Lunar Breakthrough

Sasha was now completely defenseless, instinctively succumbing to Lin Zhen's Soul Lock technique, and muttering a few words.

After she finished speaking, her head lolled to the side, and she died.

Lin Zhen turned to look at the distant space, secretly feeling regretful.

After Sasha died, the Eternal Crystal Spaceship automatically returned to its origin.

Moreover, as Sasha just said, her mission failed, and the Anderson Family will send assassins to deal with him again.

"Find out for me what kind of family the Anderson Family is," Lin Zhen immediately ordered Chris.

"Soon, I'll be your master."

After about three minutes, Chris said, "Master, the Anderson Family is one of the eight great families in the Sanjiang Star Region Federation. The family is located on Tianyao Star, the capital of the Sanjiang Star Region Federation. The patriarch, Anderson, is a super strong expert at the Star System Stage. The family attaches great importance to the training of its members. Everyone in the family is a master in the Asura Arena. They are well-known among the mercenary groups in the Sanjiang Star Region Federation. If a mission fails once, they will unconditionally continue to the second and third times until the mission is completed."

"It seems what Sasha said was true; she failed, and someone even stronger is coming."

Lin Zhen pondered silently. According to the mercenary tradition, if the Planet Stage fails, then it's time for the Star Stage mission to take action.

If the Star Stage fails again, the other side might even send in a Black Hole Stage expert, and eventually the head of the Anderson Family might personally intervene.

People at the Black Hole Stage and the Star System Stage are simply no match for Lin Zhen in his current state.

Therefore, he only has one chance, which is when his opponent arrives next time.

Even the Anderson Family can only have one of the Eternal Crystal Spaceship. If they can seize the other family's spaceship, it won't be so easy for the Anderson Family to come to Earth a third time.

If they can't travel to a parallel universe, it will take them at least two and a half years to get to Earth, which Lin Zhen can handle with ease.

However, the Anderson Family is very cautious and protects the Eternal Crystal Spaceship very well. If the assassin fails, the spaceship will automatically return to base.

Just now, Lin Zhen asked Sasha where her spaceship was, and she told her the location: it was parked in space. This location was randomly Xuan Ze, but she came from the Demon Moon Star in the Taurus.

Lin Zhen remembered the locations of many wormholes, especially those near Earth in his previous life, which he remembered very clearly.

Before the wormhole on Mars was discovered, other people did come to Earth via the nearest Taurus, the Demon Moon Star, including the fleet of the Tianhe Empire.

"Light-Speed Spaceship traveling from Taurus is nearly three light-years away. If we travel through a parallel universe, including acceleration, deceleration, and information transmission, it would take about ten hours to arrive."

"If my Black Pearl departs from Earth, it will take about six hours to reach Mars, then to Aurora Star, then through a wormhole to Emerald Star, and from Emerald Star through a wormhole to the Demon Moon Star in Taurus. Eight hours will be enough."

"If all goes well, I might be able to intercept the Eternal Crystal Spaceship when it leaves the parallel universe and appears outside the wormhole of the Demon Moon Star."

"But capturing a Eternal Crystal Spaceship is not an easy task. We need to prepare well. If I fail the second time, then if the Anderson Family comes a third time, it will probably be a disaster for me."

"I can't be careless the second time either. If it's Star Stage Asura Martial Artist, my current strength won't be enough to withstand it."

"It will take at least seven or eight days for the Eternal Crystal Spaceship to return to the Sanjiang Star Region Federation. A round trip will take half a month. Moreover, their efficiency cannot be high enough to send people out immediately. Including the time for investigation, the next enemy should arrive in about twenty days. I have twenty days to prepare."

As for who hired these mercenaries, Lin Zhen knew very well that the only possibility was Diana; no one else on Earth had the ability and resources to do so.

"Chris, help me find out how to capture a spaceship. Hmm... Light-Speed Spaceship."

Chris searched for a while and then told Lin Zhen the results.

"Master, it is very difficult to capture Light-Speed Spaceship while it is moving, because even if you launch a beam attack, you will only be able to keep up with the speed of the other ship, unless the other ship's speed is lower than the speed of light."

"Explain the specific methods."

"The specific method is to use another, larger spaceship, install a large Entrapment Net, catch it when it slows down, and then drag it into the cabin of the larger spaceship."

"Check the price of Entrapment Net."

Chris quickly responded, "The Entrapment Net in the Tianhe Empire's homeland are basically unsuitable. Based on the spaceship situation you mentioned, we should at least purchase Alloy Entrapment Net from the Sanjiang Star Region Federation. The lowest price is 100 million Sanjiang coins."

Lin Zhen closed his eyes and did the math. One hundred million Sanjiang coins was equivalent to one hundred billion Tianhe Coin. This kind of trap net was much more expensive than the Black Pearl. It made sense, though. A net that could catch Eternal Crystal Spaceship couldn't be too cheap.

However, this price is beyond Lin Zhen's means, as he currently only has over six billion Tianhe Coin.

"I need money, I need a lot of money."

Lin Zhen muttered something to himself. At this moment, Jason came to his side and whispered to him, "Master, Diana has led a lot of people to the Ancient God City. It seems that she is looking for something on the Fourth Layer."

"Understood. Let's get ready. I'll break through to the Stellar Realm today, and then we'll head to the Ancient God City together."

He had no choice but to break through; the power brought by Dark Star's advancement was becoming uncontrollable.

Lin Zhen's Dantian Qi, compressed tenfold, was now overflowing.

However, he Xuan Ze the moon as his location, not Earth.

The side of the moon facing away from Earth is the safest place for Lin Zhen, as it cannot be detected by any radar or scanner.

With a flap of his Lightning Wings, he took off. Now, his Lightning Wings are at twenty times the speed of sound, accelerating by nearly seven thousand meters per second. Combined with the speed of Lin Zhen's clone, he can fly more than fifteen thousand meters in one second!

The distance of tens of thousands of kilometers between the moon and the earth is something Lin Zhen can reach in a maximum of two hours by flying and Teleport.

Jason followed behind Lin Zhen, flying swiftly on the wings of Archangel, barely keeping up with Lin Zhen.

Jason was secretly alarmed as he watched his master travel at high speed through space, one foot on light and the other on electricity.

One hour and fifty minutes later, Lin Zhen's feet were already on the lunar surface.

Having arrived at the side facing away from Earth, Lin Zhen Xuan Ze a Ring Mountain and sat atop it, facing the vast space, preparing for his breakthrough.

He took a deep breath and focused his inner Dantian Qi; the Qi Vortex had already begun to condense automatically.

"It's time. I've been reborn for over seven years now, and I can finally break through."

"Only when my physical body enters the Stellar Realm will my strength truly take a leap forward. Now that I have gathered elemental energy and have control over time and space, my strength is vastly different from that of my previous life."

"Once I advance to the Stellar Realm, my clones will be able to participate in the battles of the Asura Arena."

Slowly closing his eyes, Lin Zhen began a crucial breakthrough.

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"Young Miss Diana, please provide everything you know about Lin Zhen."

On the screen of the Sky City control console, a dignified middle-aged man is talking to Diana.

"Mr. Anderson, I have sent you the information. It contains everything I know about Lin Zhen."

"Can you guarantee that your information is accurate? You know, if you provide us with incorrect intelligence, it could lead to a misjudgment, and we might fail to kill Lin Zhen. We would suffer losses, and you wouldn't get your commission back."

"Of course I can guarantee that Lin Zhen is only at the Quasi-Star Realm, but he actually has the strength of the peak of the Meteor Stage, and he has a guardian at the Star Stage. As for more, I don't know much. That's all I know."

"I understand. Our family's Sasha died on a mission this time, but we promise that we will continue to send assassins until the mission is completed. The second batch of people will arrive on Earth within twenty days."

"I hope you can hurry, I don't have much time to wait."

Diana hung up the call and reconnected with Ya Xuan.

"Baron Ya Xuan, have you found the World Stone yet?"

"My lord, not yet. We have already killed all the monsters on the Fourth Layer of the Ancient God City, but the World Stone is too difficult to find. You can take a look at the situation here."

As he spoke, the scene shifted to the Ancient God City.

The Fourth Layer is a vast desert, in which more than a dozen pyramids stand tall.

There used to be many mutated Magical Beast here, but they have all been wiped out by the Tianhe Empire's army.

"Based on our assessment, the World Stone may be inside one of the pyramids in this desert. We are gradually checking them one by one. As you know, every stone here could be the World Stone. Each pyramid is composed of at least tens of millions of stones, so checking them one by one is extremely difficult. It is estimated that it will take a month."

"Move as quickly as possible. I'm worried that Lin Zhen will apply to become the lord of this starry sky. Once he becomes the lord, we will have to leave this place."

"Then you can apply too, sir. Once you become the lord, wouldn't we be able to rightfully drive Lin Zhen out?"

"I can't do it. I already have a fiefdom, and it's very difficult to apply for another one. Besides, there are already nobles on this planet, so the application is unlikely to be approved."

"What should we do?" Ya Xuan, somewhat panicked.

"Don't be afraid, just search as quickly as possible. Although I can't become a lord, I have already sent a request to the Empire that there should be no lord on this planet within twenty days. I also have another identity, the Gold Four-Star Asura of the Asura Arena. The Empire will also have to be wary of me. Unless Lin Zhen also obtains the same identity, the Empire will still remain neutral."

"And what about after twenty days? I estimate it will take me about a month to explore all the pyramids here."

Diana stood up. "Within twenty days, Lin Zhen will absolutely not become a Shura, and therefore will not obtain the status of a lord. As for after twenty days, let's see if he can live to see that time."