anwhile, lurking in the shadows and evading Stelle's search was Ifrit, the Duke Inferno, observing everything happening here.
It rembered every word Pei Guang said.
The space station incident? All its doing. As a devoted follower of Nanook, it pursued desire-fulfilling destruction.
It had intended to stir up conflict in the space station, toying with hearts and minds and driving it toward ruin, just like that Destruction Lord who once sowed chaos in the Xianzhou Luofu.
It even planned to pin the bla on Pei Guang, who had scamd a massive sum of resources out of the Annihilation Gang.
Yes, they had already investigated Pei Guang's funding scam. It hadn't expected to run into him here again so soon.
Old grudge, new grudge… it would settle them both today.
He wanted to show Pei Guang just how terrifying the Annihilation Gang could be: that no one who crossed them would ever walk away unscathed.
Especially now that he knew Pei Guang was on good terms with the Xianzhou Alliance, the very force that had just finished cleaning up its beloved Destruction Lord.
If the Xianzhou Luofu dared to humiliate the Lord of Destruction, then he would humiliate, or destroy, Pei Guang, to send a ssage to the Alliance and the Trailblazers:
The Annihilation Gang would not be ignored.
And for that… he was preparing.
There was just one small, awkward problem now: sothing was affecting the space station.
Whatever power it was, anything it tried to throw out simply couldn't leave. And anything outside? Couldn't get in either.
But it wasn't a big issue.
Inside the space station, it had found sothing interesting, so coordinates left behind by soone.
When activated, these coordinates could summon Legion Voidrangers.
These coordinates were left by Silver Wolf.
Why could they still bring in Voidrangers from outside? Because the coordinates were left before the station was reinforced.
After reinforcent, the properties of the space station's defenses mistakenly classified those coordinates as internal, which ant the Voidrangers embedded in them could still co through.
Strictly speaking, those Voidrangers sent out by Silver Wolf hadn't truly left the space station, so they could still return. However, due to the containnt effect, the Voidrangers summoned this way couldn't leave through any other thod either.
To leave, they'd have to go through Herta Space Station itself. This was exactly what Ifrit, the Duke Inferno, had discovered.
And there were quite a few of them. Just Trampler-class units alone numbered five. With all the Voidrangers combined, there were fifty or sixty of them.
Even if these fifty or sixty Voidrangers couldn't take down Pei Guang, that was fine: he had a plan.
He would wait for Pei Guang to investigate, and when he found out where the missing people were, he would summon those Voidrangers directly to those locations via the leftover coordinates.
He wanted Pei Guang to witness their deaths, especially the death of the one he valued most, Asta.
Though this would require using more of his essence to support the summoning and risk damaging his own origin, he believed the plan was flawless. Even if Pei Guang reacted quickly and managed to eliminate the Voidrangers, he could still use the distraction to escape the station.
But what Ifrit didn't know was that his plan was full of holes.
Forget Pei Guang for a mont: Veritas had already discovered so of the coordinates Silver Wolf had left behind in the station.
They had a very specific activation thod. He could've triggered and resolved them, but chose not to, believing the station should handle its own problems.
Instead, he just left so safeguards in place near each one.
As for Ifrit's tricks? Veritas had already started taking precautions. He wouldn't claim to handle everything, but he was confident he could protect these people.
Facing Ifrit directly would be tricky, sure. But just facing a wisp of its fire essence latched onto so peculiar relic inside the station? That was easy.
His plan was dood from the start.
Because Veritas had modified the teleportation coordinates. If danger really arose, what would be summoned wouldn't be the Voidrangers: it would be creations of Ruan i.
Ifrit was unaware of any of this.
He continued preparing to strike, wanting a bit of ceremony before acting. For example, sending out an announcent first, then making his move when no one expected it.
He wanted Pei Guang to find sothing was wrong, just as he located the missing people, and then summon the Voidrangers to kill them.
Just imagining Pei Guang's agonized expression at that mont, or the breakdown of trust in the station… he felt like witnessing the aesthetic of destruction itself, similar to Phantylia's.
Ifrit had no idea he was dancing on a blade's edge. If Phantylia knew what he was thinking, she would've died laughing.
Though Phantylia didn't know ithis plans, she did sense sothing big was about to happen. Simple reason: the power furnace now had more than the usual three residents. Two more had arrived.
One wore a clown mask: "Everyone! Just now, I received a divine revelation from our boss in a wine glass. They told us sothing fun is about to happen! All we have to do is stay here and watch the show!"
The Star Destroyer ship erupted in a festival-like atmosphere.
Even Phantylia and her forr colleagues began to feel excited!
They couldn't pursue their philosophy of destruction in this place, the only entertainnt was watching what happened outside on the screen.
The group was full of unreliable oddballs, but they were always caught up in interesting events. It was sure to be a good show.
anwhile, back in the space station, Asta's phone buzzed, and she imdiately tensed up.
Seeing the latest video on her screen, she turned to Pei Guang. "Ah Guang, there's an update. Take a look."
Pei Guang leaned over to see the video playing on her phone.
"Ms. Herta's Exclusive Flash Report! We interrupt this broadcast for breaking news! Breaking news!" The video was Herta-related, like the last one.
What Pei Guang and Asta didn't realize was that soone had eyes on them. Ifrit saw them watching the news and knew it was ti to act.
He had chosen the most shocking mont to shatter Pei Guang's will.
The broadcast continued.
"New developnts in the attack on Ms. Herta, The Annihilation Gang has claid responsibility and promises to take further action."
A video ssage from Ifrit began playing.
Pei Guang furrowed his brows. "The Annihilation Gang? A Duke? I knew it! It really was the Annihilation Gang! All I did was scam them out of a little bit of funding!"
Ifrit seethed with hatred at that comnt.
A little bit? If it were just a few people and so pocket money, fine. But Pei Guang had sohow forged debt docunts that led to astronomical sums owed by the Gang.
Didn't matter which faction you were in: if you bore the Annihilation Gang's na, all your assets were frozen.
This wasn't "a little" fleece: this was total annihilation! They had to teach Pei Guang a lesson.
But Pei Guang had no idea he was already a marked target, so he continued comnting. "This Emanator looks kinda unique. Covered in fire? Looks like high-grade fuel to ."
As for all the grand speeches the Duke was giving about destruction and divine gifts… Pei Guang didn't take in a word.
The Annihilation Gang was already on his blacklist, they weren't good people anyway. He'd just take them out if he ran into them again.
Asta muttered, "So it really was the Annihilation Gang… These guys…"
Pei Guang shrugged. "Just a bunch of mid-tier mobs. I checked so lore and even talked with so experts. Even the Aeon of Destruction looks down on these guys."
After offending the Annihilation Gang, Pei Guang had consulted Phantylia. While she refused to help, even she looked down on the Gang.
She summarized it in just three words: Not pure enough.
If you had to define that purity, she said even a baby accidentally breaking a vase had more raw destructive instinct.
Yes, Phantylia had seen that line from the original Dr. Primitive, and she found it quite amusing.
Ifrit had been waiting for the perfect mont to strike, but upon hearing Pei Guang's words, his fury exploded.
He would show this impudent guy just how dangerous he was.
In an instant, blue flas burst from Asta's body.
Stunned, she gasped, "Fire?"
Looking at the flas engulfing her body, she was instantly overwheld with fear.
Without thinking, she reached out toward Pei Guang beside her.
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