389: Chapter 389 A single shot to intimidate, the despair of the Spirit Venerable Realm

Inside the reconnaissance ship of the Myriad Manifestations Divine Court.

In front of the command console, a middle-aged man in a silver-white uniform was staring at the star map on the holographic screen.

His name was Li Xuan, the reconnaissance captain of the Myriad Manifestations Divine Court's Seventh Outpost, at the Peak Spirit Venerable Realm.

Within the hierarchy of the Myriad Manifestations Divine Court, he wasn't any sort of major figure, but placed in an ordinary middle-tier civilization, he was an existence that could walk with his head held high.

He had seven subordinates: three in the Early Stage Spirit Venerable Realm and four at the Peak Spirit Sovereign Realm. All of them were skilled experts handpicked by the Myriad Manifestations Divine Court, specifically responsible for sector patrols and intelligence gathering.

"Captain, the target planet has entered visual range," a Spirit Sovereign Realm subordinate reported from the control console.

Li Xuan nodded and looked toward the screen.

A blue planet appeared in the image.

"This is that low-dimensional planet?"

"Yes. According to the outpost's detection data, this planet's primitive civilization Rank is extremely low, still in the industrial civilization stage. However, in the last three months, large areas of high-dimensional metal armor have suddenly appeared on the planet's outer layer."

"high-dimensional metal?" Li Xuan frowned. "What material?"

"Preliminary analysis shows similarities to the Starry Sky Alloy used by the Scavenger Alliance, but the quality is higher. Furthermore... the material of some of the armor is extremely ancient; we can't find a perfect match in our database."

Li Xuan fell silent for a few seconds.

A low-dimensional planet suddenly putting on high-dimensional metal armor—no matter how you looked at it, something was wrong.

What was even more suspicious was that this planet happened to be located within the Scavenger Alliance's original sphere of control. And the Scavenger Alliance had suddenly lost contact over three months ago, unable to even send out a signal.

The Myriad Manifestations Divine Court was very curious about the cause of the Scavenger Alliance's demise.

Sending a reconnaissance team here was precisely to figure out exactly what had happened in this sector.

"Decelerate. Enter stealth mode," Li Xuan ordered. "Stop at a distance of about ten thousand miles. Use passive scanning to collect data first; do not actively emit any detection signals."

"Yes!"

The ship's engine output dropped to the minimum, and the stealth coating was fully activated. The entire ship became almost completely invisible in space.

They were approaching cautiously.

But at the very moment the ship decelerated...

A dense, prickling chill suddenly exploded at the back of Li Xuan's head.

This chill didn't come from the external environment, but from his Spirit Venerable Realm instincts—a reflex when facing fatal danger.

"Not good!"

Li Xuan suddenly stood up from his seat.

"Everyone—"

Before he could finish his shout.

Boom!

In the space to the right of the ship, a gray spatial rift tore open without warning.

A person stepped out from the rift.

Black combat suit, fourteen Black-gold Dragon Wings spread out behind his back, and a purple-gold long spear resting on his right shoulder.

Lu Sheng.

He just stood casually in the Void Realm, looking at the silver-white ship a few hundred meters away as if he were looking at a somewhat interesting toy.

The ship's alarm System instantly went wild.

"Warning! Unknown high-energy biological entity detected! Distance: four hundred meters! Energy Rank—unable to evaluate!"

"Unable to evaluate?!" Li Xuan's pupils constricted violently.

What did 'unable to evaluate' mean? It meant the opponent's strength exceeded the ship's sensor limits!

The ship's sensor limit was the Peak Spirit Venerable Realm!

Meaning, that person's strength was at least—

Li Xuan's mind roared.

Spirit Saint Realm!

"Retreat! Retreat immediately! Full speed retreat!" Li Xuan roared hysterically.

His first reaction wasn't to fight, but to flee.

This was an instinct carved into the bones of an experienced scout. A Spirit Saint Realm opponent was not someone this reconnaissance team could afford to provoke.

The ship's engines suddenly erupted with maximum power. The entire ship vibrated violently and began to turn around.

But they couldn't outrun Lu Sheng.

In front of the Spirit Saint Realm, you want to run?

Lu Sheng looked at the ship that was desperately accelerating and let out a sneer.

He casually raised a hand, and gray ripples of law spread out from his palm.

The space within a ten-thousand-mile radius instantly solidified.

The ship's accelerating engines seemed to be held down by an invisible giant hand. No matter how much power they outputted, the ship remained pinned in place, motionless.

"spatial lockdown!" Li Xuan's face turned completely pale. "He locked down the surrounding space!"

"Captain! Engine failure! We can't get out!"

"What about the warp engine?"

"Space is sealed! The warp channel won't open!"

The ship was in a state of chaos. Terror was written all over the faces of the seven subordinates.

They were all elites of the Myriad Manifestations Divine Court and had seen many grand scenes. But in the face of a Spirit Saint Realm, all their experience and skills became useless scraps of paper.

This was the crushing weight of a higher Realm.

Lu Sheng walked over slowly, treading through the Void Realm step by step.

The dragon devouring spear was lowered from his shoulder, its tip pointing diagonally toward the ground.

He stopped in front of the ship and, through the transparent porthole, saw the people inside.

"Dragon Eyes."

Information on the eight people instantly surfaced before his eyes.

Li Xuan, Peak Spirit Venerable Realm. Reconnaissance captain of the Myriad Manifestations Divine Court's Seventh Outpost.

The other seven: three in the Early Stage Spirit Venerable Realm and four at the Peak Spirit Sovereign Realm.

One more person than Luo Tianfei had estimated.

After reading the information, Lu Sheng directly knocked on the ship's porthole.

Bang, bang, bang.

The sound was conducted through the metal into the cabin.

All eight people inside froze.

After knocking, Lu Sheng said something toward the porthole.

There is no sound in a vacuum, but he used the law power of the Spirit Saint Realm to pour the sound waves directly into the ship's interior.

"Open the door. Come out and talk."

Li Xuan stared fixedly at that excessively calm face outside the porthole, his palms drenched in sweat.

He knew he had no choice.

He couldn't run, and he couldn't win.

The only way to survive was cooperation.

"Everyone, put down your weapons. Open the hatch." Li Xuan took a deep breath.

"Captain!" a Spirit Venerable Realm subordinate said anxiously, "We are people of the Myriad Manifestations Divine Court! Even if he is in the Spirit Saint Realm, he wouldn't dare to easily—"

"Shut up." Li Xuan interrupted him. "Didn't you see the metal armor on the planet behind him? Those materials are ten times harder than our ship's hull. The Scavenger Alliance was wiped out by this person."

The cabin instantly fell deathly silent.

The Scavenger Alliance was wiped out?

This news exploded in their minds like a bomb.

Hiss—

The hatch opened.

The eight people filed out of the ship, suspended in the vacuum.

Lu Sheng's Spirit Saint Realm Small World Domain had already covered this area, so they could breathe and move in space without aerospace equipment.

Li Xuan walked at the very front, hands empty to show he had no hostility.

He stopped ten meters in front of Lu Sheng.

"Li Xuan, reconnaissance captain of the Myriad Manifestations Divine Court's Seventh Outpost, greets Senior."

His tone was respectful, but a trace of imperceptible vigilance was hidden deep in his eyes.

Lu Sheng sized him up for a few seconds.

"What did the Myriad Manifestations Divine Court send you here for?"

Li Xuan knew now was not the time for concealment.

"Replying to Senior. We were ordered to investigate the reason for the Scavenger Alliance's loss of contact. Three months ago, all communication nodes of the Scavenger Alliance were simultaneously cut off, and the Myriad Manifestations Divine Court is highly concerned about this."

"Mm." Lu Sheng nodded. "I wiped out the Scavenger Alliance."

Li Xuan's body stiffened for a moment.

Although he had guessed it just now, hearing the opponent admit it personally still felt completely different.

"Including their Heavenly Saint Ancestor," Lu Sheng added. "I ate him."

Ate him?

Li Xuan's face twitched.

What did 'ate him' mean?

"Does Senior mean... you killed the Heavenly Saint Ancestor?"

"No." Lu Sheng shook his head. "I mean it literally. Ate him. Swallowed him. From his Origin to his Small World, I sucked it all dry in one breath."

Li Xuan took half a step back.

He didn't retreat because he was scared. His legs moved on their own.

The faces of the seven subordinates behind him were already as white as ghosts.