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    ## Chapter 362: Deadly Trap! The Power of Domain

    Lan Tie Star, Jian Shan Bay City, located on the edge of the sea, was quite remote.

    Boom!

    A dazzling stream of light descended from the sky, hovering hundreds of meters high, followed by the appearance of Li Yuan.

    “Less than five minutes, and this town was completely destroyed?” Li Yuan stared at the town below, now reduced to ruins. His powerful consciousness could cover the entire town.

    Broken walls and ruins, collapsed buildings… under Li Yuan’s conscious perception, there were thousands of ordinary people’s corpses, as well as many unrecognizable victims.

    Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

    Three figures suddenly burst out of the ruins, quickly arriving in front of Li Yuan, bowing respectfully: “Li Yuan, Star Lord.”

    “Hmm.” Li Yuan nodded slightly.

    After so many days, with his repeated actions, the Seven Star Alliance had publicly declared him the Alliance Star Lord, temporarily classified as a ‘Third-Rank Star Lord.’

    However, it was still early, and he had not yet participated in the Alliance’s highest meeting.

    As far as Li Yuan knew, the Seven Star Alliance’s Star Lords were roughly divided into three levels.

    Heavenly Flight Star Lords, usually 36-level Star Lords like Duanmu Hong, or some extremely powerful 35-level Heavenly Flight Warriors, all belonged to the Third-Rank Star Lords.

    Second-Rank Star Lords, the majority of Demigods belonged to this level.

    First-Rank Star Lords, usually peak Demigod powerhouses, plus some Demigod mid-level powerhouses with great achievements and special status.

    Like Bai Shan Demigod, although only 44-level, he was also a First-Rank Star Lord.

    Above them were the Alliance Leader Dongfang Ji and the two Deputy Leaders.

    With Li Yuan’s true strength, becoming a Second-Rank Star Lord was more than enough… but he was still a ‘bait’ for now and wouldn’t reveal himself directly.

    “Li Yuan Star Lord.”

    “We arrived two minutes after receiving the distress signal,” said the black-armored woman leading the group, with a wry smile. “But by then, the aliens had already fled. In this town with tens of thousands of people, over 80% were dead or injured. It must have been one or two Heavenly Flight aliens.”

    Li Yuan sighed inwardly. He had been on Lan Tie Star for nearly eight days, and the entire planet’s war was nearing its end.

    But occasional attacks still occurred.

    Maybe there were fewer remaining strong aliens, or maybe the Wan Mo civilization leadership had changed its attack plan… in any case, the Wan Mo civilization Heavenly Flight powerhouses’ attacks had now become fragmented, specifically targeting small cities and towns.

    It was almost impossible to defend against.

    The Seven Star civilization had over 7,000 Heavenly Flight warriors, a seemingly large number, but major cities required many Heavenly Flight warriors to guard them.

    After all, while the Wan Mo civilization hadn’t attacked major cities recently, the Seven Star civilization had to defend them with all its might.

    Any slight relaxation could lead to casualties in the millions.

    Therefore, considering the Heavenly Flight teams searching the underground and the sea… ultimately, there were very few Heavenly Flight warriors available to protect the many small cities and towns.

    “It’s mainly the Heavenly Flight realm’s destructive power.” Another purple-armored giant shook his head. “If it were just some first-order or second-order aliens… they couldn’t have destroyed so many defensive structures so quickly.”

    Li Yuan nodded slightly.

    Every city, every building was specially reinforced, effectively defending against second-order alien attacks… but for Heavenly Flight warriors, steel plates and earth were hardly different.

    Such large-scale attacks affecting the entire planet were rare, happening only once every few years… only then could they be considered a planetary crisis.

    “You’ve all worked hard.”

    “Stay here for a while longer, then continue your patrols according to the orders,” Li Yuan instructed.

    “Yes.” The three Heavenly Flight warriors replied respectfully.

    Whoosh!

    Li Yuan transformed into a stream of light and flew away.

    “Li Yuan Star Lord is quite polite to us,” the purple-armored giant whispered.

    “Li Yuan Star Lord has made immense contributions to the entire civilization. He was at the forefront of several battles,” the black-armored woman said softly. “Logically, he’s only 33-level now, though his strength is formidable, he should still have a lot of room for improvement… appearing publicly now is easy for the aliens to target for assassination, but he still came.”

    “In the eyes of the aliens, his value is probably higher than ten Demigods,” said the black-armored woman.

    “Didn’t they say Li Yuan Star Lord has Demigod strength?” The purple-armored giant couldn’t help but ask. “With such terrifying strength, how can the Wan Mo civilization assassinate him? Lan Tie Star only has a third-level Star Boundary channel, and Demigods can’t pass through it.”

    In the minds of most Heavenly Flight warriors, a Demigod was the pinnacle of the entire civilization.

    They wouldn’t fall easily.

    “Li Yuan Star Lord excels in soul attacks, but against Demigods, soul attacks might be useless,” the black-armored woman shook her head. “It’s hard to say whether his frontal combat strength is Demigod level… after all, he’s only 33-level.”

    “If his Gun Fa hasn’t reached the legendary Law level, he shouldn’t have Demigod level strength,” the black-armored woman said.

    The other two nodded involuntarily.

    According to the information they knew, two years ago, Li Yuan’s Gun Fa level seemed to have reached Demigod level (six-section perfection), but he hadn’t reached the seven-section level… two years later, has this legendary genius of civilization comprehended the Law?

    Strength wasn’t only related to life level, but also closely related to Star Techniques and Law comprehension.

    “As for assassination?”

    “The Wan Mo civilization sent thousands of Heavenly Flight warriors, wouldn’t there be a few aliens who could break through to Demigod?” The black-armored woman sighed. “After so long, maybe the Wan Mo civilization has secretly had some breakthrough to Demigod.”

    These few simple words startled everyone present.

    Alien Demigod?

    That was a nightmare.

    “So, Li Yuan Star Lord is in danger?” The black-robed man, who had been silent all along, asked in a low voice. “Should we remind Li Yuan Star Lord?”

    “What we can think of, the Demigods won’t miss,” the black-armored woman shook her head. “But they still sent Li Yuan Star Lord to Lan Tie Star to fight. They must have some confidence.”

    “Just do your job.”

    Shortly after, the three Heavenly Flight warriors inspected the town again, rescued many buried people, and then quickly left… their primary mission wasn’t here.

    “Too many casualties.” Li Yuan murmured in his heart. Over 600 Heavenly Flight aliens had died at his hands.

    But casualties were unavoidable.

    These days, Li Yuan had seen too many destroyed cities, too many human corpses.

    Nearly one-tenth of the entire Lan Tie Star had been slaughtered…

    “This is still thanks to the constant support from other planets, and me, Liu Bing, and a few other Demigods doing our best to protect,” Li Yuan sighed. “Without us Demigod-level warriors, without the Heavenly Flight warriors who came from various planets… after so long, Lan Tie Star would probably have been completely slaughtered.”

    This was a civilization war.

    There was no good or evil, the aliens were here specifically to kill.

    “Civilization war!”

    “Survival.” Li Yuan muttered to himself. “Back when the Alliance Leader hadn’t risen, almost every alien civilization we encountered tried to invade us. Later, they were gradually repelled… over a hundred years, most alien civilizations have become more peaceful. There are fewer and fewer alien civilizations that dare to fight us directly.”

    “Last time, I killed so many second-level Star Boundary powerhouses… most alien civilizations didn’t dare say anything.”

    “Even the Yun Beast civilization hasn’t made any threats recently,” Li Yuan murmured in his heart. “They actually seem to have the intention of making peace with us.”

    Why? The Seven Star civilization had become stronger.

    With Dongfang Ji at the front, and young talents like Fang Hai and Li Yuan coming up.

    The Seven Star civilization’s rising momentum had made many alien civilizations without gods sitting on their thrones tremble in fear.

    “My consciousness scan range is still too small, I can only spread it for a dozen or so kilometers. Even scanning the surface takes a long time,” Li Yuan thought to himself. “Not to mention exploring the entire planet’s interior… It’s too slow to scan the entire planet.”

    “If I had a Void God-level soul… my consciousness could spread for hundreds of kilometers, my scanning efficiency would be hundreds of times faster.” Li Yuan thought. “I’d probably be able to scan the entire planet, both inside and out, within a day or two.”

    Unfortunately.

    He had broken through to Heavenly Flight for over a year. Although Li Yuan’s mental power had already reached 48-level, it wouldn’t be easy to go from 48-level to 50-level in a short period.

    “If my strength could become stronger, reaching the peak Demigod level.”

    “My speed would be faster, I could save more people,” Li Yuan’s eyes held a yearning. “I could even charge into numerous third-level Star Boundaries, even go directly to the planets of enemy civilizations and set the fire of war ablaze on their homelands.”

    All along, the Seven Star civilization had shared many Star Boundaries with numerous alien civilizations. It was already difficult to defend all these Star Boundaries.

    Let alone actively attacking?

    But Li Yuan also had his desires and goals.

    Back then, he could sweep through second-level Star Boundaries… so in the future, he could also sweep through all third-level Star Boundaries.

    And even completely destroy many enemy civilizations.

    “Extermination, annihilation of history, is the greatest respect to the enemy, and the greatest comfort to our ancestors.” The more Li Yuan saw, the more he understood what he had to do.

    For the survival and strength of civilization, he could do anything.

    Lan Tie Star, deep underground, around 4,000 kilometers below the surface. The temperature here was extremely high, incredibly hot.

    But such harsh conditions were nothing for Demigod-level powerhouses.

    Rumble~

    A terrifying black cloud, vast and boundless, enveloped a one-kilometer radius, expelling all matter within that area, ensuring no one could spy on them.

    Within the black cloud.

    “Suhar, Sangqiu.” The bald giant Puyang exuded a terrifying aura far beyond his previous strength, saying in a low voice, “The latest order from the Eastern Demon God, you should have all seen it. Now, we have less than 800 Heavenly Flight powerhouses still alive. Continuing to attack won’t have a greater impact on the Seven Star civilization.”

    “Maybe Li Yuan will leave at any time.”

    “So, the Eastern Demon God ordered us to set up a deadly trap as soon as possible to kill Li Yuan. What do you think?”

    “What can we think? We’ve all become Demigods,” said the silver-clad woman, Sangqiu, shaking her head. “We all swore a Law oath before coming. We must obey the orders… Do you want to break your oath?”

    “Suhar and I are fine with it,” Sangqiu said. “Puyang, you’ve crossed the threshold of the Law. You should have some sense.”

    Of the three Heavenly Flight Demon Children who came from the Wan Mo civilization, Suhar and Sangqiu’s True Intent comprehension was only at six-section perfection, meeting the minimum requirements for becoming a Demigod.

    Only Puyang, who had cultivated in the Heavenly Flight realm for 150 years, had not only awakened six-star veins but had also crossed the threshold of the Law. He was one of the most powerful Heavenly Flight warriors in the Wan Mo civilization’s current era.

    One could say.

    If Puyang grew normally, his chances of becoming a peak Demigod in the future were extremely high. Theoretically, he might even have a slight chance of becoming a god.

    This was the reason why the Eastern Demon God had chosen him as leader.

    With such strength, once he broke through to Demigod, he would have enough power to fight against the Demigods of the Seven Star civilization.

    “The Law oath only affects those who become gods. It doesn’t matter now,” Puyang Demigod shook his head. “We all know, becoming a god… is unlikely.”

    “Our goal is to simply live.”

    “To live freely,” Puyang Demigod said solemnly.

    Within the Wan Mo civilization, their life and death were controlled by the gods. They had to obey any orders.

    But after coming to the Seven Star civilization, they had much higher autonomy.

    “We can’t go back to our homeland,” Puyang Demigod looked at his two companions. “But the Seven Star civilization won’t trust us either. They will only want to kill us. Even if we submit to the Seven Star civilization… becoming slaves is the best outcome.”

    “We can’t cooperate with the Seven Star civilization,” Puyang Demigod said solemnly.

    Suhar and Sangqiu both nodded.

    “The Eastern Demon God promised that if we kill Li Yuan.”

    “He will arrange for the Demigods Tasi and Florence to be at the edge of the Star Boundary channel and give us treasures worth 200 Divine Crystals to help us reach the peak Demigod level as soon as possible,” Puyang Demigod said.

    Suhar and Sangqiu were tempted.

    Before coming here, the Eastern Demon God, while using threats and inducements, had also bestowed a lot of treasures, including powerful artifacts… if they were still in the Wan Mo civilization, even if they became Demigods, they wouldn’t get these treasures.

    But coming to the Seven Star civilization, they were directly given these treasures.

    “If we can kill Li Yuan, it will also remove a future threat for us,” Suhar said in a low voice. “As long as we successfully kill him, the Eastern Demon God shouldn’t break his promise. As long as we don’t die, we’re still of great use to the entire civilization.”

    “Hmm, set up a plan to kill Li Yuan.” Sangqiu said softly.

    “No need to rush.”

    “We’ve just finished our breakthroughs.” Puyang said lightly. “First, let’s cultivate our Star Techniques to the initial four-level stage, further control the artifacts… make our strength further improve, then we’ll make the arrangements.”

    For the past dozen days, the three of them had been cultivating in seclusion, each hiding in a deep part of the planet.

    Today, they had come together.

    “We’re only 40-level, it’s hard to cultivate six-level Star Techniques to the four-level limit, at most we’ll reach the initial stage. It won’t take long,” Suhar said in a low voice.

    Normally, one needs 42-level physical fitness to cultivate six-level and seven-level Star Techniques to the four-level limit.

    But obviously, they didn’t have that much time to slowly cultivate for the three Demigods.

    “Enough.”

    “Just let the Star Techniques initially cross into the four-level stage,” Puyang Demigod said. “Our main goal in killing Li Yuan isn’t relying on ourselves, but on the Source Power Array formed by the artifacts.”

    “That’s it then.”

    “Based on the locations of the dead Heavenly Flight warriors and Li Yuan’s approximate activity area, we’ve determined it.”

    “We’ll act in ten days,” Puyang Demigod said, and Suhar and Sangqiu both agreed.

    After reporting to the Eastern Demon God, they continued to stay here, cultivating wholeheartedly.

    The three Demigods didn’t split up again.

    Before, they were scattered because they hadn’t broken through to Demigod yet. They were afraid of being wiped out by the Seven Star civilization… Now that they had all finished their breakthroughs, they naturally gathered together. This way, even if they encountered the mid-level Demigod, Mu Ji, they would be confident in escaping with their lives.

    Soon, to cooperate with the three Demigods, the Eastern Demon God issued another order, instructing the Wan Mo civilization forces on Lan Tie Star to disperse and hide, while continuing to maintain low-frequency attacks… forcing the Seven Star civilization forces to remain on full alert.

    In the blink of an eye, twelve days passed.

    Lan Tie Star.

    In one void.

    “These days, we’ve basically scanned all the seas. But the Heavenly Flight aliens we found are getting fewer and fewer,” Li Yuan walked through the seabed, with the fluctuation of invisible Heavenly Power, the surrounding water flow parted instantly.

    In the past five or six days, the entire Lan Tie Star had been finding and killing only 10 to 20 Heavenly Flight aliens each day.

    “According to the Principal, San Ye Demigod, and others’ speculation, the remaining Heavenly Flight aliens should be less than 500 now, and most of them are hiding deep underground,” Li Yuan thought. “To catch them all, we’ll need a group of Demigods to sweep the entire planet repeatedly.”

    Only by repeatedly screening could they avoid missing any fish.

    If they only relied on Li Yuan, Liu Bing, and Mu Ji Demigod, it would be a colossal project.

    “Hmm?”

    Li Yuan suddenly received an alert and immediately checked. He saw that on the ‘Global System’ of his smart ring, six distress messages appeared almost simultaneously, all in red alert.

    “Six places? Three in the Eastern Hemisphere, three in the Western Hemisphere,” Li Yuan’s pupils contracted slightly. “Three in the Western Hemisphere, two in the north and one in the south.”

    Li Yuan was mainly responsible for the southern region of the Western Hemisphere.

    And red alert meant encountering over 50 Heavenly Flight aliens.

    Six places.

    This meant that this attack by the Wan Mo civilization had mobilized at least 300 Heavenly Flight aliens… after the battlefield had been going on for so long, the Wan Mo civilization dared to concentrate such a large force of their remaining few soldiers?

    Was it a last stand?

    Boom!

    Li Yuan moved instantly, rushing towards the nearest attack area at top speed.

    No matter what plans the Wan Mo civilization had, he had to go there first, because they were all large cities with at least millions of people… if they fell, the consequences would be dire.

    At the same time.

    Mu Ji Demigod and Liu Bing also rushed towards the attacked cities… as well as numerous freely patrolling Heavenly Flight warrior teams, also rushing to support madly.

    “The attacked Qimeng City.”

    “It’s not far from me.”

    “I can reach it in just a minute,” Li Yuan thought, feeling a sense of caution.

    Qimeng City, as a large city with a population of tens of millions, had a vast urban area, spanning dozens of kilometers.

    At this moment, numerous Heavenly Flight warriors were engaged in fierce battles within the city, one side trying to kill more Heavenly Flight warriors and ordinary people, while the other side was desperately resisting.

    “Hold on!”

    “The Demigod will arrive in a minute.”

    “Hold them off.” The more than 30 Heavenly Flight warriors responsible for defense had all deployed.

    Dozens of kilometers deep underground.

    Three figures, using artifacts to fully conceal their aura, were scattered tens of kilometers apart, forming a triangle, vaguely surrounding the entire Qimeng City urban area.

    “Puyang, will this work?” Sangqiu used a magic treasure to send a message.

    “Over the past few days, with thousands of Heavenly Flight warriors dying, we’ve figured out the approximate activity areas of the three Demigod warriors,” Puyang said. “The other five places are feints, meant to attract Mu Ji Demigod and that flying snake.”

    “Qimeng City is the only large city in Li Yuan’s activity area that has been attacked. He should come.” Puyang said.

    “What if he doesn’t?” Sangqiu asked doubtfully.

    “Then we’ll activate the artifact array and destroy the entire city, then retreat,” Puyang said calmly. “If he doesn’t come, we’ll destroy every city one by one… and completely slaughter the entire planet.”

    “Hmm.” Suhar and Sangqiu both nodded slightly.

    The three Demigods all quietly sensed the Heavenly Flight battle erupting above the city.

    Suddenly.

    “He’s here.” A glint of killing intent flashed in Puyang Demigod’s eyes. “It’s Li Yuan.”

    “He came quickly. There’s no need to use the second plan.”

    At full speed, Li Yuan reached Qimeng City in just a minute, immediately seeing the battle erupting in the void.

    Heavenly Flight battle, a slight ripple would cause countless ordinary people to die.

    Whoosh!

    Li Yuan approached at top speed, directly charging into the city that had become a ruin. Those Heavenly Flight aliens had already sensed Li Yuan’s arrival and, in panic, tried to flee.

    Buzz~ Buzz~

    Invisible soul fluctuations spread out. Any Heavenly Flight alien within a five-kilometer radius of Li Yuan died almost instantly, falling directly to the ground.

    Even a peak Heavenly Flight warrior, if their willpower was weak, would be at risk of falling against Li Yuan’s soul attack, ‘Scorching Heart Blade.’

    In the blink of an eye.

    More than ten Heavenly Flight aliens died.

    “Li Yuan Star Lord has arrived.”

    “Li Yuan Star Lord.” The Heavenly Flight warriors of the Seven Star civilization all showed excited expressions.

    At this moment.

    “Hmm?” Li Yuan keenly sensed a drastic change in the surrounding Heavenly Power. The Heavenly Power within a radius of dozens of kilometers seemed to change all at once.

    Rumble~

    From all directions, above and below, countless black clouds suddenly appeared. The black clouds surged wildly.

    Boom! Boom! Boom!

    In three directions, Li Yuan also sensed the eruption of three terrifying forces through the Heavenly Power.

    “The mystery of Earth! The mystery of Wood! The mystery of Water!” Li Yuan distinguished the three forces in different directions.

    The three forces were different but intertwined and converged into one, interlinked and gathered, directly blocking the vast area of dozens of kilometers.

    “It’s a Source Power Array.”

    “A Demigod-level Source Power Array.”

    “This is a trap!” Li Yuan’s vision was sharp. Almost the moment this huge array erupted, he had completely confirmed it.

    Actually.

    If Li Yuan had escaped immediately, with his burst speed, there was a slight chance he could break out of the array range.

    But at this moment of life and death, Li Yuan didn’t choose to escape, but instead stood in the void.

    “Boom!”

    Li Yuan’s mind moved, he directly cast the nine-level Star Technique, ‘Heavenly River,’ and also activated the ‘Nine Dragon Mysterious Armor’ on his body.

    “Roar~”

    “Roar~” Nine yellow dragons roared, circling the overwhelming earthy-yellow energy flow, like nine terrifying rivers, instantly covering a radius of nearly ten kilometers.

    It protected most of the Heavenly Flight warriors and millions of ordinary people in this range.

    “Rumble~” Li Yuan’s domain collided violently with the surging black clouds, instantly triggering a terrifying shockwave.

    The powerful black clouds constantly impacted Li Yuan’s domain, but they could only suppress the nine yellow dragons, unable to completely defeat them.

    “What?”

    “The three of us Demigods combined, using three artifacts as a base, combined with the Source Power Array laid down in advance with 72 semi-artifacts as the foundation, couldn’t even break through Li Yuan’s domain?” Puyang Demigod, Suhar Demigod, and Sangqiu Demigod were all stunned.

    (End of Chapter)

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