âEmperor Qiang!â The faceless specters that had been swallowed up by the light let out shrill cries.
Crimsonjade Qiang and the rest whose caeli had entered the wondersky realm were startled into wakefulness. It was a bad habit of those with access to a wondersky realm. When they were bored during interstellar travel, they would usually head into the wondersky realm to cultivate.
âBehind us!â Qiang was covered in cold sweat. The astralshipâs core was a very small bracelet around his hand. The blood-colored jade bracelet astralship quickly started spinning and countless sharp spikes appeared on its surface, turning the ring into a saw.
All the dust and rocks around were pulverized in the process. The scene was enough to confirm the strength of the astralship; it was much more powerful than the Starvore. However, it hadnât been prepared, so it hadnât gotten to its top speed before the Ninedragon Imperial Tomb arrived. The nine dragon heads chomped down together.
Sparks and astralship fragments flew, while the sawtoothâs motion managed to break a few of the dragon headsâ teeth. However, the tomb still used its large size and dragon claws to hold it in place.
âItâs useless as long as it canât spin!â Tianming was well aware of that. His teeth also felt sore when the dragon teeth had fallen off.
But he had long been ready. As soon as the blood-colored saw stopped moving, a Ninedragon Apotheosis fell upon it and exploded on the sawâs surface. Blood-colored fragments flew out and powerful aftershocks damaged the divine astralship formation, allowing the Ninedragon Imperial Tombâs teeth to sink in further.
The astralship that had once been imperial-class showed its ferocity. Teeth and claws deeply embedded themselves inside the enemy astralship. The dragon heads bit down from nine different directions before pulling hard!
More and more pieces were ripped from the blood-colored saw. It was like nine astralships were attacking it! It had no way to resist after its motion was stopped and could only give in to the Ninedragon Imperial Tombâs might.
The astralship crackedâthe ferocious beast had given it a fatal blow. It would have been strange if it had somehow escaped instead.
Tianming noticed it was accumulating power. Unfortunately, he was faster. Another Ninedragon Apotheosis spewed out from the dragon and dispersed the accumulated power.
The saw noisily broke into multiple sections, completely destroyed. Although the miniature nova source inside didnât explode, it was still suddenly released. It was like several stellunar sources simultaneously being released, the impact tossing the Ninedragon Imperial Tomb far away.
The nova source swelled up, producing so much light that it filled an area the size of a heliacal-class world. After that, it would fade away and become spiritual energy that would fill the area.
âSuccess!â Tianming was excited. No matter what, the situation was resolved now that the astralship had exploded.
âI wonder if those inside survived that?â Wudi asked.
âThey might have! The Ninedragon Imperial Tomb has a small divine astralship formation inside. If the tombâs destroyed, itâll protect me when the nova source explodes. I found that mechanism on the Starvore, too. The mysterianâs astralship will definitely have one as well!â
âYou have to cut grass by the roots. This matter involves the fate of all life on the sun. Kill, for the sake of the future! Not one can live,â Wudi said.
âYes!â Tianming opened the Ninedragon Imperial Tombâs gates. There was one gate in each dragon mouth, for a total of nine. Fifty million shining eight-starred ladybugs made their way out of the astralship. They were there to find any mysterians still alive.
Tianming wasnât sure how many had been inside. There wouldnât be too many, since they were merely there to transport cargo. At most, there would be a few hundred. The ladybugs spread out and he quickly got his answer.
âNot many⦠just only⦠ten plus!â Nobody could avoid fifty million ladybugs searching such a small area.
Tianming relaxed when he heard that.
âThey are⦠all togetherâ¦.â
That would make things easier. The Ninedragon Imperial Tomb wasnât suitable for facing ten plus people. Tianming and Wudi exchanged a look before following the ladybugs in the direction they indicated.
âThey have⦠discovered me⦠escaping now!â Yin Chen made an urgent report.
It was an easy guess for them, after being discovered in the darkness and seeing so many Yin Chens. But it was too late.
Ten plus mysterians were all gathered together in a panic.
âItâs those insects. Itâs Li Tianmingâs lifebound beast. I didnât expect they could discover the astralship!â
âEmperor Qiang, what do we do? What do we do!â
âHeâll want to silence us now! We need to escape!ân/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
âEscape where? The astralship is gone!â
There was no way to escape in the astralscape without an astralship. There was only a sun nearby, but it was under Tianmingâs control so it was only a road to death.
They had been left with no way out.
As for Emperor Qiang, his body was bleeding all over. Head lowered, he snapped, âStop arguing! We canât escape, so letâs negotiate. Gentlemen, prepare to die.â
The faceless specters went quiet now that death was facing them. What should they do now?