As Jiang Li was about to be engulfed by the inky black venom, a streak of red light suddenly tore through the darkness like the dawn slicing night, violently cleaving the poison in two.
Then another red streak followed—one, two, three… dozens of them!
In the blink of an eye, everyone's eyes widened in disbelief as dozens of terrifying red blades descended like lightning!Swish! Swish! Swish!
The crimson blades cut through the surface of the sea, striking down with surgical precision. Each strike carved horrific wounds into the head of the Eight-Tentacle Beast Emperor, spraying white, red, and black filth as if from a fountain.
Its enormous head, almost like a blooming flower, was split into dozens of pieces. The eight thick, long tentacles hung limply, dragging its massive body to sink rapidly thousands of meters beneath the sea.
Boom!
The immense weight crashed down, shaking the seabed as if an underwater earthquake had occurred.
A mere planetary-level sixth-tier Beast Emperor—how could it possibly withstand Jiang Li's sword techniques?One strike had instantly killed the Eight-Tentacle Beast Emperor?!
At this moment…
The entire world, regardless of country, skin color, age, gender, identity, or occupation, was shaken to its core by what they saw!For a moment, the world seemed to have been muted.
Then, eruptions of roaring excitement followed!
Meanwhile…
Hong and Leishen, bursting out of the sea, exchanged a glance, each seeing the shock mirrored in the other's eyes.The brief flash of red light…
Had they faced it themselves…It would have been a near-death experience!Perhaps even an impossible fight to survive!
"Is this what they call a Beast Emperor?"
In the intelligent space, Babata crossed his legs, full of disdain: "A planetary-level sixth-tier, struggling to beat those two humans, yet still dares to provoke the Spirit Master favored by the great Babata? Absolutely suicidal!"
At this moment, Jiang Li could almost be called invincible at planetary level.
Even against a planetary ninth-tier, unless it was someone like Doy with immortality suppression, he could completely crush them.
The entire world was boiling over Jiang Li's one-strike kill of the Eight-Tentacle Beast Emperor.
Planetary-level peak experts felt as if their blood had been electrified; every cell of their bodies was activated!
The Eight-Tentacle Beast Emperor…
For so many years, no one had even qualified to face it, except Hong and Leishen. Even they had to avoid its full power in the ocean.
But now!Jiang Li not only killed it in the sea but did so with a single fatal strike!What an inspiring feat!
Yet Jiang Li himself remained calm.
"Looks like the Thunder Dragon Emperor won't dare show up!"
Leishen hovered above, looking at the bloodstained waters for miles, and chuckled. "Kid, you're too fast. If you had slowed down a bit, maybe the Thunder Dragon Emperor would have dared to fight you."
"No matter, the Thunder Dragon Emperor can't hide forever."
"Let's head back first."
Hong's cold gaze swept over the bloodied sea. In a short time, he and Leishen had slain over a dozen "King-level Monsters." This sea would likely remain free of disaster-level monster tides for a long while.
About an hour later…
At the entrance of the Hongning Base City Headquarters, a giant starship building…
"Master, Inspector Jiang, Second Elder."
The guards at headquarters, seeing Jiang Li and Hong, immediately saluted with deep respect.
"Cough, cough… third."
Leishen corrected the guards with a self-deprecating smile.
Jiang Li and Hong could only shake their heads.Though Leishen wasn't young, his temper was still like a child who never grew up.
Walking through the massive starship building, Babata's astonished voice echoed in Jiang Li's mind:"This Hong is impressive—he actually turned a starship transport into a base. Seems like this planet has seen quite a few alien civilizations!"
"Huh? System energy completely off, looks like it can't be scanned."
"Still, this transport could be disassembled to make a small starship."
"Jiang Li, you want to ask Hong about it?"
Jiang Li paused.Ask him what?Tell him, "I want to dismantle the Extreme Martial Hall Headquarters"?
Walking into the reception area of the ship, Hong and Leishen noticed Jiang Li's expression was a little odd, so Hong asked:
"Master, is there another starship like this anywhere in the world?"
Jiang Li spoke directly.
"Figured I couldn't hide it from you," Hong smiled. "As far as I know, this is the only large starship of this type in existence."
"The one for my Thunder Martial Hall is slightly smaller," Leishen added. "Several ancient civilization ruins in the world are actually starships, so Hong and I have long believed that beyond the stars, there are civilizations we don't yet know of."
Hearing this, Jiang Li nodded thoughtfully.
Babata continued to tempt him in his mind: "If you can't dismantle this one, you can take Leishen's instead!"
In the vast universe that nurtured billions of species, Jiang Li's curiosity was boundless.
He knew that even if he were invincible on Earth, in the cosmic scale of civilizations, he was insignificant.
After reaching stellar-level, his strength would allow him to traverse the universe, but compared to a starship, he still fell far short.
"Babata, can you assemble a starship from other ship wrecks?" he asked in his mind.
"Of course! The great Babata is omnipotent!"
Babata puffed up. "With enough material, even an interstellar warship is no problem!"
With Babata's affirmation, Jiang Li turned to Hong and Leishen:"Master, Second Brother, to be honest… I want to travel into space!"
"Exploration?"
Leishen was momentarily stunned.
"Not exploration," Jiang Li corrected. "I learned from ancient civilization ruins that our planet is part of the 'Black Dragon Mountain Sector,' a medium-level civilization known as the Black Dragon Mountain Empire."
"Because our star system is remote, the Black Dragon Mountain Empire hasn't discovered us yet."
Hearing this, Hong and Leishen exchanged surprised glances, quietly listening as Jiang Li continued.
"If other forces in the galaxy find us, our planet could face a deadly strike!"
"So, before that happens, I want to go to the Black Dragon Mountain Empire and gain citizenship there!"
Jiang Li explained the cosmic information he had to Hong and Leishen.
Both martial hall masters were wide-eyed in disbelief.
"Gain citizenship?"
Leishen was dumbfounded. All this time, all humans are still considered stateless?
"Jiang Li, what do you need from us?"
Hong asked directly.He had no doubt about Jiang Li—someone progressing at such an insane rate of cultivation must have had extraordinary encounters.
"One, a large number of starship wrecks. I can buy them with money or exchange with Muya Crystals."
"Also, coordinates of ancient civilization ruins. I want to see if I can find something useful."
"Okay," Hong said. "I'll handle the wrecks. As for the ruins, I'll have Liu He send you a detailed email."
"However, I have one condition."
Jiang Li nodded. "Go ahead, Master."
"I want to fight you!"
Hong suddenly smiled, a gleam of battle in his eyes. "Of course, in virtual space."