Tower Defense: Public Enemy

Chapter 523 Starry Sky Divine Skill

"Spare my life for a short time..."

Lan Zheng managed to squeeze out a sound, feeling quite frightened. He couldn't believe he had been captured again. While shocked by Lei Chi's strength, he also secretly regretted his carelessness.

Lei Chi nodded and said truthfully, "You have twice violated my Bliss City. In my eyes, this is a capital offense. Even if you choose to surrender, your fate is already sealed. The reason I can spare your life for now is because I have some interest in your family's ancestral land. I am sparing your life so that you can guide me in the future."

"you……"

Lan Zheng's face was ashen, his expression extremely unpleasant. He struggled for a long time but couldn't utter a single word.

It wasn't that he didn't want to speak; in fact, he was cursing Lei Chi in his heart. He was going to die anyway, so why surrender?

However, he was unable to speak at that moment.

Bound by the chains of divine lightning, an ordinary person would be unable to speak at all; only Lan Zheng, with his great strength, could still struggle slightly.

Of course, this is also because the twelve witch ancestors are still at a low level. If they could all be promoted to the seventh level, the power of the Divine Thunder Chains would be ten times stronger. In that case, Lan Zheng would not only be unable to speak, but even his thoughts would become extremely sluggish.

"Fine, now I'm the butcher and you're the fish on the chopping block, why should I care whether you agree or not!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lei Chi had a thought and spat out two telekinetic throwing knives. He exerted all his strength, frantically channeling his mental energy into the two telekinetic throwing knives. The next moment, the two throwing knives flashed past and directly severed Lan Zheng's arms.

With Lei Chi's current strength, if placed in the outer star system, even considering only the methods of a mentalist, he would actually be close to a Void Annihilation level expert. Even without the support of the system, he would be able to fight against Lan Zheng.

This is the result of his thousand years of arduous cultivation.

Actually, if we calculate age based on the time within the stone slab passage, Lei Chi is now over a thousand years old, even older than Lan Zheng.

Lei Chi then stopped wasting words with Lan Zheng, beat him to a pulp, and used the Golden Hoop Spell to put a golden hoop on his head. He then handed him over to Kung Fu Master Yuan Yuanzi and others, instructing them to take the Lan family patriarch into custody.

It is worth mentioning that during the time that Lei Chi traveled to the Ancient Sacred Domain, the Blue Moon Cult Leader gained the recognition of the All Beings and the Temple of Faith, and his strength was greatly enhanced. He was an excellent support in controlling the All Beings and the Temple of Faith. Although his combat power was not strong, he was good at battlefield rescue.

In addition, High Priestess Xiuya developed a technological form of the Ancient and Technological Throne, which included a keyboard-shaped weapon.

The strength of everyone in Bliss City is also constantly increasing. There are quite a few who are comparable to or even surpass the peak mid-level gods. It's just a pity that they can't get rid of the power of the system. If they leave the main world, their strength will shrink drastically.

At this time, the battle was not over yet. General Leichi was still attacking the war fortress, where some members of the Lan family were still putting up a stubborn resistance.

Lei Chi paid no attention to these matters. He left behind the Haotian Mirror and the Holy Light of Eternity, allowing their spirits to resurrect the fallen. He himself did not concern himself with the aftermath. Stepping on the Golden Lotus of the Other Shore, he headed towards the Treasure Hall.

In the Paradise City square, the crowd erupted in excitement upon seeing the battle scenes projected by the divine beasts Zhaojian and Duowen in the sky.

"Is that the city lord riding on lotus flowers?"

"Indeed, only the City Lord can control the Golden Lotus of the Other Shore. Who else could it be but the City Lord!"

"Why has the city lord turned into a child?"

"You don't know this, do you? The city lord has many faces; it's said that he sometimes even appears in female form!"

"The City Lord is truly invincible!"

"How could a mere external enemy be a match for the City Lord?"

"The city lord hasn't even put in any effort yet, and they've already collapsed."

"Long live the City Lord!"

Many people in the crowd knelt down in worship, fervently worshipping Lei Chi. Deedlit and the others were also all smiles. Lei Chi had easily resolved the crisis in Elysium City, which made them feel very at ease.

Only one person remained motionless, his face filled with shock, like a wooden sculpture.

This man was none other than the Jedi Knight Krull.

His behavior was completely out of place among those around him. After a long while, he muttered to himself, "The Lan family patriarch has been captured? This! Just how powerful is the Blissful God Lord? Could he be a World Lord-level expert? Outrageous, utterly outrageous! Judging from this situation, even if my teacher came, he would probably have to kneel down..."

The Jedi Knight was deeply shocked and amazed by the wonders of Asgard. He was also secretly worried about his teacher, fearing that he might have entered Asgard and then attack Elysium...

Although the invasion of the Lan family army was crushed, the aftermath was complicated. Two days later, the war fortress was brought back to Evil God Island by Cthulhu and Krul. A large number of weapons and equipment became research samples for a group of scientific engineers on the technology island, and some of them became the collections of certain big shots.

The first and second hills of Jingyanggang were naturally restored, and the Fengbofu Hotel was also restored by the system. However, many hippopotamus people and residents who dined at the Fengbofu Hotel were actually dead.

While the Eternal Light can resurrect those who have died in battle, this mainly applies to those who died after the artifact unleashed its power. For those who died before its power was unleashed, its resurrection ability is extremely limited.

The deaths brought some sadness and anger to Paradise City, prompting Mushroom Castle to hold a memorial event and take the opportunity to encourage everyone to strive to become stronger.

Zhao Zilong rushed back and, after learning of the deaths of many hippopotamus people, remained silent for a long time before finally deciding to move the Fengbo Mansion Hotel to the City of Bliss...

Cosmic Traveler Yan Wei, Lord of Ultra City Otride, Lord of Divine Moon City De Gang, Lord of Hidden Dragon City Hui Shu, and others also arrived in Paradise City, and then entered Mushroom Castle to hold a secret meeting with Deedlit and the others...

At this moment, Lei Chi was in the Demon Realm, gazing at the towering seventh-tier [Qiong Ha].

In the past two days, he has not concerned himself with any mundane affairs, but has instead examined all the materials in the treasure hall, collected the useful ones, and upgraded two [Poor Ha], two [Gap], [Bear Ba], [Six Eyes], [Trash Chicken], and [Sweet Shrimp] in the Demon Realm to the seventh rank.

The three-headed Qilin Tower in Qilin Cliff, as well as all the Golden Crows and Phoenixes in the Primordial World, were upgraded to the sixth rank.

The [Great Jade Rhinoceros Beetle] was upgraded to Tier 6, the [Thousand Illusion Divine Beast] was upgraded to Tier 5, and the Four Great Monkey Kings were upgraded to Tier 6...

Transform a Tier 6 [Primordial Phoenix] into a [Cosmic Phoenix] and place it on the 103rd outer island, naming the island "Holy Fire Palace"...

A sixth-tier [Primordial Golden Crow] was transformed into a [Cosmic Golden Crow] and placed on the 102nd outer island, which was named "Bright Peak"...

Lei Chi has also created two new Tier 6 [Primordial Azure Dragons]!

It's worth mentioning that after [Qiong Ha] is upgraded to Tier 7, the attack range of its superpulse ray increases to 100 kilometers, making it the longest-range attack ray in the Beast Tower of Bliss City.

"A hundred kilometers of attack range is not short, but unfortunately the defensive tower can only defend passively and cannot stop alien spaceships equipped with long-range weapons... Perhaps if this guy were to be upgraded, its range could be even greater."

Lei Chi sighed, then stepped onto the Golden Lotus of the Other Shore and headed towards the Mushroom Castle.

To avoid future troubles, Lei Chi has decided to destroy the outpost base that the Azure Star Region built beneath the Windless Sea.

Zhao Zilong, Guo Yuheng, Kumbadon, and others all supported sending troops.

When Yan Wei, Outlete, De Gang, Hui Shu, and others learned of this, they were quite interested and decided to bring their respective forces to join the battle.

Lei Chi welcomed this idea.

Another day passed, and the allied army set off from Elysium, led by Jedi Knight Krull, and began their journey toward the Calm Sea.

Just half a day later, the outpost was utterly destroyed; all the outsiders inside either died, fled, or surrendered…

This is a one-sided battle.

After completely capturing the outpost, the group began dividing the spoils on the spot, but Lei Chi arrived at the spacetime tunnel connecting to the Azure Star Realm.

"I originally intended to hand these people from other realms over to Senior Yu Baichen, but he's been taking way too long to return..."

Lei Chi shook his head. Yu Baichen possessed the ability to seal off spacetime channels. Lei Chi suspected that he might have deliberately left behind such a spacetime channel that led directly to the Azure Star Boundary, perhaps to facilitate his own return.

"I wonder what that Azure Star Realm looks like. I'll go in and take a look today, and also verify whether leaving the Divine Realm truly means losing the power of the system..."

After silently making some plans, Lei Chi strode into the teleportation portal. He felt as if he were entering a stone slab passage. After walking through it for a while, he was greeted by light.

Lei Chi looked up and saw the vast starry sky!

That was the real starry sky, deep, vast, and boundless.

Before he could even utter a sigh, the golden lotus beneath his feet began to slowly dissipate.

"Hmm? The Golden Lotus of the Other Shore is also a system item. Could it disappear after leaving the world controlled by the system?"

Lei Chi understood immediately. Upon further inspection, he discovered that he could no longer open his storage space or summon the system panel. Many system items, like the Golden Lotus of the Other Shore, began to slowly dissipate.

"It seems it's not a good day to go out..."

Lei Chi muttered something to himself and hurriedly returned along the passage.

He wouldn't abandon treasures like the Golden Lotus of the Other Shore just because of his curiosity about the Azure Star Realm.

After returning to the underwater continent, Lei Chi acted alone and went to the Blackwater Maze.

There is another threat here, namely the Zerg player, Pupae.

"This bug is destined to be a villain; eliminating it early will prevent future trouble!"

Lei Chi headed straight for the Zerg player Gu Chang's leased territory. A moment later, he discovered that although there was a huge Zerg mother hive in the leased territory, it was empty. There were no cerebrates or other high-level Zerg bodies, not even a single small Zerg to do any work.

"Looks like I'm a step too late. This guy got away first, leaving only one empty space. A brave man cuts his losses, huh? He certainly had the foresight..."

Lei Chi reluctantly released his divine sense, which at this moment could cover an area of ​​tens of thousands of miles, but after a thorough investigation, Lei Chi found nothing.

"That insect traveled at least ten thousand miles away..."

Lei Chi was slightly annoyed. After flicking his sleeves, he returned to the Black Water and wasted half a day in the various markets.

Next, Lei Chi went to the capital of the Asa Empire, partly to see what the Yellow Heaven Sect was up to, and partly to retrieve the fragments of divinity that the chief god Qiukas had dropped when he died.

Those fragments of divinity were protected by the alchemical array of the Mechanical Temple. In the past, Lei Chi was wary of the alchemical array and dared not trespass, but now he was not so afraid.

"With my current physical condition, I should be able to withstand this alchemical array for a while without much problem..."

Lei Chi silently made his plans.

Upon approaching the alchemical array, Lei Chi cautiously conducted numerous tests, such as controlling his telekinetic flying knives to enter the array, probing deep within it with his hands and feet, condensing the Azure Dragon King and the Great Mighty Tiger with his magical power, and so on.

After confirming that there was no problem entering the alchemy array for a short time, Lei Chi stepped onto the Golden Lotus of the Other Shore and entered it. He then bravely resisted the alchemy array and quickly swept away all the fragments of divine essence within it.

"Haha, what's mine will always be mine. Goodbye, Mechanical Temple!"

After collecting the fragments of divinity, Lei Chi did not linger and quickly rode the Moon Gazing Beast toward the "Starry Sky".

Those fragments of divine essence were actually useless to Lei Chi; he collected them for Qiu Kas.

Of course, it was also to vent my anger.

Half a day later, Lei Chi returned to the Ancient Sacred Domain and continued his exploration there.

The avatar of Qinghuo was soon followed by the arrival of Leichi's consciousness, who then controlled him to go to the blacksmith's shop.

There are blacksmithing quests in the blacksmith shop, which can be used to farm Lucky Treasure Chests.

More than a month has passed in the blink of an eye. Lei Chi's main body has accumulated more than three hundred years of closed light. On this day, in the inner sect blacksmith shop, Qing Huo's incarnation, who has been silently forging iron all this time, finally opened a [Scripture Pavilion Exchange Token] from a Lucky Treasure Chest after completing thirty-seven rounds of blacksmithing tasks.

"With this token, let's head to the inner sect's scripture pavilion today and see if there are any high-level books there!"

With anticipation in his heart, Lei Chi controlled his Azure Flame avatar and quickly arrived at the Inner Sect's Scripture Pavilion.

The inner sect's scripture pavilion is much larger than the outer sect's scripture pavilion, and it contains far more classic texts, secret manuals, illustrations, and other materials.

After Lei Chi controlled his Azure Flame avatar to carefully search the area for half a day, he discovered a manual called "Starry Sky Divine Art".

"Starry Sky Divine Art...that's an essential technique for setting up and controlling star arrays!"

Lei Chi was overjoyed, thinking of the sixteen Star Pillars he had collected from the ruins of the Star Palace outside.

The sixteen Star Pillars were identified by the system as array tools that can be used to set up a Star Array, and the Starry Sky Divine Skill is the key to setting up and controlling the Star Array.

"Luckily, I'll use the exchange token to exchange for this Starry Sky Divine Skill!"

Lei Chi made up his mind and quickly exchanged for the [Starry Sky Divine Art] manual. He then controlled his Azure Flame avatar to return to his cave and began to study it diligently.

(End of this chapter)