401: Terrorist Exchange

The humility of the Star Spirit Clan was merely a facade.

To dare to pursue the path of Martial Arts as an orthodox route showed that the Star Spirit Clan possessed an unimaginable courage in their hearts.

The moment the first jade tablet of the Relic World appeared, the Star Spirit Clan was ready.

And the instant that relic notebook appeared...

The Star Spirit Clan struck out boldly.

What was recorded in the notebook was irrelevant.

Its mere appearance meant that the Star Spirit Clan's status as the orthodox authority of Martial Arts in the minds of the cosmic people was being deconstructed.

Everyone would know there was something called a jade tablet that could be used to learn Martial Arts with ease.

If that were the case...

Then why bother buying Martial Arts from the Star Spirit Clan?

Buying them meant having to practice them yourself.

The jade tablet directly handled the after-sales service!

Even if the notebook didn't record the manufacturing method for the jade tablets...

This storm would continue regardless.

The Star Spirit Clan's reputation had suffered a heavy blow; if they didn't act, some never-before-seen races would start selling Martial Arts in the cosmos with grand fanfare.

A monopoly.

It simply cannot be challenged.

Just like the Mechanical Race, whose spirit net still held an advantage over the pheromone network.

But the Mechanical Race still wanted to kill off the Zerg!

Even if they were a Peak Race, they had to do it, because their monopoly had been challenged.

If you remain indifferent, Skynet or Earthnet-like things would inevitably appear in the future.

To protect the fundamental interests of their species...

The Star Spirit Clan had no need to hide; their strike was the most explosive of attacks!

The Astral Deconstruction Divine Light!

With a Venerable as the core, nine Ascension Nine experts were gathered.

The Ascension Technique served as the primary material.

Countless rays of starlight acted as the catalyst.

Stirring the vast cosmic divine rules, they directly used a piece-exchange method.

That is, a drop of blood for a drop of blood style of fighting.

They directly locked onto a Venerable of the Tiangong Clan.

In an instant, they conducted an all-encompassing piece-exchange of body, Divine Soul, and Heavenly Will.

The most terrifying attacks often come from the simplest methods.

There was no clash of Moves, nor the mystery of Ascension Techniques.

Only the exchange of pieces!

The Star Spirit Clan, born within the stars, were unique lifeforms of the cosmos.

In short, their health bars were extremely long!

Exchanging in this manner...

The Tiangong Clan Venerable could only watch helplessly as his health bar was instantly zeroed out!

And then...

He was slain by the starlight!

In this instant...

The cosmic starlight reversed, all of it rushing in one direction.

In this instant...

The cosmos turned dark and silent, as if all vitality was being injected into a volcano.

In this instant...

Life withered, and all cosmic lifeforms felt the upheaval of the divine rules.

Then...

At the core of the Tiangong Clan...

What seemed to be a black hole appeared.

It absorbed the starlight of the entire cosmos.

The starlight was intertwining, clashing, and slaying.

In almost an instant, a rule was completely suppressed or even sunk!

Then...

The black hole transformed into a white hole.

Countless amounts of Heavenly Will began to erupt!

A Venerable on the Ascension Path had been slain.

The Heavenly Will He had absorbed would all be returned to the cosmos at this moment.

The concentration of Heavenly Will in the entire cosmos began to rise in a short period.

At the same time...

All living beings could sense the emotions of the cosmic will.

It was a kind of sorrow.

The fall of a Venerable-level existence was, for the cosmos, no different from the death of its own child.

In the Heavenly Will cultivation method that follows the heavens, a Venerable is a Child of the Cosmos, a pillar of the universe.

Finally...

The erupting Heavenly Will formed Heavenly Will storms throughout the cosmos.

The dense Heavenly Will would produce a manifestation product;

The destiny stone!

Also known as Heavenly Will crystals!

"They've fucking gone mad!"

The Spirit Clan was shivering in a corner; even the Spirit Clan's Venerables had already fled ahead of time.

This timeline was no longer safe to stay in; they could only remain in the past, not daring to step into the present.

Because the Star Spirit Clan had gone mad.

Similarly, all the Venerables of the Zerg, the Mechanical Race, the Calamity Mercenary Group, and the Ghost Clan left immediately.

The Star Spirit Clan's Venerable, in a heavily injured state, also went into hiding.

In the entire cosmos...

After this strike, there were no more Venerables.

"They're simply lunatics. If the Star Spirit Clan does this, how will they explain themselves when the Star Lord returns?"

"This is bad. A Venerable has been killed; the Tiangong Divine Lord will surely return. Won't the cosmos fall into chaos?"

"Is it worth it? Is it really worth it? It's just a Martial Arts jade tablet. Why couldn't the Star Spirit Clan... why couldn't they keep their cool?"

"Those idiots, how could they blow things up so big!!"

"No, I have to contact the Old Ancestor. If this continues, the cosmos will collapse."

One by one, terrifying existences began to contact the Supreme Experts.

However...

Something that made them feel even more horrified happened.

The Supreme Experts could no longer be contacted.

It was as if... those Supreme Experts had abandoned the cosmos!

Panic...

Was spreading, compounded by the fall of a Venerable.

A chain of suspicion began to form in the hearts of the Venerables.

Stepping into the cosmic timeline—they didn't dare.

They were terrified that someone was already waiting, just for them to show their heads, only to use this explosive, near-suicidal method to strike them once.

The chain of suspicion was forged.

The cosmos had nearly become a Forbidden Ground for the Venerables!

--- "What? Can't be contacted?"

Inside the Tiangong Clan...

Several Ascension Nine experts' eyes were red.

They tried to contact the Tiangong Divine Lord immediately, but were humiliated and shocked to find he couldn't be reached.

This was the most terrifying reality.

Once others found out that their Supreme Expert couldn't be contacted...

Wouldn't the Tiangong Clan face extinction?

"No, we absolutely cannot show weakness!"

Someone said;

"Deploy the Blood-Qi Flagship and launch a full-scale attack on the Star Spirit Clan!"

"What? This—"

"What if the Star Spirit Clan's Star Lord..."

"Are you out of your mind? If the Star Lord were here, our fate would still be extinction!"

"Only by starting a full-scale war might we survive! The Star Spirit Clan's Venerable is already heavily injured; He won't dare to strike again."

"At the very least, we must put on an Aura that shows the Tiangong Divine Lord is still here!"

In just a few short seconds...

The Tiangong Clan reached internal unity.

A massive fleet began to mobilize.

The Blood-Qi Flagship, in a mode that crushed astral space, came grinding forward.

This posture...

Was one of starting an all-out war with the Star Spirit Clan.

The Calamity Mercenary Group soon received the news.

A group of people thought it over and over.

A full-scale war was not in their interest.

But it was impossible to talk the Tiangong Clan out of it.

Therefore...

"Let's Move out!"

"In the name of mediation!"

The Calamity Mercenary Group moved.

Actually, there was another reason.

That was, they couldn't stay hidden.

The departure of the Venerables couldn't be kept a secret.

If you hid at this time, it would make others suspect... whether your clan's Supreme Expert couldn't be contacted, and thus you didn't dare to show up.

They had to put on an act!

Even if it was a clumsy cover-up.

You still had to go.

It was a kind of collective irrationality spreading.

Almost anyone with a discerning eye could see the problem.

But—the Peak Great Clans almost all chose to send troops at the same time.

It was as if they had agreed upon it.

In the end, they were afraid of showing weakness, which would cause the flames of war to burn upon themselves.

However...

The difference was...

When the Mechanical Race sent troops, it was no joke.

The entire race truly came out in full force.

And its direction was not toward the Star Spirit Clan, but toward the Zerg.

A blood feud!

It was also a blood feud!