470: Star-Eating Seed

When everyone tore through the Void Realm and arrived at the center of the ancient city, the sight before them left everyone breathless.

Within a hundred million miles, an ancient Star Chart Great Array was burning!

The Great Array was interwoven with hundreds of millions of star patterns, and each pattern flowed with the blood of the Fallen Star Clan.

Millions of Fallen Star Clan Transcendent experts stood at the array nodes; some had their chests pierced, others had half their bodies shattered, yet they remained firmly rooted in place, injecting their last bit of power into the Great Array.

"Hold on! For our clan!"

An old man, having lost an arm, knelt at the core array eye, his single arm plunged into the surging star pulse in the ground. His flesh and blood were visibly shriveling, yet transforming into the purest Star Essence and flowing into the Great Array.

Behind him, hundreds of millions of Fallen Star Clan civilians huddled within the ancestral temple's barrier, the cries of children and the prayers of Elders intertwining into a desperate elegy.

And outside the Great Array—

Five demon-god-like black shadows were frantically bombarding the light shield!

They resembled distorted humanoids, but their entire bodies were covered with star-sized eyeballs. Each eyeball reflected different scenes of destruction: some showed exploding stars, others depicted worlds withering. Within the central main eye, a thousand zhang in diameter, a miniature black hole was actually rotating!

"Star Devouring Species... How could there be such a strange beast as the Star Devouring Species here?" Ji Qianling's voice trembled, "Could it be? No, it's the Star Devouring Clan!"

Before his words finished, the five Star Devouring Species seemed to sense something and suddenly looked up.

Thousands of star-sized eyeballs rotated simultaneously, and their icy gaze, like ten thousand years of cold ice, instantly locked onto the Holy Palace crowd.

"Hungry—"

A hoarse mental fluctuation swept out; with just a single syllable, the Void Realm spanning hundreds of millions of miles shattered like a mirror!

Several Holy Palace Moon Elders who rushed to the front had their heads explode on the spot. Their cultivation was siphoned away from afar, turning into streams of light that flowed towards those eyeballs.

It was at this critical moment!

"Still."

A calm voice sounded, like a gentle breeze across a lake, without a hint of worldly dust.

In an instant, the hundred-million-mile space-time suddenly solidified.

Ji Qianling maintained his horrified expression, the Holy Palace Cultivators held their hand-seal postures, and even the splashing blood droplets hung suspended in the air.

The ferocious attacks of the five Star Devouring Species abruptly ceased, all thousands of rotating eyeballs froze, and even their mental fluctuations were frozen in the Void Realm.

Only Xu Qing, in his green robe gently swaying in the wind, slowly walked towards the five demon-god-like black shadows.

With each step he took, a Chaos Golden Lotus bloomed beneath his feet. The lotus had twelve petals, and each petal flowed with a different Dao rhythm.

When he reached his fifth step, he suddenly pointed his fingers like a sword and lightly swiped.

"Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff!"

Five clear sword lights bloomed silently.

There was no earth-shattering momentum, no dazzling brilliance, only the purest Dao intent of "cut."

Wherever the sword light passed, the central main eye of the five Star Devouring Species, a thousand zhang in diameter, exploded simultaneously. The black blood had not even splattered before it was vaporized into nothingness by the Sword Dao.

Xu Qing retracted his fingers and clasped his hands behind his back, his sleeve gently waving.

"Unbind."

Space-time flowed again.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Five massive corpses crashed heavily onto the Star Chart Great Array, the ripples causing the light screen to gently undulate.

Only then did everyone realize they had regained their ability to move.

The Holy Palace Elders whose heads had exploded vaguely touched their necks, discovering that they had inexplicably returned to normal. Not only had all their cultivation returned, but a trace of profound Dao rhythm had also appeared in their Meridians.

"Tha-thank you, Grand Elder Xu, for saving our lives!"

Several people hastily knelt and bowed, their voices trembling.

They hadn't even seen how Xu Qing had made his move, only remembering the voice that calmed the Chaos and the scene of the five Star Devouring Species instantly perishing.

The accompanying Human Race aristocratic families and great sect experts were even more deeply shaken.

They had long known that this Grand Elder Xu was a Half-Ancestor, but they thought he was young and couldn't be that strong. They never expected him to be this powerful.

Those were five Half-Ancestor realm Star Devouring Species!

Even a Half-Ancestor like Ji Qianling would have to treat them seriously, yet in front of Xu Qing, they were casually wiped out like ants.

Xu Qing, however, merely smiled faintly, his green robe still unblemished.

He looked up, his gaze cast towards the depths of the Void Realm Great Array.

"Everyone, a big guy is coming!"

No sooner had Xu Qing's words fallen than the entire Chaos Sea suddenly boiled!

"Boom—"

A furious roar exploded from the depths of the endless Void Realm, like hundreds of millions of thunderbolts rumbling simultaneously, shaking hundreds of millions of stars.

"Damned ants, how dare you kill my son! I will have you all buried with him!"

Before the sound wave arrived, the pressure descended first!

Centered on Fallen Star Ancient City, the Chaos Sea within a radius of several thousand light-years instantly overturned.

Countless floating land fragments exploded, and those ancient star remnants, dormant for eons, disintegrated under this furious roar.

The Void Realm, like fragile glass, cracked open with dark fissures extending for several light-years, spewing out Chaos storms powerful enough to corrode Dao principles.

"Crack—"

The remaining Star Chart Great Array of Fallen Star Ancient City shattered on the spot. The city walls, crafted from stellar refined gold, disintegrated inch by inch, turning into dust and dissipating in the violent Chaos currents.

The protective Great Array on the Holy Palace warship flickered erratically, and the hull groaned under the strain.

"Thump!"

Many experts below the Half-Ancestor realm directly knelt on the ground, bleeding from their seven orifices.

Their cultivation showed cracks under the terrifying pressure, unable even to stand!

Even a Half-Ancestor like Ji Qianling had a pale face at this moment; before a Dao Ancestor, a Half-Ancestor was ultimately an ant.

Xu Qing looked at his clansmen on the flagship, intending to act, but after a glance at the flagship, he stopped.

Only to see, in the depths of the northern Chaos Sea, two black shadows, even larger than stars, crushing the Void Realm as they approached!

Their forms were similar to the Star Devouring Species from before, but even more hideous and terrifying.

Most terrifying was the aura they exuded, a Dominator's pressure that transcended the Myriad Daos!

Wherever they passed, the Chaos Sea automatically parted, forming two destructive torrents. Some floating ruins of the returning void were swept by the aftermath, instantly turning to ashes.

"Dao... Dao Ancestor Realm!" A Moon Elder's voice trembled, "And there are two of them!"

Just as the pressure of the two Dao Ancestor-level Star Devouring Species was about to crush the entire fleet.

"Boom!"

A brilliant golden light shot up from the Holy Palace flagship, instantly illuminating hundreds of millions of miles of the Chaos Sea!

Within the golden light, a colossal Dharma Idol rose from the ground, tens of thousands of zhang tall, entirely cast in gold, exuding a majestic aura that suppressed all ages.

The moment the Dharma Idol appeared, the collapsing Void Realm suddenly stabilized, and the overwhelming Dao Ancestor pressure was forcefully pushed back!

"Presumptuous!"

A sharp shout, like heavenly thunder, boomed, causing towering waves to surge in the Chaos Sea.

"How can we Human Race Cultivators allow foreign races to oppress us? They deserve death!"

The golden light dissipated, revealing a mighty figure clad in crimson-gold battle armor.

He wielded a Phoenix-Winged Gilded Halberd, its tip entwined with nine crimson-gold fire Dragons. Every armor plate was inscribed with ancient battle patterns, but what was most shocking was the vertical mark on his brow—a testament to having survived the Great Tribulation of the Heavenly Sun!

"It's... it's Dao Ancestor Zhan Tian!" Ji Qianling's voice trembled with excitement.

This golden-armored general stepped on the Void Realm, and with each step, fire Dragons supported his feet.

He gazed disdainfully at the two Star Devouring Species in the distance, his eyes like those of a god: "Young Xu, I know you're still hiding your true abilities.

"With a finger of his Gilded Halberd at the Two-Step Dao Ancestor realm monster, "Leave this one to me; you all block the other one!"

As Old Ancestor Zhan Tian spoke, a monstrous Battle Intent erupted from his body. That Battle Intent solidified, forming millions of golden-armored divine soldier phantoms in the Chaos Sea, arrayed for battle!

Xu Qing stood with his hands behind his back, his green robe unmoving in the violent energy currents: "I alone am enough."

Old Ancestor Zhan Tian was stunned by these words, then threw his head back and laughed heartily: "Good! Good! Good!"

His laughter shattered hundreds of millions of miles of Chaos mist, "After this battle, you can drink my treasured 'Tribulation Lightning Tempering Heart Nectar' to your heart's content!"

"Kill—"

With a furious roar, Old Ancestor Zhan Tian transformed into a golden lightning bolt, charging directly at the Two-Step Dao Ancestor. As his Phoenix-Winged Gilded Halberd swung, nine fire Dragons roared out, evaporating the Chaos Sea along their path into nine vacuum channels!

At the same time, Xu Qing took a step, seemingly slow but instantly traversing the Void Realm, directly confronting the One-Step Dao Ancestor realm Star Devouring Species.

Before Ji Qianling and the others could react, the two Dao Ancestor-level battlefields had already erupted!