Sudden Slaughter

Inside a blood-red spaceship shaped like a giant shark.

"Target activity data collected from the planetary monitoring system's main database; location locked."

"The target adventurer squad consists of 11 members in total, no omissions, consistent with the intelligence report."

"They are currently gathered at the New Moon Restaurant in Qichuan City on Moon River Planet."

Streams of intelligence arrived rapidly.

Supported by headquarters, the speed of information gathering was terrifying.

The main reason was that the targets were still in the dark, having no idea who they had provoked, and had not bothered to conceal their tracks. Otherwise, if they had piloted their ship to escape and hidden in some desolate, uncharted patch of space, tracking them would have been like finding a needle in a haystack; even the Virtual Universe Company lacked the ability to find people out of thin air.

"Good, since they've been found, prepare to initiate the operation." A short but incredibly burly powerhouse with a thick beard barked, his voice icy. "Remember, if those people resist, kill them on the spot, but killing is not the primary objective. The most important thing is to retrieve the item the higher-ups want."

"Those adventurers are unlikely to have discovered the existence of that item, nor would they be able to identify its value... otherwise, they wouldn't be so bold as to continue showing their faces in public."

"You don't need to worry, Captain." A three-eyed man standing to the side, wearing a green combat suit and as thin as a bamboo pole, laughed. "They are merely a common adventurer squad; against our Blood Spring Society, they are dead men walking."

"Brothers, finish these adventurers off quickly and claim the grand reward." The dwarf powerhouse scanned the room and shouted.

The spaceship hovered outside the atmosphere in outer space. The hatch opened, and figures filed out one after another.

One Stellar Rank, two Stellar Rank... including the dwarf and the three-eyed man, this team had a total of eight Stellar Rank powerhouses, any one of whom was stronger than the Stellar Rank Level 4s on Moon River Planet.

Behind them followed a thousand Planetary Rank Level 9 martial artists and Psychic Masters.

This was a detachment from a branch of the famous Blood Spring Society in the surrounding star sectors, which had rushed over at top speed after receiving orders to prevent the targets from escaping.

The sturdy, thick-set dwarf, clad in a powerful black combat suit, looked down at the massive blue planet beneath his feet. "You all come down with me. Leave the ship here, and keep some people behind to monitor the ground situation. If you discover the targets trying to leave by ship, intercept them immediately." As for the reaction of this planet, he didn't care at all. A planet with a maximum power level of only Stellar Rank Level 4 had no ability to resist their force. Even if the ship stayed in outer space, the planet's defense system wouldn't be able to detect it if they chose to hide.

"Move."

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh... Led by the dwarf powerhouse, the powerful team immediately sprang into action. Figures turned into streaks of light, plummeting toward a specific direction on the ground like meteors.

The target: the New Moon Restaurant in Qichuan City.

High above Qichuan City, the sound of violent air displacement echoed as powerful figures streaked across the sky at astonishing speeds, suddenly diving down and landing atop a skyscraper.

Even at this moment, the authorities of Moon River Planet had not detected any anomalies, and the people below were living their lives as peacefully as ever.

"Attack!" The group didn't even glance at the people below, who looked like ants. Following a command, everyone—whether martial artist or Psychic Master—focused their power and launched a direct attack on the top floor of the ten-thousand-meter-tall building in front of them.

Their weapons varied; the Planetary Rank members all had common gear, with not a single piece of origin energy weapon among them.

Only the Stellar Rank members possessed Tier 1 origin (mental) weapons, including the strongest among them, which, while of average quality, provided additional effects to their combat power.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Under the frenzied assault of several Stellar Rank and a thousand Planetary Rank Level 9 fighters, it felt as if the heavens were collapsing and the earth was rending!

Their target was also very clear: the people on the top floor of the building.

Beep, beep, beep... The optical computers worn by the adventurers relaxing on the 999th floor suddenly emitted sharp, urgent alarms in unison.

"Oh no!" Everyone's expressions changed drastically!

At that very moment, the building's incredibly sturdy alloy walls shattered with a thunderous roar. The adventurers bore the brunt of the impact! Furthermore, the visible shockwaves generated by the tremors spread in all directions. Because the attack originated primarily from above, it naturally cascaded downward, floor by floor.

900th floor...

800th floor...

700th floor...

The speed of the spread was astonishing, like toppling dominoes.

Meanwhile, Su Ke and his group on the 127th floor were still unaware.

"Beep, beep, beep." The smart optical computer on Su Ke suddenly let out a frantic alarm.

"This is..." Before the others could react and just as Su Ke's expression shifted, two figures burst through the wall like the wind.

It was Lyumila and the other Stellar Rank guards who had been standing watch in the adjacent room.

"Master, danger! A powerful energy shock has been detected from above!" Lyumila shouted with an anxious expression.

At that very moment, Su Ke felt a strong sense of impending crisis.

Following his intuition, he instinctively looked up toward the ceiling.

"BOOM!!!"

The entire building was over ten thousand meters tall, and the attack had rippled down from the very top. Spanning nearly ten kilometers and obstructed by layers of sturdy architecture, the propagation speed had been delayed, just enough for Su Ke to react.

At this critical juncture, Khair soared into the sky, smashing through the ceiling to charge upward. An origin energy combat suit resembling black scales appeared on his body, and he gripped a black saber. With a crazed look in his eyes, he gathered all his strength and slashed heavily toward the top.

Meanwhile, dense silver petals flew from Lyumila's body. The edges of the petals were sharp and serrated. Amidst the dazzling, dancing streaks of light, they instantly combined into a fan-shaped structure, resembling a blooming flower, forming a tough barrier that directly shielded Su Ke and the others beneath it.

The other twelve Stellar Rank powerhouses also employed their own methods to help block the shockwave.

At this moment, the world seemed to be trembling.

Huge, deafening roars continued to echo. Su Ke felt the surroundings shaking violently, and his perception was severely affected. Looking around, he saw massive spiderweb-like cracks appearing on the walls, with shards of rock and metal constantly raining down.

From the outside, that magnificent, towering building looked as if it had been forcibly devoured from above by an invisible force, rapidly disintegrating and collapsing; everything from the hundredth floor upward turned into a sky full of debris, leaving only a small section near the ground still standing.

Whoosh, whoosh... Amidst the swirling dust and utter chaos, several figures flew out.

They were adventurers, but their numbers had already been halved. A few Stellar Rank powerhouses had survived, but even the strongest among them—the burly man with the bald head and pointed ears—was covered in wounds. As for the others, if not for the cover provided by their companions, they would have long since perished under that terrifying attack.

The team had originally consisted of eleven people: four Stellar Rank and seven Planetary Rank at the eighth or ninth stage. Now, however, one Stellar Rank first-stage had died, along with five Planetary Rank members. The original team was left with only five survivors; it was a devastating loss.

"Who is it? Who attacked us!" The burly man with the bald head and pointed ears, blood streaming from a gash on his face, looked utterly wretched. He roared, his fists clenched so tightly that the veins bulged, but when he looked up and saw the large number of figures flying toward them from all around, his expression changed drastically.

Woooo, woooo... Alarm sirens echoed over the city. The streets surrounding the center of the disaster had already fallen into extreme chaos. Large amounts of flying debris had impacted the streets and buildings outside New Moon Restaurant, causing numerous casualties.

The situation was most severe at New Moon Restaurant. Aside from the few surviving adventurers, almost no one from the floor where Su Ke and the others had been upwards had survived. This included An Tai and the others who had mocked Su Ke earlier; they had all died in the previous attack without even realizing what was happening, becoming collateral damage in a disaster they had no part in.