Chapter 1431 - Rescue and Waiting For A Miracle (2/2)

The escape ship landed heavily on the planet’s surface, creating a crater. All the hatches opened simultaneously, and the refugees who had been forced to change their life support equipment rushed out of the cabin. They looked up at the sky with despair and panic in their eyes.

The World Tree fleet had already arrived in outer space, and a round of fire destroyed the armor shell that they had left in outer space. It slowly descended and expanded before everyone’s eyes like a shadow.

“Why did you stop?!”

“Why are you landing here? You’ve caused us to be surrounded!”

The refugees were in an uproar. They glared at the guards beside them with hatred and anger. Without their knowledge, the captain had ordered the spaceship to land, turning their chance of escape into zero.

“Everyone, listen up. Split up with the ship’s warriors.”

The captain of the White Mountain did not explain. Now was not the time to say more. He could only give the order with a stern face.

He knew that everyone’s chances of survival were close to zero after being forced to surrender, but he still wanted to make a final effort and hide with the refugees.

However, the next moment, when he saw the actions of the World Tree battleships clearly, he finally fell into despair. He saw that the cannons of the World Tree fleet were aimed at the planet’s surface. They were planning to save time and cleanse the planet.

“I’m dead for sure… However, letting the World Tree fleet shoot here for a few rounds would delay them. I’ve fulfilled my mission…”

The captain of the White Mountain clenched his fists tightly. His expression changed rapidly. He was both unwilling yet relieved.

However, just as the people raised their heads and looked at the Planetary Obliteration Cannon that destroyed them with fear, a bright light suddenly shot from another direction in the starry sky and penetrated several World Tree battleships, blowing them up like fireworks.

Everyone looked over in shock, only to see a shooting star covered in thick flames rapidly approaching. Powerful Pugilist flames shot out like heavy cannons, bombarding the World Tree fleet one after another, blowing the battleships into pieces.

Behind Pangon was the armed fleet that had just left. In the blink of an eye, they had destroyed the World Tree fleet.

The battle did not last long. Under the watchful eyes of the crew of the White Mountain, Pangon led the Avengers fleet and quickly wiped out all the enemy spaceships in the sky. The huge World Tree fleet was only left with wreckage and parts floating in outer space. This wave of escape from death made many refugees unable to control their emotions, and the crowd cheered wildly.

The captain of the White Mountain seemed to have woken up from a dream. He hurriedly asked someone to contact this armed fleet to express his gratitude. However, the other party did not reply to him even after they had finished fighting the World Tree fleet. It was as if they had only done him a small favor and did not even bother to clean up the battlefield.

“These obviously are not the people of the Galactic Alliance Army. What kind of army is this…”

The captain of White Mountain looked at the departing Avengers and mumbled to himself.

At this time, Pangon returned to the main ship. His other comrades surrounded him with strange expressions.

“You’re really something. You promised not to get involved in the war, but you suddenly made us turn around and fight.”

“If we are targeted by the World Tree because of this battle, it will be troublesome. It will not be beneficial for us to accumulate our strength.”

“Whose side are you on?”

The attitude of the few of them was as though they were interrogating him. Pangon did not mind and waved his hand expressionlessly. “I’ve changed my mind. Although we won’t take the initiative to participate in the war, if we encounter something like this again in the future, we’ll save them if we can. Our target of revenge is the regime of the three Universal Civilizations, and the ordinary galactic residents have no grudges with us.”

“This is exposing our existence,” one of his comrades said with dissatisfaction.

“To Black Star, our existence is not a secret to begin with. If we cause any adverse effects to the war, he can tell the three Universal Civilizations about us at any time. After all, we have never been on the same side.” Pangon paused for a moment before continuing, “Furthermore, more than half of the galactic society has guessed that the World Tree’s full invasion is because a traitor leaked the information. Do you think Black Star won’t suspect us?”

Everyone was stunned.

“In his eyes, we have sufficient motive to do so. If we don’t express our goodwill and let Black Star think that we did it, even if we don’t participate in the war, we can’t stay out of it,” Pangon explained.

Hearing this, the few of them looked at each other, slightly shaken.

“You’re clearly just a Pugilist, but why do we feel that what you say makes sense every time you trick us?”

In a certain place in the secondary dimension.

A spatial rift opened, and Hayleen flew out from within.

Under the enhancement of her special talent spell and the Leaf Cloak, her current state was almost ‘outside the Three Realms and not within the Five Elements’. She could not be observed normally.

“The whereabouts of the Pivotal Snake are mysterious. The mother tree only has a rough direction and range, and there’s no clear location. What should I do…”

Hayleen was troubled. After accepting the mission of the Ancestral Tree King, she had been searching for information about the appearance of the Pivotal Snake for the past half a year, but she had never found an opportunity to assassinate it.

Furthermore, it seemed like Black Star had always been by the side of the Pivotal Snake. To her, that was the most dangerous place in the universe. She held onto the principle of not taking risks if she could and never dared to go near it.

After thinking about it, the only feasible method that Hayleen could think of was to add a ‘snake-killing agent’ made by the mother tree to some secondary dimensions where the Pivotal Snake often appeared. Then, they would wait patiently. If the Hub Serpent ate one of the secondary dimensions, it would be poisoned.

Although this method was very random, she did not have a better idea for the time being. After all, she could not control the source of food for the Pivotal Snake, so she could only spread her net and try her luck.

The only advantage of this method was that it was safer, and she did not have to take the risk of being exposed to get close to Black Star, giving her a lot of opportunities to test her luck.

Hayleen raised her hand, and a dark green liquid appeared. It was the ‘Snake-killing agent’ that the Ancestral Tree King had given her.

With a flick of her finger, a small drop of dark green liquid separated and fused into the ground of this secondary dimension. “I hope this method works…”

Hayleen muttered to herself, not knowing how to proceed.