Six-Blade King

Boom!!

A gigantic creature thousands of kilometers long suddenly burst out of the ground and lunged toward the spot where he had just been, jaws snapping.

Luckily, he was quick to dodge.

Otherwise, he would have been swallowed whole.

"It's a Forbidden Ground Guardian!"

Yan Ning immediately recognized the thing that had attacked him.

This thing was no easy opponent.

Its body was incomparably tough; even a Sealed King Invincible would have a hard time breaking through its defenses.

It was also immune to soul attacks.

The only way to destroy it was to shatter its core.

Yan Ning hovered in midair, staring intently at the enormous beast churning below.

"Its shell is too hard. There's no point trying to cut it directly..."

He recalled what he knew about the Forbidden Ground Guardians. These mechanical life-forms were unique to the Star Tower. Their shells were made of a special alloy, and even a Sealed King Invincible would struggle to break through by brute force.

Their only weakness was the energy core hidden inside.

"I have to find the core!"

Yan Ning moved like lightning, nimbly dodging the guardian's frenzied attacks.

Law Secret Patterns swirled in his eyes as he carefully studied every detail of the guardian's movements.

Suddenly, he noticed a pattern—whenever the guardian lunged to bite, a flash of purple light appeared between the plates on the third section of its abdomen!

"There!"

Yan Ning's eyes lit up. But he didn't attack recklessly; instead, he continued circling and observing.

Three attacks... five attacks...

At last, he was certain! The purple light flickered in perfect sync with the guardian's energy fluctuations. It had to be the core!

"Divine Power Burning!!"

A cold glint flashed in Yan Ning's eyes as the divine power within him erupted!

"Boom—"

Crimson-gold flames instantly enveloped his body. The terrifying energy fluctuations warped the surrounding space.

"Yan God Codex—Skyburner!"

He transformed into a streak of blazing light, his War Blade bearing the force to cleave through anything as he thrust it straight at the purple point on the guardian's abdomen!

"Clang!"

Amid a deafening metallic impact, the guardian's enormous body shuddered, and it let out a pained roar.

Yan Ning's pupils narrowed. "It works!"

He didn't stop moving. His blade fell like a downpour, every strike landing precisely on the same spot.

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

The guardian writhed wildly, trying to shake off the tiny human, but Yan Ning clung to its weak point like a leech.

When the seventh strike fell, a crack finally appeared in the shell!

"Break!"

Yan Ning roared. His War Blade, wrapped in surging divine power, plunged viciously into the crack.

"Crack—"

The purple light suddenly blazed, then burst apart like a shattered star!

The guardian's roar cut off. Its body, thousands of kilometers long, crashed to the ground, sending dust billowing everywhere.

"Whew..."

Yan Ning slowly landed and let out a long breath.

Watching the guardian dissolve into metallic quicksand, he smiled faintly. "So the Forbidden Ground Guardians in the Star Tower aren't all that impressive after all."

Suddenly, his brow furrowed. He whipped around to look to his right.

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

"Well, well. I didn't expect to see someone take down a Forbidden Ground Guardian single-handedly."

The purple-armored man in the lead clapped, greed glinting in his eyes. "But... you're almost out of divine power now, aren't you?"

Yan Ning stared coldly at them and slowly tightened his grip on his War Blade.

The leader of the three was a Zerg powerhouse clad in dark purple armor, with six arms and six wings.

His head was an inverted triangle, and cold light glinted in his six scarlet compound eyes. The six pairs of translucent wings on his back trembled slightly, emanating a space fluctuation that made one's heart pound.

"Six-Blade King!"

The name flashed through Yan Ning's mind.

He was a famed Peak King of the Zerg Alliance, and had slain several Human Kings at the pinnacle of their rank!

First, let me make one thing clear.

The Zerg weren't made up solely of Zerg Mother Queens.

It was just that the Zerg Mother Queens were the highest-ranking members.

The rest were born from the Zerg Mother Queens.

Six-Blade King slowly beat his wings. His voice was hoarse and icy, grating like metal scraping against metal. "Demon Flame King, I've heard of you. Just now... you were burning your divine power, weren't you?"

His six compound eyes fixed on Yan Ning, and his mouth twisted into a vicious grin. "You're far too careless... How could you burn your divine power so freely inside the Star Tower?"

Before he had finished speaking, the other two High-level Kings of the Zerg had already spread out silently, surrounding Yan Ning in a triangle formation.

Yan Ning gripped his War Blade, his expression cold, but he felt no fear.

He had indeed burned his divine power just now, but he had brought a backup power source with him. His divine power was still abundant!

Still, he wasn't in a hurry to reveal his trump card. Instead, he deliberately let a hint of weariness show and said coldly, "Six-Blade King, what, are you planning to take advantage of me while I'm down?"

Six-Blade King slowly spread his six arms. Six blades, black as ink, extended from his armor, their edges gleaming coldly.

"There's no such thing as taking advantage of someone in the Star Tower..."

"There's only the survival of the fittest!"

"Kill!"

In the next instant, Six-Blade King's six wings beat, and he vanished.

Yan Ning's lips curled into a cold smile as his divine power erupted once more!

"Boom—!"

Crimson-gold flames shot into the sky. His War Blade swept out in a brilliant Arc Light, slashing precisely behind him!

"Clang—!"

The clash of metal rang out. Six-Blade King appeared right there, his six black blades crossed to block the attack, but the blow sent him flying backward!

"What?!"

Shock flashed in Six-Blade King's six compound eyes.

"Hmph, you're at the end of your rope! How long can you keep burning your divine power like that?"

Just then, the other two Zerg Kings' attacks arrived!

"Die!"

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

Yan Ning didn't even look at him. Moving like lightning, he pursued Six-Blade King as he flew backward!

"Foolish!"

Six-Blade King steadied himself in midair and sneered.

"You actually took that hit just to wound me for a moment!"

"Boom! Boom!"

The two attacks slammed squarely into Yan Ning's back, bursting into dazzling light!

Dust instantly swallowed his figure!

Six-Blade King hovered in midair, his six wings beating as he sneered. "You're asking for death!"

Before he could finish speaking, a soft laugh came from within the dust.

"That's it?"

Six-Blade King's pupils contracted!

As the dust cleared, Yan Ning stood there unharmed!

"Impossible! Your divine body wasn't damaged at all!"

The Zerg King on the right shrieked.

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

At a thought, the phantom of the Chaos Bell flashed briefly at his brow.

"Hum—"

Invisible ripples spread outward, and time throughout the Forbidden Space abruptly slowed!

Six-Blade King stared in horror as his movements became unbearably sluggish, his thoughts seemingly frozen as well!

"Space-time confinement?!"

He struggled to turn his compound eyes toward the War Blade in Yan Ning's hand, which had suddenly turned black as ink.

"This is..."

"Yan God Codex—Skyburner!"

Yan Ning's figure instantly split into nine, appearing in front of all three Zerg powerhouses at once!

"Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!"

Three streaks of blade light flashed almost simultaneously, easily tearing through the Zerg powerhouses' defenses!