“Cangcheng is beyond saving.” This was the consensus all factions reached after that sword strike was unleashed.
Although that sword strike had “grievously wounded” [Rahu the Planet Eater], it had not killed it completely.
To the Abominations of Abundance, if they could not be cut down by the roots, if they could not be completely severed, then they would surely make a comeback—and even retaliate twice as fiercely!
And [Rahu the Planet Eater] very clearly belonged to the latter.
The greatest trait of the Abominations of Abundance was not long life, but the active plundering of “life energy” for their own use in pursuit of long life.
And as a living planet, nothing was more “delicious” than a Xianzhou with an endless population.
As long as it devoured the “Xianzhou” before it, the minor injuries it had suffered were nothing to fear.
It could even… afterward, it could even replace this Xianzhou entirely!
A living Xianzhou belonging to the Denizens of Abundance—so long as it existed, it would be a pair of great hands ruthlessly slapping the Xianzhou Alliance across the face!
However, such matters were not things a planet needed to consider.
Its “creator” had not given it that much intelligence.
At this moment, only two instincts drove this living planet.
Self-healing, frantic self-healing!
Those shifting mountain ranges folded over one another, crushing the Abominations of Abundance dwelling within them into powder.
These abominations were the “meat” it had raised upon its own body.
Now that its body was damaged, these little insects it had kept were the best “blood packs” for it.
But the lowly flesh and blood of the Denizens of Abundance alone could not satisfy its pursuit of blood food.
And so… amid that chorus of wails, it began to accelerate its devouring and self-healing… Devour!
It had to devour!
It had to devour everything on the Xianzhou beneath it!
It had to turn the Xianzhou Natives into trees of flesh and blood upon its body, to be eaten by it.
It would seize every achievement aboard this warship and turn it into an indestructible armor of flesh and blood!
Endless desire became its driving force.
It urgently stabilized its nearly collapsing body, drooling over the “buffet” beneath it.
…
Cangcheng.
People gazed up at the “red sun” hanging high overhead.
At this moment, despair was like a tide, mercilessly drowning them all.
The sword strike their general had carved out with his own life actually failed to cut down that Demon Star?
They could not accept it… No one, no faction, could accept this.
But this was indeed something that could have been anticipated.
The Cangcheng General had already been advanced in years.
Alone, with no support, he had unleashed a sword strike while enduring a Mara-Struck body.
He had already lived up to the name of Arbiter-General!
Yet the vitality of the Abominations of Abundance was truly tenacious.
And because there was a lack of experience against it, that sword strike had failed to cut into the most vital region of Rahu the Planet Eater.
From this point on… Cangcheng’s tragedy was set.
Although the Demon Star had fallen silent, with the self-healing ability of the Abominations of Abundance, it would probably regain the ability to move in one system hour.
And within this one system hour, even if the Luofu and Yaoqing charged over with utter disregard for their lives, they would still be unable to reach the starfield where Cangcheng was located.
As for the IPC… even if they could do it, they would not intervene.
To them, what they could obtain by not acting was far greater than what they could gain by lending aid.
The next system hour would be Cangcheng’s most despairing hour.
Within this hour, people could only wait for death in silence.
Once that Demon Star regained its ability to move, the first thing it would do was drain Cangcheng dry and wipe it clean!
…
“Begin…” Cangcheng, Divination Commission.
Cangcheng’s Master Diviner gazed at Rahu the Planet Eater in the sky and spoke softly to the Diviner beside him.
“Yes, teacher…” A trace of resolve filled the Diviner’s eyes.
He nodded to his mentor, then… turned and walked out of the formation.
At the same time, the Xianzhou Yuque received a request from the Xianzhou Cangcheng.
The Xianzhou Cangcheng requested that the Xianzhou Yuque assist in using the “Cloud-Gazing Mirror” to guide the light arrow of The Reignbow Arbiter.
This super telescope, capable of cross-galactic observation and communication, could work together with the Matrix of Prescience of Cangcheng’s Divination Commission to conduct precise positioning, laying the preparatory foundation for drawing forth The Reignbow Arbiter’s divine power next.
If they wished to draw The Reignbow Arbiter’s gaze, they had to pay a “price.” But this price was far too tragic, so much so that no one knew what exactly would happen next.
But… before Cangcheng’s Destiny of “being unable even to seek death,” everything seemed insignificant.
The Xianzhou Yuque responded extremely quickly.
Long before this, they had already divined this outcome for Cangcheng.
Of course, this divination had been performed after that “Incineration Avatar” appeared.
If they had truly been able to deduce things to this point before Rahu the Planet Eater drew near Cangcheng, perhaps Cangcheng could still have avoided its current Destiny.
But… Destiny had always been beyond human control.
No one would calculate events that had yet to happen out of thin air.
Cangcheng’s fate had already been set from beginning to end… Cangcheng port.
“Si… sister…” Hanya used the broken sword in her hand to forcibly prop up her body, trying to touch Xueyi, who had already been bathed in blood and exhausted by battle.
At this moment, the two of them had already fought to the very last moment.
But now… they no longer had any reason to continue fighting.
The Demon Star in the sky was not dead.
The Arbiter-General’s body had already perished.
Under that ominous red light, the living people they had originally protected had also begun to lose their sanity.
Most of them began to show signs of becoming Mara-Struck, lying where they were as the pain in their memories suddenly wandered through their bodies.
And around the two sisters, the remains of their comrades had long since covered the ground.
These Cloud Knights had fought to the final moment, but in the end, they still failed to endure the influence of that Demon Star.
Before they succumbed to Mara, they had asked their comrades to end their lives with their own hands.
They did not wish to become monsters that could only devour people in their final moments.
Even now, there were still people bitterly resisting.
But those abominations… Gazing at the abominations who were amusing themselves by toying with the exhausted Cloud Knights, Hanya tightened her grip on the broken sword in her hand.
She held the unconscious Xueyi in one arm and pointed the broken sword at the laughing abominations.
“We Cloud Knights, even if death is upon us… shall fight to the very end!” “Come on!!!” Just as Hanya was about to launch one final charge with her sister, streaks of golden firelight suddenly lit up within those gray eyes that had been dyed blood-red.
Amid the wails of the Abominations of Abundance, a white-haired, golden-eyed man casually turned those abominations into flying ash, finally stopping before her.
“You’ve done very well.
From here on… leave it to me.” Wen Jin gazed at the exhausted sisters before him and spoke softly.
Behind him, a burst of continuous footsteps suddenly sounded.
He slowly turned his head and looked toward the source of the footsteps.
Seeing those familiar faces among them, Wen Jin smiled in relief, as though everything was within his expectations.
It was the boss who had sold white-cut chicken earlier, along with the other vendors from the snack street.
They were arranged in groups of three or four, and at the front of each group, a golden “Arrow of the Hunt” hung from the leader’s neck.
In this place that was no different from hell for Long-life Species, they were now walking through this hell “without obstruction” as if nothing was wrong.
The golden Arrow of the Hunt was burning hot, hot enough to scald open a person’s flesh.
Yet those who wore the Arrows of the Hunt did not care at all.
They entered the port at once and nodded silently to Wen Jin.
Then they began searching for people who had not yet fallen into Mara, carrying them onto the last survival vessel.
And Hanya and Xueyi, who had already exhausted their strength and fallen unconscious, were naturally among them.
★ ★ ★ T/N: If you spot mistranslation, do tell me.
★ ★ ★ Shilling time!