Human realm boundary.
Sentinel Ridge border.
An endless great desert, yellow earth filling the sky, swirling and dancing as if it were a boundless ocean.
Upon ascending a height for a far look, one could see dunes faintly rising like white waves churned up in this ocean, layered upon each other, winding and majestic, both stark and beautifully serpentine.
Except the high temperatures caused every bit of space around them to twist slowly.
It marred the beauty.
"Hum..."
"Humming..."
At this mont, the surging sound of an engine drew nearer.
A large military off-road vehicle sped by.
If the cara zood in, knowledgeable people would realize this was a modified Yuntian U8. (...)
Inside the car sat five people.
At the driver’s seat was a neighbor with bright, watchful eyes.
In the passenger seat, Chen Yu’s sister who looked lancholically sad.
On the rear left side, Ms. Chen who was quietly sobbing.
Squeezed in the middle, Chen’s father with a resolute look in his eyes.
And on the rear right side, Li Yao silently watching through the window.
"We’re close," said the plump neighbor, glancing at the dashboard to check the remaining fuel and battery life, "Once we cross this desert, we’ll have completely escaped human territory."
The people in the car: "..."
"Don’t worry. I’ll make sure to get you all out safely," the neighbor assured.
The car’s occupants: "..."
At the passenger seat, Chen took a deep breath and from her bosom pulled out a pair of special scissors, "snip," cropping her elongated incisors short. Then, she opened the window and calmly tossed the cut teeth out. "Thank you," she said.
"It’s what I should do," the neighbor kept his eyes on the road ahead, "After Yu passed away, I made a vow. I had to protect all of you."
"To have had such a good friend as you..." Chen’s father pursed his lips, "Yu did not live in vain."
The car once again fell into silence.
The only sound was the roaring of the engine running at high power.
Like this, jostling along for about ten minutes, Li Yao, sitting by the window, suddenly turned her head to look at the plump neighbor through the car’s rearview mirror and spoke, "If humanity is wiped out, what’s the point of us running so far away?"
"What about you, sister-in-law?" the neighbor countered, "Why did you choose to run with ?"
"..."
Li Yao remained silent.
After a long pause, she spoke with a distant tone, "I don’t know... I just feel that dying on such a battlefield is utterly aningless."
That’s right," the neighbor raised his hand and snapped his fingers with a "pop," "That’s why I took you with and why you didn’t object. Because you want revenge."
"Revenge?" Li Yao furrowed her brows.
"Yep," the neighbor nodded, pontificating, "That Great Emperor, feels like a real idiot. No one can fathom his motives. He’s made a ss out of a good hand. Casually killing off two enforcers from the Komodo Divine Clan, do you think they would just sit back and wait for death? I bet, by now, the divine clan’s army has started their slaughter. So, it’s better to save ourselves and train hard instead of seeking death. When we’ve gained great power, we can avenge our disgrace! Yep. That’s actually what you’re subconsciously thinking."
"...Maybe," Li Yao said no more.
Revenge?
Even soone as powerful as the Great Emperor was no more than a praying mantis trying to stop a chariot when faced with the entire civilization of the Komodo Divine Clan.
Just the two of them, even if they reached A pinnacle strength, what could they do?
She thought to herself.
That she followed the plump neighbor to flee rely out of fear for her own life...
"Hmm."
At that thought, she suddenly started, hastily wiping the window and peering out intently.
"What’s wrong?" the plump neighbor, who had been watching Li Yao through the rearview mirror, asked.
"Over there..." Li Yao pointed towards the distance.
"Swoosh—"
The large off-road vehicle ca to an abrupt halt.
The dust rose.
All five passengers opened their windows, ignoring the rising "haze" and looked towards the distance together.
They saw at the end of the "twisting and turning" space, a large rectangular screen displaying images.
Ms. Chen, being an ordinary person with vision problems, couldn’t see it very clearly.
But the other four, each with their own exceptional skills, could tell it was the duel between the human Great Emperor and the leader of the Komodo Divine Clan!
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"Damn it!" the neighbor exclaid in shock, "A live broadcast? What kind of technology is this?!"
"...It’s hard to see clearly. There’s a sandstorm," Li Yao peered earnestly out the window, eyes wide with scrutiny, "It seems like it’s above Mobei City. Should we go back a bit to check the battle situation?"
"Check what! " the neighbor snapped back to his senses, pressing the accelerator to move the vehicle along, "We barely have ti to escape, and you want to go back?! While that idiot emperor is still alive, let’s hurry and retreat."
"Hum—"
The engine roared even louder.
The off-road vehicle in the wasteland gradually moved away.
Perhaps, it would reach beyond the boundaries where no one takes notice, hence disappearing from this world forever. ("So it’s basically ga over, huh?")
Unless, reincarnation begins anew.
…
The ergence of countless gigantic screens.
Made all the races in this world witness this "clash of the titans" live.
Compared to the divine clans and human civilization who knew the causes from the beginning.
The rest of the races were mostly clueless about what had happened.
But the older generations among the "long-lived races" had accurate guesses.
Three thousand years ago.
There was a race that had offended the Komodo Divine Clan. Led by the divine clan’s warriors, they entered the realm and "annihilated the nation and eliminated the species".
And back then, such a "live broadcast" was aired.
The footage was brutal.
The slaughter was swift.
It was indeed a stark intimidation to all the races.
(’It seems another unlucky chicken is about to be plucked to scare the monkeys...’)
…
The Scatter Layer.
Outer space.
After setting up all the "live broadcasting equipnt" and "live broadcast channels," the lizardman retreated back into the formation and reported to his superior, "****."
"**." The divine clan superior nodded.
"***?"
"**."
"*!" ("Can’t even bother to translate now, huh")
Communication ended.
The only mber of the divine clan in the formation who was fluent in multiple languages then blinked through space, appeared in front of the spatial rift’s lens, and announced without emotion: "****... (Human civilization, with the support of the system of all races, has grown strong in a re two thousand years. Yet this inherently vile species, rather than being grateful for the kindness of the divine clan and the help from all races, has instead relied on their powerful forces of today and attempted to overthrow the peaceful lives of all races. In broad daylight, they have even killed many envoys and law enforcent officers from our divine clan and other species. Their sins are grave, and they cannot escape death...")"
("The chief culprit, the Great Emperor of humanity, is sentenced to be killed on the spot.")
("The accomplices, human civilization, are sentenced to imdiate extinction!")
("By the authority of the Capital of Law Enforcent, executed by the divine clan’s order!")
("For public advertisent and warning!")
Having said that, this little language genius exited the stage.
Leaving the cara to just Chen Yu and the "Leader of All Races" in the void up ahead.
"What’s the play?" Chen Yu glanced at the "cara" and asked, "You guys."
The "Leader of All Races" didn’t reply (indeed, it didn’t understand either), but under the gaze of billions, it slowly raised a claw and beckoned Chen Yu.
Chen Yu, confused, pointed at himself: "Am I your father?"
(The "Leader of All Races" understood it as: Shall I go first?)
The "Leader of All Races" nodded.
"Very well." Chen Yu also nodded, turned towards the "cara," and revealed a sincere smile.
The next mont.
"Crack—"
Like thunder and lightning!
The ear-splitting explosion spread!
A narrow and curved line of white burst into dazzling light! In an instant, it seed to span half the universe! Cutting directly through the nearby formation of thirty-two high-ranking mbers of the Komodo Divine Clan...
The blade.
The sound of flesh being sliced followed imdiately thereafter.
Except for the four lizardn who reacted extrely quickly and possessed special "life-saving" abilities, the remaining twenty-eight high-ranking divine clan mbers, after a brief mont of daze, all turned into a mist of blood in the microgravity of space, mingling chaotically and not dissipating.
It looked extrely horrifying and bizarre.
"!!!!" The old man with the white beard watching from a distance nearly had his pupils dilate to fill his entire eyeball!
Below.
In various cities of all races, whether in daylight or night, there was an imdiate, deathly silence.
Twenty-eight A-ranked supres.
Even including several A ranks…
All fell in less than a microsecond...
"Boom—"
Flas reignited around him, Chen Yu’s mouth twisted in a sneer, his eyes cold and fierce, retracted his enhanced A level ability, "Hailar Cutter," and said mockingly to the "Leader of All Races", "Bastard. Don’t joke with ."
The "Leader of All Races" held its breath.
As if the universe at this mont should be silent. (It should have been silent earlier, as space doesn’t carry sound, my dear)
…
(ps: There’s a next chapter.)
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