Super God Academy: Kabuto

As the saying goes, "Suddenly, like a spring breeze overnight, thousands of pear trees bloom." The tenderness and affection that followed were like countless jade blossoms quietly blooming in the still night, known only to the stars, the moon, and each other. Here, a blank space is left to allow the boundless spring to linger in silence.

Ten thousand words omitted here...

Just as the poem describes, the flames of war suddenly swept through the heavenly court of Merlo, a symbol of angelic glory, like a blizzard in the dead of winter. Hua Ye personally led his Taotie army and the Triangular Body to press on, their arrogance overwhelming.

At first, the battle seemed to be under his control. He clashed with He Xi's energy avatar, who was stationed in the Heavenly Court, in the sky. The collision of the sword trees produced flashes of annihilation, seemingly evenly matched. On the outer perimeter, Ruo Ning commanded the Fallen Heaven and Taotie fleets, engaging in a fierce battle with the young female angels who were determined to defend their homeland. Metal fragments and energy aftershocks resembled a deadly galactic storm.

However, the protracted battle gradually irritated Hua Ye. A fierce glint flashed in his eyes, and he suddenly activated the Black Hole Engine during a break in the exchange, combining it with the Triangle's eerie brainwave suppression to launch a despicable Void-level sneak attack on He Xi's clone! This treacherous strike was indeed effective; the energy field around He Xi's clone fluctuated violently, its movements became noticeably sluggish, and it fell into a suppressed disadvantage.

"Hmph, nothing special!" Seeing this, Hua Ye thought victory was assured. To preserve his strength or for other purposes, he suddenly withdrew from the main battlefield after gaining the advantage, leaving the mess to his subordinates.

But he never expected that this retreat would lead him into the trap carefully woven by He Xi.

When he returned to the designated rendezvous area, feeling smug and confident that he had only been gone for a few hours, the scene before him struck him like a thunderbolt:

Countless warship wrecks floated in outer space, their energy flames burning silently in the vacuum like will-o'-the-wisps. His massive Taotie fleet had suffered over 80% loss, and the remaining ships were mostly badly damaged. The battlefield was filled with an aura of death and destruction.

"Ruoning!" Hua Ye was both shocked and furious when he found Ruoning, who was staggering, her armor shattered, and covered in blood.

When Ruoning saw him, a glimmer of hope flickered in her lifeless eyes, and her voice was hoarse: "Your Majesty! You're still alive... That's wonderful!" She reported urgently, each word dripping with emotion, "After you left, that cunning old demon He Xi launched a frenzied counterattack! We thought you were dead, so we could only fight to the death, repelling over a hundred waves of angelic guards... Then, He Xi (actually, the consciousness controlling his clones) personally descended to the battlefield to command, our army's morale wavered, and defeat seemed imminent... We... we gritted our teeth and held on for over thirty days, fighting to the death!"

"How long?!" Hua Ye's pupils contracted sharply, almost unable to believe his ears. "I've only been there for less than a day!"

"More than thirty days! At least forty-five Earth days!" Ruoning's affirmation was like a bucket of ice water poured over her head.

"How is this possible... I was over there, and it felt like only a few hours had passed!" Hua Ye felt a chill of utter absurdity.

Ruoning, being a seasoned veteran, suppressed her pain and her mind raced: "Wait... Your Majesty, let me think..." Her eyes flickered, and combined with the rumors of He Xi's expertise in time-space technology, a terrifying deduction surfaced in her mind: "You've probably... fallen into a time-space trap meticulously set by He Xi!"

Her voice trembled as she explained, "She most likely exploited the spacetime-distorting properties of your black hole engine, working in reverse to create a localized, extremely slow-moving time cage around you. Your own energy became the fuel to maintain this trap; you felt only a moment had passed, but over a month had gone by outside… She made you, with your own power, 'help' her trap yourself, and during that time, calmly destroyed your fleet!"

Upon hearing this, Hua Ye's face turned ashen. An unprecedented sense of humiliation and rage surged within him. He looked at the still towering Mero Heavenly Court in the distance, his eyes practically spitting fire: "He Xi...!"

At this moment, inside the main hall of the Heavenly Court of Merlo, He Xi's energy clone sat elegantly on the throne symbolizing the commander, below whom were the guardian angels, though weary, with burning eyes and full of reverence.

The clone's expression remained calm and composed, only the data flashing in her eyes seemed slightly hurried. She gently pressed her temples, as if resisting some lingering interference, and murmured to herself, her clear, cold voice echoing in the hall:

"Hua Ye's black hole engine is indeed troublesome... especially when combined with the Triangle's mental attack. Relying solely on this clone to maintain high-intensity combat and spacetime traps for an extended period of time is nearing its limit."

She looked up, her gaze seemingly piercing through the hall, and saw Hua Ye's furious figure in the starry sky.

"It seems it's time... to inform the main body to return."