Infinite Sun in the East China Sea

Chapter 376 Starlight Flash
As soon as Gatanothor left Earth, he found himself surrounded by white flames that stretched for tens of thousands of kilometers, a sea of ​​fire as vast as the Earth itself.

These flames relentlessly ravaged the dark energy, making it impossible for it to maintain its form.

Each time it transformed from informational to physical form, it was instantly incinerated into ashes in flames hotter than Ultraman's beam attacks.

The speed of this destruction is too fast.

Gatanothor can move at high speeds in space in three ways: first, by transforming into an informational dark current and moving at the speed of light; second, by jumping through space to directly traverse distances of several light-years; and third, by warp drive.

In its view, light-speed movement is meaningless in a retreat at this level—all the enemy's attacks originate from beyond eight light-minute intervals, allowing it to instantly attack targets beyond eight light-minute intervals, and most likely even targets further away. Light-speed movement would make it difficult to escape the long-range attacks of such powerful beings in a short time.

It originally intended to leave Earth using its spatial teleportation ability, but both space jumps and warp drive require a certain amount of preparation time.

Although it doesn't need much preparation time—in the eyes of ordinary opponents it's just a matter of charging up its power—it can escape the battlefield once it gathers enough dark energy. However, under the suppression of the white flames, it doesn't even have time to charge up its power.

Gatanjee realized that he could no longer continue to passively take hits.

Attacks of this level cannot kill it, but repeated consumption will cause it to expel all the negative energy that it has not yet fully digested, reducing its body from over 800 meters to a mere 200 meters. Although its height may seem to have shrunk by only four times, its control over dark energy will decrease by dozens of times, and its combat power will decrease by even more times.

Moreover, if the enemy continues to launch such attacks, it will be as if it is sealed, unable to continue interfering with the outside world.

This situation is worse than death.

“This human… relies on nothing more than the energy extraction system that surrounds the sun.” Gatanothor carefully sensed the distant sun.

It's far from where it is now, but it won't take long for it to reach the sun using its spatial abilities.

"This energy extraction system is powerful, but it is not advanced in terms of knowledge."

—This monster that can travel through interstellar space is not illiterate. It also possesses extremely profound knowledge. The inheritance from its bloodline at birth, the genes of ancient monsters, the knowledge from the minds of aliens that invaded Earth, the information from the minds of human elites who died during the process of darkness erosion... all of these are integrated into Gatanothor's core information, allowing it to easily master these abilities.

Gatanothor endured the flames that were constantly eroding its very essence, changed direction, and flew towards the sun.

The closer it gets to the sun, the faster it moves and the more agitated it becomes.
“There exists a life that has been influenced by me… This person has expelled the influence on the physical and energy levels, but the most fundamental influence has not been interfered with… This human seems very powerful, but the depth of the power he has mastered is not high. In essence, this human’s life level is even lower than mine.”

"The person who planted the seeds of this scheme is enough to make me ruin this human's plan!"

Xu Feng gazed at the monster hurtling towards him at the speed of light.

"So they really came here..."

He continued his attack calmly while keeping his attention focused on Earth.

The vast majority of humanity is still unconscious, but under his suppression, Gatanothor is unable to influence their souls and can only let Shoko gradually restore human order to normalcy.

The darkness created by Gatanothor has vanished, and the entire Earth has returned to the light.

All the dark-attribute monsters were reduced to monster fragments under the Buddha's palm that enveloped the Earth. Of course, the native Earth creatures and some aliens did not die. These potential threats to humanity were not affected by the attack specifically targeting Gatanothor and the dark energy because they had no connection with Gatanothor.

Once the influence of the dark energy is gone, Shoko will eventually awaken all of humanity in this world and become its savior.

But Xiangzi didn't have enough time.

The time from the official start of the decisive battle to its current state has been extremely short.

Most of the members of the East Sea team had not yet realized how far this battle between light and darkness had progressed, nor had they even observed the full picture of the battle. They only felt that the surrounding environment was sometimes bright and sometimes dark.

"The ray of hope is still a little short."

Xu Feng smiled slightly: "Let Gatanothor live a little longer, so we can extract more value from it."

at this time.

Gatanothor, who was very close to the sun, suddenly disappeared and returned to his informational state.

In this state, it leaves no trace, is invisible, and attacks that lack sufficient depth cannot reach it. Even Xu Feng could only observe some vague traces of its existence.

Of course, it is also difficult for it to launch a direct attack in this state.

The stream of information collided with the phantom of Buddha shrouding the sun, causing it to encounter some slight obstruction, but that obstruction only slowed it down for a moment.

When it reappeared, Zhao Yingkong was suddenly enveloped in a thick, black fog.

Despite being located near the sun, the area shrouded in darkness was completely gloomy, as if even the sun itself would be swallowed up by this extreme darkness.

Once the black mist reaches a certain level, a faint, indistinct body begins to grow.

—In the information state, Gatanothor parasitizes Zhao Yingkong through its past influence, turning Zhao Yingkong into a state similar to Dimoghor.

The black mist emitted during the parasitic process merged into the energy cycle of the giant Buddha phantom, and several nearby relics were faintly stained with ash.

"Parasitic ability... but if the target of parasitism is not suitable, the result may be that you become a package delivered to the door."

Xu Feng said with a smile, "Ying Kong, do you still remember your cultivation experience back then?"

Deep within the black mist, Zhao Yingkong, who was struggling to cope with Gatanothor's information erosion in her mind, immediately recalled her experience of slaying demons and monsters in the demon city.

Those twenty-eight days of experience allowed her to quickly master the "Bodhi Proof Dharma Divine Skill," making her the fourth person in the East Sea Team, second only to the three most senior reincarnators... The main god created humans, but she treated them as her master's possessions and did not count them in the number of people.

Xu Feng said slowly, "Actually, you were missing a step in your cultivation experience, and it was the most important foundational stage... It's precisely because your foundation wasn't strong enough that you needed to unlock your genetic lock to unleash your explosive power. If you had cultivated the 'Bodhi Proving Divine Art - Modified' step by step to your current level, you wouldn't need the genetic lock to achieve combat strength comparable to your current level."

"Coincidentally, Gatanjah's foolish behavior allows me to fill this gap for you."

Zhao Yingkong was stunned for a moment.

Recalling her past cultivation experiences, she vaguely guessed what the foundational method was.

Meanwhile, Gatanothor in its information state also realized the scenario it was about to face through the information in Zhao Yingkong's mind... Its mind was somewhat confused, and after regaining its senses, it immediately planned to leave Zhao Yingkong's body.

Fell into a trap!
But Gatanothor suddenly realized... something seemed a bit troublesome. This body seemed special; its entire body was sealed with pure light energy. It had just transformed from an information state into a physical state, and then used some of its core energy in the physical state to erode this human woman. If it were to transform back into an information state, this human woman might intercept a portion of its core energy.

This human woman is very weak and would not normally intercept much energy, but she has a powerful old coin by her side.

This means that losses absolutely cannot be calculated in the normal way.

Xu Feng continued, "Of course, this act of replenishing the foundation is somewhat dangerous, and even if it succeeds, it will lead to death... I think that shouldn't matter. After all, even if you don't do it, Gatanothor will still completely annihilate your soul, which is almost the same as death."

"Alright... since Gatanothor intends to crash this solar energy control system, let it be. Let it crash."

Suddenly.

The colossal Buddha statue that enveloped the sun became distorted and eventually transformed into clusters of energy clouds.

But as Xu Feng waved his hand to recall those relics, the energy fragments, due to their last connection with the relics, followed the relics and converged towards the top of the colossal Buddha image.

These energy clouds, in turn, move matter on the sun's surface, exacerbating solar activity.

In the blink of an eye, various complex energies melted the location where Zhao Yingkong was standing into a desperate situation, and the phantom of Gatanothor turned into nothingness in the massive amount of energy.

Zhao Yingkong's situation was equally tragic.

But white flames continuously surged from her body, reducing the damage from the sun's energy and helping her repair her body, which had been burned to ashes.

"This human... even I can't survive in these flames, how can she still keep her soul intact?"

Gatanjee stared for a moment.

He then realized: "The spatial fluctuations and the white flames are the direct attack of that powerful figure. He used his spatial abilities to borrow this human woman's hand to unleash this power, which is why she was able to survive in this harsh environment."

Gatanothor, now back in its informational state, is locked onto the humans in the far distance.

The person had a serious expression, as if they were doing everything they could to protect the human woman.

"This person was able to suppress me just now because he used external power, but now that tool that used the power of the sun has disappeared, and this person has to divert some of his power to protect the weak, there is no longer any difference between us!"

Gatanothor, realizing this, reverted from his information state to his giant conch shell form.

We were at a disadvantage just now because of the oppressive heat of the sun, but things are different now!

The total amount of energy that human beings can mobilize is probably less than his.

What angered Gatanjah was that its size had shrunk to just over 600 meters tall, and the human woman had captured a significant portion of the energy in that explosion.

This is not all bad.

The core energy it lost was all undigested energy. After losing that undigested energy, the total amount of dark energy it instantly grasped decreased, but compared to its undigested state, it became much more agile, and its combat power did not weaken by much.

Gatanjah roared.

Dark energy from outer space rapidly converged upon it.

Its size rapidly increased with the supply of dark energy, as if it filled the entire dark universe.

Invisible tentacles stretched for hundreds of thousands of kilometers, reaching out towards distant humans.

The space trembled because of this tentacle.

Xu Feng's expression remained unchanged: "Gatanothor only understood spatial abilities? It hasn't fully mastered all of Goldras's abilities?"

Goldras, the golden dragon, has the ability to control the past and future. Even if Goldras's ability to control time is a bit weak, he can at least see that the one protecting Zhao Yingkong is a 'former' enemy. However, Gatanothor is completely unaware of this at the moment.

I overestimated you...

Xu Feng said quietly, "Now I'll show you what I was preparing for all that just now..."

The Yata Mirror, shimmering with golden light, hung above his head, with a not-so-stable crack in front of it.

The moment the invisible tentacles struck, the crack opened instantly, like a giant gate hundreds of miles long and wide.

"Supernova - Shining Sword!"

A dazzling light poured out from the giant gate.

Gatanjah sensed another colossal phantom of a Buddha statue behind the door and witnessed its collapse once more, this time even more complete than before.

The sun merely emitted a large flare.

And that star, which was larger than the sun,... completely collapsed!
A supernova explosion!
This madman traveled through time and space, found a supernova about to explode, and had those relics envelop that supernova. Ultimately, he guided most of the supernova's energy through a spatial gate to attack the enemy behind the gate... Unfortunately, that was precisely his target.

The power of this attack is even more terrifying than facing a supernova explosion at close range... The energy of a supernova explosion is very dispersed. Gatanothor believes that although he would be severely injured in such an attack, he could at least retain some information in his information state. With enough time to recover, he might even be able to recover completely.

But the attacks we face now are more focused and more intense!
"What a madman... After using this move, those tens of thousands of energy crystals are now unrecoverable! Was it really necessary?"

Gatanjee felt a little wronged.

So what if they wiped out some humans on that tiny planet? Was it really worth risking their lives like that? In the eyes of powerful beings at their level, those ordinary humans were no different from chickens, ducks, and fish in the eyes of humans. Who would risk their life for chickens, ducks, and fish when food was plentiful?
"Next, we must enter the deepest information state... However, the deepest information state cannot be moved and can only stay here until the supernova light stream sweeps over... This will probably take some time."

"Hopefully nothing unexpected will happen during this period."

(End of this chapter)