

A ripple of space spreads outward from the budding Jianmu tree.

The chaotic mist at the edge of the cave retreated once more.

1,100 meters, 1,150 meters, 1,200 meters, Qinglian Cave continues to expand.

The roots of the Jianmu tree that had penetrated into the ten warships also became even stronger.

The energy cores of the ten warships were simultaneously entangled by the dark green wood grain.

The thrusters shut down one by one, and the phase engines became completely unresponsive. They floated on the outer edge of the moon like ten powerless, silver-black mountains.

Chu Zhou did not drop the imperial seal again.

His divine sense traversed the starry sky and landed in the Global Federation Conference Room.

"Zhou Zhenshan".

I heard this sound.

Inside the conference hall, everyone looked at the central screen at the same time.

Zhou Zhenshan stood up: "Lord of the Azure Lotus."

Chu Zhou's voice was calm: "I broke the phase barrier for you. I also sealed their space engine."

"You can kill the rest of the enemies yourselves."

In the conference hall.

Everyone was suddenly jolted.

The previous four attacks by the human race failed not because their power was insufficient to even break the hull of the warship.

Instead, those warships were hidden in the space interlayer.

All attacks simply cannot land on the actual ship.

Now that the phase boundary membrane has disappeared and the reconnaissance ships have lost power, they are no longer high above, untouchable celestial beings.

Instead, it refers to ten enemy ships that can be hit and destroyed.

Wudang Mountain.

Xuanweizi wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, gripped the ancient sword, and stood on Xuanwu Cliff once more.

"The Lord of the Azure Lotus is right. We can't let a single Azure Lotus kill all of humanity's enemies."

Zhang Baoyi slammed his peachwood staff down, extinguishing most of the Dragon-Tiger Thunder Pool, which then surged again: "I also want to see how many bolts of heavenly lightning these extraterrestrial beings can withstand after leaving the spatial interlayer."

Qin Zhenyuan looked at the tiny cracks on the black blade, gripped the hilt tightly, and shouted, "The blade isn't broken yet, so it can be used to strike again."

Chen Wuji hoisted the River-Suppressing Stele and grinned, "They were so arrogant because we couldn't hit them before. Now that the turtle shell is gone, I want to see if they're really unkillable."

Global Federal Conference Room.

The black gold city-guarding token in Zhou Zhenshan's palm suddenly lit up.

"All combat units, listen up! Reactivate the Celestial Dome Array, all long-range weapons lock onto the real ship, Operation Sky Spear."

"continue!"

boom!

Around the world, psionic turrets that had just been extinguished are now being recharged.

Kunlun Mountains.

The silver-white Rift Cannon rotated, and the American desert and the European snowfield, along with two other large psionic turrets, also re-locked onto the direction of the moon.

On Mount Wudang.

Xuanweizi unleashed a sword strike, this time without the forced amplification from hundreds of arrays around the world.

The sword light was only a thousand feet long, far less magnificent than the previous ten-thousand-foot-long Mountain and River Heaven Sword.

But after the sword light flew out of the blue planet, a pale green root wrapped around the sword's edge, pointing it to the true coordinates of a star-chasing reconnaissance ship.

A thousand-foot sword light streaked across the starry sky, precisely striking the bow of the ship.

Click!

A tear hundreds of meters long was ripped open in the outer armor of the silver-black warship, exposing many compartments to the starry sky.

Dozens of Hunter Court soldiers were shredded by sword energy before they could even put on their Starry Sky Armor.

Blackish-green blood splattered into the starry sky. Xuanweizi gazed at this scene and said, "So you bleed too."

Qin Zhenyuan took a step forward, his black blade fully drawn: "Since blood can be shed, there is nothing that cannot be killed."

Clang!

The black-gold blade of light cut into the interior of the warship along the crack left by Xuanweizi.

In the center of the ship, the outer armor was completely cleaved open.

A silver-black energy core was exposed to everyone.

The token in Zhou Zhenshan's hand lit up.

"Sky-Splitting Cannon, fire!"

Three large cannons roared simultaneously, and three beams of light—silver, crimson, and gold—stretched across the starry sky.

This time, the beam of light did not pass through the illusion, but struck the inside of the reconnaissance ship in a real way.