Before dawn the next day, Song Chen descended from outer space.
He no longer hid. He plunged down from beyond the atmosphere, hurtling straight toward the Broodmother.
The air burned around him, trailing a long streak of fire.
The Blood-Eclipse Clan on the planet's surface spotted him almost simultaneously, and alarms blared from every direction.
Song Chen ignored them and lunged straight toward the Broodmother.
More than a dozen bone towers on the perimeter lit up with dark red light at once, firing beams of psychic energy.
Song Chen flickered repeatedly, using Void Traverse to weave effortlessly between the beams. His blade swept back and forth among the bone towers, cleaving them to pieces one after another.
Fragments fell from high above and slammed into the ground, leaving deep craters.
Song Chen kept his attention locked on the Broodmother's roots and headed straight for them.
The second wave of interception came quickly. Dozens of eighth-rank fighters surged from the Broodmother's various exits and closed in on Song Chen.
Song Chen did not retreat. He charged straight into the center of the enemy ranks, and his blade light exploded.
At that moment, he pushed the ninth layer of Star-Splitting Slash to its limit. Every swing of his blade cut several eighth-rank fighters in half at the waist.
Black blade light surged through the enemy ranks, claiming dozens of lives with every surge.
"He's that man!" an eighth-rank fighter roared.
"The one with the black blade."
"Stop him! Don't let him near the main stalk!"
Song Chen gave them no chance. He drove straight toward the Broodmother's core, tearing apart everyone who stood in his path.
His blade light grew faster and heavier.
Void Traverse let him appear anywhere on the battlefield. The eighth-rank fighters could not pin down his position and