In the depths of the Universe Realm, starlight lay scattered across the boundless darkness like shattered diamonds.
The Qinghui S-200 Cosmic Spaceship streaked through the vast sea of stars like a cyan beam of light, carving an elegant trajectory through space as its exhaust trailed faint ripples of energy through the vacuum.
Several tens of millions of kilometers behind it, in the dark depths of space, a shuttle-shaped spacecraft followed silently like a ghost.
"Target confirmed: Xu Jingming, Fourth-Order Star Radiance, traveling aboard a D6 Class Spaceship purchased a month ago."
Inside the cabin, the hulking leader, Blood Horn, spoke in a deep voice.
He stood over three meters tall, with dark red skin and a pair of curved horns on his forehead.
"A mere Fourth-Order Star Radiance is worth deploying the entire Skull Squad? Once we find an opening, I can take him down alone."
A blue-haired woman beside him sneered, idly twirling a dagger as thin as a cicada's wing between her fingers.
"Don't let your guard down."
Blood Horn frowned. "He is the disciple of an Eternal God. We must kill him in a single strike."
"The disciple of an Eternal God... will killing him cause us any trouble?"
Another man wearing a metal mask asked quietly.
"What trouble could there be?"
The last woman snorted coldly. "Have the Skull Squad killed too few important figures?"
Since they had accepted this mission, they naturally had the confidence to kill Xu Jingming and escape unscathed.
"An Eternal God's Mental Strength can cover a vast range. Wait another forty minutes. We'll move once we're far enough from the Noah Homeworld."
As the captain, Blood Horn made the final decision, and the other members fell silent.
Their Viper Spaceship was only a D2 Class Spaceship.
However, it was equipped with