I'll go knock on the door first

"Master, we have arrived at the outer perimeter of the Yungu Star Belt."

Azure Kite's voice rang out.

Lu Ming raised his eyes to look, and through the external simulation, he saw a scene of utter desolation and ruin.

Before him lay an endless void, devoid of any intact stars.

There were only countless stellar fragments of varying sizes and shapes, metallic wreckage, and clouds of frozen dust, all floating silently like a cosmic graveyard, stretching to the very edge of his vision.

In some areas, the lingering aftermath of energy collisions still emitted a faint glow, and further away, one could occasionally see subtle flickers of light—traces of energy attacks, indicating that constant slaughter still persisted within this dead star sector.

"Activate the detectors, scan at maximum range, and prioritize marking energy signatures of Immortal level and above."

Lu Ming commanded. He needed to find a suitable prey to test the power of his new blade technique.

"Understood, Master. The Sky Patrol Eye has been activated, covering a radius of three billion kilometers."

Azure Kite responded.

"Scanning... scan complete."

Hum!

The virtual screen before Lu Ming lit up, displaying an extremely detailed star map—a three-dimensional spatial diagram centered on the Meteor Shuttle with a radius of three billion kilometers.

The star map clearly marked countless points of light; most were white or gray, representing wreckage below the World Lord level or signs of non-life. Yet, among these points, a few striking red dots were sporadically distributed!

"A total of seven Immortal-level energy signatures have been detected."

Azure Kite reported swiftly.

"Three of them have weaker energy signatures, presumed to be ordinary Immortal Military Lords; two have medium energy signatures, possibly high-level Immortal Military Lords; one has a stronger signature, suspected to be near the Marquis-Level; the last one is estimated to be a high-level Marquis."

Azure Kite clearly marked the specific coordinates, estimated energy levels, and the distances between the seven red dots.

Lu Ming's gaze swept across the star map, finally settling on the red dot with a "weaker energy signature" closest to him.

This target was about seven hundred million kilometers away, and according to the detector feedback, there seemed to be no other powerful energy sources nearby; it appeared to be a lone Immortal.

"Very well, you shall be the one I test my blade on."

The corners of Lu Ming's mouth curled up, a hint of battle intent flashing in his eyes.

"Azure Kite, cloak the ship and approach the target while maintaining a safe distance."

"Understood, Master. Initiating 'Shadow' stealth mode; arrival at the outer perimeter of the target area is expected in fifty minutes."

The luster on the surface of the Meteor Shuttle instantly dimmed, and it sailed silently toward the chosen target.

Just as Lu Ming locked onto his target and approached in silence.

Seven hundred million kilometers away, inside a massive stellar fragment with a diameter of about ten thousand kilometers, a simple cave had been artificially excavated.

Inside the cave, a ferocious-looking Monster Race ship, shaped like a bat, sat quietly.

In the ship's control room, a Monster Race Immortal covered in dark green scales, with a head like an eagle and a sharp, hooked beak, was resting with his eyes closed.

His name was Vulture Beak, an Immortal of the "Green-Scaled Vulture" clan, a common lineage among the Monster Race, and his strength was at the ordinary level among Immortal Military Lords.

"Hmm?"

Vulture Beak suddenly opened his sharp eagle eyes and looked at the detector screen on the console.

The screen displayed the surrounding area of several tens of millions of kilometers, showing only some sporadic, weak energy signatures and cosmic dust.

"I keep feeling like something is wrong."

Vulture Beak muttered to himself, his raptor-like intuition giving him a vague sense of unease.

He carefully checked the detector feedback.

"No abnormal energy sources found within the detection range. Am I just being paranoid? In the outer perimeter of the Yungu Star Belt, there shouldn't be anything capable of threatening me."

He shook his head, closed his eyes again, and continued his rest.

Little did he know that his every move, and even his suspicious muttering, were clearly presented on the screen of another ship hundreds of millions of kilometers away.

In the control room of the Meteor Shuttle, Lu Ming watched the real-time surveillance footage coming from the virtual screen with great interest.

The footage clearly showed the interior of the Monster Race ship, and even the subtle expressions on Vulture Beak's face and his murmurs were precisely captured and translated.

"Master, the target has not discovered our presence."

Azure Kite reported.

"His detector level is low, with a range of less than one hundred million kilometers and limited precision; it cannot penetrate our 'Shadow' stealth system."

A faint smile tugged at the corner of Lu Ming's mouth.

This was the absolute suppression of a high-level detector over a low-level one!

The Sky Patrol Eye's massive three-billion-kilometer detection range and its astonishing precision allowed him to keep every move of his target in sight from far beyond the reach of the opponent's sensors.

And the Meteor Shuttle's stealth technology made the opponent like a blind man, completely unaware of the impending danger.

"Everything about you is under my control."

Lu Ming whispered softly.

"Continue closing in, maintain stealth, and notify me once we reach the optimal attack distance."

"Yes, Master."

Time ticked away second by second as the Meteor Shuttle silently traversed through patches of shattered star fields, finally coming to a halt approximately ten thousand kilometers from the star fragment where the Monster Race was hiding.

For a World Lord level powerhouse, this distance was already within the range of an instantaneous strike.

"Master, we have reached the optimal attack position."

Azure Kite's voice rang out, calm and composed.

Lu Ming looked at Vulture Beak Immortal on the screen, who remained completely oblivious and was even dozing off, a cold arc curling at the corner of his mouth.

"Very good."

He slowly rose to his feet, his aura beginning to coalesce around him.

"I'll go knock on the door first!"

Swish!

Lu Ming's figure vanished from the Meteor Shuttle in an instant, appearing the very next moment in the frigid vacuum of space.

His gaze was sharp, instantly locking onto the massive star fragment ten thousand kilometers away; he peered through the thick layers of rock to see the Monster Race spacecraft hidden within.

Without any wasted words, Lu Ming gripped his right hand in the air, and the Yan Kong Blade, strengthened through sacrifice, instantly appeared in his grasp.

The blade vibrated slightly, emitting an excited hum.

"I shall use you to consecrate this newly mastered blade technique!"

Lu Ming's eyes turned fierce as the power of a peak World Lord, amplified a hundredfold, erupted from within his body. Simultaneously, the Laws of Fire and the Laws of Space began to circulate and intertwine frantically, following the profound trajectory of the first level of the Burning Universe Space-Splitting Slash!

He swung his arm violently, and the Yan Kong Blade tore through the void, a dark red blade light, condensed to the absolute limit, erupting from the edge!

"Burning Universe Space-Splitting Slash!"

BOOM!!!!!!!!!

The dark red blade light crossed the ten thousand kilometers of void as if teleporting, slamming heavily into that massive star fragment!

The Monster Race spacecraft hidden within the cavern of the fragment, along with Vulture Beak Immortal inside, had no time to react at all before being struck directly by this sudden, incomparably tyrannical blade light!

"What?!"

The very instant the blade light reached him, Vulture Beak Immortal jolted awake from his rest. Sensing that terrifying power capable of incinerating everything and tearing through space, his pupils constricted violently. He only had time to let out a scream of sheer terror before being utterly swallowed by the endless dark red blade radiance!