LWGP - Chapter 239
Chapter 239: Father-in-Law
Outside the asteroid belt, the attacks of the three emperors were breathtaking, but the two of them couldn't crush Lue Jue immediately. For one, at their level, a complete kill was very difficult. For another, while obstructing him, they had to prevent him from attacking the asteroid belt.
A cornered dog will leap over a wall, after all.
But even if they could stop Lue Jue, could they stop the Taihuang Empire's fleet of starships?
At the other end of the belt, a massive fleet that had been hiding in a cosmic nebula appeared.
They had already received the emperor's command.
Activate it!
Aboard the starship, the Taihuang Grand Marshal's eyes were filled with excitement and killing intent. He said in a low voice, "Prepare to launch the Stellar Phantom Bomb."
If Taihuang could develop an instrument to control the Bloodthirsty Beasts, they could naturally develop the even more formidable Stellar Phantom Bomb.
This Stellar Phantom Bomb was a long-range, remote-controlled device. It wasn't a simple attack projectile but a high-speed, energy-carrying space traverser. On command, it could instantly traverse the entire asteroid belt, contacting and detonating every asteroid fragment it passed. Yet, under the influence of spatial effects, it would continuously evade until the entire bombardment was complete.
Bombard all of Desolate Ridge Star, blowing up everyone from the two empires inside—and, of course, the people from the Taihuang Empire as well.
As long as the objective was achieved, the sacrifice of some people was necessary, even if they didn't know about the plan.
Now an accident had occurred midway through, and the plan had been discovered. The two emperors weren't inside, but... they could still bombard it!
Only by bombarding Desolate Ridge Star could they thwart the surface-level abilities of the treasure within the Bloodthirsty Beast, allowing their emperor to obtain the power inside it!
"Prepare to fire!"
Just as the Taihuang Grand Marshal gave the order and the starship prepared to launch the precious Stellar Phantom Bomb...
Boom!!
Their starship was bombarded!
The imperial fleets of Xingyao and Heiyan had arrived, locked onto them, and surrounded them in a frenzied, no-holds-barred bombardment!
"No!!"
Inside Desolate Ridge Star, the System couldn't help but quip, "You succeeded. You successfully KO'd an empire's high-level fighting force and tied up three emperors."
Wang Jiu: "Whether you're praising or mocking me, I have no reason to accept it. Xing Yao could have guessed the truth based on his avatar's investigation anyway. Besides, I estimate that Mo Ran also sent an avatar to investigate ahead of time and reached the same conclusion as Xing Yao. Otherwise, they wouldn't have changed their stance and reached a tacit understanding so quickly."
Only a fatal threat could make two opposing sides cooperate without reservation or limits.
The System thought about it and agreed. None of the three emperors of this Fourth Spacetime were pushovers. From Lue Jue's ruthlessness to the counterattack from Mo Ran and the other, all were one hundred percent decisive and never hesitated.
System: "Still, your chance has come."
Wang Jiu: "No, the chance for that thing down below has come."
What did that mean?
Wang Jiu sneered. She had previously suspected that the energy emitted by the Bloodthirsty Beast was attracting the elementals, causing them to riot. But half of the elementals were on the plains; where did the other half go?
Later, she had a theory—that energy attraction could be to make her and A Ran draw away those elementals, or it could be for the beast to attract them itself.
If the vast number of elementals, which were themselves a source of energy, gathered around the Bloodthirsty Beast, could it devour them?
A living creature's capacity for consumption is limited. If their level isn't high enough, they'll either explode or suffer from cultivation deviation.
But the Bloodthirsty Beast was different. It had a ultimate weapon inside it.
System: "Actually, it could have used this move when dealing with you two. You would have had no chance of survival. But it didn't, deliberately waiting for the current situation to form. Only in this way could it successfully disguise itself, prevent the Taihuang people from detecting its objective, and then get them to activate the controller to destroy its brain."
In the current situation, Taihuang was basically KO'd. Lue Jue was stretched thin and had no way of noticing the Bloodthirsty Beast's shenanigans.
Wang Jiu hadn't just figured all this out now, but she hadn't stopped it because she needed to tie up the forces of the three empires. She could only go with the flow.
And at this moment, the Bloodthirsty Beast finally got its wish.
Fifteen thousand meters deep underground, the controlled Bloodthirsty Beast swallowed the last batch of elementals.
Its energy consumption was complete. Reaching a certain level, its pupils flashed, and its mouth split open slightly, as if in a smile.
Then, it evolved.
A roar, earth-shattering and heaven-shaking. A pressure like a shockwave spread up and down.
Boom!!! The ground vibrated, collapsed, and crumbled. From beneath a giant fissure, a majestic shockwave swept out, stunning countless elementals and startling the warring forces of the three empires.
Before they could react, it burst out from underground.
Lue Jue's avatars had all remained on Desolate Ridge Star, unwilling to return to his main body out of greed for that treasure. Even though his main body was in a dangerous situation, he was unwilling to give up. But now, seeing the commotion from underground, he understood. He immediately tried to contact his main body to activate the control instrument, only to find he had failed.
During its evolution period, the rules of evolution could destroy any technological means.
This was, after all, a game world!
"You son of a bitch!" It was one thing for his conspiracy to be foiled by Xing Yao and the other—after all, those two were formidable. But to think he was also outsmarted by a little beast he had once casually controlled!
Lue Jue seethed with hidden resentment.
A Ran frowned slightly and transformed into a stream of light, entering Xing Yao's avatar's body, serving as a kind of amplification.
"It evolved?" Apparently, he had also figured it out. He knew this Bloodthirsty Beast was capable of lying in wait. Now that it had advanced, there was no telling what level it would reach.
"The evolution isn't complete yet. Interrupt it!"
The emperors' main bodies couldn't return; they were still fighting outside. They could only rely on their avatars to interrupt it, but the forces of the three empires were still here.
This time, even Lue Jue had no objections. Wasn't he afraid of letting Xing Yao and the Heiyan people get the advantage?
Of course not. If this Bloodthirsty Beast wasn't KO'd and he couldn't get the treasure inside it, Lue Jue would have no chance of a comeback!
Fight!!!
What was once a chaotic battle had now become a collective boss fight.
Sure enough, the familiar feeling was back. A game was a game, and killing monsters to take down a boss was the way to go.
Originally, the Fourth Spacetime had felt very different to Wang Jiu, a huge departure from the third. It was infinitely close to the interstellar settings of sci-fi novels rather than a game world.
Now, the feeling was back.
She also joined the large group taking down the boss. She was also curious about what kind of ability the three emperors meant by interrupting evolution.
In any case, she definitely couldn't do it.
Outside the asteroid belt, Lue Jue said, "You insist on stopping me. If we don't go over, that damn thing might evolve to the Ancient-grade. All your people will die. Why not let me pass, and the three of us can fight the boss first."
Mo Ran was as cold as a glacier and not fond of speaking. Compared to her, Xing Yao, who was also a man of few words, had no choice but to speak up. "I think compared to that treasure, which is suspected to be a Spirit Emperor-grade energy body, killing you and annexing the Taihuang is a much greater benefit. Even if Xingyao and Heiyan split it, it would be more than enough."
His words made a lot of sense.
No matter how amazing a Spirit Emperor-grade energy body treasure was, it couldn't compare to the resources of half an empire.
Moreover, the political significance was immeasurable.
Lue Jue, of course, also knew this. He was furious but helpless, and could only hope his avatar would succeed.
After all, those two now also had to rely on his avatar to jointly interrupt the Bloodthirsty Beast's evolution.
During the Bloodthirsty Beast's evolution, the commotion was immense. The aura it released caused many of the elementals near it to enter a strange state.
Its pupils released a halo of light that spread out, expanding to cover all the elementals.
What kind of skill was this?
After Energy Suppression came Energy Attraction, and then—Energy Solidification!
When all the elementals became corporeal, everyone felt a sense of terror.
The solidified elementals were an endless, terrifying army, roaring as they attacked the forces of the three empires, blocking their attacks on the Bloodthirsty Beast.
Suo Nu and the others had no choice but to descend to avoid being attacked from all sides. They formed an attack line, advancing in a single file to attack the Bloodthirsty Beast.
Above, the three starships also fired their light cannons.
Such a powerful attack would be a challenge even for a legendary-grade boss, but it withstood it.
The evolution process continued to fill out.
The ground trembled, and the sky changed color. With such a huge commotion, it was as if the entire planet was its supporting cast.
Aboard the starship, Saling looked at the system results, which had already reached their computational limit and were now showing an error for exceeding it. She took a deep breath. At this rate, the result of the evolution would likely be—Ancient-grade!
An Ancient-grade boss far surpassed the upper limit of the original Primordial Spirit Race's Spirit Kings, almost approaching or already reaching the Spirit Emperor level.
It was fundamentally impossible for it to exist in the second, third, or even fourth spacetime. Only the first spacetime could possibly contain such a being.
Could it be that the rules were about to be broken?
"The thing in its stomach is a Spirit Emperor-grade energy body. It's digesting it!"
The thought gave Saling a major headache. She was already preparing to send the Young Prince off Desolate Ridge Star.
They had to join the battle, but the empire's heir had to be sent away.
"I think what you're saying is wrong. I am weak, but you all weren't necessarily much better at my age. Didn't you all grow up gradually?"
He had a sufficiently powerful bloodline. He would naturally awaken upon reaching adulthood and possess formidable power, as had been the case for generations. But his character needed to be tempered.
He also knew his intelligence wasn't as monstrous as Saling's, nor was he as omnipotent and perfect as his imperial father, but he could improve.
"Not leaving is a form of improvement."
Saling: "I've never heard of anyone improving after they're dead. I've made the arrangements. Your Highness, please leave."
The Young Prince: "You!!"
I'm so mad, so mad! These high-ranking imperial officials are the biggest stumbling blocks to my progress!
However, the Young Prince soon stopped complaining, because the situation below had become extremely dangerous.
The Bloodthirsty Beast had reached the final, critical stage.
Just as it was about to successfully evolve into an Ancient-grade being, a massive, ancient totem appeared in the sky.
It was a beast totem, indicating it belonged to the beast race. But strangely, a tree seemed to be growing out of the beast skull on the totem.
"A Bodhi tree?" Saling was surprised. She was well-read. The ancient books that Wang Jiu had to spend a fortune to buy couldn't even fill a few of the bookshelves in her study. So, she had seen some records in ancient books and recognized it.
Was it because of this that the Bloodthirsty Beast was exceptionally intelligent?
However, as the Bloodthirsty Beast was about to evolve, the interruption from the three emperors' avatars finally began.
They took out their Boundary-Breaking Emperor Scepters and jointly locked onto the spatial position between the totem and the Bloodthirsty Beast, isolating the space!
Seeing this, Wang Jiu suddenly understood the principle behind this interruption.
She asked the System, "Aside from the Primordial Spirit Race, the rules of evolution for living beings basically come from the game. But once they reach the Ancient or Spirit Emperor level, it involves spacetime itself. By interrupting the space, the descent of the rules can be disrupted, causing the evolution to go out of control."
The principle sounded simple, but interrupting space was easier said than done. She couldn't do it, nor could anyone she had ever known. But the lords who had established empires and possessed imperial authority held Boundary-Breaking Emperor Scepters, which could do it.
Three-in-one, a boundary-breaking interruption!
In an instant, everyone saw space rupture. It was as if space had momentarily become a substance, going from something to nothing. And the Bloodthirsty Beast's evolution, which was at 100% completion, was instantly stuck at 99%.
A perfect interruption.
As expected of the emperors. Impressive.
Wang Jiu felt she had still underestimated these three emperors. She had to make her move before their main bodies returned, or she would have no chance at all.
As she pondered, the Bloodthirsty Beast still evolved. In its fury, its body transformed, its aura changed dramatically, and in an instant, it became a fully mechanical tiger. However, its beastly form changed, and it stood upright. If not for retaining the offensive features of a tiger, at first glance it looked like a giant warrior wearing tiger-shaped armor.
But its mechanical body was similar to a mecha, yet different from the scientific and intelligent characteristics of the mechas developed by the three empires. It was fluid, perfect. The texture wasn't like mecha material, but more like a rare, natural substance from the universe, more akin to the mechanical characteristics of the Eternal Night Race.
When Wang Jiu observed it, it was still a series of question marks. But she took a shortcut and directly asked Xing Yao.
"Future father-in-law, what are its attributes now?"
She didn't send a private message, just asked openly. After all, she was an upfront person.
Future father-in-law? What a nice title.
What bad intentions could a future pretty daughter-in-law have?
Mo Ran glanced at Xing Yao, a slight smile gracing the corners of her lips on her cold, jade-like face.
Xing Yao was stunned for a moment and almost lost his composure, but he still replied calmly, "Half-Ancient, all attributes one and a half million."
If the three emperors' main bodies were here, taking it down shouldn't be difficult. But the three emperors were still in the outer regions. Right now, the strongest combatants here were the three avatars, along with Xingyao's Grand Duke Mi Sa and Heiyan's Marshal Qiya. Both were experts with average attributes of eight to nine hundred thousand, capable of reaching a million in damage output when they burst.
Having failed to evolve successfully, the Bloodthirsty Beast probably felt like it had lost ten billion. Its rage was enough to roast the three emperors to ashes. With a roar, its skills instantly covered the plains.
Energy Suppression, Energy Attraction, Energy Solidification, Energy Enhancement!
It used all four skills. They had seen the first three before. The last one, Enhancement, was a strengthened version of its power. The surfaces of the already solidified elementals gained a metallic luster, and their forms became more like various beasts, capable of both melee and ranged attacks.
Roar!
The army of elementals let out beast-like roars and began to slaughter the forces of the three empires.
In this chaotic situation, Wang Jiu, who had been slacking off for a while, suddenly received a private message from the Young Prince.
"Who are you? Why do you look a bit like my Ma Lisu?"
Oh, Wang Jiu's skin had started to grow back now. Perhaps at a glance, her silhouette and figure resembled her old self.
This kid. The battle has reached this point, and you can still notice that?
Wang Jiu casually replied, "Your father verbally agreed to me, but deep down he looks down on me and wants to give me to the Heiyan Empress to be ravaged. For my sake, you have to make a stand, leave him in the dust, ascend the throne as soon as possible, and marry me. How about it?"
The Young Prince: "???"
You're such a vicious woman. But damn, that proposal is tempting!
System: "Your heart is too black."
Wang Jiu didn't respond. She just advanced with the Xingyao army. Coincidentally, Suo Nu was not far away. The latter glanced at her. "Your Excellency Ma Lisu, it's not very safe over there."
She could sense that this person must have been seriously injured, for her skin to have suffered such severe damage and be unable to be repaired directly by skills like Holy Light.
Given the current situation, having one more high-level combatant would benefit the empire, so she kindly reminded her, hoping she would join the main force.
But Wang Jiu looked back at her and smiled, though not at her. It was because Saling had come down.
The elemental army's damage output was too strong, and the priest corps needed to go all out, so Saling had come down.
With one hand, she healed all the high-level combatants in the army, and with the other, she cast a top-tier anti-corrosion skill on Wang Jiu.
"Thanks."
"Get behind me."
They spoke at the same time. Wang Jiu smiled. "Do I look that fragile?"
Saling glanced at her. "Perhaps you're just good at pretending and have a close relationship with sickbeds. I hope you won't give me a third opportunity."
Wang Jiu: "I won't."
Saling was momentarily unsure of her meaning but couldn't say more. The army and the starship cannons were dealing with the small monsters, and the warships of the two empires had finished off the Taihuang fleet and were now entering the atmosphere.
The high-level combatants focused their fire on the Bloodthirsty Beast. Because of the Energy Suppression, no one dared to get close and could only keep their distance. As a result, only a few long-range skills could be used, which greatly reduced everyone's damage output. But there were simply too many powerful individuals, and the Bloodthirsty Beast's health bar began to move, but...
It was no longer in its previously controlled state. It could move.
The Bloodthirsty Beast instantly flashed out and swiped down with a claw.
It targeted Suo Nu, the White Witch successor, whose status effect skills were affecting it.
"Careful!" Mi Sa used a skill to push Suo Nu away and blocked with his own barrier.
Boom!!
Mi Sa was sent flying backward like a cannonball, blood streaming from his mecha. Saling and the other members of the priest corps cast several priest skills from behind. Orbs of light entered Mi Sa's body, reforming his flesh that had been on the verge of disintegration. But he was also afflicted with a powerful negative status effect, and his flesh couldn't be directly repaired with top-tier Holy Light.
Most importantly, he said, "I lost 2,000 HP."
Holy crap!
Mi Sa was an expert with average attributes of over eight hundred thousand. His armor was far superior to everyone else's. If he lost 2,000 HP from one hit, people like General Feng could almost imagine being instantly killed by a single claw swipe.
"Retreat!"
"Those with average attributes below seven hundred thousand, fall back."
Retreat? Wishful thinking! The Bloodthirsty Beast suddenly dug its beast-man claws into the ground, and countless sharp barbs sprouted from its back. The barbs shot out, their speed and destructive power even greater than the previous claw attack.
The others were horrified. Suo Nu immediately flashed in front of the heavily injured Mi Sa to set up a defense, and the priest corps also prepared themselves...
But at that moment, Xing Yao moved his scepter. Space distorted, forming a four-sided, solidified spatial barrier. All the barbs struck the barrier, making a loud noise. The barrier was halfway pierced, but before they could break through, Xing Yao added a spatial solidification spell, and the barbs were instantly frozen onto the barrier.
The Bloodthirsty Beast was about to attack again when blazing crimson flames rose up, filling the entire interior of the barrier and rapidly turning into magma.
The Bloodthirsty Beast hated this magma. It howled as its entire body was doused in it, and it frantically rammed and beat against the barrier.
This wasn't a barrier; it was a prison from the start.
Then, along with Lue Jue, the three of them sundered and solidified the space together.
The Emperor Scepter could break boundaries, and it could also carve out a complete, isolated prison. This interruption also cut off its energy barrier skill.
Attack!
Everyone could finally attack with their full power. With their attacks concentrated, the Bloodthirsty Beast's health bar began to drop much faster.
System: "I don't think you'll be able to snatch the boss's damage output and kill this time."
Their side was too strong. The three main bodies hadn't arrived yet, but the three avatars were already this powerful. Adding in the many high-level combatants from the empires, Wang Jiu had absolutely no opportunity to play any tricks.
"Not necessarily. This damn thing will give me the chance."
Wang Jiu never made baseless speculations. Since she said so, the Bloodthirsty Beast would, in all likelihood, make a similar move. She understood very well that the current Bloodthirsty Beast had extremely high intelligence, and intelligent people always knew how to use all available forces in their environment to protect themselves and even kill their enemies.
If she were the Bloodthirsty Beast, with a ultimate weapon skill like Energy Attraction, there was one thing she would definitely do.
"What's going on?"
"They're moving."
The warships of the Xingyao and Heiyan empires, having finished off the Taihuang fleet, were just entering the atmosphere and had already seen the situation on the plains through their screens. They were anxious to enter the planet and support their high-ranking officials, but they suddenly discovered something moving faster than them. Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, like meteors, they shot into the atmosphere. As they flew past the starships, they actually changed.
"It's asteroid fragments. They're actually melting."
"They're not melting. Their energy is being extracted. The other matter is naturally dissolving into dust."
"I'm afraid something has changed inside. Quickly, warn them..."
It was too late to warn them. The immense energy extracted from the asteroid fragments had already turned into streams of light and entered the planet.
Before the starship systems could detect it, the avatars of the three empires had already sensed it and immediately warned the high-ranking officials below.
"Retreat! Quickly!"
The army hastily retreated ten li. Even the three emperor avatars retreated, because an explosion of this scale was too terrifying.
Saling was among them, but she suddenly noticed one person hadn't retreated. And at that moment, the high-energy explosions from the dense asteroid fragments were already falling.
"Ma Lisu!!" As Saling called out, the others realized there was still one person standing alone on the plains.
Xing Yao raised his hand to stop his people from approaching and also kept an eye on the Young Prince above. Mo Ran's cold, enchanting eyebrows rose slightly. This person?
Wang Jiu's body didn't move. Just before the explosions landed, she transformed the Gilded Abyss into a staff. Without regard for the occasion or timing, she simply tapped it on the ground in front of her. The countless corpses on the grassland were driven by her. They rose as Spirit Bodies, growing fiercer in the wind.
Once an army was formed, their glorious hunt for blood would leave corpses strewn for a hundred li.
The people of the Fourth Spacetime were astonished. They were all game players, but they were from different spacetimes, and their respective cultures of power were different. They had long since gone down the path of coordinating all skills and abilities with mechas. It was rare to see someone like Wang Jiu who set up skills in such a linked sequence.
Perhaps only Suo Nu recognized Wang Jiu's methods. "Spirit Summoning? Spirit Bodies?"
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