Swallowing the Stars: Analyzing All Things

"The King?!"

This sudden change caused the other clan elders to retreat rapidly, quickly distancing themselves from the kingdom's ruler. Their eyes were filled with horror, and their fingers gripping their weapons trembled violently.

"What are you all waiting for?"

The king's face was contorted, his dark yellow eyes burning with fury. His voice was hoarse and low, each word filled with barely suppressed rage.

"The demons have already reached the city gates. Are you waiting for them to storm in and wipe our people off this continent?!"

His gaze swept coldly over the clan elders, looking at them one by one as if he were conducting a trial.

"Since you don't want to move!"

"Then let me help you."

As soon as he finished speaking, his figure moved like a gray-white light, weaving among the elders. With each pause, an elder's body was pierced, and a primordial bead was crushed.

The elders tried to resist, but how could these weak ordinary realm lords escape the hunt of a peak realm lord?

One, two, three—

"Um?"

A hint of seriousness flashed in the eyes of one of the realm lords.

Because on the corpse of the clan elder below, a crimson flame suddenly ignited from within, and then quickly spread throughout the body, enveloping it.

"Hiss~"

The stone-like skin hissed as it burned in the flames, then cracked, peeled off, and turned to ash.

Even more bizarrely, the face that had originally been contorted with rage, pain, and disbelief became serene as the flames burned.

"Out—"

Just as the realm lord was about to interrupt, a message from Commander Xuan Yi appeared in his mind.

"Everyone, leave the royal city!"

Upon receiving the order, Lin Yan and his men immediately led their troops away from the royal city area, ceasing their pursuit of the local inhabitants.

Meanwhile.

Under the king's frenzied attack, ten elders have already fallen. Their bodies are scattered haphazardly across the square, dark gray blood gushing from their wounds and soaking into the stone slabs beneath them.

"Screech!" "Screech!" "Screech!"

Ten flames of life rose up and then converged into a huge pillar of light, which directly broke through the dark red clouds and connected with the statue of the deity enshrined in the secret chamber.

"Buzz—"

The statue suddenly opened its eyes.

His pupils turned into a pure, intense gold, like two stars compressed to their extremes. Golden light shone from his eyes, illuminating the entire palace and even the entire capital.

The statue's body rapidly expanded.

One meter, ten meters, a hundred meters... In just a few breaths, the statue expanded from the size of a fist to thousands of kilometers high, like a silver-white mountain peak, looking down at the tiny ants below.

"That is..."

In the distance, Lin Yan suddenly turned around and looked at the colossal statue that was thousands of kilometers high, and a tremor rose in his heart.

This enormous statue is cast from silvery-white metal, its surface covered with intricate patterns that flow slowly under the light, appearing almost alive.

These secret patterns...

It was extremely similar to the secret bone he obtained.

The statue's head is oval-shaped, without facial features or expression, only a crack running across its face, through which flows a silvery-white light, like an inverted river.

His limbs were long and slender, and his fingers were like ten sharp swords, with heart-pounding energy fluctuations gathered at his fingertips.

With each breath, visible ripples of energy emanated from its body, shattering the surrounding buildings.

Immortal gods!

……

Lanqi Continent, Royal City.

A towering statue stood in the center of the capital, its silvery-white body reaching to the sky, its head piercing through the dark red clouds, looking down at the burning land below.

The aura it exuded was vast and terrifying, and a tangible pressure spread outward from its body, causing the entire city to tremble slightly.

"Phew~"

Xuan Yi, the military commander, appeared in the sky above the royal city.

He hovered in front of the statue, appearing as insignificant as a speck of dust compared to the colossal, silvery-white object thousands of kilometers tall.

but……

His aura was in no way inferior to that of the statue, and the silver flames surrounding him caused the space itself to distort slightly.

"An immortal god-level mystical puppet?"

Commander Xuan Yi's gaze locked onto the statue, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes before turning into understanding. This puppet creation of this level was probably left behind by that sacrificial temple.

"interesting."

He said in a low voice, a slight smile playing on his lips.

With a thought, a jet-black spear appeared in his hand, its body shimmering with a cold, eerie light, and its tip gleaming with a blinding, chilling light.

"Wow—"

The statue suddenly let out a silent roar.

That wasn't a sound, but a visible energy shockwave that spread outwards from its body in all directions.

As the shockwave swept through, those buildings that even domain lords couldn't easily destroy collapsed like paper. Many Stone-Skinned Tribe natives were instantly reduced to dust, not even having time to scream.

at the same time.

Xuan Yijun took the initiative.

His figure met the statue, and silver flames and silver-white light collided in the sky, exploding into dazzling balls of light, like countless small suns blooming in the darkness.

The spear and the sword clashed, each collision causing the space to tremble. In the aftershocks of the two immortal forces, most of the royal city was instantly destroyed.

"call--"

In the distance, Lin Yan let out a sigh of relief, still shaken.

He clearly felt the touch of death when the shockwave swept past him.

If it weren't for Commander Xuan Yi deliberately diverting a sliver of his power to protect them during a lull in the battle, he and the surrounding space warriors would probably have been reduced to dust by now.

"Retreat! Retreat now!"

The realm lords and commanders swiftly issued military orders.

Lin Yan and the other combat squads quickly returned to the giant spaceship along with the realm lords and commanders, awaiting the next order from Commander Xuan Yi.

……

high in the air.

The spear and the sword clashed once more, creating ripples of energy.

Under the attack of the statue, Xuan Yijun retreated repeatedly. Although his flames could scorch the statue's silver-white body, the statue's counterattacks forced him to fight with all his might every time.

Anyone with eyes can see it.

Xuan Yijun was at a disadvantage in the battle.

The statue's fighting style was too bizarre. It was not alive, had no fear, and no sense of judgment. Every attack it made seemed to be aimed at mutual destruction, and it only attacked, never defended.

"This mysterious puppet..."

Commander Xuan Yi's voice carried a hint of solemnity, "His overall strength has barely reached the level of a marquis."

While this puppet is slightly weaker in terms of attack methods, its defense is comparable to that of a Marquis-level immortal.

"All troops, retreat!"

Commander Xuan Yi made a swift decision.

On the eleventh extraterrestrial battlefield, it's not just the human race that's here; many legions of other alien races have also entered. Who knows when a powerful figure might sense the fluctuations here and rush over to take advantage of the situation.

retreat.

It is the wisest choice.

……