Chapter 462: Northcastle Weave (1/2)
No one knew how large the Astral Wilderness was, or whether there were any other civilizations that were more advanced than the currently known ones. Of course, the civilizations from the three established domains were actively searching the Astral Wilderness for other civilizations.
The Astral Wilderness was like a black fog that covered the entire universe, and all forms of intelligent life wanted to remove this layer of fog, but they did not know how big it was or what dangers it might contain. There was even a possibility that the three large domains combined only amounted to a hundredth, a thousandth, or even less of the Astral Wilderness.
The universe followed the law of the jungle. Every intelligent civilizations could be seen as a hunter, and they preyed upon other civilizations in the darkness of the jungle
In the Astral Wilderness, humans were at a disadvantage. They could only explore a small portion of the wilderness, but they had already made countless astounding discoveries. One example was the substance called pyrolyte. It was a rare substance, but when found, there would be a substantial amount of it in each location. It was incredibly destructive, and just one gram had a destruction potential that rivaled an attack with a power level of 10,000. Once a large amount of pyrolyte was set off, the unleashed destruction was inestimable. This was a strategic military resource, and also something that all powers would fight over once they learned about it.
However, the amount of pyrolyte that had been discovered was too little. Even though humans had come up with various methods to find more, there was a limit to how much area they could cover. No power would give up on any pyrolyte, and they were certain that, in some region of the Astral Wilderness, there should be an extremely large amount of pyrolyte. Additionally, this substance seemed to only be found in a specific area of the Astral Wilderness which lay close to the Outerverse’s Northcastle Weave.
Northcastle Weave was not famous in the Human Domain, but that did not mean that it was unknown. It was one of the seventy two weaves of the Outerverse and it bordered the Astral Wilderness and lay to the north of Frostwave Weave.
In the dark sky, two enormous astral beasts calmly moved through it. One looked like a praying mantis and the other a python. Atop the head of each beast stood a person, and they were both wearing uniforms that did not belong to Frostwave Weave. They proudly looked ahead at a sorry figure that was attempting to escape.
Ahead of them, the pathetic escaping figure had a venomous gaze. “Second Grade Hall, I, Ding Xing, will one day avenge the hateful act of destroying my empire!”
“What a joke! You wouldn’t be able to deal with my Second Grade Hall even if your entire Northcastle Weave united together, let alone you by yourself, a puny Cruiser of Northcastle Weave. Since you can’t appreciate our kindness, then just die!” The man exerted some strength through his leg, unleashing a strange ripple. At the same time, beneath him, the giant mantis beast raised its sickle-shaped forelegs and sliced out. This attack caused sharp winds to tear through this area of outer space. Its might surpassed a power level of 50,000 and was enough to even tear apart a planet, which caused an eruption of light and an enormous shockwave.
A planetary eruption was a significant event, and Ding Xing borrowed the power of the explosion to charge forward with renewed determination, even as he spat out blood.
The sickles of the mantis beast danced about and tore through all of the ripples coming from the explosion. Then, the beast charged towards Ding Xing as it raised its forelegs and sliced down.
Ding Xing’s eyes narrowed, as he finally realized that this Second Grade Hall’s expert had been toying with him all along. With the speed of this mantis, there was no way for him to dodge its attacks. “I can’t accept this! My Greatsword Dynasty cannot be destroyed like this!”
The Second Grade Hall male merely sneered in response. “Insignificant creatures!”
The sickles sliced downwards and were right about to land on Ding Xing’s head. However, at an unknown point in time, grains of sand had appeared in the heavens, floating in front of Ding Xing’s eyes. His face was ashen; was he dead? Was this a hallucination? Was there sand in the underworld?
Bang!
An enormous impact sent both the mantis and Ding Xing flying backwards. Fine grains of sand were now floating between the two parties.
Ding Xing had survived this desperate situation, though he was still dazed at what was happening. Meanwhile, the Second Grade Hall expert who had attacked fell sullen and looked to his right. In that direction, there was a floating silent figure with a single hand raised. The sand had come from this person, as it was his innate gift.
“Who are you? How dare you meddle in the affairs of the Second Grade Hall!” the expert atop the mantis coldly questioned. In the next moment, the giant python beast appeared, and the man standing atop its head also stared coldly towards the right.
The sand separated and then gradually shrank to merge back into the figure’s body. The newly arrived person looked up. “Great Yu Empire, Eighth Captain of the Thirteen Imperial Squadrons, Shalosh.”
Ding Xing was ecstatic since the Thirteen Imperial Squadrons had appeared. Right, he was already in Frostwave Weave.
The two experts from the Second Grade Hall exchanged glances, though they remained arrogant. “Someone from Frostwave Weave? Let me give you a word of advice: scram! We are from the Innerverse’s Beast Tamers Flowzone’s Second Grade Hall, and you are not qualified to interfere in our affairs.”
Shalosh’s face sank. “This region belongs to the Great Yu Empire, not the Beast Tamers Flowzone.”
The man atop the python sneered. “You still dare to talk back, huh? It looks like the Innerverse has not shown its might to the Outerverse in a long time since even these fringe natives dare to oppose us! Fine, I’ll just slaughter you, bring your head to your so-called ‘Great Yu Empire,’ and show it to the person in power. We’ll see if they have the gall to take revenge for you!” Then, he gave an order to the python, which snarled at Shalosh.
Shalosh’s hand spun and the sand particles split from one into two, then into four, until it grew into a sandstorm that enveloped the entire area and swallowed the expert from the Second Grade Hall.
This was no ordinary sandstorm, but rather one that contained Shalosh’s star energy. Every grain of sand in it was powerful enough to pierce through an Explorer’s body. This technique had been developed when Undying Yushan personally coached Shalosh, and it had become the captain’s trump card.
The man atop the python’s expression dramatically changed when he sensed the terror of this sandstorm, and he hurriedly retreated. However, the mantis beast charged forward and lashed out with its sickles in an attempt to cut through the sandstorm. However, when the sickles moved through the sandstorm, they raised sparks that tore through the void, but they could not slice through the sand.
Such a result astounded the two beast tamers; when had Cruisers in the Outerverse become strong enough that they could face off against the two of them by themselves?