The twenty-three warships, along with the thousands of crew members aboard them, all stood motionless like statues.
Every movement had been frozen in that instant.
A deathly silence fell over the starry sky.
Only Qian Yu could move freely within this solidified space.
He slowly raised his right hand and gently curled his five fingers.
"Shatter."
Boom!!!
The frozen space instantly collapsed!
The energy beams suspended in the starry sky exploded at the same time, transforming into countless motes of light that scattered in every direction like a magnificent fireworks display.
The light frigates were the first to fail under the twisting force of the collapsing space. Their hulls warped and deformed, snapped in half down the middle, and exploded with a roar!
The medium destroyers followed. The energy shields on their hulls flickered twice before shattering completely, and the entire warships were crushed into balls of scrap metal by invisible spatial force before exploding violently!
Finally came the three heavy battleships. Their materials were tougher and their structures sturdier, but under Space-Time Control, they merely held on for two more seconds.
Two seconds later, countless cracks appeared across their hulls before they exploded simultaneously!
Boom boom boom boom boom!!!
Twenty-three warships, twenty-three fireballs, blossomed one after another in the starry sky!
The sight was incomparably spectacular. Countless fragments flew outward, energy shockwaves swept through space, and the light illuminated an area thousands of kilometers across.
From Green Flame Star, it looked as if a dazzling field of fireworks had suddenly bloomed in the stars.
And Qian Yu stood right in the center of those fireworks.
Countless fragments howled past his sides, yet not a single one could touch him.
"Not bad."
Qian Yu murmured softly and flexed his wrist.
This was his first time unleashing Space-Time Control at full power, and its effects were even better than he had expected.
The strength of Space-Time Control continually increased with his power and comprehension of laws. For example, a King who could not use Teleportation or Space Strangulation could easily achieve both by using Space-Time Control.
When the Venerable Level World Tree used Space-Time Control, it could produce effects nearly comparable to those of a Universe Master.
Twenty-three warships and thousands of enemies had been wiped out in a single move.
But he knew the real show had yet to begin.
Those warships had merely been appetizers. The true enemies—Qian Yu raised his head, his gaze piercing through the fading fireworks toward the depths of the starry sky.
Four figures were rapidly flying toward him from there.
Three carried the aura of Cosmic Level Ninth Order, while one carried the aura of a Domain Lord.
"They're here."
Qian Yu's lips curved slightly.
The four figures moved at incredible speed. In the blink of an eye, they crossed several thousand kilometers and appeared before Qian Yu.
Leading them was a burly middle-aged man at Domain Lord First Order. His face was full of flesh, and he held an enormous battle-axe. He was the very man who had declared through the communication screen earlier that he would capture Qian Yu alive.
Behind him followed three Cosmic Level Ninth Order experts, two men and one woman, all staring greedily at Qian Yu.
"Hahaha!"
The Bald Man burst into laughter.
"Qian Yu! You really do have some skills. Even twenty-three warships couldn't do anything to you!"
He licked his lips, his eyes filled with greed.
"But that's even better. Those useless idiots are dead, so I won't have to split the bounty with them!"
The three behind him revealed ferocious grins as well.
"The boss is right! Five Trillion Bounty—split among the four of us, that's more than a trillion each, enough to spend for centuries!"
"Capture him alive! Don't let him get away!"
"Run?"
Qian Yu smiled.
Not only did he not flee, he instead took a step forward and charged at them.
The instant his words fell, his figure vanished from where he stood!
"What?!"
The Bald Man's pupils constricted. His spiritual sense spread out wildly as he tried to track Qian Yu's whereabouts!
But Qian Yu was simply too fast! So fast that even his spiritual sense could not keep up!
"Behind you!"
One of the Cosmic Level Ninth Order experts behind him shouted in terror.
The Bald Man spun around sharply, only to be met by a blazing streak of blade light.
Crimson flames burned across the blade. It was the power of the Law of Fire, heat sufficient to burn even stars to ash!
Boom!!!
Blade and axe collided!
Violent energy shockwaves spread outward, sending the three nearby Cosmic Level Ninth Order experts flying!
The Bald Man felt a mountain-crushing force surge through his battle-axe. The web between his thumb and forefinger split open instantly, and the bones in his entire arm creaked!
He was blasted thousands of meters backward before he barely managed to stabilize himself!
"How is this possible?!"
His eyes widened as he stared in disbelief at his trembling hands.
He was Domain Lord First Order. How terrifying was his strength?
How could he be sent flying in a head-on clash by someone at Cosmic Level Third Order?!
Qian Yu stood with his blade in hand, his expression calm.
"Domain Lord First Order, is that all? I won't even need Space-Time Control to deal with you!"
Boom!
The next instant, his figure vanished again.
Alarm bells rang wildly in the Bald Man's heart, and he hurriedly prepared to defend himself!
How was he so fast? He could not track him at all!
Of course he could not track him, because Qian Yu was using movement techniques based on his comprehension of the Law of Space!
He was merely the most ordinary Domain Lord First Order. He had not even comprehended the Law of Space, so how could he possibly track him?
Before his defenses could fully unfold, that black-clad figure had already appeared before him!
"You're too slow."
Qian Yu's voice was like the whisper of death.
The blade flashed again.
Boom!!
This strike was faster, fiercer, and more precise than the last!
The power of the Law of Flame poured fully into the blade. Its radiance surged to hundreds of meters long, like a crimson ribbon tearing through the starry sky as it slashed toward the Bald Man!
"Ahhh!!!"
The Bald Man desperately raised his battle-axe to block it!!
Crack!
The battle-axe snapped in response!
The blade light continued without losing momentum and swept past his neck!
Pshht—
A head flew high into the air, its eyes still filled with terrified disbelief.
Qian Yu instantly closed the distance!!
He threw a punch!!
A massive hole was blasted through the entire body, and the Core Nucleus shattered!
A Domain Lord First Order had died after two strikes.
The broken body shot hundreds of kilometers away before floating powerlessly in the starry sky.
A deathly silence fell over the starry sky.
The three Cosmic Level Ninth Order experts remained frozen in the positions they had been flung into, completely stiff with shock.
They had watched with their own eyes as a Domain Lord First Order expert was beheaded in merely two strikes before this Black-Clad Youth.
And the three of them were only Cosmic Level Ninth Order.
"Run! Run!"
The three reacted almost simultaneously and fled frantically in different directions!
Who cared about the Five Trillion Bounty or capturing Qian Yu alive anymore? Their lives were what mattered!
This Qian Yu was far too abnormal! A Cosmic Level expert had effortlessly killed a Domain Lord! How was that possible?!
"Think you can run?"
Qian Yu spoke indifferently.
His figure vanished once more.
The first one.
He was a lean man, desperately burning energy to accelerate his escape. He had already fled more than a hundred kilometers.
He looked back and did not see Qian Yu, and joy rose in his heart.
"I escaped?!"
Then he felt a weight settle on his shoulder.
He turned his head stiffly.
Qian Yu stood behind him, one hand resting on his shoulder as he watched him quietly.
"No—"
Pshht!
The blade flashed, and his head flew up.
The second one.
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