232: Chapter 232 The Ninth Princess Arrives

Fifth-rank!

The Starlight Grass has broken through to the fifth-rank!

Lin Yun gritted his teeth and, without further hesitation, grabbed Wen Yan and soared into the sky with Shen Qingqiu, flying rapidly toward space.

Resentment, anger, helplessness...

All sorts of emotions filled his chest.

In just one day, things had actually reached this point.

His home was about to be destroyed, the powerful had died in battle—it all came far too suddenly.

Everyone was fleeing, yet their eyes couldn't help but subconsciously drift downward.

In that crater hundreds of kilometers wide, a deep blue light surged out frantically like a tsunami.

Like the fires of Hell.

First, several giant leaves that blotted out the sun slowly reached out.

Everywhere they passed, air, rock, energy, and even light were directly devoured, turning into nutrients for its growth.

The leaves grew more numerous and dense, covering the sky and the sun!

Immediately after, the incredibly massive main body slowly rose.

The ten-kilometer body Lin Yun had initially seen underground was now expanding frantically...

Fifteen kilometers...

Twenty kilometers...

Thirty kilometers...

And it was still continuously devouring the earth and expanding its volume.

The terrifying star-devouring pressure enveloped the entire world, as if it wanted to swallow the entire Minglu Planet in one bite.

The earth was collapsing!

The sky was trembling!

Finally, it settled at fifty kilometers.

Fifty kilometers!

Like a moving blue mountain range, it lay across the world.

The Star-Devouring Creature, the Starlight Grass, had successfully advanced!

Lin Yun had already flown into space.

Standing in the vacuum, separated by tens of thousands of meters of atmosphere, that terrifying aura still reached him clearly.

The advanced Starlight Grass went berserk!

Countless leaves danced wildly, sweeping in all directions!

Wherever the deep blue light passed, the earth cracked, mountain ranges collapsed, and everything was devoured!

Despair shrouded everyone's hearts.

On the inhabited continent, there were still countless people who hadn't evacuated.

The elderly, children, ordinary people...

They didn't have time to leave.

Lin Yun didn't dare imagine what the scene would be like after the Starlight Grass swept across the Monster Continent.

Those boundless leaves would cross the strait and devour everything.

What would he see?

Flames? Ruins? Or... nothing at all?

A sense of powerlessness surged into his heart.

He thought he was strong enough.

Ninth-Grade Void Core, triple combat power, Micro-Realm...

But before a fifth-rank Star-Devouring Creature, he wasn't even as good as an ant.

He could do nothing.

He could only watch.

The Starlight Grass's speed was extremely fast.

It devoured while it moved.

Wherever it went, the ground caved in and seawater poured back.

Half an hour later, its figure appeared opposite Guanyao Island.

Lin Yun closed his eyes.

He didn't dare look anymore.

He could already imagine the scene that followed.

What awaited Minglu Planet next would be eternal darkness.

...

The sun appeared.

In just one day, the humans of Minglu Planet...

No...

It wasn't sunlight.

It was a person.

A golden light lit up in the darkness.

That light was brighter than a star and hotter than the sun!

It tore through the darkness, pierced the atmosphere, and illuminated the entire world!

She floated in the Universe, surrounded by endless golden radiance.

That radiance was not a reflection, nor a projection.

It was the light she herself emitted.

Long hair like a waterfall fluttered in the vacuum.

Every strand of hair flowed with a golden halo.

Her face was exquisitely beautiful, so beautiful it seemed unreal, so beautiful people didn't dare look directly at her.

That was not a face that should exist in the mortal world.

That was a god, an immortal, an empress.

She was dressed in Golden Battle Armor, upon which profound patterns flowed, as if the Laws of the entire Universe were inscribed on it.

Her eyes were golden.

It wasn't that her pupils had changed color, but that her entire eyes were glowing, like two miniature suns.

Lin Yun was completely dazed; his Divine Soul felt as if it had been pulled away, his mind went blank, and he even forgot to breathe.

All the fleeing Martial Artists in space and the citizens on the spaceships also froze in place, staring blankly at that figure, their minds completely awestruck.

She reached out her hand.

A slender finger tapped lightly in the void.

A speck of golden light bloomed from her fingertip.

That golden light grew larger and brighter, eventually turning into a golden sun!

The sun fell!

It pressed down toward the Starlight Grass!

The Starlight Grass let out a shrill shriek!

Countless leaves lashed wildly at that golden sun!

But those leaves, the moment they touched the golden light, were like snow melting, instantly turning to ash!

The golden sun crashed heavily into the Starlight Grass's body!

Boom!!!

The earth shuddered!

Seawater surged back!

The sky was trembling!

The Starlight Grass's massive body was smashed deep into the ground!

Leaves broke, and sap splattered!

But before the sap could hit the ground, it was evaporated by the golden light!

The battle was one-sided!

The Starlight Grass resisted desperately!

Countless roots drilled out from underground, attempting to entwine that golden sun!

But it was completely useless!

Wherever the golden light went, everything was purified!

The Starlight Grass was finally afraid.

It stopped resisting, turned, and fled!

Its massive body writhed frantically, drilling into the ground!

The golden sun pursued relentlessly!

The earth was vibrating!

The ground continuously bulged and cracked!

Golden light emerged from underground, illuminating half the sky!

One person and one plant chased each other underground!

Everywhere they passed, the earth looked as if it had been plowed, turning up huge ravines!

"Hey, what are you dazing out for?"

A familiar voice sounded in his ear.

Lin Yun snapped back to his senses and turned to look.

Qu Yanran had appeared beside him at some point and was looking at him with a smile.

"Miss Qu?!" Lin Yun exclaimed. "How did you..."

Qu Yanran pointed downward.

"I came with the Princess."

Lin Yun looked down again.

The earth was still vibrating, and golden light was still flashing.

"That's..." His voice was a bit dry. "Who is that?"

Qu Yanran tilted her chin up, her face full of pride.

"Who else could it be? It's Her Highness the Ninth Princess, of course!"

"Ninth Princess..."

Lin Yun murmured repeatedly, that exquisitely beautiful and majestic figure appearing in his mind again, his heart still trembling.

Qu Yanran looked at his reaction with satisfaction.

No one could resist the Ninth Princess's majesty and beauty.

Before long, the golden light underground gradually faded, the earth finally returned to calm, and that star-devouring pressure completely vanished.

Lin Yun came to his senses.

"The Starlight Grass... it's... resolved just like that?"

Qu Yanran had a relaxed look on her face.

"Of course. With the Ninth Princess taking action, a mere fifth-rank Star-Devouring Creature can be destroyed with a flip of her hand."

She paused, then added with lingering fear.

"Fortunately you discovered it early. The Starlight Grass was still only in its juvenile stage. Otherwise, once it grew up, the entire Empire would have suffered."

Then she patted her chest, looking terrified.

"You have no idea, when I saw the database alert, I almost died of fright!"

"I thought Minglu Planet was going to be gone this time."

Lin Yun didn't listen.

His gaze had been following that golden light below.

The earth was finally calm.

The golden light slowly withdrew.

A figure rose from the ground.

She floated in the air, the remnants of the battle still lingering on her Golden Battle Armor.

Her long hair fluttered in the wind as her golden eyes swept over the surroundings.

And then...

She raised her head and looked toward space.

Toward Lin Yun's direction.

Their eyes met.

Lin Yun saw those golden eyes.

Majestic, holy, and inviolable.

Yet so beautiful they made his heart tremble.