159: Dark matter beast tide, cosmic fireworks

"Defend this place to the death?" Qin Lang looked at the star annihilation cannon crouching beneath his feet like a steel behemoth, the corners of his mouth twitching uncontrollably.

The barrel of this thing alone was ten meters in diameter, crafted entirely from an unknown black alloy, radiating a chilling glint that made one's heart tremble.

Even if a mountain were to crash down on it, it probably wouldn't even dent it.

Did it really need people to protect it?

Furthermore, there was someone like Fu Yuechi, a Sixth-Tier Peak expert, standing right beside him.

"Teacher, are you joking with me?"

Qin Lang pointed at the pitch-black muzzle. "One shot from this thing would turn a Fifth-Tier Expert into ash; does it really need a small Third-Tier like me to protect it?"

"Besides, with a supreme expert like you here, who would dare to court death?"

Fu Yuechi glanced at him, her gaze like that of someone looking at a dense fool. "If I tell you to guard it, then you guard it. Why so much nonsense?"

She stood with her hands behind her back, her snow-white hair whipping in the gale.

"Bringing you up here this time is mainly to broaden your horizons."

"A star-level war of this magnitude has immeasurable benefits for your comprehension of the Martial Dao."

Having said this, her tone softened slightly. "Moreover, this is also to help you accumulate battle merits."

"With this record on your resume, your path within the Alliance will be much smoother in the future."

"Most importantly..." Fu Yuechi paused, her gaze sweeping over the terrifying experts surrounding them. "Stay by my side, and no one will be able to harm you."

Qin Lang felt a warmth in his heart.

Is this what they call "official coaching"?

Since it was a freebie, there was no need to be coy.

"Understood!"

Qin Lang responded, then immediately activated his "Myriad Mile Eye".

Golden light swirled deep within his pupils.

His gaze pierced through layers of clouds, reaching the surface of Blue Star below.

That scene was spectacular to the extreme.

He saw countless points of light suddenly ignite across the surface of the originally azure planet.

Those were the city-protecting grand arrays of major cities and the school-protecting grand arrays of major Evolver academies, all activating at this very moment.

Layers of colorful energy shields, like gigantic bubbles, firmly protected the sparks of human civilization within them.

Immediately after, the massive spatial rift spanning the space suddenly erupted with an indescribable, terrifying suction force.

"It's here!" Fu Yuechi shouted in a low voice.

Qin Lang felt the Space Fortress beneath his feet jolt violently.

In his vision, the massive Blue Star seemed to have been shoved by an invisible giant hand, crashing resolutely into that pitch-black rift.

There was no earth-shattering roar, only extreme visual shock.

In just over twenty seconds, the azure planet was completely swallowed by that abyss-like maw.

Darkness. Boundless darkness.

The moment Blue Star passed through the rift, all natural light vanished.

The sun, moon, and stars that originally hung overhead were all gone.

It was as if someone had suddenly locked them in a dark room.

That extreme sense of oppression was enough to make any sufferer of thalassophobia collapse on the spot.

"Hum—." Just then, a low humming sound rang out.

The Space Fortress where Qin Lang was located suddenly lit up with blinding white light.

Following that was the second, the third... Hundreds of Space Fortresses surrounding Blue Star, like lit beacon towers, simultaneously projected brilliant pillars of light.

These light beams intertwined, forming a massive light net covering the entire planet.

The surface of Blue Star, which had fallen into darkness, was once again illuminated as if it were day.

The Star Protecting Grand Array, activate!

"Is this the Dark Universe?" Qin Lang looked around curiously.

Here, apart from the light emitted by the fortresses, the outside was a void of dead silence.

He activated his "Eye of Truth" and "Eye of the Heavenly Dao", attempting to analyze the rules of this world.

But soon, he felt a wave of dizziness.

The spatial structure here was extremely unstable, and the physical Laws also presented a strange sense of distortion.

This feeling was like being placed in an absurd dream, where everything was unreal.

The time that followed was a boring wait.

For a full day and night, apart from the occasional passing spatial turbulence, nothing happened.

Just when Qin Lang thought this was merely a routine drill, "Woo—!!!" A shrill, ear-piercing siren suddenly exploded inside the fortress without warning.

On the previously calm platform, the atmosphere instantly tensed to the extreme.

"It's here." Fu Yuechi's expression tightened, and the chill in her eyes surged instantly.

She looked at the Void Realm ahead, her voice cold as iron. "It is a Dark Matter Beast." "And... it is a beast tide."

Qin Lang's heart tightened as he followed her gaze.

He saw that in the originally pitch-black Void Realm, waves of strange black mist were suddenly surging.

Those mists were like living creatures, crazily rolling and writhing.

And within that mist, countless scarlet eyes suddenly lit up, like dense ghost fires in the night sky.

The number was so vast, covering the sky and earth, that there was no end in sight!

"All personnel, prepare for battle!" Fu Yuechi shouted sharply, her voice echoing across the entire artillery platform.

All Evolvers instantly entered combat mode, and colorful Primal Energy radiance soared into the sky.

"Yuan Hua!" Fu Yuechi called out a name without turning her head.

"Present!" A beautiful woman with a graceful figure stepped out.

The aura on her body was as thick as a mountain; she was clearly a Fifth-Tier Gene Grandmaster!

"You are responsible for protecting Qin Lang. If he loses even a single hair, I will hold you accountable!"

"Yes! Elder Fu, rest assured!"

The Senior Sister named Yuan Hua smiled, revealing a mouthful of white teeth, and stood directly in front of Qin Lang.

"Student Qin, just stay safely behind me and don't run around."

Qin Lang nodded, his hand already gripping the broken Sacred Artifact sword.

Although he was the one being protected, the hot blood in his body had already begun to boil.

"Kill!" There was no extra nonsense.

The battle erupted in an instant.

Dozens of top human experts patrolling outside the Star Protecting Grand Array of Blue Star made the first move.

At that moment, the Void Realm trembled.

Various world-destroying powers of Law smashed into the incoming black tide like a violent storm.

Blade light, Sword Qi, thunder, frost... The colorful energy storm instantly cleared out tens of thousands of Dark Matter Beasts rushing at the front.

But for that boundless beast tide, this was merely a drop in the ocean.

More Dark Matter Beasts stepped on the corpses of their companions, roaring as they charged up.

"Charging complete!" At this moment, a mechanical electronic voice came from the star annihilation cannon behind Qin Lang.

Deep within that thick muzzle, a ball of crimson light was crazily condensing.

The surrounding space, unable to withstand this terrifying high temperature, began to show visible distortion.

That suffocating energy fluctuation made the hairs on Qin Lang's body stand up.

"Fire!" Following the commander's order. Boom! A huge fireball with a diameter of a hundred meters, carrying world-destroying power, erupted from the muzzle.

It was like a miniature sun, cutting through the dark Void Realm.

It precisely shot into the very center of the Dark Matter Beast tide.

There was no earth-shattering explosion.

In the vacuum environment, everything was silent.

Qin Lang only saw that the moment the fireball hit its target, it suddenly collapsed inward.

Immediately after, a circle of visible spatial ripples, with this as the center, crazily spread in all directions.

Wherever the ripples passed, all Dark Matter Beasts instantly turned into void particles.

And this was just the beginning.

Other surrounding Space Fortresses also opened fire at the same time.

Countless pillars of light intertwined, collided, and exploded in the Dark Universe.

That scene was like a grand and deadly fireworks show, blooming beautifully in the dead silence of deep space.