The Six-Blade King

BOOM!!

A colossal creature thousands of kilometers long suddenly burst from underground, snapping its massive jaws directly at the spot where he had just stood.

Fortunately, he dodged quickly.

Otherwise, he would have been swallowed whole.

"It's the Forbidden Ground Guardian!"

Yan Ning recognized the thing attacking him at a glance.

This thing was no easy opponent.

Its body was incredibly tough, such that even a Sealed King Invincible would find it difficult to break through.

At the same time, it was immune to soul-based attacks.

The only way to defeat it was to shatter its core from within.

Yan Ning hovered in midair, his gaze locked onto the writhing behemoth below.

"This thing's shell is too hard. Direct slashing is completely useless..."

He recalled the information about the Forbidden Ground Guardian. This unique mechanical lifeform native to the Star Tower had a shell made of a special alloy, one that even a Paragon could barely breach through brute force.

Its sole weakness was the energy core hidden inside its body.

"I have to find the core's location!"

Yan Ning moved like lightning, nimbly evading the Guardian's ferocious attacks.

His eyes swirled with law runes as he meticulously observed every detail of the Guardian's movements.

Suddenly, he noticed a pattern—every time the Guardian lunged to bite, a flash of purple light flickered through the gap in the armor at the third segment of its abdomen!

"That's it!"

A sharp gleam flashed in Yan Ning's eyes. But he didn't strike recklessly; instead, he continued circling and observing.

Three attacks... five attacks...

Finally, he confirmed it without a doubt! The frequency of that purple light matched the Guardian's energy fluctuations perfectly—that was definitely the core's location!

"Divine Power, ignite!!"

A cold light flashed in Yan Ning's eyes as his divine power erupted explosively within him!

BOOM—

Blazing golden flames engulfed his entire body, the terrifying energy fluctuations distorting the space around him.

"Yan God Codex—Skyburner!"

He transformed into a burning streak of light, his battle blade carrying the momentum to tear through everything, stabbing straight toward the purple light spot on the Guardian's abdomen!

CLANG!

Amid the deafening clash of metal, the Guardian's massive body shuddered violently, letting out a pained roar.

Yan Ning's pupils contracted: "It's working!"

He didn't stop. Blade light rained down like a storm, each strike landing precisely on the same spot.

CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!

The Guardian thrashed wildly, trying to shake off this insignificant human, but Yan Ning clung to it like a stubborn shadow, relentlessly targeting that weak point.

On the seventh strike, a crack finally appeared in the armor!

"Break for me!"

Yan Ning roared, his battle blade wrapped in boiling divine power, plunging viciously into the crack.

CRACK—

The purple light blazed brilliantly, then exploded like shattered stardust!

The Guardian's roar cut off abruptly. Its body, thousands of kilometers long, crashed to the ground, kicking up a vast cloud of dust.

"Huff..."

Yan Ning landed slowly, letting out a long breath.

He watched as the Guardian gradually dissolved into metallic sand, a faint smile curling at the corner of his mouth: "Looks like the Star Tower's Forbidden Ground Guardian isn't so impressive after all."

Suddenly, his brow furrowed. He whipped his head around to the right.

Three figures radiating powerful auras had appeared a thousand meters away, without him even noticing!

"Tsk tsk, I never thought I'd get to see someone solo a Forbidden Ground Guardian."

The lead figure, a man in purple armor, clapped his hands, greed flickering in his eyes: "But... you've got barely any divine power left, don't you?"

Yan Ning stared coldly at the newcomers, slowly tightening his grip on his battle blade.

Among the three figures, the leader was an insectoid warrior with a dark purple-black carapace, six arms, and six wings. Its head was an inverted triangle, six crimson compound eyes gleaming with icy light. Behind it, six pairs of translucent wings trembled faintly, emitting a space-distorting aura that made one's heart race.

"Six-Blade King!"

Yan Ning's mind flashed that name in an instant.

This was a renowned Peak King powerhouse of the Zerg Alliance, one who had slain several human King-Peak experts.

First, a clarification.

The Zerg were not solely composed of Zerg Mother Queens.

Only that the Zerg Mother Queen was the highest rank.

All the rest were born from Zerg Mother Queens.

Six-Blade King slowly flapped its wings, its voice hoarse and icy, grating like metal scraping metal: "Demon Flame King, I've heard of your reputation. Just now... were you burning divine power?"

Its six compound eyes locked onto Yan Ning, a vicious grin splitting its mouth: "Truly careless... inside this Star Tower, you dared to burn divine power so recklessly?"

Before its words faded, the other two High-level King Zerg had already silently spread out, forming a triangular encirclement around Yan Ning.

Yan Ning gripped his war blade tightly, his expression cold and stern, yet his heart held no fear.

He had indeed just burned divine power, but he was carrying a power bank on him; his divine power within was still abundant!

However, he wasn't in a rush to reveal his trump card. Instead, he deliberately showed a hint of fatigue and said coldly, "Six-Blade King, what, are you planning to take advantage of my weakness?"

Six-Blade King slowly extended its six arms, six pitch-black blades emerging from its carapace, gleaming with chilling light.

"Inside the Star Tower, there's no such thing as taking advantage of weakness..."

"Only, the strong devour the weak!"

"Kill!"

The next instant, Six-Blade King's six wings vibrated, and its form vanished abruptly!

A cold smirk curled at the corner of Yan Ning's mouth as his divine power erupted once more!

"Boom--!"

Blazing golden flames shot skyward, and the war blade in his hand traced a brilliant arc of light, slashing precisely behind him!

"Clang--!"

The clash of metal rang out like an explosion. Six-Blade King's figure appeared exactly there, its six black blades crossing in a block, yet it was sent flying backward by that single strike!

"What?!"

Shock flickered across Six-Blade King's six compound eyes.

"Hmph, a spent arrow. How long can you keep burning like that!"

Just then, the attacks of the other two High-level King Zerg arrived!

"Die!"

The Zerg King on the left struck out with all six claws, tearing through space!

Yan Ning didn't even glance at it; his form moved like lightning, chasing straight after the flying Six-Blade King!

"Foolish!"

Six-Blade King steadied itself midair, sneering.

"To endure that blow just to wound me for a moment!"

"Boom! Boom!"

Both attacks slammed solidly into Yan Ning's back, erupting in blinding light!

Dust and smoke instantly swallowed Yan Ning's figure!

Six-Blade King hovered in the air, its six wings vibrating, and sneered, "Courting death!"

Before its words faded, a light laugh suddenly came from within the smoke.

"That's it?"

Six-Blade King's pupils contracted sharply!

The smoke cleared, and Yan Ning stood there completely unharmed!

"Impossible! Your Divine Body didn't take a single scratch!"

The Zerg King on the right shrieked.

Yan Ning slowly raised his head, killing intent surging in his eyes: "Now, it's my turn."

With a thought, the phantom of the Chaos Bell flickered at his brow and vanished.

"Hum--"

An invisible ripple spread outward, and the flow of time in the entire forbidden zone abruptly slowed!

Six-Blade King found in horror that its movements had become unbearably sluggish, even its thoughts felt frozen!

"Time-space lockdown?!"

It struggled to turn its compound eyes, staring at the war blade in Yan Ning's hand, which had suddenly turned pitch-black.

"This is..."

"Yan God Codex—Skyburner!"

Yan Ning's figure instantly split into nine, appearing before the three Zerg elites all at once!

"Psh! Psh! Psh!"

Three blade lights lashed out almost simultaneously, easily tearing through the Zerg elites' defenses!