Chapter 160 The Lord Personally Leads the Expedition with a Star Core Bomb!
Chapter 160 The Lord Personally Leads the Expedition with a Star Core Bomb!
The news of Mo Chenzi's crushing defeat and the loss of the Star Prison exploded like a bolt from the blue across the Star Realm.
When Lord Austin of the Star Realm learned of the news, he flew into a rage in his palace.
He smashed over a hundred priceless treasures in one go, and killed more than a dozen generals who came to report on the matter on the spot.
"A bunch of useless trash! All of them are useless!"
Austin stood at the highest point of the palace, looking down at the bustling capital planet of the Star Realm below, his eyes so cold they could freeze a person to death.
"Karen is dead, Soros is finished, and Morgan and Soren have lost their battle."
Now even that old bastard Mo Chenzi has had his cultivation crippled and been thrown out of the Star Prison! My Star Realm's million-year-old foundation has been squandered by you bunch of fools!"
This cosmic overlord, who has ruled the astral plane for millions of years, has finally decided to take action personally.
He assembled the last two million capital warships and three billion of the most elite Astral warriors, almost emptying the Astral realm's military strength.
Not only that, he also disregarded the objections of all the elders and secretly brought out the most terrifying ultimate weapon in the astral realm—the Star Core Bomb.
This bomb was forged by the first Astral Lord using the core of a collapsed blue giant star.
Its power is unimaginable. Once detonated, the shockwave and gamma-ray burst generated by the explosion could destroy the entire solar system in an instant.
Austin had prepared for the worst, hoping to turn the sun into a white dwarf prematurely.
If we can't conquer Earth, we might as well destroy it completely, making Lu Jingchen and all of humanity pay the price for his dead subordinates.
"Lu Jingchen, you have successfully angered me."
Austin stood on the bridge of his flagship, the Astral Lord, his gaze cold as he looked towards the distant solar system.
"I will show you just how terrible the consequences of angering a cosmic overlord are. I will personally tear your body apart, drain your dragon soul, and watch your planet turn to ashes before my eyes."
Three days later, Austin's fleet reached the edge of the solar system.
Two million silver astral warships stood in neat formation, blotting out the sun and blocking out all sunlight from the solar system. Austin's flagship, the "Astral Lord," stretched three hundred kilometers, its hull constructed entirely of dark matter alloy, its surface covered with a variety of powerful weapon systems, resembling a steel planet floating in space. Wherever the fleet passed, asteroids were crushed, and even cosmic rays were distorted.
Austin activated a galactic telepathic broadcast, his voice booming like a bell, reaching every corner of the galaxy: "All civilizations of the galaxy, listen! I am Austin, Lord of the Astral Planes! Earth civilization has openly defied the sacred rule of the Astral Planes, cruelly murdering Astral warriors—a heinous crime, utterly unforgivable!"
"Now, in the name of the Lord of the Astral Planes, I hereby declare the highest-level extermination order for Earth civilization! All Earthlings, regardless of age or gender, shall be killed without exception! Any civilization that dares to aid Earth civilization will be considered an enemy of the Astral Planes and will be destroyed along with Earth!"
"Lu Jingchen, I'm giving you ten minutes. Immediately commit suicide to atone for your sins and make all Earthlings lay down their weapons and surrender. Otherwise, I will detonate the stellar core bomb and bury the entire solar system with you!"
Before the words were finished, a huge black bomb slowly flew out from the belly of the "Astral Lord" and hovered between the Earth and the Sun.
The bomb was over ten kilometers in diameter, its surface shimmering with a dangerous purple light, and the surrounding space was violently distorted, forming a massive gravitational vortex. It emitted terrifying energy fluctuations.
It caused all the instruments on Earth to malfunction, and even the True Dragon Defense Network began to tremble violently, as if it would break at any moment.
"It's a star core bomb!"
Inside the Global Mystic Alliance command center, the UN Commander-in-Chief stared at the black bomb on the screen, his face ashen. "According to our astral data analysis, once this bomb detonates, the entire solar system will be reduced to nothingness within ten minutes! No one will survive!"
People all over the world have fallen into utter despair.
"It's over... It's really over this time..."
"Austen has gone mad! He actually wants to destroy the entire solar system!"
"Alliance Leader Lu, what should we do?"
Countless people knelt on the ground, praying desperately for a miracle.
Lu Jingchen stood atop the dragon head of the True Dragon Battleship, gazing at the star core bomb in space with an extremely solemn expression. He could clearly sense the terrifying power contained within the bomb—a power capable of destroying everything.
Even he couldn't have survived the explosion of the Star Core Bomb, let alone protect the entire Earth and billions of humans.
"Auston, you've gone mad!" Lu Jingchen roared into the communicator, "What you're doing will not only destroy the Earth, but also your own fleet! Do you want to take us all down with you?"
"Total destruction?" Austin laughed maniacally. "What does sacrificing these two million-strong fleet matter if it means killing you and destroying Earth? After I destroy the solar system, I can rebuild the astral plane! And you, and your Earth, will be forever lost to the universe!"
"Five minutes left! Lu Jingchen, make your choice!" Austin's voice was cold and cruel.
Time passed second by second, each second feeling like an eternity.
People all over the world held their breath, watching in despair as the nuclear bomb in space approached, awaiting their inevitable death.
Just then, Lu Jingchen suddenly closed his eyes.
His consciousness sank to the deepest part of the Dragon's Lair Jade Pendant on his chest, where an endless golden ocean lay dormant, containing the soul of the ancient true dragon ancestor. For billions of years, this ocean had never had a ripple, but today, because of Lu Jingchen's call, it began to surge violently.
"Ancestor, please, help me."
Lu Jingchen silently prayed in his heart, "I cannot let humanity perish, I cannot let the world that you and the ancient sages protected with your lives be destroyed by these invaders. Please, give me the strength to protect them."
As if hearing his prayer, a dazzling golden light suddenly shone from the center of the golden ocean. An enormous golden dragon head slowly rose from the ocean, its eyes seemingly containing the mysteries of the entire universe, ancient, sacred, and majestic.
"Child, I have been waiting for you for a long time." The voice of the True Dragon Ancestor resounded in Lu Jingchen's mind, gentle yet full of power.
"Your courage and sense of responsibility have moved me. From this day forward, my strength will be your strength."
Go and protect the people you want to protect.
Before he finished speaking, an unimaginably powerful force, originating from hundreds of millions of years ago, surged out from the Dragon Cave Jade Pendant and flowed into Lu Jingchen's body.
Lu Jingchen's body began to undergo earth-shattering changes.
Golden dragon scales grew from beneath his skin, covering his entire body; nine majestic dragon horns sprouted from his head, shimmering with golden light; and the dragon wings on his back multiplied into twelve pairs, spreading out to blot out the sky.
His size kept growing, ten meters, a hundred meters, a thousand meters, ten thousand meters... In the end, he became a golden dragon that was a million kilometers long.
This is the form of the ancient true dragon ancestor!
"roar--!"
A dragon's roar that shook the universe resounded.
The dragon's roar traversed time and space, resounding throughout the entire Milky Way. All creatures that heard the roar involuntarily prostrated themselves on the ground, their hearts filled with awe.
The Astral warships shook violently. The weaker Astral warriors were directly killed by the dragon's roar, bleeding from all seven orifices. Even the hard hull of the warships was covered with dense cracks.
Austin's maniacal grin froze instantly, his eyes filled with utter terror: "Impossible! This is absolutely impossible! Didn't the progenitor of true dragons perish billions of years ago? How could you possibly look like him?!"
"You know too little."
Lu Jingchen's voice was like thunder, exploding in Austin's ears.
He stretched out his enormous dragon claw and grabbed the star core bomb floating in space.
"No—! No! Don't detonate it!" Austin screamed in despair. He knew how terrifying the power of the Star Core Bomb was; even the progenitor of the True Dragons could not survive the explosion.
However, Lu Jingchen did not detonate it.
He gently squeezed his hand.
"Snap!"
The stellar core bomb, said to be capable of destroying the solar system, was instantly crushed into fragments. The terrifying stellar core energy contained within was swallowed whole and transformed into his own power.
"Your turn, Austin."
Lu Jingchen's enormous dragon claw reached out towards the "Lord of the Star Realm".
Austin was terrified and hurriedly tried to escape in his flagship. But his speed was as slow as a snail compared to the True Dragon Ancestor.
"Snap!"
The 300-kilometer-long "Lord of the Stars" was easily crushed into a pile of scrap metal by the dragon's claws, resulting in a violent explosion. A huge fireball erupted in space, like a second sun.
Austin escaped the explosion in a disheveled state, his imperial armor shattered, his crown fallen into space, his hair disheveled, and his body covered in blood.
Gone was the imposing figure he once was, the cosmic overlord. Looking at the colossal golden dragon that blotted out the sky, his legs gave way, and he collapsed to his knees in space with a thud.
"Alliance Leader Lu! Spare me! I was wrong! I was really wrong!"
Austin kept kowtowing and begging for mercy, until his forehead bled.
"I am willing to submit to you with the entire Astral Plane! I am willing to offer up all the wealth and land of the Astral Plane! Please, spare my life!"
"Now you know to beg for mercy?"
Lu Jingchen looked at him coldly, his voice devoid of any emotion.
"When you ordered the extermination of humanity, why didn't you think of this day? When you pulled out the stellar core bomb to destroy the entire solar system, why didn't you think of this day?"
His enormous dragon claw descended, stomping down on Austin's back.
"Snap!"
Austin's spine was broken by the force of the foot, and he could no longer get up.
Lu Jingchen looked down at him and said, word by word, "Those who offend our Earth, though far away, shall be punished!"
After saying that, the dragon stomped down hard with its claw.
Austin, the cosmic overlord who had ruled the astral plane for millions of years, was completely reduced to cosmic dust.
Without its commander, the Starfleet collapsed instantly.
Two million warships either laid down their arms and surrendered, or were destroyed by the combined forces of the True Dragon warships and the human fleet. Three billion astral warriors were almost completely wiped out.
Humanity has won the final victory in this interstellar war!
The news spread throughout the entire Milky Way.
All civilizations that had ever been invaded and enslaved by the astral plane rejoiced.
They all sent envoys to Earth in the fastest spaceships to congratulate humanity and to express their willingness to submit to human civilization and honor Lu Jingchen as the sovereign of the Milky Way.
Lu Jingchen stood atop the head of the True Dragon Ancestor, looking down at the jubilant humans below.
Then I looked out into the distant and profound depths of the universe.
He knew that the victory in this war was only the beginning.
The universe is boundless, and countless unknown civilizations, dangers, and challenges await humankind.
But he wasn't afraid.
Because he is the guardian of humanity and the successor of the ancient true dragon ancestor.
From this day forward, humanity will no longer be a lamb to the slaughter in the universe.
They will stand at the pinnacle of the universe and write their own glorious and splendid legend.
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