Chapter 1 Not There

Before long, a silver-white shuttle-shaped spaceship flashed across the sky above Suiyang and hurtled towards the sky at dozens of times the speed of sound.

This was a specially made spaceship. With Li Cheng頤's physical fitness, plus certain cushioning devices, the inertial force of fifty times the speed of sound could be withstood completely unharmed.

The spaceship pierced through the clouds, soared into the sea of clouds, and flew higher and higher.

Soon, the sky became bluer and the color became deeper.

Buzz!

Before long, everything before his eyes completely changed from blue-black to pitch black.

In the thin, deep space, a huge silver-white orbital belt floated.

The orbital belt connected space fortresses that resembled round wheels, floating in the sky above the Earth and Moon, slowly rotating.

A formation of ceremonial spaceships was already lined up, ready to welcome his vehicle.

The Li family members from the Nine Orders were already here, leading the welcoming party.

However, Li Cheng頤 didn't even glance at the welcoming party, but instead his gaze suddenly drifted towards the depths of space.

"So, the Nine Orders have already sent people to explore? Is that the movement of the Shadow Eater over there? That huge black vortex." Although he was asking, his tone carried an affirming certainty.

"Yes." The captain, the officer in charge of piloting the ship, quickly replied. "Four Lords of the Nine Orders have already personally gone to the black vortex to investigate the situation."

"No." Li Cheng頤 suddenly shook his head. "Not there..."

Before, he was too far away, but now that he was closer, he could clearly sense what the three shadow dragons of the Shadow Eater were condensing.

Moreover, the location wasn't there...

"Lord... what did you just say?" The captain was operating the spaceship's panel and didn't hear clearly.

"It's nothing." Li Cheng頤 was about to repeat himself, but suddenly a strange look appeared in his eyes, and he didn't answer.

"Lord Dong Jun is waiting for you at the fortress, hoping you can provide appropriate advice on this matter. You have ten minutes to organize your thoughts." The captain reported respectfully.

"Also, the reason for urgently mobilizing you to come and support is also because we are worried that Bai Xing (White Star) may launch a targeted offensive..."

As the captain spoke, he turned his head to look back, and suddenly his eyes froze.

Where was he!?

Li Cheng頤, who was just sitting in the spaceship, was now... gone!?

The captain's eyes instantly panicked. He was almost there, how could he just disappear!?

Could something have happened!?

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Near the right side of the Earth-Moon Prison Gate Fortress cluster, there was a small gravitational vortex belt used to store space junk.

This was a space junk collection belt jointly created by the Earth-Moon and Bai Xing factions.

In response to proposals from environmental organizations, the two major camps specifically set up a small gravitational point and discarded all discarded garbage there.

Over time, the garbage here gradually condensed into balls of garbage meteoroids of varying sizes.

The largest was even the size of a city. Dozens of kilometers in diameter, gray-black in color, mainly composed of abandoned satellites, space station main bodies, and industrial waste.

And at this time, on one of the garbage meteoroids.

Below the discarded metal strata, inside a giant cavity hundreds of meters in diameter.

The three shadow dragons, Saar, Ying, and Farn, were gathered together, staring at a black dragon scale throne that had been completed, their eyes full of burning desire.

They had almost emptied all their accumulated savings over the years for this ascension ceremony.

The Dragon King Ritual…

They had collected millions of life shadows just for this moment.

"The Great Shadow Vortex has successfully attracted the attention of the Nine Orders and others. Now, as long as we wait for the ceremony to begin, the throne to form, we can complete the final step of the entire ritual and achieve the Shadow Dragon King status!" Farn said with a hint of fanaticism.

"Two more hours, almost there, almost there..." Saar licked his lips, already unable to wait.

Originally, they thought they would never have another chance in their lives, but...

Unexpectedly, the opportunity came so suddenly.

"Ying, you were the last to leave, you weren't discovered, were you?" Farn suddenly said.

"No, I left as a Shadow Substitute, no one noticed." Ying shook his head.

"Then that's strange, a guest has arrived..." Saar said in a deep voice.

In the dark hall, the three shadow dragons all showed their dragon-headed human forms. Hearing that someone was coming, their eyes faintly lit up with pale golden light.

"Not someone from the Nine Orders." Farn said. "But an old acquaintance of ours."

"Ding Meng, go and stop them." He turned his head to the side.

In the darkness there, Ding Meng of the Nine Orders' Mind-Bewilderment slowly floated out, half of her face covered in black dragon scales, obviously she had been transformed into a dragon descendant.

The three shadow dragons had been mixing in the Black Sea for so many years, and naturally had their own unique skills. Among them, developing dragon descendants and controlling the will of living beings were their most proud skills.

"Understood." Ding Meng responded in a deep voice.

Behind her, two more figures walked out, all of them elite dragon descendants covered in dragon scales.

And one of the faces, if the Zhao family from the Nine Orders were here, they would be able to recognize it instantly, it was Zhao Xianrou's face!

Since she left Chaoyu, she had mysteriously disappeared. No one would have thought that she had come here and become an elite general of the Shadow Eater.

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Garbage meteoroid surface.

Two figures gently floated down to the ground and stood still.

The two were dressed the same, in heavy black armor, wearing white ghost-faced helmets, without any organizational markings on their bodies, obviously deliberately hiding their identities.

"Your positioning is here?" One of the women asked in a low voice.

"That's right, if nothing goes wrong, it's here. Many of our people have been captured here. They have had the implanted chips removed from their bodies. But if they think that they can get rid of our positioning like this, then they are too foolish." The other man replied coldly.

"Many of our people have also been captured here. It seems that this force is quite daring to provoke both of our organizations at the same time." The woman said.

"How do we solve it?" The man asked.

"Since both of us have personally come here, then we will just kill our way in and make a quick decision. After investigating for so long, the final result will naturally be a thunderous strike." The woman said.

"Okay."

Looking at the chaotic garbage meteoroid in front of them, the two attacked together.

Their entire bodies rapidly deformed, expanded, and grew larger, and in the blink of an eye, they transformed into two gorgeous and ferocious special modified humans.

One was covered in pitch black, with four blue-purple light wings spraying out from his back, and net-like purple fluorescent lines flowing on his body.

The other was just a mirror-like smooth white exoskeleton, with a semi-transparent shield rippling slightly beside her.

At the same time, a dark red flying instrument resembling a phoenix was spinning rapidly around her.

"Battle God Form: Crimson Lotus Phoenix."

Whoosh!

In an instant, the flying instrument pounced on the woman, melting into a piece of gauze, covering her entire body, and terrifying high-temperature flames spread around her, centered on her.

"Let's go, Minister Chen." The woman said calmly.

"Ms. Kong doesn't plan to hide her identity anymore?" The man said dissatisfied, also deliberately pointing out the other party's identity.

"There's no need. In a quarter of an hour, everything here will be reduced to ashes." The woman flew forward calmly.

"Tsk tsk... the flying instrument and the modification are fused together, new technology?" Minister Chen, the man, followed closely behind, floating up gently, with a hint of speculation flashing in his eyes.

The two rose into the air in the blink of an eye, plunged downwards, and disappeared into the depths of the lower level.

Just seconds after the two disappeared.

A white-robed figure suddenly appeared on the surface, looking at the two holes that appeared underground.

"The world is about to lose its balance... Alice, take some people and go for a walk"

"Yes. Lord Rien." An identical white-robed person was forcibly torn out from behind him.

The white robe bulged, protruding a new human form, landed, and new large patches of white hair grew on its body.

The white hair automatically weaved into a white robe, covering its entire body, turning into a second human form.

From beginning to end, neither of the two white-robed people showed their faces, nor did they have any humanoid skin. They were like two objects that looked like people.

"Lord, it's not easy to come back once, aren't you going to see your father?" The woman called Alice asked in a low voice.

"The current me, even if I go, I won't be recognized..." The white-robed man sighed.

"The world's changes have become more and more frequent recently, our efforts may not last long"

"If Mountain Master was still here, that would be great" Alice sighed.

"He has already done what he should do. The world owes him, so don't expect it anymore." Rien said, "Go."

"Yes."

Alice moved forward lightly and disappeared in place in the blink of an eye.

After waiting for a while, just as Rien was about to leave together, he suddenly turned his head to look at the distant starry sky.

"Hmm!?"

A vast aura that made him somewhat frightened was rapidly approaching here.

After thinking for a moment, he quickly made his body invisible and disappeared in place.

And just a few seconds after he disappeared.

A black light flashed.

A short-haired man in a white shirt and black trousers, with pale golden halos in his eyes, appeared in the blink of an eye.

It was Li Cheng頤, who had just left the spaceship.

"There are so many interesting guys gathered here"

His vast mental power quickly covered the surroundings, discovering the clues.

The resonance of bloodlines allowed him to discover that a Dragon King Ritual was being held here at first sight.

The bloodlines of the three lower-level shadow dragons were too clear in his eyes. Just like how Shadow Dragon Saar could sense mixed blood from afar.

The advanced bloodline Shadow Dragon King could also sense the aura and approximate location of the three little guys.

So Li Cheng颐 unhesitatingly dropped everything and came over.

As for what he came to do?

Of course, to stop it…

No… why should he stop the Dragon King Ritual?

Waiting for the Dragon King Throne to condense, and at the last moment, seize the Dragon King blood essence they condensed to increase his own bloodline concentration, this was what he secretly came to do!

'Trash should naturally give way to geniuses like me!'

A hint of greed flashed in Li Cheng頤's eyes.

The Shadow Dragon King innately has an imprint. If he devours another complete Dragon King essence blood, he might be able to sublimate his dragon body and condense two innate imprints!

How could he give up such a good opportunity to reach the sky in one step?

Since he had decided to become stronger by any means, he might as well start now.

As for those three little shadow dragons who had lived for so many years and were still so useless, after making this last bit of contribution, they could go die.

Anyway, they were so useless, even if they became Shadow Dragon Kings, it would be a waste. It would be better to offer the essence to him to allow him to take a step further.

Although they had previously agreed with the Mingyuan Group that they would mind their own business, there was no way, the world was so cruel. In the face of absolute interests, the so-called verbal agreement was worthless.

Moreover, those who are not of my race must have different intentions. It was still too dangerous for these Black Sea creatures to stay in this world. It was best to take the opportunity to cut them out now.

Swoosh!

In an instant, his figure flashed and he also rushed into the cave, disappearing without a trace.

(End of Chapter)