257: Interstellar Prison

Star Lord's eyes, brimming with a sea of stars, finally lifted from the chessboard, looking directly at the young man opposite him for the first time.

He remained silent for a long time.

That white piece, like a steel nail hammered into a precise instrument, made his entire layout appear ludicrous.

He had lost.

Not due to a fault in battle, but in scope!

He had intended to drag Su Lei into his own rules, to destroy his Dao Heart with a game of certain death.

But Su Lei, from the very beginning, had no intention of winning against him on the chessboard.

He simply overturned the table.

“You are very interesting.”

After a long pause, Star Lord finally spoke: “More interesting than I imagined.”

He waved his hand, and all the chess pieces, along with the chessboard, instantly turned into cosmic dust, vanishing into thin air.

“A chess game is ultimately just a game. True power comes from controlling reality.”

As soon as his voice fell, the top of the tower underwent a dramatic change.

The obsidian platform beneath their feet instantly became transparent and disappeared, and the two were suspended directly within a vast, real Universe!

Around them was a darkness so profound it was unsettling, and in the distance, a brilliant galaxy composed of billions of stars, giant, blazing suns burning slowly, emitting real heat.

Star Lord slowly rose, strolling through this Universe that belonged to him, like a god inspecting his garden.

He stretched out his hand and, with a gentle squeeze, encompassed a nebula in the distance.

The nebula, which had been dormant for billions of years, began to rapidly collapse inward, spinning, and after a burst of light, a brand new, azure-blue star was born.

Immediately after, he flicked his finger.

A wisp of starlight merged into it.

The star's evolution was accelerated by billions of times, rapidly expanding into a red giant, then violently exploding into a supernova, and finally collapsing into a cold white dwarf.

The life and death of a star, in his hands, was but a flick of a finger.

“Do you see?”

Star Lord turned around, his figure becoming immensely tall, merging with the starry sky: “This is power! It is Law! It is the right of a god to set the rules!”

“And you, along with your tiny planet, are less than dust here.”

“I can create it with a thought, and naturally, I can erase it with a thought.”

Su Lei remained quietly seated, not even bothering to lift an eyelid.

His silence made Star Lord somewhat displeased.

“What are you thinking?”

Su Lei finally spoke: “I'm thinking, your cage is very magnificent.”

“Cage?”

“Exactly, a cage.”

Su Lei stood up, surveying this magnificent Universe: “Whether it's this Universe or the creation and destruction you just demonstrated, they are merely closed cycles constructed based on your own Law.”

“Here, you are the only rule, the only answer.”

“Like a poorly staged performance with a pre-written script, where you're too lazy to even fix the bugs.”

“Presumptuous!”

Star Lord was enraged for the first time, and the entire starry sky trembled with him, energy storms raging!

“What do you understand! This is the manifestation of Dao, the ultimate truth!”

“No, this is not Dao.”

Su Lei shook his head, taking a step forward, and a golden ripple spread out from the Void Realm beneath his feet: “Dao is change, it is the unknown, it is infinite possibilities.”

“And your so-called Dao is just repeating one possibility billions of times.”

“It has long since become rigid, decayed, and died.”

“Therefore, you will never understand why a chess piece can break a deadlocked game.”

“Because what you see is only the chessboard.”

“While what I see is the true sky beyond the chessboard.”

The moment his voice fell, a dazzling golden divine light burst forth from Su Lei!

He stretched out his hand, not to attack Star Lord, nor to confront the cosmic storm.

He simply, facing the real Universe before him, facing the nearest star, gently pulled outward.

“Law Stripping.”

Silently.

A thread of Law, constructed from the purest concepts of burning and light-heat, was actually forcibly pulled out from the star by him in a brutally unreasonable manner!

That star instantly transformed into a rough, distorted two-dimensional texture.

Immediately after, a chain reaction occurred!

The entire cosmic illusion became corrupted and collapsed over large areas, as if infected by a virus.

Countless stars reverted to data streams, and the deep cosmic background revealed the cold alloy wall behind it.

Star Lord's towering Dharma form dissipated like a deflated balloon, reverting to the middle-aged man in the Daoist robe.

Standing in the continually collapsing illusion, for the first time, an unconcealable shock appeared on his face.

His proud Domain of God had been so casually broken by the opponent, from its very root!

“Your game is over.”

Su Lei casually crushed that thread of Law, and the illusion completely vanished, returning them to the silent top of the tower.

Star Lord stared intently at Su Lei, the shock fading, replaced by a grave expression!

“Sand of Time, crown of wisdom... and this unheard-of Law Stripping technique, the secrets you hold are even more numerous than I imagined.”

“It seems the gift I prepared for you was indeed appropriate.”

He took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the turmoil, then sat back down and made a gesture of invitation.

“Now, we can discuss real business.”

“One month from now, Fractured Bone Town's annual black market auction will be held as scheduled. This time, there is only one main item.”

“The highest control key for the Interstellar Prison, Purgatory.”

“I know you need it. And it is there, waiting for you to take it.”

“This is my invitation to you, an interesting challenger.”

“Of course, you can also choose not to come. In that case, you will miss a grand welcoming ceremony, meticulously prepared for you.”

After speaking, he closed his eyes.

This was a dismissal.

Su Lei stood up and turned to walk towards the elevator.

As the elevator doors slowly closed, Star Lord's eyes snapped open, and a mouthful of golden blood, condensed from the power of Law, slowly oozed from the corner of his mouth.

During the Dao confrontation just now, he had appeared calm and collected, but in reality, he had sustained serious internal injuries.

“Su Lei...”

He wiped away the bloodstains, softly uttering the name: “No matter how special you are, in the face of absolute power, all struggles are meaningless. The Kuiper Belt will be your final tomb.”

Beneath the Throne of Fallen Gods, the modified general and his guard, remained still as statues.

As Su Lei and his group walked out, the general's electronic eyes flickered red again.

This time, he did not block them, merely giving Su Lei a deep look before leading all the guards to part to either side, clearing a wide passage.

Silent awe carried more weight than any words.

Su Lei ignored these background figures, leading his guards back to the chaotic den of iniquity.

The three-armed intelligence dealer, an alien calling himself Three Eyes, had long been waiting at the alley entrance. Seeing Su Lei's figure, his three arms almost fawningly cleared the roadblocks and he scurried over to greet him.

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