Spirit Bomb

A quiet room inside a spaceship buried ten thousand meters underground.

Jiang Luo was immersed in a Nutrient Pod. Vital energy continuously seeped into his body, improving and evolving his cells while increasing his Spiritual Force.

In less than half a month, his genetic Origin Energy had risen from Planetary Level One to Planetary Level Nine.

His Spiritual Force had also risen from Level Two to Level Eight.

In another half day, both his genetic Origin Energy and Spiritual Force would reach the limit of Planetary Level Nine.

He already possessed a Domain. In theory, this C-Grade Nutrient Pod was enough to raise him all the way to Star Level.

But Wu He wouldn't let him break through to Star Level.

Jiang Luo himself had no plans to do so for now.

Though he possessed two Domains, having a Domain at Planetary Level was not the same as having one at Star Level.

At this stage, breaking through to Star Level would actually be a kind of "lowering his own worth."

"The faith pouring in keeps growing."

Jiang Luo happily watched as another wisp of white愿力 coalesced inside the Wordless Seal.

In just these dozen or so days, he had gained nearly five thousand new wisps of愿力.

It seemed word of his breakthrough to Martial Saint Grandmaster had already spread.

His accumulated愿力 had now exceeded fifty thousand points.

Still, that was a long way from the nine hundred thousand points he had accumulated over the previous five thousand years.

At this rate, it would take less than ten years to accumulate a million points of愿力, enough to manifest the fifth level of the Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Map.

The higher the level of a divine ability cultivation technique, the more愿力 it required.

The first four levels of the Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Map had cost only six hundred thousand points of愿力 combined, but the fifth level required at least a million.

Too slow. Jiang Luo shook his head to himself.

He wanted more than just the Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Map.

"Once my Spiritual Force has finished improving, I'll find a way to buy a life planet..."

Suddenly, a piercing alarm rang out.

Wu He, his silver hair gleaming, burst in with an anxious expression. "Come out, quick! The detection equipment I left in space picked up an incoming spaceship. It's about to reach Luo Planet."

Jiang Luo froze, then immediately pushed open the Nutrient Pod's hatch, put on his battle suit, and followed Wu He out of the ship.

Wu He waved a hand, stowing the spaceship in his Space Ring, then entered the spatial bracelet on Jiang Luo's wrist.

As Jiang Luo rushed out of the desert, he saw three streaks of light plunge into the atmosphere.

Above Luo Capital,

three enormous black spaceships hovered beneath the clouds, casting terrifying shadows.

"Aliens are here?"

"Oh my God!"

"Help!!"

The entire city instantly fell into chaos.

The Alliance Speaker looked frantic. "Have you still not found Curator Jiang? Damn it! What are the air force waiting for? Attack!"

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Hundreds upon hundreds of electromagnetic shells struck the three spaceships, but failed to damage them in the slightest.

Hundreds of fighter jets launched futile attacks as well, without achieving anything.

Then the hundreds of aircraft seemed to lose control and began crashing one after another.

"Hmph, they can't even withstand my large-scale Spiritual Force attack..." A Star Level woman with a bewitching figure giggled.

Another Star Level fighter warned, "Be careful. Kill those worthless ants if you must, but don't kill too many Apprentice-level people. They're all slaves. Even at a bargain price, they're still our assets."

Figo, the golden-haired leader, sneered. "There isn't even a single Planetary Level fighter. The species on this life planet must be, at best, ninth-tier bloodline. They might even be tenth-tier.

"But since they cultivate genetic Origin Energy, someone must have visited this planet. Later, search around the planet and see if you can find any clues.

"The chances are slim, but if this ship really came from the Flint Star World, then... Hmm?"

Figo turned his head. His Communication Watch had detected an aura racing toward them at high speed.

"There really is a Planetary Level fighter? And they seem to be Planetary Level Nine?"

The company-issued detection equipment was highly precise, able to accurately detect strength from Apprentice Level all the way to Universe Level.

At the World Master level, the core was the Life Core (singularity). Once someone could completely conceal their aura, they became difficult to detect.

But soon, the Planetary Level Nine aura stopped outside Luo Capital.

A smile tugged at Figo's lips. "This little mouse is pretty cautious. Leave him alone for now. This city should be their capital. Let's go scare them first.

"To subdue these natives, we'll have to kill a few of them. While we're at it, let's collect their database and see what minerals this planet has."

A thousand kilometers away, Jiang Luo hovered in midair, gazing at the plumes of smoke rising from distant Luo Capital.

As the capital of Luo Planet, Luo Capital had nearly a hundred million people. He had no idea how many had just died.

Strictly speaking, who knew how many people on this planet were his descendants?

"Stay calm!" Wu He said gravely from the bracelet. "You're no match for them. The group has twenty-six members, and every one of them is Star Level. Most are Star Level Seven or Eight, and several are Star Level Nine."

Jiang Luo frowned slightly.

He had reached Planetary Level Nine, and with his Domains of water and fire, he might be able to defeat a Star Level Four or Five opponent without a Domain, but he couldn't handle anyone stronger.

And that wasn't even counting their spaceships and weapons.

"Can't you deal with them?"

Wu He sighed. "My spaceship is damaged and still hasn't been fully repaired, but its weapons system could take them on.

"But I can't make a move. If a standard-issue spaceship from the Flint Star World appears, it'll expose my identity.

"This group belongs to the Obsidian Company. They've been searching for the token that can open the World within a World in the Flint Star World. I'd rather die than let the Obsidian Company succeed."

Jiang Luo shook his head inwardly. Although Wu He had accepted him, Wu He hadn't acknowledged him as his master.

Besides, he was still only a nominal disciple of the Flint Star Sector Lord.

Without Wu He's permission, he couldn't use the Flint Star World's spaceship.

"Looks like I'll have to handle this myself. Good thing I manifested this move back then to protect myself..."

Jiang Luo tilted his head back and stretched out his arms, as though embracing the sun.

"All things of the world, please lend me a little of your Origin Energy. Luo Planet is in danger..."

Wu He stared in shock from inside the bracelet. "What are you doing? You're no match for them. There's an escape pod aboard the spaceship, made from Barium Smelt Alloy. It can block out Origin Energy signatures. Just sink into the deep sea, and they absolutely—"

Wu He's words abruptly stopped.

Although he was inside the bracelet, he could still use the smart bracelet to observe the outside.

At that moment, a dazzling, pure-white sphere appeared tens of thousands of meters up in the sky, and it was rapidly expanding.

The crucial thing was that it gave off no detectable energy fluctuations or Origin Energy signature.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't have believed it.

"That is..." Wu He gaped. "What is that?!"