Chapter 518 - 271: A Sword that Pierces the Starry Sky
Outside Earth.
Two humanoid figures suddenly appeared out of the Void.
One of them looked to be about fifty years old and wore a Crescent Robe.
The other looked to be only in his twenties, dressed in the exact same attire as the middle-aged man.
Clearly, the two were from the same race or the same Sect.
They resembled humans, but they also had features that set them distinctly apart.
Namely, a crescent-shaped Seal on each of their foreheads.
At the same time, half of their bodies were transparent, emitting a pure, brilliant radiance like that of the Bright Moon.
The fifty-year-old middle-aged man gazed down at the Earth below, his eyes calm.
"This star system is one of the few with a Barrier capable of resisting a Tier Ten Life. Such a Barrier is impossible for a Tier Nine Life to create."
The crescent Seal on the twenty-something young man’s forehead pulsed with light as he said indifferently,
"That’s to be expected. In many star systems, powerful figures emerged in past generations, or they possessed some special treasures, allowing them to set up Barriers like this that can resist a Tier Ten Life."
"I’ve already scanned this star system. The highest-level life forms are merely Tier Nine."
"Even if there were a Tier Ten Life, the two of us could easily handle it with our strength."
"Let’s get this over with. We need to refine the life in this star system into bait. We still have to move on to the next location."
"There isn’t much bait in this star system, and life forms from other systems are also competing for it. If we don’t hurry, we’ll get even fewer Star Cores!"
"We were sent out on orders this time. If we can’t obtain a single Star Crystal from a Cosmic Star, we won’t be able to return to Hongmeng Star!"
The middle-aged man nodded slightly.
"Yes. The very survival of our Moonlight Race is at stake this time. We can only sacrifice these natives."
He said no more. The moonlight on his forehead flared.
Within the endless starry sky, a vast white light instantly enveloped everything, shining down upon Earth below.
WHOOSH!
This white light cascaded down like a waterfall, emitting a temperature even greater than the sun’s.
It was so intense it burned permanent Space rifts into the starry sky.
Everything within a radius of several light-years seemed on the verge of annihilation.
Only Earth continued to rotate slowly.
When Earth came into contact with this intense heat,
a sharp halo of light emanated from its surface.
This halo resembled a sharp sword, and it also seemed to contain entire worlds within it.
Infinite divine charms and strange phenomena flowed erratically across its surface.
Palaces, great suns, mountains, and rivers... These phenomena raged forth, resisting the scorching, high-temperature moonlight that assaulted them.
This was precisely the defensive Grand Array that Wang Xiao had established before leaving Earth, using his Celestial Destiny Sword and a portion of the Chaos Cyan Lotus’s power as its foundation.
It could temporarily withstand an attack from a Tier Ten Life.
However, this Grand Array was utterly useless against the two life forms emitting faint moonlight before them.
It began to melt away at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Just as the defensive Grand Array was about to disappear,
SHIIING!
A blazing Sword Shadow suddenly slashed out from within Earth, tearing another permanent Space rift in the starry sky.
Following this permanent Space rift,
Wang Xiao’s avatar, left behind on Earth, appeared before the two beings from the Outer Starry Sky, wielding the Celestial Destiny Sword.
Meanwhile, inside Earth,
the Tier Nine Life forms, including Gu Tiandu and the others, were also watching from a distance.
In truth, Gu Tiandu and the others had detected these two beings from the Outer Starry Sky as soon as they appeared in the Milky Way Galaxy.
After all, the two beings from the Outer Starry Sky had made no effort to hide their presence.
However, Gu Tiandu and the others had not made contact with them. Instead, they returned to Earth to observe the situation.
They just never imagined that these two beings from the Outer Starry Sky would attack without a single word.
It was as if they intended to slaughter every living creature on Earth.
They couldn’t understand what could have caused such immense hatred between them.
After all, Earth shouldn’t have had anything that these two beings would covet.
"Can Wang Xiao handle this alone? If not, let’s all go together!"
one of the men, who had a square-shaped face, said with a grave expression.
He was the Tier Nine Life who created the Titan Evolution Path, and his name was Ying Hen.
Gu Tiandu shook his head.
"These two are clearly from the Outer Starry Sky. Judging by their strength, they far surpass us."
"For us to go out now would undoubtedly be suicide!"
He paused before continuing,
"We’ll do as Wang Xiao said just now. If negotiations fail, Wang Xiao will hold them off while we use my Chaos Sect to take Earth and leave the Milky Way Galaxy entirely!"
His Chaos Sect, being a Marvel, was naturally not limited to holding only humans.
It could become enormous, large enough to contain an entire planet without a problem.
Of course, this was a choice of last resort.
Once Earth left the Milky Way Galaxy, without its sun and moon, catastrophic natural disasters would surely erupt within the planet, drastically changing its environment.
Although they could rely on their own strength to protect humanity for a time,
many of the buildings on Earth would be destroyed.
Moreover, Earth itself might break apart from the strain. If that happened, there was no telling how many humans on the planet would die.
"Sigh... It’s the only way. But Wang Xiao is just an avatar, after all. His strength is only that of a Tier Nine Life. I’m afraid he might not be able to hold back these two."
"We should still prepare for evacuation."
"Yun Fanlang, use the Celestial Dao directly to construct a protective net inside Earth and temporarily stabilize the planet’s environment!"