Chapter 298: Space Treasure
"Heh."
Qin Mu shot her a speechless look and let her continue guessing on her own.
What an outdated bedtime story.
Any normal person could predict the ending, alright?
Too cliché.
If it were him, it should be phrased differently.
When the leader of the Blood Red Sect was publicly executed by the Transcendent Factions, he would shout before dying:
"I have hidden all the sect’s treasures and supreme techniques within the Blood Red Divine Palace!"
"Let the entire Universe search for it!"
"Whoever obtains the Blood Red Divine Palace’s Treasure Trove shall become the King of the Universe!"
Now that would count as a legendary ending.
"Cyber Clan?"
"A little interesting..."
"You’re the one secretly sold by the pirates, aren’t you?"
Inside the monitor screen, the Emperor of Qidala, Bei Qi, was actually smiling faintly.
He clearly had not spoken aloud, yet his voice echoed unobstructed throughout the entire battleship.
"What?!"
Qin Mu frowned.
Even he had failed to notice how Bei Qi discovered him, nor could he tell what method was being used to transmit the voice.
"I only needed four sacrifices. Those pirates thought they had one extra person and could make a little extra profit."
Bei Qi’s voice continued echoing throughout the battleship.
"They never stopped to think about it. Without my methods, how could their broken smart system possibly take down a cyber technology team?"
"Heh..."
"I clearly gave you a chance to live, yet you didn’t know how to cherish it."
Lilia completely lost control after hearing those words.
"It’s you!!!"
"You’re the one who ambushed our team!!!"
"Why?!"
"We already delivered the goods, and most of the payment was even transferred to Araki Company! You’re an Emperor, so why would you do something like this?!"
Lilia had originally suspected a double-cross.
However, the trading partner had never been the Emperor himself. It was merely an ordinary trading company.
Now that the Emperor of Qidala admitted the shipment belonged to him, the situation became far harder to understand.
He was an Emperor.
Was he really lacking money?
Did he even need to double-cross them?
...
Qin Mu frowned and grabbed Lilia’s shoulder.
"Stop asking. What he truly lacks are sacrifices. The trade itself was merely an excuse to lure your team into Human Race territory."
The Qingxuan Realm was located deep within Human Race territory.
For Qidala to secretly gather so many living beings from different races as sacrifices, the difficulty was far beyond simple imagination.
This was not something that could be accomplished through ordinary trade collection alone.
The only viable method was to actively purchase goods from special races, require the sellers to personally escort the shipment, and then secretly hand them over to pirates for interception and cleanup.
Only by doing this could everything proceed smoothly without attracting suspicion.
"A little clever."
Bei Qi’s expression remained calm as his gaze shifted toward Qin Mu.
"You should be the backup sent by Araki Company, correct?"
"But unfortunately, you don’t seem to know very much."
"And also..."
"Your cultivation is truly a little too weak."
"Are you deliberately hiding your strength, or are you carrying some kind of divine artifact?"
"Tsk tsk tsk~"
Bei Qi’s casual tone carried obvious mockery and superiority.
"Confidence is a good thing, and intelligence is certainly valuable. But you, or perhaps Araki Company itself, are still far from smart enough..."
Before he could finish speaking, a deafening rumble suddenly erupted behind him.
The Blood Red Divine Palace began trembling violently.
Bei Qi’s expression changed slightly in surprise as he abruptly turned around.
Creak~
Creak~!
Space itself began shattering.
Several powerful auras suddenly surged out from within the Blood Red Divine Palace...
"Who is it!?"
Qin Mu’s heart skipped a beat.
Judging from Qidala’s shocked expression, it didn’t seem fake. Even he didn’t know who the newcomer was?
This was the Light Prison.
Who could open a passage directly from normal space and arrive here, especially from within the blood-red divine palace itself?
..."Qidala~!"
"I didn’t expect you to still possess the blood-red divine palace."
An extremely majestic voice echoed through the divine hall.
To Qin Mu, the voice sounded somewhat familiar.
"Metaverse Company... Qian Yun!?"
"How is it her?"
...Before Qin Mu could think any further, Qian Yun had already stepped out.
Endless brilliance surrounded her body like feathers and mist, extraordinary and mysterious, instantly illuminating the entire divine hall.
He Nian followed closely behind her, his gaze filled with disdain.
"Qidala, your disregard for the Laws and your deception of us were already capital offenses."
"And now you dare to establish a private altar and use the Human Race as sacrifices. That is an even greater crime!!!"
"Heh~?"
Bei Qi narrowed his eyes slightly and gritted his teeth.
"Deception!?"
"Within the Qingxuan Realm, I am the Emperor!!!"
"What I say is the Law. What I say is the truth!!"
"Who are you people?"
"What right do you have to order me around?!"
Hiss!?
When Laya and the others heard this, they immediately realized that this guy was probably beyond saving.
Qian Yun let out a cold snort.
"Very well. The Qidala Empire can now disappear."
"Disappear?"
Bei Qi slightly raised his head.
"By you? Or by the few of you?"
"A bunch of trash!"
"I originally planned to deal with you later, but since you’ve come now, that’s even better. It’ll save me a lot of effort."
...Good heavens.
Qin Mu immediately thought to himself, Good heavens.
"Just how insane has Qidala become to say something like this?"
"Don’t just drink, take some Cefazolin too~"
Pfft.
Even Ao Mengmeng couldn’t hold it in anymore. She covered her stomach and burst out laughing.
"He still wants to deal with Qian Yun?"
"Who does he think he is, the reincarnation of the Blood God?"
"This idiot... even the reborn Blood God Divine Venerable from back then probably wouldn’t have dared to speak to a representative of the Metaverse Company like this, right?"
"Watching the show~ watching the show~"
"We don’t need to worry about this idiot anymore. Just relax and enjoy the show."
Alright.
All they needed now were some peanuts, melon seeds, and beer before sitting down comfortably.
Qin Mu truly wasn’t worried at all.
Only a Clone was present here, so even if Qian Yun wanted to silence him, he could deal with it calmly.
As for losing?
Sorry.
How could Qian Yun possibly lose?
Putting aside her cultivation level, just the fact that she had fought her way here, along with the presence of her teacher, the Wing Star God King, still being within the Qingxuan Realm, and the Metaverse Company backing her...
There was simply no way she could lose.
"Minister Qian Yun, leave this to me."
A battle saber suddenly slid into He Nian’s left hand.
The saber was crystal clear from end to end, with various Law lights entwining around it, radiating extraordinary Divine Might. It was at least a high-grade divine weapon.
Seeing this, Bei Qi showed no sign of panic. Instead, he slowly turned toward the group.
"You... came from my imperial palace, didn’t you?"
"My son should have been guarding that place. Why didn’t he report anything?"
Hmph.
He Nian casually flicked the battle saber in his hand, and streaks of saber-light instantly burst forth like thunderbolts.
"Your little Soul tricks are nothing more than childish games in front of me."
Bei Qi did not seem to care much after hearing this.
"Hmm, that’s true."
"It’s just that I wonder whether you left behind a stable spatial passage over there."
He Nian’s lips tightened slightly, clearly unwilling to waste any more time talking.
"Killing you will take only an instant."
Before his words had even fully fallen, the dozens of thunderbolt-like saber lights before him instantly condensed into a peerless saber glow that slashed downward with overwhelming force.
Slash!
A hundred-meter-long saber glow, covered in pure gold and infused with thunder and fire, descended violently.
It was a perfect fusion of three different powers.
This was clearly a sign that the Laws had reached the ninety-ninth layer of Perfection.
Such a Move was no longer something an ordinary Star Realm Expert could unleash.
As a Chief Minister serving a Transcendent Faction, He Nian was naturally no weakling.
"It’s going to end soon."
Ao Mengmeng had just taken out her melon seeds when she sighed in disappointment.
"He Nian usually speaks and acts so modestly that it feels strange, but once he makes a Move, the attack power he unleashes is absolutely terrifying."
Indeed.
It truly was an immeasurable level of attack power.
Three-system Fusion, Spatial Breaking, and a hundredfold amplification of perfected Law power!
With Star Realm cultivation, a single Move from He Nian was already powerful enough to rival a Divine General.
Sure enough, none of the cultivators within a Transcendent Faction could be underestimated.
To be able to join a Transcendent Faction, they must once have been the pride of their respective regions. They must have experienced countless brutal battles during the Pinnacle Battle, fighting their way upward while stepping over countless contemporary Geniuses to reach their current positions.
As the saying goes:
Among those in a Transcendent Faction, who wasn’t once a Genius?
...
He Nian’s saber strike was unbelievably fast.
The moment the saber light appeared, the saber glow had already arrived.
There was virtually no delay between the two.
Then, a sharp clang echoed through the air.