A Scroll of Infinite Glory

Chapter 552 Thunder and Fire, Raging Waves

The Lyra constellation, the Bran civilization.

The home planet of the Bran civilization is a planet where the land area exceeds the ocean area, and the vegetation coverage reaches more than 90% of the land area.

When StarNet communication technology became widespread on this planet, the original inhabitants still existed in tribal form.

Their technical capabilities are quite advanced; they have developed techniques that can induce beneficial mutations in many plants.

The towering peas reaching into the clouds and the tree bridge spanning the sea are masterpieces of their civilization worthy of being engraved in the annals of history.

In recent years, the indigenous people have realized that their unique ecological environment and simple, natural folk customs are their greatest advantages.

Because of the increasingly advanced communication of the StarNet, the large artificial wormhole from the "City Beyond" is now many times safer and faster than the previous quantum leap travel.

After a casual video promotion, the tourism industry on this planet quickly became a hit, developing to an unprecedented level of prosperity.

But today, this aquamarine planet no longer possesses the serene and hazy beauty of the past.

In one corner of the planet, the atmosphere is visibly polluted, turning gray, even black, and dim.

Liu Bowen stood on the eastern side of the highest peak of Bran Star, leaning on a deer antler staff, gazing into the distance.

Within a radius of nearly a thousand miles ahead, the sky had been stained a dark red.

In the earth and jungle, raging fires and billowing smoke, like black and red pillars, reached up to the sky, making the whole world as terrifying as hell.

Animals in the jungle fled frantically, their bodies bearing various burn marks, some even engulfed in flames, fleeing miserably, trampling each other, their deaths gruesome and unbearable to witness.

Meanwhile, the native inhabitants of Bran are angrily using their technology to command a large army of tree-people to fight against the invaders.

Those tree-people, who are generally thirty meters tall, have incredibly thick trunks made of materials different from ordinary trees. They can withstand the high temperatures of magma without burning up.

But their opponents were giant pythons, typically over a hundred meters long, as thick as a water buffalo, with black and red stripes on their scales.

There are also monitor lizards whose scale patterns are extremely similar to those of pythons.

Their scales and blood are hot, and even when they are injured in battle with the tree people's army, their broken scales and blood are enough to set other ordinary trees on fire.

The native inhabitants of Bran, while fighting off these ferocious alien creatures, also spurred the growth of water-storing vines to fight the fire.

However, the fire continued to grow larger.

Clearly, these native inhabitants were no match for the alien creatures that had invaded the planet.

Their anger gradually turned into panic and terror as they tried to use the StarNet to call for help from the outside world, only to find that communications had long been blocked.

Liu Bowen took a slight step forward, and a chilling aura emanated from behind him.

"Elder Zhanlong of the Supreme Dao Sect, if I were you, I would stay here and not move an inch. You were just here for tourism, but you're probably tired of seeing trees everywhere. Isn't this scenery more refreshing?"

A gaunt, white-clad figure floated behind Liu Bowen.

The strange man's clothes were actually made of very fine materials; his white coat was from one of the most expensive brands on the StarNet. However, his gloomy appearance gave him the look of a carrion bird.

There was also a large scarf, loosely wrapped around his upper body, covering his neck and binding his arms, wrapped around his torso again and again.

The two ends of the scarf resemble two strange hands, open in embrace, floating in mid-air.

This strange man is none other than Byakugan, one of the top managers of Galaxy Eye.

Galaxy Eye is a behemoth-level mega-corporation in the interstellar era, spanning multiple fields such as biomedicine, new energy, warship development, chemical materials, environmental remediation, and electronic entertainment.

In the interstellar era, there have always been many companies that registered their entire civilization as a single entity.

However, throughout history, very few have been able to develop to the level of Galaxy Eye.

The cadres under the Galaxy Eye are collectively referred to as managers, and are divided into multiple levels. Even the lower-level managers lead troops and researchers whose development potential is comparable to that of a small civilization.

It is said that the supreme leader of the Galaxy Eye is an entity known as the Main Brain, but it is unknown whether this Main Brain is a mechanical life form, an intelligent program, or a pseudonym for some kind of intelligent being.

Below the mastermind, the highest-ranking cadres are called "Five-Colored Eyes," and they follow a bottom-ranking elimination mechanism.

If any member is promoted to the Five-Colored Eyes level, it means that one of the original five will be kicked out of the group and demoted one level.

This mechanism ensures, to the greatest extent possible, the resources and power that the Five-Colored Eyes can enjoy, which also proves their strength from another perspective.

The Byakugan is one of the original five-colored eyes. It has held this position for a long time, facing challenges but never truly being challenged.

Liu Bowen sensed his presence and slowed his pace slightly.

"Hehe, according to the Interstellar Public Security Regulations, seeing such an alien invasion that is enough to endanger the entire planet's ecology is an encouragement for interstellar citizens to provide assistance to the native inhabitants."

Liu Bowen did not turn around, but chuckled and said, "Galaxy Eye is a formal member of the Interstellar Alliance. Since you are here, there is indeed no need for me to lend a hand."

Bai Yan emitted a cold, short sound, indistinguishable from laughter.

"Don't worry, I came here to help with this fire. But I was in a bit of a rush and need to rest for a while. Why don't you rest with me?"

Liu Bowen sighed, "Could it be that we must wait until these Bran people are burned to the point of being powerless and cowardly?"

"By then, if the Galaxy Eye intervenes, even if it has to offer all the abundant mineral resources beneath the Bran continent as compensation for its firefighting efforts, the Bran civilization probably won't dare to protect its own interests."

Today's disaster is due to the discovery of some rare mineral deposits on Bran, a planet with an unprecedentedly developed tourism industry.

Moreover, after in-depth scanning, it has been discovered that these minerals, which are highly valuable in the interstellar market, have extremely large reserves on Bran.

Unfortunately, before such a natural treasure trove could even be registered with the Interstellar Alliance, it attracted the hawks and hounds of the Galaxy Eye.

White eyes indicate an eagle, red eyes indicate a dog.

Liu Bowen continued, "If I am not mistaken, these fiery serpents and magma giant lizards are the current Red-Eye's pets."

"It seems you're here for these minerals too."

Bai Yan seemed to be answering a question out of context, saying, "It's common knowledge that the majority of beings within the Supreme Dao Sect are mechanical lifeforms, undertaking various planetary-level ecological transformation projects and purchasing large quantities of interstellar minerals."

"So, the elders of the Supreme Dao Sect, coveting these mineral resources that haven't even been officially registered, are plotting this alien invasion—doesn't that sound quite convincing?"

Although he said that, he didn't actually do anything.

Elder Zhanlong of the Supreme Dao Sect is, besides their sect leader Qingtianzhu, the most unfathomably powerful among those active outside the sect.

Although Byakugan was highly confident, he did not believe that he could defeat Elder Zhanlong on his own.

In addition, the combat power of the Supreme Dao Sect's high-level members is truly astonishing. Their only weakness may be that their foundation in interstellar society is not yet stable, and they also have two rivals eyeing them covetously.

Therefore, rolling one's eyes was merely a threatening tactic, hoping that Liu Bowen would protect himself and extricate himself from this potentially quagmire of litigation.

Liu Bowen stroked his long beard, seemingly lost in thought.

At that moment, Bai Yan's eyes rolled, and the scarf-wielding monster suddenly swept outwards.

The highest peak on Bran is covered in frost and snow like clouds.

However, when the extreme cold power of the Byakugan erupted, the entire mountain peak suddenly froze, compressed, and turned into powder.

Numerous ice-blue cracks appeared in the space, crisscrossing like lightning bolts with frozen ends, their tips still spreading outwards.

Immediately afterwards, huge magic arrays appeared in the four directions of east, west, south, north, above and below.

Above is the Heavenly Official, whose talismans resemble thunder and clouds; below is the Water Official, whose talismans resemble whirlpools.

The four directions are governed by the Earth Officials, whose talismans are as large as a tripod.

Liu Bowen's figure had long since disappeared. It turned out that he had silently set up the "Three Officials' Edict for Salvation Talisman".

Within the Three Officials Divine Talisman, a world of its own exists, isolated from the outside world in both time and space.

The lightning ice patterns in the white eyes collided with the six spirit talismans and were immediately blocked.

Being within this world of talismans, he could not observe anything happening outside.

Only a message from Liu Bowen slowly floated out from the six-sided talisman.

"My martial arts skills are failing, and my body is frail. I really don't want to make things difficult for others, but alas..."

The old man's voice suddenly became sharp.

"In my entire life, I have despised these scaly, horned scoundrels who harm the world!"

In the world where Liu Bowen was born, legends about dragons have always been passed down. Although real dragons are becoming increasingly rare, those who have inherited the bloodline of dragons continue to be active in the human world.

Those who possess dragon blood are of course both good and evil, but if we look at the total number throughout history, it is likely that evil dragons outnumbered them.

More importantly, even those who are inherently kind-hearted will become increasingly paranoid and cause harm as they utilize the power of the dragon bloodline within them and increase the concentration of the dragon blood.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, during an era of dynastic change, those "hybrids" of dragons and humans represented the Mandate of Heaven for the Yuan Dynasty, the ambitions of scholars and merchants, and the wild dragons and snakes of the common people, all vying for the right to rule the Central Plains.

As a dragon-slaying sorcerer, Liu Bowen was a disciple of a famous master and was well-versed in astronomy, geography, medicine, military strategy, and forging. In that era, in order to fight against even more evil dragons, he had no choice but to rely on those "hybrid" forces that were relatively beneficial to the world.

He chose a descendant of the Crimson Dragon bloodline, intending to support him in ascending to the throne and ending the chaotic era.

Unexpectedly, just as the war was escalating, several groups of reincarnators entered that world and were chosen to join different factions, bringing even greater changes to that dark era.

In the capital of the Great Yuan Dynasty, the bloodline of the Azure Dragon Wolf was extracted by a refining array and condensed into a divine weapon named "Eternal Heaven".

Ancient pure-blooded dragon monarchs were resurrected one after another, but they were no match for the "Eternal Heaven Divine Art" and "Nine Yin Manual" of the reincarnation captain of the Yuan Dynasty camp. They were forced to form an alliance and submit to his rule, which led to the conquest of all directions.

That dark and bloody dynasty is strikingly similar to what is happening on Bran now.

Liu Bowen temporarily blocked Bai Yan's eyes, then instantly shifted his figure and brought his staff down from mid-air.

Instantly, the antler-like wooden staff emitted a water-like spiritual light, and each forked branch, as it moved through the air, traced the trajectory of a rune.

A huge talisman resembling the character "鼎" (ding), radiating a light blue glow, appeared in the sky and rapidly expanded.

Soon, the talisman transformed into dazzling golden light, covering an area of ​​thousands of miles and suppressing the evil forces.

Instead of using water to extinguish the fire, he drew upon the earth's energy to engulf the smoke and residual heat, purify the air, and clear away the long winds.

Once the Great Cauldron Mantra was pressed down, the black and red smoke columns quickly disappeared, and the dark red sky also rapidly faded.

The fire in the jungle dimmed in the blink of an eye, about to be completely extinguished.

Suddenly, on a black and silver meteorite in outer space, a red-skinned, burly man with bull horns, sitting cross-legged, opened his copper bell-like eyes and revealed a displeased expression.

With a flick of his wrist, he grasped the tip of the bull's right horn and drew out a scimitar as red as a blood diamond.

With this slash, crescent-shaped crimson blade energy instantly flew towards Bran Star.

The blade energy deviated slightly and expanded rapidly. By the time it approached the atmosphere of Bran Star, the length of the blade energy had slightly exceeded the diameter of Bran Star.

The most powerful aspect of this blade energy was that the middle of the blade remained firmly locked onto the area where Liu Bowen was located.

Liu Bowen sensed the attack from outer space, but his expression remained calm. He twirled his wooden staff and casually summoned the soul of the deceased Bran alien, placing it under the golden light of the Great Cauldron Mantra.

What he said was right; he certainly wasn't just here for tourism.

Therefore, when he realized something was wrong, he had already contacted his fellow disciples.

In space, intense electromagnetic waves erupted, accompanied by the piercing sound of sirens.

Two beams of light, one red and one blue, flew in from the distant sky.

The burly man with the bull horns suddenly stood up, and in a flash, the meteorite he had been sitting on was smashed into pieces by the two divine lights.

In his shock and anger, as he glanced back out of the corner of his eye, he vaguely glimpsed the true forms of the two divine lights, which turned out to be two fast cars.

In Liu Bowen's home world, the dragon monarchs were ultimately killed by two vehicles hitting each other.

A red sports car, a blue police car.

Let them refine gold a thousand times, use countless magical words, I'll only ask them one question...

Could it withstand a collision?

At that time, the two motorcycle riders who completed their cultivation with Liu Bowen's help were the true leaders of that era!

The wheels rolled so fast they seemed to fly, the front of the chariot rumbled, and it carried all the dragon monarchs to the Western Paradise.

Even the reincarnator who forged the Dragon Blood Divine Weapon was utterly defeated in the "Sword and Halberd Demon Extermination" scheme devised by the two Motorbike Tribe members and Liu Bowen.

Now, these two motorcycle racers have each reached the seven-star level of cultivation.

Even though they are only at the initial stage of the Seven Stars, when the two of them join forces, their combined attack can unleash a combat power that can vaguely reach the threshold of the advanced stage of the Seven Stars.

Suddenly, the red sports car and the blue police car transformed into two tall robots.

The red one is named Thunderbolt. He is steady and wise, and wields a fiery red broadsword. He is skilled in using the Thunder Crescent Slash.

The blue one is called Vanguard, who hates evil and wields two fierce, azure-blue halberds, having mastered the terrifying Wave Slash technique.

As soon as the two unleashed their combined ultimate technique, in an instant, red and blue colors, flowing shadows and lightning, swirled together like a sphere, shining brightly like the sun.

Covering thousands of miles of space, it suddenly swallowed the red-skinned, horned, strong man.

"No matter where you are evil..."

"Let's first welcome our swords and halberds!!"

(End of this chapter)