Chapter 799
: Lure the snake out of its hole
Upon hearing this, Fang Zhenghua chuckled and said with a smile, "Such a grand undertaking must consume resources. I'm afraid that's why they're setting up the chamber of commerce."
Everyone nodded in agreement!
After all, if the torch could be erected so easily, they wouldn't have had to endure decades of cosmic darkness.
Just as everyone was wondering, the person who had spoken earlier suddenly lowered his voice and said, "Besides energy, we need something else to keep the torch burning."
Upon hearing these words, many powerful figures present were filled with curiosity.
After all, they've always been curious.
"What else, besides energy, is needed to keep that torch burning?"
The man swallowed hard, a look of panic suddenly appearing on his face. He said, "From what I've heard, they seem to use the corpses and souls of Venerables as nourishment, and they kill one Venerable every month."
Kill the Venerable One?
Use the corpse and spirit of the Venerable One to light the torch?
Upon hearing these words, many of the weaker people present trembled, their eyes filled with inexplicable shock and panic.
How could you possibly use a venerable person as firewood?
They almost instinctively disbelieved it.
However, when they looked up at the torch standing tall in the starry sky outside the window, they thought of Jiang Shu's actions and battle at the very beginning.
All of this proves that this force is more powerful than they imagined.
"If the cost is truly so enormous, then it makes sense."
The rumors spread like wildfire, gradually reaching the entire Mingkuang Star Region.
Without any confirmation, the news did gradually spread, and many people vaguely believed it.
After all, in their view, such a massive torch must come at a considerable cost.
Meanwhile, the powerful figures controlling the three races in the Mingkuang Star Sector also secretly noticed the continuous spread of this news!
"Reporting to Venerable Jiang, this is the situation. Many people are now speculating that the price for maintaining the torch may be that you, Venerable Jiang, must burn yourself."
On the main star of the Mingkuang Star Region, a cultivator of the tenth realm from the vast universe spoke respectfully.
"Oh?"
Jiang Shu narrowed his eyes slightly and then asked, "Have you found out where this news originally came from?"
"We don't know. After investigation, we found that it seems to have come from some private trade fairs. These small forces often hold trade fairs together, and the news comes from there."
"A trade fair?"
Jiang Shu's face looked somewhat gloomy.
He didn't believe that trade fairs would naturally spread.
The torch's effect does indeed require the consumption of Venerables to maintain; the stronger the Venerable, the better the maintenance effect.
But now, various forces are entering their territory.
Stability is the top priority.
Even Venerables are used as fuel, so the rest of the cultivators are naturally living in constant fear.
"Now, it's actually a lot of trouble."
Jiang Shu slowly shook his head.
Only a very few powerful individuals know about this matter, and each of them is at the Venerable level.
Apart from the three Venerables Huang Xuesheng from Cangyu Star and Chen Haoran from Canglan Kingdom at the beginning, these powerful individuals were basically from the outer universe.
Jiang Shu had already questioned the four people and confirmed that they had not leaked the matter. He thought to himself that this might be quite interesting.
"None of us have the intention or interest to leak this information, since leaking it would only harm us. So, it's probably only one party who could have leaked the information."
Doomsday Cult.
Three words kept popping into my mind.
The Doomsday Cult once infiltrated the Machine Race and lurked within the cooperation between the three races.
Afterwards, they even used the coronation ceremony to trick the three races through a discarded clone of the mechanical mother, and directly entered this small universe.
"If they are here to spread this information, then there is also the most likely possibility and the most likely motive."
Jiang Shu pondered to himself.
He flicked his finger, and a beam of light instantly formed in his palm, which then transformed into a crystal-clear jade slip!
"Give this item to Elder Lei and have him thoroughly inspect the Mingkuang Star Sector. There is no need to respond to this matter otherwise."
Jiang Shu spoke calmly.
"Yes."
The cultivator at the tenth realm nodded repeatedly.
In Jiang Shu's view, they were far from being able to gain a firm foothold. If they were to expose themselves now, other forces would inevitably become wary and distance themselves from each other.
Rather than doing so, it would be better not to respond directly to this matter and wait for further developments.
"However, there must be members of the Doomsday Cult infiltrated. How can we find them?"
Jiang Shu narrowed his eyes, lost in thought.
Soon, news of Jiang Shu reached Elder Lei and Xue Lian, and the public opinion was in support of Jiang Shu's statement.
After all, as long as they don't admit it, no matter how big the rumors get, it's not a problem.
"However, what we really care about next is to wipe out those orcs."
Jiang Shu suddenly felt a bit troubled.
Having explored this small universe for so long, he has almost grasped the skills that the saints of the five major races of the original small universe excelled at.
Within this small universe, the Zerg's Great Devourer excels at the laws of devouring and creation.
The mechanical matrix of this world is similar to the mechanical matrix of the outer universe, both capable of calculating the heavens and earth using the laws and computing power of a certain stage.
As for the human race's Universal Sage and the Spirit Race's God of Joy.
The former primarily cultivates the law of power, while the latter primarily cultivates the law of transformation.
As an eternal fighter among the orcs, Jiang Shu originally thought it was the Law of Battle or the Law of Slaughter.
But to his surprise...
Through compiling information from various forces, Jiang Shu discovered that the law governing the orc race, and even the orc's eternal warrior, was actually the law of faith!
Legend has it that the Eternal Slayer was a composite of faiths born from the orcs' insatiable bloodlust.
However, after the appearance of the subspace, that eternal fighter also disappeared without a trace.
It was as if they had never existed.
Jiang Shu conducted a special investigation and discovered that some orcs seemed to occasionally still be able to sense the will of the Eternal Slayer, but they were unable to construct a new god of faith using their own beliefs. "The five Saint-level powerhouses have disappeared without a trace, but it is vaguely certain that they are still alive, but are restricted in some way and unable to move."
Jiang Shu shook his head and casually said, "The other elders, come with me and get ready to make a move. Since someone dares to block our path to wealth, don't blame us for taking action."
They are not intolerant of the orc race.
However, those orcs were unwilling to enter into the order they had established and were completely unwilling to engage in any so-called trade.
Since that's the case, Jiang Shu has no choice but to take action.
We should simply use force to wipe them out!
To create stable conditions for trade routes.
"After dealing with those orcs, we can also get a few Venerable-level corpses, which will allow the torch to last for a few more months."
Although Jiang Shu's realm is only at the mid-stage of the Venerable realm, his combat strength allows him to stand shoulder to shoulder with late-stage Venerable beings such as Elder Lei, Blood Scythe, and the Mechanical Clan's Divine Envoy.
In a short while, Jiang Shu's order was relayed directly.
Several days later, several starships loaded with various cargoes slowly sailed out of the port, about to enter the subspace.
Fang Zheng glanced around the cabin and immediately said, "We're heading back to our home planet now. Be careful, and alert us immediately if anything goes wrong."
As soon as he finished speaking, many of the crew members nodded in agreement.
Moments later, several starships entered the subspace.
Fang Zhenghua immediately unleashed his power, acting as a navigator to calm the surrounding subspace spacetime turbulence. In addition, treasures such as the Fixed-Space Star Iron were also ready to prevent any accidents.
As they expected, there were no problems along the way, except for the long-standing spacetime fluctuations.
"Very good, the starship should be able to return to its home planet soon. At that time, these resources will surely enable some of the powerful beings on Jupiter to advance to the Venerable level."
Fang Zhenghua felt a surge of excitement in his heart!
As long as there are strong individuals on their home planet who can be promoted to the Venerable level, their status within the entire business alliance will be rapidly elevated!
He cautiously explored the path to prevent any spatial storms, ready to leave the warp at any cost should any problems arise.
In a sense, any place in space can directly break away and enter the outer starry sky!
However, the problem is that the location is uncertain, which is equivalent to random teleportation, and it is very likely that the target will not be found at all.
However, this problem has now been solved because with the torches lit, even if they temporarily leave the subspace and are randomly teleported to a place by the chaotic space, they can still locate their own position relative to the coordinates of the torches.
Just as Fang Zhenghua was lost in thought, the alarm suddenly went off beside him.
buzzing...
Fang Zhenghua immediately became alert, his heart skipped a beat, and he asked, "What happened?"
"Something terrible has happened. Orcs have infiltrated Warehouse No. 26 on the left side of Starship No. 3, and we didn't even notice. They've already started causing trouble."
"What!?"
Fang Zhenghua's expression changed drastically.
He quickly accessed the relevant surveillance footage and saw the situation inside Warehouse No. 26 displayed on the screen.
All they could see in the warehouse was large patches of green moss growing wildly on many of the resources they had specially purchased.
At this moment, these green mosses wriggled wildly like flesh and blood, constantly sucking up the resources they had bought. Then, they slowly condensed and condensed, and from them crawled out one after another enormous monsters with their entire bodies green.
Orcs!
This is the orc race!
Some of them are not born of flesh and blood, but can grow like plants, possess innate memories like those of demonic beasts, and are extremely warlike.
"Roar!"
The largest orc roared to the sky, and the other orcs roared in response. In the void, streams of power were drawn in and merged into the bodies of these orcs.
Because these orcs were newly born and extremely fragile, their strength and cultivation increased rapidly under the infusion of those powers.
Seeing this, Fang Zhenghua's face turned extremely ugly.
"They planted spores here during their last attack, those damned barbarians!"
Immediately, Fang Zhenghua cursed loudly while sending people to confront them.
"See if we can kill all those orcs. If we can, we must use spiritual flames to burn all that green moss."
"If we can't burn it down, we'll just abandon the entire warehouse!"
He knew very well that if he continued to entangle himself with the matter, the orcs would be able to use the power of the Great Dao of Faith to attract other powerful orcs.
It should be noted that there are orcish lords roaming in the nearby subspace.
In any case, Fangzhenghua and their team absolutely cannot take this risk.
Almost immediately, a large number of powerful cultivators from the starship arrived and began attacking the orcs.
"kill!"
A cultivator at the tenth realm strode forward, lightning crackling in his palm, and with a single strike, killed the strongest of the orcs.
However, the next moment, the strongest individual orc emitted bursts of green light from its body, which then merged into the bodies of the other orcs.
"Roar!"
The orcs continued to roar and charge forward, while at the same time, orcs began to emerge from the ever-growing green moss in the distance.
"Die, all of you!"
The human warriors went all out, slaughtering large numbers of orcs. However, each time a green orc fell, the power would flow into the bodies of other orcs.
And these are the power of faith.
The Law of Faith differs from other great paths; in a sense, it can be achieved quickly and directly.
These orcs stood up proudly, showing no pain or fear of being slaughtered, but instead filled with excitement.
"on!"
The cultivators at the tenth level continued forward, slaying one orc after another.
These newly born orcs were extremely weak and could be easily killed.
However, the surviving orcs are constantly absorbing the various energies left behind by their companions, growing stronger at a visible rate.
Each kill brings forth an even stronger orc.
At that moment, one of the orcs gathered a massive amount of power, which in total was comparable to that of the tenth realm!
"Roar, kill!"
The orc warrior let out a ferocious laugh and pounced forward, only to be suppressed by the tenth-realm cultivator in an instant.
Although the two sides were roughly equal in strength, their cultivation levels differed greatly. However, as the tenth-level cultivator continued to make moves, he suddenly realized something that worried him.
What you see before you is the power of law emanating from the orc, gradually growing stronger.
This is highly likely because a large group of orcs is rapidly approaching from nearby.
It's important to know that orcs can resonate with each other across different groups via the Great Dao of Faith, enabling them to locate each other over short distances in the warp. (End of Chapter)