——"Death!"

This "death" screamed towards the sky was extremely piercing. The sound was so loud that it almost shattered the eardrums of Fatty, Rouyi, Han Yu, and An Wenshan.

This sound wave was much more powerful than the previous "retreat" sound wave. Wherever the sound wave reached, the air vibrated rapidly and compressed sharply, and the space seemed to be twisted and deformed.

When the sound wave hit the Xi Wangmu, everyone finally witnessed the true power of the sound wave.

The plain silk on Xi Wangmu's body was torn to shreds by the sound wave. Before they could even process that, her skin began to fall off like crumbling wall plaster, turning into powder. Then came her limbs. Her legs and arms were like four rotten wooden stakes, disintegrating from the inside out, the skin peeling off into fragments. Finally, her head and torso were like a piece of paper fed into a shredder, mercilessly crushed into scraps.

When the sound wave disappeared, Xi Wangmu had turned into ashes.

Fatty and the other three were completely stunned. They never thought that Zhao Chenguang would kill the mythical figure from the Kunlun Divine Ruins so easily, reducing her to ashes.

…

More than a thousand years ago, the meteorite power of the Kunlun Mountains waned, and Xi Wangmu fell into a deep sleep during this energy decline. But this time, the meteorite fragments were integrated by Zhao Chenguang, and the complete energy of the meteorite was awakened again. Xi Wangmu had clearly underestimated the power of the meteorite in its complete form.

At the same time, Xi Wangmu also misjudged her relationship with the meteorite. Seemingly a partnership, it was actually a master-servant relationship, and the most primitive kind, where the master had absolute power over the life and death of the servant.

Xi Wangmu had no chance to awaken or regret. She turned into dust and disappeared into the depths of the immortal mountain along with that mysterious period of Kunlun history.

Fatty was frightened. Zhao Chenguang could kill an extraordinary "immortal" like Xi Wangmu without any effort. How much more easily could he kill him, a mere mortal?

Fatty thought that the reason Zhao Chenguang hadn't killed them was perhaps that he thought they were useful for some 'fire seed' inside the meteorite…

Fatty couldn't help but feel a trace of doubt about Han Yu's plan. Could Han Yu really resist a civilization from an entire star system with his own strength?

Too much worry made it easy to be timid. Urged by An Wenshan, Fatty had no choice but to stop thinking, withdrawing his attention from the fact that Xi Wangmu had turned into powder, and shifting it to following An Wenshan in struggling to clear a path through the horde of corpses.

After Xi Wangmu died, the horde of corpses suddenly became docile. Their aggressiveness instantly decreased. Although they were still gathering towards Fatty and the others, the sense of oppression was greatly reduced.

When they were five meters away from the meteorite, the horde of corpses stopped approaching, as if an invisible line had isolated them within a certain range.

After escaping the horde of corpses, Rouyi looked at the meteorite, still with lingering fear, and asked Han Yu, "Are we still going to the meteorite?"

Han Yu smiled bitterly, "Our coming here is just Zhao Chenguang's plan. If we hadn't made our intention to go to the meteorite so obvious just now, he wouldn't have stepped in to stop that woman. Now that things have come to this, we can only follow this path and see what Zhao Chenguang wants us to do."

Rouyi hesitated, "Then you mean, we have to join…"

Speaking to this point, Rouyi paused, looking into Han Yu's eyes.

Han Yu shook his head, neither directly answering Rouyi nor stating his position or thoughts.

They continued to walk forward, passing the meteorite and going around to its side, finally seeing Zhao Chenguang, who had previously disappeared into the darkness. Only, the Zhao Chenguang before them looked extremely strange.

Zhao Chenguang's head was attached to a thick branch of the mangrove tree, appearing abruptly on the side of the mangrove trunk. His body was integrated into the mangrove.

It could be said that Zhao Chenguang had become part of the mangrove tree.

The sight of Zhao Chenguang fused with the mangrove tree greatly shocked everyone.

After merging with the mangrove tree, Zhao Chenguang's voice was grand and his aura was majestic. He calmly said to Fatty and the others, "Don't be afraid, I am everywhere. I am part of the 'fire seed' civilization, so every species in this civilization has my shadow."

With that, Zhao Chenguang used the power of the mangrove tree, moving the branches holding the meteorite, presenting it before them.

At this time, the meteorite was like a bright yellow warm jade, bright but not dazzling. What surprised everyone was that after peeling off the dark, unknown shell, the contents of the meteorite were so smooth.

"Come, join the 'fire seed' civilization."

Zhao Chenguang's voice was like a muffled bell, echoing in the space, lingering for a long time.

Zhao Chenguang's voice was enlightening, like a divine sound ringing in everyone's ears, making them yearn for it.

Fatty and Rouyi looked at each other, and finally, along with An Wenshan, focused their gaze on Han Yu's face.

Any decision Han Yu made now would determine the fate of all four of them.