Chapter 00109: Kill Them All
# Kill Them All
Chapter 109
Novel: After the Myth
Chapter 109: Kill Them All
When Ba Lu heard Ding Huan's words, his anger deflated like a punctured balloon, leaving no trace of rage behind.
That's right.
If there's no "now," what's the point of worrying about consequences?
If Cang Yu Ding Hui surrendered to Ding Huan, there might still be a slim chance of survival.
But if he resisted...
Ba Lu instinctively glanced at the ten corpses lying on the ground and completely lost the will to fight.
"I have another trick up my sleeve called Soul Search. Don't worry if you haven't heard of it—I can demonstrate it on you," Ding Huan said as he walked toward Ba Lu.
Ding Huan had heard of Soul Search, but claiming he could perform it was a blatant exaggeration.
The most he could do was use his true essence to penetrate the other person's skull and turn their brain into mush.
Ba Lu shivered at Ding Huan's words.
He knew what Soul Search was—it was one of the most brutal tortures on the Zhan Shen Continent.
He would rather die than undergo it.
Besides, he had many secrets he didn't want to reveal.
"I can let you take control of the Zhan Shen One battleship, but you can't perform Soul Search on me," Ba Lu said, not begging for his life.
He knew Ding Huan would never spare him.
Unlike Cang Yu Ding Hui, he was rational.
"Deal," Ding Huan agreed without hesitation.
Taking control of the battleship was simple.
As long as the owner was willing, the battleship could be handed over to someone else at any time.
In just a few minutes, Ding Huan had complete control of the massive Zhan Shen One.
Ding Huan's divine sense immediately focused on the energy chamber.
To his delight, there were at least 100,000 Zhan Shen crystals in the chamber.
What truly powered the chamber, however, seemed to be an energy vein.
Ding Huan estimated it to be at least ten meters long.
In addition, there were over 100,000 energy particles.
"Haha, Brother Ding, I've taken control of the Zhan Shen Two battleship..."
Zhong Chi's laughter echoed from outside.
The strong cultivators from the Zhan Shen Continent had been holding a meeting on the main battleship, which Ding Huan had wiped out in one fell swoop.
Zhong Chi, having gone to the Zhan Shen Two battleship, had taken control of it with little effort.
Just as Ding Huan was about to speak, his expression suddenly changed.
He rushed to the entrance of the Zhan Shen One battleship and saw a spacecraft from the periphery shoot into the sky, disappearing in an instant.
Someone had escaped?
"Brother Ding, a battleship just fled. Should we chase it?" Zhong Chi also noticed the escaping ship.
"Brother, I know who left," Qi Xin Yue and Old Liu hurriedly ran up.
"Who was it?" Ding Huan asked.
"It was that dung beetle. I saw him board the battleship a while ago, but I didn't realize it until now. I rushed to tell you, but he was too fast. In just a few seconds, he took control of the battleship and fled," Qi Xin Yue said, feeling uneasy.
After all, Ding Huan and Zhong Chi had been busy, and she had failed to keep an eye on the remaining battleship.
Ding Huan waved his hand.
"It's not your fault. That guy is far stronger than you and is skilled at modifying battleship programs."
The only thing that puzzled Ding Huan was how the dung beetle had reattached his broken leg.
Even if he had, it had been less than a month.
How had he recovered so quickly?
However, knowing it was the dung beetle, Ding Huan didn't feel the need to chase him.
First, he knew he wouldn't catch him.
The dung beetle would have severed all connections with the battleship and likely destroyed the communication programs.
Second, the dung beetle would never dare return to Earth.
Given his cautious nature, he wouldn't come back unless he was certain he could win.
Ding Huan couldn't help but admire the dung beetle's timing.
The guy had chosen the perfect moment to steal the battleship.
If he had acted earlier, Ding Huan would have killed him before dealing with the battleship.
If he had acted later, Ding Huan would have already secured the battleship, making escape impossible.
But the dung beetle had started cracking the battleship's startup program just as Ding Huan was taking control, a moment when Ding Huan's divine sense wasn't active.
It was as if the dung beetle had planned it with him.
From the dung beetle's timing, Ding Huan concluded two things: first, despite his cautious nature, the dung beetle was bold when faced with a life-or-death crisis.
Second, the dung beetle had accurately predicted that Ding Huan would come to teach the Zhan Shen Continent cultivators a lesson and had been lying in wait, ready to act.
The guy was even able to guess that Ding Huan would use his divine sense.
If that was the case, the dung beetle was incredibly meticulous.
"Brother Ding, should we go meet up with the Federation forces now?" Zhong Chi was excited.
Taking control of the Zhan Shen Two battleship and crushing the invaders was the best thing that could have happened.
"Wait a moment."
Ding Huan turned to Cang Yu Ding Hui.
"Didn't you say only you had access to the Zhan Shen Two battleship?"
Cang Yu Ding Hui's face turned pale.
Of course, he wasn't the only one with access to the battleship.
Seeing Cang Yu Ding Hui's expression, Ding Huan said calmly, "It seems your value is limited."
"No, I also know the location of the Zhan Shen Continent's teleportation vortex..."
Cang Yu Ding Hui panicked.
Ba Lu glanced at Cang Yu Ding Hui but said nothing.
He was about to die, so what happened to the Zhan Shen Continent no longer concerned him.
"Where is it?" Ding Huan asked calmly, though his heart was anything but calm.
A cosmic teleportation vortex—this was what he desperately wanted to know.
It might be his only way to leave Earth.
"It's on Ba Lu," Cang Yu Ding Hui pointed at Ba Lu.
Without needing to be asked, Ba Lu took out a leather pouch from his body and tossed it to Ding Huan.
Ding Huan had been collecting pouches from everyone, but he hadn't taken Ba Lu's yet because Ba Lu was still alive.
Ding Huan's divine sense scanned the pouch.
Inside were over a hundred Zhan Shen crystals and some unknown potions.
Finally, Ding Huan pulled out a grayish-brown spherical object.
The sphere, made of an unknown material, seemed to be a directional sensor.
The surface of the sphere was covered in intricate patterns.
After staring at it for a while, Ding Huan felt dizzy.
This was impressive—he was an eighth-level gene cultivator with divine sense, yet he couldn't study the patterns for long.
When his divine sense penetrated the sphere, he found it was also filled with dense patterns.
"This can sense the cosmic teleportation vortex. When you get close to the vortex, a red arrow will appear on the sphere," Ba Lu explained calmly.
He was cooperating with Ding Huan only to avoid Soul Search.
"Is this true?" Ding Huan looked at Cang Yu Ding Hui.
Cang Yu Ding Hui quickly nodded.
"Yes, this is a legacy of the Zhan Shen Continent. There are only two cosmic guidance spheres in the entire continent, and this is one of them."
Ding Huan nodded, then raised his hand and sent a wind blade slicing through Cang Yu Ding Hui's neck.
Cang Yu Ding Hui didn't even realize he was about to die before losing consciousness.
Ba Lu wasn't surprised to see Cang Yu Ding Hui killed.
If Ding Huan hadn't killed him, that would have been strange.
"Brother Ding, you can't kill him! We need to hand him over to the Federation. This concerns Earth's future," Zhong Chi said, worried that Ding Huan might kill Ba Lu next.
Ding Huan sent another wind blade, and Ba Lu's head rolled to the ground.
Zhong Chi's mouth hung open.
He hadn't expected Ding Huan to kill Ba Lu despite his plea.
"Old Zhong, don't talk to me about alliances or federations. I can guarantee that keeping Ba Lu alive would only bring trouble in the future. I know all too well how those alliances and federations operate," Ding Huan said with a chuckle, offering Zhong Chi an explanation.
Zhong Chi sighed, helpless.
Ding Huan's prejudice against the Federation was deep, and there was no way to persuade him otherwise.
Ding Huan walked to the battleship's control panel and pressed a button to summon the soldiers.
In no time, over thirty soldiers from the Zhan Shen Continent rushed out.
Zhong Chi stared at the soldiers in shock.
"I thought I'd killed them all. How are there still so many?"
"Stop talking and finish them off," Ding Huan said.
Without hesitation, Zhong Chi charged forward, his starry sky blade unleashing a flurry of strikes.
Without the undead spiders and beam crossbows, these ordinary soldiers were no match for Zhong Chi.
True to his old habits, Zhong Chi left two soldiers alive.
But Ding Huan didn't spare them, sending two wind blades to eliminate the potential threats.
"Ah, Brother Ding, why..."
Zhong Chi said, somewhat exasperated.
"Old Zhong, do me a favor and move all this stuff to my Blue Star ship," Ding Huan said as he opened the energy chamber, revealing a ten-meter-long energy vein.
"Brother, are you taking this energy vein?" Zhong Chi asked, surprised.
In his opinion, this should be handed over to the Federation.
"Why wouldn't I take my spoils of war?" Ding Huan retorted.
Zhong Chi sighed, then remembered the energy on the Zhan Shen Two battleship.
"Brother, what about the energy on the Zhan Shen Two battleship?"
Ding Huan's divine sense had already detected a six- to seven-meter-long energy vein on the Zhan Shen Two battleship.
He had initially planned to take that as well.
Zhong Chi quickly said, "Brother, since I've taken control of the Zhan Shen Two battleship, leave it to me. I plan to take it to the human corridor defense line and wipe out those beasts."
Ding Huan hesitated, then said, "Fine, but I won't leave you any Zhan Shen crystals. They're useless to you and would only benefit others."
"Leave me a thousand. I'll give some to Qu Yi," Zhong Chi reminded Ding Huan.
Ding Huan had Qi Xin Yue and Old Liu help move nearly 100,000 Zhan Shen crystals and the energy vein to the Blue Star ship.
The Zhan Shen battleships were valuable, but Ding Huan knew that if he were to leave Earth and venture into the cosmos, battleships wouldn't be practical.
They were large and consumed too much energy.
Without the two energy veins, the battleships wouldn't have made it this far.
(End of Chapter)