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Chapter 444: Seizing the Yan Mountain Psychic Spring
Chapter 444: Seizing the Yan Mountain Psychic Spring
Soon, Minister of Intelligence Seon pushed open the door and walked into the council chamber.
He walked in while looking down, speaking softly, "Your Majesty, the main communication line to Blue Star has been severed. The live feed might not be restored."
Emperor Manina XIII glanced at him and gently waved his hand, indicating that he was not bothered.
Seon sighed in relief and tactfully stood to one side.
In the council chamber, Manina XIII remained silent, and no one else dared to speak, plunging the room into a heavy silence.
After a minute or so, Manina XIII slowly spoke, "Owem and Dork are heroes of our Skrull Star! Announce their sacrifice to the nation, declare a period of mourning, and lower the flags to half-mast."
However, upon reflection, their sacrifice wasn't entirely a bad thing.
Their deaths could rally the Skrull people's unity and even glorify this invasion as a "just cause"!
For example, they could claim that the Skrull people are inherently peaceful, only venturing to lower-tier civilizations to gather resources.
But the natives of these lower-tier civilizations were stubborn and reckless, attacking the Skrull resource teams and even killing their Sacred Ones. The Skrull people were "forced" to "reluctantly" attack Blue Star.
With this thought, Emperor Manina XIII's grim mood improved slightly.
Seon, Lanchi, and the others quickly responded, "Yes, Your Majesty, we will take care of it immediately."
"Also, there's one more thing," Manina XIII said, narrowing his eyes. "Do you remember the plan we discussed yesterday to target Su Yu?"
Lanchi and the others exchanged glances and nodded in unison.
"Execute the plan today. I no longer wish to wait," Manina XIII said coolly.
"Your Majesty, isn't it a bit too hasty?" Seon, the Minister of Intelligence, hesitated.
Their plan was originally set to be executed a week later, allowing time for the situation to develop and create significant trouble for Su Yu.
If they acted today, the effect might be much less significant.
"Follow my orders!" Manina XIII said, his arms crossed, his tone leaving no room for argument.
"Understood!" the three ministers replied in unison.
...
The scene shifts back to Su Yu on Blue Star.
Before the shockwave hit, Su Yu activated his Ice Barrier and Lightning Shield.
The Lightning Shield was almost instantly shattered.
The Ice Barrier was hit by a massive surge of energy, causing the thick ice encasing Su Yu to creak and groan, the surface cracking with a dense network of fissures, clearly unable to hold much longer.
While the Ice Barrier seemed invincible, it had a limit to the amount of damage it could absorb. Once that limit was exceeded, the barrier would be breached.
The shockwave from Owem's self-destruction had clearly surpassed this limit, and Su Yu's Ice Barrier was about to be shattered!
Su Yu had no other means of self-preservation.
His Thunder Armor skill was still on cooldown.
The Ice Barrier skill on his Lighthouse Frost Robe couldn't be used again due to a rule restriction (using the skill would inflict a Hypothermia debuff, preventing its use for 30 seconds).
With no other options, he activated the Watcher Beacon given to him by Link, forming a purple, transparent crystalline shield around him.
Boom!
Su Yu and the crystalline shield were violently pushed back by the shockwave.
However, the crystalline shield had high defensive capabilities and remained intact, fully absorbing the damage from the explosion.
"Kexing, are you alright?"
Tina swiftly flew toward Su Yu in the sky.
Her heart had clenched when she saw Ovium self-destruct, fearing that Su Yu might have died in the explosion. Only when she saw him unharmed from a distance did she finally breathe a sigh of relief.
However, she was also filled with self-reproach. She blamed herself for being too focused on the battle and not protecting Su Yu, a defenseless mage, well enough, leading to him taking such heavy damage.
"I'm fine, Tina," Su Yu said, sitting on the ground without a care for his appearance, panting heavily. The battle had drained him of a lot of energy.
And he couldn't underestimate the Skrullians! The Watcher Beacon that Link had given him to save his life was now used up, which pained him deeply.
But now wasn't the time to feel sorry for himself.
"Tina," Su Yu looked toward the distant Skrullian base, his eyes growing determined. "There are still many fifth-stage Skrullians trying to escape. We need to intercept them while we have the chance!"
Tina's long hair fluttered in the wind, and her sword burst into a golden glow. "You rest here, Kexing. I'll take care of them!"
A golden light exploded in front of Su Yu, and Tina vanished in an instant.
Su Yu had wanted to go with Tina, but the transformation into a Blue Dragon had drained him too much. He could only sit and rest, eating some bananas and apples from his necklace to recover his strength.
Ovium's self-destruction was an indiscriminate attack. The Skrullian base, besides Su Yu, suffered massive damage. Various weapons and the entire defense system were almost completely destroyed by the shockwave.
Tina encountered no resistance as she charged into the base. She moved swiftly, searching for fifth-stage or higher Skrullian survivors.
There were 13 fifth-stage Skrullian strongmen left in the base. They were not about to sit and wait for their doom, and they tried to escape through the spatial rift above.
As Tina arrived, they all simultaneously emerged from different corners of the base, desperately flying toward the spatial rift.
Tina tried to stop them, but she couldn't hold back so many determined to escape. In the end, she managed to kill four of them, but the remaining nine managed to escape.
As for the remaining third- and fourth-stage Skrullian cultivators and the Skrullian army, their only means of escape, a spacecraft, was already destroyed by the shockwave. Faced with Tina, who seemed to have descended from the heavens, they lost all will to fight and chose to surrender.
With Tina completely in control, the battle for the Yan Mountain Psychic Spring ended in a victory for the Blue Star humans!
At that moment, a pale purple portal appeared in the sky above the base, sent by Link. A blue beam of light shot out from the portal, hitting the spatial rift in the sky.
The dark spatial rift quickly shrank and disappeared.
At the same time, a brown wooden box flew out of the portal and into Su Yu's arms.
Su Yu opened the box and found a silver badge inside, engraved with an unfamiliar symbol. Based on the symbol on the bronze badge he had previously received, the symbol on the silver badge likely meant "500."
In other words, he had earned 500 credits.
While he didn't know what the credits were for, the fact that 1 credit could be exchanged for a Credit Mystery Box suggested that 500 credits were a significant resource.
"Speaking of Credit Mystery Boxes, if I can bring Xiaotian to the Saint Silver Federation, wouldn’t that be..."
Su Yu's thoughts drifted away.
(End of Chapter)
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