96: Chapter 96 A clean cut!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Several high-energy particle cannon shots slammed into the defensive array at the entrance of the rock cave, blasting up a sky full of gravel and dust.

Ancient Sword Soul, Ji Hongyi, and Dragon Battle were currently backing against the cave entrance, their expressions grave and disheveled.

Dragon Battle's proud metallic skin was covered in charred scorch marks; he had clearly just taken a heavy hit.

Surrounding them were over twenty alien warriors wearing silver-gray exoskeleton mechs and wielding laser weapons.

Starry Sky Alien Race: Sirius · Mech Hunter Squad

Realm: Fourth Grade High Stage

Equipment: Individual Exoskeleton (with built-in energy shield) + High-Frequency Particle Blade

These aliens possessed heads resembling werewolves, their eyes narrow and sinister, and the mechs on their bodies shimmered with a pale blue halo; their technological level was clearly far superior to Earth's.

"Hand it over!!"

The leading Sirius captain had an exceptionally tall stature, and his mech was a more advanced dark silver color.

He held a buzzing lightsaber in his hand, his eyes staring greedily into the depths of the cave: "That dark golden divine light from just now, and that dragon roar... there is definitely a great treasure born!"

The Sirius captain sneered, casually waving the lightsaber in his hand. A massive rock nearby was instantly sliced in two, the cut still sizzling with smoke.

"Keep dreaming!"

Ancient Sword Soul wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. Although the s-grade ancient sword in his hand remained sharp, faced with this group of mech warriors protected by energy shields, his sword qi was greatly weakened.

"These bastards' turtle shells are too hard!"

Dragon Battle gritted his teeth: "My punches feel like hitting cotton; I can't break their defense at all! If only Lin Yuan were here..."

"Lin Yuan?" The Sirius captain sharply caught the name, "Is that the coward hiding in the cave refining weapons?"

"Since he refuses to come out..."

"Then I'll flatten everything, the man and the cave together!!"

"Yes!"

Over twenty mech warriors simultaneously raised the high-energy particle cannons in their hands. The barrels began to charge, and a blinding light instantly illuminated this dim starry sky.

"It's over..." Ji Hongyi's face turned deathly pale. With this density of firepower coverage, even a Fifth Grade Grandmaster would lose a layer of skin!

Just at this critical moment.

Step, step, step.

The footsteps were very light, but everyone present seemed to experience a momentary stagnation because of them.

"Who said I was a coward?"

The voice rang out, and immediately following it, that familiar black figure slowly walked out from the smoke.

Lin Yuan.

He was still wearing that black combat suit, but now, there was a blade on his back.

A war blade that was pitch black all over, with a dark golden hilt, and blood-colored dragon patterns faintly visible, wandering on the scabbard.

It did not emit any earth-shattering aura; instead, it was like a piece of sleeping black iron, quietly lying on Lin Yuan's back.

But for some reason, the moment the Sirius captain saw this blade, his beast-like intuition began to scream alarms!

Danger! Extremely dangerous!

"You are the one who has been refining weapons?"

The Sirius captain narrowed his eyes, pointing his lightsaber at Lin Yuan: "Hand over the blade on your back to me, and I can..."

"Hand it to you?"

Lin Yuan stopped, looked up, and glanced at the fully armed mech warriors in front of him.

In his eyes, there was only a kind of... indifference, like a butcher sizing up pigs and sheep waiting to be slaughtered.

"Perfect."

Lin Yuan reached back and gripped the hilt.

"A newly forged blade that hasn't tasted blood yet."

"Since you've delivered yourselves to my doorstep..."

"Then I'll use you to consecrate the blade!"

"Arrogant native!!"

The Sirius captain was furious. As a hunter who dominated this star region, when had he ever been so looked down upon by a native who wasn't even Fifth Grade?

"Die!!"

Boom!

The engine behind the Sirius captain exploded to full power instantly!

His entire body turned into a silver streak of light, his speed instantly breaking the sound barrier!

The high-frequency lightsaber in his hand erupted with a brilliant, intense light, carrying a terrifying high temperature capable of cutting through alloys, aiming straight for Lin Yuan's throat!

This strike used his full strength!

Even s-grade defensive armor would be sliced open like tofu in front of this lightsaber!

"Lin Yuan, watch out! That's high-frequency particle cutting!" Ancient Sword Soul shouted in terror.

However, facing this lethal strike, Lin Yuan stood his ground, crouched slightly, his left hand gripping the scabbard and his right hand reverse-gripping the hilt.

Drawing technique.

Clang——!!!

A long, resonant blade-ring, like a dragon's roar, suddenly rang out under this starry sky.

The dark golden blade light, like a crescent moon rising from the depths of hell, instantly tore through the darkness and swept across the Sirius captain's body.

Fast. Too fast.

So fast that even light seemed to be severed by this strike.

Whoosh!

The Sirius captain maintained his charging posture, rushing past Lin Yuan instantly, and only stopped after rushing more than a dozen meters away.

"Ha, hahaha!"

The Sirius captain stood in place: "Is this your blade? Why don't I feel anything at all?"

He looked down at his chest; the mech was undamaged, not even a scratch.

"Who are you trying to scare..."

However, before he could finish his words.

Crack.

Under the horrified gaze of all the Sirius team members.

A hair-thin line of blood suddenly appeared on the Sirius captain's left shoulder, then rapidly spread downward, passing through his chest, through his waist and abdomen, and extending all the way to the root of his right thigh.

"Wh... what?"

The Sirius captain widened his eyes, wanting to raise his hand.

But he discovered that his upper body was slowly sliding off.

Pfft——!!!

Blood gushed out like a fountain. Not just his flesh and blood, but that indestructible s-grade alloy mech, and even the high-frequency lightsaber he held... all were neatly split into two under this one strike!

The cut was smooth as a mirror, even capable of reflecting a person's silhouette!

Even more terrifying was that it wasn't until his body was severed in two that the Sirius captain's soul realized death had arrived, but at that very moment, a terrifying suction force erupted from the wound!

Exclusive Trait: Spirit Devour!

"Ah!!"

A scream from the depths of his soul had just reached his lips when it abruptly stopped.

His soul, along with all his vitality and blood, was instantly swallowed in one gulp by the demon blade named "slaying abyss"!

Thump.

The two halves of the corpse fell to the ground, instantly turning into a dried husk.

Dead silence.

The entire scene was dead silent.

The remaining twenty-some Sirius team members were all stiff, not even having the strength to pull the trigger.

What had they seen?

One strike?!

Just one strike, and it had sliced their captain, along with that priceless s-grade alloy mech, open like tofu?!

What the hell kind of blade is this?!

What the hell kind of monster is this?!

"Gulp."

Ancient Sword Soul swallowed, looking down at the s-grade ancient sword in his hand that he had felt was so awesome just a moment ago.

He suddenly felt... that it was just a fire poker.

Compared to Lin Yuan's blade, all weapons were trash!

"Good blade."

Lin Yuan did not pay attention to the surrounding gazes, looking down at the "slaying abyss" in his hand.

At this moment, there wasn't even a trace of blood on the blade; all the blood had been instantly absorbed by the blood dragon pattern on the blade.

As it devoured the vitality and soul of a Fourth Grade Peak expert, the translucent crystal layer on the blade became even more brilliant, faintly revealing an eerie red light.

"Still not full?"

Lin Yuan felt the lingering tremor coming from the blade. He slowly raised his head, his deep blue eyes now also stained with a hint of scarlet.

"Since you've come, you might as well all stay."

After saying this, Lin Yuan loosened his right hand.

[Exclusive Trait: Telekinesis Amplification (200%)!]

[Blade Control Technique · Waltz!]

Hum!!

The "slaying abyss" in his hand instantly flew out of his grip!

Under the augmentation of Lin Yuan's vast Spiritual Telekinesis, it transformed into a black lightning bolt that the naked eye simply couldn't catch!

The air was torn apart!

Those Sirius team members who were fleeing for their lives only felt a chill on their necks.

One second.

Merely one second.

That black war blade traced a perfect arc of death in the air, then obediently flew back and landed in the scabbard on Lin Yuan's back.

And not far away.

Twenty-some headless corpses then fell to the ground in unison.

Lin Yuan looked at the dumbstruck Ancient Sword Soul and the others: "Let's go."

"The warm-up is over."

"This blade tells me... it likes it here very much."