Planet Master

Dian’s group was like a scythe that reaped the harvest which was the Outer Beings. Not only that but the battle against them caused the experience to increase both in practical battle or the group battle against them.

The Slayer Division and the Machina Race’s Mothership were protecting Tritis so that anything that threatened Her would be eliminated at the first opportunity. Tritis’ group, which was her Battle Legion in charge of main support, was channeling their connection with Dian’s group.

Dian thought about something and felt that the atmosphere around was strange.

“Strange, what happened to the manifestation of the Outer Beings?” Dian looked up and saw that the shadows were slowly disappearing but were replaced with something more terrifying.

“No way, a Noble-class Outer Being is around here. Retreat!” Tritis ordered Dian’s group to do that, even Tritis’s group teleported everyone to the Mothership in fear of being attacked.

“What happened?” Tatsumi sheathed Dragonsbane while Ame returned the Myriad Manifestation Umbrella to its basic form. Dian’s group looked at the seniors in front of them and could not help but worried since their expression was not good.

“A stronger Outer Being has come. We need to decide whether to fight or flight.” Tabitha informed them about the situation.

Tatsumi activated his Karmic Eyes and saw endless darkness descend upon them. The darkness was the sign of the Outer Being Nobility-class coming.

His heart beat faster but Ao Guang then went to Tatsumi and grabbed his shoulders, channeling his transcendent energy to him. Tatsumi was bleeding from his seven orifices before he blinked.

“Thank you, Senior.” Tatsumi breathed heavily while thanking Ao Guang for his quick action.

Dian saw all of this and considered the capabilities of his Core Race so far. Then he was reminded of the time when he tried to refuse Tritis’s offer to help eliminate the threat called Outer Being. Now, He could see for himself that humans truly possessed the capability to eliminate this threat, becoming the solution for the Universe Field that the Universe Council and the Ten Venerables sought to protect.

But he was still weak, along with his civilization. The battle on the scale of the Universe Field was something he could not even grasp at the moment and yet he, along with his small group, participated in one.

Although the scale became limited, they still became part of the battle against the Outer Being.

What I am worried about has come. The Nobility-class Outer Being will surely be a troublesome opponent. Dian thought deeply but could not find a good solution.

Tatsumi wanted to see where the Outer Being was but he got injured instead. It also meant that the entity he wanted to see was stronger than him.

“We need to get away from here. This place is a bit unsuitable for a fight. It is best if we fight in the void.” Ao Guang said seriously as Jeliel then drove the Mothership using its engine to move in hyperspace to be able to reach faster than light speed.

They were able to escape but not far. The Nobility-class Outer Being was following the Mothership like a tail.

Then the Outer Being let out several attacks which the Mothership tried to dodge or withstand with the ship’s shield. The Mothership kept moving while the shield damage was apparent for all to see. Although it was small, but if the Mothership was attacked multiple times, the shield would not hold.

“We are almost at the void where there is nothing. There, we need to fight the Outer Being to make sure that we escape from the Frontline. From my calculation, the Outer Being started to notice something here.” Jeliel explained.

“Perhaps we are overdoing it.” Tatsumi said with a slight regret. Although assimilating the Outer Being was making him and the four humans stronger, but it also meant that the assimilated Outer Being disappeared for good.

Which caused someone to notice it and investigate it.

“Great. Now let me show you the true power of the dragon.” Ao Guang then came out from the Mothership. Tatsumi was stunned because it was actually something said to him. Then Tatsumi nodded and looked at the distance where supposedly Ao Guang and the Nobility-class Outer Being clashed.

Then the Mothership experienced turbulence. It was the shockwave of the Rank 9 transcendent clashing with direct force. Ao Guang went alone since the rest of the Slayer Division had to protect Tritis Battle Legion.

“Tabitha!” Tatsumi shouted which Tabitha responded. She then gave her support by channeling her transcendent energy to Ao Guang.

In the void, Ao Guang had turned into an oriental dragon; his size could cover a few star systems. Finally, the Nobility-class Outer Being showed itself.

“To think that someone of your caliber is here. What are you doing here, hmm?” the Outer Being spoke.

Its voice could even reach those inside the Mothership which Jeliel let out a protective membrane inside to make sure that the passengers were fine.

Tatsumi almost kneeled along with the others in the group but they managed to stand still. Their breaths became heavy due to the instant pressure that was on them even for a moment.

“What is it to you?” Ao Guang then thrusted his claw at the Outer Being. The Outer Being had the perfect humanoid form and a sleek metallic sheen on the surface of its skin.

But surprisingly, the Outer Being did not dodge. Instead, it received the claw attack and counterattack by grabbing the claw and punching Ao Guang in the body.

Ao Guang twisted his body and evaded the counterattack. Then he swiped his tail and the Outer Being was forced to defend itself by crossing its arms in front of its body.

Then they exchanged moves so fast that the shockwaves created was so big it affected the space equal to that of several star systems. Even that was already under the reinforcement of space by the Mothership.

Otherwise, the entire universe would tremble at the battle of the Rank 9 transcendent.

Tabitha closed her eyes, focusing her effort to support Ao Guang. Her support was the strongest even among her race since she was a prodigy at this. She channeled her transcendent energy through quantum entanglement as well as synchronization of the subject she wanted to support with.

Ao Guang felt his strength increasing and that caused the Outer Being to be slowly suppressed.

Tabitha’s support this time was wholeheartedly. Meaning, she focused on giving Ao Guang her full support since the Outer Being they had to face was of Nobility-class.

Then Ao Guang let out a breath of light from his mouth. The Outer Being was evading it since it perceived a threat of death from the breath.

But its left hand was grazed and then a large chunk of its left arm disappeared.

“You are serious, it seems.” The Outer Being realized that Ao Guang was seriously engaging him, and it also sensed the support coming from the Mothership.

But with it as the only one who could fight Ao Guang, it could not go there since its hands were occupied.

Then it decided on one thing. Its hands raised, grabbing its head before tearing its body apart by its own hand then threw the other part at the Mothership.

“Damn it! Incoming.” The Slayer Division vice leader said, forming a protective wall around him.

Then the tremor caused by the collision happened so fast that Tatsumi’s instinct was to stand in front of the group, shielding them from the shockwave and endured it with his physical body alone. Although the physical body had been strengthened by the Body Refining Technique, it still did not catch up to his latest progress and he suffered for it.

Tatsumi coughed up quite a lot of blood due to the internal injuries he had. But he was concerned with something else as he tried to turn his neck to look back.

The sight behind him was slightly better than him but not much. Long Wu had a small streak of blood from his nose and mouth while Charlene and Ame clutched their chest as they also coughed up blood.

All of Dian’s group suffered from internal injuries; even Dian felt that his existence power was slowly draining away due to the blow received.

“Slayer Division!” the vice leader shouted as he came to the front of the collision to reduce the impact received by Dian’s group.

“Yes!” the Slayer Division responded by forming a certain formation. This formation was created and combat-tested on the Frontline so its effectiveness was guaranteed.

The formation connected the transcendent energy of several dozen transcendent and formed a stronger construct.

“We will defend here from this point onward.” The vice leader said.

Dian knew why they insisted on defending. Since the previous case where the Mothership was infiltrated, they could not leave it to Jeliel alone to supervise the ship. Instead, the Slayer Division would defend their position as they battled the Outer Being’s split body.

“Looks like the Splitbody faction is in Magadan.” Tritis said solemnly.

“Splitbody, their ability to split their body is exceptional. My civilization is not a match for them yet but learning should be doable.” Dian said as he looked at how Charlene was looking at the sight despite her injuries.

Her eyes shone; her expression was one of a devoted scientist finding the new world in front of her.

“Please go behind the Slayer Division. We also needed to protect Tritis’ Battle Legion.” Dian ordered and his group obeyed.

The group became the last line of defense right behind the Slayer Division.

Tatsumi became serious as the Split Body of the Outer Being started to creep into the inner part of the Mothership.

Jeliel then appeared on the bridge. Jeliel was there to make sure that the Mothership did not lose its capability to fight.

“Hostile has appeared. Commencing elimination.” Jeliel let out the announcement before the Mothership then let out its full defensive power.

The Mothership interior then changed into a place full of defensive equipment. Turrets, mines, as well as the other props were appearing one after another.

“The interior changed.” Charlene commented.

“The Mothership is now armed to the teeth.” Tatsumi could feel the entirety of the Mothership for the first time and felt that its defensive structure was deliberate.

“We can only make a stand here, everyone.” Ame said to the rest of the group.

“Hmph, of course we are going to defend and protect the Battle Legion behind us.” Long Wu stood with his daggers in his hands.

“Be prepared for any tricks the Outer Being has in store.” Bore reminded.

Tatsumi slowly unsheathed Dragonsbane and took a stance.

He had to prepare for the worst.

The Mothership moved away from the current place, toward a distant place where the void was unaffected, before stopping and providing support to both Ao Guang and the internal of the ship.

“Support the Slayer Division!” Tritis’ Battle Legion said at the same time. Then brilliant light enveloped the Slayer Division as the Nobility-class Splitbody came inside.

The Slayer Division then moved toward the middle of the Mothership, trying to divert the damage of the internal Mothership to be as minimal to the bridge as possible.

Their battle definitely shook the Mothership despite being protected by the restriction, meaning that the battle was that great.

But it also meant that only Dian’s group remained which meant a weakness had appeared.

That was why Dian became nervous. As far as he knew, the Splitbody Outer Beings were strong because of their ability to split their bodies. As long as the Split Body was not defeated, they could become a great nuisance.

Tatsumi just remained in a stance, as if expecting the enemy to come this way.

He felt that the Nobility-class Outer Being was definitely stronger and had expected that it would send another Split Body to wreak havoc.

The group shared his concern. That was why Charlene tried to cover the bridge with a formation, trying to maximize the home field as much as possible. Long Wu used the Undead Servant to form an undead element formation which empowered Charlene’s formation.

Then the bridge shook as the door became dented. Tatsumi blinked, and then his transcendent energy flowed into his entire body as well as reinforcing Dargonsbane.

The door was likely to be attacked and the dent became more obvious.

Jeliel was there when an order came.

“Open it. If the door is broken, we will have a more difficult time stopping the rest.” Dian said.

Jeliel was surprised to hear that. Tritis was also surprised but then decided to believe in Him.

Then the door opened and Tatsumi felt the killing intent as well as the attack trajectory. He lifted Dragonsbane and parried the attack.

The parry was successful but Tatsumi felt a slight numb on his arm. Despite using his transcendent base at Rank 3, he still felt that the enemy’s Split Body was slightly stronger than him.

Tatsumi also realized that Jeliel seemed to be focused on something else. He knew that Jeliel was focusing on defeating the first Split Body which was wreaking havoc in the middle of the Mothership while the second Split Body went to the bridge.

“Troublesome.” Long Wu wanted to help but he needed to maintain the formation along with Charlene. Then Ame stepped forward. She also recently reached Rank 3, becoming the second person to reach the Planetary Realm so she was qualified to battle against the Outer Being.

Tatsumi glanced at her and nodded, acknowledging that he needed her help. With her cooperation, the probability of success was increasing.

Even so, all of them needed to be cautious. As the Outer Being’s second Split Body stood in front of the opened door, it silently scanned the crowd in front of it.

It found out that its movement was restricted and its transcendent energy was flowing a bit slower than usual. It then identified the fighters, two individuals.

Tatsumi focused on the small movement that the Split Body Outer Being had made and knew that the formation was effective. But they were pressed for time.

Since Jeliel had to focus on the battle somewhere in the Mothership, only Tatsumi and Ame could defeat the Outer Being.

From its emanated aura, the Outer Being was equal to a Rank 3 transcendent. Tatsumi gulped as he knew that Nobility-class was likely to be like him and Ame, who could cross-realm fight.

And he felt a similar aura when Ame was promoted to Rank 3, so his senses and instinct were not false.

Then the Outer Being dashed to Tatsumi. Tatsumi prepared as well for this as he channeled the Ether to his legs and moved to respond to the attack.

Ame on the other hand changed her weapon to be dual pistol which could be charged with Ether to deal damage. She shot at the Outer Being while Tatsumi was in charge of frontal battle.

Tatsumi swung Dragonsbane several times to the Outer Being but the Outer Being was also reacting to his action. It deflected the blade while evading the Ether bullets from Ame, making the battle lean toward the two.

Tatsumi then finally unleashed Violet Sun Blade Intent and a violet line appeared as he swung Dragonsbane at the Outer Being. Ame on the other hand charged the pistol before shooting toward the retreating Outer Being.

The Outer Being was surprised to see that its retreat was covered by shots, while in front, Tatsumi moved toward it while already opening two gates inside his body.

Worse, it felt that its usual tactic had become ineffective against the two new species. The corruption ray emanating from it should be affecting any living being but the two showed no sign of corruption.

Tatsumi went forward, charging as he swung Dragonsbane once again. This time, he made a strong cut where even space was temporarily cut. The Outer Being dodged but one of its limbs was hit by Ame’s shot.

Tatsumi’s eyes gleamed with jade-colored light as he finally had a chance to cut the Outer Being. With a swing of his blade filled with intent, he finally cut through the Outer Being’s flesh, cutting its neck and caused the Outer Being to slowly fell and then turned to dust.

Tatsumi then kneeled while still grabbing Dragonsbane. That last strike was actually an accumulation of his insight during the battle with the Outer Being.

Then Ame came to his side, no to the Outer Being and she changed the form of the weapon once more to be a spear as she stabbed at a specific point before additional dust came.

“Ah, thank you.” Tatsumi said to Ame before he coughed up blood. His internal injuries were not healed. Fortunately, the battle was manageable and the Split Body Outer Being failed to use its greatest advantage and instead became nourishment for Tatsumi and the others.

The formation helped Tatsumi in dealing with the Outer Being by lowering its movement and the flow of the transcendent energy.

“No need. I just noticed that the Nobility-class Outer Being is somewhat special. It looks like they can preserve their core even when their bodies turn to dust.” Ame shook her head as she pulled the thrusted spear and changed it back into an umbrella.

Then Ame went to Tatsumi’s side and lifted him. Tatsumi felt that his whole body was aching so much so that he barely perceived his surroundings.

Ame channeled her Ether to him, trying to speed up the recovery process.

Tatsumi then stood up on his own two legs and nodded to Ame.

Ame was a bit reluctant to just let him stand up like that. That was why she grabbed his left hand and kept channeling her Ether to him to make sure that he would recover faster.

Tatsumi sighed as he could see that Ame was stubborn on this one. He just patted her head tenderly and let her do whatever she wanted.

Long Wu then retracted the Undead Servant that served as a formation and Charlene also retracted the formation plate.