Securing the Prize

The Elemental Nest had already been battling the starship Mu Qingyuan piloted for who knew how long. Its inner source, combat strength, and Elemental Spirits had all been greatly depleted.

Worse still, the starship Dragon Snake had used the Star Spirit Vein to form a Starry Light Dragon Snake, which had suppressed and bound the Nest. The source and power of the Elemental Sea within were unable to erupt.

It could only rely on its remaining Elemental Spirits to hold back and fight Peng Yue's Vassals.

Now, as Liang Ji's Vassals poured in, they became the final straw that broke the camel's back. Though they couldn't match the Elemental Spirits in controlling and channeling Elemental Power—and were no match for them inside the Elemental Nest—they were still enough to tip the balance.

As Liang Ji's Vassals continued streaming in, the Elemental Spirits holding the line in the Nest's maze of passageways finally couldn't take any more. They collapsed outright!

"Charge!"

Peng Yue's serpent-tailed Vassals seized the opening at once, escorting the Myriad Laws Furnace as it surged forward. They swept past the crumbling Elemental Spirits and charged into the Nest's core.

Even Liang Ji's Vassals, though no match for the Elemental Spirits inside the Nest, now rushed into its inner regions virtually unopposed as the Spirits fell apart.

Through his Vassals, Liang Ji could clearly see the Nest's core: an Elemental Sea filling its innermost reaches.

But the Elemental Sea looked badly depleted. There were few elements left in it, barely covering the bottom in a shallow layer, not even enough to raise a wave.

Even so, vast swaths of starlight still poured into the sea, suppressing and binding the little elemental power remaining on its floor.

"As expected." Liang Ji wasn't surprised. "The Elemental Nest's source, the Elemental Sea,