Chapter 986
Fierce Battle
The researcher's words were somewhat roundabout.
But everyone understood the meaning behind those words.
If the planets are moving due to their own energy, then their instruments would indeed not be able to detect them.
Zaton looked at Los and said:
"Loss, can you find someone who manipulates stellar energy?"
Los didn't speak; he continued to reach out and grab at the planet in front of him.
The surrounding spacetime distorted again, but this time, the distant planet only moved a short distance before stopping.
Upon seeing this, Los frowned.
He was about to increase his power, but the distant planet seemed to be a wild horse, heading towards the depths of space at an extremely fast speed.
"Hmph!" Los snorted coldly and immediately chased after those planets.
Inside the warship, Zaton immediately ordered, "Chase after them!"
The sudden movement of these planets is clearly the work of someone controlling them.
They want to find the truth; they just need to follow them to find out.
As for the warships of other affiliated civilizations, they remained where they were and did not follow, because their warships were far slower than those of the Crimson Cloud Empire.
Inside the Black Rock Civilization warship.
A Blackrock tribesman asked Stone Rock:
"Captain, what should we do now?"
Shi Pan said, "Master Hua said he will contact us later, so let's just wait."
Their mission is now complete, and the Blackrock Civilization deserves the greatest credit; that alone is enough.
However, compared to his achievements, Shi Pan is now more concerned about his relationship with Chen Feng.
As long as they cultivate a good relationship with the empire's executive officer, their Blackrock civilization will surely reap many benefits in the future.
Thinking of this, Shi Pan immediately took out his communicator and began contacting the chieftain of the Black Rock Civilization.
On the other side, Los chased the planet for hundreds of millions of kilometers.
At Los's speed, he could easily catch up with these planets, but instead of stopping their movement, he wanted to see where they would eventually end up.
Just then, the moving planet in front of them suddenly stopped.
Not far away, a man in black robes appeared.
The person in the black robe was completely shrouded in black, making it impossible to see their face.
Los narrowed his eyes and immediately released his senses to probe, but he couldn't detect anything on the man in black.
The other person seemed to have merged into the surrounding starry sky.
Los spoke in the universal interstellar language:
"who are you?"
He didn't make a move directly, which meant that the opponent's strength must be extraordinary, probably also an eighth-level expert.
An unknown eighth-tier powerhouse has appeared on the Orion Arm; this seems suspicious no matter how you look at it.
Chen Feng looked at Los and calmly said, "Interstellar traveler."
Interstellar traveler—this is a special identity.
Some powerful eighth-order beings will travel to distant star systems to explore in order to find opportunities for breakthroughs.
This name was obtained by Chen Feng during his interrogation of several members of the Nero tribe.
Interstellar travelers have been spotted in the Orion Arm in the past.
Upon hearing this, Los's expression immediately turned cold:
"Does Your Excellency not know that this is the territory of our Crimson Cloud Empire? No outsider may set foot here without our permission. You have not only entered, but you have also caused celestial anomalies in this area. You are provoking us!"
Chen Feng replied in a hoarse voice, "The universe is so vast, do you think you can just say this is your territory?"
Chen Feng was not worried that Los would discover his identity.
Because when he fought against several executives of the Crimson Cloud Empire, he was only at the seventh level of strength.
This alone makes it impossible for the Crimson Cloud Empire to make that connection.
He planned to change his identity and lure the Crimson Cloud Empire away, at least to prevent them from continuing to investigate this area.
Upon hearing Chen Feng's insincere reply, Loston was immediately enraged:
"court death!"
After saying that, Los suddenly produced a lightsaber. The lightsaber was made of dark energy, and as soon as it appeared, the surrounding spacetime began to distort.
At the same time, a powerful aura emanated from Los's body.
The next second, a black arc of light flashed across the field.
Los has already drawn his sword!
As soon as the sword was drawn, the surrounding starry sky seemed to be shrouded in a black curtain.
Facing this sword strike that could annihilate a galaxy, Chen Feng showed no fear.
The power of the stars began to circulate within his body.
Soon, a starlight shone through the darkness.
Immediately afterwards, a terrifying energy spread out in this area, causing spacetime to collapse wherever it passed!
However, the spread was not large, only extending for a million kilometers before stopping.
Both Chen Feng and Los have reached the level of Grand Celestial Venerable.
A powerhouse of this level has absolute control over their strength, and can precisely control it within a very small range.
After exchanging one move, the two went their separate ways.
Los's face was solemn at this moment.
Although he was just testing the waters with that sword strike, he still used at least 70% of his strength.
The person before me was able to take it down so easily; their strength must be at least that of a powerful being, even at the level of a Great Celestial Venerable.
At this moment, the warships of Zaton and his men arrived from afar.
They had naturally witnessed the fight between the two men.
Zaton immediately ordered, "Notify all warships to activate the dark matter cannons!"
The sudden appearance of an eighth-level expert has escalated to an emergency.
The appearance of an eighth-tier powerhouse from outside the Orion Arm is something that was last recorded thousands of years ago. Each eighth-tier powerhouse possesses terrifying destructive power.
At that moment, Los's voice came through:
"Don't interfere, just wait there!"
Zaton's expression changed: "But Lord Los..."
"I will explain to the Imperial Central Committee myself; this has nothing to do with you!"
After saying that, Los immediately released a surge of world power, moving Zaton and the others' warships to an extremely far distance.
Upon seeing this, Zaton and the others immediately understood.
Los was prepared to face the man in black robes alone.
They understood Los's thoughts; as the executor of the Empire, Los had his own pride.
In the fleet command room, Zaton began to speak:
"Turn on the field camera and transmit the footage from a distance!"
The field camera is a unique technology of the Crimson Cloud Empire, capable of capturing even the most intense battles between eighth-tier powerhouses.
As the camera started up, the distant scene quickly appeared clearly on the screen.
In the starry sky, Los looked at Chen Feng and said:
"You are very strong, no wonder you dared to trespass on the territory of our Crimson Cloud Empire, but if this is all you are capable of, then stay here today!"
As Los spoke, arcs of electricity crackled across his armor, which began to rapidly reform.
These armors were divided into tens of thousands of fragments, each fragment being interconnected by dark energy.
In less than a second, the armor on Los's body had changed drastically.
His size increased to at least three times, and his armor turned completely black.
A black energy core appeared on his chest. Various devices also emerged from various parts of the armor; these were the weapon systems mounted on the armor.
The original lightsaber was directly fused to his right arm, becoming one with it.
On either side of Los's shoulders, there are two oddly shaped suspended cannons.
Seeing Los's expression, Chen Feng was stunned.
The other party's current appearance looks so much like a Gundam.
Los raised his lightsaber and said coldly:
"This is just the beginning!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he vanished from the scene.
Its speed was so fast that even Chen Feng's divine sense could not detect it.
The next second, Chen Feng felt a terrifying energy fluctuation coming from his side.
He immediately threw a punch to his side!
The fist and the lightsaber made contact, and a terrifying energy surge immediately followed.
The surrounding starry sky instantly distorted into nothingness, and the star power on Chen Feng's body began to dissolve upon contact with the black lightsaber.
Chen Feng frowned, immediately increased the flow of star power, and then shook Los away.
The moment Los was thrown back, the muzzles of the cannons on his shoulders flashed with black light.
Immediately afterwards, two beams of light, traveling at near the speed of light, struck Chen Feng.
At such close range, Chen Feng had no way to avoid the two beams of light without using his teleportation ability.
He was instantly hit by the beam of light.
A huge black energy ball enveloped Chen Feng and then exploded!
After the black energy ball disappeared, Chen Feng's figure appeared in the distance, without any injuries on his body.
Upon seeing this, Los's pupils contracted slightly.
The armor on his body immediately made a sound of transmission, and then he charged towards Chen Feng again.
Inside the warship, Zaton and the others couldn't see clearly the fight between Chen Feng and Los.
The two were moving so fast that all they could see was a flash of light.
Fortunately, they activated a micro camera, which allowed them to see some footage of the two fighting.
As they watched, Zaton and the others were filled with horror.
The fight between the two was extremely intense.
Los used almost every trick in the book, but the mysterious man in black robes could easily withstand all of Los's attacks.
"Just what is this person's strength?" Zaton asked, his voice filled with disbelief.
Los is now using the latest technology from the Imperial Research Institute—the Dark Energy Armor.
This suit of armor was specifically designed for executive officers.
There are only seven in the entire Crimson Cloud Empire.
Each piece of dark energy armor integrates cutting-edge technology from the Imperial Research Institute, enabling an eighth-tier expert to increase their strength by at least fifty percent.
Los is already considered one of the strongest among the Imperial Executives, and with the addition of the Dark Energy Armor, his strength rivals that of the top-ranked Executives.
Even so, they still couldn't defeat the man in black.
"Report: According to the analysis data, the fluorescence on the surface of the other party's body is stellar energy, but the specific value has not yet been determined," a staff member reported.
Zaton asked, "Was it uploaded to the research institute?"
The staff member replied, "It has already been synchronized."
Zaton thought for a moment and then instructed, "Immediately request the central command to use the high-dimensional projection device to send people over for support."
He felt that Los alone probably couldn't defeat this mysterious man in black robes.
We have no choice but to bring in more executives.
The fierce battle in the starry sky continues.
Los has dark energy armor, which greatly enhances his strength.
However, Chen Feng, relying on his cultivation of the second step of the Dao Integration Realm in the Ninety-Six Star Array, did not fall into a disadvantageous position.
But the more Chen Feng fought, the more strained he felt.
But in terms of strength, he is stronger than Los.
But once Los put on this armor, his attack methods became incredibly diverse.
For example, right now, the starry sky around him is filled with a gravitational field.
This gravitational field amplified the gravity Chen Feng experienced by more than ten thousand times.
If it weren't for his strong physical body, any other eighth-level expert would have been suppressed on the spot long ago.
In this gravitational field, Los's speed was not affected in the slightest. With the help of the armor's propulsion device, his speed almost reached faster than the speed of light.
That's not even the most troublesome part.
As the gravitational field covered the area, the surrounding space was also frantically folding, with many spaces folding into thin lines, like a large net sealing off the surroundings.
Chen Feng didn't know what these technologies were.
But at this moment, he felt the same way he did when the enemies in the scroll world used technological means against him.
Compared to Chen Feng, Los was even more shocked.
He had used almost every trick in the book since they started fighting, but the person in front of him didn't have a single scratch on him. Most importantly, the other person's physical body was abnormally strong.
His dark energy beams hit the opponent at least three times.
But the other side withstood them all.
It should be noted that the dark energy rays inherent in his armor are enough to kill ordinary eighth-tier powerhouses.
boom!
Chen Feng seized the opportunity, flashed in front of Los, and then struck out with a palm.
The force of this palm strike was astonishing; the surrounding gravitational field collapsed because it could not withstand it.
Chen Feng's palm strike landed squarely on Los.
However, Los's armor was also extremely strong. It took a direct hit from Chen Feng's palm and only dented, but then automatically repaired itself.
After being knocked back a distance, Los prepared to unleash another attack with his dark energy weapon.
But then, he seemed to realize something and immediately looked outside.
Suddenly, countless points of light appeared in the starry sky.
These points of light flew toward this place at an extremely fast speed.
Those points of light were actually planets radiating starlight, numbering in the hundreds.
Los dared not be careless and immediately used his dark energy weapon to bombard the planet that was flying in from the wind.
Boom boom boom!
Planets exploded rapidly under the bombardment of the dark energy cannons.
However, there were too many planets flying in, and they were too large to destroy all of them instantly with Los's dark energy rays.
Upon seeing this, Los instantly switched to a defensive stance, and his body was immediately enveloped in an energy shield.
The planet crashed into the energy shield, immediately creating terrifying shockwaves.
These planets all contain Chen Feng's powerful stellar energy, and each one that crashes down carries immense force.
The energy shield surrounding Lost also dimmed at a visible speed.
Chen Feng calmly watched the scene unfold. Seeing that Los was being held back, he didn't hesitate and flew directly towards the distant starry sky.
His appearance was merely to attract the attention of the Crimson Cloud Empire; he had no intention of engaging in a life-or-death struggle with them here.
He was certain that reinforcements from the Crimson Cloud Empire would arrive soon.
Los naturally noticed Chen Feng's departure and immediately roared in anger:
"Where do you think you're going!"
He wanted to give chase, but the planets constantly hurtling towards him from all sides blocked his path.
In just a moment, the starlight that Chen Feng had transformed into disappeared into the depths of the starry sky.
Zaton, inside the warship, naturally noticed Chen Feng's escape, but he did not pursue him. Although the Star Domain-class warship had a dark matter cannon that could threaten even eighth-tier powerhouses.
But that only applies to ordinary eighth-tier experts; this black-robed man's strength clearly far surpasses that of an ordinary eighth-tier expert. (End of Chapter)