Chapter 727 One Man, One Ship, One Blade (7000)

[He is approaching!]

[Dodge quickly! That attack cannot be blocked by anything less than a mothership-class warship!]

[Even a mothership can't withstand it! The entire 13th Cosmic Battle Group has been annihilated. We need voiding shield support!]

Within the Dandelion Galaxy, around the orbit of the seventh planet, in the command flagship of the Vanguard Army of the Void Ecology, numerous chaotic messages tangled in the channels.

At the same time, in the empty star system, dazzling beams of spiritual power flashed and erupted everywhere, triggering thunder in the vacuum and shaking the spirit world.

Their brilliance flowed forward in unison, dimming even the stars in the entire cosmic sky.

The massive fleet, large enough to distort the trajectories of planets within the galaxy, should have been resting briefly in this star system. The Void Ecology would extract enough matter and energy from the gas giants and the sun to prepare for the upcoming raid on the Senostian star fortress.

But now, they unexpectedly encountered an opponent in an unforeseen area and were intercepted here.

Lothar, the Expedition Envoy of the Void Ecology, gazed from afar at the warship located in front of the second planet of the star system, engaged in fierce combat with his forces.

The Divine Wood Warship at the center of the detection array was so massive that the small light screen could not fully contain its immense armored hull, and the terrifying spiritual energy fluctuations were like waves in a storm, rising and falling heavily, churning the lens into a mess.

[Spiral main cannon, composite spiritual power attributes, warship's true form, this is...]

[It's Su Zhou!]

[The esteemed Su Zhou of the Earth civilization!]

At this moment, Lothar could not help but be shocked.

As an Expedition Envoy of the Void Ecology, he had fought against many powerful individuals and led armies into battle against enemies, but the situation unfolding today was truly beyond his expectations.

This Earth Sovereign, who was supposed to be reinforcing the Twilight Starfield Fortress, was expected to be guarding the area around the cosmic rift, so why would he suddenly appear outside the flashing area and fight them?

This was truly perplexing—could it be that the other party was not worried about the starfield fortress being left unguarded and being attacked from behind?

But no matter how confused he was, the fact remained that he, a seasoned Expedition Envoy, and his army were being firmly locked in the Dandelion Galaxy by the opponent alone with one ship.

If the strength of the Annihilation Envoys lay in themselves, their inherent characteristics and danger making them most cost-effective when acting alone, causing the greatest amount of destruction.

And the Herdsman Lords were skilled at cultivating resources, groups, and even civilizations, creating a large number of dependents and tribes to obtain resources for themselves.

Then the Expedition Envoys, as the name suggests, were the strongest and most frequently commanding forces in the Void Ecology.

Most of them could not match the exceptional strength of the Annihilation Envoys, but some extremely powerful Expedition Envoys were strong enough to contend with the Annihilation Envoys. They were the backbone fighting force of the Void Ecology, and most of them were already renowned cosmic generals before becoming members of the Void Ecology.

But war is most likely to shake people, or rather, it is because excellent generals can be cold-hearted and regard all life as numbers, and it is precisely because they can regard life as numbers that they especially understand the preciousness and necessity of life, which is the foundation of all conflicts.

Then, just a little carelessness can make them confused about the value and meaning of everything.

There were twenty-four Expedition Envoys in total, the weakest of whom had the strength of a peak Alpha grade before the spiritual energy was cut off. Their armies were mostly composed of elite powerhouses carefully selected from among the billions of civilizations they governed.

During the Void Ecology's most powerful period, only those who had overcome the harsh environment of their natural life planet, passed the most rigorous tests of advanced civilizations, and successfully stood at the top of all their compatriots were qualified to become soldiers in the hands of the Void Ecology, that is, members of the Expedition Envoy's army.

Each of these armies was enough to destroy numerous civilizations and make the entire starry sky tremble.

And with the assistance of the army, the Expedition Envoy's strength would increase even more.

There was once an Omega-level Sovereign who attempted to block an Expedition Envoy's army alone, but was ultimately suppressed and defeated by the opponent's most profound military tactics and command abilities, and could only retreat in resentment, abandoning his body and reincarnating.

After all, even an Omega-level psionic is still far from true infinity, the amount of energy that can be output per unit of time is limited, and when confronting an Expedition Envoy who is almost at the same level, they also have to face the enemy fleet that is almost of one mind with the Expedition Envoy, and there are not few strong people in the enemy fleet, so naturally they will be defeated.

And in addition to this powerful strength, the Void Ecology's fleet is mostly fearless and does not fear sacrifice at all.

This is naturally a great advantage for combat, making their strength even more formidable.

The Expedition Vanguard Army is an honor that only the strongest among the Expedition Envoys can obtain, which means that they are more likely to die, more likely to return to nothingness, and seek the ultimate meaning of their final battle.

The Expedition Envoy Lothar is a member of a powerful cosmic race, the 'Dark Star Hyphae' race. This race lives in extremely dark areas, relying on geothermal energy, so they have developed extremely powerful energy absorption talents. This is only a basic condition for survival for an indigenous race, but when they enter the interstellar era and come into contact with spiritual energy, this talent allows them to develop extremely quickly and powerfully.

The army he leads is also like this, able to withstand considerable terrifying spiritual energy strikes without being destroyed, and even turn around and use the enemy's energy to eliminate them.

Even when facing a Sovereign, this is not an army that will easily collapse, and can even display its own style.

But, now.

In theory, the powerful and fearless Expedition Vanguard Army is now struggling, and retreating in a mess against one person, one blade, and one ship.

[Su Zhou! Be careful, this army belongs to the Void Ecology Expedition Envoy, 'Lothar of the Abyss Well'! His power runs through all his subordinates, unless you can completely defeat their defense line, the spiritual energy you use to attack will be collected by them and returned to you in double!]

Before the battle began, the Thunderclap Sovereign, gazing at the distant mighty army, warned Su Zhou with utmost caution—he had fought against Lothar before and naturally knew the opponent's strength and difficulty. Although the opponent seemed to have not fully recovered his strength, they were only afterimages.

Even Su Zhou would probably not gain an advantage when facing the entire Vanguard Army!

"So, the meaning is, if you can't blow them up, they can strengthen their counterattack?"

Su Zhou raised his head, his eyes deep, and anger flew like light dust in the universe, rising behind his deep gaze.

Wherever the Void Ecology passed, all became scorched earth. He knew the methods these people used to treat civilizations, but he never expected that they would not even spare a small, primitive civilization like the Dandelion civilization, which had not even formally entered the feudal era.

Isn't their goal to destroy the universe?

Even if they want to destroy all things, shouldn't they only eliminate those who have transcended the universe, who can go to other worlds even if the universe is destroyed, or those civilizations and powerhouses who can exist alone in the void?

For civilizations like this, even if they are to be destroyed, wouldn't it be enough to let silence and equality descend on all things on the day the universe is destroyed?

Why, must they destroy these civilizations right now?

As if infected by Yadian, Su Zhou also wanted to ask why at this moment.

[Because their destruction is sincere and genuine. Destroying indigenous civilizations and destroying advanced civilizations require the same level of 'seriousness' for the Void Ecology.]

The Radiant Sovereign replied, and he was also very angry, and the light of the afterimage shone brighter: [So, they never let go.]

[Not to mention low-level civilizations, even if there are only traces of life, a little sign of life being born, these monsters will destroy that star, that nebula, and even the galaxy.]

[And then, they still believe that this is a means of preventing 'sorrow' from continuing to be born and grow.]

Su Zhou could not agree with this concept.

"So, you only need to bombard them with spiritual power far exceeding their limits, and you can defeat this Expedition Envoy's army?"

Saying this, Su Zhou's expression returned to calm, but even the most stable Panying Sovereign understood Su Zhou's meaning at this moment, and he was immediately shocked: [Wait, do you mean to defeat the opponent with brute force?]

[That's impossible! Even if you bring spiritual energy to the pinnacle, you can't win against the combined forces of the entire army. The Expedition Envoy's power can skyrocket hundreds of times with the support of his own guards, and even stars will be penetrated by that power——]

But this admonition was interrupted.

"Hundreds of times? Not much."

Su Zhou faced the thousands of artillery fires that were shooting towards him, but instead took a step forward.

He said calmly: "Perhaps you Senostians don't know, but I do."

"The Divine Wood that walks on the path of spiritual energy... Their limit spiritual energy reserves are thousands of times higher than those of the same level!"

Buzz!

With his back against the sun of the Dandelion Galaxy, Su Zhou concentrated and drew his blade.

When the blade was unsheathed, the light on the blade surpassed that of the star.

Before, he was angry, but now, the youth was calm. His mind was clear and bright, and he single-mindedly connected with the endless spiritual energy in the surrounding cosmic space, single-mindedly holding the long blade in his hand.

The cycle of heaven and man, the accumulation and explosion, the Yin-Yang Secret Store, and the antimatter engine, in the final analysis, are only the power of the cultivator himself. Even if one cultivates to the peak, one can only use 100% of one's power.

Although for Su Zhou's talent, this 100% of power is enough to crush all enemies, and if he uses other methods, it would even be a bit bullying.

But there will always be some powerful existences that can contend with him in this regard through various means.

So, at this time, Su Zhou would use a higher level of skills.

At this moment, thousands of different attacks were speeding from the other end of the starry sky, from gravity to electromagnetic disintegration, from fire elements to ether stripping, from spiritual energy blockade to space-time distortion, all methods could be seen in the Void Ecology's army, because as long as it was a power that could destroy the target at the fastest speed, the Void Ecology would definitely try its best to master it.

Countless colors, light waves, distortions, and ripples enveloped everything in front of him, and they rushed millions of kilometers at the speed of light, covering the sky with an overwhelming force to destroy everything, and suddenly pressed down on Su Zhou.

Not only that!

Around Su Zhou's Dandelion star orbit, a series of jump flashes suddenly lit up, and hundreds of thousands of powerhouses, exuding visible majestic spiritual power, wearing armor, came through time and space—although they seemed to be weak, they were actually connected to the army. The guns, swords, spiritual machines, and magical weapons in their hands all contained the terrifying divine power condensed by hundreds of millions of troops.

Although it was only temporary, this collective force of unity and cooperation was incredibly cohesive. Compared to this power, the collective force borne by General Yanshuang of the Aean World was just a newborn baby.

Then, these suicide soldiers carrying many spiritual machines and magical weapons unsealed their divine power.

While the speed-of-light strike was still traveling rapidly through space-time, an explosion exceeding the speed of light had already exploded at the other end of space-time!

But, under the perfect strike coverage of this one near and one far, invincible Expedition Army.

At this time, Su Zhou raised the long blade in his hand high.

The light of the Blade of Extinction shone, and with the blessing of endless vows, spiritual power, and Su Zhou's Dao, it was already one of the highest-level divine weapons in the entire observable universe. A full-strength strike of the Star-Slaying Blade could truly cut a satellite like the moon in half with one slash, and into four pieces with two slashes. Even the Earth could not withstand the divine blade's strike. It was a well-deserved Star-Slaying Blade.

Its spiritual light was already very abundant and majestic, but Su Zhou could make it even bigger and more dazzling!

Boom!

With a roar, Su Zhou's Divine Wood Warship under his feet disintegrated on the spot—in a sense, that was the true form of the Torch Sun, but for the youth, the true form was ultimately just a tool for combat.

So, the Torch Sun could not only be an egg, a dragon, a bird, a tree, a warship...

It could also be a blade!

A divine blade so large that even imagining it would be absurd!

At this moment, the Senostian Sovereigns behind Su Zhou saw the most clearly.

They saw that when Su Zhou disintegrated his true body, turning into thousands of spiritual rune modules and spiritual energy structures flying in the cosmic vacuum, the light on Su Zhou's Blade of Extinction dimmed down. It was not a simple darkness, but a 'low slope,' a space-time, and even a 'deep well' of 'entropy.'

The second law of spiritual power: Spiritual power will spontaneously transfer from high-energy areas to low-level areas.

At this moment, in the surrounding space-time, all the spiritual energy ranges that could be affected by Su Zhou, a huge slope was generated, just like how high and low air pressure would create wind, high and low energy levels would also create violent winds of spiritual energy. In an instant, the light that filled the sky, and even those attacks originating from the Void Ecology, could not help but rush towards the direction where the Blade of Extinction was located. Its speed was so fast that it shook the spiritual world and caused a huge roar like a storm.

Even the star behind him seemed to condense a torrent of light, merging into the deep well created by the Blade of Extinction!

And following this gale, the many modules scattered after the disintegration of the Divine Wood Warship also merged towards the Blade of Extinction with this force!

Countless dense spiritual runes merged, and finally, in a violent roar and flash, majestic spiritual power erupted, and a thick long blade thousands of kilometers long was placed horizontally in the cosmic vacuum!

—If being able to control and exert 100% of one's power is called 'technique.'

—Then, using 100% of one's power to guide a technique that exceeds this power is called 'divine power!'

—And if this technique can draw a hundred times, a thousand times, ten thousand times, or even more massive power, it can be called 'Great Divine Power!'

[Celestial Venerable Great Divine Power]

[—Torch Sun · Divine Blade Form—]

[This is Yadian's technique?!] Seeing this scene, the Panying Sovereign was not only shocked, but simply stunned: [When did he learn it?! And he uses it so profoundly?!]

The unchangeable matter of the Senostians is also related to entropy, and its essence is to maximize their abilities to the point of 'perfection.' For example, the Panying Sovereign, its unchangeable crystal, is essentially a 'perfect crystal with an entropy value close to zero.' This is an indestructible substance that can also resist changes in all material energy space-time strikes.

Their essence is completely opposite to that of the entropy shadows, but they are also completely of the same origin. Because of this, they can see the subtlety of Su Zhou's attack.

If they didn't know Su Zhou's details, they would have thought that Su Zhou was a very powerful ancient entropy shadow Sovereign!

[No, did the entropy shadows and the Senostians join forces?! Is there also an entropy shadow Sovereign assisting Su Zhou?!]

Even the Expedition Envoy Lothar was confused. He completely didn't understand why a warship would suddenly turn into a blade, and this blade was so strong that it was unbelievably unimaginable. It actually gathered the energy of the surrounding space-time, and even the star system's star with one strike?!

But there were things that shocked him even more.

At this moment, Su Zhou's humanoid body also merged into this divine blade, and this obviously somewhat incredible star-level long blade began to move, as if an invisible giant was tightly gripping the hilt and then waving it.

Rumble!

It was as if space-time was roaring. When a long blade thousands of kilometers long was swung at high speed, how fast would the speed at its tip be?

How strong would the material of the divine blade have to be to withstand the torsional stress of this light-speed action?

The answer is impossible!

At least the Celestial Venerable cannot do it, and cannot create materials that can withstand a super-light-speed divine blade.

So, since you can't distort the laws of physics, then distort space-time!

When the Torch Sun Divine Blade slashes, it is not only moving itself, but also distorting the entire space-time with incredible majestic spiritual power, just like a spaceship entering warp state, completely entering a field that ordinary light-speed observation methods cannot detect!

The unchangeable divine power provided by the Senostian Sovereigns made this process as smooth as if it were filled with lubricant, unbelievably!

So, when he slashed down, for the Void Ecology's army, it was as if half of the cosmic starry sky was crashing down on them!

Bang!

The countless spells, divine powers, spiritual energy light speeds, and elemental rays that filled the starry sky collided with the space-time distortion brought by the divine blade, just like raindrops hitting an iron wall, creating some water splashes from their own collapse.

And the suicide soldiers' magical weapon attacks, which condensed the vows and divine power of the entire Expedition Army, were detonated one after another, exploding into clusters of brilliant fireworks in the darkness.

Just the prelude, Su Zhou's attack completely shattered the Void Army's offensive, and even slashed towards the main force of the army millions of miles away!

Too incredible.

The Expedition Army, which had experienced thousands of battles, should not be afraid, nor should they avoid death. If the enemy was a powerful Sovereign they could not resist, an Omega-level peak spiritual energy user, then they would fight to the end even if they died.

But Su Zhou was different.

Su Zhou did not seem like a normal Sovereign... His power was incomprehensible, and his talents, divine powers, and fighting methods confused many Twilight dependents.

So... they would avoid it instead.

Just as the Torch Sun transformed into a blade and slashed from afar, many warships on the periphery had already begun to scatter, disrupting their formation and revealing signs of collapse.

If it were a fleet of an ordinary civilization, no matter how well-equipped it was, it would definitely have collapsed. Facing an Omega Sovereign of an equal civilization and fleeing in defeat would not be a disgrace to their honor, and they could even boast about it.

But, after all, it was a Void Ecology fleet.

After all, it was the error of pursuing nothingness.

After a brief shock, Lothar immediately used his power to stabilize the morale of the army, coordinate the will of the masses, and distribute power to guide those warships that had begun to collapse back into the army formation.

Then it could be seen that under the guidance of this Expedition Envoy, the entire Vanguard Army became orderly again. Their powers gathered as one, and they began to absorb the power of the surrounding space-time at the same time, just like Su Zhou, guiding energy hundreds of times greater than their own to use for themselves.

They wanted to defeat Su Zhou.

They could defeat Su Zhou.

Dandelion Star.

Not long ago, a verdant meteorite landed in the world. The endless flying leaves cleansed the black mist, extinguished the dark fire, and drove away and suppressed those strange demons. At the center of the Dandelion civilization, a burning town tree was possessed by a wisp of spiritual light, and after the fire was extinguished, it bloomed again, sprouting new buds.

On the planet, all the suffering and torment had ended. The Dandelions looked around the world in confusion. Everything seemed like a dream.

But the lost people could not come back, and everything could not return to the past. They could never forget the fear of those dark stars falling to the earth, and the joy and confusion of the green star descending and redeeming everything.

The Dandelions, who were still in the primitive civilization period, could not know that everything happening in the sky was enough to determine the fate of this galaxy, and even this universe, and that everything they had encountered was just an 'old story' that had happened countless times in this universe.

But this time, someone stopped all this error.

The dandelion that had been hanging on the mountain peak landed next to the Lake of Origin, which had been restored to its clarity. He could see that the spirit of water, who had been groaning in pain, had calmed down, and even giggled. This dandelion raised his head in confusion, and he once again looked at the sky that had brought down disaster and also brought down redemption.

Then, he saw that in the still cloudless, pitch-black cosmic sky, there were overly bright scarlet patterns spreading in space-time, like a large network of mycelium between stars.

And on the other side of the web, a blade-shaped distorted space-time was warping at a speed exceeding the speed of light, slashing, like a wave on the dark sea of the universe, reflecting the thousands of stars.

The two collided together with a very distorted speed, as if it had been delayed countless times, extremely slow, but in the sky it was extremely fast.

He saw that the blade-shaped distorted space shattered and disintegrated, and countless fragments scattered around the entire sky, like a meteor shower, scattering and flying across the entire 'firmament.' The dazzling light left deep traces in the dandelion's observation organs.

Some fragments even flew towards the planet where the dandelion was located.

And this time, the mycelial network that collided with the blade was directly split in two.

Then, an explosion occurred at the wound that was split in two.

Boom! Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom!

Even if he couldn't hear it at all, even if he could hear it, it would be the sound sixty years later, at this moment it seemed to transcend space-time and exploded in the dandelion's heart!

In just an instant, he was so dizzy from the sound that he couldn't continue to observe the sky and watch the final outcome of the battle.

But, even though he was dizzy and could only lie on the ground with his face up, the dandelion could still see that overly dazzling scene in the last few seconds before he became dizzy—

That was, before the divine blade shattered, it had already slashed out a golden-red light, and this light seemed to split the world apart, cutting out a visible blade mark in the dark and obscure cosmic vacuum!

Rather than saying that the divine blade collapsed because it collided with the army formation, it was better to say that it shattered because it could not withstand this slash that exceeded its own limits!

And no matter what army formation, what warship, what Expedition Envoy's army, what supernatural power of doubling the damage, all could not stop this blade, all were reduced to ashes!

At this moment, whether it was the Senostian Sovereigns with wonderful expressions, or the Expedition Envoy Lothar, who was seriously injured and angry, all had to admit a fact.

That was, Su Zhou had really blocked the entire vanguard army of the Void Ecology with the power of one man and one blade...

Even, achieved victory!

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