270: A feast for the senses

Their gazes towards Su Lei were now filled with nothing but the purest terror.

Finally, when the last trace of black curse power was perfectly grafted onto that Soul Origin, Su Lei withdrew his hand.

The one-eyed pirate also stopped screaming.

His burly body slumped onto the deck; he wasn't dead, but his single eye had long lost its luster, becoming hollow and numb.

His Soul had been completely destroyed, turning him into a living corpse with only his breath remaining, a perfect prey beacon.

Su Lei nodded with satisfaction.

With a wave of his hand, he released the other pirates in the bridge from their restraints, then stored the key, now stripped of its curse, into his storage space.

He turned and left.

"L-Lord..."

A trembling voice sounded behind him: "We..."

Su Lei paused, not looking back.

"You may leave. From now on, you are free."

With that, his figure vanished, leaving hundreds of pirates in the bridge staring at each other in bewilderment.

They were free?

This killer god actually let them go?

After a brief, deathly silence, a cheer of relief erupted on the bridge.

They rushed to their respective pilot seats, started the dilapidated flagship at top speed, and fled into the distant Star Domain without a backward glance.

These people genuinely didn't want to stay in this place, which had given them a lifelong nightmare, for even a second longer.

Meanwhile, in a dead silent Star Domain countless light-years away from the Kuiper Belt, a massive, dark-purple gas giant hung silently in the darkness.

Deep within this giant planet's tens of thousands of kilometers thick toxic atmosphere, a translucent dome constructed of pure Order and Law isolated all violent energy, forming an absolutely quiet, absolutely safe independent space.

This was one of the Gravekeeper organization's secret strongholds in this Star Domain, the Court of Time.

In the very center of the base, within a spire shaped like an inverted hourglass, the Graverobber Proxy, who had been repeatedly humiliated twice by Su Lei in Fractured Bone Town, emerged from a teleportation array.

His aura was still weak, clearly indicating that the failure had caused him severe injuries.

"Useless."

A voice devoid of emotion sounded from the throne at the top of the spire.

On the throne, a higher Rank Gravekeeper, whose cloak was inscribed with countless golden hourglass markings, slowly stood up.

He was the highest commander of this base, codenamed Timelord.

"You couldn't even retrieve a historical relic, and were even publicly humiliated by a blasphemer from a low-level civilization. You have disgraced the Court of Time."

"I..."

The Agent struggled to raise his head, wanting to explain.

However, just then, a piercing alarm blared throughout the entire base without warning.

"Warning! Unauthorized unknown object detected approaching the base at high speed! Outer Order barrier breached!"

The Timelord on the throne frowned.

Before he could react, a small, single-person escape pod, launched by Su Lei, appeared like a ghost outside the translucent dome above the base, hovering silently there.

It looked like a harmless toy carelessly discarded.

All the Gravekeepers in the base looked up, confused by the uninvited guest.

At this moment, in the distant Federal Star Domain, within the super-laboratory of the Indomitable Spear space station, Su Lei slowly extended his hand, and in his palm, the clean Purgatory key reappeared.

A cruel arc formed at the corner of his mouth.

"It's time to collect some interest."

He injected his Divine Soul power into the key, using the one-eyed pirate's Soul as an anchor, and across endless space and time, brazenly activated that key representing destruction and madness!

Buzz... As the key was activated, a chaotic spatial fluctuation from primeval antiquity instantly erupted, centered on the escape pod hovering above the Court of Time.

A colossal, pitch-black spatial rift, large enough to obscure the entire sky, was forcibly torn open before the horrified eyes of all the Gravekeepers.

The spatial gate to Purgatory was precisely opened above the Gravekeepers' lair.

"No!"

The Timelord on the throne finally reacted from his shock, letting out a roar of anger and alarm: "Quick! Close it! At all costs!"

Everything was futile.

"Roar!!"

A roar capable of making stars tremble emanated from the pitch-black rift.

Immediately after, countless prisoners of various grotesque and terrifying forms poured out like a black flood breaking its dam, madly following the scent of the prey beacon emanating from the escape pod.

The first feast they saw upon arriving in this world was the Gravekeeper's secret base below, filled with rich Order and life energy.

Mad roars echoed throughout the Court of Time.

A meticulously planned death trap targeting Su Lei ultimately devolved into a destructive feast for the Gravekeepers.

Just as the Court of Time was engulfed by an endless tide of prisoners, turning into a Hell, Su Lei slowly withdrew his hand at the Indomitable Spear space station.

"Issue my command."

His voice, through the highest-priority communication channel, instantly reached every corner of the space station: "Federal First, Second, and Third Expeditionary Fleets immediately end their rest, all combat personnel assemble and await orders."

"Our expedition officially begins now."

As the order was given, the entire Indomitable Spear, like a giant beast awakening from slumber, began to operate at high speed.

Ten minutes later, three massive expeditionary fleets, led by the flagship wuguang no. 2, slowly departed from the dock.

Su Lei's figure appeared simultaneously via holographic projection on the bridge of every warship.

"Soldiers."

His voice was resounding: "Our destination for this expedition is Purgatory, but our true enemy is far more terrifying than it."

Behind Su Lei, a three-dimensional star map projected by the crown of wisdom slowly unfolded.

In the depths of that endless darkness, a terrifying giant whale, large enough to devour stars, slowly opened its indifferent eyes, vaster than mountains.

"Abyssal Demon Whale, the formatting program of this era, the harbinger of doom about to descend upon us."

"If we want to survive its tidal wave, capable of cleansing an entire civilization, the only way is to find our own Noah's Ark."

Su Lei's hand once again pointed to the dark-red celestial body.

"And Purgatory, as well as the supreme creation of an ancient civilization hidden deep within it, known as the Eternal Furnace, is our last hope."

"In this battle, we have no retreat, because behind us is everything we possess.

Now, I command, the Expeditionary Force, set sail!"

"For the Federation! For humanity!"

Earth-shattering roars erupted from every warship.

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