165: Crushing the Black Armor Army [Thanks to 'Hyuga Aki' for the like]
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
A series of dense explosions bloomed into a grand fireworks show in the silent universe.
Some were swallowed by the Flame Law and burned to charcoal.
Some were frozen by the Ice Law and shattered into ice crystals.
Some were eroded by the Decay Law and turned into flying ash... it took less than ten seconds.
The entire battlefield returned to a dead silence once more.
Aside from the energy aftermath that had yet to dissipate, not a single living thing belonging to the Black Armor Army could be seen.
Only... Colonel Luo Zhen's flagship, the 'hades', remained, looking tattered with half of its bow sliced off.
Su Jue had left him alive on purpose.
Because he was still useful.
human emperor no. 1 took a step forward. Its massive body ignored the vacuum of the universe as it walked step by step to stand before the hades.
It lowered its mountain-like head, and its two red-glowing electronic eyes stared fixedly at Colonel Luo Zhen, who was slumped on the floor of the bridge, his face ashen with despair.
"Now."
"Can we... have a proper talk?"
Su Jue's voice echoed eerily.
And right at that moment.
From the wreckage of the flagship, a figure suddenly soared into the sky!
It was the Major who had been clamoring earlier, Huo Qi!
He was piloting a 'Nightmare' special-model mecha, the most elite unit of the Black Armor Army. His body blazed with the radiance of a King Realm Domain; he was actually a hidden powerhouse!
"You little brat! I'll take you down with me!!!"
Huo Qi let out a crazed roar, his eyes bloodshot and filled with venomous hatred.
He pushed his Kings Domain to its limit, transforming it into a black spear that pierced through the heavens and earth, stabbing viciously toward the cockpit of human emperor no. 1—the exact location where Su Jue was!
He wanted to go down together!
"Oh?"
Su Jue raised an eyebrow, appearing somewhat surprised.
"You have some backbone."
"Unfortunately..."
"You are too weak."
Faced with that lethal strike capable of piercing a planet.
Su Jue didn't even have the thought of making human emperor no. 1 move.
He simply shifted his intent.
Behind human emperor no. 1, the dark-gold metal wings—formed from the fusion of the fragment of the demon sword of annihilation and countless divine irons—which had been folded, suddenly unfurled!
The tip of one wing, like the sharpest blade, lightly swept across.
Ssh—!
The black divine spear condensed from the Kings Domain was instantly sliced through the middle!
Immediately following that.
The wing swept past Huo Qi's 'Nightmare' mecha at a speed invisible to the naked eye.
The madness on Huo Qi's face froze.
He looked down and saw a tiny, smooth crack appear on the chest of his mecha.
Then, the crack expanded rapidly.
Boom!!!
The self-detonation of a King Realm Expert kicked up a massive energy storm in the universe.
But when this energy touched the invisible shield composed of the Chaos Unity Law on the surface of human emperor no. 1, it vanished without a trace, like a clay ox entering the sea.
It couldn't even stir a single ripple.
After resolving this little interlude, Su Jue's gaze fell back onto the flagship wreckage.
Only to find that Luo Zhen was gone.
"Hmm?"
Su Jue's brow furrowed.
His divine sense instantly enveloped the entire star region.
Very quickly, he discovered a weak energy signal fleeing frantically behind a meteorite tens of thousands of kilometers away.
"Trying to run?"
Su Jue sneered.
"Playing hide and seek in front of me?"
With a thought, the arm of human emperor no. 1 reached out and made a grasping motion toward that patch of void!
[Divine Ability: Space Folding!]
The next second.
Colonel Luo Zhen's wretched figure was forcibly dragged back from tens of thousands of kilometers away into the palm of human emperor no. 1 by an irresistible force.
He was bound by an invisible power, suspended in mid-air like a chicken being held by the neck.
"You... who exactly are you?!"
Luo Zhen's voice was hoarse with fear and suffocation.
Su Jue did not answer him.
He controlled human emperor no. 1 to bring Luo Zhen close to his face, making him lock eyes with those red-glowing electronic eyes.
"Tell me."
"Where is... Lei Xiaotian?"
"Lei Xiaotian..."
Hearing this name, Luo Zhen's fear-filled pupils suddenly contracted.
That was the supreme commander of their First Legion!
A Saint Realm Expert whose fame resounded throughout the entire Lanxia Universe Federation!
In the hearts of all Black Armor Army soldiers, he was a god-like existence!
This little demon actually dared to call the Legion Commander by his name?!
He suddenly remembered! This was the 'Young Brother' from the rumors who had injured Lei Xiaotian some time ago!
A chill that went deep into his marrow surged into Luo Zhen's heart.
"You... don't you dare think you'll get any information about the Legion Commander from me!"
A look of determination and fanaticism suddenly appeared on Luo Zhen's face.
"The glory of the Black Armor Army shall not be defiled!"
"For the Legion Commander! For the Federation!"
He let out a roar as the King Realm origin within him began to frantically reverse and burn!
He wanted to self-detonate!
He would use his Life and loyalty to defend the dignity of the legion!
"Oh?"
Su Jue seemed to have expected him to do this; his tone didn't contain the slightest ripple.
"Quite the backbone."
"It's just a pity..."
"In front of me, even if you want to die, you need my permission."
The moment his words fell.
An incredibly powerful willpower flooded into Luo Zhen's sea of consciousness like a tide!
[Heart Power, Invasion!]
Buzz—!
Luo Zhen only felt as if his brain had been struck hard by an invisible giant hammer, instantly turning blank! His head rang incessantly!
His frantically burning origin power came to a dead halt.
His body, his soul, his everything—at this moment, he lost all control.
He felt as if he had become a puppet with all its strings pulled out.
He could only watch helplessly as that mysterious power flipped through his memories at will in the deepest part of his consciousness.
His childhood, his growth, his battles, his loyalty to the legion, his admiration for Lei Xiaotian... all his secrets were exposed without reservation at this moment.
This process lasted less than a second.
When that power receded like a tide, Luo Zhen's eyes had become hollow and dull, like a shell that had lost its soul.
And Su Jue had already obtained everything he wanted.
"So that's how it is..."
He whispered to himself.
Through Luo Zhen's memories, he not only learned Lei Xiaotian's specific location—he was at a secret military base on the Federation border, in seclusion to break through to a higher realm—but he also learned that the severed arm had actually been restored.
He also learned more about the... inside story regarding the destruction of the Su Family years ago.