"It's useless. Back then, Master entered the Dark Universe in his physical body and used a spatial secret art to completely conceal all the 'cosmic coordinates' within nearly a thousand light-years around Earth."
Babata said, "Unless…"
"Abusica, can you break this 'cosmic coordinate' concealment?"
Jiang Li told Abusica Earth's cosmic coordinates and asked.
"Your Highness."
Abusica bowed slightly. "This subordinate can try. Please do not resist, Your Highness. I will first draw you into the Divine Kingdom!"
"Mm."
Jiang Li nodded lightly, then vanished from Black Kun Star.
At this moment—
Earth. Above the ocean, a silver spaceship hovered motionlessly.
Inside the control room—
The captain and eight crew members were silently waiting for the ship's AI to finish gathering information.
After all, this was a planet once occupied by an invincible powerhouse. No one could guarantee whether a planet like this might produce a few peerless geniuses—indigenous beings with absurdly powerful strength.
For a cosmic adventurer squad, overturning the boat in a ditch was not unheard of.
"Captain, information on power levels has been collected!"
The ship's AI, Atuka, said, "This planet is called Earth by its human natives. Among them, apprentice-level numbers nearly one million, star-traveler level almost one hundred, and star-level… one!"
The moment the words fell—
The captain and eight crew members were stunned…
Even weaker than expected?
"Hahahaha!"
The handsome captain couldn't stop laughing.
"Only one Star-Level?! Too weak, far too weak!"
The eight crew members were also extremely excited.
Their cosmic adventurer squad had three Star-Level warriors. The captain himself was a Star-Level Six powerhouse!
As cosmic adventurers, they lived on the edge of life and death, and the techniques and trump cards they mastered were nothing a mere planetary native could compare to!
"Oh great captain, there is one piece of information you must see."
AI Atuka reminded kindly.
"What information?"
The captain froze—then he and the crew's pupils widened, expressions shifting rapidly.
On the screen—
A video of Jiang Li battling the Golden-Horned Behemoth!
Hiss—?!
Everyone stared at each other and saw the greed in each other's eyes.
"Heavens, that's a Golden-Horned Beast?!"
"And an infant Golden-Horned Beast! Judging from this, at most Star-Level One!"
"Such a young Golden-Horned Beast—if captured alive, it's worth more than ten high-level life planets!"
The captain's breathing grew heavy, his whole body flushed with excitement. "How long has passed since then?!"
The value was terrifying!
At the same time, they knew Golden-Horned Beasts grew terrifyingly fast. If a few years passed, they wouldn't be able to handle it and would have to ask their clans for help.
"Barely a year?"
"Captain, look—look at that crimson longsword!"
"A mere Star-Level native can easily slice through the Golden-Horned Beast's scales using that red sword?"
"What grade weapon is that?!"
"Could that be a Treasured Artifact?!"
The crew's eyes widened as they gasped again and again!
The value of a Treasured Artifact far surpassed an infant Golden-Horned Beast. Even a Marquis-Rank Immortal might not possess an ordinary Treasured Artifact!
And only because that invincible existence had suffered a massive calamity did they dare even dream about this now!
That invincible one might have been ambushed because he obtained this Treasured Artifact!
"Atuka!"
The captain's eyes turned blood-red, barely suppressing his excitement. "Where is that human?!"
"His name is Jiang Li!"
"According to Earth's human network data, he left Earth around two hundred days after battling the Golden-Horned Beast—supposedly to explore the universe."
Atuka quickly reported the information gathered from Earth's network.
"Damn it!"
The captain cursed viciously. "This bastard better not die out there!"
"Ancestors bless us—let him hurry back to Earth!"
The eight crew members looked blankly at their captain.
How could they understand—Treasured Artifacts were the kind of items that even Marquis Immortals would envy, and yet they'd actually encountered one—and it was in the hands of a mere Star-Level?!
This was no different from—
A child walking down the street swinging a chest of gold.
And the kid even wandered off to another country!
"Captain, according to the natives' network, that Golden-Horned Beast worships the strongest person in their world and willingly became his mount."
AI Atuka continued to search.
"Bullshit worship!"
The captain spat. "That Jiang Li must be an illusionist!"
"According to relevant data, that invincible existence was also an illusionist nearing the Marquis level. Jiang Li must have inherited his legacy!"
A mere Star-Level One Golden-Horned Beast—any illusionist one or two levels higher could easily enslave and control it.
Judging from the battle footage, the captain was certain Jiang Li was no higher than Star-Level Three. With his own Star-Level Six strength, he could absolutely crush him!
"Continue gathering!"
After the spaceship hovered above the ocean for half a day, Atuka finally completed collection, statistics, and evaluation.
"Captain!"
"Earth's technology, in terms of military development, is at the initial stage of a 'spacefaring civilization', still far from a true 'cosmic civilization.'"
"In terms of combat power, Earth's strongest possesses a certain threat level to our cosmic adventurer squad."
"In terms of treasures—Earth has produced Muya Crystal, Moyun Vine, telekinetic weapons, spatial rings, a suspected ordinary Treasured Artifact crimson sword, an infant Golden-Horned Beast, and many other rare valuables."
After hearing the treasure summary, the crew were all trembling with excitement.
"Moyun Vine? If it's a seedling, it's worth nearly a trillion Black Dragon Coins!"
"Telekinetic weapons? There are telekinetic weapons here too?!"
The captain couldn't contain his excitement. Atuka played a video—it was Luo Feng battling a King-Level monster.
"Damn!"
"What the hell!"
"A mere Star-Traveler One native has a Third-Rank telekinetic weapon?! A Third-Rank telekinetic weapon is worth tens or even hundreds of billions of Black Dragon Coins! You could buy thousands of Star-Level slaves with that!"
"Found the sea region where the Golden-Horned Beast resides!"
Coordinates appeared on the control platform.
The crew's eyes lit up as they began planning how to plunder maximum profit while staying safe.
"Without a doubt, that Jiang Li inherited the invincible one's legacy and possesses a massive amount of his treasures!"
The gorilla-like burly man said, "From the battle video, he's at least Star-Level Three, is an illusionist, and even has a suspected ordinary Treasured Artifact…"
"He won't be easy to deal with."
The beautiful cat-eared woman thought carefully. "Captain, looks like we'll need to cooperate with the clan."
They had survived so long in the universe not because of overwhelming power, but because of their extreme caution.
Faced with such huge profits, the captain inhaled deeply several times. "Fine!"
"While Jiang Li is away, you all execute Plan No. 4!"
"I will contact those arrogant bastards!"
The captain ordered, "Atuka, lock onto the cosmic coordinates!"
"Understood!"
The eight crew members responded together, then turned into streams of light as they left the spaceship in separate groups.
"Kuromi, you all will seize the telekinetic weapon!"
The gorilla man assigned tasks. "We will go deal with the Golden-Horned Beast first!"
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