Once upon a time there was a greedy snake.

Chapter 438 Who is the Hunter?
Previously, Upo Salas had been dealing with the internal strife among the elves.

The fact that the planet would deliberately collide with us surprised Upo Salas. After all, from any perspective, deliberately colliding with us meant deliberately taking on disaster—even if the collision was to avoid it, the other side had to cooperate. Otherwise, if they were on the same orbit, who could avoid whom?
However, it turns out that the planet, or rather the ancient serpent that controlled everything, did indeed make the right bet.

The elves did indeed choose to avoid each other, and the two sides passed each other peacefully.

Then this bunch of good-for-nothings started fighting, which greatly disappointed Upo Salas. You see, he originally released these elves to make them annihilate another planet under the pressure of life and death, but at the most crucial moment, they actually chose to run away.

No, it shouldn't be like this, it absolutely shouldn't be like this.

What's even more inexcusable is the civil war among these long-eared elves. Every time he sees these elves fighting each other, it infuriates Upo Salas. After all, he collected these elves to work for him, not to waste his strength and energy on such meaningless infighting.

So this time, he simply punished the elves a little and froze the entire planet, just like when it was placed in the collection vault.

But just after Upo Salas had done all that.

That other planet, which should have continued to orbit, has disappeared into the distance.

That planet, or rather that snake, did not choose to continue orbiting, but instead chose to escape.

"Don't they even have the courage to fight?"

Upo Salas suddenly felt an unprecedented sense of absurdity.

Theoretically, he seemed to have won, but this victory felt unreal—as the victor, he gained nothing and instead suffered a huge loss.

On the contrary, the loser not only emerged unscathed, but also appeared to have stolen some of his collection.

For example, the King of Slimes, even though he has been torn to pieces, his materials and power are still there.

But now, this power remains on that distant planet, becoming a part of it.

It even became part of that snake.

"Let's... continue."

After much deliberation, Upo Salas decided to give chase.

Although its reason reminded it time and again that it had done enough, that this was enough, it would be an unprecedented humiliation to suffer such a loss.

So we have to catch up, no matter what. It has already won once, so it will naturally win a second time.

"And this time..."

Upo Salas looked at and felt his own transformation library.

Within that small subspace, the Ignivas were beginning to succumb to his influence and were gradually being transformed.

A new batch of collections, arguably the strongest collections it has ever handled, is about to fall into its hands.

"Your home planet should be destroyed by your own hands, so that you can build a new nation on the ruins."

With that thought in mind, Upo Salas approached the planet that was gradually being frozen.

The earth was covered in frost, everything was silent, the whole land was deathly still, and nothing could be felt.

It's as if the planet is dead; this is also the state of most planets in the cosmos.

Not every planet is lucky enough to be close to its star, receive external heat, and develop life. Many more planets are far from their stars and do not receive any heat.

Just like the star right now, there are many more planets scattered around it, planets that feel no heat and have no life. In other words, this blue planet that deliberately deviated from its orbit is embarking on a path to its doom.

"Perhaps they will all die without my intervention."

Upo Salas thought to himself.

As the hunter, it could sense that the moment it decided to chase after it, it would likely become prey again. After all, the creatures on this planet weren't truly stupid; they had no reason to embark on this doomed journey unless absolutely necessary.

As for that one and only necessity, that's probably it.

In order to hunt it, it actually kidnapped all the creatures on the entire planet.

"That's really ruthless. It was right not to show yourself first."

Upo Salas thought to himself.

However, perhaps only a planet like this can nurture those top hunters, so Upo Salas is preparing to bring a new heat source to this gradually freezing planet.

"Go on, you should go home."

With that, Upo Salas released his subspace.

A group of expressionless Ignivas emerged, their bodies ablaze with black flames, as deep as the void around them.

Upon seeing the distant planet, their faces were filled with resentment.

On the one hand, they naturally hate everything on this planet. This was something Uposaras implanted in them, which was easy to do. After all, if their homeland was really good, these Ignivas people wouldn't need to leave their homeland.

On the other hand, it comes from the Ignivas themselves. After all, even though they have gone far away, they still have a longing for their hometown. But now, looking at their hometown frozen in ice, who did this?
"Whoever did it, they must be killed."

This group of Ignivas made a vow.

Their homeland can only be destroyed by themselves.

If someone else takes action, it means they have destroyed their former home, making them their enemy.

When facing their enemies, the Ignivas never waste words.

As the leader of the Ignivas raised his hand, a warp rift opened up from the side, and then one after another, woolly elephants charged out of the rift.

These woolly elephants are completely different from what they used to be. Their bodies are more like burning flames than long hair. It is this posture that allows them to walk on flat ground even in the void.

These woolly elephants are companions of the Ignivas people, and each Ignivas person has several woolly elephants as mounts.

As always, the golems in their hands will devour everything.

This time, however, the elephants are going to devour their former homeland.

"Let's go."

The Ignivas riding on the elephants dispersed in the void, landing in different locations, as if hunting large prey.

Then, at the same time, they rushed towards their home planet.

(End of this chapter)