Kill!

Inside the lord's palace, Setas reclined against a cushioned couch, holding a wine cup, an expectant smile still on his face.

Before him, a holographic projection was broadcasting the situation in Qian Yu's room in real time.

He wanted to watch with his own eyes as this ten-million-worth slave came to pay him homage.

Then...

He saw Qian Yu clench his fist.

He saw his head explode.

"Pfft!!!"

Setas sprayed out a mouthful of wine and shot up from the couch, his eyes wide as he stared fixedly at the projection.

"What?!"

He threw himself before the projection, his face nearly pressed against it, his voice cracking.

"Suicide?! Has he gone insane?! Has he lost his mind?!"

Setas clutched his head with both hands and roared in disbelief. "My money! My money! Ten million Cosmic Coins! Who gave you permission to die?! Bastard! Bastard!!"

He had never imagined that Qian Yu would actually commit suicide. Commit suicide?!

He had just broken through to the Cosmic Level, and he killed himself?

Had he suffered a mental breakdown because he thought he would have to remain a slave for ten eras?

Then why did he even break through?

Yet the next moment, every one of his roars caught in his throat.

In the projection, the headless body that had already collapsed suddenly moved.

Flesh began to writhe at the severed neck.

Countless tiny buds of flesh crazily grew from the wound, intertwining and weaving together as they extended upward at a visible speed.

Bones regenerated, blood vessels reconnected, muscles formed layer by layer, and finally came the skin. A brand-new head regrew in just a few breaths.

Setas opened his mouth wide and stared blankly at the scene.

Qian Yu opened his eyes and moved his newly grown neck, producing a crisp crack.

Not bad. His soul was no longer simply inside his body. He had also formed a Core Nucleus, and it was still within the Primordial Dao Tree.

As long as the Primordial Dao Tree remained intact, he would not die!

But destroy the Primordial Dao Tree?

Wishful thinking!

He raised his head and looked toward the surveillance camera in the corner of the room.

That gaze pierced through the projection and stabbed directly into Setas's eyes.

"Hehehe..."

Qian Yu curled his lips into a savage grin.

"Good!"

Facing the surveillance camera, he said word by word, "I'm coming to see you right now!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he raised his right hand, clenched it into a fist, and slowly extended his middle finger!

In the projection, that middle finger filled the entire screen.

Setas stood where he was, blankly staring at the middle finger. The expression on his face shifted from shock, to confusion, and then to fury!

"Bastard!!!!"

"No, how is he not dead?!"

He had clearly watched Qian Yu blow up his own head. How could it have grown back?

What the hell?!

"Gather all the slaves immediately! Kill him for me!"

He gave the order directly. Qian Yu's head had regrown, so the chip implanted in his brain was certainly useless now. That meant he had escaped Setas's control.

And from the look of it, he was clearly coming for him!

He had to kill him!

Otherwise, once someone with Cosmic Level strength reached him, he would absolutely be no match!

Elsewhere.

Qian Yu stood up and moved his newly grown neck, producing a crisp crack.

He turned toward the door. He had walked this passage for more than two hundred years.

After countless fights, he had dragged his exhausted body through the blood-soaked ground, walking step by step back to that dark, damp stone chamber.

Cold stone walls lined both sides, dim yellow lights hung overhead, and the air was forever filled with the stench of decay and rust.

But today would be the last time!!

Qian Yu pushed open the door and stepped into the passage.

The rooms of the other slaves on either side of the passage were silent.

Those people imprisoned here just like him were perhaps watching through the small windows in their doors, fearfully observing this man radiating a terrifying aura as he passed by.

Qian Yu did not look at them.

He knew they were pitiful people too.

Captured, sold, forced to slaughter one another in the gladiatorial arena, using blood and life to entertain those lofty nobles.

Like him, they were all prisoners in this purgatory.

But so what?

He could not save them.

At least, not yet.

Perhaps in the future, when he was strong enough, he would change this damned system.

But not now. Now, he had to leave.

At the end of the passage stood a heavy iron door.

Qian Yu walked before it and stopped.

Boom!!

He stomped down!

Terrifying power erupted from beneath his foot, madly pouring outward from him as its center!

The ground instantly cracked apart, fissures spreading in every direction like a spiderweb!

The entire building shook violently, walls collapsing and the roof splitting apart!

Rumble!!

The slave camp that had imprisoned him for over two hundred years exploded apart with a deafening blast!

Rubble flew everywhere, and dust billowed through the air.

Qian Yu's body slowly rose from the ruins. Crimson Twin Stars hung in the heavens, their scorching light shining upon his bare upper body.

The crisscrossing scars across him gleamed with a dark red luster beneath the light.

And at this moment, countless figures had already gathered in the sky.

Slaves—densely packed slaves.

On the ground, amid the ruins, and in midair, slaves who had received the order to come and kill him were everywhere.

Planetary Level, Stellar Level—more than three thousand Stellar Level slaves had almost all mobilized, sealing off this stretch of sky completely.

They gripped all kinds of weapons in their hands, while complicated emotions flickered in their eyes: fear, confusion, and madness.

Qian Yu hovered in midair, his gaze sweeping across them.

Boom!!

Crimson flames erupted wildly around him as their center!!

Double Fire Domain, fully unleashed!

The scorching fire Domain instantly expanded a thousand meters in every direction, enveloping countless slaves within it.

The slaves charging at the front abruptly faltered. Within the Domain, they seemed to have sunk into a swamp, their speed drastically reduced!

Blazing flames raged throughout the Domain, burning the bodies of every intruder.

Screams rose one after another.

"Sorry for this."

Qian Yu murmured softly.

"I'll make them accompany you in death."

As his words fell...

Boom!!

A violent sonic boom rang out!

Qian Yu vanished from where he stood in an instant!

Boom boom boom boom boom!!

A crimson streak of light wildly darted through the sky!

With every flash, a figure fell from the heavens!

The slaves did not even have time to react. All they saw was a blur before a terrifying force slammed into their chests, heads, or throats!

Then came endless darkness.

Figures rained from the sky, crashing to the ground like dumplings dropped into a pot.

Blood blossomed in the air, staining the crimson sky redder still.

In only a few breaths.

Qian Yu stopped in midair, drenched in blood. Not a single person remained around him!

He slowly raised his head, his gaze piercing through layers of air to lock onto the magnificent palace in the distance.

That was Setas's lord's palace.

Boom!!

His body shot madly toward the palace!

Along the way, slaves tried to stop him.

Qian Yu did not pause in the slightest.

Anyone blocking his path was sent flying with a punch or struck aside with a palm!

Rumble!!

The palace walls shattered with a thunderous crash!

Qian Yu passed through the flying rubble and dust, landing steadily in the center of the grand hall.

Inside the hall, Setas was staggering backward in panic beneath the protection of more than a dozen Stellar Ninth Order slave guards.

The instant he saw Qian Yu charge in, his face turned deathly pale, and he screamed madly, "Stop him! Stop him, quickly!"