Chapter 505 - 249: Sacred Beast?
There was no shame in submitting to a powerful individual!
They were a wandering, spacefaring race that had stumbled into this place by accident. If Gui Xu hadn’t returned and caused a rift to form in the Realm of Space, they would have been trapped there for the rest of their lives, surviving by hunting World-Space Beasts until they died.
Later, by a strange twist of fate, they escaped. They had planned to take advantage of the Great Shang’s internal strife to seize a piece of land, settle down, and thrive.
Unexpectedly, they ran into a menace like Zhao Rui. He subdued their leader, forcing them to retreat in a panic.
Their people, though few in number, had long grown weary of the desolation and emptiness of the Realm of Space. Under the leadership of a few ambitious individuals, they captured their own leader and seized power.
They had thought they could kill Zhao Rui in a single ambush.
But they never imagined he would be so powerful. The tribe’s strongest Martial Artist, second only to their leader, was pulverized into dust in less than two rounds.
This couldn’t help but strike fear into their hearts.
Submission had become their final and best option.
"My King!"
The dozen or so Armored Men lowered their heads and chanted their words of submission.
"Tell me your origins!"
Zhao Rui stood with his hands behind his back, concealing the excitement in his heart.
This excitement wasn’t because he had subdued a group of powerful subordinates, but because these people... ’Damn, they’re actually Aliens.’
He had never seen one in either his past or present life.
This also meant that this vast world held even more wonders.
Black holes, supernovas, superclusters, gamma-ray bursts...
If he had known about the existence of Aliens before, he might have only felt fear.
But after experiencing the Spiritual Qi Revival, he realized the universe wasn’t what he had imagined.
Spiritual Qi was the Dark Matter of his previous life, and the entire universe was filled with all sorts of inconceivable Dark Energy.
They had granted Zhao Rui Extraordinary power.
But this Extraordinary power was not enough. It was not enough to satisfy Zhao Rui’s ambitions for his own Martial Dao cultivation.
It was not enough to make him stop his search for knowledge and exploration of individual strength.
How can one know the smallness of a river without seeing the ocean? How can one soar freely without entering the boundless sea?
"My King, this humble one is named Koria..."
Kneeling at the very front, the Oran Leader whom Zhao Rui had just rescued lowered his head and began to recount his race’s origins and their history.
They too once had their own planet, but unfortunately, it was later destroyed in a gamma-ray burst.
The immense Energy instantly destroyed the space stations and warships orbiting the planet. Everything on the surface—rocks, plants, metal, life—was annihilated. The planet’s surface itself was melted to a depth of several hundred meters.
All life on the planet was wiped out, turning it into a dead world.
Fortunately, a single team happened to be away on a mission and managed to survive.
They were the ancestors of these people.
After nearly a hundred years of aimless wandering, their entire race now numbered just over a thousand.
And as fate would have it, this group then got lost during their interstellar journey.
Ending up trapped here.
"Very good, Koria. The light of freedom will shine upon you."
Zhao Rui said calmly.
A blazing ray of brilliant light shone from his finger, emitting a dazzling glow that illuminated everyone, casting their figures in sharp relief.
The Oran people raised their heads one after another. The blue halos on their Armor activated instantly, reflecting the brilliance in Zhao Rui’s hand, making them resemble dazzling stars.
"I will find a place for you to reside temporarily on Blue Star. Be ready for my call at any time."
"Yes, my King."
Koria led the response. He had already been subjected to Zhao Rui’s Spirit Soul Skill, which had bewitched him, making him treat Zhao Rui’s every command as absolute.
Since his kinsmen had already submitted, they assumed Koria was just like them and harbored no suspicions.
However, Zhao Rui had no intention of relying on such a simple restraint. Sooner or later, he would find the time to bewitch all of them.
The Celestial Demon Skill was miraculously divine. If not for his system cheat, which made his True Qi pure, flawless, and all-encompassing, he would never dare to use it so wantonly.
"Alright, follow me!"
After speaking, Zhao Rui turned around. With a single swipe of his hand, a surge of Infinite True Qi tore a rift in the void.
The rift grew larger and larger. When it was the height of a person, Zhao Rui stepped inside.
Seeing this, Koria led his people and followed right behind.
Time and space shifted. The scene before them brightened, and in an instant, they had arrived in the space outside Blue Star.
The massive sun emitted a scorching light, like an incomparably huge fireball, spewing tongues of flame outward.
Zhao Rui took the lead, guiding the group toward Blue Star like a stream of meteors.
Just then, a colossal, winding beast that was heading toward the Moon happened to spot the approaching Zhao Rui. Its massive eyes immediately filled with rage.
"It’s you, you little thing!"
Enraged, the beast twisted its hideous head and spewed a torrent of scorching flames in Zhao Rui’s direction.
Although they were dozens of kilometers apart, in the emptiness of space, such a distance was practically face-to-face.
The flames shot out, rushing toward Zhao Rui and his group at extreme speed.
"Insolent!"
Koria flew out in a rage. His Armor erupted with a brilliant blue light, instantly unleashing an invisible shockwave.
The shockwave quickly collided with the flames, and the two erupted in a violent explosion in the vacuum of space.
In an instant, it formed a massive fireball that expanded both upward and downward.
The beast’s enormous eyes showed a human-like shock. It stared intently at Koria, who had shot out from the group.
"To disrespect my King is to court death!"
Koria rebuked coldly.
A Divine Soul Transmission drifted through the void. Although the languages were different, the intended meaning was clearly conveyed through consciousness, feeding directly into the beast’s mind.