Ambush in the Starry Sky! Void Clone's First Battle, Eyes Locked on Life and Death!

On the other side, at the edge of the Kuiper Belt, a silver-gray spacecraft shaped like a giant axe blade was silently threading its way through a cluster of asteroids.

Its engine nozzles maintained only a faint, dim blue glow, resembling a great shark prowling through the deep sea.

This was an adventure ship under the banner of the Nolan Mountain Family!

"Scan complete. Confirmed as an ownerless planet."

Inside the ship, the artificial intelligence Atuka spoke.

"Hahaha!" Upon hearing this, the captain, Bulo Nolan Mountain, let out a hearty laugh. He looked at Blue Star on the screen and couldn't help but sigh with emotion:

"What a beautiful planet. Such a brilliant blue—it truly makes one's heart flutter at first sight!" This planet could bring him wealth and status!

The prerequisite was that the invincible powerhouse who once governed this world was no longer around. Immediately, Bulo ordered Atuka to quickly scan for the strongest combat power on Earth!

Before long, the data appeared, showing that the strongest on Earth was merely at the "Star Level 1," which was the data left behind from when Lin Yuan killed the Beast Emperor.

It had not been updated.

"Hahahahaha! Star Level 1?!"

Bulo laughed until tears almost streamed down his face. He slammed his hand against the console, "Heaven is helping me! Truly, Heaven is helping me!

A life-bearing planet with billions of people, and the strongest is just an ant that has only just stepped into the Star Level?"

"Captain, we've struck it rich!"

"This is practically picking up money! Should we report this to the family immediately?"

A crew member asked excitedly.

"Report my ass!"

A flash of ruthlessness and greed crossed Bulo's eyes. "Control it first! Scour the planet for the most valuable treasures, capture the natives with the best potential, and then notify the family!

We must drink the first bowl of soup ourselves!"

Just as the entire crew was immersed in the dream of becoming the planet's lords—

"Beep! Beep! Beep!"

A piercing red alarm sounded without warning, instantly cutting off all the cheering.

"Warning! Warning!"

Atuka's voice became urgent. "High-energy reaction detected! Thirty thousand kilometers away, an unidentified spacecraft is approaching at extreme speed! It is moving incredibly fast!"

"What?!" Bulo's expression changed drastically. "There's someone else? Could it be other adventurers?"

The main screen switched instantly. In the previously pitch-black space, a deep black dot was rapidly enlarging.

It was a jet-black spacecraft shaped like a sharp sword, its sleek lines seemingly born to tear through space.

"Analyze the model!" Bulo roared.

"Comparing with the database... It is a C9-class! This is a custom C9-class ship that only the royal family or high-ranking figures of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire are qualified to possess!"

Atuka's electronic voice even carried a hint of anthropomorphic terror.

The air in the control room instantly froze.

A C9-class ship!

That meant the other party's background was unfathomable, and they might even possess weapon systems capable of destroying them with ease.

"Damn it! How could such a big shot be in such a remote place?" Bulo gritted his teeth, his expression shifting between light and shadow. "Could this planet already be occupied?"

"Captain, what do we do? Should we retreat?" The other adventurers were already beginning to panic.

Bulo stared fixedly at the black ship drawing closer on the screen, his greed and reason locked in a fierce struggle.

Give up an ownerless life-bearing planet just like that? He was unwilling!

"Don't panic!"

Bulo took a deep breath, forcing himself to stay calm. "Just because they have a C9-class ship doesn't mean there is a Universe Level powerhouse inside. Atuka, decelerate and close in! Simultaneously, send a universal friendly signal!"

"We must probe them first!" Bulo straightened his collar, a cunning light flickering in his eyes.

"If they really are big shots, we'll play the coward and retreat; if they are just bluffing... Hmph, out here in the middle of nowhere, it wouldn't be impossible to kill them and destroy the evidence!"

"What if it's a native of this planet who obtained a fortuitous encounter? Then wouldn't that mean..."

Bulo licked his lips. "Then this C9-class ship will be mine as well!"

Meanwhile, tens of thousands of kilometers away.

Inside the main control room of the Starship.

Lin Yuan stood with his hands behind his back.

He watched the silver-gray ship on the screen with a blank expression, a dead, icy chill lurking in the depths of his eyes.

"Master, the other party has sent a friendly signal and is requesting to establish communication."

Ika's crisp voice rang out, carrying a hint of playfulness, "The other party claims to be an interstellar traveler passing through, hoping to engage in a 'friendly' exchange with you."

"An interstellar traveler?"

Lin Yuan chuckled, "Just a pack of hyenas that caught the scent of blood. No need to entertain their overtures; I shall go meet these so-called interstellar travelers myself."

Having said that, Lin Yuan turned and walked toward the airlock.

In the void, two spacecraft slowly approached, eventually coming to a relative standstill at a distance of a thousand meters.

The airlock of the Starship slowly opened.

A single figure, in that instant, became the focal point of this stretch of starry sky.

Lin Yuan was clad in the deep purple Star Armor; the streamlined plating shimmered with starlike glimmers, as if he had draped the entire galaxy over his body.

On his left shoulder, a dark golden vine slithered slowly like a sentient viper, its leaves unfurling and radiating a pulse of life that made one's heart palpitate.

Star Vine!

Inside the opposing spacecraft, the pupils of Bulo Nolan Mountain instantly shrank to the size of pinpricks.

"That is... that is the legendary Star Vine?!"

Bulo stared fixedly at the screen, his throat parched, his heart pounding violently.

As a veteran adventurer, he knew all too well the value of this plant life! A well-cultivated Star Vine was worth even more than ten star systems!

"A C9-grade spacecraft, Star Armor, and a Star Vine..."

The greed in Bulo's eyes had completely overwhelmed his reason; his breathing became as heavy as an ox's, "This is simply a mobile treasure vault! This brat must have received the favor of a powerhouse!"

If he could kill him...

If he could obtain all of this...

Bulo suppressed the wild joy in his heart and opened the all-channel broadcast, his voice spreading through vibration waves across the void.

"Friend ahead!"

Bulo's voice carried a hypocritical smile, "I am Bulo from the Nolan Mountain Family. I am new here and fortunate to meet Your Excellency in this desolate place. Judging by your demeanor, could you be the lord of this beautiful life-bearing planet?"

He was probing.

He was confirming Lin Yuan's identity and background.

In the void, Lin Yuan floated silently.

Facing that massive C-grade spacecraft, he appeared as small as a speck of dust, yet that aloof aura of his seemed heavier than the planet behind him.

He slowly raised his head, and across the vast distance, his gaze seemed to pierce through the alloy hull of the spacecraft, stabbing directly into Bulo's soul.

What kind of eyes were those?

Cold, indifferent, devoid of any emotion, as if he were looking at a group of... dead men.

"Your journey ends here."

Lin Yuan spoke.

The voice was not loud, but through the oscillation of force, it exploded clearly in the ears of Bulo and his crew, like the verdict of a grim reaper.

After saying this, Lin Yuan said no more.

He stood quietly in the starry sky, his eyelids slightly lowered, as if waiting for something, or perhaps brewing a storm capable of devouring everything.

In the spacecraft's control room, Bulo was stunned for a moment, then laughed out of sheer anger.

"Hahaha! Good! What an arrogant native!"

Bulo violently tore off his mask, his face twisted, "Since you refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit! You are merely a Star-level; so what if you have these treasures? You cannot even unleash their power! Since you want to die, I will grant your wish!"

"Atuka! Lock onto him! Charge the main cannon! I want to blast him into slag and seize all his treasures—"

His words were cut short.

A sudden change occurred!

"Screech—!!!"

A strange, loud noise, as if fabric were being torn, erupted abruptly in the vacuum.

But this sound did not travel through the air; it acted directly upon the depths of everyone's souls, making their scalps tingle and their spirits tremble!

"What is happening?!" Bulo roared in terror.

He saw that on the side of his spacecraft, the once-calm void had actually... shattered like a mirror!

A massive, pitch-black spatial rift appeared out of thin air.

Following that, a giant, dark red claw slowly reached out from the rift. The claw was so immense that it was several times larger than their spacecraft!

Before this giant claw, the C-class spaceship was like a fragile toy.

"That—what is that thing?!"

Bulo's legs began to tremble, and a desperate fear born from the instincts of life instantly overwhelmed him!

As the rift widened, they could only watch as a pair of eyes slowly began to open—

They were a pair of eyes that contained the laws of the universe.