171: Chapter 171 Commander of the Seventh Legion of the Great Chu Star Region

"Once you awaken a Divine Ability..."

"Your combat power will instantly increase tenfold, or even a hundredfold!"

"If the Great Demon God Gu Ming hadn't been caught off guard by you just now..."

"Once he unleashed his Divine Ability, 'Great Ruin'..."

"Your eleven drops of source blood definitely wouldn't have held up."

Commander Lu Xinghe took a step forward.

He looked at Su Yu with burning eyes.

He offered the final olive branch.

"Su Yu."

"Staying in this Wasteland will only waste your peerless talent."

"Come with me."

"Follow me back to the Great Chu Star Domain!"

"With your Foundation of source blood, which is pure to the extreme..."

"As long as you enter the Great Chu Star Domain..."

"I guarantee you will obtain the top-tier starry sky Cultivation Techniques!"

"You will be able to awaken supreme Divine Abilities that will shake the entire starry sky!"

"The resources of the Great Chu Star Domain will help you become a Lord of the Starry Sky!"

"In the future, there will surely be a place for you among the leaders of the Human Race!"

Commander Lu Xinghe's words...

...were full of highly inflammatory temptation.

Cultivation Techniques, Divine Abilities, endless resources, and supreme status.

Anyone else would likely have agreed on the spot in excitement.

But.

Su Yu fell silent.

He stood quietly in place.

In his deep eyes, there was none of the fanaticism Commander Lu Xinghe had expected.

Cultivation Techniques?

He did indeed feel that the Taixu Source Blood Art was becoming somewhat insufficient, and deducing it was becoming increasingly difficult.

Divine Abilities?

He was even more clueless about how to awaken them.

Going to the Great Chu Star Domain would indeed perfectly solve these problems.

However.

Su Yu was secretly calculating in his heart.

His greatest reliance wasn't some Heaven-Defying Comprehension Ability.

It was the System.

The System only needed one thing—money!

Or rather, resources!

In this Wasteland, although the Laws were fragmented...

...there were mineral veins left by the Abyssal Demon Race and Secret Realms on Earth that had yet to be mined.

And there was also that Great Xia Kingdom money-printing machine that could print fifty trillion a day!

These were all solid years of deduction!

Just now, casually recycling a small mineral vein brought in one quadrillion.

If he followed Commander Lu Xinghe to the Great Chu Star Domain now...

...he would be a stranger in a strange land.

As a newcomer with no background...

...no matter how high his talent was, wanting to obtain massive amounts of resources would inevitably be subject to various constraints and rules.

How could that be as satisfying as being a local tyrant here, harvesting resources without restraint?

Once he finished scavenging all the money he could here...

...and had a large amount of savings...

...wouldn't it be more secure to step into the starry sky then?

"I'm sorry."

Su Yu looked up at Commander Lu Xinghe.

His tone was calm, yet it carried an unquestionable firmness.

"I don't want to leave for the time being."

As soon as these words were spoken...

...Qin Fuhai, Chu Zhan, and Huo Zhenshan, who were not far away, were all stunned.

That was the center of the starry sky!

That was the Holy Land of the Human Race!

Su Yu actually refused?!

Commander Lu Xinghe was also slightly taken aback.

He looked into Su Yu's calm eyes and seemed to understand something.

He sighed.

"I see."

"Humans are sentimental; it's hard to leave one's homeland."

Commander Lu Xinghe sighed, reminiscing about his own hometown.

"On this planet, you still have family and friends you care about, and unsettled grievances."

"Asking you to drop everything and follow me now is indeed a bit much."

Su Yu didn't explain.

If he wanted to think it was sentimentality, then so be it.

He couldn't exactly say he was staying behind to farm money.

"It's alright."

Commander Lu Xinghe smiled.

"After condensing source blood, the lifespan of a starry sky being is measured in units of ten thousand years."

"You're only eighteen now."

"Time is the one thing you are not lacking."

"I can wait."

"The Great Chu Star Domain can also wait."

Commander Lu Xinghe flipped his wrist.

A diamond-shaped token, neither metal nor jade, emitting a faint starlight, appeared in his palm.

He flicked his finger.

The token turned into a streak of light and landed steadily in Su Yu's hand.

"This is my token of identity, and also the starry sky coordinates for the Great Chu Star Domain."

"It comes with a basic starry sky communication Formation."

"When you've made up your mind..."

"...and after you've handled the trivial matters in this Wasteland."

"You can contact me at any time."

Commander Lu Xinghe looked at Su Yu with a particularly solemn expression.

"The gates of the Great Chu Star Domain will always be open to you."

"When you arrive there, I will personally teach you how to awaken Divine Abilities and provide you with the most powerful Cultivation Techniques."

Su Yu gripped the warm starlight token.

He nodded.

"Okay."

"Thank you."

Commander Lu Xinghe looked up at the dark red abyss sky.

"I've been out long enough."

"The Demon Race army is still rampaging at the border; I must return as soon as possible to report."

"However, before I go, I'll help you solve a little trouble."

Commander Lu Xinghe gave a cold laugh.

"The talent you displayed today is too astonishing."

"Even though this is a Wasteland, there's no guarantee it won't be noticed by others with intentions."

"The Abyssal Demon Race is the greatest danger; I'll first help you cover things up a bit."

On the surface, he spoke with great righteousness, but in his heart, Commander Lu Xinghe hid a bit of unknown selfishness.

He was secretly calculating.

If those old guys from the Great Qin and Great Han Star Domains discovered this unpolished gem, Su Yu...

...they would definitely use any means to come and poach him!

The Genius his Great Chu Star Domain had set its sights on could not be snatched by them.

As his voice fell...

...Commander Lu Xinghe's hands suddenly formed seals in front of his chest.

Hum—!!!

The terrifying power of a million drops of source blood erupted!

The entire Abyss Plane, along with the human world behind the crack...

...at this moment, trembled violently.

Countless starry sky Formation patterns, invisible to the naked eye, flew out from Commander Lu Xinghe's hands.

They turned into a massive Formless net that covered the sky and the sun.

It completely shrouded and locked down this Wasteland at the edge of the Universe!

Looking at the galactic map...

...the coordinates where Earth and the Abyss were located instantly became a patch of Chaos, completely hiding their traces.

Even a Black Hole Level powerhouse would absolutely be unable to discover this place without relying on a specific coordinate token.

"The Domain Lockdown is complete."

Commander Lu Xinghe clapped his hands and nodded in satisfaction.

"This lockdown can cut off the probes of the Abyssal Demon Race."

"In this Wasteland, you should be considered safe."

"However, this lockdown is not absolutely invincible. If a supreme existence beyond me forcibly deduces it, this place will still be exposed sooner or later."

Commander Lu Xinghe turned around.

His black robe fluttered in the Void Realm.

He took a deep look at Su Yu.

"Su Yu."

"Remember my words."

"Finish handling the trivial matters here as soon as possible."

"Your journey is not here."

"But in that vast and boundless sea of stars."

"I look forward to the day we meet again at the center of the starry sky."

Whoosh!

Before his voice had even faded...

...Commander Lu Xinghe's figure was like a light breeze.

Without any warning, he dissipated from the spot.

The invisible starry sky net that shrouded the entire planet and the Abyss flickered in the sky for a moment before completely vanishing into nothingness.

The Abyss Plane returned once more to a deathly silence.

The ground was covered with demon cores.

They flickered with an enticing, eerie light on the dark red earth.

Qin Fuhai, Chu Zhan, Huo Zhenshan.

The three National Guardian Martial Emperors of the Great Xia Kingdom were still maintaining their posture of looking up at the sky.

Like three wooden stakes.

Great Chu Star Domain.

Black Hole Level.

One million drops of source blood.

The myriad races of the starry sky.

This information, massive enough to crush their worldviews, was still echoing wildly in their minds.

The Martial God Realm they were so proud of didn't even count as a single cell on the true stage of the starry sky.

"Old Qin..."

Chu Zhan swallowed hard, his gaze blank.

"Are we... too small?"

Qin Fuhai shook his head bitterly, unable to even speak.

...

The vast starry sky.

Countless light-years away from the Blue Star.

Great Chu Star Domain, 7th Interstellar Defense Line.

A massive war fortress constructed entirely of steel floated quietly in the vacuum of the Universe.

Inside the fortress.

Space distorted for a moment.

Commander Lu Xinghe's figure appeared out of thin air.

He casually pulled off his black robe and walked quickly through the long metal corridor.

On both sides of the corridor, fully armed starry sky soldiers bowed their heads in salute one after another.

Commander Lu Xinghe paid them no mind.

He pushed open a heavy alloy door.

The command room.

A giant holographic star map floated in mid-air.

A middle-aged man in a dark gold military uniform stood with his hands behind his back, staring at the front lines on the star map.

Commander Chen Xuan.

Commander of the 7th Legion of the Great Chu Star Domain.

A Domain Lord Level powerhouse.

He had condensed a full one hundred million drops of origin blood within his body.

In the vast Great Chu Star Domain, the Domain Lord Level didn't count as the true top brass, but in the border legions, they were local lords with great power.