Chapter 2144 - 1705: Dealing with Rivals Is Easier

Chapter 2144: Chapter 1705: Dealing with Rivals Is Easier

The two Dark Star Beasts suddenly separated, circling around the energy node mountain peak, releasing powerful gravitational forces from their bodies. They were mutually attracting each other with the node mountain peak as the center, and their spiraling speed grew ever faster.

Within moments, a binary star system had formed. Everything within the range of the binary stars was swept into this grindstone.

The gravitational forces transformed into jagged blades, continuously grinding everything within from two directions. All the Ghost Angels were torn to shreds, as if flesh and blood thrown into a blender, quickly pulverized into fragments.

A few minutes later, the two Dark Star Beasts came to a halt.

All the Ghost Angels had vanished without a trace. This was not physical destruction, but with the binary stars as grindstones and gravity as the grinding blade, everything inside was ground to the point of no further fragmentation, including the soul and consciousness.

It naturally included the energy node.

The two Dark Heart Beasts stopped not because they had slain their enemies, but because they realized they had caused trouble. The mountain peak where the energy node was located began to fracture inch by inch, layer by layer, finally collapsing with a roar into a pile of dust.

The energy node that two hundred Ghost Angels had failed to destroy after half a day’s assault, was ground down in minutes by the binary grindstone of two Dark Star Beasts.

The two Dark Star Beasts exchanged glances. After a long moment, the leader of the Dark Star Beasts suddenly said to its companion, "You’ve been injured by the enemy."

The other Dark Star Beast said in astonishment, "Me? Injured? I’m not hurt."

The leader Dark Star Beast turned and collided with its companion, saying while ramming, "Now you are."

After injuring its companion, the leader Dark Star Beast conveyed to the Exotic Ghost via soul contact, "Ghost Venerable, the enemy at this energy node has been cleared by us, but the energy node has been destroyed by them, and one of my Dark Star Beasts was injured."

While saying this, it transmitted the image of its injured companion to the Exotic Ghost.

The Exotic Ghost roared, "Damn it, you idiots, the entire energy node is unresponsive. What on earth happened?"

The leader Dark Star Beast quickly said, "Besides those Ghost Guides, the opposing side also had a very powerful ghost lying in ambush. My Dark Heart Beast was injured by that powerful ghost."

The Exotic Ghost paused, "A powerful ghost? How powerful?"

The leader Dark Star Beast said, "Comparable to you, its will makes me fear."

The Exotic Ghost muttered through gritted teeth, "Damn it, damn it, a ghost as powerful as me, could it really be..."

The Exotic Ghost did not finish speaking before the soul contact was interrupted. Deception in reporting military intelligence has existed in every era, but this message of falsehood regarding the Shadow Beast deepened certain misunderstandings.

A long time ago, the Exotic Ghost knew that he was not the only one carrying out the pruning plan.

From a biological perspective, the void is actually vast, and most life forms cannot leave the plane where they were born. Even those slightly more powerful find it difficult to leave their main star.

Traveling from one God Star to another, the majority of life forms would spend their entire lifespan unable to reach it.

Yet, relative to the God Stars, the void is again too small, and the distance between them does not hinder life pollution.

Life pollution refers to the phenomenon where life born on one God Star is very similar, even identical, to life born on another God Star.

The Chaos Plane has humans; the Divine Light Alliance also has humans. The Chaos Plane has elves; the Divine Light Alliance also has elves. This is a typical case of life pollution.

After a life dies, its consciousness fragments return to the God Star, but there’s no rule about which God Star it returns to.

If, due to close proximity, contamination accidentally occurs, then another God Star might very likely breed the same kind of life.

If this species is incredibly powerful, its bloodline exceptionally excellent, and there’s no species in the new God Star to counter them, they are likely to become dominant, causing a species invasion.

The void is too crowded, like a dense nursery, and it occasionally requires thinning, transplanting, topping, thinning, and pruning the crops to remove all growth-inhibiting elements, thereby giving room for greater growth.

The work carried out by the Exotic Ghost is precisely to prune away elements that hinder growth within the void, creating more space for growth.

The attacks of the Exotic Ghost can not only seal the Star Soul but also seal all consciousness fragments within the entire God Star, effectively eradicating sources of life pollution.

Long ago, he was aware that he was not the only one carrying out the same task. However, he had never seen another ghost. So much time had passed that he had even begun to doubt the accuracy of the information.

Unexpectedly, another ghost suddenly appeared out of nowhere, not to execute the task, but rather to attack him. Why was that?

All information was consolidated at the Ghost Council, and the Council’s Fourth Member subconsciously said, "Could it be the evaluation period has arrived?"

"Evaluation period? What evaluation period?" the Exotic Ghost asked in surprise.

The Fourth Member hesitantly inquired, "Lord Venerable, does your task have a time limit or evaluation metrics?"

Time limit? The Exotic Ghost forcefully recalled. At the time of receiving the task, the supreme will did not seem to have any special instructions, not a single mention regarding time.

The Fourth Member cautiously asked, "Were there any special words left behind? Extra words unrelated to the task?"

The Jade Ghost said, "Yes, the supreme will stated that if a disaster occurs in the void which you cannot handle, you can consult with other ghosts. From this sentence, I learned about the existence of other ghosts, but after inheriting the Ghost Array for millions of years, I have never seen another ghost."

The Fourth Member clapped his palms, "Exactly, this is the time limit. When a disaster occurs in the void that you cannot handle, it is then that you can consult with other ghosts to tackle the disaster together. The evaluation metrics possibly pertain to your disaster handling capabilities."

The Exotic Ghost immediately asked, "Then why did he attack me? Aren’t we supposed to consult together on handling the disaster?"

The Chairman and Members of the Ghost Council shared strange expressions.

The Fourth Member explained, "Perhaps other ghosts have a different understanding of handling disasters than you do. By dealing with you, you cannot complete the evaluation metrics. Even if they do nothing, they will do better than you in handling the situation."

Only then did the Exotic Ghost understand, "Damn it, can’t tackle the disaster, so tackle the opponent instead?"

The Council Members exchanged glances, their faces showing an expression that seemed to say this was only natural. Isn’t it often easier to deal with opponents than problems?

With limited prior interactions, now more frequent interactions have revealed that the Ghost Venerable seems overly naive.

Fuming impotently for a long time, the Exotic Ghost couldn’t help but ask, "What should I do now?"

The Council Members looked at each other, and at last, the Fourth Member said, "Lord Venerable, we are not well-acquainted with the relationships between you and other venerables, making it hard to offer reasonable suggestions. Can you provide us with more information?"