Chapter 250: Overdid It

Nine overlords remain, with five left.

Just now, four newly broken-through Stellar Embryos and a seventh-grade lower-tier mecha couldn’t defeat Jiang Changkong.

The man in black no longer believed that five newly broken-through Stellar Embryos could capture him either.

Four overlords—each once hailed as a prodigy of their generation.

Though they had just stepped into the high-tier realm, their combined strength was enough to slay a peak early-stage Stellar Embryo.

Could Jiang Changkong’s strength be at the mid-stage Stellar Embryo level?

“Although the Nine Heaven Nine Cloud Art restrains both Taiyin and Taiyang,

the ease with which he dealt with the four in the end means his strength must surpass the early stage of Stellar Embryo.”

Wang Ruiqing calmly analyzed, “So, to capture Jiang Changkong, only the two masters can do it.”

The five overlords stood to the side, still watching the video, stunned and in shock.

The man in black turned his gaze to Wang Ruiqing. “How much longer until you find what I need?”

Wang Ruiqing remained calm, tapping on the instrument. “If you hadn’t stopped Jiang Changkong, it could have been found today.”

“Him?”

The man in black glanced and nearly spat blood. “This madman! Did Heng Moxuan and the others send any messages back?”

“Yes,” Wang Ruiqing replied flatly. “Because Jiang Changkong didn’t obtain a single Star Stone, he went completely berserk.

He’s preparing to go all out and flatten the Sin Domain. At his current speed, it won’t take half a day.”

The man in black: “…”

The five overlords: “…”

Why would the Federation let such a madman in?

Just because they went out without bringing Star Stones, and he couldn’t loot any, he went mad and decided to flatten the Sin Domain quickly?

Did the Federation know we were coming and deliberately let him in?

The five overlords trembled in fear, not daring to speak, and stepped farther away in fright.

They suddenly didn’t want to break through anymore. Please, keep that breakthrough potion to yourself—don’t give it to us.

The restrictions on their bodies were lifted first by Heng Moxuan and the others, and the man in black was reluctant to part with the breakthrough potion, thinking they would be enough.

Now, the five overlords felt fortunate. Thank goodness it wasn’t them who went up earlier; otherwise, their ashes would already be cold, drifting toward the sea, with spring warmth and blooming flowers.

“You keep watch here. I’m going out for a while.”

The man in black glanced at Wang Ruiqing, then vanished, leaving the underground space.

In the underground passage, a wave of Invisible Star Power swept through, making Wang Ruiqing’s brow twitch. He looked around suspiciously but found nothing.

Jiang Changkong was rapidly flattening the Sin Domain within a radius of twenty thousand meters.

Hum—

A golden light swept over, annihilating the Blazing Sun Star Power.

A man in black abruptly appeared, hovering in the air a hundred meters away from Jiang Changkong.

“You’ve finally crawled out of your rat hole and left Wang Ruiqing,” Jiang Changkong said indifferently, his hands clasped behind his back.

“Your strength truly exceeds my expectations,” the man in black spoke sinisterly, not rushing to act.

He was now somewhat worried that Jiang Changkong had been deliberately let in by the Federation.

If that were the case, their objectives must have been known to the Federation from the start.

Was there a traitor among them?

Unable to gauge Jiang Changkong’s depth, he dared not act rashly.

“I don’t like looking up at others. Come down and kneel to speak,” Jiang Changkong said calmly.

The man in black’s sinister voice faltered, replaced by towering rage. “Jiang Changkong, you’re the first person to anger me with just one sentence!”

Jiang Changkong suddenly raised his head, his eyes emitting a bright light.

Divine Control Art!

“You brat… you… argh—”

The black-clad man had just opened his mouth when he suddenly let out a miserable scream. His black robe exploded, revealing an unfamiliar middle-aged face—a middle-aged man.

Blood seeped from his seven orifices, and the Star Power within his body was in chaos. With a thud, he plummeted downward.

While still in mid-air, his posture changed bizarrely. His knees slammed onto the Protective Shield with a loud thump, kneeling steadily.

“A late-stage Star Embryo Martial Artist, a member of the Immortal Palace, is nothing more than this,” Jiang Changkong said indifferently.

“Jiang Changkong, how dare you humiliate me like this…”

“Crawl over here.”

Jiang Changkong’s tone remained detached.

“You…”

The black-clad man’s body moved uncontrollably, his knees shifting as he actually crawled toward Jiang Changkong.

In the distance, a group of Martial Artists watched this scene in horror.

“What exactly is happening?”

Heng Qingyue and the others stared blankly.

“Late-stage Star Embryo? Jiang Changkong only glanced at him.” Fourth Uncle Nan’s expression turned grim.

Had Jiang Changkong been toying with them on purpose earlier?

“The mecha detected Star Power fluctuations just now—formless. It must have been his doing,” Professor Yu said gravely.

“Formless? Doesn’t that mean it’s impossible to guard against?”

The Martial Artists panicked, suddenly realizing that Jiang Changkong was the true demon king!

Whether they were sinners or Immortal Palace infiltrators, none in the Sin Domain were a match for him.

Their hearts echoed the same sentiment as the black-clad man’s: Why had they let him in?

“Now, tell me, what are you looking for?”

Jiang Changkong looked down at the middle-aged man, his tone calm.

The middle-aged man’s expression twisted with rage, his mind still buzzing. He said coldly, “Wang Ruiqing is in my hands. If I don’t return, he will die without a doubt.”

“Is your companion the one in the soil?”

Jiang Changkong’s gaze shifted to the soil ahead, where a peak-stage Star Embryo Martial Artist was tunneling underground.

The middle-aged man’s face changed drastically. “You can detect him?”

“Setting Sun.”

With a calm utterance, the evening glow enveloped the entire Sin Domain, and a massive blade of light slashed down.

A terrifying force blanketed the entire Sin Domain. Martial Artists with weaker strength in the distance were pressed flat against the ground.

Heng Moxuan and the others looked on in shock, feeling an urge to curse. This was simply monstrous.

As the blade of light descended, there was no deafening explosion—only silence as everything evaporated.

The Void cracked, fissures spreading like spiderwebs across the sky.

Throughout the Sin Domain, except for two areas where the soil remained, everything else vanished.

The peak-stage Star Embryo Martial Artist erupted with overwhelming starlight, attempting to withstand the blade of light.

Hum

The blade of light paused briefly. Under the horrified gazes of the onlookers, the Star Embryo Martial Artist split apart, cleaved into two halves.

Crack

A piercing sound echoed as faint cracks appeared on the Protective Shield on the ground.

“I overdid it,” Jiang Changkong frowned slightly. Before him, the land was now flat and unobstructed, with only two patches of soil standing like peaks in the Sin Domain.

“I want to go home,” one Martial Artist wept, terrified into tears.

Half of the Sin Domain had vanished right before their eyes.

How am I supposed to seek revenge?

Heng Moxuan stared blankly. This guy had told him to bring news from the Immortal Palace, Star Crystals, and Star Stones to seek revenge.

This was clearly a ploy to make him deliver resources and intelligence!

That slash had undoubtedly reached the Stellar Body level. Otherwise, it would never have breached this barrier!

As the blade of light dissipated, Jiang Changkong pondered. When he was at the mid-stage, even at his peak, he had only been comparable to an early-stage Star Embryo.

Now, merely at the late-stage Star Embryo, his full power had already reached the destructive force of the Stellar Body level.

Is the gap between mid-tier and high-tier that vast?

Calculating it this way, the major realms within high-tier aren’t as immense as imagined.

The cracks on the ground weren’t many; he had likely barely reached the combat power of the early Stellar Body stage, still no match for a true Stellar Body Martial Artist.

Having clarified this, Jiang Changkong looked at the middle-aged man again: “I’m very interested in the Immortal Palace. Will you talk?”

The middle-aged man stared at him coldly, not uttering a word.

“Not even the pain of soul scorching will make you speak?”

Jiang Changkong pressed his hand against the middle-aged man’s forehead, channeling Invisible Star Power into his body, preparing to forcibly perform Soul Seizure.

It was a pity he didn’t know the Soul Search technique; otherwise, it would have been much more convenient.

“I’ll talk, I’ll talk…”

The middle-aged man felt his body turn icy cold, his soul rigid, bound by the Invisible Star Power, and immense terror gripped his heart as he cried out in panic.