Chapter 00107: One Sided Slaughter (Additional Chapter for the Alliance Leader, Time Flies, Beauty Fades )
# One-Sided Slaughter (Additional Chapter for the Alliance Leader, "Time Flies, Beauty Fades")
Chapter 107
Novel: After the Myth
Chapter 107: One-Sided Slaughter (Additional Chapter for the Alliance Leader, "Time Flies, Beauty Fades")
"This is a new type of material, engraved with divine patterns and made using Blossoming God Crystals. This material cannot be torn apart; if it is, it will automatically repair itself. Moreover, the Immortal Spider contains a toxin. If you're hit by it, you'll be poisoned and die," Ji Yuan explained without holding anything back.
Divine patterns? Ding Huan glanced at Qi Xin Yue.
Clearly, Qi Xin Yue didn’t understand what divine patterns were either.
"What are divine patterns?" Ding Huan asked again.
Ji Yuan shook his head.
He didn’t know either.
These were things only divine pattern masters could do.
As if worried that Ding Huan might be dissatisfied, he added, "Every Immortal Spider has divine patterns engraved by a divine pattern master, so outsiders wouldn’t know. The study of divine patterns is extremely complex. Even our ship’s captain doesn’t understand it."
"Ting Ti, Ji Yuan, what’s the situation with the Divine Seeker? Why hasn’t there been any report yet?" A stern voice came from the ship that Ding Huan had just renamed the Blue Star.
Ji Yuan looked at Ding Huan, who pointed at the microphone.
Ji Yuan quickly replied, "Captain, the Divine Seeker is severely damaged. Ting Ti and I are planning to repair it, but it will take some time."
"Don’t bother repairing it. Return immediately," the captain’s voice came again.
Seeing Ding Huan hold up five fingers, Ji Yuan immediately understood and said, "It will take at most five days. Ting Ti has already opened the startup chamber. If we don’t fix it before closing it, it will waste even more time."
The captain was silent for a few moments before saying, "Fine, hurry up."
"Yes," Ji Yuan responded and then turned off the microphone.
"Can this ship transmit images?" Ding Huan asked.
"Yes, but it consumes too much Blossoming God Crystal. So, we usually just use voice communication," Ji Yuan answered carefully.
Ding Huan seemed satisfied and continued, "What’s the weakness of the Immortal Spider?"
"It’s the destruction of its divine patterns. The Immortal Spider’s divine patterns are located on one of its feet and the top of its head. Only if both patterns are destroyed at the same time will the Immortal Spider die," Ji Yuan explained.
Ding Huan frowned, "If that’s the case, then even if you blow the Immortal Spider to pieces, wouldn’t it still survive?"
Ji Yuan shook his head, "No, it’s useless. The Immortal Spider’s divine patterns are protected by an extremely durable material. Even if you blow it apart, it can still recover. If you cut off its foot, the Immortal Spider can immediately find the severed foot and reattach it. It’s just a matter of how much Blossoming God Crystal it consumes."
"Good," Ding Huan said, then raised his hand and sent a wind blade slicing through Ji Yuan’s neck, followed by a kick that sent Ji Yuan flying out of the Blue Star.
Before Ji Yuan’s body could hit the ground, a fireball engulfed him.
"Ah…" Qi Xin Yue gasped in shock as she watched Ding Huan kill Ji Yuan so decisively.
She had thought that since Ji Yuan had been obedient, Ding Huan might spare his life.
But as soon as Ji Yuan finished speaking, Ding Huan killed him.
Ding Huan looked at Qi Xin Yue and said, "If I didn’t kill him, he might have killed me directly or indirectly in the future. Remember, if you’re soft on your enemies, don’t even bother coming out, because you’ll eventually die by your own hand."
"Yes, Big Brother," Qi Xin Yue replied, though she still felt she couldn’t be as ruthless as Ding Huan.
After taking control of the Blue Star, Ding Huan’s first move was to open the energy chamber to inspect it.
Inside, there were 127 Blossoming God Crystals.
"The Divine Seeker had over ten thousand Blossoming God Crystals. Why are there so few here?" Ding Huan was puzzled.
Qi Xin Yue explained, "The Divine Seeker was a lone ship, operating independently. The Blue Star is part of the Blossoming God Fleet. Most of the Blossoming God Crystals used for energy aren’t stored on the Blue Star but on the main battleship."
"I see," Ding Huan nodded, then found the Blue Star’s communicator.
As long as he carried it with him, he could sense if the Blue Star was under attack.
"Huh, what’s this?" Ding Huan picked up a crystal box filled with thousands of capsule-like objects.
"Those are energy pellets. Taking one can keep you full for several days. Although Dung Beetle was our life manager, he didn’t cook every day—only a few times a month. Most of the time, energy pellets were our main food source," Qi Xin Yue explained.
"These are good stuff. The energy pellets on the Divine Seeker must have been taken by Dung Beetle, right?" Ding Huan guessed, since Zhong Chi hadn’t mentioned them.
"Yes, in space, energy pellets are even more important than Blossoming God Crystals," Qi Xin Yue added.
Ding Huan nodded, then closed the Blue Star’s hatch.
"Xin Yue, we’ll cultivate here. I need to advance further."
With that, he handed five Blossoming God Crystals to Qi Xin Yue.
"Okay," Qi Xin Yue agreed.
She knew that the stronger Ding Huan became, the better.
The people from the Blossoming God Continent were ruthless killers.
The only way to reason with them was to be stronger than them.
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With the Blossoming God Crystals, Ding Huan no longer held back in his cultivation.
He aimed to reach the ninth level of gene cultivation within five days.
If he didn’t push himself, he might not achieve his goal.
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On the Western Asian battlefield, countless shells rained down on the Blossoming God Base.
Federal Commander Gu Zhong watched nervously from a distance.
After more than a dozen skirmishes, he had realized that the civilization that had come to Earth far surpassed their own.
This time, he planned to use a concentrated attack.
If the enemy could still withstand it, then Earth was truly in danger.
After all, this was just their vanguard.
If Earth couldn’t even defeat their vanguard, how could they hope to stop the full invasion of an alien civilization?
But no matter how many shells were fired, they seemed to be blocked by an invisible barrier.
The barrier shimmered with white light, and the shells couldn’t penetrate it.
Gu Zhong’s worry deepened.
If they couldn’t break through, he would have to send martial artists and gene cultivators armed with penetrating explosive arrows to engage in close combat.
Nuclear weapons were the last resort, but given the terrifying barrier, would they even work?
What worried him most was that the enemy hadn’t even begun to retaliate.
As if confirming his fears, the Blossoming God Base began firing beams of light.
These beams seemed to have a mind of their own, accurately destroying one artillery piece and missile launcher after another.
The beams were devastating.
Anything they touched—whether a missile launcher or a missile itself—was instantly destroyed.
Earth had laser weapons too, but compared to these, they were like child’s play.
As for people, anyone who got too close was instantly killed.
Gu Zhong’s hands trembled slightly.
He knew that these beams weren’t the enemy’s most terrifying weapon.
They also had field weapons.
The reason the missiles couldn’t penetrate was likely due to these field weapons.
This was why he didn’t dare send soldiers to charge.
Once they entered the range of the enemy’s field weapons, no matter how many soldiers there were, they would be slaughtered.
Rows of federal soldiers were cut down by the beams.
This was a completely one-sided battle.
The federal army, numbering in the millions, hadn’t even killed a single enemy soldier.
And the enemy’s field weapons and Immortal Spiders hadn’t even been fully deployed yet.
"Commander Gu, let us go. I’ll take the penetrating explosive arrows. I refuse to believe we can’t tear through that barrier," Zhu Qin Jiang said, veins bulging on his forehead.
His fists were clenched even tighter than Gu Zhong’s.
The sight of being slaughtered so one-sidedly made him want to vomit blood.
Gu Zhong shook his head, "Going up now is suicide. We’ll retreat further and prepare for a concentrated nuclear strike."
As soon as he finished speaking, tens of thousands of Immortal Spiders suddenly surged forward.
"Retreat! Do not engage!" Gu Zhong immediately ordered a retreat.
He had fought these Immortal Spiders more than a dozen times and knew they were unkillable.
Engaging them would only result in more federal soldiers dying for nothing.
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Five days passed in the blink of an eye.
When the Blue Star’s communicator buzzed with the captain’s voice again, Ding Huan was jolted out of his cultivation.
He was still far from reaching the ninth level of gene cultivation.
Even without any bottlenecks and with enough Blossoming God Crystals, he estimated it would take at least half a month.
Forget it.
He’d stop here for now.
A mid-level eighth-stage gene cultivator should be enough to deal with those alien scum.
"Captain, we’ve repaired the Divine Seeker. We should be able to return tomorrow," Ding Huan mimicked Ji Yuan’s voice.
"You’ve taken too long. Return immediately," the captain said before hanging up, clearly displeased with Ji Yuan and Ting Ti.
"Big Brother Ding, are we going to deal with those battleships?" Qi Xin Yue had started to understand Ding Huan’s methods.
In some ways, Ding Huan was even more cautious than Dung Beetle.
But unlike Dung Beetle, when Ding Huan wasn’t being cautious, he could be downright reckless.
"Of course. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have bothered cultivating here. Huh, that guy…"
Ding Huan had been wondering if Zhong Chi had made it back to Pu Hai yet.
But when he saw Old Six following Zhong Chi, he realized that not only had Zhong Chi returned to Pu Hai, but he had also rushed back here in a hurry.
Zhong Chi was also anxious.
He was worried that Ding Huan might no longer be on Bi Ao Island.
If Ding Huan wasn’t there, he wouldn’t know where to find him.
In Zhong Chi’s eyes, Ding Huan was the only one who could deal with those alien battleships.
When Zhong Chi hurried to the Federal International Museum, he was stunned.
What did he see?
A fully intact alien battleship, just like the one on display in the museum.
Zhong Chi was certain this wasn’t the one from the museum.
The only possibility was that one of the four alien battleships had appeared here.
Their goal was undoubtedly the Divine Seeker.
Zhong Chi quickly retreated, trying to hide behind a nearby billboard.
But before he could take more than a few steps, he heard Ding Huan’s lazy voice, "Old Zhong, no need to hide. Come on up."
"Ding Huan?!" Zhong Chi was stunned, then overjoyed.
He rushed forward.
"Hahaha…" Before he even reached the Blue Star, Zhong Chi burst into laughter.
"I knew you’d be here. Those alien monkeys came to deliver us a gift, and now they’ve brought us a ship!"
Even he realized that Ding Huan must have been cultivating here when the alien ship came to investigate the Divine Seeker.
And Ding Huan had killed them.
Old Six shot Zhong Chi a displeased look.
What’s wrong with monkeys? Did monkeys offend you?
(End of Chapter)