Forcefully Taking Her Away! Uniting Humanity

Though dusk was brief, at this moment it was at its most glorious and brilliant, the final glow of the day.

Lingjiang City, inside the Imperial Shelter.

Mu Yuxin sat on a hanging chair on the rooftop, gazing at the slowly sinking sun. A trace of sadness showed on her delicate, slightly chubby face.

Watching her parents and older brother die in the monsters' jaws with her own eyes had left a shadow that would haunt her for the rest of her life.

And now she also had to shoulder the burden of... saving the world. The pressure weighed heavily on her.

After cultivating all day and consuming quite a few Star Fruits, her Super Martial cultivation had reached the peak of six stars.

The old woman and old man stationed at the shelter were only late-stage Grandmasters, equivalent to the late stage of six stars.

The energy contained in Star Fruits could also be absorbed by Ancient Martial Artists to rapidly strengthen their inner energy and break through their realms. They were even more effective than spirit stones.

Thousands of Super Martial Artists in the shelter were desperately absorbing the last rays of sunlight beneath the dusk sky.

The survivors all lived underground, doing manual work in exchange for food.

The Empire couldn't keep them like pigs.

Boom!! Rumble...

Just as night was about to blanket the land, a terrifying mass of black lightning appeared in the blink of an eye beyond the shelter's perimeter, several miles away.

Gu Qijue had arrived, riding the lightning.

Tall and straight, dressed in a black suit, with white hair and blood-red eyes, he hovered above the shelter. A black dragon tattoo between his brows shimmered faintly as he wielded lightning capable of destroying everything. His gaze calmly surveyed the vast shelter below, which covered an area of unknown size.

Hm!?

On the rooftop, Mu Yuxin was about to head downstairs for dinner when she sensed something. Her Super Martial Armor instantly enveloped her, and she saw Gu Qijue in the sky outside the shelter, lightning cloaking his tall, imposing figure.

Her Super Martial Armor granted her superhuman vision.

She and Gu Qijue were at least several kilometers apart.

Yet she could see him clearly at a glance.

"Why... is he here?"

The moment Mu Yuxin saw Gu Qijue hovering outside the shelter, her heart tightened.

At the same time, the old man and old woman sensed the terrifying aura radiating from Gu Qijue. They hurried to Mu Yuxin's side, looking toward the same patch of sky.

They were the only three people in the entire shelter who could detect Gu Qijue.

High in the sky several kilometers away, Gu Qijue's gaze fell upon them.

More precisely, it rested on Mu Yuxin.

The silver-white Star Armor she wore was flawlessly crafted, its immortal starlight flowing across it. It looked incredibly noble.

With a crackle, Gu Qijue silently broke through the electric fence surrounding the shelter and appeared on the rooftop within a few breaths.

Mu Yuxin, the old man, and the old woman retreated several meters, facing him as though confronting a formidable enemy.

"Don't be nervous. I, Gu, haven't come to kill anyone. I'm here to take her away!"

Gu Qijue glanced coolly at the old man and woman, then looked at Mu Yuxin, who had already drawn her Star Greatsword and stood ready to attack.

"Mr. Gu, have you come for Yuxin?" The old man narrowed his eyes slightly. Could Gu Qijue have learned about that matter too?

"You're no match for me. Come with me."

Gu Qijue didn't even bother looking at the old man. He stared at Mu Yuxin and spoke in a tone that brooked no defiance.

"You don't know that until you've tried. Starbreaker Slash!"

Mu Yuxin would never surrender without a fight. With a sharp cry, the greatsword in her hand erupted in what seemed to be the only starlight in the world. She stepped forward and swung it at Gu Qijue with a thunderous crash.

The dazzling swordlight illuminated the entire building and instantly engulfed Gu Qijue.

But in the next instant—

Thud!

All the murderous starlight vanished.

Gu Qijue simply and effortlessly caught the greatsword in front of him with one hand.

Then he gave it a slight tug. Mu Yuxin stumbled forward, and he wrenched the Star Greatsword from her grasp.

"You..."

Disarmed, Mu Yuxin staggered back in shock, gazing at Gu Qijue with a trace of fear.

In front of this man, she felt like a little child who couldn't even harm a chicken.

"Not a bad weapon!"

Gu Qijue weighed the Star Sword in his hand, then channeled the lightning within him and swung it toward the sky. A silver-black blade of lightning, more than ten zhang long, tore through the air with a thunderous boom. Its terrifying power was several times greater than Mu Yuxin's strike.

The Super Martial Artists throughout the shelter were startled. They all looked up in alarm.

They saw a terrifying sword beam pierce through the electric fence and vanish thousands of meters above them, where it burst into a massive mushroom cloud.

The old man, the old woman, and Mu Yuxin all felt a chill of fear at the sight.

"W-why do you want me to go with you?" Mu Yuxin asked, watching him fearfully.

"Do I need a reason?"

Gu Qijue answered coolly. He tossed her weapon back to her feet and said, "Come on. Don't make me destroy this shelter."

With that, he rode the lightning into the sky.

Mu Yuxin was torn and hesitant, unsure what to do.

"Yuxin, go with him. We have no choice."

The old man and old woman were both bitter as they spoke softly. "If that matter is true, you must stay alive..."

"Okay!"

Mu Yuxin nodded firmly. A pair of starry wings sprouted from her back with a whoosh, and she followed Gu Qijue away.

"Quick, report this to President Chu!"

Watching them leave, the old man immediately pulled out his phone and called Chu Yuan's satellite phone.

At that moment, Chu Yuan was seated at the head of the long table in the war room at the Emperor Abyss Group headquarters. He was about to contact the War God Group in the Snow Bear Empire.

Just then, his phone rang.

He picked it up and answered, "What is it this time?"

"President Chu, we have a serious problem. Gu Qijue just forcibly abducted Mu Yuxin," the old man reported in an urgent voice.

Chu Yuan's gaze flickered. "What did you say? Why would he go looking for Mu Yuxin on his own? Could he have learned something too?"

"I don't know! Gu Qijue was clearly here for Mu Yuxin. What do we do now? If he kills her..." The old man couldn't bring himself to finish the thought.

"Don't panic. He didn't kill Mu Yuxin on the spot, which means he still has doubts. She'll be safe for now. I have something else to take care of, so that's all."

Chu Yuan calmly ended the call, then addressed the four people seated with him: the beautiful woman Jun Yueru from Dragon Cloud Mountain, Lu Tuan, He Rui, and Yu Lihong. "The fact that Gu Qijue went looking for Mu Yuxin on his own means Old Turtle was most likely telling the truth. If we want to destroy the Main Star-Sucking Tree, we have to take out Gu Qijue first."

Jun Yueru nodded. "Right. Let's contact the War God Group, White Blood Group, Sky Wolf Group, and Sky Sun Group first."

Together with the Emperor Abyss Group, these were the five strongest nonhuman organizations on the planet.

With the help of the Star Fruits, Jun Yueru, Lu Tuan, Yu Lihong, and He Rui had all advanced to Great Grandmasters.

Chu Yuan, meanwhile, had reached the peak of the Great Grandmaster realm.