novelhk Chapter 114: The Confrontation Between Realm Lords, the Dust Settles
Chapter 114: The Confrontation Between Realm Lords, the Dust Settles
Outside the main hall of the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance headquarters, the sky was torn apart without warning.
The once clear sky was gradually and forcibly covered by a thick, icy blue layer. In just a few seconds, the cloudless sky transformed into a frigid world of wind and snow.
A fierce wind whipped up snowflakes as big as goose feathers, and the fluctuations of the laws of ice and snow, like a materialized wave, covered the entire Canglan Star.
The spaceships parked at the airport quickly had a thick layer of frost forming on their surfaces, and the power cores of their engines groaned under the extreme cold.
Inside and outside the hall, countless Star-level martial artists were utterly unable to resist the resonance of the laws of a peak Realm Lord. They felt their very souls tremble, their knees buckled, and they collapsed to the ground in droves, not even having the courage to raise their heads.
Even the bones of Ming Yu, a domain lord-level powerhouse, cracked and popped under the pressure.
Amidst the icy blue snowstorm, a colossal figure tens of thousands of meters tall slowly coalesced and took shape.
That was a stern-faced old man, Hargrave.
His icy blue eyes pierced through the barriers of space, locking onto the Three Axe Mountain group in the main hall of the camp.
"Mingyu".
Hargrave's voice boomed in everyone's minds like rolling thunder.
"Hand over the items."
Just a few words were enough to draw blood from the corner of Ming Yu's mouth. But he forcefully channeled his primal energy to resist, his back straight, without taking a single step back.
He raised his head, bracing himself against the terrifying pressure that could crush stars, and spoke each word clearly.
"Hargrave! This is the headquarters of the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance!"
"Protected by the Ironclad Laws of the Alliance! Anyone who makes a move within the territory will face annihilation by the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance! As a Realm Lord, do you intend to challenge these ironclad laws?!"
Hargrave's enormous, ice-blue face rippled violently.
As the Lord of the Realm, he knew better than anyone just how terrifying the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance, a behemoth spanning countless cosmic nations, truly was.
He can exert pressure, but he would never dare to actually take action here.
Just as all life on Canglan Star was trembling under this oppressive force.
"boom--!"
A deafening roar, tearing apart the heavens and earth, came from the depths of the void.
On the surface of Canglan Star, which was completely controlled by the laws of ice and snow, a leaping purple arc of electricity suddenly appeared. Immediately afterwards, the laws of lightning in the world boiled over.
A massive bolt of purple lightning, as thick as a bucket, cleaved a huge gash in the icy blue clouds that covered the entire planet.
Accompanied by a deafening roar of thunder, a figure slowly descended from the gap.
He stood there quietly, completely dissolving the oppressive aura that Hargrave had exerted on everyone.
The newcomer was a burly man with flowing blond hair; he was none other than Jiang Tianchen, the marshal and world lord of Three Axes Mountain.
The powers of the two realm lords clashed directly in the high sky above Canglan Star.
Ice and lightning, two completely different fundamental laws, collided fiercely in the air. Space was torn open with dark rifts, and violent energy turbulence spilled out in all directions, forcibly dividing the sky of Canglan Star into two distinct halves.
One half is an extremely cold snowfield where everything is frozen, and the other half is a doomsday thunderstorm where lightning snakes dance wildly.
Jiang Tianchen crossed his arms and looked down at the enormous phantom of Hargrave below, his words full of sarcasm.
"Hargrave, you're really going backwards as you get older."
"To personally come to a place like this to make things difficult for a junior, aren't you ashamed?"
"The battle for treasures in the Realms within Realms has always been a matter of individual ability. Your grandson Brolin is incompetent and inferior in skill, so he has to admit defeat. What, can't accept defeat? Does he want the old man to come out and settle scores himself?"
Tianchen's words were like a resounding slap across Hargrave's face.
He bluntly tore away Hargrave's last fig leaf.
"The password is mine for the taking at Three Axes Mountain. And I'm keeping the person safe too. If you're not happy, you're welcome to come and fight me."
These words struck at Hargrave's weak spot.
He knew very well that if he fought with Jiang Tianchen here, he would not only fail to obtain the password, but would also solidify his crime of violating the rules of the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance, leading to unbearable consequences.
Faced with Tianchen's relentless pressure, Hargrave trembled with rage, yet he couldn't utter a single word in rebuttal.
Jiang Tianchen seemed too lazy to waste any more words with Hargrave. He waved his hand downwards, and a purple protective barrier made of lightning laws enveloped all the Three Axe Mountain people in the main hall below, isolating them from all external energy interference.
Inside this lightning shield, Thor, Luo Feng, and the others finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Hmph, a mere realm lord dares to be so arrogant in the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance's base. He's lost face now."
Babata shouted gleefully, while Qiu Jian crossed his arms and looked at the virtual Hargrave in the sky, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.
Hong strode up to Mingyu.
He took out a storage crystal disk with a faint silver luster from his spatial ring and handed it to Mingyu.
"Deacon Mingyu, the item is here."
Mingyu reached out and steadily caught the crystal disk, then immediately used his auxiliary optical computer to quickly verify its authenticity.
After confirming that everything was correct, he nodded to Hong.
As per the prior agreement, Mingyu also took out a spatial ring engraved with the emblem of the Three Axe Mountain and solemnly handed it to Hong.
"These are the chips from our Three Axe Mountain payment. Please count them. There are still some left to be dealt with after this matter is settled."
High above, Hargrave saw it all.
He watched helplessly as the crystal disc containing the second layer of code fell into the hands of Sanfushan.
The wood is done.
He understood that if he continued to hold out, he would only become a laughingstock of the entire Black Dragon Mountain Empire and bring shame upon himself.
"snort!"
Hargrave let out a cold snort, and the enormous ice-blue phantom flickered a few times in the wind and snow before slowly dissipating.
The icy clouds covering the sky above Canglan Star also disintegrated.
The sky has regained its clarity.
Tianchen's figure slowly descended from the sky and landed in front of Hong and the others.
He dropped his domineering and arrogant demeanor, and looked at Hong with a hint of approval in his eyes.
"You must be Hong? Not bad, a very good young man. If it weren't for Lady Manluo's intention to take you as her disciple, I would have been tempted myself."
"Your plan this time has given Three Axe Mountain a huge advantage and also given that old bastard Hargrave a good slap in the face. Well done."
He smiled and gave instructions to Mingyu, who was standing beside him.
"Mingyu, you will escort these young men the entire way. Make sure they reach their destination safely."