Chapter 276: Chi Qiu Star Master: My Disciple, Has Surpassed Me?
Chapter 276: Chi Qiu Star Master: My Disciple, Has Surpassed Me? (End of Chapter)
Beyond the Milky Way Star Domain, three figures converged. These were the three 8th-tier Undefeatables who had previously attempted to assassinate Lin Yuan.
At this moment, these three 8th-tier Undefeatables looked frightened and their auras were weak. They had paid a heavy price to escape the pursuit of the Milky Way Star Master.
"How could the Milky Way Star Master be so strong?" One of the figures spoke with a trembling voice. Originally, they were a group of five 8th-tier Undefeatables who thought their mission would be simple—to assassinate an evolutionary who had just entered the 8th tier.
"What if the Milky Way Star Master is a genius? " they had thought. But reality had slapped them in the face. If they hadn't run fast enough, they would have been finished in the Milky Way Star Domain.
Although these three 8th-tier Undefeatables had clones, they had invested countless resources into creating them, and their loss would be felt for a long time.
"How careless of the Insectoids to send us on an assassination mission without even investigating the Milky Way Star Master's background!" The second 8th-tier Undefeatable couldn't help but complain.
The Milky Way Star Master was too strong. So strong that even these 8th-tier Undefeatables felt their hearts tremble.
In this situation, the blame undoubtedly fell on the Insectoids.
"Yes, how did the Insectoids gather their intelligence?" The third 8th-tier Undefeatable echoed in dissatisfaction.
Milky Way Star.
Countless evolvers were filled with shock as they witnessed the scene that had just unfolded.
What had they just seen? Five 8th-tier Undefeatable aliens being easily repelled by the Milky Way Star Master?
Ordinary evolvers couldn't see much, only knowing that the five 8th-tier Undefeatables had retreated.
However, 8th-tier evolvers could roughly see that the Milky Way Star Master had pursued and easily taken down two 8th-tier Undefeatables.
Taken down?
Undefeatable?
These were two words that should never be used together.
Undefeatables, even when defeated, were supposed to fall only to 9th-tier powerhouses or certain weapons of war.
But to be taken down by a newcomer to the 8th tier?
Had the world gone mad?
"When did the Star Master become so powerful?"
"How could I possibly feel that those 8th-tier Undefeatables were weak?"
"How could Undefeatables be weak? Don't you remember the spatial oppression they caused when they first appeared?"
"It's not that the 8th-tier Undefeatables were weak, it's that the Star Master is too strong."
Chunbo and Jiali, two 8th-tier evolvers on the Milky Way Main Star, were excitedly discussing what they had just witnessed.
Hongpi and Biyan were equally shocked as they witnessed the Milky Way Star Master effortlessly demonstrating his power to take down 8th-tier Undefeatables.
Having followed Chi Qiu Star Master, they knew the strength of Undefeatables, and even Chi Qiu Star Master himself would not be able to take down an 8th-tier Undefeatable.
He might be able to suppress them, but defeating or taking them down was as difficult as ascending to the heavens.
"Milky Way Star Master."
Outside the Milky Way Main Star, Captain Nolan's mouth was dry. He had seen even more than the 8th-tier evolvers on the planet.
From the moment the five 8th-tier Undefeatable aliens appeared to their hasty and disorganized escape, he had witnessed it all.
"The myth of the 8th-tier Undefeatable has been shattered by the Milky Way Star Master," Captain Nolan thought to himself.
The so-called myth of the 8th-tier Undefeatable was that these powerful beings could never be taken down by someone of the same tier. Being at the absolute pinnacle of the 8th tier, they were supposed to be invincible.
To take down an 8th-tier Undefeatable, there were only two ways: either a higher-tier powerhouse intervened or the opponent possessed some kind of powerful 'external force'.
This external force referred to weapons, armaments, treasures, and other such artifacts.
On the battlefield against the aliens, there were occasionally instances of powerful beings wielding the strongest weapons.
This was what constituted an 'external force'.
But the Milky Way Star Master had not used any external force just now. Both the five 8th-tier Undefeatables and Captain Nolan were aware of this.
To take down Undefeatables without relying on external forces—wasn't this shattering the very myth they believed in?
Swoosh!
Just as Captain Nolan was shaken by this realization, a figure suddenly appeared before him. It was the Milky Way Star Master.
"I'll be taking these Taiwei Qingjing then," Lin Yuan said, reaching out to collect the payment. He had been about to receive the Taiwei Qingjing earlier when the five 8th-tier Undefeatables had interrupted, but now that they were dealt with, he could finish what he had started.
"Of course," Captain Nolan immediately replied, his manner respectful as he helped Lin Yuan with the transaction.
At this moment, Captain Nolan's respect came purely from the bottom of his heart, without any other factors influencing it. Before today, his respect for Lin Yuan had been due to his background, talent, and other factors. But now, it was purely because of Lin Yuan's strength.
It was similar to how countless evolvers from the human civilization revered the nine strongest beings.
Buzz.
As Lin Yuan confirmed the transaction and signed the receipt, he willed it and the space equipment within the battleship was sucked into his internal world.
The Taiwei Qingjing purchased with eighty thousand universe crystals was piled up together, enough to fill dozens of planets.
Captain Nolan, who was close to the peak of the 8th tier, had an internal world that was only a few thousand li in size, not nearly large enough to accommodate all the Taiwei Qingjing.
As for storing the space equipment filled with Taiwei Qingjing in his internal world, that would depend on the carrying capacity of his internal world.
A piece of space equipment filled with a planet's worth of resources couldn't be stored in an internal world that was only a few hundred li in size.
But for Lin Yuan, this amount of Taiwei Qingjing was not a problem at all. Even without expansion, Lin Yuan's internal world was currently a thousand li in size.
Not to mention eighty thousand universe crystals' worth of Taiwei Qingjing, even eight hundred thousand universe crystals' worth could be easily stored.
Milky Way Main Star, Palace.
After Lin Yuan had stored all the Taiwei Qingjing in his internal world, he returned to the palace.
"Let's take a look at the spoils of war," Lin Yuan thought, and two space bracelets appeared before him.
These two space bracelets belonged to the two 8th-tier Undefeatables he had taken down, and the essence, energy, and blood qi that had erupted from their bodies during their demise, as well as the weapons and treasures they carried, had all been collected.
"So wealthy," Lin Yuan murmured with a smile after a brief examination.
Just the universe crystals in the two space bracelets added up to more than two hundred thousand. Not to mention the other treasures and weapons.
If converted into universe crystals, it was a huge sum.
Lin Yuan made a rough calculation, and the total value of the harvest from taking down the two 8th-tier Undefeatables was close to five hundred thousand universe crystals.
In other words, each 8th-tier Undefeatable had contributed an average of two hundred and fifty thousand universe crystals.
This was actually the going rate for an 8th-tier Undefeatable.
Whether it was Dark Rhino Race's Sala or the other 8th-tier Undefeatable, neither of them had expected that their mission to assassinate the Milky Way Star Master would go wrong.
Located at the edge of the human civilization's territory, the Milky Way Star Domain was as far as they could get from their home base. At worst, they thought, the assassination attempt would fail, and they would have to retreat, but they never imagined that they would be completely defeated by Lin Yuan.
That was why these two 8th-tier Undefeatables' clones carried a large number of universe crystals and treasures, as they didn't anticipate any risks in their mission.
"This is...Memory Poison?"
Lin Yuan's expression changed slightly as he discovered a strange item in Dark Rhino Race's Sala's space bracelet.
"The aliens really wanted to make sure I was dead," Lin Yuan thought to himself, well aware of the effects of Memory Poison. It was a substance that targeted one's memories, and even the strongest beings would not be able to revive from its effects.
"Although it's useless against me, this rare item is priceless." Lin Yuan solemnly kept the Memory Poison.
"I've made back my losses already." Lin Yuan's heart was filled with joy.
Earlier, he had been worried about spending eighty thousand universe crystals on the Taiwei Qingjing, but now he had unexpectedly acquired treasures worth five hundred thousand universe crystals.
Not only had he recouped his losses, but he had also made a substantial profit.
And that was without even considering the value of the Memory Poison.
Lin Yuan wasn't sure how much the Memory Poison was worth, but he knew it was definitely worth more than just a few hundred thousand universe crystals.
"With this Memory Poison, one could completely annihilate an otherworldly genius." Lin Yuan thought to himself.
Not only the Insectoids, but all peak races, including the humans, collected information on geniuses of other races and placed them on assassination lists. Every successful assassination earned the killer a substantial reward.
The Human Civilization also collected information on the geniuses of other peak races. Successfully killing one was considered a great contribution to the Human Civilization, and the assassin would be rewarded with a large number of merit points.
"I should have kept those three Eighth-Tier Undefeatables," Lin Yuan mused. "At the very least, I should have pursued them."
Lin Yuan felt a bit of regret, as he had not expected these Eighth-Tier Undefeatable aliens to carry so many treasures and universe crystals on their mission to assassinate him.
Virtual World.
Personal Space.
Chi Qiu Star Master and Bai Guang Star Master sat facing each other.
"What did you say? The aliens sent five Eighth-Tier Undefeatables to assassinate my disciple?" Chi Qiu Star Master was flabbergasted.
The moment Bai Guang Star Master discovered the presence of the five Eighth-Tier Undefeatable aliens outside the Milky Way Main Star, he sent a strand of his consciousness into the Virtual World to contact Chi Qiu Star Master.
"Don't worry, I will use the secret treasure, the White Heart Flame." Bai Guang Star Master said gravely.
"The White Heart Flame..." Chi Qiu Star Master was still uneasy.
While the White Heart Flame could unleash power akin to a Ninth-Tier powerhouse, their opponents were five Eighth-Tier Undefeatables.
If they were determined to succeed, they could endure the effects of the White Heart Flame for a short time.
Since the aliens had sent five Eighth-Tier Undefeatables, they were clearly confident in their ability to get the job done.
"This won't do. I need to contact a Supreme Expert," Chi Qiu Star Master said as he abruptly stood up.
"Wait."
Suddenly, Bai Guang Star Master stopped him.
"Wait for what?" Chi Qiu Star Master frowned.
"It's fine now. Those five Eighth-Tier Undefeatable aliens have retreated," Bai Guang Star Master said after a moment of silence, his tone filled with disbelief.
"They retreated?"
Chi Qiu Star Master was taken aback as well.
Although this outcome was unexpected, it also brought him some relief.
"Could it be that one of the Ninth-Tier Evolvers from our Human Civilization happened to pass by and saved my disciple?" Chi Qiu Star Master sat down again. "I, Chi Qiu, will definitely thank them in person."
In Chi Qiu Star Master's opinion, the only ones capable of making five Eighth-Tier Undefeatables retreat were Ninth-Tier powerhouses.
As for Eighth-Tier Undefeatable Humans? One or two of them wouldn't be able to make five Eighth-Tier Undefeatable aliens back down.
And as for five or six Eighth-Tier Humans? That would be too much of a coincidence. Eighth-Tier Undefeatable powerhouses usually oversaw medium-sized alien battlefields, and it would take the mobilization of the Three Goddesses to gather that many of them together.
So, Chi Qiu Star Master believed that a passing Ninth-Tier Human Evoker must have saved Lin Yuan.
"It wasn't a Ninth-Tier Evoker," Bai Guang Star Master said after another moment of silence, shaking his head.
"Not a Ninth-Tier Evoker?" Chi Qiu Star Master was astonished. "Then, which Eighth-Tier Undefeatables were they? I, Chi Qiu, will personally thank them as well."
If it wasn't a Ninth-Tier Evoker, then it must have been several passing Eighth-Tier Undefeatables, and although this seemed incredible, Chi Qiu Star Master wouldn't dismiss it out of hand.
"There weren't any passing Eighth-Tier Undefeatables," Bai Guang Star Master said after another pause.
Upon hearing this, Chi Qiu Star Master fell silent.
"Old man, what are you trying to say?" Chi Qiu Star Master grew impatient.
Why keep denying his speculations without revealing the truth? What was the point of this cryptic behavior?
"It was your disciple who drove away those five Eighth-Tier Undefeatables," Bai Guang Star Master said, his expression complex as he looked at Chi Qiu Star Master.
"It was my disciple...hmm...who are you talking about?" Chi Qiu Star Master was taken aback, not quite processing what he was hearing.
He understood each word that Bai Guang Star Master had said, but when put together, they left him bewildered.
"I'm saying that your disciple drove away five Eighth-Tier Undefeatable aliens single-handedly," Bai Guang Star Master repeated.
Chi Qiu Star Master finally grasped the full meaning of Bai Guang Star Master's words.
He blinked, unsure of what to say.
There could be many reasons for five Eighth-Tier Undefeatables to retreat, but the most likely one was that they felt they couldn't handle Lin Yuan, so they chose to leave.
When carrying out an assassination mission in Human territory, even in a remote star field, these Eighth-Tier Undefeatables wouldn't dare to linger for too long. If they sensed that the situation was unfavorable, they would give up immediately to avoid the arrival of Human powerhouses.
However, for them to make such a decision, Lin Yuan would have to be an Eighth-Tier Undefeatable himself.
Thinking of this, Chi Qiu Star Master felt a surge of emotions. In just a short time, his disciple had grown to match his own strength?
"Chi Qiu, there's something else I'm not sure I should tell you," Bai Guang Star Master said, his eyes flicking to the pensive Chi Qiu Star Master.
"Is there anything that can't be said now?" Chi Qiu Star Master smiled. "I should be happy that my disciple has caught up to me."
"Your disciple not only drove away those five Eighth-Tier Undefeatables, but he also pursued and killed two of them," Bai Guang Star Master said quietly.
"He killed two Eighth-Tier Undefeatables?"
Chi Qiu Star Master fell silent once more. Even someone as powerful as him wouldn't be able to kill two Eighth-Tier Undefeatables, especially while facing the assault of five Eighth-Tier Undefeatables.
"Are you sure?"
Chi Qiu Star Master's expression turned solemn. "Did you see it clearly?"
Killing an Eighth-Tier Undefeatable wasn't an unimaginable feat. On large-scale alien battlefields, Eighth-Tier Undefeatables perished from time to time.
But for his disciple, who had only stepped into the Eighth-Tier a few decades ago and was not even a hundred years old yet, to achieve this...
"I'm certain," Bai Guang Star Master affirmed.
Although he wasn't an Eighth-Tier Undefeatable himself, he had a profound understanding of spatial rules, and distance was no obstacle to him. He had witnessed with his own eyes the deaths of the two Eighth-Tier Undefeatable aliens at the hands of the Milky Way Star Master.
"My disciple..."
Upon hearing this, Chi Qiu Star Master didn't doubt it. Instead, a look of helplessness appeared on his face.
He had been wrong earlier.
It wasn't that his disciple had caught up to him.
His disciple had surpassed him.
(End of Chapter)
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