A Failed Scheme, a Greater Loss

“Use the ‘Entanglement’ mode to trap those insectoid warriors? No, it won’t work. The instantaneous energy burst from a million Sector Lord-level insectoid kings already exceeds the King-level limit by over a hundredfold. At most, I can instantly restrain ten thousand insectoid kings, but that would have almost no effect on a million-strong insectoid army. This move is useless!”

“Entangle the insectoid hive and kill the insectoid queen?”

“The 81 Divine Kings have almost exhausted their energy, and it’s still accumulating. And that detestable Silverwing King actually wrapped its wings around the insectoid hive.”

Ci Weika stood in the control room, his eyes filled with anxiety, countless thoughts racing through his mind in an instant.

He found only one solution—

Release all eight million mechanical puppets to fight the opposing Sector Lord-level king army. Perhaps that would be effective. Unfortunately, just the time it would take to release eight million mechanical puppets would be enough for the insectoid king army to unleash several combined attacks. Although this plan was good, time did not permit it.

“Give up!”

“I can only give up, watching the Silverwing King escape.”

Ci Weika made this decision unwillingly. “Silverwing King, you got lucky this time. And that detestable human Sector Lord, you got lucky too!”

…

Though it sounds like a lot happened,

In reality, the moment the million-strong Tiger Beetle Race king army appeared, they immediately launched a combined attack!

“Attack!”

“The target is…” This purple space wasn’t a true dimension, but merely an energy-filled area. The Golden Horn Beast could, of course, easily sense the nine energy sources within the entire ‘purple space,’ which were the locations of the nine pyramids, and reconfirmed their positions.

“Boom!” “Boom!” “Boom!” “Boom!” “Boom!” “Boom!” …

A million beams of light!

They instantly pierced through the purple space.

Each beam was unleashed with the full power of an insectoid king. The combined might of a million insectoid kings was enough to make any King-level expert’s expression change. Faced with such a world-destroying, pure power suppression, the only option was to dodge! Even if the Golden Horn Beast possessed the Shi Wu Wings and General Armor for double defense, it would still be utterly pulverized under such a devastating attack.

The million beams of light converged at a single point in the distance!

Incredibly precise!

Not a single beam deviated; each one accurately gathered at that single point. If a million human Sector Lords trained a million times, they still wouldn’t succeed once—this was the advantage of the insectoid race.

Converging into a single point!

A tiny, tiny point!

Silence!

The entire purple space fell silent, or rather, it lost its voice. All sound vanished, and the world itself seemed to disappear, leaving only that tiny point of light formed by the convergence of a million beams. It felt as if a long time had passed, but in reality, it was instantaneous. That tiny point of light suddenly erupted!

Boom! The heavens and earth rumbled. The silent world instantly became chaotic. A massive void, tens of thousands of kilometers wide, was torn open, and the countless spatial fragments forming a torrent became disordered.

The collapse of the vast cosmic space even affected Ci Weika, who was monitoring the battle from afar.

“Quick.”

The moment the million-strong insectoid king army launched its attack, the Golden Horn Beast immediately brought Yilina and the million Tiger Beetle Race kings into its inner world.

Immediately after, the massive explosion swept over.

The Golden Horn Beast folded its wings… The explosion of the light point, hundreds of thousands of kilometers away, still caused the Golden Horn Beast to vomit blood after being doubly weakened by the Shi Wu Wings and General Armor.

“Too terrifying.”

“I have the Shi Wu Wings and General Armor, yet I was severely injured by the residual impact from hundreds of thousands of kilometers away.”

“If this had hit head-on, even a peak King-level expert with an Undying Body would struggle to survive,” Luo Feng thought. Although he knew this scene would be powerful, seeing it firsthand still left him shocked and dumbfounded.

“That pyramid!”

The Golden Horn Beast suddenly turned its head to look.

In the distance, the pyramid, which had been almost directly hit, had cracked open.

“Whoosh!”

With a flap of its wings,

The Golden Horn Beast shot towards the pyramid like lightning.

…

Ci Weika, who was hundreds of thousands of kilometers away and affected by the blast, was unharmed due to the distance.

“Ah, the base of my Nine Absolutes Divine Kingdom.” Ci Weika saw through his detector that one of the nine pyramids, the one that had been hit almost at point-blank range, had completely cracked open. This pyramid ship, capable of resisting attacks from peak King-level experts, under the combined strike of a million insectoid kings…

Although it dodged at the last moment, that slight dodge was almost ineffective.

The core explosion of the combined strike, spanning thousands of kilometers, was its most powerful force.

The pyramid ship had directly cracked open.

“Master, the base ship is severely damaged, but the core cabin is intact.” The intelligent system of the cracked pyramid reported. Despite such severe damage, the ship’s AI was still functional. The crucial instruments for constructing the Nine Absolutes Divine Kingdom were in the core cabin, which Ci Weika’s master had built and protected meticulously.

It was perfectly intact.

“That’s good.” Ci Weika secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

“Master, the base ship cannot fly; its internal power system is completely damaged,” the ship’s AI reported.

“I will send the Divine Kings to pick you up.” Ci Weika’s relaxed expression froze, then he roared in fury, “Silverwing King!!!”

The detector showed—

The Silverwing King flapped its wings, instantly rushing to the damaged pyramid ship’s location with astonishing speed.

…

The Golden Horn Beast, flapping its wings, was the first to reach the damaged pyramid ship. A hint of excitement gleamed in its dark golden eyes. The nine pyramids were crucial components of the ‘Nine Absolutes Divine Kingdom.’ Although the other eight pyramids were intact and likely difficult to acquire, this one before it…

“Collect!” The Golden Horn Beast attempted to store it in its World Ring.

“Hmm?”

With a sweep of its world power, it discovered that the ‘intelligent system’ within the damaged pyramid ship was still intact. The ship’s AI was controlling some of the ship’s defensive measures, resisting the attempt.

“Yilina, arrange for ten thousand Sharp Shadow Race kings to completely destroy the control system of this damaged pyramid ship.”

“Yes.”

Ten thousand slender, phantom-like Sharp Shadow Race warriors, like ghosts, rushed into the damaged pyramid ship. Although they were much weaker than the Tiger Beetle Race, they were still kings. To control just ten thousand insectoids, the insectoid hive didn’t even need to emerge; it only needed to allocate ten thousand faint consciousnesses to each insectoid.

“Boom! Boom! Boom!”

Inside the pyramid ship, a series of rumbling sounds erupted. Many functions of the already damaged ship were incomplete and simply couldn’t resist.

“Silverwing King.”

“Silverwing King.”

Angry roars echoed in the Golden Horn Beast’s ears. The Golden Horn Beast glanced into the distance; the 81 Divine Kings were roaring and charging, each one frantic. Clearly, they wanted to reclaim the damaged pyramid ship.

“Master, it’s done.”

“Well done.”

…

The Golden Horn Beast quickly stored the damaged pyramid ship and the ten thousand Sharp Shadow Race kings inside it into its World Ring.

“Bastard!!!” Ci Weika, the mechanical race expert, who saw this scene through his detector from afar, furiously slammed his fist onto the control panel, shattering it.

“Ship control system damaged by 73%.” A voice echoed in the control room.

“Shut up.”

Ci Weika roared.

Then, staring at the screen on his arm guard, he gritted his teeth: “My base ship, my base ship! That detestable Silverwing King, that detestable Silverwing King!!!”

The nine base ships were Ci Weika’s most important treasures!

Firstly, the nine million F9-grade mechanical puppets were distributed among the nine base ships. Each base ship had one G-grade metal small mechanical puppet carrying a million-strong puppet army in a World Ring. However, that ship, in the bombardment, had cracked open, and the energy core of the G-grade metal small puppet was shattered.

The ‘puppet army’ rings on the base ship were secondary.

The most important thing was—

Each base ship’s core cabin contained instruments for deploying the ‘Nine Absolutes Divine Kingdom.’ The nine base ships combined… could deploy the complete Nine Absolutes Divine Kingdom. If even one was missing, the Nine Absolutes Divine Kingdom could not be deployed. Moreover, the various instruments for deploying the Nine Absolutes Divine Kingdom were incredibly expensive… they were his most important wealth!

…

The Golden Horn Beast felt a surge of satisfaction after collecting the damaged pyramid ship.

After being suppressed for so long, it finally counterattacked.

“Silverwing King.”

“Silverwing King.”

The 81 Divine Kings were scattered around, watching the Golden Horn Beast.

“Roar~~~” The Golden Horn Beast let out a low growl, “Without the aid of that purple space, you can’t even replenish your energy, and many combined ultimate moves cannot be used… You don’t even have those purple threads to entangle me now. Without these methods, you pose no threat to me.”

With a flap of its wings,

The Golden Horn Beast sent three Divine Kings flying. Under the Shi Wu Wings, the three Divine Kings were thrown far away, then stood suspended in the air.

G-grade metal defense was indeed very strong.

“We can’t do anything to you now,” the Supreme Divine King said. “But Silverwing King, how about we make a deal?”

“A deal?” the Golden Horn Beast said in a low voice.

“As long as you return the damaged ship to me, I am willing to give you treasures worth one billion Primal Chaos Units,” the Supreme Divine King said.

“The damaged ship is worth far more than one billion Primal Chaos Units,” the Golden Horn Beast said in a low voice.

“No.”

The Supreme Divine King, with a greatsword on his back, shook his head. “It’s important to me, but to you humans, you’ve only obtained one-ninth of the instruments for deploying the Nine Absolutes Divine Kingdom; it’s useless to you. Even if you resell it, it’s impossible to get a high price of one billion Primal Chaos Units. Only I am willing to pay a high price for it.”

“A nine-million-strong mechanical puppet army alone is worth tens of billions of Primal Chaos Units,” the Golden Horn Beast said in a low voice. “The 81 Divine Kings are probably worth hundreds of billions of Primal Chaos Units. And the Nine Absolutes Divine Kingdom should be the most expensive… Do you really think I’m as foolish as you?”

Whoosh!

With a flap of its wings, the Golden Horn Beast flew far away.

“We can negotiate further,” the Supreme Divine King urgently transmitted.

“I won’t sell treasures to an enemy. Moreover, I have channels to deal with treasures, such as my allies, humanity. There are countless experts among humans, and precious mechanical race instruments… have always attracted human powerhouses.” The Golden Horn Beast flapped its wings, already flying far away.