Nemesis

“Fu Weisa, their detection equipment should be inferior to ours; they haven’t found us,” the stouter Immortal scaled creature rumbled.

“Understood.” The lean, capable Immortal scaled creature nodded, then swept his gaze over the twenty Sector Lord scaled creatures. “My children, the target hasn’t detected us, so we’ll approach stealthily. Remember, you must stay close to Tuolu and me. That way, our detection equipment will shield you from their sensors, preventing them from detecting your energy fluctuations.”

“Yes!” The twenty Sector Lord scaled creatures were all in a frenzy.

“The distance is closing: ten million kilometers, eight million kilometers, six million kilometers…” the stout Immortal scaled creature murmured.

“Slow down and stop,” the scaled creature named Fu Weisa commanded.

The biological spaceship quickly came to a halt.

“Everyone disembark. We’ll fly the rest of the way,” Fu Weisa ordered.

Immediately, the twenty Sector Lord scaled creatures, brimming with murderous intent, surged out of the biological spaceship, followed by the other two Immortal scaled creatures.

***

In the starry void.

Luo Feng’s team was currently locked in battle with another elite team. Undoubtedly, Luo Feng’s team held a clear advantage, as their opponents were reduced to only two remaining Sector Lords.

“Hmm?” Luo Feng’s gaze swept towards the dark void in the distance. “Enemies?”

Taiwo’s detection equipment had a range of 120 mixed yuan units, perhaps far superior to the Lei Quan Tribe’s equipment from back then. However, among Immortal Gods, many possessed far better detection equipment than Taiwo. Luo Feng’s own detector was even more abnormal; with his authority and a super-low discounted price, it still cost him 3.9 million points to acquire.

At auction, such an item would easily fetch tens of millions of mixed yuan units.

So… as early as when the enemies approached within a billion kilometers, Luo Feng’s detector had already picked them up. At the time, Luo Feng hadn’t paid much attention, thinking they might just be passing by. But as the distance shortened, and they directly converged on the battle, Luo Feng understood: they had been discovered.

‘Short creatures,’ Luo Feng thought to himself. His inherited memories informed him about this species.

The Qiushi Tribe: One of the myriad energy-based lifeform races, bloodthirsty and murderous, they enjoy devouring the corpses of other creatures. They are an extremely ferocious race.

Just like rock-based lifeforms, some possess ‘souls’ while others do not.

Among flesh-and-blood lifeforms, some races have fragile bodies, while others are even more robust than ‘metal lifeforms.’

The same principle applies.

Energy-based lifeforms, as a powerful category in the universe, encompass a vast array of bizarre races. There are powerful ones, like the Demon Killer Clan, hailed as the ‘strongest assassination race’ and representing the pinnacle of energy-based lifeforms. But there are also common energy-based lifeforms like the Qiushi Tribe. They still fear soul attacks and cannot change their forms as freely as the Demon Killer Clan, possessing fixed bodily structures.

However, if a Qiushi Tribe warrior’s body is blasted apart, they can still reform as one. This is a manifestation of an ‘energy-based lifeform.’

Yet, each time they are blasted apart, it causes them immense damage.

Furthermore, the Qiushi Tribe can devour the corpses of other creatures, absorbing their energy to replenish and strengthen themselves. This is another manifestation of an ‘energy-based lifeform.’

‘Devouring creature corpses’ is a practice favored by quite a few races in the universe.

***

In the distance.

The scaled creatures flying closer were all suppressing their excitement. The lean Immortal scaled creature ordered, “Slow down, Tuolu. Let’s ambush them and heavily injure them first.”

“Good,” the stout Immortal scaled creature also seemed excited.

*Swoosh, swoosh*~~~ Both Immortal scaled creatures extended their claws, and massive amounts of Immortal divine power began to condense furiously between them, constantly compressing and solidifying. This technique was somewhat similar to the Blazing God Origin Crystal; the Blazing God Origin Crystal is a state compressed even denser than an ‘Immortal Crystal,’ which then suddenly detonates. Of course, the technical complexity of that is incredibly high.

Even a King-level Immortal God cannot, by themselves, compress a crystal like the Blazing God Origin Crystal to such density without it exploding.

“Kill!”

The two Immortal scaled creatures charged forward like lightning. The twenty Sector Lord scaled creatures immediately followed.

As the distance closed, the two Immortal scaled creatures were ready to unleash their ‘Immortal divine power orbs.’

***

‘Qiushi Tribe, a ferocious, bloodthirsty, and warlike race,’ Luo Feng thought silently. ‘Two Immortal Gods, twenty Sector Lords. A bit troublesome. Hmm? Compressing Immortal divine power?’

“Haha, quickly collect the spoils of war! Once we’re done, we’ll head back to base,” Captain Taiwo laughed heartily.

“This battle was easy enough,” the Illusionist, Wei, chuckled.

“Time to go home!” Poison cheered.

“Finally, some rest,” the white-robed God smiled.

The group of Sector Lords swiftly gathered the numerous spoils scattered around. Luo Feng, pretending to look around, suddenly widened his eyes, staring into the far distance, and urgently transmitted, “Enemies!”

“Enemies?”

“Where are the enemies? We’ve only been fighting for less than three minutes; how could enemies already be here?”

Taiwo, Poison, and everyone else trembled, immediately looking in the direction Luo Feng indicated. They saw two streaks of light hurtling directly towards them from afar.

“Compressed Immortal divine power attack!” Taiwo’s expression changed. He immediately extended both hands.

*Boom! Boom!*

Two beams of light shot directly from Taiwo’s hands, striking the two streaks of light in the distance. At the same time, Taiwo shouted, “Retreat! Retreat quickly!” The Sector Lord squad rapidly began to flee.

*“Rumble~~~”*

The two light beams and the two compressed Immortal divine power flame orbs collided instantly, creating a terrifying explosion. The powerful divine power fluctuations instantly tore apart the surrounding thousand-kilometer area, and dreadful Immortal divine power ripples spread in all directions. Fortunately, Luo Feng warned them quickly, and Taiwo reacted swiftly… so Luo Feng’s team, though slightly affected from a distance, suffered no injuries.

“This Immortal divine power!” Taiwo’s expression suddenly changed.

“This flame Immortal divine power aura…” Poison, whose expression had only been solemn, suddenly became ferocious, his voice hoarse. “It’s them! It’s them!!!”

Cyclone, arguably the quietest warrior in the entire team, sensed the flame Immortal divine power aura. Each Immortal God’s ‘Immortal divine power aura’ is unique. Cyclone’s face instantly turned savage, his eyes bloodshot, and he roared, “It’s those ghouls! Those ghouls!!!”

“It’s the ghouls!” Enchantress and Wei, the two Illusionists, also changed expressions.

Wild Dance!

God!

Hammer!

Captain Taiwo!

All of them fell into a state of madness.

“What’s going on?” Luo Feng and Rock looked bewildered.

“Poison, Rock, that team is our mortal enemy! Don’t hold back! Fight with all your might! Kill them! Wipe out those ghouls!” Taiwo transmitted.

“Seventh Brother, Seventh Brother!” Poison’s voice was hoarse, tears streaming from his eyes. He could never forget that scene: his ‘Seventh Brother,’ who was second in strength in their team back then, died fighting that Immortal scaled creature to save him, only to be devoured by the Immortal scaled creature right before their eyes. Poison had gone mad that day.

“Kill!”

“Kill!”

Captain Taiwo and the seven veterans charged towards the distance with a furious aura, transforming into streaks of light. Luo Feng and Rock naturally followed.

From the distance, a group of light streaks also flew towards them.

“Haha, they didn’t run away after all.”

“We detected you humans who luckily survived back then, and we didn’t expect you’d dare to fight.”

The two Immortal scaled creatures laughed excitedly. They knew the strength of this team. This human team only had one troublesome Immortal God; back then, there was also a very powerful ‘warrior’ in their team who could contend with an Immortal God. But he was ultimately devoured by Tuolu.

Two teams.

One consisted of one Immortal God and nine Sector Lords.

The other consisted of two Immortal Gods and twenty Sector Lords.

The two sides met in the starry void and clashed almost instantly.

“My children, kill them all, devour them all,” the lean, capable Immortal scaled creature commanded with a sinister laugh.

“Yes!”

“Yes, my lord!”

The group of Sector Lord scaled creatures laughed maniacally, each wielding battle knives, curved blades, and other weapons. They were all incredibly fast and agile, pouncing forward directly.

“Ah!!!” Poison’s voice was already hoarse, his face savage. With a fierce roar, his body, originally only a meter tall like a child’s, suddenly swelled, growing taller and stouter. At the same time, dark green vines began to extend from his body, wildly spreading outwards. Poison then flipped his hand, revealing a bottle of colorful potion, which was instantly swallowed by the dark green vines.

“Live!” Poison growled hoarsely. “Die!”

*Boom!*

Poison, now a twelve-meter-tall giant, suddenly had dazzling golden secret patterns flash across his chest. The golden light instantly shot onto the dark green vines. The ‘dark green vines,’ having just swallowed the potion, seemed to undergo a special change with the potion, the golden light, and their own bodies. Immediately, the dark green vines… gained a faint, thin golden film on their surface.

“Three thousand six hundred and twenty-one years!”

“Seventh Brother died for me.”

“Every day, I desperately concocted potions, researched potions, and finally succeeded in combining potions, my race’s talent, and my plant lifeform abilities, all for this day… all for this day!!! Die! All of you, die!!!” Poison roared. A full seventy-two dark green vines, like seventy-two giant snakes with golden scales, pierced through the starry void, writhing and furiously strangling their targets.

Two Sector Lord scaled creatures that had pounced on him were instantly encircled by two dark green long vines. *Pfft*~~~ They were directly twisted into countless fragments, even their life core crystals were crushed into powder, their inner worlds collapsing, and countless items scattering outwards.

“It’s you, it’s you.”

“You ate Seventh Brother.”

“Die! Just die!” Poison, now a savage giant, roared, glaring at the stouter Immortal scaled creature.

*Rumble~~~* The seventy-two massive dark green vines, covered in a thin golden film, extended over a thousand kilometers, all strangling towards that stout Immortal scaled creature.

“Kill!” Taiwo also instantly clashed with the lean, capable Immortal scaled creature.

Frenzied slaughter!

It erupted to its peak in the very first instant.