Time flew by, and twelve days passed in the blink of an eye. Yan Ning finally arrived in the Yanyue Star Domain.
On this battlefield, Immortal Gods had been fighting for years.
As a result, it was almost impossible to find an intact planet here. Most were fragments scattered through space like an asteroid belt.
Occasionally, he spotted fragments of spaceships, too.
Whenever Yan Ning came across them, he simply flew straight through.
F9-grade Metal was hard enough to shrug off those impacts entirely.
"Activate the detector."
Yan Ning gave the order.
The detector activated at once, scanning everything within a radius of one billion kilometers.
Yan Ning began sweeping through the Yanyue Star Domain like a scanner.
His consciousness remained connected to the Virtual Universe, so he received any information the instant it came in.
The spaceship flew for half a day.
It also spotted a few members of alien races.
But most were scattered individuals, all Realm Lords. They were probably here to try their luck, or had come without learning much about the situation.
He didn't pay the slightest attention to these low-level aliens.
"There may be plenty of Immortal Gods from alien races in this star domain, but spread across such a vast area, the density isn't all that high."
Yan Ning murmured softly.
There was no need to rush. If he kept looking, he would find some eventually.
And so Yan Ning searched aimlessly through the star domain.
He searched for three days.
At some point on the third day.
Inside the spaceship, soft light fell across the metal bulkheads. Yan Ning sat cross-legged, surrounded by faint fluctuations of the Fire Void Law.
At that moment, he was working out the details of his secret technique.
Suddenly, a burst of urgent electronic beeps broke the silence.
"Beep—beep—Alert! High-energy signatures detected!"
Yan Ning's eyes snapped open, a streak of crimson light seeming to flash across his pupils.
"Master, a Demon Clan Immortal squad has been detected!"
The spaceship's AI spoke immediately after.
"Distance: 870 million kilometers. Moving southeast at 0.6 times the speed of light. The squad has six members, including three Immortal Gods and four Peak World Lords."
A holographic screen unfolded automatically, displaying detailed information.
The Demon Clan members shown on the screen wore armor and had golden fur, with a single horn on each of their heads.
They were Golden Armored Hou Clan members, a branch of the Demon Clan.
The other four Realm Lords belonged to affiliated races of the Demon Clan.
"They finally showed up."
Yan Ning's lips curled into a slow smile as his fingers tapped a crisp rhythm against the armrest.
"And they're old friends from the Demon Clan."
He still remembered that the one who had beaten him into a long slumber was the Silver Wolf King of the Demon Clan!
He'd take a little payback first.
He stood up, and golden armor automatically covered his body. The dark red cloak behind him fluttered despite the lack of wind.
"Disable stealth mode. We're going straight at them."
Yan Ning's voice carried the battle intent he had kept suppressed for so long.
"I'll use their heads to kick things off."
The spaceship's engines roared. Its outer camouflage peeled away like a curtain of water, revealing its true form.
Before the Demon Clan squad could react, the F9-class Spaceship tore through the starry sky, trailing a plasma plume tens of thousands of kilometers long as it thundered down upon them!
"Boom!"
The F9-class Spaceship was like a burning meteor, slamming straight into the Demon Clan squad's vessel. Its terrifying speed even caused space to warp slightly.
The Demon Clan squad had no time to react. The leading Immortal from the Golden Armored Hou Clan narrowed his eyes and roared, "Enemy attack!"
But it was already too late.
Yan Ning's spaceship smashed through the Demon Clan vessel's shields with unstoppable force. Its metal ram pierced the hull, and countless fragments burst out into space.
"Whoosh!"
Yan Ning shot out of the spaceship in an instant, drawing his War Blade with one hand. Blazing Fire Void Law coiled around its edge, and the space around the blade warped slightly from the heat.
"Boom!"
An overwhelming aura instantly pressed down over the entire stretch of space, as if a fire demon god had descended. The terrifying pressure made the Immortal Gods from the Demon Clan turn pale.
"This... this is... a Sealed King?!"
"A Human King!"
The Golden Armored Hou Clan Immortal was utterly horrified, his mind roaring in panic. Damn it! How could we run into a Sealed King?!
The strongest member of their squad was only a high-level Immortal Army Master. Against a King Level opponent, they had no chance at all!
What rotten luck!
"Run!"
Without hesitation, the Golden Armored Hou Clan Immortal burned his divine power and turned into a Golden Flowing Light, fleeing desperately into the distance.
The other two Demon Clan Immortal Gods came to their senses as well. Their faces pale, they immediately fled in different directions.
"Heh. Think you can get away?"
Yan Ning sneered and swung his War Blade.
"Star Burn!"
"Boom!"
The instant the blade light was unleashed, the entire starry sky seemed to ignite. Blazing Flame Law formed a blade arc that stretched across the Star River, instantly catching up with the fleeing Golden Armored Hou Clan Immortal.
"No!"
The Golden Armored Hou Clan Immortal roared in terror, desperately channeling his divine power to defend himself. But before an attack at the Sealed King level, his defenses were as flimsy as paper.
"Shhk!"
The blade light swept past. The Golden Armored Hou Clan Immortal's divine body was torn apart, and the Flame Law ravaged him, rapidly erasing his body as he screamed.
"First."
Yan Ning's cold voice echoed through space. Then his figure flashed, and he appeared directly in front of another Demon Clan Immortal.
"Spare me!"
The Demon Clan Immortal begged in terror, but Yan Ning couldn't be bothered to waste words. His War Blade swept across, and the fiery blade light obliterated the Immortal's divine body.
"Second."
The last Demon Clan Immortal had already fled ten million kilometers away, but Yan Ning only gave a cold laugh.
Not bad speed, but still too slow!
"Whoosh!"
Yan Ning vanished from where he stood, a flicker of spatial fluctuations fading almost at once.
The next instant, he had teleported directly in front of the fleeing Demon Clan Immortal!
"What?!"
The Demon Clan Immortal was burning his divine power and fleeing for his life, glancing back every so often in fear that Yan Ning was chasing him.
But when he looked back again, a figure had suddenly appeared in the starry sky ahead, where there had been nothing a moment before.
"Teleportation!"
The Demon Clan Immortal shrieked in terror and tried to change direction, but Yan Ning's blade had already fallen!
"Shhk!"
Blazing blade light poured down like a star river, tearing through space in an instant. Flame Law coiled around the blade as it split the Demon Clan Immortal's divine body in two!
"Third."
Yan Ning's cold voice rang out. With a flip of his wrist, the flames on his War Blade erupted, burning the Demon Clan Immortal's divine body to ashes.
"Boom!"
The flames died down, and the starry sky fell silent once more. Only a few fragments of divine power drifted through space.
Yan Ning raised a hand, collecting the three Demon Clan Immortals' World Rings. They were all spoils of war.
As for the four Realm Lords?
They had been crushed by the terrifying shock wave the instant the spaceships collided, without even a chance to struggle.
"Beep! Battle record saved."
The Smart Optical Brain's voice sounded.
Yan Ning nodded slightly, surveying the stretch of space as a satisfied smile touched his lips.
"Three Immortals down. That leaves 9,997."
He put away his War Blade and turned back toward the spaceship.
"Continue searching. Find the next target."
"Yes, Master."
The spaceship's engines started up again, and it vanished into the depths of space as a streak of light.
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