Boom! The terrifying power of protogenia caused cracks to appear on the Violet Princess' sword. The Prince spat out a mouthful of dark purple blood as he retreated.
His right fist slammed into one of the avatars near him.
A beam of dark purple light shot from the beast's head to its tail. It melted into the Violet Prince's body.
Color returned to the Prince's face. The cracks on the Violet Princess' sword healed.
This was the strength of the aliens. As long as they could devour life force, they were nearly immortal.
Jueti's face was expressionless. He swung the Ruyi Jingu Bang again.
The result was the same as before.
Three strikes in a row. The Violet Prince had devoured three of the strongest aliens.
The Violet Prince's face was unsightly. He knew that when he had devoured the last of the strongest aliens, it would be the end of him.
Although the man before him could not yet harness the power of his breakthrough, it was an entirely different level of power. It was terrifying.
The Prince could not withstand it.
Were it not for the blood essence Monarch had left in him and the Violet Princess, the Prince would have collapsed from the first blow.
Jueti lifted the Ruyi Jingu Bang again. But this time, strange bolts of electricity crackled around him. They twisted, but did not dissipate. Instead, they coiled around Jueti like chains.
Jueti's face betrayed a look of regret. He muttered to himself, "It's a pity I didn't have enough time."
He did not attack again. Instead, he sat cross-legged in the golden space. He closed his eyes and his body faded into nothingness.
This was Jueti's immortal realm. Yes, it was immortal realm.
Not his Domain.
He had done everything he could to save his son. He had done everything he could to defeat the aliens.
He had risked everything for the sake of humanity.
Even when universal protogenia had suppressed him to a terrifying degree, he had chosen to break through.
He had become an Arcane Immortal.
He was the first Arcane Immortal in thousands of years, perhaps even tens of thousands of years.
As an Arcane Immortal, his Domain became an Immortal Realm.
In this world, he was the true ruler.
Unfortunately, Jueti couldn't fully control the power of his Immortal Domain. Otherwise, he would have been able to kill more than half of these top-level marauders on his own.
Ten seconds. After becoming an immortal.
In the outside world, he could only last for ten seconds before he was destroyed under the pressure of the laws of the universe.
That was why he brought them to his own Immortal Domain. Here, he could slow the flow of time by ten times.
In other words, 100 seconds.
If he continued to attack, the Immortal Domain would collapse because his body couldn't withstand the laws of the universe. Killing one more top level marauders was obviously not as important as trapping them for a bit longer.
Jueti muttered something under his breath, but he still had a faint smile on his face, looking dignified.
The Violet Prince could feel Jueti's life force ebbing away.
However, he did not dare to make a move.
He had a deep understanding of the Immortal level, but he couldn't be sure.
What kind of changes would happen to this human before he collapsed?
He could sense that Jueti would collapse before long.
It was even less likely that he would make a move. He would rather wait.
The Violet Princess was different from the other avatars. The other avatars only bore the memories of the home worlds. Only she and the Violet Princess had inherited the alien's genes.
They also knew fear. Survival was a very important thing, in many cases.
Only by surviving could they have a future.
Of this.
The Violet Prince saw it all clearly.
… …
Lan Jue and Zhou Qianlin carefully searched.
After breaking through the barrier, they found themselves in a strange space.
This space was made up of countless blood vessels, and every purplish-black blood vessel was like a passageway.
Lan Jue could sense that these vessels were part of the home worlds, but they were different from where they had been imprisoned.
These vessels were intimately connected to the home worlds. If they broke them, they would alert the home worlds.
Following the guidance of the sword, they had already found their way.
However, the blood vessels were tangled and tangled. They couldn't break them open, so they had to follow the blood vessels toward the source of Ultus.
Every now and then the Pharmacist would stop and pour her consciousness into Occisus. She could sense Ultus' energy.
Occisus and her husband's Ultus had come together. The two swords were closely connected, and she was most familiar with Ultus' energy.
With Lan Jue's Captus and Zhou Qianlin's Demortus at her side, the Pharmacist could sense Ultus even more clearly.
"Why is it getting weaker?" The Pharmacist stopped.
Lan Jue's eyes narrowed. Suddenly, the blood vessel they were in constricted.
The three of them were squeezed together. They didn't dare face it head-on for fear of being discovered by the alien planets. They could only allow themselves to be squeezed.
There was no sense of suffocation, but there was still a strange feeling when the three of them were squeezed together.
"Monarch seems to be moving." Lan Jue transmitted to the Pharmacist.
The Pharmacist's brows furrowed. "Is it about to finish its evolution?"
Lan Jue shook her head. "It shouldn't be that fast.
Maybe it's because of the attack from outside.
The Violet Monarch's blood vessels were tingling with nervousness.
If I'm right, then the battle outside is in our favor. "
He knew that the aliens were stronger, but he didn't care.
But Lan Jue's confidence in Lan Qing was just as strong. He believed in his brother's ability to make the most of humanity's advantages. As for what the final outcome would be, it was up to the heavens to decide.
The blood vessels continued to constrict for several minutes before relaxing once more.
After relaxing, the blood vessels slowly opened up and returned to their original state.
The Pharmacist's face lit up with joy. "My senses are back. Let's go that way." She led the way. Lan Jue and Zhou Qianlin followed close behind.
Unlike the Pharmacist's joy, Lan Jue didn't know why, but there was a sense of unease and discomfort in his heart. It was as though something bad had happened.
Had something happened to Lan Qing?
No, that couldn't be.
He was in a Bastion ship, and he was strong enough. What could have happened to him?
They passed through one fork in the road after another. Ultus' aura grew stronger and stronger.
The blood vessels were so complex that they had to take detours.
But at least he was getting closer.
The alien planets didn't seem to notice their presence. They didn't encounter any resistance.
"Over there?" Lan Jue asked.
Even he could clearly feel the presence of the Exterminating Immortal Sword. Evidently, they were already very close to the target of this trip.
The Pharmacist took a deep breath. She couldn't hide the joy in her eyes. Once they found Ultus, they would be able to find her husband's soul.
Even if he was a sword-spirit, he would still be alive.
The three of them slowed their pace and did their best to restrain their auras.
Lan Jue took the lead. Zhou Qianlin and the Pharmacist trailed behind.
The three of them were prepared.
Once they found Ultus, they didn't care if it pierced through the blood vessels.
Once they had Ultus in their hands, Lan Jue and Zhou Qianlin would join forces and use the Harmonious Swords to break through.
The Harmonious Swords were powerful enough to take them by surprise. Even the evolving planets wouldn't be able to stop them.
The dark purple blood vessels in front of them began to glow with a faint emerald light. Ultus' aura became more and more obvious.
The last time they'd seen it on Monarch, everything had happened so fast that Lan Jue hadn't been able to see it clearly.
The aura it emanated now was much stronger than the last time. It was almost as if the sword itself was attracting them to it.
They passed a thin blood vessel and suddenly everything opened up in front of them.
A relatively wide space appeared in front of them.
Lan Jue immediately saw Ultus suspended in midair, wrapped in a purplish-gold meridian.
The emerald light emanated from the blade.
Ultus' body was emerald green, like a pool of limpid autumn water that stirred the heart.
Even though they were in the alien world, and its power was suppressed, it was still as sharp as ever.
Even the purplish-gold blood vessels that wrapped around it were faintly flickering with a bluish-green light. Clearly, they were affected by it.
Seeing the Exterminating Immortal Sword, the three of them should have been especially happy, but, their expressions sank almost at the same time.
Because, below the Celestial Slaying Sword sat a person. Yes, a person.
He was handsome, around thirty years of age. He was clad in a luxurious purple robe that gave him an air of nobility.
However, in this place where there were all kinds of blood vessels, how strange was it to suddenly see such a person?
The aura emanating from this person gave off an extremely oppressive and dark feeling.
Monarch.
That face, that aura.
They'd seen him when they attacked the alien home worlds in the Shattered Starfields.
It was none other than Monarch.
No, more accurately, it was Monarch's doppelganger.
Although his aura was strong, it wasn't at a whole new level.
Even so, he had the aura of an Infinite-level being.
Moreover, this was their home turf.
"I've been waiting for you for a long time." Monarch's doppelganger slowly opened his eyes. Deep in his pupils was a violet light.
Merry Christmas to all. To be continued.