Chapter 629
Mysterious Stone! Belongs to the World!
Needless to say, the Zerg and Mechs immediately recognized the special nature and value of this "stubborn stone"!
The Zerg guards' cold compound eyes stared intently at the stubborn rock, emitting a low grinding sound, and the eerie light on their bladed arms intensified.
Mechanical entropy then stopped operating on the metal ring, the black crystal head sculpture turned completely towards the stubborn rock, and the dark blue data waterfall almost solidified into a line.
The three parties, including Jiang Shu, Venerable Duan Yue, and Yu Sha, almost simultaneously locked onto the black, stubborn rock that was suspended at the edge of the core of destruction.
The murderous intent permeating the air was instantly colder and more tangible than the surrounding vortex that devoured everything!
That pitch-black stone, suspended at the edge of the vortex of destruction, seemed to be the concentration of all the weight of the entire world that was collapsing madly.
The space around it was distorted and collapsed like a stagnant mercury mirror, devoid of brilliance and energy dissipation, only possessing an extreme sense of engulfment, where even a gaze that gets too close will be invisibly pulled and crushed.
The armor of the Insect King's personal guard, covered with dark gold and ferocious patterns, trembled slightly, and its cold compound eyes locked onto the black stone.
It emitted a low, piercing tone, which was not a language, but a command to gather the swarm of insects.
Two early-stage Venerable Blade Warriors beside it instantly lowered their stance, the eerie light flowing faster on their carapaces, and their sharp blades pointed at Jiang Shu and his group, as well as the mechanical race's Entropy, displaying undisguised killing intent and protective instincts.
On the other side, the dark blue Entropy's body hovered about an inch above the platform. The two tiny crimson dots on its head suddenly brightened a bit. Its black crystal-cast faceplate turned towards the black stone, and a stream of dark blue data swept wildly across its surface, clearly performing complex calculations beyond the comprehension of others.
The water droplet-shaped protective structure behind it emitted a high-frequency hum, and the energy beam tightly locked onto the dark gold metal ring.
Seeing this, Jiang Shu, Venerable Duan Yue, and Yu Sha had no choice but to land on a relatively flat piece of shattered celestial debris.
Spatial turbulence swept across the surroundings like an invisible razor, cutting out blinding sparks outside the thick, earthen-yellow protective shield erected by Venerable Duan Yue.
Jiang Shu's heart was pounding wildly. The spark of creation deep within his mind had never been so "thirsty." The fragments of the Heart of Space resonated with an almost scorching intensity, a hundred times stronger than when he discovered that seedling!
This black stone is definitely related to the fundamental principles of space and even time!
"This item belongs to my insectoid race. Anyone who obstructs it shall die!"
The will of the Insect King's personal guards was like a cold steel needle, ignoring spatial barriers and piercing the minds of all living beings present.
Its massive body leaned slightly forward, and its huge blade-like arms, shimmering with a dark gemstone luster, slowly rose, silently cutting through the chaotic spatial energy around it, forming a brief period of stable trajectory.
Entropy's head turned towards the Zerg guards, the crimson light spot showing no emotion.
"The target energy level exceeds the predetermined maximum value."
"All protocols are suspended, and the attribution sequence is recalculated."
Its slippery, icy voice was like a bucket of liquid nitrogen being poured down, slightly freezing the Zerg's momentum.
The three sides were locked in a standoff, the air so thick it felt like you could wring water out of it.
Black Stone remained deathly still, but in that moment of extreme tension...
hum!
The core area where Blackstone was located suddenly trembled, as if a deep pulse was emanating from this silent space!
The previously relatively stable spatial fragments and debris visibly disintegrated at an accelerated rate, turning into dust and being sucked into the spatial vortex.
Even more terrifying, the black stone itself began to tremble slightly!
It was as if a sleeping demon was about to awaken, or as if a prisoner who had been starving for ten thousand years had finally broken free of his binding chains.
"It's loosening!"
"It wants to escape this world!"
Upon seeing this, Yu Sha immediately called out to Jiang Shu beside him.
Although his spatial perception was not as sharp as Jiang Shu's, he still sensed that will to break free from constraints!
This thought instantly ignited the final fuse!
boom!
The Insect King's personal guards moved, as fast as if they were jumping through space.
Its massive, ferocious body broke through the seemingly dangerous distance between itself and the black stone almost instantly, ignoring the tearing of the collapsing space around it. Its huge blade arm tore through the spatial storm, carrying a pure force powerful enough to cut through stars, and went straight for the black stone!
Its power was nothing like that of a living being; it was more like a pure killing engine! The dark gold armor left trails of light that tore through space as it moved at high speed!
At the very same time it made its move.
call out--!
Entropy's machine arrived late but first, without the ferocious momentum of the Zerg; only a silent, silver-gray spatial rift instantly formed beneath its feet.
Its form seemed to disappear from a frame of an image, then reappeared directly in front of the Zerg Royal Guard's Blade Arm.
The dark blue arm rose, and a complex spatial constraint force field matrix lit up in the palm. Instead of directly trying to seize the black stone, it precisely blocked the Zerg's inevitable attack, attempting to immobilize it.
It needs to strike back after the opponent has made their move; it needs not only stones but also to use the opponent's strength against them.
"Stop them!"
Venerable Duan Yue's hair and beard stood on end, and his roar was like thunder.
As Entropy blocked the Zerg guards, he pressed down hard with his calloused hands, unleashing a torrent of powerful law energy that he had prepared beforehand.
Centered on him, the chaotic spatial turbulence within his range suddenly solidified.
"Certainly!"
Venerable Duan Yue unleashed his protective powers, honed over millennia, and the laws of the earth to their fullest potential, aiming to imprison everyone present.
The solidified space, like an invisible shackle, instantly enveloped the area where Entropy and the Zerg guards were located, attempting to create a glimmer of hope for Jiang Shu.
But he was fighting two opponents at once, and he also had to resist the pressure of the collapsing space. In that instant, the light of the protective shield visibly dimmed, and blood appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"Brother Daoist, let's go!"
Yu Sha also moved. His wings suddenly spread open, and countless sharp feather arrows formed by the compression of spatial fragments rained down on the two droplet guardians of Entropy, attempting to interfere with their actions.
opportunity!
Deep within Jiang Shu's eyes, silver-gray and emerald light intertwined, and the spatial runes on the Shattered Universe Gloves swirled at an unprecedented speed. He didn't even glance at the clash between Entropy and the Zerg guards; all his mind and power were locked onto the black stone that was breaking free of its restraints.
"Come here!"
hum!
Jiang Shu stomped his feet hard on the wreckage beneath his feet, and the hard star core fragments instantly turned into dust.
Using this recoil force, he became like an arrow burning with the dual flames of space and force, fiercely piercing into that twisted core that even light was devoured.
It moved so fast that it left a spatial afterimage that almost never disappeared.
Its speed even surpassed that of the entropy that glided smoothly through space and the terrifying strength of the insect king's personal guards.
The Desolate Star Halberd was already firmly gripped in his hand.
But he did not swing it. The dark red light on the halberd was restrained to the extreme, and all the power of the laws was gathered into a single point on the halberd blade, just for this moment to break through the obstacle.
However, just as Jiang Shu's fingers were about to touch the slightly trembling black stone surface, a metallic clang that could shatter the soul rang out, causing him to freeze abruptly.
clang!
The Insect King's personal guard, that terrifying being who was briefly restrained by Entropy and slowed down by Venerable Duan Yue's spatial shackles, actually separated a leg of insects that looked like a pillar of refined gold. It appeared out of nowhere, ignoring the entanglement of Entropy's force field, and struck the body of the Desolate Star Halberd at an extremely tricky angle, like a scorpion's tail hook, with a pure speed that surpassed spatial teleportation.
Pure, magnificent, and overwhelming.
Click!
Jiang Shu's arms trembled violently, and the Desolate Star Halberd groaned under the strain, with a few tiny cracks even appearing on its body.
That terrifying, indescribable power surged wildly through the halberd. His blood and qi churned within him, and his chest ached as if struck by a giant hammer. Even the frantic outpouring of his Creation and Primordial Devouring powers couldn't instantly counteract the impact of this level of power. He was forcefully thrown backward by this force, a metallic taste rising in his mouth.
"What a terrifying power!"
Jiang Shu was horrified.
This Insect King's personal guard possessed an extremely high level of mastery of the Law of Power, and his own realm had definitely reached the Venerable level.
Combined with its terrifying carapace-like body, its explosive power is astonishing.
If the Desolate Star Halberd hadn't been exceptionally sturdy and hadn't been refined by a sage's avatar, it would have shattered instantly if it had been an ordinary star weapon.
"You insect, you are the one who should be annihilated."
The cold, hollow electronic sound of entropy rang out.
Taking advantage of the moment when the Insect King's personal guards were distracted in their attack on Jiang Shu and the spatial constraints loosened slightly, it suddenly tightened the complex constraint matrix in its hand, like a fishing net being cast out, instantly covering the Insect King's personal guards' bodies.
Its other dark blue arm transformed into a beam of eerie blue energy, piercing straight at the junction of the compound eyes on the head of the Insect King's personal guard.
This is a relatively weak point in its core calculations, where the entire body of this creature, covered in armor, is relatively vulnerable, and it moves as fast as a viper's tongue.
The Insect King's personal guards went berserk.
The frustration of being attacked from both sides drove it into a complete rage.
It abandoned its pursuit of the flying Jiang Shu, and the giant golden foot that had sent Jiang Shu flying slammed into the void, producing a deafening clang of metal striking metal.
The massive body twisted violently, and the enormous blade arm, gleaming with an eerie light, abandoned the direction of the black stone. Instead, it swung back like a giant axe, carrying a fierce momentum that seemed to cleave through chaos, and slashed fiercely at Entropy's head, intending to cut it in two.
At the same time, the mysterious patterns on its dark gold armor surface suddenly lit up, forming a flowing light film that withstood the entropy constraint matrix and the energy beams aimed at its vital points.
clang!
Buzz—Boom!
A horrific collision erupted in the core area.
Space was like a torn rag, and energy shockwaves exploded visibly. Under this double impact, the Star-Sealing Artifact, the Void-Stabilizing Disc, in the hands of Venerable Duan Yue finally succumbed and shattered like glass.
He grunted and staggered back several steps, causing the protective shield to tremble violently. The spatial arrows that Yu Sha had fired shattered in the shockwave.
The whole world is groaning in despair as it faces utter collapse.
The spatial rift spread at an alarming rate. Under this earth-shattering energy impact, the black stone that everyone was fighting over suddenly experienced a surge in the pulsation on its surface, turning from trembling into violent tremors, as if it were about to break free of its restraints and transform into a streak of light to disappear into the unknown land of the boundless universe.
In the distance, the sound of something tearing through the air ripped through the storm.
"brother!"
"Jiang Shu, hold on!"
The roar of the battle wind and the cold call of the battle clouds came almost simultaneously.
Two powerful auras were rapidly breaking through the turbulent currents, approaching the core of this storm.
It was Zhan Feng and Zhan Yun who arrived a step too late.
The world was on the verge of collapse, and a chaotic battle had broken out in this space, making it extremely difficult to traverse. That's why we arrived a little late.
"The stone is about to run away."
Jiang Shu forcibly suppressed the surging blood and the numbness in his arms, and wiped away a trace of blood from the corner of his mouth.
He witnessed the emergence of the War Wind and War Cloud, and perceived the "activity" of Black Stone more clearly.
This is the last chance; if we miss it, we will be forever separated from this great treasure.
"Help me block that guy for a breath."
Jiang Shu's thoughts rushed towards Zhan Feng.
Without hesitation, he ignited his own blood and qi, using the immense power surpassing the tenth realm to propel the spatial core within his body.
The fragments of the spatial core within his body erupted with intense silver light, like a burning star.
That spark of the laws of creation no longer flowed gently, but transformed into a raging inferno, its emerald light emanating from its body.
The primordial laws permeated the air, cleansing the soul.
The fluctuations of the laws of the soul are like the plucking of an invisible string, locking onto the target.
The protective laws flowed throughout his body. A sharp will permeated his halberd. All his insights and power were forcibly combined and ignited by Jiang Shu at this moment.
With overwhelming force, we must use our unwavering determination as fuel.
Sensing its master's will, the Desolate Star Halberd's previously cracked surface no longer looked out of place; instead, it seemed to flow with the blood of molten lava, radiating an aura of destruction and rebirth.
The heavy, savage, and murderous intent surged to its peak. The light gathered on the halberd blade was no longer dark red, but transformed into the purest and most domineering color, like the chaotic color of the first ray of light before the creation of the world.
Panwu's Heaven-Opening Axe!
The ancient imprint from the "Panwu Dali Daodian" suddenly shone brightly in Jiang Shu's mind.
"Roar!!"
Jiang Shu let out a roar like an ancient beast, ignoring the agonizing pain that made his bones groan and the excruciating pain caused by the compression of his internal organs.
He completely merged with the Desolate Star Halberd, transforming into a chaotic torrent that crashed into the black stone that was about to escape.
This time, however, his target was the Insect King's personal guard, who had just clashed with Entropy and whose momentum had grown even stronger.
The Insect King's personal guards also felt an unprecedented threat; the chaotic aura emanating from the halberd instilled in them a fear stemming from their very life instincts.
It even temporarily abandoned some of its defenses against entropy, focusing all its attention and energy on countering Jiang Shu's desperate attack.
It turned its massive gem-encrusted blade arm around, the patterns on its dark gold armor shining like molten gold, and all the laws of power converged at the tip of the blade arm at this moment.
A point of black light, possessing destructive power, condensed at the tip of the blade, and the surrounding space was forcibly compressed and collapsed by this extreme power.
It also emitted a piercing screech, and the blade arm thrust out fiercely against the chaotic torrent.
The Zerg's organizational structure has many similarities to that of the Mechs.
Both races share a mother figure; the Zerg's mother figure is also known as the Queen or Zerg Queen, and is the center of the entire Zerg race. (End of Chapter)