143: Sequence 034: Bullying Whale

The Deceiving Heaven Lightning Runes had been deeply carved into every inch of the Starry Sky Whale's flesh and every wisp of its stellar core.

It floated silently at the edge of the Heavenly Dao Thunder Net. Its massive body was no longer a dazzling collection of stars, but had transformed into a flowing, profound shadow against the backdrop of the starry sky.

Its aura was restrained to the extreme, resembling a piece of cosmic dust that had existed since time immemorial. The destructive Thunder Net turned a blind eye to it, allowing it to roam and probe along the edge.

The test was a perfect success.

But this was only the first step.

Mo Yuan's goal was never to let the Starry Sky Whale smuggle itself across alone, but to have it carry the entire Floating Ink City, break through this cage of the Heavenly Dao, and head to that higher-level plane—the Spirit Realm!

The command was issued from the core of Mo City.

The massive floating fortress began to descend slowly, eventually landing steadily on the Starry Sky Whale's back, which was as broad as a mountain, as if returning to its nest.

The moment the city's base made contact with the whale's back skin, countless pre-set biological interfaces and energy runes instantly docked and locked!

Mo Yun (Earth Mother Goddess) activated the Magnetic Force, firmly adhering the city to the whale's back as one.

Mo Yu (Azure Dragon Princess) channeled the dark thunder water to form a buffer and energy coordination layer.

Mo Xue (Ice Thunder Calamity Envoy) released absolute cold, temporarily freezing the energy fluctuations in the docking area to avoid any accidental interference.

The entire Mo City had completed an unprecedented, perfect integration of biology and machinery with the Starry Sky Whale!

The next moment, the complex Deceiving Heaven Lightning Runes on the Starry Sky Whale's body seemed to be injected with stronger energy, and the speed of the light's circulation suddenly accelerated!

These lightning runes no longer just covered the whale's body; they spread rapidly along the docking interfaces, like a growing neural network, towards the entire base of Mo City and even its external armor!

Countless dark golden lightning runes lit up and flowed across the metal and rock surfaces of Mo City, making the giant steel city seem to be draped in a layer of flowing shadow camouflage. Its emitted energy fluctuations and presence began to drop rapidly, aligning with the frequency of the Starry Sky Whale.

[City-Carrying Flight]!

[Hide sequence Aura]!

At this moment, the Starry Sky Whale was no longer a mere mount or weapon; it had itself become a massive, mobile core for the Deceiving Heaven formation!

And Mo City was the fortress sheltered by this formation!

"Target: Heavenly Dao Thunder Net."

"Breakthrough point: Xun position, decay zone of the 3,721st cycle node."

"Maximum stealth mode, initiated."

Mo Yuan's cold voice resonated directly through the Soul link into the consciousness core of the Starry Sky Whale (perhaps it should be called the Deceiving Heaven Whale at this moment).

The Deceiving Heaven Whale let out a low, almost imperceptible hum, and the Deceiving Heaven Lightning Runes covering its entire body and even Mo City brightened to the extreme!

Its massive body began to move, no longer the slow roaming from the previous test, but charging straight towards the slowly rotating Thunder Net, which exuded an aura of endless destruction, with an eerie silence and speed that completely defied its size, almost like a spatial jump!

The closer it got to the Thunder Net, the more terrifying the sense of repulsion and crushing pressure stemming from the Laws of Heaven and Earth became.

Inside Mo City, all sequence units went silent, their energy operations reduced to the minimum, as if they had fallen into a state of suspended animation.

Only the Deceiving Heaven Lightning Runes covering its body were running frantically, simulating, deceiving, and adapting to every energy fluctuation of the Thunder Net.

Closer! Even closer!

The giant net composed of billions of judgment lightning bolts had already filled the entire field of vision, and the pressure emitted from the leaping lightning was enough to suffocate a True Immortal!

Just at the moment of impact, the Deceiving Heaven Whale's massive body made a subtle twist, precisely cutting into a gap in the Thunder Net that was undergoing periodic decay!

Zzzzzzt—!!!

Despite the protection of the Deceiving Heaven Lightning Runes, an unavoidable clash of Laws erupted when penetrating the core of the Thunder Net at such close range!

The shrill sound of electric current was like the screeching of billions of birds!

The armor on the outskirts of Mo City instantly turned red-hot, and countless runes exploded under the overload!

The Starry Sky Whale even let out a painful grunt, and some of the more fragile lightning runes on its body even showed signs of cracking!

The entire Mo City was like a small boat in a raging sea, tossing and turning violently, as if it would be completely torn apart by the wrath of the Thunder Net in the next second!

"Steady!" Mo Yuan's voice remained calm. The Thunder God Arm pressed against the control core, Chaos Thunder Gang outputting frantically, forcibly stabilizing the city's structure while guiding the Deceiving Heaven Lightning Runes to perform self-adaptive adjustments.

Relying on its powerful Physical Body and the protection of the lightning runes, the Deceiving Heaven Whale pushed against the terrifying suppression of the Laws and the energy scouring, struggling yet firmly pushing forward!

Ten breaths... a hundred breaths...

Time seemed to become incredibly long.

Finally!

The space ahead suddenly opened up!

That suffocating Heavenly Dao pressure vanished abruptly!

Replacing it was a much purer, more vast, and also more... dangerous Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi!

The stars here were more brilliant, the Laws were clearer and more stable, and the spatial barriers were many times tougher!

They... had broken through!

They had successfully broken through the blockade of the Heavenly Dao Thunder Net and arrived at the... edge of the Spirit Realm outside the Thunder Net!

The Deceiving Heaven Whale, carrying Mo City, floated silently under this new starry sky, the Deceiving Heaven Lightning Runes on its body slowly dimming, returning to a restrained state.

Its huge eyes reflected a massive vortex ahead that could not be described in words, composed of pure spiritual light—that was the [Spirit Realm Entrance]!

It exuded an incomparable temptation and a deadly dangerous aura.

Mo Yuan stood at the command tower, looking at the data on the light screen showing the Spiritual Qi concentration and Law intensity, which far exceeded that of the Chaotic Star Sea, and a glimmer of burning light finally ignited in his eyes.

Spirit Realm!

A higher-level plane!

Richer resources!

More powerful enemies!

And... the possibility of being closer to that ultimate secret!

However, just at the moment of this successful Breakthrough, when his guard was slightly lowered—

A sudden change occurred!

Suddenly, in the Void Realm around the Spirit Realm entrance, countless incredibly brilliant sword lights containing a terrifying aura of slaughter lit up without warning!

These sword lights were not disorganized; they instantly formed a massive, profound sword formation that covered the entire Star Domain!

[Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation]!

The biting Sword Intent, like the sudden arrival of winter, instantly locked onto the Deceiving Heaven Whale and Mo City, which had just broken through the Thunder Net and had not yet fully concealed themselves!

A cold, arrogant voice came from the center of the sword formation like a decree from Heaven:

"Lower Realm beast, how dare you trespass into the Spirit Realm!"

"By the decree of the Celestial Venerable, we are here to exterminate you all!"

An ambush!

At the Spirit Realm entrance, powerful enemies had long since laid out a lethal formation, waiting like a hunter waiting for a rabbit to run into a tree!

The joy of having just broken through the Thunder Net vanished instantly, replaced by an even more deadly crisis!

Mo Yuan's eyes instantly turned icy to the extreme.

It seemed that this road to the Spirit Realm was... much more difficult than he had imagined.

And the first to welcome this "difficulty" was none other than the Deceiving Heaven Whale, which had just completed its evolution and carried the hopes of the entire Dynasty!