Chapter 4598 - Wonder Protection

The gray faces on Yu Ziqian's body quickly formed into a gray smog, gradually spreading into a star chart. At the very center of it was a gray spot.

Then, the terrifying and cold voice said, "If you want to kill me, come here. Li Tianming, you wouldn't watch as your subjects get tortured to death one by one until this entire universe turns into a silent void, right? I, Huang Liu, am waiting for you..."

Right after, the gray faces on Yu Ziqian's body faded away, leaving only the star chart behind. Tianming copied the star chart with a heavy heart and saved the unconscious Yu Ziqian from the Gray Plague.

"Let him rest for now. I think he'll be fine. But as long as we don't deal with Huang Liu, both he and everyone I care about will eventually fall to this plague."

"What can we do about it?"

Tianming brought the star chart back to the Ninedragon Imperial Tomb where Wudi, Moran, Zi Zhen and the five imperial-star elders were. The people in charge of the Flamyellow Imperial Star were all gathered together. Jiguang and Yaoyao were also there, but the latter listened intently without causing any commotion.

When Tianming showed them the star chart, their expressions changed for the worse.

Moran said with a worried look, "Tianming, the enemy is clearly trying to lure you into a trap. They'll definitely take the chance to target either you or us when you split up from us."

Wudi slammed the table and nodded. "That's right. We aren't sure that Huang Liu's acting alone. If you leave and they send a few Aeternal Beings here, it'll be over for us."

Jiguang gently gave her outlook on the situation. "There's also the possibility that they're trying to bait you away without even actually being there. Once you're gone, the forces to defend the Sun and Feiling would be greatly weakened."

The others all fell silent. It was clear that this was a trap, yet if Tianming didn't go, they were merely sitting around and waiting for their deaths. As long as the Gray Plague continued to spread, Tianming could feel his omnisentient threads decreasing in number more and more. He grew considerably weaker, yet this problem extended beyond his own power. The countless lifeforms in the entire universe were suffering from the "Tianming plague!" More and more people began to attribute the plague to him, most likely the Aeternal Beings' doing to chip away at Tianming's power.

"Actually, our current predicament is better than when Shen Wu first came to us," Tianming said. "That's because I'm no longer the only elite fighter among us. Little Fish, Zi Zhen and Godfather are all quite capable now. Even if I'm not around, the Flameyellow Imperial Star is in good hands."

Wudi patted him on the shoulder. "I'm happy you feel this way, but that doesn't change the fact that you're still wandering into a trap alone."

Dongfang Taisheng said, "The current situation is such that they would dare to come attack us if we're all together. That's why they're trying to split us up."

Tianming pondered in deep thought before arriving at a decision. "Alright, I'll take Huang Qi with me. The rest of you should stay here and react according to the changing situation."

The others all grimaced at hearing that decision. Zi Zhen and Moran clearly didn't want Tianming to go alone.

"Calm down and listen to what I have to say first. I'm not going to get myself killed. I'm fully aware that this might be a trap, and I've deemed that it's still most suitable for me to go alone."

Wudi froze for a moment before understanding surfaced in his expression. Moran and Zi Zhen also thought of something and breathed out in relief. Clearly, Tianming had planned to use his newly obtained stealth ability to go there alone. They wouldn't even see his coming in his super-stealth cosmic-constellation form! Even if he ran into trouble, he'd be able to extricate himself from it. Coupled with Huang Qi's presence, there were quite a few things he could do. In fact, Tianming was more flexible traveling alone and able to better react to the rapidly changing situation.

"Also, Godfather, Zi Zhen, Little Fish, all three of you are the strongest ones on the Sun right now, so I need you all to keep it safe." He turned to Moran with a solemn look. "Little Fish, your wonders are indeed powerful. You've assimilated all the wonderians' divine wonders. Are you able to project a major wonder formation to protect Ling'er?"

Moran nodded. "I'll do my best."

As far as she was concerned, Feiling was someone Moran felt really guilty towards. She knew that Feiling was probably more important to Tianming than she was. Feiling was simply irreplaceable. Moran initially struggled against her forty-nine sisters and suspected Tianming's feelings for all of them. But after all they experienced, they would no longer think that way, for they knew that Tianming did love them like they loved him. They would do everything to protect the golden star that was Feiling! Just like Zi Zhen, Moran would do anything for Tianming.

Tianming turned to Wudi and said, "Godfather, I'll leave the Sun in your hands."

Wudi nodded. "Don't worry. This old dad of yours is an old hand at this. If some fella comes here with causing trouble in mind, I'll skewer them before they can harm the imperial star! It's too bad that I haven't managed to master even one cosmic art. Otherwise, I'd be even more badass."

"Don't worry. With Zi Zhen helping you, you'll be able to beat a few of them up."

Wudi feigned anger and snapped, "Hey! Are you looking down on my attack power?! Just you wait! One day, I'll flatten you with one smack of the coffin!"

Despite the joking around, the atmosphere remained rather solemn. Tianming was still making quite the risky move, after all, so he got the others to leave the Ninedragon Imperial Tomb save for Huang Qi. Ying Huo and the rest were let out in the ship. They were jumping around and warming up within its vast chambers.

"Let's go." Time was short, so Tianming didn't even have time to properly bid people farewell. Wudi, Zi Zhen, Moran and the rest watched the ship disappear with worried looks.

"I'll go make preparations," Moran said before she flew out of the Sun towards the golden star. While Feiling was protected by the Flameyellow Guard Formation, the astralguard formation's defenses weren't that powerful and were mostly only effective against invading armies. It probably wouldn't be of much use against Aeternal Beings.

Moran's assimilated major wonder formation, on the other hand, was on a completely different level. Many individual wonders were projected from Moran's body, layering and linking with each other to form a grand formation that surrounded the golden star, which seemed to pulse as if it could sense the changes outside.

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