Chapter 165: Despair After Ecstasy (Part One)

A silver-gray spaceship broke into the solar system.

"Captain, an early warning system has been detected!"

On the screen, the spaceship's artificial intelligence popped up and issued an alert.

"An early warning system? Destroy it!"

"Yes, captain!"

Laser beams shot out from the spaceship, sweeping away the surrounding early warning systems with the might of autumn winds clearing fallen leaves, leaving not a single one behind.

Inside the spaceship, besides the captain, there were eight crew members.

"Captain, there is a planet with life not far ahead, yet there is an early warning system here. This looks ominous!"

"That is only a lowest-grade early warning system. Even if there is danger, it must be minimal. We have been traveling for more than a year on this trip, how can we stop and not move forward? From now on, just proceed with caution. Also, notify the clan, just in case!"

The spaceship moved at a very high speed, and soon descended above the Atlantic Ocean on Earth.

"Akatu, scan the planet and gather information!"

"Captain, I have already hacked into this planet's network. This planet is called Earth. It has already stepped into the interstellar era. The four strongest individuals here include two at planetary level 9, while the other two have just tentatively stepped into the stellar level!"

"Hahaha, only two who have just tentatively stepped into the stellar level? That is fantastic! Akatu, what other good things are there?"

"Captain!" Akatu suddenly said excitedly, "I have discovered a Behemoth of the Starry Sky. Two years ago, a Behemoth of the Starry Sky appeared here. According to my database, it matches the Golden Horned Beast completely!"

"What? The Golden Horned Beast?" The captain was stunned, then trembled with excitement, "Quick, quick, quick, organize the imagery!"

Soon, the footage from back then when the Golden Horned Beast ravaged North America appeared—its massive body and ferocious head filled the captain with wild joy.

"It really is the Golden Horned Beast! We've struck it rich, this time we've truly struck it rich! I never expected that such a small life-bearing planet would actually have a Behemoth of the Starry Sky residing on it! Quick, quick, quick, Akatu, find out where the Golden Horned Beast is!"

"Captain, back then a stellar-level warrior named Qin Ming went out to meet it in battle, but there has been no subsequent news whatsoever! Yet this Qin Ming came back alive, and the Golden Horned Beast vanished without a trace!"

"Dead? Or...?" The captain clenched his fists. "Don't let it be dead! That's a Behemoth of the Starry Sky. Just this single creature is worth more than the entire wealth of our Novolan Family! Akatu, search for it, even if it's dead, you must find its corpse for me."

"Yes! Oh, captain, a ruin of an Automaton spaceship has also been discovered here!"

"This...!" Seeing the transmitted images, the captain trembled once again. "Transmit the news simultaneously to the clan!"

"Yes, captain!"

Following that, more information was transmitted, such as Luo Feng's third-tier telepathic weapon, the Arc Blade Disk, as well as the inadvertently leaked spatial ring, the Cloud-Contact Vine, and later, the Violet Glow Dew, among others.

To people like them, these were all immense fortunes.

"Damn it, this planet is a massive treasure trove! Goddamn it, this old man is finally going to make something of himself. Brothers, and you all as well, from now on we'll eat and drink like kings, and we'll never have to look at anyone's expression ever again!"

"All hail the captain!" The eight crew members cheered without exception.

"Beep beep beep, captain, the clan leader wants to speak with you!"

"The clan leader? Quick, connect the call!" Captain Boro Novolan was extremely excited, straightening his body to appear full of spirit.

A moment later, the corners of his mouth split all the way to his ears. Unable to contain himself any longer, he cast his head back and laughed loudly: "Hahaha, the clan leader, who was previously so aloof, actually spoke to me in such amiable tones, telling me that once I return to the clan, I will be granted the position of a lifetime elder! This isn't an honorary elder, mind you, but a lifetime elder whom no one can ever depose!"

"Follow me. We shall first capture those four so-called giants, unify the Earth, and await the arrival of the clan's fleet three months from now!" Boro waved his hand grandly, and the spaceship carved an arc through the sky as it flew toward Yangzhou.

Above the Qin Family Castle!

"They are coming this way!" Babata warned.

"Coming this way?" Luo Feng was surprised. "Could they be trying to capture the ringleader first to subdue the rest? Babata, is the signal jammed? Don't let them scan Qin Ming's strength and get scared off."

"Rest assured, the signal here has already been jammed; they won't discover anything!" Babata still had that bit of confidence. "Qin Ming's strength is something only the two of us know. Furthermore, the slaves we purchased have not been entered into any official records."

"Get ready!" Hong appeared calm, yet inside he felt somewhat nervous as well.

After all, this concerned the safety of the Earth.

At this moment, the slaves purchased earlier had already been fully prepared.

Before long, a spaceship hovered in the sky above. Although it was cloaked in stealth, it could not evade Babata's scan.

The cabin door opened, and Boro and his companions successively emerged from the spaceship, every single one of them full of high spirits and radiant with joy.

"Let's go. We'll capture Qin Ming and Luo Feng first, then seize Hong and Thor, catching them all in one net. The entire Earth will fall into our hands!" Boro was exceedingly excited and thrilled.

The Golden Horned Beast, the third-tier telepathic weapon, the Cloud-Contact Vine, the spatial ring, the Automaton spaceship, the Violet Glow Dew—every single one of these was something he had never dared to even dream of before, yet now they were within his easy grasp.

"The heavens are favoring me, bestowing upon me a grand fortune that allows me to turn my fortunes around in a single day and soar like a dragon through the nine heavens. From now on, I'll advance to stellar peak, universe level, domain lord, straight to world master... No, since the heavens have bestowed such a great opportunity, how could they let me cultivate only up to the world master level? In the future, I will charge toward immortality! Immortality, with eternal life! When that time comes, within our Novolan Family, even the current family head will have to kneel before my feet, and the founding patriarch of our clan will have to grovel at my soles!"

Boro trembled all over with excitement.

He caught sight of a sliver of benefit and immediately envisioned an infinite future.

Yet the very next moment, his body stiffened as he discovered more than a dozen figures traversing the empty air toward them, completely surrounding them.

"Good god, captain, there are three stellar-level 7 spiritual readers here! That Qin Ming isn't just newly advanced to the stellar level either—he has reached stellar level 6! And there are a large number of..."

Boro's smart assistant let out a cry of astonishment, but before it could continue speaking, its signal was abruptly cut off. Clearly, Babata had made a move.

"You... you guys, how could you... how is this possible...!" Boro's face turned pale as paper.

"Take them down!" Qin Ming waved his hand.

The three stellar-level 7 spiritual readers subdued them in an instant.

"I have already taken control of the spaceship!" Babata transmitted the news as well!

"Very good!" Qin Ming smiled.

"False alarm!" Luo Feng let out a breath of relief.

"Indeed, a false alarm, but it has also served as a wake-up call for us. After all, since there's a first time, there could very well be a second!" Hong warned gravely.

This time, aside from Qin Ming, all of them were shaken.

"Meng Yi, use hypnosis and interrogate them about how they came here, what their origins are, and whether there are any more fleets following behind them!" Qin Ming commanded decisively.

The three stellar-level 7 spiritual readers were none other than Meng Yi, Meng Er, and Meng San.

"Yes, master!" Meng Yi responded.

He was responsible for guarding the members of the Qin family.

In a short while, the information was extracted, and Babata also organized a vast amount of data retrieved from the spaceship. After reviewing it, Luo Feng and the others all changed countenance dramatically.

"They belong to the Novolan Family of the Calo Empire. Three months from now, two battle fleets will arrive, including forty elite members of the Novolan Family at stellar level 9, along with one thousand stellar-level and ten thousand planetary-level 9 accompanying personnel!"

"The founder of the Novolan Family is called Novolan, a terrifying powerhouse at the universe level 9. He also has three universe-level disciples!"

"By now, the news regarding the Golden Horned Beast and the rest has already been transmitted outward. The Novolan Family will certainly not let this matter rest!"

"The crucial point is, three months from now, how are we supposed to contend against two battle fleets?"

Luo Feng trembled, Hong's expression shifted drastically, and Thor's breathing grew rapid.

"Big Brother, Second Brother, Luo Feng, there's no need to worry!" Qin Ming smiled.